Good Results from Moving My Body

I wanted to let you folks know that we just did a 3 day trip to California (13 hour drive) and I was so blessed to be pretty much pain free!!!

Is it the increased activity? Is it the heat? I don't know, but I like it!

Mommy, You're skinny

Ok, this comment is going to keep me going for weeks! I was putting on my swimsuit because Grace and I go to parent-child swim classes. A SWIMSUIT of all things! Not exactly my favorite attire. My oldest daughter is checking me out and says "Mommy, you're skinny" Oh ya, I'm hangin' on to that one for a while! I am NOT skinny. And I still haven't weighed in, but I moved another notch on my belt! Woo Hoo!
SueAnne

Oh, and here are my numbers for this week:

Day 22: 1,114 calories; 11 glasses of water
Day 23: 1,141 calories; 12 glasses of water; workout
Day 24: 1,399 calories; 5 glasses of water; workout (busy field trip day)
Day 25: 1,206 calories; 13 glasses of water; workout
Day 26: 1,260 calories; 12 glasses of water
Day 27: 1,400??? calories; 8 glasses of water; workout (out ALL day activities)
Day 28: 1,137 calories; 13 glasses of water

Pretty in Pinstripes

I just had to share with y'all: I can now wear a beautiful pinstripe suit I bought a couple years ago! It didn't fit when I bought it (it's a size 10) and it's still a little tight through the hips, but it looks great and as long as I don't try jumping jacks or anything it looks stunning! Woohoo!

Also, I ran into a good friend on Friday and got a big hug. A few minutes later he commented that he noticed that I felt skinnier when he hugged me. I gave my standard answer (redistributing) but he absolutely contradicted me. "No, you look thinner too." I could have kissed him! (oh wait...) :)

I was talking to one of my oldest friends this weekend about this blog. We're all on different programs, trying different things, and I doubt any of us are sticking to exactly the same plan as anyone else. "So how does it work," she asked. I told her that it's been so easy to lose this weight knowing that everyone here is cheering each other on. It's also that with this blog, we are all accountable in some way or another. I want to do well for all of you and I want to cheer each of you on through your successes and setbacks. In short, it's easier to change all of the little things that don't work in my lifestyle because I know we're all in it together.

Thanks to all of you for letting me come along on your journeys, and for coming along on mine. It has made a world of difference.

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms on the Blog!

Holy Cow! I got a humdinger of a fuschia today for Mom's Day! I swear it is about 4 feet in diameter! Hope all you ladies are enjoying the day. My honey works today, but he and the kids brought breakfast in bed for me (the kids devoured most of my fruit plate) and they made sweet cards. RaeElise said, "Mom, I love you more than Disneyland!" Ahhhhhh. So sweet. Reuben said, "Mom you are a better person than I am." He said he wanted to write that I was better than Oprah, but he didn't know how to spell her name. Ha!

It is also my son Reuben's 12th bday today. Check out my other blog for a little tidbit on him. Love that boy!

Jules

Hmmm... which purple shirt looks better? The old, or the new?

Okay, so, this is me a year ago. And sadly, this isn't even me at my highest weight! I was about ten pound below my heaviest here. Anyhow, I just bought this new t-shirt last night, my $3.99 special, and I just felt so great in it. And hey, is that a little bit of collar bone that I detect? My, oh my, I'm loving this journey! I know I'm going post happy. What can I say? I love this blog!

Day 123: 1,536 calories, 12 glasses of water, workout
Day 124: 1,577 calories, 13 glasses of water, workout

Jules! I've just done the math...

You and I together have lost a whopping 97.7 pounds!! We've almost made it to 100! Now THAT, is some serious poundage, girlfriend. I'm proud of you babe, keep it up!

Spring Hurrah! RSVP

EVERYONE READ AND RESPOND! Si vous plait...

Here are the final details of the Spring Hurrah! Our opportunity to celebrate how far we have come or our new beginnings in this weight loss journey. No matter where you are in that journey, you are welcome to come and celebrate with us!

Date: Saturday, May 20th

Time: 11:30 AM

Place: Red Robin at Northgate Mall

Shopping to commence after a healthy lunch...no fries, girls!

I need to know who is coming. Sign in here!

