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Congratulations SW! I bought a few pairs of workout shorts at Marshalls too. And then raided my DD's closet for the rest! She has gotten tall and thin this past year so her things from last year are too "wide and short" as she calls it. But perfect for me now!

imokay, it's soooo hard when you're running around all the time. But good job on the 18.

Well, I got back on track yesterday. I worked out yesterday - cardio dvd in the morning and stretching & toning last night. And I went for a short bikeride anyway. I ate healthy and stayed on program! And the scales were kind today and I didn't gain after the week of gluttony. Unofficially, I'm down 26 pounds.

I had y'all in my head saying: see - you have a bad day and you just pick yourself and get back on track!

[This message edited by brokenapart at 8:07 AM, June 10th (Tuesday)]

Worked out tonight with the exercise dvd (too hot outside!)

But oh, my abs are killing me!

I feel so flabby - I feel like I can't get in shape fast enough!

Hi all,

Still doing pilates and my abs are killing me. I can't get all the moves down because I am still to flabby to bend all the way. ugh.

It has been 16 weeks now and I am down 38 lbs. I did a 40 minute moderate 6.5mile ride this morning and burned about 650 - 700 calories. Last scale reading was 216. I had given myself another 5 weeks to loose another 10 from 219 but I think I am ahead of the curve on it.

Broken, don't sweat one bad day, just do your best to stay under for the rest of your week. I really try to stay under all during the work week, that way if my choices are limited on the weekends I have the freebees to cushion the damage.

SW, gratz on the new clothes. Must be looking sharp now. I refuse to get anything new untill I drop a lot more weight. No more fat pants for me!!!

[This message edited by CapN at 8:00 AM, June 10th (Tuesday)]

I have not yet gained any weight. It WAS all in my imagination.

Guys....I'm so proud of myself. I posted a post in general but I wanted to share with you guys.

Since January 5th, I've decided to take charge of my own life and path. I'm down 40 lbs, other than my hair falling out at present, it's still pretty and I get a lot of compliments on it. I am one day at a time gaining my confidence back and I'm never letting anyone take that from me again.

I still have a hard time with my inner voice. I see how much weight I've lost and some days I feel so thin and some days I feel so fat. Today was a good day.

I got all cleaned up, put on a new pair of shorts in the smaller size, put on a sweater that I thought would be too small and it fit beautifully. I had a good hair day today and I was cleaned up very nice.

I went to pick my son up from umpiring and the OW was there for her daughter's game on the field next to my son's game. I saw her H too and he's put on about 40 lbs or more. She's put on weight too and she's died her hair a light brown instead of the super blonde she had when she was sleeping with my H.

I felt great. I stood tall, my shoulders back and my head held high. I felt beautiful and I felt like a winner. For the first time in four years, I felt like I was the winner and I knew it deep inside. She didn't win.

I have myself back. I have confidence and I have me back. Do I have my struggles, sure. But today was a good day and I was full of confidence. She was average, and I felt great. I felt like a winner !!!

I had to share. Taking care of me is paying off. I'm gaining my confidence back. That's a big thing for me that I had lost and to find it is a wonderful feeling.

Thanks for being here with me guys. I couldn't have done this without you.

Thanks for the encouragement guys.

We travel a lot and sometimes it's hard to stay on track. In the past I would have said, "I blew it, may as well eat what I want now." But I've learned that you don't have to throw away a whole day on one bad choice.

SW - that is awesome. You rock! And she knows it!!! What a boost to your self esteem. YAY you!

I am so proud of everyone.

SW, fabulous post! I'm so proud of you for what you've done, and for the strength, determination and positive attitude that you've shared with us!

I'm so happy for you that you're taking back your life, and I understand that feeling. I also feel like I've done something similar, and I can't wait to see what lies ahead for me and what things I CAN make happen.

Losing weight is one part of that, and now I'm looking to all the ways that this will help me.

I go for bloodwork in a few weeks so I'll be able to see if I've made further progress there... fingers are definitely crossed.

If not, I know that I can still make changes, like stepping up the exercise (which I've been doing for the last week or so.)

I worked out tonight and burned 600 calories AND I walked there and back for a change. I worked out for 40 minutes on the treadmill with it on 15% grade and did a fast walk and when no one else was around, I ran uphill for two minutes and then did a fast walk for a while. I'm working on something that was recommended in Good Housekeeping to avoid hitting a plateau/slowing metabolism. It recommended adding speed or power to your regimine and do short spurts of power to burn calories and keep the metabolism burning even after the workout is over.

I'm working on it. Too bad I got carried away with baked Cheetos this afternoon. Fortunately I had the points but it wasn't my healthiest of choices. Oh well....can't be good all the time...lol.

I have to admit, good workout clothes makes a different in how wet or dry you are when you leave. It kept me a lot drier and a lot cooler with as hard as I worked out. Anyone who hasn't made the investment should try one outfit. It really does make a difference.

[This message edited by severely wounded at 8:25 PM, June 11th (Wednesday)]

Keep up the good work sw!

Well, I'm up a pound today. Last week's bad eating and the small bag of pretzels (7 pts) caught up with me. The extra exercising couldn't make up for it.

I'm going to be really careful today. Tomorrow I'm spending the day with SO so it will be a challenge - he tries but it's always harder to eat well when I'm with him....

But it's okay. I know that I'll be able to lose this and get healthy.

