Happy New Year HLC

Well its the last day of 2010...I met my goals. It was my free day and gag too much sugar and carbs. I'm looking forward to meeting next week...we are going to rock 2011!

Well the year is coming to a close

Hello Friends! I am excited to say I met my goals today. (that rhymed) Anyway all is well in my life and with my goals. I am excited for a new year and new things. Hope everyone is enjoying success on some level!

Hey

I am so proud of those of you that are sticking to your goals. For those of us that have crashed and burned there is January just around the corner. Heather and Kim you are awesome, maybe some of the rest of you are also but are just not blogging. I am still feeding the 5000, well actually the number has dropped so now it is only the 2000 so I will start when they all go home. Still not sure when some of them are leaving. I think they have to go to work on Monday but had no idea they were staying this long. I plan to send all the junk food home with them.

green canyon hamburger...

So I took the kids to green canyon for some swimming today and I had a hamburger! It was greasy and delish. However it was not my free day today....bad heather! So I did meet my excerise goals today but pretty sure the hamburgerdoesnt work well for body for life. Oh well one day for not meeting nutrition this month....I'm happy with it.

Monday 27th of December

I met my goals today. Good times. Hoping everyone is fairing well with their goals.

Christmas is over....

Well Christmas has come and gone...that's good and bad. Hope everyone had a great day and hope everyone is ready for the goals to come. Its exciting to look back on all my accomplishments this last year. I've lost 86 lbs, I ran a half marathon, I met some wonderful friends who have helped me along the way. I'm even more excited for this coming year and to finish the journey of weight loss and reach my "goal" finally!! I'm even more excited to run in some half marathons and races this year and to be strong and finish in some goal time. Thank you all for your help this last year....I could not have done it without all your help, encouragement, and accountability. I look forward to all we can accomplish in 2011!

Christmas Joy

Merry Merry to everyone. What a fun day. I have way over drinken today...Mt Dew is soooo good and soooo bad for you. I have had 3 cans today and blah I feel so gross. I have not done too bad on eating though...just pop. Today was my free day. I met my goals. I hope everyone has had a blessed day with family.
Kim~ I signed up for the SLC half marathon today so it's official we are registered!! There is still plenty of time to train and sign up ladies! It would be fun for everyone to come and participate. :)

Happy Christmas Eve

I may not be blogging for a few days since I will be feeding the 5000 until about Thursday. I am thinking it will be rough to do low carb so I think I will start over on Dec 30th. I made myself get on the scale today and I am the same weight I was at the start of December. I know some of you valiant ones have lost weight but I am just grateful to not have gained some. I have been exercising pretty faithfully so I guess that works. Happy holidays, keep up the good work. You guys are a great support system and wonderful friends. Merry Christmas.

Christmas is coming!

How's everyone doing? I hope the reason few people are commenting is that we're all just too busy to get to the computer!

We just got back from a fun trip to Salt Lake. I ran on the treadmill at the hotel this morning. It seemed really easy and I couldn't decide if I've gotten stronger or if the treadmill numbers were off. I also met my eating goals despite the fact that my favorite travelling companion brought unhealthy food into the car.

I hope you're all doing well and are ready for the big weekend!

2 days left

Are you ready for the big day?? I think I am.... I met my goals today.

Hard times

I have no idea what is going on with me these past few days but goodness all I want to do is eat....I have not given in and done so (other then my allowed food choices and amounts) but goodness it's all I can do to stay on track. Everything sounds good and looks good. Christmas can not come soon enough...that is my next free day. I did meet my goals today for food and am heading to the gym in 10 minutes to go my stuff. Best of LUCK to everyone...this week is hard on the eating!!

Holly Jolly

I titled this holly jolly because I need some of that. I am tired of shopping and wrapping but apparently not too tired to eat. Congratulations to you strong valiant women that stick to your goals. I will be one of you again.

I'm not counting

Our numbers seem to be a bit slim lately. But, I'm sure everyone still has healthy living on their mind!

I met my goals today despite attending a birthday party and also receiving a plate of brownies. I would be really proud of myself for resisting, but it wasn't hard! I have quite a bit of sewing to do this week, but I've decided that I'm not going to let my exercise slide. I know that when I take the time to exercise and eat healthfully, I actually have more time because I have so much more energy. I hope the rest of you are doing well, but even if you're not, it would be great to hear from everyone!!

7 days to go but who is counting

I have noticed that not everyone is blogging these days including me. In my case that means my goals have flown out the window. I am 11 of 18 for exercise goals and only 8 of 18 for nutrition goals. The good thing is I have done better in December with the HLC than I would have without it. Thanks for your example and your ability to stick to it. This next week will be better for me, no more baking to be done (next year I am rethinking that whole thing). Keep up the good work and I will join you in your success. I have not dared weigh for a week but will do it after a few days of success. Keep up the good work I am joining you again.

Friday and only one week left to shop

Hello Ladies! I am happy to report that I met my goals today. I even had a date tonight with my son and he wanted to go to Cafe Rio and Cocoa Bean. SO we went and I had a salad without dressing and no torilla...and NO cupcake for me. He had one and I watched him eat it. To tell you the truth it was not too hard to resist. Happy Friday and here's to a goal met weekend! :)

thursday only 8 days left

Yep...still have to shop. I met my goals today. Today was hard though...I really wanted the homemade toffee and cookies that were surrounding me @ work. But I was able to hold off for my free day on Saturday. Hope everyone else found success today.

Ready for the weekend!

I met my goals today--glad I walked early this morning cuz I'm all out of ambition tonight. We are going to SLC for the weekend and I hope I will be able to stick with it while there, but I do still have a treat day coming for this week. Have a good one ladies!

Starting again

OK. Four days of eating fudge and pumpkin bread. Oops. I passed the goodies along to others so today I start fresh. I felt so much better 4 days ago. Why do we do this? Headed to Utah today to help out my parents, be back tomorrow. Hope to see all of you at the Relief Society meeting tomorrow at 7:00. Congratulations for meeting your goals in December, it is amazing.

11 days til Christmas...

CRAZY how the time if flying!! I still have not made it shopping, why not wait I guess. :) Thanks for all your kind words yesterday, you guys are too kind and give me too much credit. Well I am happy to report that another day of goals has been met on my part. I will head to the gym here in an hour or so and work on legs and abs...always fun! I forgot to report that I lost another 2 lbs this last week...yea!! I feel amazingly stronger then ever. I am starving today however and that is not so fun....but I have managed to just stay on track and try to ignore my stomach rumbling. Hope everyone has had a great goal met day.

12 days and still didnt make it shopping

Happy Monday HLC! I just ate the yummiest dinner~ stir fry! I will head to the gym in 2 hours and will run for 30 minutes and do the elipical for another 30. I have eaten great and met goals.

13 more days

Great Scott where has the month gone...I need to get shopping! I don't know how many of you get the bountiful basket's but if you don't you should! I am finding that I eat many more veggies and fruit then I used to and it's only 15 for a huge amount of produce. I had 2 diffrent kinds of squash for dinner and I met my goals today! Have a fantastic week friends.

Slick Saturday

How's your weekend going? I just got back from Pocatello. We passed lots of slide-offs.

Anyway, I met my goals today. We went out to dinner, but I made good choices and ate small portions. It was actually easy! I'm really sold on the Body for Life program, but I think I've made that clear in previous posts. I hope you're all doing well!

10 days in a row for all of us I think

Day 10. I think we are all doing great. I met my goals again today. I have missed two days of exercise and two days of eating right, since I too have a free day once a week I will have to be careful for the next 4 days. I met my goals today, hope you did too. It is getting harder the closer Christmas gets as I know treats will be arriving more frequently. Dave brought home a big box of chocolates today. Tough stuff. Just say no!

Thanks Heather

I talked to Heather on the phone today. We were both having weak moments and wanted to eat something yummy and unhealthy but she convinced me that she was not going to give in so neither did I. Thanks. I met my goals today. Love the exercise but sure want to eat all the yummy cakes, cookies, candy etc. Tough time of year so watch out.

