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Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Hi girls! I wanted to randomly babble a few thoughts: 1. As corny as it sounds I think it really helps to continually post here. Its almost like it makes you accountable and you are more likely to want to work hard if you know that you will have to come back and tell us what your eating. LOl. Sounds stupid but its true. That's why a lot of people who lose a significant amount of weight on WW are the ones who attend meetings. 2. I used to be horrible at portion control. But here is what I learned to do. Buy yourself one of those WW Smart Ones or Lean Cuisine meals. After you are done eating it, wash the plastic container that your food came in and use this plate from now on. When you make you food, keep in mind that you should not be stuffing your face with more than that plateful. Yes it seems tiny, and yes at first it is really hard. But once you get used to it (after about the second full day) you will realize that you will start to feel satisfied with much less food in your stomach. 3. Drinks lots of water. I usually drink lots of water before I start eating. Then I drink water in between bites so that I fill up on water more and less on food. 4. I also get dizzy and even nauseas sometimes from working out. Here is some stuff you can do. Before working out eat some peanut butter. It will give you the sugar you need and it is a great source of energy. It usually stops you from feeling dizzy. For the girls who come home from the gym and want to eat everything in their path, STOP and first drink lots of water. Your body is exhausted and dehydrated. Once you have liquid inside you eat a spoonful of peanut butter. It will balance out your insulin levels and help you stop craving sugar. If you must have a soda drink a zero calorie sprite or coke. I promise you they taste pretty much the same thing as the real ones. They also have zero carbs which is great. 5. You will always lose a lot of weight in the first week. So don't feel like 7 or 8 pounds is not normal b/c everyone's body is different. Most of it is water weight. A lot of us lost a lot of weight the first week and then we staggered off to a 1.5-3 pound weight per week. 6. For the girls who are plateauing like me. I got an exercise program from a friend of mine (who was dating a trainer). This is a cardio program for anyone that wants to try it. You have to do cardio 6 days a week and rest one day a week. The first day you do the pre-core/elliptical/arc trainer (any of those is fine). You will do 45 minutes. You do 2 minutes going as fast as you can (at whatever speed that maybe) and then 1 minute at a regular pace but at a high intensity (meaning that its hard for you to move forward). You keep alternating for those 45 minutes (2 minutes super fast, then 1 minute at a difficult intensity and then back to 2 minutes of super fast again). The second day you do the treadmill. You should do a light job for 30 minutes. Then the third day you go back to the elliptical machine doing the same thing I mentioned before. You keep doing this so your body is constantly in shock and so that you don't injure your knees running too much on the treadmill. Once you get more advanced you can do 2 minutes of your fastest speed on the treadmill and then 1 minute at a regular speed. I started yesterday and I burned almost twice the calories that I was burning before. I warn you though, this is super tough and challenging. The trainer warned her not to do it if your just starting so I would only reccomend this if you are physically active or if you have at least got a couple of weeks under your belt. Also, instead of doing weights with rests in between you can do supersets back to back so that you are fatiguing your muscles more and it becomes almost like a cardio workout. Hope this helps! Great tips Glenda! I started using my treadmill again this week and I've been doing intervals and I burned a LOT of calories. I took a break from the treadmill yesterday and did some arms, I wanted to work out today but I've felt really sick to my stomach all afternoon and don't think I can do it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Yari This may sound silly, but I am watching the Secret right now. It is all about visualizing. I am going to try and visualize my weight loss of two pounds next week. Every morning before I put my feet on the floor I will say to myself, "I will lose two pounds this week". Before I close my eyes to go to sleep I will say, "I will lose two pounds this week." I hope it helps and works!! We can do it! I have that book, someone gave it to me, but I only read a couple of chapters. Let me know if it works!

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyCheese ok ladies, I haet to be the slacker in the bunch but I gained a pound this week!! And no, its not a pound of muscle...unfortunately between Mothers Day and my bday yest, too many margaritas, and the rest is history. I'm with you Yari, I'm challenging myself to lose at least 2lbs by next Wednesday. Thats okay, you'll do better this week! Keep yourself on track this week!

