Tammi

It's been awhile since I posted and usually that means I've been doing pretty bad but not this time. I didn't get a chance to weight myself this morning but when I got on the scale on Wednesday it said 143.6 which is my lowest weight in about 3 years. I've been so good about drinking water (except today, I've just been too cold to drink lots of water), I've been exercising regularly, and I've been eating less. I haven't really been trying to eat less, it just seems like I'm busier so I don't think about eating and therefore I don't snack and do the whole boredom eating thing. Anyway, I could always be better but I feel like I'm on the right track right now.

Molly's Friday

I weighed myself yesterday and I was only up about half a pound from my last weigh-in before my vacation. I thought that was awesome and some kind miracle. Then my grandma died. Last night around 11 I should have gone to bed. But instead, I stayed up and ate chips and american cheese. This morning I was up 2 pounds from yesterday to 166.8!! Ugh. My stomach was not happy this morning. And knew it would be like that. I thought about it long and hard last night and still decided to eat all that crap. Emotional eating sucks. And what's worse is I'm not feeling very motivated to go to the gym. It's not that I don't want to exercise, it's just I don't want to go there. I was thinking of hiking around in the Bookcliffs a little bit, but the weather is crappy. So, I don't know. What I really need to do is drink some freaking water and get some of the sodium out of my system. And maybe take a nap. Maybe then I will want to go to the gym.

Ooooofff

After my extended weekend of fun and glorious food, I am up to 155.6. Of course, the glorious food category didn't contain much water, so I'm hoping that a lot of that weight will be gone in the next couple of days, but we'll see.

Yup, I'm up. And it's not such a little up (3.6 lbs from Thursday and 4.6 from a couple weeks ago), but I am just grateful that I have such great friends and things to go and do and live my life. My weight will come down (eventually) but whether it's up or down, I feel blessed to have the people in my life that support and love me either way. ... Yup, apparently I'm also feeling gushy this morning. lol

Goals for today:

4 bottles of water

Track my calories (yeeeaaahhh, four days of not doing that...)

Exercise tonight after the girls go to bed.

Other than eating/exercising goals, I neeeed to get some stuff done around here - like grocery shopping and trying to find the ever elusive clean house -then we have preschool registration today starting at 4:30. I hope we get in! (The only thing that would get us into the district program is that Aaron travels a lot for work)

Lori

I have been weighing every day and exercising and whatnot - I've just been so busy that I haven't blogged so I thought I would do it right now before I get wrapped up in other stuff. This morning I was at 152, which is a lb up from Friday of last week :( But after Aaron's birthday and dinner with my parents, I was up to 153.6 on Tuesday, so I'm glad that it's coming back down. I've been working my tail off at the gym every day, going at night if I don't go during the day. I'm doing good with my food and tracking everything and whatnot. I am getting a little frustrated that one day of eating out (and still not going too overboard with that) and I gain 2.6 and then it takes me all week long to get it off and then it's the weekend again and I feel like I'm in this cycle of just losing what I put on, not more.

Anyway, gotta get ready for the gym, preschool at my house (gotta clean and go to the store -eik), a shopping trip, lawn work, and packing for our trip. I just hope I can get it all done today.

Today's goals:

track and keep calories under 1400

Have at least a 1000 deficit (I've been maintaining a 1300-1600 deficit lately)

4 bottles of water

get lots of stuff done

Have a great day!

Mallory's Wonderful Wednesday

I had a good but busy day today I went for a long bike ride, to the children's museum, laundry I ate really well hopefully tomorrow's weight is a good one!

Motivation

So, I have been thinking about what I was doing differently at the end of last year compared to what I am doing now. I am tracking, drinking water, getting some exercise but I think the main difference is my attitude. I am not sure how to really change it all but I think that one of the things is that I need to make sure I am not being overly upset when I don't lose weight. I also think I need to celebrate my loss over time. I have been looking at the weeks or two week timeframe and not focusing on my big picture. So from now on I am going to start posting my overall weighloss, my lowest weight and my loss from the last week.