Wednesday

I got brave this morning and got on the scale today. Down 2 pounds. Since for the last three months I have been going up that is great news for me. Two pounds a week would be a great goal for me. Congratulations to all of you for doing so well in December.

What's your favorite legal treat?

What do you use to get you past that "I'm not really hungry, but want something tasty" time? Mine are Sugar Free Werthers candy (I like all 3 flavors, regular caramel, mint caramel, & cinnamon caramel). I met my goals today. I walked on the treadmill first thing this morning--my day goes much better when I do that rather than try to fit exercise in later in the day. Hope you all had a great Tuesday!

6lbs down

Hip Hip Hooray...first week of Body for Life and I am 6 lbs down. I feel great and have good energy. The most wonderful thing of all though is that I don't feel like I am starving or sacrificing anything on Body for Life!! I am loving it. I can say that I met my goals as I am heading to the gym in about an hour to burn some calories on the elipical while I watch my favorite TV show. Life is good and I hope everyone had a fantastic Monday!!

SUNDAY

Goals Met :0)

Saturday

I decided to go ahead and post since I'm done eating for the day plus I did a step video this morning. So, I met my goals today!

Congratulations Ilene on the 5 lb loss. I also like your point about being one of the few groups of women who will weigh less after Christmas than before. It's always nice to be unique.

I'm still slightly suffering the effects of an overindulgent free day. I learned a good lesson though, and I know my next free day (next Friday) will go much better!

Body For Life

Sounds like the program is working for you girls!! I want in on it...Ilene, can I borrow the book you offered??

I met my goals on Thursday AND we're in escrow for the house on Alayssa!! YEE HAW!

Mornings Are The Best!

I met my goals yesterday...EVERYONE is doing great!!

I think we can ALL do it! We are Women of POWER!! :0)

In order to meet my blogging goal, I will have to post in the mornings, therefore I will report on my previous day's successes :0)

Good Job Ladies!! Thanks for the inspiration!

The First Day of December!

Ok, I'm blogging...thanks for the motivation ladies!

My Goals for This Month Are:

1. Blog Everyday.

2. Cardio 3x a Week.

3. Weight Training 3x a Week.

4. ONLY 1 (one, uno, één, 一個, l'un, einer, один, ONE LISA ONE!!!) Sugary Substance a Week!

5. No Fried Food, or Anything That Makes Me Feel Guilty at the End of the Day!! HEALTHY EATING!!

the last day of November

Well, the Christmas season is truly upon us! At my school, even though over half of us are trying to avoid sugar, someone decided that we should take turns bringing treats throughout the month so that there will be a new treat each day in the faculty room. I didn't want yesterday's treat, but today's looked quite good, so I took a piece and wrapped it up for Friday--my free day! I'm feeling really good after only 2 days on Body for Life, so I don't think I'm going to eat as much junk on Friday as I thought I would.

It was good to hear from Heather and Ilene--you both have great goals and I know you'll get your $5. back. To a fun and healthy December!

A Renewed Effort

It was great meeting with everyone today. I feel inspired!

Even though it's still November, I'm starting my December goals today. I met my goals today.

My goals for December:
1. Follow the Body for Life nutrition program.
2. Continue with ChaLean Extreme on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
3. Run (on the treadmill-boo!) on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

I hope to lose at least 10 lbs. by the next time we meet, but of course I'll be happy with more. At our next meeting (Jan. 3), let's all report how we did over this 5 week period as far as weight loss or maintenance goes.

Happy end of Thanksgiving!

It sounds like we all had a great week . . . Now it's time to start thinking about Christmas! We could all throw in the towel and say we'll start fresh in January OR we could figure out ways to enjoy this holiday season plus maintain or improve our health. Which will it be??

At our last meeting we planned to meet tomorrow (the 29th) at Ilene's from 5:30 to 6. I hope everyone can make it. Bring your great ideas to keep us motivated!

My cup runnith over.....

Hello Friends in the HLC!! I am beyond grateful today for the blessing of making change and the opportunities we are given everyday to live life and to enjoy the choices we make. We are truly blessed!! I am excited to report that tomorrow I am starting the program Body for Life. I am super excited to have some more strict eating going on and the weight program is great and really does show results. I started a running program a few weeks ago and that is going great and I am really looking forward to running the SLC half Marathon with Kim in April. Running is sooo exhilarating!!! I met my goals today and hope everyone else is having a successful blessed day!

Freaky Friday

Heather thanks for the great post yesterday. It brought tears to my eyes. We do have so much to be grateful for and you are right about the great friendship in the HLC. Congratulations and thanks for all of you for your examples not only in healthy living but in living quality lives. I must confess that this whole week has been a mess for me for exercise and nutrition. When all my company leaves on Sunday I am throwing away all the junk food and starting over on Monday. Just like repentence we can try try again. In December I am going to be more successful. I need to figure out how to keep it together when I have people staying here. Any suggestions would be helpful as December will be crazy.

THANKSGIVING!!

HAPPY TURKEY DAY EVERYONE!!! What a fantastic day to be with family and friend and do one of my favorite things of all time......eat and gab!! :) I wanted to post first today...so since it turned today 13 minutes ago....anyway I wanted to let you all know how grateful I am for your friendship, encouragement, and pushing in this drive and journey to get to a healthy me. Here is to us!! I will post tomorrow night that I met my goals, because well I am going to the gym first thing tomorrow morning after a 5K, and working double!!

Wednesday

What a fantastic day I have had today....I didn't meet my goals because I went on a fun date with my fun boyfriend, and so I didn't make it to the gym, but that is okay because I am working out double in the morning!

Love the snow

I had a good day today. I just got off the treadmill and all the shoveling has been great too. Yummy salad and other good food tasted great today.

Monday tra la la day

Hello Fellow HLC members....where are you?????? I am happy to report that I met my goals for nutrition and am heading to the gym for a good 60 minute run as soon as I finish this post. Happy Monday and here's to a successful Tuesday!

bah snow and cold

I generally love the snow...but for some reason this year it just makes me mad when I see it or have to go out in it. Yuck....its cold! I miss running outside...the treadmill just isn't cutting it. I met my goals today and had a good Sunday. Oh how I love sundays! Hope everyone is doing well....and finding success.

Let it snow.

Hope the roads from SLC are not too bad. It is so beautiful outside. I went to the gym this morning (good girl) and on my way home stopped in to see the new Geraldine's bakery (bad girl). It was Dave's idea so I blame him. The cinamon twist was yummy and at least I only ate half. Good day except for that. I guess I met exercise goals but not nutrition.

1st again

I had a good day and met my goals. That is a couple in a row now. Those of you in SLC have lots of fun.

Early

I keep forgetting to post so I am doing it early today. I will meet my goals today. It has been a pretty good week. Exercising 1st thing in the morning for me makes it easier to keep control all day long. Congratulations to you that are doing so well.

wenesday

Yes, I spelled that wrong, it was on purpose. Met goals today. Hope everyone is doing well...folks are not reporting.

Crazy Tuesday weather

Good day today. I met my nutrition and exercise goals. 1st time in awhile. I am done eating for the day so I can report that. Hope the rest of you are doing great.

What a pretty day

enjoyed a walk around the greenbelt this morning in the sunshine--I hear a storm is on its way. Met my food goals today with Ilene's Cornucopia Salad from the ward cookbook--yum!

Sunday

I met my goals today.

sunday...but technically its still my saturday

Wow.....Cherie a HUGE not thank you for the introduction to the cocoa bean. YUM! I got some for a dinner party I went to tonight and wow they are yummy. I tried a bite of 4 different kinds, all equally tasty. I met my goals today. Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday.

Funky Friday

I am on a roll when it comes to exercise. I love it. I am also on a roll when it comes to sugar. I love it too. Meeting exercise goals but not nutrition, too many temptations. Note to self, stay away from the Cocoa Bean Cupcake store. Hope the rest of you are doing great. I am still maintaining so it could be worse.

veterans day

Happy Veterans Day! I met my goals and had an awesome workout tonight. Hope everyone is having success and feeling fantastic!