Jules

Amy, my friend, I'm sending you out a wink

I am sooo glad that you changed your ticker, girl. No one wants a slug for a mascot! Is that a crown that you chose for the slider, and on a vegetable ruler? How fun is that? It looks now like you are the vegetable queen! I'm happy to see you've been posting more. You have a lot to contribute to our quirky group of gals. Love, Kristina. : )

Days when it is hard

Well, you know it is at times when life is stressful that this is really hard. Not having my comfort foods and coping mechanisms makes it neccessary to face life. Today, I find myself plugging along but weary and just wanting to give up. I will not, because I have hope for a better future, but I would like to just give up. Honesty, that's all this is:)
SueAnne

A loss this week!

Yahoo!! I lost 2.2 lbs this week and earned another star on my book mark (Weight Watchers). I think boosting my water intake really helped. So here goes another glass -gurgle, gurgle. I hope your weigh ins are great for you all. Now if I can just not sabotage myself this week and tell myself that because I had a loss last week, I can eat this week. I think I over reward myself for a job well done! Back to the monitoring of intake and expending those calories.
Tonight we have a substitute for my weight lifting class. He also does a boot camp class on Mon. night that I hear is a killer. Since I have a spinning class Mon. morning, I've never tried the boot camp. It's good to know I'm not a sadist (teehee). I hope he doesn't kill us tonight.
I found a neat website you might all enjoy http://www.healthyweightforum.org/eng/bmi.asp. You can figure out your BMI, there are tons of weight loss tools and articles. Let me know what you think

I had a question or two...

Okay, so, I am on the verge of starting my monthly visitor, and I have been so hungry this last week. I've been working out like usual. I've been drinking lots of water, etc... but I've only lost 1/2 of a pound this week. Now, during this week, the week before your period, is that the time that you're supposedly gaining a little bit of weight, or is it actually the week of your cycle? Because I've been working out really hard, and I was expecting a little bit more of a number change on the scale. I'm not complaining ladies, I'm just trying to keep myself motivated. And the numbers really do motivate me. Well, that, and how my clothes are fitting me. : )

On a side note; can you believe that Chris got voted off of Idol last night? I am so bummed. I thought that boy was gonna take the whole enchilada.

Day 120: 1,600 calories, 11 glasses of water, workout

Day 121: 1,701 calories, ( I told you I was hungry) 14 glasses of water, workout

Day 122: 1,483 calories, 12 glasses of water, workout

Reaching out for HELP!

Hi Everyone~
I have to admit that I have been hiding out. I have been reading everyone's posts but avoiding posting my own therefore not having to hold myself accountable. I am really feeling down on myself. Here I am a trained consultant that consults about 100 people a week and I cannot even stay focused on my program. I started this back in January and I've only lost 13 pounds. I go to the gym and have great workouts at least 4 times a week. My problem is that I shove my feelings down with food. So anytime a feeling comes up that I don't want to feel I go to the cupboard and eat something. Lately it's been peanut butter.

Does anyone have any advice for me? I need help in a lot of ways because I want to be successful at this and stop sabotaging myself.

Congratulations to all of you! I have been keeping my eye out and I'm so proud of all of you!

Coreen

Shout out to Paige

Paige: this is for you. The Lyrics to one of my favorite Russ Taff/Imperials's songs that just lifts my spirit and helps me make it through the day. (must be played at the loudest you can stand and sung at the top of your lungs) YOu can hear a little of it here. I have it on my iPod and listen to it daily.

PRAISE THE LORD

(Russ Taff/Imperials)

When you're up against a struggle

That's shattered all your dreams

And your hopes been cruely crushed

By Satan's manifested schemes.

And you feel the urge within you

To submit to earthyly fears

Don't let the faith your standing in

Seem to disappear.

CHORUS:Praise the Lord. He will work for those who praise him

Praise the Lord. For our God inhabits praisee .

Praise the Lord.

And those chains that seem to bind you Serve only to remind you.

As they fall powerless behind you.

When you praise him.

Satan is a liar and he wants to make us think

That we are paupers, when we know ourselves

We're children of the king.

So lift up the mighty shield of faith

For the battle must be won

Remember Jesus Christ has risen

So the works already done.

Chorus

Twice in One Day?

Oh yeah, that's right - I rode twice today - just thought I'd cheer about it here!

Sorry about the MIA

Hi Ladies.
I know, I've been MIA. I'm sorry. It's mostly because... I do alot of complaining, and "I'm not doing well with this stuff" and I didn't want to do that. Because, well, the last few weeks did not go well. I had a rough day, and that pretty much snowballed into a rough three weeks. I HAVE continued exercising, which has shocked and pleased me. I'm proud of myself for that. Also, I weighed myself on Saturday and I have stayed the same. Which I'm also pleased about- I didn't gain weight.

