The old lady's still hangin' on

Well, it took me a while to figure out how to post again, but here I am and yes I'm still sticking to my diet.

The fourth was hard, as you all mentioned, but while everyone was bar-b-queing steak, I was eating chicken and green salads. No potato salad for me, uh-huh! But I have to admit I did sneak a handful or two of carmel popcorn. I didn't think it was too bad.

I've also been exercising very regularly. I even got my running distance up to 1 mile then walk a block and run 3/4 of a mile. Not bad for a starter. I think I'm taking Saturday's off of exercising so I am looking forward to the weekend. For me it's the eating thing that I can't loosen up on.

Good idea Jill about writing everything down, I eat without even thinking about it and this will make me more aware.

My goals for the coming week are-Cleanse half days every other day and keep my total calorie intake at around 1000 calories. I am not weighing each week either, that bumms me out when I haven't lost as much as I think I deserve to. So I'll weigh after the first 2 weeks and then see how things are going.

Keep it up girls, you are keeping me motivated.

It's Jill Again.

So I mentioned below that writing down everything I eat really helps me. This notepad is perfect for this. It hangs on my fridge where everyone can see it. Under the "Someday" section I write my goals for the week. Then day by day I write down everying I eat and the point value (or calories if you count those). I just love the layout and it really helps me stay on top of things.
I just looked it up on Etsy where I bought it and it looks like she's not selling them again until the end of summer. It's just a little something that helps me out so I thought I'd share:)

I'm Ashamed of Myself.

Okay, So all thoughts of diet and exercise were totaly thrown out the window this week. I was out of town and it just happened. Im not proud of myself. But after having to admit this embarassing defeat I'm ready to put the guilt (and weekend weight gain) behind me and start over. Here is the plan:

Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday- Run 3 miles
Wednesday, and Friday- Walk for 1 hour and do a strength video

I need to get serious about eating right. I will continue to write down everything I eat. I mean EVERY lick, bite, taste, EVERYTHING. I will stay within my WW points and no more slacking on the weekends. Cancun is just around the corner and there is no time to cheat!

I'm proud of the rest of you. Way to go! I will have good things to report next week as well.

A new week.

Alright. I'm back again. I'm pleased to say that I did better than I expected with my goals this past week. I kept my treats under 3 (minus a few salt water tafffy's and a few little things, here and there). I also did pretty good about not eating after 7:30pm. I slipped up a few times, but over all it was better than I expected. My exercising was awesome this week. I ran on the actual race course this week, and I did the 5k in under 34 minutes. I was excited. I also decided that my first mile is always the slowest, so I'm going to work on that. Isn't that wierd that my first mile is slower than my last? Anyway, I am going to start meeting early on Mondays and run a mile before I walk with friends, so I can time it. today I got 9minutes and 59 seconds! Under 10 minutes...WAHOO! I thought that was a good start. If I keep doing that on mondays, and still run the full 5k on Wednesdays and Saturdays, then I should be totally ready by August 29th for my race!

Summer is a hard time to diet and exercise with all the vacations, but I guess we can all just do our best. I leave to Yellowstone on Wednesday, (After I run of course!). I hope to be able to exercise while I'm gone, and I'm with you Mel- I'll be happy if I don't fall off the bandwagon too. I always feel like it's a free for all when Im out of town. Like I can eat whatever I want, and it doesn't matter.

Unlike Melissa, I didn't loose any weight this week, but I feel it coming soon!

How are the rest of you ladies doing?

Week 7/7/08

How is everyone doing this week?

I am thinking we need a 24/7 hotline to call when we need an intervention. I could have used it last week when I had an encounter with some rice crispy treats. And ice cream. And a lemon bar. It was the 4th okay?

Anyway, this week I have a family reunion all week, so I am just hoping not to totally fall off of the wagon. I ran this morning, and plan to two more times this week. I have lost 2 lbs girls! WOOT!

How are you gals doing?

Lisa's here!

Hi, I'm Lisa. I'm a 24 year old mother of 2 - - Kirk is 3 and Sara is almost 1. I have gained over 75 lbs since I got married 4 years ago and cannot seem to take them off. I recently started going to the Walk-In Weight Loss clinic here and it has a great program run by an MD and a dietitian. My goal is to lose at least 60 lbs. over the next however long it takes me. :) Preferably sooner rather than later.
My plans (or rather - how the dr. intends for me to lose it):
Eat my largest meal in the morning.
No carbs after 2 PM.
No eating or snacking after dinner.
(Mind you - most non-starchy vegis are free carbs - you can have as much as you want).
That is the gist of the plan. The dr. doesn't even stress exercise, although I will exercise. This plan does work - I have seen some results already, but I cannot seem to keep myself motivated long enough to see the results. So - that is my pledge! To stick to my plan! There's a group of moms that goes walking for about an hour every morning with me. Unfortunately due to my husband's work, running is out of the question. I will not run with a stroller and Paul works too early most mornings for me to leave the kids at home in bed. But I would love to work up the endurance to run a 5K with Cami, Jill and Becky. It just may not be this summer.

Here is a nasty picture of me with my kids and my little brother. I would do anything to not look like this!!!

OK - I don't know what else to post - but GOOD LUCK to everyone else and thanks to Cami for setting this up!

Melissa Intro

Hello All!

My name is Melissa and I have two little boys and a hubby (who I count as my 3rd child sometimes.. :)) I have been a BIG TIME slacker for the past year. I let myself eat anything during my whole pregnancy, and I hardly exercised past the 4th month. So I feel like I am starting at square one. Baby steps, right? I only have about 7-8 lbs to lose to get back to pre pregnancy weight, but I have a lot of toning to do!

I have woken up at 6:30 for the past two days and have gone running. And I haven't had any junk food for 3 days. WOOHOO! Really, the only thing I am focusing on right now is being active every day and eating good food. Nothing more specific than that. I want to establish habits that I can keep up forever, instead of yo-yoing back and forth between different phases. I'm excited to have our own little support group!