Also I read an article that I liked this morning so I thought I would share it:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=346

I hope everyone had a great day!

It was a rough weekend

I pretty much had zero self control this weekend, ate a million donuts, and drank no water. So I am back on the bandwagon. I was up 2 pounds this morning. Sigh

Drink water
Calorie Deficit
Exercise

Happy with my Friday

I weighed 145.2 this morning which is down about 2.5 pounds from Monday. I'm pretty proud of myself because I haven't touched any of the candy lying around at all this week. I also did some sort of workout everyday and drank tons of water everyday. Now, if I can just stay on this track then I will be good. But it is the weekend and that usually spells disaster for me.

So, my goals for this weekend:
don't eat any candy
do some sort of exercise both Saturday and Sunday
drink my water


P.S.
If anyone needs a cake baked and decorated in the Grand Junction area I would love it if you would pass along my name. I can even send pictures of what I've done.

Molly's Friday

Well, I was up today: 164.6. My calories were fine yesterday, but I think I only drank 1.5 bottles of water and my dinner pretty damn salty, so that's what I'm chalking it up to. I'm going on vacation, so I won't be weighing in or even posting for awhile. But I'm going to try to make smart choices about food and drink my water and even get in a workout or two.

My goals for today:

Make smart choices
drink 3 bottles of water

Mallory and Lori, I'll see you next week in Denver for the March for Babies! Tammi, good luck with your walk in GJ!

Lori's Friday

Hey all. This morning I was 151.0. Yay! Which is 4.6 down from last friday and 3.4 down from Monday. I'm glad to see a loss, especially such a good one, b/c I have been SUPER good about my food and I've exercised every day at the gym in addition to doing stuff at home. It feels nice to be down a little lower now. I'm still 3 lbs from my lowest, but honestly I think I was only at my lowest for a couple of days.

Goals today:

4 bottles of water

track calories and keep them good

exercise somehow. I won't be able to get to the gym probably, so it won't be as good of a burn but I still need something. How's that for rambling during goals?

I've also been keeping my protein over 94 grams, which is what my bodybugg recommends for exercising regularly. I think that helps, so that's one of my goals too.

Molly's Thursday

Holy crap I have so much to do before I leave town and 24 hours to do it in. So what am I doing? Screwing around on the internet. Brilliant! I'm hoping that posting will help me get focused. I went to pilates this morning, which was hard/awesome as usual. I'm not doing zumba today because I have to much to do... My goals for today:

Drink 4 bottles of water
go see Gram
track calories
pack
make a list of everything that has to happen before I leave and then do that stuff.

Molly's Wednesday

I'm holding strong at 162.8. My cough is coming back and I'm a little congested which irritates the hell out of me. So, I can't decide if I should do cardio tonight or take the night off. Tomorrow I'm doing pilates and zumba. Maybe I'll do a five mile walk. There's enough good stuff on tv tonight that I should be able to do it after work and not be bored to death on the treadmill. I'd like to do it outside, but I don't see that happening before I have to go to work.

Goals for today:

Drink 4 bottles of water
track calories
walk 5 miles

Lori's Wednesday

This morning I was at 152.8 which I was super happy about :)

Yesterday was a good day - eating wise and exercising. I think my calorie deficit was like 1400 or something. I even went to the gym after the kids were in bed and also I bought a Biggest Loser DVD that has a series of 10 min workouts and did a couple while Brielle was napping yesterday.

Today's goals:

track food

exercise

4 bottles of water

Molly's Tuesday Goals

I'm headed to pilates this morning. Yay! I'm trying to channel Jerry McGuire mentor guy - "Today is going to be a great day!" I need to be productive today. I have a lot to do. And it shouldn't be a problem if I can just get myself to do it.

Goals for today:

drink 4 bottles of water
track calories
pilates
check off 5 things from my to do list

Mallory's Tuesday

Arg. I was expecting a great weigh in today. And instead it was not so great. It was 222.8. That is down .2 from yesterday but I drank so much water I thought I was floating away.