First again

Despite eating out for lunch at Buddy's and dinner at Bubba's I met my goals for eating and exercise. Hope you all enjoyed the sunshine today.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

If it is going to be cold I love to have lots of snow. Had a great time on the treadmill today. A few truffles took me down a bit today but not too bad. Hope the rest of you had a truffle less day.

Better Late than NEVER!

I'm back from Cali. SOOO SOOO glad I don't live there anymore! I set my goals for HLC this morning...they are:

3x week cardio (at least an hour)

3x week weights

100 crunches M-F

20 push-ups M-F

Sunday the 7th

I hear the weather is changing--but, luckily we HLC members don't allow anything to get in the way of our goals!

I slacked off a bit this last week. Luckily I didn't gain any weight, but I didn't lose any either. I've been reading a lot about the evils of sugar both in an article Ilene lent me (it's still safe, Ilene!) and on the internet. This article has some interesting information about the actual physical pull sugar, fat, and salt have on us. We may want to discuss this at our next meeting (Monday, Nov. 29, 5:30 at Ilene's in case you didn't know) or you may want to read this article. We need to know the enemy, right?

I met my goals today.

Love this Weather!

I did good on my eating today and am counting 2+ hours of raking leaves as my excercise--I sure wish we would have planted pine trees instead of poplars!! :)

Friday in the sunshine

Dave and I went on a big bike ride tonight about 6:00. Who would have guessed we could do that on November 5th. So great. Relief Society pie did me in yesterday but today was better.

Thursday

Well, it's 10:00 at night and no one has posted. I hope that doesn't mean you're all as off track as I have been these past 2 days! Yes, I admit I've not met my goals. However, I'll take a lesson from Winston Churchill (and myself), and "Never, ever give up!" Back at it tomorrow . . . .

Safe!

I met all of my goals today and I think it's safe to go ahead and post.  No more snacks tonight-- luckily all of the kids' good Halloween candy (ie: the stuff containing peanut butter & chocolate) is long gone, and I'm not tempted by Tootsie Rolls!  :)

Hope you're all doing great!

Annette-- send me your e-mail address to elisehansen1@gmail and I'll send you an author invite for the blog. 

Election day

What a gorgeous day. I can't believe this fabulous weather. Perfect for walking or running outside. It is fun watching election returns come in. A bit of a shake up. I met my goals today and will post them tomorrow. Good luck.

New month

Good meeting today. It is such fun working toward a common goal with all of you. Welcome Annette. I did great on exercise today not so good on nutrition.

Halloween

I hope everyone has had a great weekend!

Just a reminder . . . our next meeting is tomorrow, 5:30 pm, at Ilene's. We'll set goals for November, find out who the October winner is (as if we don't already know!), encourage each other to continue on, and make plans for future activities. Please bring $5 for the fun fund and another $5 if you want to join in the November contest. To an extra healthy November!

Halloween Saturday

Looks like all of us skipped Friday. I am afraid some Halloween candy called to me today. I am starting over on Monday so whatever is not gone tomorrow is out of my house. Not many trick or treater's here. Our street is boring now, not any kids. Hope the rest of you resisited better than I did. Kathy I like you idea of healthy thinking. I guess I will do that today. I did get a 4 mile walk in. Happy Halloween.

Nearly Halloween

It is almost Halloween and I am proud to say that I have not eaten any Halloween candy this year. I had a great day today. I got in a 4 mile walk in the beautiful sunshine and did well nutritionally until a small box of mint covered fudge oreos fell into my shopping cart. Five oreos later I was mad at myself. They were yummy though. Hope you all had a great day. Looking forward to the meeting on Monday.

Wednesday

Congratulations Kathy and Cherie on your two day success! I'm sure that not only will you make it three, but many more.

Just a reminder that our next HLC meeting is coming up already. It's next Monday, 5:30 pm, at Ilene's.

I met my goals today.

Tuesday

I'm out of creative things to say at the moment.

It's been great to hear from everyone! You're all doing great, and I'm especially impressed with the fact that we keep picking ourselves up no matter how many times we "mess up."

Heather and I decided tonight that we're going to run the Salt Lake City half marathon in April. We plan to be super skinny by then, so it should be easy (haha). Anyone want to join us?????

I almost forgot, yes, I met my goals today and not just sort of like some people.

I can see clearly now the rain is gone...

Goals met for today...I hope I can lose the 15 by the end of the month...I'm pushin it! ...and pullin it...and movin it like crazy! This is harder than I thought...thanks for the motivation ladies! Happy Monday!

Hey

The rain is such fun. I have not been blogging because I have been a mess but I am not longer going to be one. You guys are doing so well, I appreciate your diligence and strength. 18 hours in a car with no M & M's is impressive, Ilene. The rest of you are impressive also. Way to go. Kathy, I love your funny posts. I too am blaming the last week on the mountain lion. I have no excuses this week.

cledus... just happens to be one of my favorite words for those folks who irritate me

Hola my Amigas!!! Happy Saturday. So far everything is going great for my goals today, I worked out alot and now my muscles are in rebelion and are twicthing and oh are they ever so sore. I have also managed to eat well and plan to continue. I will re-post if I don't make my goals but otherwise goals met here!

Friday

I am back from vacation. It was fun and I met my goals all week. (Even with M&M fumes in the car 18 hours!)

thursday smurthsday

I met my goals today. I exercised at the gym for 2 hours and feel great. Nothing beats the feeling of being covered in sweat after a good hard workout. Happy friday

Tuesday, WEDNESDAY . . .Happy days!

It took me all day to come up with a song about Wednesday, so I had to be the first to post! I'm not even sure if I got the words right.

I'm doing well so far, although it's only 7 p.m. so it may be too early to tell for sure. I'll report again tonight.

I hope you're all doing well and eliminating that fat so you won't be attractive to a roaming mountain lion.

Good Bye Ruby Tuesday...

Aren't all post supposed to be titled with a song in mind?? :0)

Met my goal so far this week!

We are women of POWER!!! Keep up the good work ladies!!

Monday

I can't believe I'm the first one to post today! It's way past my bedtime!

I'm doing well--met my goals. I hope all is well with the rest of you. Have a great week.

Sunday the 17th (2 weeks till Halloween . . . .)

. . . and I can wear my cool new witch hat!

Yesterday Lisa asked for the name of next month's book club book. I was wondering the same thing! For those going on the hike, we'll meet Friday at Cherie's at 6:30 am.

Happy birthday to Kathy!

Saturday is a special day...

...because I got to sleep in! :0) Sleeping is one of my favorite things to do.

I met my goals this week! Kickin it in to high gear on Monday...I meet with a trainer to get me going with more cardio & to start weight training---

Ok, so, what was the name of the book club book, and where on Friday do we meet for the hike??

Sorry to be 1st again

I do not mean to post first this often but the rest of you must be night owls. Once again I did not meet my goals, I would blame it on my company but that would be passing the buck. I will be gone to Colorado for the next 5 days and will probably not be able to post, so keep up the good work and wish me luck. I can blame those days on being the company. See you hikers at 6:30 a m on Friday.

Wonderful weather

I hiked cress creek today with 6 of the grandkids, such fun. I am afraid we took along some junk food so I did not meet my goals today. Great day though. Glad you are with us Lisa, congrats on the 5 pound loss.

Is everyone planning on hiking on the 22nd? Palisaides lakes, beautiful place. I believe it is 4 miles to the lower one and 7 to the upper one. The lower one is not very pretty but the upper is gorgeous. Not very steep. Hopefully the weather will be fine. Probably an all day event, leave at 6:30 to be back by 5 or so. Let me know if you are in.

Another beautiful sunny day. Yippee!

I am planning on meeting my goals today, since I have company coming it may be hard. I am posting early so I won't forget and also to remind you about the Wicked tickets. I plan to turn the order in on this Friday the 15th. We have 20 ordered so far but can order as many as we need. Please call or email me with the price you would like and the number of tickets. The prices again are $142.50 for the first 5 rows, $ 85, $ 67.50 and $ 52.50. We do not all have to order the same price. Please let me know ASAP. Good luck today.

