Week 2

Well ladies, self control was no where to be found this week! Hopefully it was because he was so busy at your houses he forgot to visit mine. ;) It was a pretty bad week... let's just say, I had my cake and ate it too, several times! That is the bad news.

Now for the good news. Despite my terrible week (I don't think there was one day where I didn't eat after 7, made cookies 3x and exercised maybe once), I did not gain any weight! Of course, none was lost, but I am very thankful that I maintained in inches and weight.

I have made a new goal for myself this week. I find that sometimes when I look at the end goal it can be a little discouraging. I have to lose 60 lbs! It's a little overwhelming. SO, I have made a short term goal. I would like to lose 15 lbs by my birthday in 7 weeks. I can do 15 lbs! My husband and I are planning a get away for that weekend (since this weekend for our 10 year anniversary will not be possible) and I'd like to be slimmed down enough to fit into some of the more attractive outfits I have in smaller sizes.

SO here are my goals this week:

Do not eat after 7 pm
Drink lots and lots of water
Eat less and move more

My challenge for each of you, is to set a short term goal w/ a reward at the end... new outfit, trip to the hair-dresser, special night out, whatever motivates you! If you reward yourself periodically, I find it's a little easier to keep it up.

Have a good week ladies!

-Melona

Hey ladies. I have had one heck of a week. WAit thats how I started my last entry. But I am so happy to report that Naomi is finally sleeping- I got her on Zantac. She had acid reflux the poor thing. I feel so bad for thinking she just had a bad attitude. Ok enough about that, just warning you, don't be alarmed by what I post tomorrow for my stats. I have been on a pretty rastic liver cleanse. I do it everytime after I have my baby, both to get my liver cleaned out so my body can better metabloixe my stored fat and so I can get a jump start on the weight loss. IT is not for everyone I know but I love it and I feel awesome. And it saved my from gaining 5 lbs this week (my husband was out of town, David had the stomach flu, Naomi wasn't sleeing etc ) And I was under a lot of stress . If I hadn't beein on the cleanse I would have eaten myself out of house and home! Ok see you tomorrow ladies. Oh ya- Greta and I are starting to train for a half marathon in OCT. If anyone wants to join us we are working up to running 3 miles over the net few weeks and then we will start a training program. Let us know if you want in! Carrie

Shelley's Week 1

Hi ,

Sorry I'm late in updating. As of Monday, I was down 3 pounds. Yeah! I exercised only 3 x-- so I need a bit of improvement there, but I did run 4.5 miles! My problem is that we made Valentine cookies for FHE on Monday night, and I'm having trouble staying away from them (it's already Wednesday here in Japan), so I fear I'm going to undo what I did. I guess it's time to take cookies to my neighbors!

Good job everyone!

Stats on Monday:

weight: 152

waist: 37"

Goals for the week:

no eating after 7pm

exercise 5x this week

Melona's Update- Week 1

It's funny how rarely I eat sweets on a normal basis and this week I have been craving them like crazy! The more I think, I can't have that... the more I crave it :) Ah, such is life.

Well, I am surprised that I actually did so well this week. I probably would have done better, but we had a family celebration this weekend and, of course, I ate way more than I should have. Also, I have been sick all this past week. Fighting an awful cough that makes it really hard to exercise w/out hacking up a lung! I really hate being sick.

But enough of my excuses. Onto the results. I am down 2 lbs this week and have lost an inch everywhere! I am feeling really encouraged by this and am excited to continue on with my new changes this week. I even convinced my husband to start keeping track with me!

Weight: 198
Waist: 44"

Yeah for me! And congrats on your triumphs this past week Lindy and Carrie.

My commitments this week:

Keep up the no eating after 7
Exercise 5x @ 1/2 hour
Challenge for everyone: Keep hydrated! Water, water and more water ladies :)

-Melona

Lindy's Update--week 1

Go Carrie! A loss is a loss! Great job! How are you fitting so much exercise in with all of your little ones around? I tried doing my P90x video while Willem was awake--big mistake!

I'm still at 165. I really fell of the wagon this weekend. Even though I exercised, I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies and ended up eating a ton of them. I guess I should be happy that I didn't GAIN anything. My goal this week is to not eat after 7pm. That's a really, really tough one for me, but I'm going to try it.

Take care and here's to having a great week!
Lindy

165lbs.
Waist: 34inches (yes, i carry all my weight in my mid-section. I'm total "apple"!)

Hey ladies- so the first week is always hard. I had a hard one. I am really mad at the scale this morning because it is registering that I only lost one pound. So I am going with my thigh measure ment instead. It was 1/2 inch smaller!

Weight: 188

Thigh: 24.5

-CArrie

I do know Lindys Dad and that is pretty funny. So ladies I am finding it very hard not to overeat when I am not getting enough sleep (due to my 2 month old) I find I try to compensate for extreme fatigue with more food. But I am trying my best and I do feel a couple pounds lighter than I did on SUnday. Well see on Monday! Remember we report our stats on Monday and it doens't matter what they are, I really think it helps to keep the mindset of what we are working towars. Who cares if you have a few setbacks, love yourself through all of them. Love yourself for eating 4 truffles ( I did that monday) Love yourself for working out. Love yourself for getting one load of laundry done or 4 if your were so lucky. Love yourself because you can do anything you want, including changing your body for the better. As I watch my body change a tiny bit each day I am amazed at houw resposive out bodies are. THey are perfect calculators. You can't trick them My son got his first calculator yesterday. I was teaching him how to use it. ANd I was thinking...no matter how many times I put in 4+3 it will never give me any answer but 7. Same with our bodies. Yes we all have different metabloism rates etc starting out but we actually can change those by what kind of fuel we put into our bodies and how efficiently we expend that fuel. When ever I think, I don't think I will be ever able to lose this weight I remember that show the biggest loser. Heck, if those people can be dropping that kind of weight ( yes they are exercising 4 hours a day and eating 1400 calories) but they are dropping 12 lbs a week! For all their hemming and hawing in the intro videos (It just is impossible for me to lose weight!) suddenly they realize that their bodies are exact calculators just like eeryone elses and if they are consistent and really work hard that calculator will give them the same result every time Less calories in- More calories burned= fitter healthier me! I t is comforting to know that it is impossible for my body to give me any other answer!