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!