Well since I made it to a size 7, which was my original goal. So now that I am there, and still planning on going further so my new goal is a size 5). Right now my abs hurt so bad I dont want to move! I really worked them on saturday and they seem to be a bit unforgiving. I thought if I did abs again today that it might help, well big shock, IT DIDNT!!! I know I wont reach my goal by the new year which was my original goal, but I just need to be patient with the fact the weight is coming off so slowly now. I havent lost any weight in the last couple weeks, then all of a sudden after thanksgiving I have lost like 3 pounds, so hopefully the plateau is over, and I can start losing again. I need to lose about 5 pounds for the new pants I bought to fit me right (they are too tight on my butt) but I figure better too small then too big.
The biggest concern I have right now is I keep reading that most people gain the weight they lose back in the same time it took to lose it. I dont think I will let that happen, I have worked too hard to let that happen.

Hello!!

Thanks for the excellent tips you left on my journal page:) I really need to think about learning to cook, so that I can have healthy food in the house.

Congrats on your awesome progress, and your new journal :D I will check it often!

Aahhhh, nice new journal for me to fill......

:deer:

You kick @$$ Elsie!! Size 7......ack. I'm soooooo jealous!

Maybe it's the lack of pineapples......hmm, I'm gonna have to consider giving them up.

Ack.


WAY TO GO! YAYYYYYYY! :)

Size 7... That is awesome. I dream of seeing a size 7 one day. Congrats.
When you work out your abs you should do it every other day. If you concentrate on them everyday you will develop the muscle's slower due to ripping them and not giving them a chance to heal.

I wouldn't worry too much about gaining the weight back. You are losing it the right way and I know you will be able to maintain it.

Congrats again hun and take care.

I never work my abs, I am too self concious about it... I am such a dork. I know if you get sore muscles, that working them out will release acid into them and usually makes them feel better. Well I did that sunday, and they finally feel better today.

Well today I was too tired to get up to go to the gym this morning. So I went after school, which gives me more time which is a good thing.

I have loads to do this week --as far as school work-- and I am not motivated to do it, but the semester is almost over. As soon as thats over I have to get to planning a fundraiser dinner for MDA, we met with MDA this week, so I have between now and the end of Feb to plan that, that will be fun.

I wore my new (Size M) pants today, I thought that maybe I should lose weight before I did that, but Nick thought they looked fine so I said forget it. I noticed I got a lot of attention today. When men look at me, I know what they are thinking, but when women look and seem to talk about me, I dont know what to think. It makes me self concious, cause I think they are thinking I am fat, even though the women in particular that were talking about me today were much bigger then me. I guess it will be hard to get the "I'm fat" tapes out of my head. A woman asked me today if I was a size 5, and that made me feel great, since I still feel like a 12, to know that others recognize I am not a 12, but to think I am more like a 5 (my new goal) makes me giggle.

Thank you everyone for stopping in at my new journal.

Good God girl - why the heck do you feel like a size 12???? For crying loud, enjoy your success. (Interuptt this chewing out session to say - Congrats on the size 7!!!). You are skinny!!!! You are beautiful! You are sexy! Dance in front of a mirror. Be happy with your body! Compliment yourself! It may take a little bit - but it will sink in.

When I reached a size 7 - long, long time ago - I thought I was still fat too and changed my goal to a size 5 - though I never reached it, but the point is, now when I look at those size 7 jeans, I realize, boy I was thin - why couldn't I feel it. That's why I decided to make my goal a 7 and stay firm on it this time. Being approx. the same age, height, and frame as I am, I would caution you to consider whether more weightloss is really what you need. Don't get un-healthy on me!

Do something physical with your body that makes you feel stong and powerful. Look at your body as something that can perform not just an ornament to look at.

Sorry for all my ranting - just a friend that cares. :)

Well its friday, I passed out lastnight about 9, so I was wide awake at 3:30 this morning. So I did some homework adn went to the gym, today is day 7 in a row at the gym, and I am looking forward to having that day off on sunday or monday. Lastnight I came home at like 6:30 so I didnt really want to cook, but I bought some frozen Voila meals (that have the meat included) and I finally cooked them yesterday adn I was shocked, thay are soooo good! Crisp veges, BIG FAT chunks of chicken, it was great. I am going to go to the store to pick up more of them, they are pretty healthy.
Tomorrow I have a christmas party which I am excited about. It is at a guy's house, that works with Nick. Th thing is he is married to someone I used to work with, so hopefully there will be loads of people we both know. Its an adult only party, with drinks, and naughty white elephant gifts. I think I will eat before we go, since they are having lasagne for dinner, and try to be good so I can have those 2 glasses of wine that make me so giggly.
Only one more week of class until finals, I am looking forward to the break, and trying to get my house mor organized (My new years resolution).

Crimson- Part of me is really excited about ym weight loss. I know based on what the scale says adn what my clothes say that I am not that big. I like it when people who havent seen me in a while get taken a back (I am looking forward to that happening with all the peopel I used to work with). It will take a while, I look at myself a lot in the mirror and I am pretty amazed, I am just trying to erase the fat tapes, that might take a while.

Those ladies are most likely jealous of your success. Enjoy your party and all the great compliments you are surely going to receive. Hey if you need any advice on getting things organized, I am a freak about it. Good with it. It can be overwhelming.

I will have to go check out the ready dinner things you are talking about. They sound yummy. Well need to finish here at work. Have fun, enjoy and look dazzling!.... yes I seem corny. : O)

Sexybod, how about I buy you a plane ticket and you show me, lol. Nick and I are both procrastinators, and it shows in our house. There is always clutter everywhere, so its something I want to work on. No one ever comes over to my house, but it would be nice to come home to a clean house.

:cheers: on the size 7! That is truly an awesome accomplishment. Be proud of what you have accomplished.

I also love those viola meals. That is one of the things I am trying as I am learning new veggies. I have always only had corn, grean beans and peas... :o We don't have them alot though because I thought they were high in fat, but don't remember for sure.

When you get sexybod's plane ticket, think you could get her a layover in ks?? I sure could use her... :D

Keep up the great work!!

Mikey, I know the one we had lastnight had more calories, since it had loads of veges, but I still have a bag of the roasted garlic chicken and veges and 1 cup cooked is only 120 calories (2.5 fat, 10 net carbs, and 12 g protein). Also, I have no problems sharing sexybod.

Hmmm..roasted garlic sounds good. Will have to try it

Well today was day 8 in a row at the gym, and it was rough. My feet were hurting so I barely did cardio (only like 150 calories) then I spent about an hour and a half doing abs, chest, tris (Even though they are sore, thighs, and butt. I was hoping tow ait until monday for my day off, but I doubt I will amke it in tomorrow. Tonight Nick and I are going to a christmas party, and they are servibng lasagna. I am trying to decide if I should eat before I go, or just try to be good. I also know there will be some alcohol to be had (I am taking 2 bottles of wine though I will probably only have 2-3 glasses). I always harrass people for drinking, since it is so bad for our diets, but at least I am a lightweight now :)

Now I have to figure out what to wear. I bought a nice brown and black silk brocade halter top (Originally $180, I bought it on super clearance for $40), but I wanted to go out and find a silk scarve to wear, since I am insecure about my armpit/chest fat or what ever you call it. Well I havent done it, so I am not too sure if I will wear it, or forget about it. Ofcourse everyone I know who will be there, hasnt seen me since I lost the weight, so I doubt they will even notice it, but I am self-concious about it.

I posted some more pictures for anyone who is interested in seeing... maybe I should post a halter top picture and ask for the people of Diettalk's advice.