I went and worked out this morning. It's my day off so I wanted to take advantage since my son has a game tonight. I burned 600 calories. I did 30 minutes on the elliptical, and did the same thing as yesterday. I did spurts of super hard workout and then back down to regular and I tried to do three intervals of that on the elliptical. I did the treadmill again for 25 minutes and I did it on 15% grade and I even ran for a very short while three times.

When I got home, I gave my son grief. I said I burned 600 calories but could have burned 650 if I didn't have to keep answering my freakin phone....lol. Can I...blah blah blah. I told him the last call I was going to kill him if he called me again and to give me my last five minutes that I deserve without calling me !!! I can never just run away...lol.

I'm working out very hard this week because I won't have much time this weekend. I am going to be out of town on Saturday night for a family reunion which will make it tough to both work out and diet so I'm trying to make up for the time I won't get to. Plus I'm not only working on the weight loss, I'm working on becoming fit.....for life.

Weekend is coming guys....do the best you can to stay somewhat focused and we'll all do fine. I'm with you all the way !!!

I took the day off today and went biking. Had a blast! I got to try out my new bike on a local towpath - plenty of roots, mudpuddles & rocks to justify the mountain bike!

I did 9 miles - enough to feel like I did something and to give the bike a good try. What's nice is that a year ago, I would have been exhausted and it would have MUCH harder. Instead I feel like I can go back out there, and I'm thinking of taking DD back tomorrow morning. I'm going to go use the exercise dvd and work on my abs now.

How's everyone doing?

I've been swamped today because I'm going out of town tomorrow overnight. I squeezed in a short workout that burned 225 calories. It wasn't a lot but it got my heart going and burned a few extra calories for me.

I'm going to be eating out this weekend so it will be tough but I'll make do. I'm feeling so much healthier and so much more fit. I'm not at goal yet but I'm in so much better shape that it doesn't matter. I'm getting there.....one day at a time as I always remind myself.

Welll... today is my B-day and I have managed to keep all of my freebee points this week. I am in Brownie Heaven today, my favorite desert. WW made a big pan and we are going to a bbq/yard party at a friends this afternoon. I am going to TRY and space things out all day, but will still watch my points. I will only have 71 for the day because I am planning to do a 1.5 hr workout (legs/abs) and 40 min on the bike) to have 3 excercise points to transfer past my 4 'required' points per day.

1 day of excess in the past 3 weeks. OOOH, I feel so bad hehe. I have been reallly good the past month on not using most of my freebee's every week.

I wonder what the scale will say on tuesday... unofficially i am down 41 lbs as of this morning. I will deff make sure I hit the bike hard tomorrow and monday.

Warm wishes to you all.

[This message edited by CapN at 12:33 PM, June 14th (Saturday)]

Happy Birthday CapN! Have fun today.

Yep - when we plan for the parties and events, it makes it so much better to stay in control, doesn't it?

Hi all! Sounds like you've been making great progress. My doc told me I need to get to my goal weight. Well, that's 80 pounds away for me pregnancy has taken its toll for sure...

anyone successfully dropped major pounds through weight watchers or any other program post-pregnancy?

how do you figure your goal weight?

Tih, I arrived at my goal weight using a few things.

1) BMI. I used online bmi calculators. I wanted to get right in the middle of my "healthy weight range." Actually, I'm shooting for a bit under that, based on my body frame and where I carry fat (in my middle.) I started with a higher goal but then adjusted it down based on how I was feeling.

I also looked at waist/hip ratios. (need to get under .8)

And you can find your "happy weight" using Self Magazine's quiz (don't remember the link, but google happy weight and self magazine.)

On the weight watcher's website you can find a height/weight chart that also looks at age.

So, today I started the day doing crunches and bicycle crunches.

I walked during lunch hour.

Tonight I worked hard on the exercise bike for 35 minutes.

So not too bad on the exercise today.

But I had a soft pretzel on DS' softball game. Then I found out that's like 500 calories! Yikes! Glad I got on the ex-bike to burn some of that off.

Well...I fell off the wagon this weekend while I was out of town but I'm back on track. I did good until Saturday and fell off until today. I worked out today though and burned 475 pounds. I'm still increasing the number of short runs with my walk on the treadmill on high incline, and I did the elliptical too. I'm working out hard.

I've been working out since January and I'm almost as thin now even being ten pounds heavier than I was at goal last time. I'm guessing I've built some muscle. I still want to lose the approximate ten pounds I'm playing with to hit goal. I am doing a lifestyle change though so I'm not going to pressure myself about slips. I pick up, dust off and begin again.

Post pregnancy weight...lots of WW members are post pregnancy at meetings. There are all shapes, sizes and ages there. It's what I like best about it. No pressure because we're all alike in one way, striving for the same goal. If you are breastfeeding at all, you allow more points for that according to the books.

We're getting there.....each and every one of us....one day at a time.

hi everyone,

after doing very well w/WW i've fallen off and can't seem to get back up! any suggestions?

also, noticed SW speaking about investing in good workout clothes. after spin class today, my t-shirt was literally sopping wet. yuk. any recommendations??? i have almost no time to experiment with these things unfortunately, not even in a store dressing room, and mostly wear my daughters' old t-shirts and some cheapo sweat pants or shorts to the gym.

tx again for all suggestions in advance!!!