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Jewels

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 11:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Great pictures Spy and Nancy! You guys both look great, what an inspiration.

I am doing okay, still trying to find the time to fit exercising into my schedule. My son loves to play chase, so I find myself running around the house alot, guess that is better than nothing!

I have reached my pre-pregnancy weight, my favorite pants that got to big before I got pregnant, are now to big again and driving me crazy...I guess that means it is time to go shopping!

Keep up the good work everyone and welcome Lyn! The more the merrier!

Calamity

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 02:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the suggestion, Lyn. Actually I do my best to avoid Wal-Wart :) but I'm getting desperate so I might have to try it. I've got so many different size weights they really clutter up the place.

Good luck with your fitness program!

Pixie

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 05:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hello Lyn!
There is always room for one more especially since we are getting thin-er!

Abby7

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 07:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Spy: You really look great (before and after). You sure look like you lost a lot of weight for that short amount of time.

I'm going to have to go back and check this thread out and read your progress.

Congratulations.

Lancecrossfire

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 07:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lyn, come on in--there is room for as many folks as want to be here. There are many lots making some really wonderful positive afforts toward losing weight and becoming more healthy!

I am continuing my journey along with all the rest of the fine people in this thread. I really enjoy hearing the different things that folks do--the things that work for them and how good they feel for doing it.

Keep up the great work everyone, and remember that success isn't decided by one meal, or even a week. It takes time. And the hradest work starts after the dieting ends--keeping at the weight you want to stay at.:)

Best of luck to all!

Abby7

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 07:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Nancy: Just checked out your site. Amazing...you look wonderful. I'm going to have to start spending time on this thread....I really need to lose weight. This may give me the boost I need.

Lyn

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 08:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for the welcome, guys. I've gotten myself into so much trouble over the years with dieting...this time I'm determined to do it the right way

Egbok

Tuesday, April 08, 2003 - 10:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Welcome Lyn! You're going to love this thread.


Nancy, your site is cute and so is Roo!

Lizadee

Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 05:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Lyn, WELCOME we always have room for more 1 I know thats what keeps me going
This thread really helps
I am with Jenny Craig and have lost about 10 lbs. so far
I started on Mar 12th and I weigh in once a wk
today is a weigh in day so will fill everyone in when I get back at about 1:00
Hope you also went into the excerise thread thats a good one also
And check out the Curves for Women thread be interesting to find out how you fill about the gym !

Lizadee

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 08:52 am EditMoveDeleteIP
My official weigh in as of yesterday (drum roll plz)

12 lbs YIPEEEE

I cannot believe how great this has made me fill
And how great this thread has helped me

Thanks everyone

Nancy

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 11:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LIZ!!! Awesome good for you!!! :)

Abby7

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 01:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lizadee: that is so great. I 12lbs since March 12? That is great. So you just ate Jenny Craig plus excercise?

How is the food? (can it be purchased in grocery stores?)

I'm going to have to start at the beginning of this thread to see what different people are doing. Hopefully I will get inspired that way. I know I could lose if I would just exercise!

Pixie

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 06:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Today was weigh in day for me. I lost 2lbs more!!
My total loss in 5 weeks is 10lbs! Two stars for me!!! I am down one dress size already. Since my husband is doing WW with me it is easier to stick to the life-style change. I have gotten to enjoy drinking water almost exclusively. And walking on my treadmill makes me feel great! I need to increase my walking time since I have only made time to walk for 25-30 minutes each day that I walk.

My family and I are going to the beach Easter weekend and even though I am still much heavier than my ideal weight, I can wear a size smaller that last summer and I look forward to taking long walks on the beach to get my activity points in.

Congrats Lizadee!!! Keep it up!

Abby7, come on and join us!!

Moondance

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 07:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby ... don't you live near me? I am a trainer/nutritionist so if you ever want to meet for lunch it would be great:)

edited to add... good job Liz & Pixie!

Egbok

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 07:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My Thursday Weight Watcher weigh-in:

Lost this week: 1.2
Total Lost: 13.6

I'm still walking but I added 4 pilates exercises to help the abs. I do the pilates every morning for about 15 minutes. I know it's not much but it's better than nothing. I'm so uncoordinated with my breathing and the pilates moves...ack! Is that a left or right brain problem?

Tess

Thursday, April 10, 2003 - 11:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay, Eggie!

Lizadee

Friday, April 11, 2003 - 06:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Abby7
Jenny craig is all I eat it is kinda expensive but what am I gonna do it runs be about $85.00 to 95.00 dollars a wk. the money I spend weekly will decrease as my weight gets more toward my goal
Then I will need less of there food cause they gradually put you back to your own food

I walk at about 3.3 on my tread mill for 45 min.which adds up to about a little over 2 miles 5x a week I really enjoy this
I was just casually walking outdoors for 45 min.
But for some reason I enjoy the tred mill better its a more faster walk and I can move my arms faster (I wouldn't walk like this outdoors)
It seems kinda dorkey to me
So my tred mill is in front of the t.v. in my basement I pick a pgm. and off I go
By the time I know it I'm done

I really don't think Jenny's food is available at grocery stores or internet

Great job Pixie
Congrates also out to Egbok
and everyone else that seems to be doing great

Abby7 if I can answer anymore of your questions ask away.