Congrats on the gym work !!!! :deer:

Definately taking today off of working out. I am a bit hung over from last night (I dont know if it was 2 or 3 glasses of wine) and I only got about 5 hours of sleep, so I just cant get into going to the gym.

Well the Christmas party lastnight was fun, it was only people from Nick's work, so I only knew one person besides Nick, but I am not shy, so it was ok. It was a nice ego booster for me, because all the guys Nick works with, really liked me. When I went into the bathroom I heard them telling Nick (I guess they dont realize you can hear through the wall) that he is the "Man" and how great I am. We ended up going to a casino after it started getting slow there, and Nick's boss was really liking me. They were waiting at the bar for a drink, but they were not having any luck, so I walk up and 2 seconds later the bar tender comes up and asks me if I want a drink, I found it entertaining. All night it was like that, as soon as the bartender saw me, he would rush over. Nick's boss kept giving me a dirty old man look, which kinda creeped me out, but I guess his boss is allowed to think I am cute (as long as he doesnt try to hump my leg or something).
It was a pretty good night for Nick and I. At the casino I turned 20 dollars into 50, and quit. I gave the voucher to nick, he had lost 60 bucks, and he then took that 50 and in about 5 minutes turned that into $225, so we were both happy. His boss gave me money to play, which I wasnt really comfortable with --but he is rich-- but I played it, and turned 10 into 50 and stopped, but then he wanted me to shove more money in the dollar slots, so he ended up breaking even.
I did wear the halter top I was concerned about, and I am posting a picture, so everyone knows what I have been talking about.

Hope everyone has a good day, I am going to a scrapbook open house later, and really need to get writing a paper, though I doubt that will happen.

You look amazing Elsie, way to go :) Where exactly is the chest fat you're talking about? You're tiny! LOL. I've always wanted to hear through the bathroom wall to see what guys are talking about in there!

I missed the gym today, I'm feeling guilty, particularly reading how dedicated you've been (you're amazing). I'll definitely go tomorrow.

Anna

Elsie.... It is a good feeling to walk in to your house and not worry about cleaning. One day who know maybe I will come give your house a makeover. : O)

Hot mama. You look great in that dress. No wonder the guys were all over you! Glad to see it was a good time. I guess your hubby better watch out for his co-workers...hehehe. I will have to go check out your other pictures. Congrats on the gym....I wish I had some of your motivation. Hard these days for me. Well hun I need to jet out of work. Take care and rest up.

I went to the gym today for the first time since saturday. I am coming up on finals and this is hell week before so I have soooo much to do, thats why I havent really been around. Nick turns off the alarm so I dont wake up to go to the gym in the morning, and then I can't justify taking the time away from my class work to go. I was worried I would have gained weight, especially with me giving into some of my temptations for things like onion rings, and regular soda. I went to the gym and sure enough I hadnt gained any, lost about a pound. It seems like when I eat badly, I lose weight it makes no sense. Only I have learned about weight loss in psychology class that gives some info on that, I will post that later. I hope everyone is doing well, and thanks for stopping in.

Ack!! Congrats....I too tend to lose weight after I've eaten badly......when you get a chance, make sure to post that info as I'm very interested!!

Good luck with finals......that's one thing I'm NOT missing about being away from school this term. And the occasional temptation is ok, if you're being good most of the time!!


By the way, sexy chickie pic! :deer:

Ellllll-siiiiieeeeee, where areeeeee youuuuuuu?


I know you're around here somewhere........ :)


Do you need another chicken?

Have a couple.

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So have you posted that weight loss info anywhere yet? I am verrrrry interested.....hint, hint.

How are things going? I suppose you're right in the middle of finals right now......post when you get a chance!!

I am around, I swear. Its finals week so I am trying really hard to focus on studying and not on playing around. My first final is tomorrow, and I need a decent grade, and it is taking forever. I havent been to the gym yet today, cause I wanted to do 2 things first... well it takes a long time to turn 20 pages of notes into flash cards (and that is only half of one lesson). So I havent been to the gym yet, this might be a bad gym week, but then I have 5 weeks off to go, and then I am beginning weight training at school, I am actually going to take 2 classes next semester... since I never have enough time for weight training.
The hot personal trainer from my gym told me I am gdoing the gym thing all wrong. He says that I should be doing more weight training, and less cardio. He says that I also need to do the weight training first and the cardio second. I dont know about it, but since I havent been losing musch lately I will try it his way. He said I need to sit down and talk to him, because he knows how hard I work at it and how dedicated I am, so he is willing to help me... yeah since I cant afford personal trainers anymore. So I have to do that soon, but for now I will bump up the weight training. My abs are pretty sore from yesterday (since thats all did, cause I started talking then I needed to go home).
Well have to go check on lunch I hope everyone is doing good.

Kim thanks for the chickens, they are just what I needed :)

Hey, no problem. You need any more, just let me know.

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I understand the finals......good luck on them!! I hate that time of year the most......ack. Ah well, next spring I'll be joining you!

Great about the personal trainer! I'm jealous!!

Well final #2 down, and 2 to go. I am mad, I actually way overstudied for todays final! I am also an idiot because I didnt realizze that the teacher basically went over everything that was on the test (word for word) last week and I should have been writing it down and studying that, but I didnt. Well I guess I will learn better for enxt semester. Still no time for the gym, I think I will just give up and wait until friday afternoon to even try to go. But then I will have the next 5 weeks to work out as much as I want, so I am not going to feel too guilty... or I am going to try not to, even though I feel guilty every day I am not in there.

Well FInals are finally over!!! I feel so relieved to know I can watch TV again or do something other then stare at a computer screen... so look how I celebrate, lol. I havent been to the gym this week because I havent had the time, but now I have 5 weeks to spend all the time I want working out. I plan to spend about 2 hours in the gym everyday, about 40-60 min doing cardio and an hour doing weights, though after I talk with the PT I might be doing more weights and less cardio. I dont remember if I posted before, but next semester I am taking 2 weight training classes at school. In the morning I have just enough time to really do cardio, so I only get in about 15-25 min of weight training a day, except for weekends and maybe once a week when I go in the afternoon. So now I will have 50 min m-th for doing weight training at school if nothing else.
Next semester I am taking 3 english classes (then the chinese and weight training classes) so I am sure I will be even more busy. I am trying to get ahold of the books for my classes, and one Literature class alone I have to read 11 books next semester! My grandma is dying, and she wont be aorund much longer, so I think I will try to pick up some books and go over there and read, i also want to scan some old pictures and have her tell me about them before she is gone and takes those memories with her. She is my last living grandparent, I didnt know 2, and the other one I never really talked to, and I always regret that. Ofcourse I have never been close to my grandmother either, she always seemed cold to me when I was a kid, but now she cries when I come over... it makes me feel like a bad grandchild.
Well time to indulge in some pleasures like watching a movie. Tonight I am scrapbooking for the first time in a couple weeks. Sunday Nick, his mom, and I are making cinamon rolls all day. THats one of their family traditions, and luckily I dont like cinamon rolls, so there is no temptation.

Finally made it to the gym for the first time in almost a week. Now that finals are over back to my normal routine of working out 5-6 times a week. Today I was there for about 2 1/2 hours, but I spent probably a half an hour chit chatting and getting work out tips. I did every leg machine (I do everything 3 reps of 15 except abs which are 25-50 at a time), I did abs and triceps (which ar weak). I took the advice of the trainer and did the weighttraing first and the cardio second. I did 500 calories on the stairsteper and elyptical. I could have gone for much longer, but I was SOOOO hungry, since i woke up late --went to bed to late-- and i dont eat until after I work out.

