Man, you guys really are an inspiration. But once again, I need to take a break from my weight concerns and concentrate on my back. I haven't been around as much lately, because I've been swamped at work and can't stand to sit in a chair when I'm at home. Sitting is the absolute worst for my back.
It's worse than ever now and I have another appointment with my surgeon on Aug. 22 and he's already told me that he'll order another MRI and then schedule another surgery. I stopped seeing him for a bit to see a pain management dr., but he's done all he can now and he's recommending surgery to avoid nerve damage. Trying to lose weight is making me do stupid things like trying to work out when that just hurts my back. I'm stubborn like that.
So anyhow, I am going to continue to try to make smart food choices and exercise when I can, but I have got to concentrate on getting my back better. It's been a year now since I hurt it and I'm starting to go a little crazy. I can't even remember what it's like to not hurt all the time, I've been on some kind of pain pill almost all the time since last November and I'm starting to lose my sense of self because I'm 'high' on painkillers half the time and having terrible mood swings, not to mention that being in pain makes you quite cranky and hard to live with.
Sorry for that little vent, a little self-pity is sneaking up on me today. I am taking a little break, but I'll continue to pop in here from time to time to be inspired.
You take care of yourself. Don't let the weight thing make you hurt yourself any more. It will keep for a while. Best of luck to you.
Thanks Karen! It's so frustrating because my weight has ballooned because of my back injury, both because I can't work out and because of all the steroids I've been on. I just have to tell myself that there's plenty of time to work on that after I've healed.
Great job Amber!!!
Shellie, you're so right - you'll have plenty of time to exercise after you're feeling better. Don't make it worse now! I can imagine how frustrated you're feeling, especially with having to take the steroids again 
Focus on making good food choices - which will help! - and worry about adding exercise at some point after you've recovered from surgery.
-Lisa
Shellie (insert motherly tough love voice) Take care of yourself. Back problems are not something to take lightly. My FIL still has involuntary spasms, his right arm shakes uncontrollably, all because he thought he could be tougher than the pain and didn't take care of himself.
Yeah you've heard it a hundred times but that only proves how true it is.
So big (((Hugs))) and keep away from Billy Blanks!
Things are going to be busy around here the next couple weeks so my lack of participation doesn't mean I've jumped ship (I promise). Keep up the good work ladies and think Happy Thoughts. (LOL I don't know where that came from, my sister used to tell that to my niece when she had to pee but there was no bathroom) 
First Shellie, you take care of yourself for you and your family. where would they be without you? They are your 1 st priority, that means taking care of yourself is taking care of them, isn't it? And would you neglect them, no of course not. Fat melts and you can ALWAYS loose some but you only get 1 back and no 2nd chances on it you know? We love ya and are here to listen and vent right along with you. 
O.K. girls it's monday, time to kick monday fat cell booty! 
I did very good this weekend but it is because I have this bbq at my house on sat. and I have to make 4 dozen nfsc and 1 birthday cake and 3 dozen cupcakes for the party so help me through this week without tasting! 
Plus we are having this awesome little bbq place cater our meats and breads for our party...this is the best bbq chicken and pork you have ever had melt in your mouth! Their rolls they make to put on sandwiches is to die for also!
I think I may super glue my lips!!!!!
But a good friend is coming in from chicago to help me set up and get things going through out the day saturday, thank goodness.
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So tip up your water juggs, and strap on them tennis shoes and strutt offf them jiggler thighs and rollin hips!!!!
Cause we got this Ladies..............
Hope everyone had a good weekend, but even if you didn't, today is a new day! Get some exercise, drink some water, and make good choices
I ate 2 cupcakes over the weekend so I really need to take my own advice and get back on that treadmill!! Yesterday was my day off, but if I do it today, tomorrow, & Wednesday, that'll be 6 days of exercise this week. I want to get to the gym to lift, but with DD's dentist appt. tomorrow & my FIL's birthday on Wednesday, I don't know if that'll happen.
DIE FAT CELLS, DIE!!!!!!!
