Christie - Thanks!!! I am actually more determined this week. I think my body is in shock lol. I have probably cut out around 700-1000 calories a day ( that is how much I was overeating a day) so I think my body is confused. I also have to remember I am not 20 yrs old anymore either and they say after 30 your metabolism slows down. I know it took me awhile to put the weight on so it will not come off overnight.

Robin - Christie is right you had such a huge loss last week, I wanted to tell you not to be discouraged if it was less this time. That's sooo awesome about the inches lost!!!

I haven't been doing good at all. I don't know why... Gotta get better! dh is next to me with a whole POUND of bacon on his plate.

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Cassie - BAD DH, NO BACON! Shame on him! It will get better Cassie just hang in there!

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Something about a whole pound of bacon grossed me out. I think grease and FAT and cholesterol. Did that help?

Okay so I stink this week...Vacation Bible School isn't helping when I serve the snacks. We had delicious cookies lastnight and what do you think we all do for three hours...Snack on the cookies in between groups. UGH. I refrained and onlly had one and a half but this one girl ate at LEAST 6! They were sugar cookies that were iced. UGH! Makes my teeth and tummy hurt thinking about all that! We also had taco salads for dinner so not so nutritious and very fattening. YIKES> At this rate I will gain and not lose. When Dh gets back in town it is GAME on since I will have more time for myself. Geez!

Robin I know it is easy to give up but you want this! You need this and deserve this weight loss. Go at it with your game face on again this week and I bet you will lose more. Are you getting in any exercise?

Cassie- I saw your picture of GF. It made me smile. Beautiful eyes

Does anyone else feel sorry for themselves? This week all I can think is I have no time for MEEEEEEEEEEE. Then I feel guilty when I look at the two children I am blessed with. I just know I could get rid of this flab with a bit of me time at the gym. Not sure if I can afford to join now since we would have to get the family membership in order for me to even be able to take Carter since he is over five. Speaking of Carter...Gotta get him going so he can eat and go to his ruinning program. He got booboo's on his knees lastnight at VBS and he said to me while he was crying hysterically over the blood "my perfect running knees are ruined mom". LOL

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Karen - HOW FUNNY about Carter and his knees!!! LOL!! Yep I seen your pics today too

the bacon...I pass through the kitchen, YUP all of it GONE. Ya'll would die if you seen how much butter he uses!!! Bloodwork comes back fine Yet I have high cholesterol!!!

I think I am going to be up a pound again this week...So I thinking might actually be 2 guess I need to get in gear BIG TIME!!!

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Robin - don't get discouraged...this takes time. You can do it. At least it is still a loss.

Cassie - My DH is the same way...he LOVES bacon. When we eat it which is very rarely I make the entire pound, I eat 1 or 2 b/c i don't really like it and Paige eats 1/2 a peice yet it is all gone.

Karen - I hear on the no time for me. I work all day and feel guilty if I take time away from Paige when I havet seen her all day yet sometimes you just want to scream. When DH gets back take some Karen time and do something fun.


Okay I love this nekkid weighing first thing in the morning, it said i was 222.4 which would be down almost 8 lbs from where I started, but that was at night with clothes, but hopefully that means I have lost some. I am going to make Tuesdays my weigh day and keep up the morning thing so I have an accurate count. I did well yesterday, even though I ate enchiladas for supper I did not eat any crap all day long. I can't remember the last time that happened.

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Rachel~ Good job on the weight loss!

YAY Kayla and Steph for your two pounds!

Karen~ I hope you can get some me time soon! I don't like seeing you down. It's weird!

Robin~ I agree with everyone else - whenever there is a big weight loss one week, there is usually a much smaller one the next. This happens to me ALL of the time. If I lose 2-3 pounds 1 week, the next week I only lose like .5 of a pound. Hang in there - you can do this!

So I got in another tough treadmill workout last night. My quads and butt hurt today! I think it's going to be turbo jam tonight!

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Keep it up girlies, and EVERYBODY don't forget to go add your updated loss total in the 'Group Totals' thread...with just what I have, we are up to almost 300lbs!

June Group Weight Loss Total

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Feeling better today girls. I think I am jsut tired fromthe Sumemr vacation which means way more responsibility to keep Carter entertained and with dh gone I have twice the work so momma was jsut tired yesterday. Happy Karen is back!

I took Carter to his running program and insisted that RIley ride inher stroller even though she was thinking different. So she cried the firt three laps but then I started a slow jog and she went to sleep so I got in about 11 laps. I do not know how many are a mile there. They didn't either which I found strange...so I THINK either three or four are a mile. Either way i was happy to be exercising!!!!! I was thrilled to know that I could jog! So I think I have to jsut be extra slow for awhile. I wore an old jog bra which is a cups size too small now so I think it was tight enough to hold things where they needed to be. lol

YAY TO YOU GIRLS WHO HAVE LOST WEIGHT!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks girls so much for all the encouragement it really means so much to me!!!! I am not letting this stop me I am determined to lose this weight!!!!

Karen - I really haven't been doing to much exercise. I need to start. I feel ready to start now. I wanted to get my eating in order first and that was a really big adjustment. I am looking forward to vacation because we walk so much when we are there. We never use our car and the boardwalk is 3 miles long and we walk to entire thing so we walk at least 6 miles a day. The beach is 1/2 a mile long (and that is just the sand) so add on another mile. Now that I am eating healthier food I feel like I have more energy. Sorry for the novel.

Cassie - My DH loves loves bacon too.

Bacon is my friend.

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I just bought a pack of turkey bacon the other day. Maybe I will make us some Sat morning. I will admit I am now a complete Turkey hot dog girl as well as turkey bologna so I am hoping the turkey bacon is good too!

Robin I LOVE walking when at the beach. Dh and I take a few really long walks alone while the family is on the beach and we both get up each morning and run too so I look forward to vacation for those reasons! LOL And you are doing GREAAAAAAT with your eating. THose pounds WILL start to fall off. Think of Biggest loser they had those weeks too!!! What beach do you go to?

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Karen - the turkey bacon is pretty good. Dh wasn't a fan so much. LOL!!! I bet you'll like it.

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Cassie I am willing to bet that your dh is like my MIL....Eats the heck out of something until they find out it is LOW-fat or Reduced then it isn't any good. My mil thinks everything reduced fat is not good. She was eating the heck out of something one day and when Darren said mom that is lowfat...She said I thought it tasted weird. LOL SOOOOO funny!

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Karen - We are going to Wildwood, NJ I have been going there since I was 2 yrs old and my Mom has gone there since she was a child. I love it there!!!! We also rent bikes and ride in the mornings too. The only bad part is Aaron won't be able to get off of work to go so I am going with my parents and my brother and his family.

*Stephanie desperately wants to go to the beach*

*or a bar*

*in Aruba would be good*

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