On a more personal note: Yesterday and today I have felt really happy about my body. I stared at myself in the mirror for a while, and I am quite content with how my body is looking. Yesterday a friend og mine (who is very large though she has had lap band surgery) looked at me and said "where exactly are you trying to lose weight from" it made me giggle. I was worried about what the scale would say after a week of no gym, but to my suprise it read 139! And I thought I would never get out of the 40s. I guess that last 3 pounds was really what I needed to make myself look good, lol. I just wish I thought I looked as good in clothes as I do naked. I need to go shopping, since I have no shirts that fit me, and so I hate getting dressed.

I am feeling good and looking good, and want to thank all of you for all the support you have given em to help me get to this point. I wondered if I would ever be content with myself and I am. Though I am still planning on losing some more weight 10-15 pounds probably) because I want to find my new abs (which are hidden under a cute layer of flub).

Congrats Elsie!! :D

So yesterday I made it to the gym, and was suprised to see I didnt gain any weight after my not so good dinner, I actually had lost about a half a pound.
We went to Nick's parents house and spent all day making cinnamon rolls. My eating was not the best, since over there, there is not much healthy food to be found. Nick's mom made a breakfast pizza that was good it has hashbrowns for the crusts, and eggs, cheese, onions, mushrooms, and sausage on it. I had a glass of OJ, then for dinner we had McD and I had a happy meal, and I snacked on a skippy peanut butter bar... plus there was a little too much frosting eating going on. So overall I dont think it was a horrible calories day, but there was loads of sugar.
It is my first day off for winter break, and it is nice. I layed in bed until about 7:30 all cozy and warm, and then I got up prepared to go to the gym... and got sucked in by DT :)
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I need to go to the gym, so I can go do some christmas shopping.

I had a pretty wonderful day today. Besides the weather being icky (super foggy, no sky to be seen) it was wonderful. I went to the gym and that was so-so. My shoulder was really hurting me and I was trying to do chest and shoulders. Then I went christmas shopping but ended up buying clothes for me too. It was so nice because in one of the stores I went to --which a couple of months ago I couldnt fit into their sizes, you know the clothes that are imported from china and are based by their standards, lol-- a woman and I were looking at tops and she said "you would look great in that, you have a cute little figure" and it threw me for a loop. I know I have lost weight, but I dont think about it all the time, and I really dont know how small I am. I ended up buying --from 3 different stores-- a new pair of light grey slacks (juniors Medium, and hey are a bit lose around the waist YEAH!!!), a new pink sweater, a bunch of underware, since mine are all old and too big, plus I really stopped wearing g-string underware because they looked bad on me because my hips were so squishy. Now that I have lost those 8 or 9 inches on my hips I can finally wear sexy panties again. I also got an Adidas workout outfit, pants, jacket and shirt. I did do some shopping for other people I swear :) It is so fun to me to shop now. Before it was so hard to find clothes that fit because I was stuck inbetween plus sizes and normal --I dont know what they are called-- clothes, and now I can go anywhere and find clothes that fit.
I just got home a bit ago and had to quickly wrap Nick's presents, but how do you wrap a golf club??? I put a ribbon on it and hid it under the other presents. The dog didnt tear up my house, which is amazing.. so like a said a great day. I guess I can say that losing weight really has changed my life, I am such a more positive, excited person now. Its hard not to when everyone is checking you out :)

Oh more reasons to eb happy, I just found out I got a B in my Psych class, that was the one class I was worried about, so it looks like deans list for me :) Today was a great day!!!!

It sounds like you really did have a great day. I'm sure it was super flattering getting the compliment from a total stranger.
That's also great that you got the B. How many credits did you take for the semester?

hi Karen,
I had 14 units and hopefully my other classes will all come in with an A, this one I was thinking I was going to get a c in --I hate lecture classes--.

Yes it is always great to get a compliment from a stranger, heck I will take them from anyone. But to have someone say "you have a cute little figure" was the ultimate compliment. Its one thing to have a cute fugre but a cute little one, lol. I dont remember the last time someone said something like that to me.

So I made it to the gym already, did ok. Not as great of a day as yesterday, but I am still in a pretty good mood. Hopefully today I will finish my christmas shopping (yeah) and tonight I am going out to a chinese buffet, I will wear lose pants.

I measured myself today and I wanted to post before and after measurements (in inches)
Before After Loss
Chest 37 30 7
Waist 35 29 6
hips 42.5 34.5 8
thigh 23 20.5 2.5/each
arm 12.5 11 1.5/each

Oh more good news, just got my grades for all my classes.

Ended up with 2 As, an A- and a B-, so a 3.65 for the semester. I am happy that my grades all turned out the way I hoped they would.

Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year!!!

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Just wanted to say thank you for your friendship here at diettalk and wish you a wonderful holiday!!!

Elsie, congrats on the inches lost and on the great marks, Good work!!!

Merry Christmas :)

Beth :peace:

Merry Christmas Elsie!!


I won't be back at DT until December 28th or so.......so take care of yourself, HAVE FUN, have a great Christmas, and I'll be back to check on you later!!

:)

Hey Elsie!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS :) Hope you have a great couple of days (relax, enjoy yourself, and don't stress about food, I'm sure not going to!)

Your grades are amazing! :dc

And so are your weight loss stats.

Anna

Thak you all, and I hope you all have a great christmas too.

Lastnight eating was bad, after having a nice healty lunch, Nick pulled out the homemade cookies that were given to him, and needless to say about 5 cookies later I stopped. If I ever thought about skipping the gym today, that is now out the window :) I also cant wait for this time of year to be over, we have less candy in this house at halloween.

merry Christmas and Happy 2005 Elsie......and congrats on the cool grades!


Blessings:spring:


Vickie:pass:

Merry Christmas Elsie and a happy New Year!!! By Summer of 2005, we will all be thin chics strutting our stuff, lol :deer:

Well I hope everyones Christmas was great. Mine was wacky, but *whew* its over with.
Christmas Eve we make a snow run every year. It started 7 year ago when my aunt was dying of cancer, brought the snow down and covered her lawn so christmas morning she had snow. Well now every year we do it for someone else. This year it was for a terminal 13 year old, who has the cancer gene in his family --the poor bunch--. So we drove up to the snow --it hasnt snowed in weeks-- and filled our trucks, we also --with the help of United Rentals-- had 3 dump trucks and a bobcat to fill them. So we took 1 dump truck and two trucks to the kids house, and covered his lawn with snow, adn made a cute snowman for him. His family was great they were out there with us at 2 in the morning, taking pictures, and giving us cocoa and cookies. Afterwards most everyone left, but I headed over to the shriners hosital to do the same thing with the 2 10 yard dump trucks there. I get there, and everyone has left, no one has shovel, and there is a whole lot of snow. We ended up only dumping one truck, but the 4 of us worked on it until we got it finished. I didnt end up making it home until 4:30, and boy was I tired!
Nick's parents were sick so they called off christmas, but we ended up going over there yesterday. I got most of what I wanted, including this really great hand blender by phillips. It comes with a wisk and chopper attachment too, so it is multi purpose. I am excited about it, because I wanted to start drinking protein shakes, and so now I can. I bought this stuff from Walmart that are low carb shakes, and they are suprising good, and only cost 9 bucks for 12 servings, so I am way excited. I have some frozen berries I through in, and I have a nice healthy snack, thats easy. I also got the sony arm band radio, that gets radio and TV, so I took that to the gym yesterday. THats all the working out stuff I got, but it was a great christmas.
THe biggest news yesterday was with all the pie, cookies, candy, and food I still lost weight! I was expecting to see it go up, but nope! However lastnight I went to a buffet at the casino here, so we will see today :( I need to head to the gym, but I am feeling lazy today, for it is overcast and a bit rainy today.