-Lisa
Wow, sounds like everyone is doing so well! What an inspiration for a Monday morning! My DH and I decided we are going back on the body for life program for awhile and do it together, starting today. Though I think I am going to combine the SBD with it a bit to meet my needs. But I got my lazy butt up this morning and went the the gym. Now I will pretty much need to get up early every morning to work out.
I had a so so weekend. I didnt eat anything horrible. I did have a mini birthday party for my mom and youngest turning 2 last night. Just a bbq with the family and of course cake! I cant get my parents to take any leftovers home because my dad is now diabetic. So I guess I am going to throw it in the freezer. With the body for life program you get a day off to eat whatever you want...so I will have some saturday! But I cannot cheat what so ever!!
Amber, I am thinking of you!! (((hugs!)))
I just came back and reread my last message. I meant to say SHELLIE ((((Hugs)))) LOL!....But to all of my favorite CC friends (((((hugs))))!!!!
Thanks for all the support, ladies, you are the greatest LOSERS I know!!! Keep it going and inspire the poor little sickly girl!
Hi all!
I know I've been MIA for quite some time. It's been a rough weekend. Hubby got that new job on the first and had to wait until Friday for his first pay and then they didn't get his direct deposit started so had to send it and couldn't tell him (of course) when it was sent and what time it would get there. On top of that they shorted him $300! That was a whole week's wages at his former job but it is hard to go a month withut a pay and then not get the entire thing. Top that off with having to pay for a month's car rental and we are flat broke once again.
I haven't been thinking about my diet. I don't really think I did too badly but I am positive I've been shorting myself on water. And I was supposed to get my "good food" out of this pay!
Well, time to start over. My water bottle is full and I have all day to work on drinking it.
(((hugs)))for you too, Karen. I hope all of these financial issues clear up soon. it is so frustrating to get shorted on a paycheck! Grr! Sounds like you are doing great despite all of these life changes!! Frustration causes me to want to eat...you know the age old comfort food senario LOL!
I am hoping ot have a better week this week. I can tell I have lost a couple of pesky pounds. i dont think it will be enough to meet my 10 pound goal by next week, I think I would literally have to stop eating until then...which I wont do obviously. But I am going to try my best to get in the "zone" again!!
I hope everyone's days just brighten so much you just feel blinded by all the blessings!!!! 
I am bound and determined to keep positive thoughts going and see myself in those size 5's I am wearing...wink, wink.
I am making sure I don't over clean and over stress over this bbq at my house saturday.
I am focusing on my out of town friends that are coming and just doing a little bit every day so I am done but well rested and calm until then.
So my snacking hasn't been bad, except I fell off the diet wagon last night and had 2, count them 2, hostess orange cupcakes. Why? I have no clue, they weren't even good tasting... 
So I guess I learned that lesson, just because DH and DK are gorging on pre-made ccs doesn't mean I have to nor does it mean I want to.
SO off with the pounds and down with the fat cells......those size fives are ironed and waiting for me.....
I used to LOVE those orange cupcakes! I havent had one though since starting to do cakes. Now sometimes when I go back and eat that stuff it doesnt taste as good as my stuff. But it still sounds yummy to me!
Hello ladies!!!!
First off I want to say Shellie, like you haven't heard this from everyone else but you need to take care of your back first and then worry about exercise....DON'T do anymore damage, it's not worth it to be injured forever. Eat healthy and you will be okay!!! We are here for you
So my weekend camping...ate like crap but my friend and I did go on a 3 mile hike, not always with a path and the walk to the bathroom was probably as far as it could be and uphill all the way back!
So no more negative talk. We rented a boat and dh kept making remarks about his big stomach and man tits ( ) and I realized how terrible it sounds when you're constantly putting yourself down (something I do a lot) so no more of that. I'm ready to live in a size 8 world...I just couldn't do it before.
I'm still struggling with finding time to exercise...still can't get my a$$ out of bed early enough and dd has stopped napping so that's not happening.