Today's goals

Drink 5 water
keep sodium under 1500
Have a 1200 calorie Deficit

Mallory's Monday Weigh In

So today I weighed this morning but then I went immediately to a job interview (wal-mart on the weekends it's for the garden center which I am actually pretty excited about) then it was just a crazy busy day. So I was up a pound to 223 from 222 on friday. It's fine. It has to be salt and stuff, I have been doing so good on my eating and exercise so it has to fall on something else. Water drinking was good today, I need to drink one more bottle before bed time but that's nothing!

I hope everyone else had a good day

I am going to try to do goals every morning and then post the day's results every day!

Molly's Monday: It's Gonna Be a Great Week

My weight today: 162.8, down .8 from last Monday (yay!) and down 2.2 from Friday. This week I'm going to try to be really good because next week I'll be on vacation! I am so excited for San Diego and then Denver and the March for Babies!!! So, in order to be really good this week, I'm going to try to post goals every day and check in at the end of each day.

Goals for today:
Drink 4 bottles of water
cardio workout
track calories
start laundry
mail thank you cards

a new start

So, I made it to Colorado and I'm going to start being healthy today. I weighed in this morning at 148.2. I think that's up about half a pound since I last weighed myself in March so I'm pretty happy about that considering eating out for almost two weeks and I haven't been drinking nearly enough water.

I'm going to have some real challenges living at my mom and dad's house. First, they have candy all over the house. It just sits out and it is so easy to not even realize that I've grabbed a handful of M&M's and popped them in my mouth. And my parents don't eat as many veggies as my family does. It will be an adjustment to try to cook for everyone and make everyone happy. I know I just have to be committed to being healthy.

Goals for today:
drink water
try to go for a run (still trying to get acclimated to the altitude)
not eat any of the candy lying around

Monday Monday MONDAY!

Ok, so typing an announcer voice proves difficult.
Anyway, this morning I was at 154.4. Which is down from Friday. I haven't been keeping real good track, and I suppose I could go back and look, but I'm pretty sure it's down .8 or something like that. I'm pretty happy with it. The weekends are my hardest times and I really made an effort to be good. Now if this CANDY would be gone, it'd help! lol

So, my goals today are:
track
work out
have at least a 800 to 1000 calorie burn.
4 bottles of water

We're having dinner at my parents' house so we can help them with some stuff that my dad's knee won't let him do anymore... so dinner will be hard. However, I cooked extra chicken yesterday so I'll have a good option for lunch and hopefully I can keep it in control for dinner.

Molly's Friday

Well, I'm up 1.4 from Monday to 165.0. But, I think it's just one of those things. I ended up getting called into work right before dinner and I was starving by the time I was done. There were cupcakes there, so I had one. And some chips. Oh well. My legs are super tired from yesterday and my arms are sore from doing push ups in pilates - I did 5, which I haven't been able to do in years! And this morning I put on some old crappy jeans because we're burning the ditch and they actually fit. Last time I put them on, it was a struggle to get them buttoned and they caused a serious muffin top.

Goals for today:

Track calories
drink 4 bottles of water

Lori's Friday

This morning I was at 155.6, which isn't down much from Wednesday, but down some, so that's good. Right now I'm just trying to get better and get ready for our yard sale this weekend too.

Goals for today:
track - under 1500 calories
4 bottles of water

Mallory's Friday :)

I weighed 222.0 this morning which is down three pounds from Wednesday. I have been so good about my calories and exercise, but I haven't been very good about sodium. I got my bodybugg up and working. The last two days I have had calorie deficits of 1600, which my goal is to have a calorie deficit of 1000 so I can lose two pounds per week. It's pretty fun. I wore it while I was sleeping and it's funny to see how you burn more calories at different times during the night. So this weekend is the yard sale and going to dinner with Heather and Bridget on Sunday. That should be fun.