Didnt make it to the gym yesterday, but I did walk quite a bit. I did go to the gym today, I didnt finish as much cardio as I would have liked because my Asthma started acting up, and I figured it would be better to stop, but I was at the end (Only had like 5 minutes to go).
I went to the store today to buy loads of frozen berries for my protein shakes. THe ones I have, are sugared, and thats no good. So I went out and bought all sorts of things, I am looking forward to a peach shake :) I love these things, because they suprisingly do fill you up, where I never felt full off of a slim fast shake. Plus they gave me horrible gas :( So I think I will do 2 shakes a day, 2 meals, and a snack, or so my goal is.
I have to take my uncle out shopping for furniture today, and I am going through my house getting rid of everything that doesnt get used, or doesnt get used often enough. I cant get Nick to stay in a box, so I guess I have to keep him. Then when it stops raining I am going to load up the truck adn take it to the women's shelter. I also have all those big clothes to take too. But I know the wqeather is going to be icky for a while so I have to wait, thats the only problem with having 2 trucks.
Well UPS man is here and should get back to attakcing ym house.

No really I like talking to myself!

So today was kinda crappy. I had to drive 75 miles to go to court, because when I sold a car 7 years ago I was stupid and trusting. It really seems like nice people get run over and this is one of those times I have been runover and feel a bit deflated. I sold a car to Nick's best friend 7 years ago, he never ended up giving me money for it, and claimed it was stolen --heard he traded it for drugs--. When I sold it to him I made a receipt, signed the release of liability and gave it to him to take care of. Ofcourse he never did, adn whoever has had it trashed it and left it on the side of the road. So here it is 7 years later and it looks like I will have to pay at least 500 dollars for it. So not only was I taken for the $2500 I sold it for, but now another $500 more. I tried to call the DMV, but there doesnt look like there is much I can do about all of it :( He has since moved to Tennesee, and I feel like tracking him down and hitting him with a hammer. So I have to go back to court on Jan 26th, but no luck seems to be coming my way.
THat being said, eating is still not great, but made it to the gym today. I figure I better if I continue to eat cookies. But on the way back from court I drove past all sorts of farm land so I stopped off and bought kiwis, grapefruit, pears, and tangerines so when I wanted to come home and start eating crap today, I grabbed a kiwi instead. Need to hurry up and lose this last part of the weight so I can just worry about maintaining.

I've just read your whole journal to see how you were doing... it looks like you're really working hard, and I'm glad to see that it's working for you - I saw the picture you posted and I would love to look that great :)

Iron Maiden, I havent seen you around here often. You should spend more time with us here. Thank you for the compliments, and I truly believe if I can do it, anyone can.

Ahhhh, Elsie. I'm back!

Sorry you had that crappy car experience.....that sucks. Some people are just a******s (I'll let you fill in the blanks, lol). I hope you're feeling better / happier now......just think, what goes around comes around, and hopefully he'll get a good screwing in the end.

I'm at home now. Forgot what a mess my house is.....ack. So until school starts I'm planning on cleaning every day. Sounds like fun, right?!? Blech. Had a great Christmas (in my journal), had a happy happy reunion with Geo (will take pics and post them soon), had some wild and crazy animal lovin' and now it's back to the school routine!

Oh Kim, I am glad you had fun, I am jealous :)

Made it to the gym, threw away the cookies, and hopefully soon I will be doing better. I havent eaten today, and its almost lunch time, so I think I will have some fruit until NIck gets home from Lunch. I have to work this afternoon, so that should be nice --to get out of the house--. Other then that nothing much is happening.

Well since I am not a cool kid and hate conformity, I am not starting a new journal! I am stinking with the same old dingy one I had before. Also my new years resolutions have nothign to dow ith weight. I know I will lose the weight, so thats not even something i need to work on, so my resolution is to stop being a procrastinator I want to try harder in classes, sure I manage to BS myself some As, but I want to actually read all the books in my lit classees and not just the summaries I find online :) I want to get my house clean and organized, and keep it there. And instad of thinking "I will do that later", actually do it when I say I am going to. I think that losing this weight has done great things for me as a person, because I know I can actually set and acheive goals, I know I can better myself, and I plan on doing whatever I can to do so.
With that being said... I did not de-clutter my life today, I did get rid of some more clothes, but then I went out to Target and bought loads of christmas stuff, and even bought my mom a present for next year!I need to buy more storage bins for all the stuff we bought this year, but they didnt have the ones we wanted. Nick and I went out to breakfast, well more like lunch since we didnt even wake up until after 10, and didnt make it into the shower until almost 11:30. Nick bought the dog some more sweaters... and yes people sometimes I do queation his sexuality, he scrapbooks and dresses our dog. When we came home we went for a little walk and everyone loved his new sweater. On the walk I found 20 bucks in a puddle, I looked around for more, but didnt find anymore. We are about to leave to go to my cousin's house to eat pizza and watch some movies --Sean of the dead, and the ladies man-- so I should probably get sorted to go.
Yesterday I went and saw one of the women I used to work with. She is quite overweight herself and when we worked together I was always wanting to lose weight, adn trying to get them to do it. One of my co-workers said --the last time I saw her, which was over a year ago-- that she was suprised because she was expecting to see me skinny. Well I never did lose that weight, adn it kinda hurt my feelings. So I hope Pat tells them all how great I look :) Pat was amazed she kept looking at me and she would ask "how much weight have you lost" "How did you do it, are you popping pills or something" and she kept mentioning how skinny I am. More and more people are calling me skinny and guessing I ama size 6, so I am starting to feel better about myself now. Though I am kinda annoyed with people asking me if I am popping pills or something. I tell them I am on the "No sh*t diet" and they ask me what that diet is, and I tell them its simple, I eat right and excercise and guess what, no sh*t it works.
Ok really have to go now. I hope everyone has a successful new year

I have a very bad habit of always waiting to do thing later too, usually in the last minute. But I've learned that it's stupid, because usually the reason I'm waiting to do those things is because I want to spend that time on more relaxing things, but what happens? Somewhere in my mind I keep worrying about all the things I need to do, and when I finally do them in the last minute, I get sooo stressed because I know I'm running out of time. So, it actually feels a lot better when you do the things that needs to be done as soon as you get the chance :)

Well got up and made it to the gym. I didnt go yesterday, but I found out they were closed so I dont have to feel guilty :) I ate badly yesterday, and the scale is showing it, but I think I really need to work on my water intake. I defiantely have not been drinking the water I should, thats the problem with not having a routine. So today I am going to work hard to try to get those bottles of water down.
I am getting a cold, which is great. Nick had it and I harrassed him and told him if he ate better he wouldnt get sick. I told him see I never get sick, and look. I rarely do get sick, but here I am...I think it is a godsmack. So I am having a bit of a hard time breathing, but that didnt stop me from doing 700 claories of cardio today, but I didnt do any weights. Better somethign then nothing though.

Hi Elsie,
Sorry it took me so long to catch up with you again. Hope the holidays were all you wanted them to be! I had a wonderful New Years weekend.....just me and hubby!!!!!!!
Hey, you have lots to be proud of with your weight loss.....I can't wait to be in your shoes! I have a long way to go but this is the year I am gonna do it!
BTW, How nice it is of you to do your "snow runs" for people less fortunate. We had TOO MUCH snow at Christmas.....next year, I'll ship it to you:rofl:


Love ya,

Vickie:pass:

Awwww, poor sick Elsie! :console:

Sweaters for the dog. Hmmm. I looked into getting boots for our dog but they didn't make any big enough.....plus, he's a St. Bernard and loves the snow so I guess he'll be ok....