I guess my best bet is after dinner!!!
I'm out of my slump and ready to start back up that hill and am so glad I have all of you to accompany me!!!
No cheat wednesday!!!! I'm doing pretty good. I've had fruit and veggies and a little bit of steak. I've raked mowed and cleaned up my back yard.
I've decided to change my diet drastically ( and hopefully stick to it! ), I need to fit my dress for my step-sisters wedding.
Where is everybody?!?!
Sorry I missed yesterday, I have been exhausted. We have super cleaned our house, yard, and have cleaned carpets and cleaned out garage and basement too! 
And now I have this BBQ to get the food together and yesterday I baked 2 4 in cakes and 2 6 in cakes. Today I have to do the same plus 36 chocolate fillled ccs too. 
I did do pretty good only snitching a little batter and 1 bite of cake <scrap> because my recipe seemed off and that's why I have to rebake today!!!!
This weekend is going to be a huge challenge. I am making potato salad, creamy cole slaw, cornbread, green beans, pork-n beans, roasted potatoes with onions and green peppers. Then I have to boil corn on cob while DH smokes our chicken and pork meat for sandwiches, for which I have kaiser rolls and sweet rolls baking for right now!
Then there are the cakes and ccs, not to mention home made strawberry and rhubarb pies too!
I may just set up the food and put on a bathing suit so I'll feel trapped to stay in pool and not eat. I hate to walk around in my suit, too much swinging and hanging going on there! 
But I did weigh in, it's 132 so that is down 2 lbs. So my goal is actually to maintain this weekend and work a little more next week to take off more weight and keep up my water so I at least feel healthier while I am doing all this! Wish me luck and I love and am rooting for everyone of you this weekend. I'll be sporadically checking in so I will see you guys soon!
DIE FAT CELLS, D-I-E!!!!!!
Hey, everybody.
Weigh in day. I am at 158.6, that is down .2 from last week. I will just say I maintained for the week. I am having a terrible time right now. I can't afford to go to the gym (my husband was shorted $300 on his paycheck) so I can't get the transportation to go. I am still walking every day. Everything I read says 30 minutes a day, I get in about 45 minutes to an hour all depending on what I do during my lunch. So I guess I got my exercise in this week. I did this week's challenge!
Unfortunately, I am slipping into that no breakfast again. I have to start eating. And I haven't been taking my vitamins, either. It's really strange that overeating and not eating both make you gain weight.
This week I am setting myself some goals:
1) EAT BREAKFAST
2) TAKE MY VITAMINS
3) WATER (I've been doing fine with this one)
Maybe I will also set myself a couple sugar free days, too, this week. I find I am eating more sugar the last couple weeks.
Good morning friends! Tuesday, I think you are going to be too busy to eat! Good luck, it sounds like a lot of fun! Wish I could come!!!
Well I lost 2-3 pounds this week! Yea! The scale kept telling me different numbers, but I will go with the lowest at 151.8. Well unfortunately I dont think I am going to make my 10 pound goal for next week 
! I would have to lose like 7 pounds. My 2 pound gain last week really did not help! But I am just going to do the best I can.
As for goals, I have been drinking my water pretty well, but not measuring. I worked out 5 days this week and have followed my diet since monday...snitched a few things.
Goals for this week:
Continue my SBD/body for life plan
Exercise 5 days (2 lifting, 3 cardio)
DRink my 64 ounces of water daily
And JUST KEEP TRYING!
And JUST KEEP TRYING!
And JUST KEEP TRYING!
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And JUST KEEP TRYING!
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And JUST KEEP TRYING!
And JUST KEEP TRYING!
And JUST KEEP TRYING!
And JUST KEEP TRYING!
Sorry about my absence lately; I was running 100 errands on Tuesday & finishing up my FIL's cake yesterday before we went over to their house yesterday afternoon. I maintained this week, which I guess I'm happy with. I snacked more than I wanted to (but not really junky food), and ate way too many cake scraps. I did treadmill 6 times & I think that really helped balance out those chunks...uh, I mean small bits...of cake I ate So I'm still at 153, right where I was when I started the 10 pound club. There's no way I'm going to lose 10 pounds in 10 days, so I'll just do my best this week & see what happens.