Quote: Originally Posted by LadyCheese thats good news!!! keep up the good work. I need to get my butt back in gear...between Mothers day and my bday, theres been too many carbs and margaritas...I know tomorrow's weigh-in will not be pretty for me :-( Thank you! Quote: Originally Posted by RiuBride2b That is so good to hear. Even though the scale hasn't moved it still shows some progress!!! Keep up the good work! Thank you! Quote: Originally Posted by Opice34 Nice job Janet and Danielle! And you're right, 12 pounds would be GREAT! Jill - congrats on the linen pants!!! That's awesome!!! Have you been taking your measurements? That always helps me when the scale stops moving... So, I'm down 7 pounds this week. Yup - 7 pounds. I'm super excited as this is the lowest I've weighed in 4 years (when FI and I met), but 7 pounds in 1 week is a bit extreme! But I've been approaching this go around differently than I've ever approached a weight loss attempt so it seems to be working. I just hope it's not all water weight, because water weight comes right back! But I probably sweated out 3 pounds after my workout last night. I just took my measurements and I'm down 3 inches in my bust, 1.5 inches in my waist, and 2 inches in my hip/butt area. Of course the boobs are always the first to go... GRRR. They say healthy weight loss is about 2 pounds a week, so while I'm excited about this, I'm a bit concerned! But I've been killing myself in my workouts, so I'm glad it wasn't all for nothing! But I'm just going to start psychologically preparing for my inevitable plateau! Wow! 7 pounds is fantastic! Great first week everyone! I am down 1.8, which I am very happy about since a few days ago on the scale I was up a couple of pounds and I've been working my butt off!

Oh, I forgot to mention too, that today I put on a pair of linen capris I had bought last summer, I couldn't even button them when I bought them and just shoved them in a drawer. Well I put them on today and they fit!! They're still a little snug in the waist, but not horrible. I was so excited, especially since I've been feeling crappy because the scale isn't moving!

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek What is P90X? i've seen it mentioned somewhere else but i wasn't sure what it is. Its a set of extreme workout dvds, they have infomercials on tv on sunday mornings, lol! DH & I started doing it a few weeks ago and it is a great workout, but I think I need more cardio right now to get the pounds off, so I'll still do some of the workouts like kenpo and plyometrics and probably the arms workout, but I think I'll skip the others and just do the treadmill. Quote: Originally Posted by Yari I haven't had the best week either. Since work was extra crazy, I ate what was available to me. Not all good things, but I did lots of manual labor so I am hoping that I burned a lot of calories. I did good last night, had El Pollo Loco. Yummy! This morning I had a skinny vanilla latte and a reduced fat breakfast sandwich without the bacon from Starbucks. I am heading to the gym in one hour. I am also meeting my trainer. Tonight I am hosting a dinner party for my girlfriends and it's Mexican night. Ugh...margies and enchiladas. Be good tonight yari, don't forget we weigh in tomorrow! Quote: Originally Posted by Opice34 For those of you who are, ahem, *stopped up*....have you tried Danactiv? I have always had a problem in that area and now I drink a Danactiv every morning and I'm like clockwork. It's actually my breakfast and it's only 90 calories. I drink that and then I drink a TON of water between breakfast and lunch. (I don't subscribe to the 'eat breakfast to get your metabolism running' philosophy. I tried and it doesn't work for me. I just end up eating more throughout the day.) For those of you who are having a rough time - TODAY IS A NEW DAY!!! You can always scratch the old and start anew! Let's do this! I'll have to look for that because I don't know what's wrong with me!

do we have a deadline set yet for this book? I ordered mine but its not here yet, I don't know how long of a book it is.

congratulations! Thats a good reason to have to forfeit!

awww courtney I missed this thread I'm glad to hear everything went well and you looked beautiful!! I can't wait to hear more, have fun at disney!

Quote: Originally Posted by DanielleNDerek Jill you should check out the colonix thread, i'm doing it and it really isn't that bad. and i already feel better. I've been checking in on that thread from time to time, I actually bought "whole body cleanse" at the store the other day and started doing that, so I'm hoping it will help. I didn't want to spend the money for the colonix, but who knows if this doesn't help I might be anyway! I've just never had this problem before, I've always been very regular. Quote: Originally Posted by lucy106 Funny you mention this... this last week I have either been one extreme or another, either I can keep a damn thing in and am constantly looking for a toilet or not a thing is coming out. Can anyone explain this? Glenda mentioned a few weeks ago that her nutritionist told her that eating healthy constipates you (something to that effect) I know I've been trying to not eat too many carbs, so the lack of fiber probably doesn't help too much! Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride I'd be lying if I said I was doing well. Saturday I went to a babyshower where there was homemade desserts. Horrible to my diet, just horrible! Then I went out this weekend and drank like a fish. Then after a night of boozing I went to the diner where I stuffed my face with a cheeseburger and cheese fries. We are talking a billion calories. Then Sunday I went to a mother's day party and stuffed my face there. It just keeps getting worse. And the really atrocious part of it all is that I haven't been to the gym since Wednesday. The scale may break when I step on it on wednesday. Glenda, get your butt to the gym!! I had a couple lapses over the weekend, but today I got back on track and I did 4 miles on the treadmill tonight. My back has been bothering me today, so I didn't want to do P90X since there would be a lot of twisting and stretching, so the treadmill was a good option. And, my stamina and time on the treadmill have really improved, which made me happy because at least I'm seeing progress. Now if only I can get through the breakfast I have to go to tomorrow!