Hope you're feeling better! When does school start again for you??

Vicky, that would be great if you could just mail the snow out, it will save me some time, and my toes from possible frostbite.

Still sick, but just got home from the gym, eating lunch really quick, showered and have to go to work soon. I am doing much better with the water today, and hope to do better with the food --I say as I shovel the cheeseburger macaroni Nick made for lunch-- I plan on having a protein shake after work, then for dinner Nick wants fried rice. I make it so its decently healthy.

Well should go, hope everyone is having a great day.

Today was a pretty good day, not bad for my un-birthday. I got flowers and a balloon delivered and all. It is funny, I have never gotten flowers or anything sent to me on my birthday, but today here came the birthday balloon and the plant. Kinda funny, I was talking to my cousin today who was planning all this stuff for her co-worker for his birthday, and so jokingly I said "You never do anything for me for my birthday, no cards, no present or anytihng" well then I had to go to the gym. When I came home form the gym there was a knock at the door. I went to go see who it was and the guy said "I have a birthday delivery" to which I replied "its not my birthday" he said "Your name is Elsie right?" I said it was and he said "well someone sent you this with a birthday balloon." When I accepted that it was mine ofcourse I knew right away who it was from. I laughed my butt off. I called her and she was giggly about it too. There is something great about receiving presents, for no reason. I mean christmas was just a week ago, and more presents already :) I could get used to this, I might have to plan 4 un-birthdays a year!

Well the last couple of days have been pretty good. Once again, I havent been as good about going to the gym, but I have to just realize, that its ok. I didnt go today, but that is because I got lazy in the morning, then my uterus feels like it was going to explode, probably another cyst rupture. o hopefully tomorrow it will feel better. For today I just went on a short walk with the dog, when I was feeling a bit better, other then that I slept most of the day.
I just ordered most of my text books for my next semester of clases. I only have one more to buy from school, but bought the others used online for 200 dollars. Luckily I get to use the same books for one of my class as last semester, so that saves me about 50 dollars.
I am excited they are building a big gym, right down the street from me. It isnt opening until may or june, but when it does I am going to sign up. My gym is ok, but its pretty small and though it is onyl 3 miles away, it will eb nice to have one close enough to walk to. Plus mine doesnt have any classes, and this one has yoga and pilates, and only costs an extra 8 dollars a month, so I think it will be worth it. Between now and then at least I will have my two weight training classes, to hopefully hurry up and get the last part of this weight off.
I talked to Nick this weekend about hopefully going somewhere in June for our 10th anniversary. I will have to see how it works out. We are too sure about the status of his job, and if there will be anyone to take over for him when he is off. Since he is self employeed he doesnt get vacation or anything. I am just hoping for like 4 days, maybe a short cruise, nothing too extreme, but something for the two of us. We really havent vacationed at all, by ourselves, except for a trip to vegas we took 2 1/2 years ago. Usually we have just done overnighters in close spots, and most of the time with ym brother or cousin or something. But I think 10 years should be celebrated, and my new body should be celebrated too :)

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

Well I havent been posting much, but it seems pointless, since I seem to eb the only one coming in here.

My weight has stayed about the same, maybe lost a little, but right now I am not really worried about losing. I am more concerned with maintaining, since my eating hasnt been as good, and I havent really been doing much weight training. When school starts in a week and a half I will have plenty of wegiht training and I will be back on track. I am doing better baout my eating, and yesterday I did a pretty hard workout. But I havent been going to the gym as much as I should, only like 5 times a week, which manypeople might think is a lot, but I think I should go 6 days, no excuses... but then i get lazy.

Lazy is how I would describe myself right now. I hardly get dressed, since I only go to the gym, and work for a couple of hours, but she is a track coach, so she could care less if I am in my gym clothes. Right now I am still in my pjs (its after 10:30) even though I ahve been up for over 2 hours. Now I have already started dinner --using slow cooker-- and have chicken breasts cooking for when ever I want them, but that is all I have done, except read a couple pages in my book.

I need to get reading my books for school, I got my first one in the mail yesterday, so I really need to prioritize. I have too amny books to read next semester, so I should start as soon as I can. My goal for the new year was to not be so lazy. I am hoping when I have a schedule, I will do that.

Hi Elsie,
Once again, I apologize for being so lax in supporting you. I come and read but I am often very tired and don't post.
Sorry about the cysts. I have ruptured at least 3 ovarian cysts. My ex-gynecologist told me that ovarian cysts are not painful and there was no reason for me to be uncomfortable. That is why he is my EX gynecologist. I have a great female gyne now and I like her so much!
Hope you are feeling better by now. I will be discussing a hysterectomy by the end of the month. :c(

Congrats on the maintain. I am always happy to maintain over a gain. LOL!! I should get up early and get to the gym but I hate mornings. I can barely get myself up and moving in time to make it to work at 7 a.m. I like exercising in late afternoon or early evening. Wish I had a place to put a Treadmill and/or a Treadclimber! I will get one or the other sometime this year.

Well, I will visit again soon. Keep up the good work! You are awesome.


Blessings:spring:

Vickie:pass:

I know that when I miss a day of working out that is it easier to come up with an excuse to miss another. I'm sure once you start school again it will be much easier to stick with the schedule. Just think, if you're hanging out in your pajamas all day you can't very well go out to eat; which is a plus.
I'm sure you'll be back in the swing of things real soon. Keep in mind, you've done super so far!

Elsie Elsie Elsie! :)

At last I come to post.......and see you are doing ok. I say, ENJOY being lazy! Wear pj's all day! That'll change soon enough, and you'll have no time to relax......I wish I could go back a few weeks and have a day or two where I didn't think about school (I'm not so disciplined as you, I NEVER get started on anything before I HAVE to. Read books for school before school starts??? ACK!!!!!).

So. I PROMISE to get here EVERY DAY OR TWO. ABSOLUTELY. I gotta stay on track.....I've been maintaining but not strict enough on my eating, and I'm the kind of person who has to stay on top of things, or next thing I know I'll be up 20 pounds and wondering what the hell happened......

BTW, I've been looking into a cruise or short vacation package too, as a graduation thing.....Geo's and my 10-year anniversary is in March and it'd be a nice few-days-away to celebrate everything.......I have a friend who keeps getting info on great all-inclusive deals, she goes to Mexico at least twice a year, so I'm going to look into that, in September she wanted me to go with her as a Puerta Vallarta (sp?) trip was less than $500 per person (about $3.75 US, with the exchange rate, hahahahaha).

NEW BODS NEED TO BE CELEBRATED!!!

Wow Visitors, I am not used to that, LOL

I think I went to the gym 5 times last week, but ofcourse not enough for me. It just isnt about how often its about what I do when I am there. I feel like a lazy pos for only going and doing cardio, like I did today. I woke up late and made plans, so I ran to the gym and did my min 500 calories and left.

I scrapbooked for hours, well actually I couldnt find stuff I wanted in ym book, so I cut about 300 pictures today. I came home and looked for the envelopes I want, that have all my ticket stubs and that sort of thing, from the first time I went to China, but I cant find them. I am getting frustrated because I want to get it started, I have so many years to get caught up on.