Tuesday, Tuesday

OK. It doesn't sound as good a Monday, Monday. Oh sure, I leave town for a few days and all sorts of things happen. So proud of you guys that are doing so well but Heather had the best, most interesting news. Do tell. We want to know how you met and what he is like. So great for you. Can't wait for hike day so we have all day to get the scoop. Speaking of hiking who can go? Should we announce in R S again to see if others want to come?

I am three for three for the last 6 days. Some good and some bad. I weighed and I did not lose but I was just happy not to have gained. I did buy some fun clothes while in St George. Hope things are going well for all of you wonderful women.

Monday Monday

A little momma's and papa's for everyone. (you know you are hearing it in your head) I met my goals today. Life is soo good and yes I have details to give you all about this "friend" of mine. We are getting married next week! LOL totally kidding. No Jonathan and I are really enjoying each other's company and he really puts a smile on my face. I am smitten with the man thus far. We have spent everyday together since we met and I look forward to seeing what might happen with the relationship. He makes me laugh all the time and there is definitely chemistry. I pretty much think he is a cutie!

Happy Birthday to me

I am super proud to say that I met my goals today, even though it's my birthday. My friend who is a man ;) got me a cake and I didn't even eat a piece. I have eaten healthy and heading to the gym as soon as I finish this post. Have a great week everyone!!

last day for 33

Hola Friends! Hope everyone is having a great goal met weekend! I did get to the gym this morning for my 6 miles jog, and so far have eaten good. I plan to continue. Happy Saturday!

Friday

okay so this post is a day late....but I met my goals.

Thursday

Hola my amigos!! Darn me didn't make it to the gym because there is a guy that seems to be occupying my time as of late! :) So I met my nutrition goals but not exercise. Oh yes, friends there is a story to be told!

Wednesday, Oct. 6th

It was so great to see all the comments yesterday! And everyone is doing so well . . . I'm proud to be part of such a successful group.

It sounds like a few of us are going to be out of town this weekend. Ilene mentioned she's going somewhere, Cherie is going to St. George, and I'm going to Utah. Anyone else? I think it can be a challenge to stick to your goals when you're out of your regular zone, but I know we can do it. I'm glad I have to report to all of you because it makes me think twice before eating something I shouldn't.

I met my goals today by the way.

Hey

Way to go all of you met your goals yesterday. I met mine today. Feels good.

No title I am not feeling creative

I met my goals today. My goals are the same for October as they were for September. Maybe this month I will actually do them. Stay under 60 carbs a day. Exercise 6 days a week, 6 cardio days and 3 weight days also. Weigh every Monday. Keep an exercise and food journal each day. Hope your day is going well and your goals are being met. Thanks for your great inspiration.

Sunday the 3rd

We just got back from Salt Lake--a very nice weekend.

I met my goals today. I hope you all had a great weekend and are looking forward to a healthy week.

Saturday the 2nd

I'm posting on Sunday (in Salt Lake!), but if you get a chance, add your results for Saturday on this post.

It was a great day here--listening to conference, nice weather, etc.

I had some challenges, but I did meet my goals.

My goals for the month:
1. Strictly follow the pre-planned menu I created for the month.
2. Weight-lifting on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
3. At least 30 minutes aerobic exercise on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
(P.S. My plan included NO Halloween candy!)

Ok, Here I Go....

Hey Ladies! Thanks for letting me know about the HLC. I'm thrilled! I'm a pretty motivated person, but lately I've had trouble motivating myself, so the HLC has come into my life at the perfect time! I definitely need your support and goal setting ideas to get me goin!

Today I set my October goals:

1. At least an hour of cardio 3x a week.

2. 100 crunches and 20 push-ups a day M-F

3. Get 15lbs. off my gorgeous body that is hiding underneath all this fat :0) tee hee

My goal for the outlet shopping trip is to be in a size 12.

I am excited for the bad habits I will lose and for the friends I will gain!

Thanks Again!

End of September meeting

We had a nice meeting tonight--lots of items were discussed. First, welcome to Lisa Morales! Ilene won the September contest with 100% days goal met! Wow! If you weren't at the meeting, please get $10. to me. I really don't like to be a money collector. If you didn't pay in September, maybe you could contribute $5. to the fun fund for that month. We're up to $55. by the way. We decided we should each determine our own goals for the month of October and then post them on this blog. We'll be making the Palisades hike on Oct. 22nd. We decided to postpone the Harriman cross country/snow-shoeing trip to January. Lisa is organizing a group to go to Time Out for Women on Nov. 19 and 20th. Contact her if you're interested. Some of us are planning a "I finally made my goal!" trip to the Park City outlet mall on Feb. 21st. Let me know if you're interested in that. We are also planning to go to Boise to see Wicked on Saturday, May 14, 2pm. If we can get a group of 20 or more, we can get our tickets now. Those who are interested need to decide in the next week or so, and Cherie will make the reservation. 50% of the price is due about 2 weeks after the reservation with the remainder due by Dec. 31st. The tickets are about $147/85/65/55. Those may not be the exact amounts--but something like that. If you know of anyone else who is interested, please have them call Cherie.

Well, we sound like a busy crew, but really, these activities are taking place over a period of 8 months. I wish everyone a very successful and healthy October. Who cares that there's Halloween candy everywhere?

Wednesday--almost the end of September

Here we are at the end of September already! I hope it has been a good month for everyone. If not, I hope October is even better! It'll be fun to get together tomorrow night . . 5:30 at Ilene's.

I met my goals today. See you tomorrow.

Two days in a row

I met my goals for two days in a row. That is big for me this month. I am up 3 pounds since mid-August but I can stop that now (otherwise I have no pants that fit). Hope you are meeting your goals. Who is the $ winner this month? Seems like Ilene, Kim and Heather have been doing well. Lisa Morales wants to join and will be at the meeting on Thurday.

love me some packers.....

Monday night football ya'll...go pack go! :) I met my goals today, well will have after I head to the gym here in a few minutes.

I admit it

OK I admit it I have had a terrible month when it comes to eating nutritionally. The only thing that has saved me from total disaster is that exercise is wonderful and I love it. Especially exercising outside. I am going to be brave tomorrow (it is too late today because I have to do it first thing in order to not have eaten anything) and weigh and measure and write down the bad news. Maybe this will get me to start over. Some of my jeans are getting tight (never a good sign) and I gave away my bigger size so I guess I had better get back on the program. Not only am I not in the running to win the $ this month but you should all make me pay more. Enough already. I will post tomorrow with the bad news since I know you guys are in my corner and will encourage me to do better. Congrats to those of you that are doing well. I hope to join your group. I did well for 6 months so I can certainly do it again. Venting feels good. Thanks.

Way to go Kim and Heather on the race. You guys (and the rest of you) are awesome.

Saturday

The day's not over, but I thought I'd go ahead and post. We had a fun race. It was great being a part of "Team Hope."

I've met my goals so far today, and I'm sure I'll do fine the rest of the evening.

I hope you're all having a great weekend--such beautiful weather!

24th already....

yea for Friday! I love,love,love weekends! Met goals today and am excited for the race in the morning.

First official day of fall

Hip Hip Hooray....Fall is my favorite season of the year. I didn't meet my goals today. We had Football, transportation of ill folk, school carnival, homework, reading, piano and it's 9:23 and my kids just got in bed and quiet frankly I am not heading to the gym now, I am going to breathe a little and perhaps read or something. Happy Fall Y'All!! :)

Goals, goals, goals.

I met my goals today for the first time in a long time. Now if I can hang on till the end of the day. Hope all of you had great days.

Tuesday the 21st

I met my goals today. How's everyone else doing? I'm no longer feeling the effects of Table Rock--time to plan another hike!

Better

I am doing better at meeting my goals. Why is eating right so hard?

Sunday football day and recovery day

Hola Friends!! I know that I am exhausted today~ guess everything is catching up to me, so I am relishing in the relaxation of football and reading a good book. I would say I met my goals today but I am enjoying some hostess donettes with my book, so I best say no on the nutrition goals for today. However tomorrow I am back on the atkins love. Hope everyone has a fantastic week!!
BTW what is Annette's address so I can forward my table rock pictures to her??