Today's goals:
1000 calorie deficit
Drink 4 bottles of water

Last Chance Thursday

Can you tell I've been watching the Biggest Loser? Anyway, it's our last chance to kick our own butts and drink lots of water before Friday weigh-in. I did pilates this morning, went to Target to get some new sandals, (they have a knock off of my favoritest Teva flip-flops that are nearly as comfortable and half the price. Yay!) and then I went back to the gym to do zumba! And it was hard, but not as hard as the first time. Turns out I'm slightly more coordinated at noon than I was at 9:15 in the morning - but only slightly. :-) And now I'm super tired, but trying to chug down some water. And maybe I'll take a nap....

Hey there

So hi! I've been super sick lately... like the last three weeks. Everytime I think that I'm almost over it, it hits me again. Ugh. I went to kickboxing on Monday and then took the kids for a bike ride in the trailer, and felt almost totally well except for the hacking. Then Tues I felt bad and by last night I was ready to die. Ugh again. Anyway, my weight today was 156.2. I've been trying to eat good the last couple of days but I know that I need to drink more water than I have been (a sore throat makes that hard). I also will be extra happy when the Easter candy is out of my house.

So the gym situation - since Brielle bit that little girl awhile ago, I can't take her back :( So I'm not working, paying half membership dues, and either going when the girls are asleep or trying to arrange a time when Aaron can watch them. It's a little harder, but at least I'm able to keep going some:)

I finished off the chocolate egg

So, I finished off the chocolate from Samantha's easter basket. My weight was 224.0 which is better than yesterday. I didn't drink as much water as I should have and I have been drinking diet soda, and not tracking it. I am sure the sodium plus the dehydrating effect of caffeine means I should be drinking more water.

No weigh in

It's Monday and I didn't weigh in. I'm having a hard time being healthy on the road but I will get back on track when I get to Colorado. I really just wanted to say that it sounds like you, Molly and Mallory, are both doing very well and are on the right track. Keep up the good work!

Molly's Monday Weigh-In

163.6!! Maybe I have a tape worm. That's down 3.2 from Friday and 2.6 from Monday. That's crazy! I haven't had a loss that big in months! I'm pretty sure it was the water. No matter how much we talk about how important water is for weight loss, I'm always surprised how true it is. Yesterday I drank 5 bottles of water just because I was super thirsty. So weird, but awesome.

Goals for today:
exercise
track calories
drink at least 3 bottles of water

Mallory's Monday Weigh In

This morning my weight was 224.2 which is up 1.8 pounds from yesterday. It was a pretty bad sodium day yesterday. We had homemade Eggs Benedict (yum) and then Justin went to McDonalds and got dinner. It was one of those times when you are running late and just want the kids to go to bed. I ate a salad but my sodium for the day was still over 3000mg. Ah well there is always tomorrow. Until I am firmly back on track, I am going to weigh myself every day or every other day so I can make sure I am focused.

SO WIERD - Easter Sunday

So, I wrote this whole post this morning and apparantly it didn't post. Happy Easter everyone!

I weighed myself this morning and I was 222.4 which is down 4.6 pounds from Friday. Ha ha salt is so funny.

Today's goals:
drink 4 waters
track calories
get some exercise

Mallory's Saturday Goals

ok, so I have had a really good morning so far. 170 cal so far and two waters. I just need to hold it together for the rest of the day and tomorrow. I would really like to be down instead of up.

Molly's Friday: At least I'm not a Dead Prairie Dog

I mean, things could be worse. My weight was up .6 to 166.8 today. Whatever. I had a salty dinner and I started my period, so I'm not too worried. I was hoping that it would be 165.something, but considering the amount of chocolate I ate yesterday, it should probably be a lot higher than it is. :-) I might go lift weights this afternoon, or I might take a nap. Maybe I'll do both. The world is full of possibilities...

Mallory's Friday Weigh In

So today's weigh in was 227.0, I weighed myself yesterday and I was 225.something so that's pretty much two pounds of salt or whatever. We also didn't get to eat bday cake last night so I am going to have a piece of birthday cake today and I am not counting it in my calories. I hope to order my bodybugg today. whooo hooooo!