I think if Nick and I go on vacation it will just be for like a 3 night cruise, nothing too expensive. But I would love to do something like that. I have been on 3 cruises, and he has never been on one, since he doesnt travel with me. They are about $400 dollars, so they are reasonable, considering that includes everything but alcohol. Our anniversary is peak time, which means it will probably be more expensive, but I dont care, if I have to sell my eggs, I want to go :)

I just finally finished my book, so now I am off to reading the novels for my class. Believe me if I didnt have 14 I have to read in about 4 months, I wouldnt be bothered reading any ahead of time, but it is a bit much. Plus i want to take the book I was reading to Nick's parents house tomorrow, because I think they will enjoy it (who knew so many people like reading about dead bodies!). Tomorrow we are having "christmas DInner" since Nick's parent were sick over Christmas, so the whole family didnt get together as usual. I love his parents, but the uncles I can definately live without.
I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Hi Elsie! I made it over here, finally!

5 days per week at the gym is great! I could never get myself that motivated. What do you do while you are there? We bought an elliptical machine this summer, which I absolutely love. I really hate going to the gym in the winter - all that dressing and undressing and making sure the hair is dry before going out! So now I spend some time exercising with Oprah or Dr Phil. Much better!

How was your Christmas Dinner? And what was the name of the book you wanted to take to them - I like dead body books too!

Keep up the great work, Elsie - I'll talk to you soon!

Thanks for checking in with me Slm!

When I go to the gym, what I do depends on how I am feeling. The absolute minimum is 500 calories of cardio, most of the time I am usually getting 600-750 though. Then depending on how much time, or how I am feeling I also do weights. All sorts of them, somedays some body parts, other days all body parts, just depending on how much energy I have. I often also excercise to Dr Phil and Oprah, but that is because I watch it on the TVs at the gym, or listen to it on my radio.

Christmas dinner was ok. Nick's grandma has the flu so she didnt come over. So it was just his brother, mother, father, aunt, uncle and myself. I found it quite entertaining that after almost 10 years, his uncle doesnt call me by the right name, but after seeing my dog twice he knows his name. This dinner was --ofcourse-- fattening, Chicken Kiev that exploded with butter when I cut into it, but it was good. Other then that I spent most of the day cutting out stuff for scrapbooking, and we went to an electronics store where I bought this print program with all sorts of pictures and fonts to use for scrapbooking... and cant get it to work.

Today my goal is to clear everything out of my livingroom and clean the kitchen. I woke up early, but I have been spending all my time scanning pictures --all my parents albums-- so I can send them to everyone, and use them in my scrapbook. Luckily my mom took pictures of me, because it is obvious my dad only liked my brother, LOL.

I plan on going to the gym sometime today, but probably not until Dr. Phil time :)

Hi Elsie,
Just checking in to say hi! It is super cold here and I am trying to decide if I want to go for a walk outdoors or just go walk in Walmarts. HeHeHe! I better leave the credit cards home....my walks there always become so expensive.

Have a good day,


Vickie:pass:

Well this week has been hectic. I took my father to the emergency room on Tues, and hopefully he will be out of the hospital soon. He has pneumonia, and a fever. THey wont let him leave until the fever goes away, so I have to check everyday. He isnt the healthiest of people between his Muscular Dystrophy, weight, chronic heart problems, restrictive lung disease, and diabetes, he is a mess. I talked to him today and told him "You better get better soon, you have a grand baby to look forward to" my way of breaking the news that my brother's new wife is pregnant. So it will be his first official grandchild.

I have beens pending loads of time at my computer, scanning pictures. I have scanned over 600 in 2 days, and its been quite neat. unfortuantely the oldest person in my family is my dad, and he has a bad memory, so I have to try to see if he can tell em who some of these people are. I have loads of pictures of my great great grandparents, and lots form the early 1900s or late 1800s. It has been a fun trip down memory lane, though a bit sad since so many of my family members have died. If my dad dies, then my 32 year old cousin will be the oldest person on this side of the family.

School starts monday,w hich is good and bad. I cant believe how fast the time flies. I have been slacking at the gym, i havent had the time, but I did manage to lose weight, so I wont give myself too hard of a time. Plus next week the serious working out begins.

Hope everyone has been doing well.

Elsie, Elsie... it has been a while. I am glad to see things with diet and exercise are still going well. I am sorry to hear about your Fathers condition. I hope he starts feeling better soon.

Wow, pictures from way back in the 1800's that is pretty amazing. During the holiday season I sat with my Grandmother and went over some family history also. She showed me some real old pictures too. Come to find out she traced the family name all the way back to the 1600's. It is super fascinating. One day you will need to take a picture of the many scrape books you are putting together so we can see. You put a lot of time into them.

Sorry I have not been around as of late. I have been dealing with mucho stuff and got pretty over welhmed. I missed diettalk. I am back though and doing better.... I actually got my butt back in the gym!

I do need to get going. I have to finish up some cleaning. Again I hope your Dad feels better. Good luck with school on Monday and have a great weekend hun.

Take care.

Hi sexybod, welcome back

Yesterday was bad day, diet and excercise wise, but a good day :) I ment Nick for lunch to have pizza and from there planned to go do alittle bit of shopping, then head off to the gym. Well 3 hours later, nick is home, and I am still shopping! I spent quite a bit of money (like 320) on new clothes but I needed them. I bought 2 pair of tennis shoes, which is nice since right now I only have one pair, and earlier this week I almost couldnt go to the gym, because I couldnt find one of them. So now I have anew pair of Nike and a pair of Adidas shoes. I bought loads of work out clothes, since I dont want to wear the same workout clothes to school everyday. I was so happy, I bought these addidas pants, in 2 different colors and when I tried them on I thought "I look hot in these" rarely think that, but some reason these pant look really good on me. I got almost everything for very cheap, like a nike sports bra for less then 4 dollars, a nice Nike ACG jacket that was like 18 dollars, many shirts that were less then 10 dollars. I love Nordstrom Rack, name brand quality clothes for walmart prices. Nick was shocked --and appauled-- that I spent so much money, but he was even more shocked to see all that I got. I love being able to shop and find lothes anywhere that fits, it makes it much more fun, I used to hate shopping.

So today instead of wearing my size XL gym clothes I got to wear my size Small ones :) The hot PT said "You are looking so good, if I were single we would be have to have a totally different conversation" and he kept saying things like "f you need a spotter let me know " and I was using 8 pound weights, LOL. So that made me feel good. I got like 4 or 5 shirts that arent gym related, and that makes me happy since I have so few. My cousin just gave me like 5 pairs of slacks, that are a size 5, and they fit! They will look better in about 3-5 pounds, but they are definately wearable now. Its nice to have clothes that fit. Its hard to work on your self esteem if you always feel frumpy in your clothes.

So I am in a good mood right now, I am going to go do something productive now, wo knows what :)

Shopping sounded awesome Elsie. Looks like you did get some great deals. Keep looking Sexy :dn

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

"You better get better soon, you have a grand baby to look forward to"

When I first read that (after not reading the sentence after it lol) I thought "OH MY GOSH, ELSIE IS PREGNANT!" lol....I haven't been around in a while

Congratulations on those size S gym clothes and I hope your father gets better.

Hey Elsie - sounds like you had a grand time shopping! Thanks for the motivation - I want to have fun shopping too!!!!

Sorry to hear your father isn't well.

Gotta run......talk to you soon!

Stopping in to say hi Elsie....

We all have bad days but it sounds like you are doing great! Congrats!

Keep up the good work!


Vickie:pass:

Thanks for stopping in everyone.

Well today was my first day back at school. I am happy about the weight training classes, the beginning is using machines and the intermediate class is with free weights. Quite a few people (over the last couple of days even) have mentioned that I look like I lost a lot fo weight. Which is funny, these are people I saw everyday (from about a size 11) until 6 weeks ago. Even since then I have only lost like 5 pounds, so I find it entertaining that they are realizing ym weight loss all of a sudden. But its nice. I think the new sexy --fitting-- gym clothes are really the reaosn. Since people are used to me wearing clothes that are big and all of a sudden I am wearing these form fitting gym clothes.