Saturday the 18th

We had a great time hiking Table Rock, and yes, we made it to the top! It was the perfect day and well worth the effort. I hope everyone is feeling okay today. I definitely found a few new leg muscles, but my feet survived just fine.

A few housekeeping items: I sent out emails awhile ago suggesting we change our meeting time. I need to apologize for that because I know we had already agreed to meet on the 30th at our last meeting, so I should have just left that alone! So, let's plan to meet on Sept. 30th at 5:30 at Ilene's. Please bring $10 for Sept if you haven't paid, $10 for October, and the number of days in September that your met your goals. Do we also want to report pounds lost during the month? Maybe that could be optional. Also, at our last meeting we agreed that we would give Cherie a written copy of our goals, so if you haven't done that yet, please bring it to the meeting. We'll be talking about our next regular outing, a possible October hike, and a possible BIG outing in May. Anything else?

Keep up the good work everyone! I've been wondering if we should open up a consignment store to get rid of all the clothes we're shrinking out of (just kidding).

Friday/Table Rock!

I guess the majority of our group was too busy hiking yesterday to post! I just thought I 'd put in a quick post for anyone who wants to report their Friday results.

Hey

Nice day. I met my exercise goals but not nutrition. Why is one easy and the other hard?

15th

If I don't post early I forget as the day gets busier. Good luck with all you have going on. Can't wait for Friday's hike. Love the weather and am going to do great today avoiding junk food. Best of luck to all the rest of you.

14th

Yea for today. I met my goals and feel grand. I started atkins again and today was easy.

Hike

Hey. I am still doing well with exercise but not nutrition. Chocolate has not been my friend. I have maintained my weight now for 4 months so I am happy about that but will have to do better to lose more.

I called the forest service and they said hiking table rock by Friday should be fine. They said the snow that arrived is mostly gone and it should be good weather. Let's be to my house just before 7 am and leave by 7. We will need good shoes, lunch, snacks, lots of water and clothes for all kinds of weather. If you have questions call me.

Yeah!

Looking forward to hiking on Friday

Sounds like table rock may be too snow covered to hike. I will check with the forest service tomorrow and see what they say. If we can't go there, we could do the wind caves or Palisades lakes. Any preference from the group.

We invited who ever was interested at R S today and it sounds like those that can go and want to are me, Kim, Heather, Elise, Julie Meldrum, Melanie Jacobson, Mary DeYoung and Annette? If you can think of any one else invite away.

I will let you know what I find out and we could make other plans if need be. Let me know if you have a preference of the others or a better idea.

I exercised well today but eating continues to be a problem for me. What is up? How are the rest of you doing? I need some inspiration.

Farners market

I love the farmer's market. I went and got peaches, corns, melon, whole grain bread, mushrooms, and other yummy stuff. Such fun on a beautiful day. I am meeting my goals so far today. Kathy I love your blog messages. Your sense of humor adds a lot. Ilene, so good to have you back and congratulations on doing so well. Thanks for all the rest also.

friday fun day

Hello friends! I met me goals today, I went out with friends tonight and had a blast and amazingly ate well and it felt gtreat.

Great day for the fair

I am heading to the fair in a minute for the concert tonight and dinner. Should be a good time in the rain. Wish me luck finding nutrition at the fair but maybe I will count today as a pass day. I met my exercise goals. Hope all of you are meeting all your goals. It is great to hear from the crowd.

Another windy Wednesday

I am doing well so far today. Hope you are too.

Tuesday

Congratulations Ilene for doing so well since the 1st. Sounds like the rest of us need to kick it up a bit. As for the empty nesting, as a old pro at that (four and a half years), it is great. After feeding and entertaining 12 to 18 people all weekend, my nest is a mess but oh so quiet again. It is great. Doing OK today. Hope I can hold on to the end.

Labor Day

I hope everyone has had a great long weekend!

I did meet my exercise goals today, but, sad to say, not my nutritional goals. As of today, I'm officially an empty-nester . . . don't know if that has anything to do with my lack of control! I'll definitely be back at it tomorrow.

How's it going?

Going well here in the crazy house. I have been feeding 16 or so people for the last few days through tomorrow. It is hard to be good when that is going on and also hard to get in exercise. Hope the rest of you are doing better than I am. Day two of poor eating and day one of poor exercise but Tuesday I will have my house and my life back. Did I mention how much fun I am having, because it is great. Hope your weekends are going well. Looking forward to posts from the new people.

Crazy

Having a crazy time at my house. Today I got a ton of exercise but ate junk. I feel good though because I have only blow it one day this month. Only 1 out of 4 is pretty good. Hope all of you are having a fun weekend.

Day 3 and start to a glorious weekend

Hello Friends!! What beautiful weather today and it's the start to a holiday weekend and big things at our house~ Aubrey is being baptised!! What a blessing to be alive and to have the gospel in our lives. What a blessing to have such awesome friends to get healthy with! I am blessed and happy. I met my goals today.

Second day

I met my goals today. Thankfully I was not eating everything like I did yesterday.

Start of phase 3 Yippee!!!

I did great yesterday and so far today. Yeah for September.

the end of August

It's our last day of phase 2! I'm excited to hear from everyone starting tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to all of our success.

Monday marvelous Monday

So far so good on the exercise front. I need to get all the junk out of my house so I can not be tempted. I think after tonight it will be gone. Good luck to you all.

New start

Good meeting today. I am so excited to have Kathy and Annette in the group and also to have Ilene and Julie returning. Such fun. It will be great to continue to be healthy together. I am starting on my new goals tomorrow (I have already blown it today) but tomorrow is better than waiting for Wednesday.

Aug. 28

We did it! Heather and I completed the half-marathon this morning, and since we're still walking and talking, all is well. The Mesa Falls course is beautiful. We're already planning to do it again next year, and we'd love company!

I met my goals today.

See you tomorrow at 1 pm at Elise's.

TGIF

I am looking forward to our meeting on Sunday to start over again. I need to. I have been doing well about every other day so I am maintaining but not losing so I need a boost. Good luck tomorrow.

the 26th

Hi everyone--I met my goals today which really wasn't very hard because I'm allowing myself to eat extra so I can be fueled for Saturday morning. I've been drinking quite a bit of water too and planning on lots more tomorrow! I hope you're all doing well.

August 25 Can you believe it?

Summer is coming to an end way to fast. Can't believe I already had to cover my garden. So far so good today with exercise and eating. I even did OK going out to lunch. I am heading to SLC and may get in a little shopping. Fun.

Tuesday

I can't believe I forgot to blog yesterday because I finally met my nutrition goals for a whole day. Also I met my exercise goals. Good day. Today will be another.

Monday

Hello All! I am so in for the hiking in September, sounds like a blast!! I met my goals today.

Lets get together

Hey all. I need a shot in the arm to quit eating junk. I also have missed our monthly meetings so lets have one. Kim suggested Friday Aug 27 and that sounds good to me. I think she is going to email around to get a time and place set up. I need to reset goals and I would also like to hike table rock in September if any one else is interested. We could start with the wind caves if we needed a warm up. Congratulations to Kim and Heather on their 10 mile run yesterday. I am excited to hear about your race on Saturday. Good luck. Hope to see all of you on Friday whenever we can get together.

Saturday 10 mile day

Hello Fellow HLC friends! I have done most excellent on my nutrition goals today (and what a difference in how I feel) and I will be heading out with Kim to run 10 miles in just over an hour. HAPPY TRAILS!! :)

20th

I have met my exercise goals today and I WILL meet my nutrition goals today. Hope you are all meeting yours too.

19th day of August

Hello Friends! I met my exercise goals today. Did pretty good on nutrition but did have a piece of zucchini bread at work today. I also pretty much have a huge craving for Reed's Dairy chocolate moose in a waffle cone!! hmmmm dilemma.

Wacky Wednesday

So far so good. Hope you all are doing well with your goals. I miss our monthly meetings, maybe we could set one up soon. I need all the help I can get.