Another thing I have relized is that losing this weight is something I needed to for myself and not anyone else and that one day came where my mind was just made up to do it I was just fed up I couldn't even look in the mirror at myself
Getting ready for work every morning sucked nothing to wear nothing looks good
I have about 25 more lbs to lose but I can look in the mirror again and the clothes are looking better cause they fit better and they are looser

Abby7

Friday, April 11, 2003 - 04:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Moondance: Thanks for the offer, that is very kind. I have to admit, though, there is a trainer and 2 gyms right where I live (one gym just about 600 feet from my door).

I have to start with walks (I live in a great area for that too).

Just need to change this frame of mind I've been in....I think once I get into the archives of this thread it will really help me do that.

Thanks again for your offer here though. I will report in ,once I get my butt moving. (I know what to do, what to eat...just need to start with a little exercise though)

A good think is, although dh is tall and thin, he is willing to go for walks with me. He is a smoker and knows the exercise will help him feel better. So it's just a matter of getting in to a routine.

Abby7

Friday, April 11, 2003 - 04:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Lizadee: I've never tried Jenny Craig but did try one of those diets where you only eat their food (forget the name...it's popular...not WW though). I didn't like their food.

I'm going to try the cutting back portions method to start. I know once I get in a routine of just going for walks...that will get me motivated to do more with my diet and then a good workout.

I'm living in temporary quarters (but been here almost one year and one half while we get a home) and this place has a huge mirror in the living room. I have to look at myself while I sit and watch TV and eat. Yikes, that should be incentive enough! lol

Enbwife

Saturday, April 12, 2003 - 11:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You guys are all doing so well - I'm jealous. I have a mental freeze for some reason this time. I've lost 8 1bs in 12 weeks which is very, very slow. I keep meaning to drop a point or two (WW) to get things really going, but can't seem to do it. Now that the weather is really nice here and the snow is gone, I should be able to get out with the stroller more and get that water in me. I feel like a broken record on this thread, but I have to keep posting here, just so I stay accountable to all of you. You give me inspiration!

Pixie

Saturday, April 12, 2003 - 05:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Way to go Egbok!! My hat is off to you for doing any pilates!

Enbwife, please hang in there. I'm sure you will find the right combination for you. I work full time(teaching) and several of my coworkers are also doing WW so weekdays are not hard. But when I get home I want to eat everything in sight. I have found that eating zero point foods as soon as I get home to fill the empty spot while I cook supper helps keep me from eating more than my points target for the day. Now weekends are another story. I think that for me the exercise will be the real key. I know I need to be more active and I want to be more active I just have not in the past actually gotten active.

Lizadee is right about mindset too. For me becoming a grandmother at 40 and deciding that I want to be able to do things with my granddaughter as she grows up has made me want to get healthy.

Uhoh

Sunday, April 13, 2003 - 08:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
enbwife - it might seem slow, but you are losing and not gaining. that's a tremendous accomplishment in itself. heck, if we had been sloowly losing the last 3 years instead of gaining, think where we'd be!

i posted in this thread some time ago (before it was moved here to community corner) and then thought it dropped off the board cuz i couldn't find it. uch - i'm obviously TVCH-impaired :P

am also on weight-watcher's since first week of october 2002 and have lost 39 lbs. was losing like gangbusters at first, now have slowed to less than a pound a week, but i'm happy! even if i lose 'just' 1/2 lb/week, the last 39 lbs will be gone in 1.5 years. the important thing is, i'm not gaining it back ever never nosiree nope not ever!

hang in there - you're doing fine :)

Denecee

Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 08:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Lizadee- you are doing so great with your exercise and weight loss. You are inspiring me. Even though I exercise regularly, my weight loss is not happening. I need to lose about 20 to 25 lbs. I've posted in this thread before and I am the same weight now as before. I'm frustrated with myself but starting today I am going to cut out a few things in my diet that sabaotage my goal. Anyway, can you please make sure I check in every week? My weight now is 153.

Lizadee

Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 08:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thats great Denecee I'm gald I can help
I am around 155 and need to get down to 125 and I would love to be there by the time my DS is 2
And that is on July 4th
I will be looking for you don't forget to get your water in
Another thing I am thinking of if I get to the point where the scale isn't moving I will plan on moving my 2 miles 5x a week up to maybe 6x or maybe even just a little more excercise per day
Good luck Denecee I look forward to seeing your progress !!

Denecee

Tuesday, April 15, 2003 - 09:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
{{Lizadee}} Thank you! I drink 80 to 96 ozs of water a day except I am a slacker on the weekends.