I have 2 books to read this week, Wuthering heights, and a small novel from Virginia Woolf. I should not be on this computer at all. The reading for the next couple of weeks will be pretty hards, since in one of my classes we are reading all the novels up front. So I will not have much time for anything. It looks like the classes are going to be more difficult this semester then last :( But hopefully I can keep the good grades.

Work your stuff Elsie. :)

Well yesterday I got pretty excited, the gym read 135. I am excited because that was originally my goal 135 or a size 7, ofcourse I have now beat them both and I am not about to quit. However I bet that changed after going to an amazing chinese food buffet lastnight! But at least it read it before. Today I am sore from my first work out at school adn the gym time I put in yesterday. Only it hasnt left much time for reading all these books.

My dad is back in the hospital, I tlaked to my brother today --who lives in Germany-- and had to listen to him cry on the phone, because he isnt here. I am so uncomfortable with people who cry, I hate it. I know how he feels, sort of, since his wife is now pregnant. But I think about it alot that my children wont have grandparents --by the time I have kids-- and it makes me sad. But I am not thinking about that right now.

I hope everyone has a great weekend

Just wanted to pop in and congratulate you on your successful weight loss! You have made incredible changes! I get a lot of motivation from reading journals like yours. Thanks for the motivation.

I feel for you with the reading. I was an English major and am now a high school teacher. It is murder to keep up on the reading. Try to get a schedule and stay with it!

I am sorry to hear about your father. I hope that things work out for the better. I will say a little prayer for you and your family.

Keep up the great work! I need the motivation!

Hi whisper, and thanks for stopping in

My homework is a bit lighter this week, and my father is out of the hospital. I am super sore from my hefty workouts this weekend, and I feel like about every muscle will break off at any time. But that is a good thing, or so I must try to remind myself. I have been coughing a bit, which isnt so bad, except my abs are so sore that it hurts. I have been super accident prne and I am lookig and feeling pretty beat up. I guess its good I am used to being a kltz and knowing how to not let it embarass me too much. THur in class I got 40 pounds dropped on ym head, sunday whole moving a couch my hand got crushed between the door and the couch (pretty bruses) and then yesterday in my other wieght training class I put my bag down turned around and ran straight into a bar, leaving me with a bruise on ym cheek. I told nick I was oging to tell anyone who asked that he beat me, because its less embarrassing :) So overall body is dead. I think today I might relax, which is not part of m schedule, but it is a nice day and I want a nap :)

Partner abuse! Partner abuse! LOL Elsie! That blame thing actually sounds like something that I would do.

So ya got a glimpse at 135 :D - not to worry, I'll bet you will be seeing it again soon, but I suspect, only in passing, on your way to 134, 133, etc. Sounds like you are doing really great. Keep up the good work :cheer: :cheer: And don't forget your apples!!

Elsie looks as though you are taking some abuse ... you need to have some pampering.... say massaging with breakfast in bed type deal. hehehehe

Glad to hear your father is out of the hospital. Hope all is well. Take an easy for a bit girl,. you are doing great. Definitely inspiration. Hope your weekend brought more relaxation and less bruises. :)

Take care.

Hey Elsie! Where are you hiding? LOL.

Just wondering how you are doing on your program - and wanted to let you know that I am cheering you on!

Take care, talk to you soon.

I have been around, I guess just not posting in my own journal. I have been busy with school, but other then that things are great. I started going back to the gym in the morning, and then I blowdry the sweat out of my hair and go to school, and take a shower after my weight training classes. Sure I am wet, and stinky for a bit, but I am not taking two showers :) I got a hair cut today, they cut off close to 6 inches or so, Nick hates it --he likes long hair-- but I like it. I will have to take a picture and post it. I didnt go to the gym this mornign because I had a quiz, I was not prepared for, now I dont want to go sweat cause I will mess up my hair :)

I hope everyone is doing great! And thanks for checking in on me.

Hey Elsie - The haircut looks great! My hairdresser could never get used to me telling him to not fuss with the styling 'cus I was just going to sweat it all up right away!

Have a great evening - Nick will get used to it, I bet.

Elsie ... I jsut wanted to say you look pretty awesome in your picture! You have done a great job getting yourself healthy and sizzlin'! Take care.... catch up with you more over the weekend.

Hope things are going well Elsie. Take care hun.

I havent posted in here, I get so caught up in everything else. Everything is going fine. Still at 136, but have been eating way too much candy. I need to get rid of it. I just need to force myself to not buy anymore. At this rate I will enver reach my goal, though at least I am maintaining.

I feel pretty good about ym workouts, at least my weight. I am doing abs like a mad woman, when I finally get rid of the insulation they are going to be huge! I cant wait to see them. Actually looked online for bikinis today, this will be the year for them!

She wore an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini.......That's what I'm thinking you will be singing soon! LOL. By the way, have you looked at the tankinis? I think they are cute too, but they don't show off the abs as well.

Keep up the good work girlie! :)

You know I wore Tankinis when I was chubby. I want to have an awesome stomach and to show it off. Though I might go for a bikini with a see through mesh shirt or something like that. saw a cute one at walmart that had this knit part over it... but there wasnt enough support for my unhappy boobs :( So I will have to find one that has ample support for my lifeless chest, and I will be happy :)

I hear you about wanting to show off the abs. Flaunt it if ya got it, isn't that the saying?

Have a great weekend!

Well day 10 in a row of rain. I wonder if that is why I have been eating so badly the lsat week or so. It is that TOM so I can not seem to stay away from chocolate, but I think this is a battle i will have to endure every month. Other then that things are going pretty well. I just signed up to sell Creative Memories yesterday (if you needs anything at a 20% discount, let me know) so hopefully that will work out. Nick is irritated by it, but oh well. I basically just needed the discount to help support my scrapbooking habit, so I am passing my discount on to other people so they can too.

I should go get on ym homework, but this icky rain and thunder makes em want to take a nap.

Heya Elsie!

Sounds like you're doing great......I'm not---eating horribly and no exercise makes Kim something something..... (chubby again, maybe??). But I just got back on track. Yay!! So I (as I've said how many times now??) will be here more often (REALLY!)!

Just to show you how serious I am----I bought TWO pineapples at Safeway yesterday!! :)

Well the last 2 days have been good for me... emotionally.

Yesterday I gave blood and except for the fact that they told me I couldnt excercise for 3 days --ugh!-- it gave me a wake up call... in a good way. The woman checked my pulse. Then she did it again, then she looked at me with a confused look on her face. She was looking as if she was debating on whether she should do it again, and then she asked "your resting heart rate is 50, is that normal?" I replied with "I am healhty" and she said "do you run everyday?" I told her I did cardio everyday and she wrote it down because she knew the people taking the blood would wonder about it being so low. It was just strange, because you think of losing weight more as an estetic thing, and don't always realize the differences in your health. It made me feel pretty good.

Since I couldnt workout I actually got to dress nice today. I wore a shirt I bought a few weeks ago, but havent had a chance to wear, since it isnt gym clothes. And looking at myself in the mirror today I thought I looked skinny. I think thats is the first time I have EVER thought I look skinny. So I am feeling pretty good about myself, even though I know I have been eating badly, and havent lost any weight recently.