Terrific Tuesday

Hey, I get to be first! It's been great to hear from everyone. I met my goals today. Tuesday is supposed to be my rest day from exercise, but I've felt a little lost without it today. (I know that may sound weird, but I think I'm getting addicted to exercise!) I decided that starting next Tuesday I'm going to do the Saturday ChaLean workout on Tuesdays. I haven't been doing ChaLean on Sat because we've been running so long that day. In case you're wondering, I just completed the first 60 days of the 90 day program. I'm not sure if I look different, but I know I've developed some good muscles which at the moment are hidden under the fat. But once I get rid of the excess, I should be pretty buff haha.

Rainy days and Monday's always get me down...

Well not really...but the song is in my head. Can't you just hear the Carpenters now?? There really is not too much that get's me down, thankfully!! I am happy to report that I lost another lb today, putting my total at 70 since we began the HLC. I have met my goals today with nutrition and plan to head out running in just over an hour. The yummy fresh smells of clean earth and huge rainbows~ who else wants to join Kim and I??? Happy Monday Friends and hoping for great reports.

Sunday - new week

I need a new start. Congratulations to those of you meeting your goals. I have an new grand baby and I have had the other 3 kids for several days. I have been using them as an excuse for eating treats. Not a good one.

14th of August

Happy Saturday Fellow HLC members! I am happy to report I met my goals today. I went to the farmer's market and got lots of fresh yummy produce, which we have enjoyed today. Love this time of year with all the harvest going on!! I hope everyone has enjoyed their day and have met their goals.

Friday the 13th...creepy

Happy Friday the 13th Friends~ are any of you superstitious??? I'm not. I met my goals today. Feeling great and happy after just running 5 miles and a day full of good nutritious food. Happy Saturday Friends!

Hey

Congratulations Kim and Heather on having 6 miles be easy to run. What a big accomplishment. All I can report it that I should have taken the month of August off. Kathy, glad you are doing well enough to walk the dogs.

11th

We start home today and get to Salt lake late tonight so airport food is my future. I will take a page for the rest of you and do my best. Congratulations to Kim and Mrs. Fields. Hope your dental surgery goes well Kathy. Might be a good weight loss plan during recovery. Does not sound like fun so I hope it is over quickly. Glad you guys had fun in Utah. So great that you do such fun things together. Elise glad to hear from you. Thanks ladies.

10th

Hello everyone! Yea to hear from so many. I had a fantastic time in Utah. I also want to report that yesterday when I weighted myself I had lost 5 lbs!! I am only 2 away from where I wanted to be when I run the half marathon and I have 3 weeks until we run that,, so I am excited about that. However what I am not excited to report is, that I sure didn't meet my nutrition goals that last 2 days. I did however meet my exercises goals. I enjoyed some Mrs. Field's cookies and a few corn dogs. But other then eating those few things I did eat really well, so overall not to shabby. Kim the door is open for you to sweep in and take the cash! :) Have a fantastic Wednesday friends!!

New week to start fresh

Way to go all of you. Heather you are amazing to make cookies and not eat them. What a great mom you are. Have fun at Lagoon. I love it there. Good work the rest of you too. Where have Renae and Elise been? Good to hear from you Kathy. I went to a yoga class today on a pier out in the ocean, great fun and an amazing view. I walked also. Now if I could just quit eating. We are about out of food and are here for two more days so the next few should be easy and the grocery store is very far away and hard to get to. I may be eating lots of coconut. Wonder how many carbs in that.

Successful Sunday

Hello Friends!! Today has been successful for me~ I met my goals. I even made homemade oatmeal/chocolate chip cookies and spaghetti. I had veggies and Chicken and no cookies, while the family had the rest. Yea for me. I won't be able to post tomorrow since I will be at Lagoon. I am going to do my running work out @ 5:30 in the morning though~ so overall it should be a wonderful day. Hope you all have a wonderful start to your successful week!!

Hello from the jungle

We have been out in the jungles of Guatemala for a few days at a mayan ruin called Tikal. It was hard to find any protein to eat so my diet is all out of whack but I walked and hiked until I thought I would fall apart. Lots of monkeys, birds etc. Good on the exercise front not so much on the diet part. So good to have you with us Kathy and congrats on your success. Way to go the rest of you either staying on track or getting back to it. Thanks for your inspiration.

6th of August already??

Great Scott where is time going?? Today has been great for me. I have eaten really healthy and excersied alot!! I met my goals today and am back on track and it feels wonderful. I hope everyone else is also enjoying the sweetness of being healthy and meeting goals.

5th day

Hola amigos! I met my goals today.

4th of August

Met my exercise goals, did not meet my nutrition goals. I am determined to meet them tomorrow though.

Rainy Tuesday

It has been raining buckets here since about 9:00. Luckily I got in a walk right before it started. I cannot believe the amount of rain that has come down, probably more than Idaho gets all year.

Kathy, it is great to have you join the HLC. Can't wait to hear good news from you about the goals you accomplish. Heather scary to hear your hair is falling out but sounds like you know what to do to gets more nutrients. Good luck with that. Julie, good to hear from you but sorry about the sad news. I never met Kelli but I am sorry for those of you that cared about her. Kim, way to go staying tied with Heather. I am already behind for two days of eating but on track with exercise for all three days and doing well with nutrition today. Can't wait to hear from the rest of you. We miss you Renae and Elise. Hope you are doing great on your goals also. Sorry again to hear about your friend.

Monday the 2nd of August

Hola fellow HLC members. I met my goals today, and yesterday. I realized I told you my goals, but didn't report that I met them. SO far so good this month I am at 100%!! I weighted myself today as I do every Monday and I only lost .6 lbs so I was initially disappointed, but then realized that the body does slow down and that not every week will there be a weight loss on the scale. So I am great with it, I know that if I stick with things it will come. Most likely next week will be a good loss. Hope everyone else is doing great.

Sunday in the sun

Hope it is sunny there. Doing well here. Dave's brother and his wife came to join us and they brought lots of junk food. Been a hard for me today. Exercise good, food bad. Day one of a new month and I am 50%. I would like to hear what people's goals are for the month. I would like to lose some more (5 to 10 pounds). I will do this by eating less than 40 carbs per day and exercising at least one hour five days a week. I will chart my eating and exercise each day (even on vacation) and weigh when I get home and then once a week. What are the rest of you planning? One of us needs to give Heather some competition. Looking forward to hearing your plans.

Saturday, I think

Hi again. I am alive and kicking and doing quite well with my exercise and diet goals. I tried to go into town today for a yoga class but I missed the boat literally. Instead I walked down the beach a few miles. Other than one scary dog it was fabulous. I doubt I have lost weight but I don't think I have gained either. Hope all of you are doing well. What would we do without you Heather to keep our blog going. Keep up the good work all.

Fabulous Friday

I can't remember if we've used that title yet.

I met my goals today. Heather and I are turning into speed demons. Those half-marathoners at Mesa Falls better watch out.

Good job, Heather, for being the most consistently healthy in July. I'm glad you won the money. You definitely deserve it. BUT, this is the last time you're getting money from me :)!

Sunrise over the ocean, nothing like it

Hey. Internet is working for the moment so I am happy to report that things are going well. It is so easy not to eat junk for when you are miles away from any grocery store whatsoever. Walking is great fun on a beautiful beach also. Things are going well for diet and exercise as long as I stay away from the stores. Hope you are enjoying lots of sunshine.

Hola my friends!! I met my goals for eating today and plan to go running here in about an hour, so I will have met my goals completely. Loving life and loving being fitter then I have been in a long time!

Can't believe it is Tuesday

Two days in and I am doing OK. Still too much junk food around (it would be nice if all people were on the same diet). Doing well with exercise. Hope things are going well for the rest of you. Kim and Heather you are doing awesome.

Magic Monday

Wow, here we are--the last week of July!

I met my eating and exercise goals today. It feels good! I hope you all finish the month strong.

Sunny Sunday

I am off on vacation for 2 and a half weeks. Wish me luck. The good thing about where we stay is that all food is 1/2 hour away by boat and the boat only goes in a few times a day so if I watch what I buy there should be no junk food to tempt me. I can't get in the car and go to Reed's Dairy. It would seem that there is time to exercise also but we will see. Walking on a beautiful beach sounds like a good way to spend lots of time. Keep me posted about how you are doing and I will do the same.