Tuesday, your BBQ menu sounds wonderful!
Ok, I hereby nominate Casey to be cheerleader this week!!
-Lisa
Oops, my goals for this week are - 1) NO SNACKING unless it's healthy, and 2) exercise 6 times
DIE FAT CELLS, DIE!!!!!
ME?!?!? Cheerleader Honestly I couldn't be happier to do it. Up until recently I would dread the fact that I might get nominated for the job but I'm up for the challenge and hopefully it will help me stay focused.
I weighed in at 192-ish this morning. My scale says many different things, I think .6 was the most common. Only 12 lbs to go to reach my 10lb goal
So my first challenge as cheerleader....
Eat the recommended servings of fruits AND veggies. This ones personal cuz I was thinking about my kids and they definitely eat their fruit but not their veggies and I know I don't either. Plus my sisters friend was telling her about a book about the raw diet (I'm assuming raw fruits and vegetables) so that has been the focus of my eating habits. I do still eat dinner (and tonight was not so good) but am hoping it makes a difference.
Good luck and happy losing!!!
Congrats on your cheerleader job casey! I think it does help keep you motivated. I sort of feel like if I am coming up with ideas, I should at least do them! LOL!
Great challenge! I have been working on getting in more vegetables.
I am trying to be good. I made banana cc and whipped ganache icing to top them and now I am getting ready to go fill and ice my 2 layer 6 and 4 inch butter vanilla pound cake with fresh lemon curd and strawberries. Then ice it in french vanilla butter cream dream.
I am surrounded by food!
But I will get in all my fruits and veggies and water before I have a chance to snitch any thing.
Also I'm getting ready to head out and cut grass, so that'll help with my exercise today!
See you guys off & on.
DIE FAT CELLS D-I-E!!!!!!!!
I had breakfast and vitamins this morning before I left the house! One day of my goal completed.
Casey, great challenge. I can already tell you that I won't be able to do it. I don't have any fruit in the house and no money to purchase with. If you don't mind I will keep that challenge on hold to do after payday. I will be working on getting in veggies, though! I have some fresh from the garden (actually, they are frozen fresh veggies from the garden). I do have an orange here that one of the guys brought in for me.
I had breakfast and vitamins this morning before I left the house! One day of my goal completed.
Casey, great challenge. I can already tell you that I won't be able to do it. I don't have any fruit in the house and no money to purchase with. If you don't mind I will keep that challenge on hold to do after payday. I will be working on getting in veggies, though! I have some fresh from the garden (actually, they are frozen fresh veggies from the garden). I do have an orange here that one of the guys brought in for me.
That's a challenge I think we should apply to our daily lives, don't worry about when just do it when you are able. I did good. I had a huge salad at lunch so will just have to have a vegetable with dinner. A banana for breakfast and a plum for a snack, pineapple for dessert!
Next challenge of mine:
DANCE - I know I have issues/excuses with exercising. Can't get up early enough, can't walk with 2 kids (one being way too big for the stroller), it'd be nice to have a gym membership w/ childcare etc.
So DANCE....the kids love it and they will not get in the way. Shake your booty (off) for 30 minutes for a great cardio workout. 
I've been bad today, it's almost 6 and I am just now drinking my first glass of water
I am getting up at 5 to meet my sister for a 10 mile walk tomorrow so I'm excited about that!!!
DANCE to this....
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/162240/i_like_to_move_it/
Ooh, great challenge Casey! I'm lacking in the vegetable department since I discovered yesterday that my salad stuff had taken a turn for the worse. I still have some apples & carrots to snack on today, and fresh corn to make with dinner tonight before I grocery shop tomorrow. DS polished off the last of the grapes yesterday too - I swear he is going to turn into a grape one of these days
Let's have a great weekend girls!!!
-Lisa
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