I hope everyone is doing good too

Wow! 50, you are SO healthy!
I'm sure your reality check in the mirror was great! I tried on a pair of my fat pants last week and almost cried because I was so happy.
You wanted a bikini picture (ha, ha there'll never be one), where is the picture you posted with yourself all dressed up? :)

I didnt take any pics, I should have, but didnt.

So today I went ot the gym for a nice 2 1/2 hour workout. It felt so good after having so much time off. I got my body fat tested there today too. I wish I had the numbers before I started losing, but it would seem my body fat is 29%, which is healthy, but I would like to get it down to 24 or below. Other then that everything is good. I love the weekends.

Your stats are looking good, lady. Great job on the workout. I, TOO, love the weekends. I especially love sleeping a little longer. Was hoping for nicer weather today. I did get out for a bit. Worked on retaining wall for a while. I will pay dearly tonight for that.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend! :)

Elsie, just wanted to stop by and say hi. Way to go on the workout! You'll be at goal before you know it!!

(I'm away for the next week - catch up to you later!!)

Well for the first time, I made it below ym original goal. TOday I finally weighed less than 135, given it was barely but still, it feels like an accomplishment. THough I am sure the tacos I had for lunch didnt help to keep it below. I have been tking my time this weekend on the cardio, and doing the boring fat burning zone, so it takes much more time. Today I burned 530 calories in 50 min on the eliptical, when I usually do it in 36 minutes. But thats why I have a strong heart and still have the chub.

Thanks everyone for stopping in and saying hi, I appreciate all of your support.

Hey Elsie,
just stopping in to say hi...thanks for the extra push with the exercise minutes this month. i like having someone else around the same minutes as me..it makes me challenge myself..i have that competitive spirit i guess lol.
Great job on being under 135!
hugs bell :)

Elsie...you are doing an amazing job on your journey. It was nice to talk with you the other night in chat. You have made so much progress, and you look great! Be proud of yourself, and what you have accomplished! Keep up the hard work, and that second goal will come along before you know it. Kudos to you.....AJ

Thanks for stopping in and visiting me

My body is super sore today, I havent felt like this in a long time. I have a quiz tomorrow, and should be studying, but thought I would stop in and check in instead. I am behind on ym reading, but I had a job interview this afternoon which took up a bunch of time. I am looking for a part time job, and was offered one today, but it is only 8 hours... but I had another job interview that is 16 hours a week tutoring/teaching kids and I am hoping for them to call me back.

When I went to my job interview I had a problem though, I couldnt find clothes to wear. I tried on an outfit which is interview professional, but it made me look really skinny with big boobs... which is great, but not for an interview. So it took a bit to find something appropriate. Afterwards I had to pick Nick up from work, I stood there and when he was finally done, he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder and carried me out. That alone was cute, but he said later "when I picked you up I was suprised, you are so light. I could have carried you all the way out to the car" That felt good, becuase Nick never mentions my weight loss.

So overall, a pretty good day :) I hope you are all having great days too.

Way to go Elsie! You ARE doing a super job and don't ya forget it!!!!


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Vickie:pass:

Well been busy lastely, between the gym, school, work, adn homeowrk, I dont have any ME time. I actually dont even have enough homework time :( Today my grandmother ddied, I thought about staying home from school to catch up on the work, since everyone is so sympathetic and all. But I am sure I will go. I now officially have no grandparents, but I am grateful I still have parents. I just hope when time comes, I will be a better daughter than I have been a granddaughter and take care of them, and see them more. I know I have regretted not knowing my 2 grandparents that lived to be old enough for me to remember. It seem right now there isnt time for anything,e specially not for illness in me or in my family, becaue I cant be any more stressed that am now.

Its late should go ot bed for those 6 hours of sleep before starting it all over again.

Hi Elsie - wanted to say congratulations on the 2 pounds - that is great! Keep up the good work, okay?

I also wanted to say I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother. These things are hard, I know. I find that no matter what happens, work, school, personal - we survive. Take care of yourself.

Hi Elsie,

So sorry to hear about your grandma. :console: I know how it feels, I as of recently now have no grandparents either :( Hang in there, ok?

You're doing so well with your weight loss, under 135 wow!! I've recently been patting myself on the back for getting into the 170s (you know that's my biggest problem, haha, feeling satisfied BEFORE I meet my goal!)- but just realised I'm at your START weight LOL.

Back to it, Anna!! :lift: And good luck keeping on track too, Elsie! Your schedule sounds insane. I'm sure you'll keep kicking goals; you inspire me with your determination & success!

Hugs,
Anna

Hiya Elsie!

Sorry about your grandma......I lost mine last year too. :c(

Well, you've been doing a great job staying on track (I'm glad one of us has, lol). How's school going? Almost done? My finals start April 8th and I'm still writing some midterms!!!! ACK!!

Hope everything's good...... :)

Well work is slow, but school is keeping me busy. Luckily we have next week off of school, so I hope to catch up o other things. This week it has been papers, and studying, ans working, and basically not much fun. Oh the neccesary evils of life. I have to remind myself that nexy year I will be graduating, but then I start my credentialing program, so that will be a year of hell. Ok, 2 years and I am scott free :)

i am really sorry to hear about your grandma Elsie. i am thinking of you.
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Well its been a busy last couple of weeks. Last week was midterms, so I didnt get to excercise hardly at all, or even sleep for that matter. I would still wake up at 4:30, but I would study instead of going to the gym, and I would be up until 11 or so everynight reading and studying. I think all my tests went well, so I am feeling ok about theweek of lack of sleep, or human contact :)

This week is Spring Break, so I get to sleep in until about 6:30, so lucky me :) Ofcourse its been rainging everyday since Friday, which is not good. I wanted to move all the stuff out of my house and into storage and paint it this week, but it doesnt look like that is going to happen.

Saturday I went out for the first time since I lost the weight, I went to a club I used to go to quite a lot. I had such a great time! I am such a light weight now when it comes to drinking, so I was feeling good, and getting hit on by all sorts of guys. Afterwards we went to Denny's and I was at everyone's tables (liket he drunk social butterfly I was) so we ended up staying there until about 3, when we went back to my cousins house (or sober #1 as we called her) and crashed with her, her son, and her dog (luckily its a small one).

I am posting a picture of me and my 2 cousins from that night on the board, so everyone can see my wwith my "Asian Glow" (red chest from drinking)

Elsie......where arrrrrrre youuuuuuuu....!

Hope everything's ok and you're doing well.......busy with exams / school maybe?

Come back and say hi when you get a chance!! :)

Hi Kim,
yes between school adn work I am quite busy. I have 2 five page papers to write this weekend, so I am a bit stressed out. I cant wait for the summer, my class load will drop tremedously. Lately I haevnt been getting much sleep, nor have I been working out like I would want to. SOme nights I dont get home until 10 or so, then I have to do my homework. So often I am waking up at 4 in the morning, but instead of going to the gym, I am studying for a test or quiz instead. I am just slowly going insane. I hope to be back to my normal self soon. Thanks for stopping in.

Elsie... I hope all is well and School is going good.... Hope to hear from you soon.

Well I couldnt start a new thread (DT hates me) so here I am.

I have been off of my diet and exciercise for too long. Putting everyhting in my mouth, the good news, I have only gained 4 pounds. But I am getting serious about finihsing it off. Next month I am going on vacation with a super hot friend of mine and I want to look good laying next to her in my bikini. So I am getting back on calorie counting and working out. I have missed you all, I just have been super busy with school and work. I thought when summer came around I would have more time sinec i have a smaller class load, but I seem more tired now than ever before. But I also think some of that is because I am not getting all the excercise anymore. Starting next week (when my huge paper that is consuming my life right now is done) I will get back on track.