Noisy but fun Saturday

This week has been such fun with all the planes. It has created many a party at my house with much junk food. My will power has been weak but my exercising has been good. If I can just get the two to work together.
Glad you are feeling better Heather. Way to go with the work outs. Glad you are back Kim. Let's all keep going.

Friday

Hope you are feeling better Heather. I too had a rough day. Too much company to feed. Too much junk in the house. It will be nice to have you back Kim.

Thursday

Hey, I have been gone for a few days and did not have a computer nearby. Great to read that you Heather have been running like a crazy person and feeling so great. Good to hear from you Annette, way to go with the nutrition side. I have been struggling since I keep leaving and am off schedule in a big way. That isn't going to change soon so I guess I better figure it out. Good luck to the rest of you.

Wednesday 5 mile day

I am very happy to report that I have had a great goal met day! I just got home from running 5 miles straight without stopping. I can not remember the last time I ran that many miles without walking part of it. Hope the rest of you are also having a great goal met day!

Tuesday the 20th

We only have 10 more days to go on this month's HLC~ I am excited to report that I have met everything 100% thus far and feel great. Today I went to the bank to make a deposit and the teller that always helps me told me how great I looked and wanted to know if I was doing that HCG diet. It's so fun to have people notice all the hard work and to hear compliments. It was nice to be able to tell her that No, it's not the HCG diet, it's good ol fashion hard work! I met my goals today.

New week

Such good comments yesterday Heather and Annette. So good to have you with us Annette. This has been such fun for me and so much help, hope it works that way for you too although you look awesome. Heather keep up the good work. You are amazing as is Kim who is doing great while on vacation. I woke up way early today, 4:20 probably because of all the sugar I ate yesterday. New week, new day, new me. Good luck.

Windy sunday

Not catchy I know. I felt so good this morning after having done great with diet and exercise for a few days but had to make brownies for an event and have been snitching the whole time. Yuck. It does not feel good to have that much sugar. Why do I do this? Can you guys tell me since I know you have done it also(maybe not lately). Oh well I have dumped out the left over frosting and put all the dishes in the sink, before I licked them clean so upward and onward. I will get a walk in later. Hope you weekends are going well. Wish more of the HLC would blog. I miss them.

Super Saturday

I wanted to play along too~ :) I met my goals today and feel great. Today was really easy for me with eating, so I was happy about that. Have a super dupper night friends!

Funky Friday

So far so good.

Thrilling Thursday

I was hoping I would be first today so I could use that exciting title!

Greetings from Menden, Nevada (just south of Reno). We've had a good trip, and I'm happy to say I've met my eating goals today. There have been some challenges, but I did okay. I still haven't exercised yet. I had planned to take a walk when we got to the hotel, but it's 95! I definitely plan to do something before I go to bed. I'll report tomorrow. I hope you're all doing well!

Wonderful Wednesday

I don't know about you guys but I was thrilled not to have wind today. I met my goals today and so excited to have Annette join us. Sounds like you have some great goals. We have a good time. Hope all is well for the rest of you and you are accomplishing all you set out to do.

Happy Tuesday

I met my goals today. (yahoo) I think Elise and Annetta (probably spelled wrong, sorry) are going to be joining us. Welcome!

Here we go!

I think this might work out better--taking one month at a time. Today let's share our goals for the rest of the month. Also, when you get a chance, donate $5 to the HLC envelope for the month. We talked about giving the winner (which is hopefully all of us!) the money at the end of the month. Do you think we should have some other fund going for our next adventure? Speaking of next adventure--I was thinking Park City in October. Does that sound good to everyone?

Sunday the 11

I know that technically we are not doing HLC for today~ but I am still going to report. I met my goals today. Hope to hear great reports from everyone tomorrow.

Saturday

I just wanted to say thanks again Cherie for having us to your cabin, and for your husband taking the time to take us rafting. I have a great time and loved talking/laughting and spending time with you all!!
I met my goals today.

Thursday

How is everyone doing? Can't believe I am the first post today. I am reporting that a picnic at Heise did me in already. Too many yummy desserts. Looking forward to hanging out with all of you so I can get motivated again. See you tomorrow.

Wednesday

Welcome back Renee, I hope we get to hear from you on the blog every day. We have missed you. Congratulation to all of you that are doing awesome (everyone, it sounds like). You are an inspiration to me as well as just plain fun to be around. I am looking forward to going to Jackson and hiking etc this weekend with you guys.

Good days for exercise not so good for healthy eating. Treats at Bear Lake were plentiful and sweet. As for the report for my goals, I have met exercise goals 28/30. Nutrition goals 20/30 (not so good). Weight loss 0. I have not lost any weight but was trying to maintain. I think the next 30 days I will shoot to lose 5 more pounds. I need to watch my carbs closer and I feel better when I am being stricter about junk food.

I'M BAAAAAACCCCCCKKKKK!!!

Hey there ladies....have you missed me? :) My life has been crazy busy lately but I am determined to stay focused on my goals of losing weight and becoming a healthier person! I am still going to personal training and exercise classes in the mornings! I feel like I do a ton of running around just in my daily activities of taking care of my kids, etc...Things are going well. I am down about 7 pounds since starting training. I am hoping for the best...it has been so hard but I am determined to make it through! I am proud of the things I have been accomplishing so far and look forward to what is yet to come! See you all later! Good luck!

Monday Monday...

Oh the good ol Mama's and Papa's! :) I have had a grand day today. I took the kids up to the Heise area and we hiked around. In addition I got on the scale this morning and lost 3 lbs. Yea for me!! I am excited I have not weighted what I weight now for a good 6 years. I met my goals for today.

Happy 4th

Hey all,

Hope you had lots of fun yesterday. We had a good day. I met my goals except for the cake that called my name at a party last night. Yummy. Looking forward to this weekend, should be a fun time in Jackson, hiking etc. I will be gone for the next three days with no internet so blog on and good luck with your goals. I will have to wear a swimsuit so I may be regretting the cake.

Happy 3rd of July

I hope everyone has had a fantastic day~ I know that I have. I met my goals today and am excited about it, since I was surrounded all day by very sugary food. I stuck to my goals and feel good. HUGE congrats to Cherie and Kim for doing so awesome at the 5K this morning!

Hello again

Hey all. Thanks Kim and Heather for keeping up the posts. Hope both of you are feeling better, Kim from being sore and Heather from being sick. Both put a damper on exercise. I was in Boise for a couple days and was too busy playing with the grandkids to blog. I did meet my exercise and nutrition goals though. I feel good this morning even though I have been up since 3:15. Can't seem to sleep much these days.

I am in for the fire cracker, Kim, I will get my money to you this morning. Thanks for the encouragement. We will be running/walking instead of eating at the ward breakfast.

Miss you Renae and Elise. We need to plan our weekend get away soon so a meeting for the 30 day mark would be good. Maybe Ilene and Julie could come to or at least get their ideas in. What about Sunday afternoon or evening? I will be gone for most of next week, at least until Friday. I will see some of you tomorrow.

July begins!

Happy July everyone! This is a great month for exercise with such beautiful weather. There are definitely a few nutritional challenges (4th of July, etc.), but we HLC members have goals which are stronger than the temptations. I know it will be a successful month for all of us!

last day of June

I met my goals~ sorta. I did eat great today. I am still undecided on the excerise for today. I just don't feel the greatest. I don't know weather to push it or rest. I don't want to prolong the illness, nor do I want to not work out. But all is good....this too shall pass. Hope you all are doing great! Have a wonderful night.

How's it going?

So far so good for me.

New week

So far so good today.

Sunday

Hello Ladies! I met my goals today. It's good to be back on the protein loving plan. I am looking forward to the Firecracker 5K and a good goal met week. Hope you all find success this week!!

Great job

Such fun to run today. Way to go all of you.

Bone and Back Recovery

I had so much fun today and being with such good people!! I need to recover though~ I am tired tonight and my darn sunburn is killing me. I have been eating carbs today and I will definatly be going back to atkin's tomorrow. I like the feeling of atkin's much better. Didn't meet my eating goal today (although I have not really eaten badly either) but for sure met the exercise. :) Love to you all!!!