I have a new philosophy: one day at a time. We'll see how that works. I burned out, I think, because I was writing my food down, putting it online, spending time on sparkpeople (which is a great site) but when I started going downhill, it ALL went downhill. So now, it's just taking one day at a time. That's it. I'm trying to make the choice for today, for this meal. And leave the next choice until then.

I've been. And have missed you guys. You are all doing so so well. I'm proud of you.

I am starving [updated: but I lost]

[UPDATE: I lost 2.6 pounds last night!!! Yea, Total of 12.2. Why do little gold stars with a 5 on them make my day? I am so easy.]

I know this is playing with the scales but tonight is my WW meeting and weigh-in. I did not weigh last week due to my "special little visitor" so this week I am excited about the results. The only problem is I AM SO HUNGRY. I just don't want to eat or drink anything until after my weigh-in which is at 6:15 central time . It would not be so bad except I am cooking dinner for the fam and it smells so good. I will just wait until 7:00 to have some for myself. Why does the time fly when the kids are gone for a two hours and DDDDDRRRRRAAAAAGGGG when I am waiting the same two hours to eat? Things that make you go HMMMM.

I'll let you know tonights results when I get home.

The Romance of the Movies

I know, I know...This post has absolutely NOTHING to do with weight loss, although the actors were in amazing shape and I personally watched them burn thousands of calories (and funny, I don't remember seeing them eat a single item of food). I am posting because I saw MI III yesterday and I just can't get it out of my head! I loved it! It was so amazing, I just want to hop in my car, abandon my children to their own devices, and see it again! Since you all are my "best" friends in whole wide world, I just had to tell you. I will attach some food journal entries just to make this a "legal" post. By the way, I am so proud of all of you. Lisa, SueAnne, Peggy, Mandi, Jenny, Kristina, Elicia, Amy, Yommy, Corrie, Jayti, Randy, Debbie, Paige, and Tina! You are all hanging in there and that is inspiring. Who would know this blog could be the glue for so many of us? I miss hearing from Kimi, Sundee, and Corrie. Where are you guys?

Day 120: 1134 calories, 4 glasses of water
Day 121: 1083 calories, 3 glasses of water (ut-oh)
Day 122: 1343 calories, 4 glasses of water
Day 123: 1226 calories, 8 glasses of water (that's better)
Day 124: In progress...I am happy to report that I have already had 4 glasses of water and I fully intend on downing all 8 today. I have been a slacker. But if Ethan Hunt can do all he can do, I can drink a few water bottles, right?

Shopping

People keep telling me "honey, you are losing weight!" and my standard response is "I don't think so - it must just be redistributing." But now I am celebrating my less-ness. I bought a cute new summer shirt, in a medium and not a large!

That said, I've kind of stalled at the moment - but that's okay. I'm staying on track and it will all catch up with me eventually.

Have a great week, everyone!

Lisa

I just feel like smiling this morning!

It's my favorite time of the day. I've just had a great workout, and I'm sitting here with my bowl of cheerios and coffee with sugar free hazelnut creamer, anticipating the events of the day. I love my routine. I love sitting here in the morning, going through my favorite blogs... I can't explain my how I feel this morning. I'm just feeling so good about what I have achieved so far, and I'm excited because I know that I'm not done yet. I'm 52 pounds lighter, but that's just slightly over half way to my goal. I'm imagining how incredible I'll be feeling then, because I already feel so good now. This morning I'm almost to the point of giddiness. I had to buy some new work out clothes over the weekend. And may I say, that I feel rather athletic in them? I actually have definition in my thighs again, and I have a waist line too! Oh baby, I'm feeling GOOD!
It's the first day of my 18th week. Day 120. Wow, has it been that many already? Summer's a comin', and I'm ready for it this year. I remember well being too ashamed to wear my shorts out in public. I would not go outside of my yard. I'm not ashamed any more. The only thing that I am filled with now is pride. A good pride though, guys.

Day 117: 1,457 calories, 11 glasses of water, workout

Day 118: 1,576 calories, 13 glasses of water, workout

Day 119: 1,641 calories,( A little hungry here) 7 glasses of water

Still on track

I am still on track, still losing, still eating healthy. The honeymoon is over and it is down to the day to day of eating right and making good choices.

Some new food discoveries are hummus, English cucumbers, Amy's Organic Tamale Pie, Spike seasoning on just about everything.