Bring on the heat - June 25 and still not hot

Hey, My excuse for not blogging is that my computer has been so slow I have been tearing my hair out and only doing what was absolutly necessary. I sent it to get fixed and am on the old one so I hope to be back for good. I have done pretty well this week since I kicked myself into gear on Tuesday. Tomorrow should be fun. I am nervous,

Day 18

I hope everyone is enjoying this weather. I read that the high for Saturday is supposed to be 75--perfect!

I met my goals today.

June 23 - Happy days are here again

Two good days in a row. It feels good. Hope the rest of you are hanging in there also. Looking forward to the race on Saturday.

June 22

Hey all,

I have been too busy eating junk food to be able to blog about it. I lost all control on Thursday and have just gotten a grip again until today. 4 Bad days in a row, what happened to me. Oh well I am on track now and will use that to start over. Congrats to Heather and Kim for being on the down side of the scale. I am sure I am on the up side so I am avoiding it for a week. Good luck.

first day of summer

I stepped on the scale this morning for my weekly weight in (all the while telling myself to not count on losing anything since I had such a HUGE weight loss last week, but) hoping to see something. I lost another 2 lbs!! I met my goals again today and am looking forward to tomorrow. Hope you all had a wonderful day.

Day 14

Hi everyone--

So, we've been at this for 2 weeks now! We seem to be having mixed results, but I think the important thing is to never, ever give up. (There's a famous quote something like that somewhere.) In today's post, let's share how we've done so far and what our plan is for the next 75 days. Maybe the rest of you don't need it, but I definitely need to make some recommitments! Yeah for great weather!

19th

One week to go ladies til the Bone and Back!! I am looking forward to it. I met my goals today.

Friday - Berries are Yummy

Just sitting here eating my favorite treat - berries. They are so good. I ate so much sugery stuff yesterday that I could not sleep and felt awful all night. It just shows me that sugar is the devil. Today has been great. I met my goals.

Thursday

I met my goals today. I am super motivated right now and am really looking forward to Bone and Back!! I am going to go walk my part on Saturday and see what my time is, as well as see how much sweat I can produce. :)
Kim~ you are doing awesome, it's so hard when you are away from home to stay with it completely (especially when you can not control the food choices) so great job to you on the exercise! Plus think of going to Ann Taylor in the Fall~ you will be thin and strong and happy, that mirror will reflect your Chalene!
Hope that Elise and Renae are doing well~ we might have to have them pay more if they don't start blogging! :) Have a great Friday friends!!

Why lift weights if you are a woman

1) You will be physically strong
2) You will lose body fat
3) You will gain strength without bulk
4) You decrease your risk of osteoporosis
5) You will improve your athletic performance
6) You will reduce your risk of injury, back pain and arthritis
7) You will reduce your risk of heart disease
8) You will reduce your risk of diabetes
9) It is never to late to begin
10) You will improve your attitude and fight depression

Thought this was interesting. I do not enjoy lifting but have been making myself do it. I feel stronger. I met my goals today. Hope you did too.

We are greater then we realize

"Anyone can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes his mind to do. We are capable of greater than we realize."
- Norman Vincent Peale, author

"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you're a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."
- Unknown

Lately as I have been working out, I have been paying attention to my heart rate, and it takes me a lot harder level and pace to get my heart rate up to the 150's then it used to. Yea for getting in shape and a heart that is used to getting worked out. There are so many benefits to consistent workouts!! I met my goals today.

12 lbs

I seriously lost 12 lbs in the last week!!! I don't really believe it, but got on the scale 3 different times and sure enough....12 lbs down. To say I am happy about it is an understatement...I am ecstatic!!!! SO that standstill for 3 weeks really paid off this week, I just need to remember that in the future and be patient with my body. Hope you all had a great Monday, I met my goals!

Sunday summaries

Hey all,

How was your first week of phase 2? I did well until yesterday and still feel like I am recovering from an overdose of chocolate chip cookies. I guess 5 out of 6 is not bad. Hope all of you have a good week. Is summer every coming?

Saturday is a special day

it's the day we get ready for Sunday... that little song has been in my head today, so I thought I would share. I met my goals for today, (even thought I really didn't want to eat Atkins all day I wanted to order pizza for dinner) I made chef salad for dinner instead. I was thinking of driving out to the course tomorrow about 1:30~ does that work for anyone/everyone??? I figure we should only be gone 1 hour, let me know if you want to go and if that time works, or else I will just go out there. Keep fighting the good fight ladies~ :)

Day 5 - How's it going?

Going great here. I met my goals today.

Day 4--Only 86 more

Thanks, Elise, for jazzing up our blog. It looks great!

I definitely earned my exercise points today--ChaLean Extreme for 55 minutes, then Elise and I jogged about 2 miles, and then we went to Craters of the Moon and went on a few hikes!

I met my eating goals today too. I'm glad to hear everyone is doing well. Let's keep it up!

Day 3--Woweee!

I know it's a little early to report for the day, but I just wanted to comment on how much better I feel after only 2 days of healthy eating. This morning I just woke up happy--for no reason! It was great. Heather's been saying the same thing, and I wanted to second this idea. Go healthy living!

Day 2

This is day two of HLC phase 2. How is it going for everyone? I did great on my exercise today with my favorite step class. I love it. Eating was OK too but I am wandering the house looking for food tonight. I need to go for a walk or go finish the book club book instead.

My goals for this phase are to lose 10 more pounds (including the 2 I have gained back) and then keep all of them off. A pound a week would be OK with me.

I plan to:
Keep my net carbs below 40 until I reach goal weight and then figure out the # to maintain
Track what I eat each day including carb count in HLC journal
Track exercise in HLC journal - work out for at least one hour at least 5 days a week
Include weight training for 3 of those days
Weigh once a week and measure once a month

I am walking away from the kitchen NOW!

My Crazy BUSY Life!

I am so excited for healthy change to come into my life! I have been trying for so long...I am really hoping that this exercise will really start to pay off! In the meantime - I am trying to do the best that I can with summer here, coaching t-ball and baseball, moving, etc...The craziness of it all! Good luck to all of you! Here's to good health!

Starting day

Hooray for starting a new!! I know that I feel super today and wonder why I ever eat carbs and sugar...when not eating them makes me feel so much better. I have felt better today then I have in a whole week. I got on the scale this morning and seriously gained 6 lbs last week!!! What the??? That is insane in one week. Goes to show I am a completely out of control eating who doesn't know how to stop eating!! It's alright though I am back on track and excited to hit the gym in an hour for some good cardio! Best of luck my friend...Carry on in the good fight!!!

Phase 2!

Here is a recap of what we decided to do:
1. Each person will contribute $15. to the HLC envelope.
2. Tomorrow, June 7th, is Day 1. We will continue until Saturday, Sept. 4th which will be Day 90.
3. On Monday, June 7th, weigh and take whatever measurements you want. (I'm also taking a "Before" picture, but I'm not planning on sharing it!) Be sure to record all these numbers in a safe, secure place!
4. Each person will determine her own nutritional and exercise goals.
5. Share your goals on this site as soon as possible. You can do it as a post or put it in today's comments section.
6. Keep a daily journal of what you ate, your exercise, and your feelings connected with all of that.
7. We will meet again ASAP after day 30, day 60, and day 90. On those days we will weigh and re-measure to report the changes to the group.
8. On the meeting days, we will also each report how many days we met our exercise and nutritional goals. Let's report those as two separate numbers.
9. At the end of the 90 days, we will determine who has the highest percentage of days during which their goals were met. Whoever has the highest percentage gets all the money! Ideally we'll all have 100% and will receive the money back.
10. No one will be assigned a particular day to post. Whoever goes to the site first should start the post for that day. You can share an article if you want, or you can just say how you're doing.
11. Everyone should try her hardest to post or comment each day! Even just "I met my goals" is good enough.

Did I get it all right? I'm pretty excited about this. I've let myself slip the last month or so, so this will be a good motivation to get back on track. I hope you all find it beneficial too!