I wish I could get married again so I could use Sarah for all my DIY stuff!

Quote: Originally Posted by lauren c. don't you hate that?! i think the scale is lying on those days. esp. if you've been so good. remember, tho, that it's not necessarily what the scale says - it's how YOU feel...are your clothes any looser? do you feel healthier? btw, dh (who is normally a health nut and is paranoid that he'll end up like his parents, who are obese) says that studies show a 'cheat day' is good once a week or every other week to keep your metabolism working, and to prevent a shock to your system when you do eat something unhealthy. i usually make my cheat day the day i get weighed, but not till after weighing in. there's still a difference between a cheat day, and making unhealthy choices. on my cheat day, i'll come home from ww and have a spoonful of peanut butter, open a bottle of wine, and eat something like mac and cheese or pizza for dinner. an unhealthy choice would be like eating a piece of cake at a birthday party...not a killer for a diet, but not the healthiest choice you could make. to update the biggest loser club, i've offically had 7 cheat days this week. between teacher appreciation week, mother's day, and hosting a dinner at my own house (healthy-ish food, but 3 bottles of wine....), i'm a mess. i have no excuse for my behavior, and i plan to correct it as of tomorrow morning. well, I put my favorite jeans on today and they're normally pretty tight and they definetly felt and looked better today. But its so frustrating and the other problem which should probably be in the poop thread, but I feel like I hardly ever go poop, (sorry if that's TMI) so I feel like thats not really good for losing either.

Girls, I have been so good all week with eating and exercising, I got on the scale yesterday and am so discouraged, I gained weight. And of course today DH decides we need a cheat day! I probably wouldn't have even participated, but because of the scale yesterday I'm so depressed that I ate pizza and ice cream! DH says it doesn't matter what the scale says he can tell I've lost, but its so discouraging. I think I'm going to have to switch to just cardio for awhile to get the scale moving otherwise I'm going to get totally discouraged.

Quote: Originally Posted by gkashmira A few motivational sayings coined by my WW leader (thank you, Michelle if you ever read this!) "Think before you eat, not before you exercise." (I totally remembered this one last night when I was talking myself out of going to yoga class). "Remember what you want most, not what you want most at the moment." (one of my favs...) "You have it in you to get the weight off you." Great quotes Kash, thank you! How's everyones first day?? The last few days have been going well, it really helps that DH is doing this with me, we've been doing P90X for a few weeks now and we just started really eating good this week, the last few weeks we ate good, but not as good as we're doing now. So hopefully we'll see something on the scale!

I was a horrible buddy last time, I think Glenda called or texted me every time. So I guess I'll say no, I don't want to disappoint anyone

Quote: Originally Posted by Dreamgirl08 Hey everyone!! So I'm back I have saved the date now to April 5th, 2009. (Palm Sunday), I wonder if that will raise any eyebrows. But oh well. Anyway, I need some help, Especially from those of you who just got married or are very close to getting married at EDR. WHAT IS THEIR CURRENT PHOTOGRAPHER POLICY....now? Unfortunetly, their policy changes way to often for me to keep up . What other fees have you guys been told of, besides reserving a room for your photographer for X number of nights?? My wedding coordinator there is Valeria Martinez. Thanks so much This whole thread is in regards to EDR's policy, if you read through the posts you'll find the information regarding the fees, which I believe are $500 plus a 3 night stay. If you have other EDR questions they would be better posted in one of the other EDR threads, since this is just a thread regarding policies.

Quote: Originally Posted by Alyssa good idea! Ann, can you edit my 1st post and post a list of all the participating members with the total value of the pot? Also, all of you BL Season 1 girls - how did you do this past week? I lost 0.4 lbs so close to 1/2 lb - but my body is changing from the workouts so now i am just going by what my clothes say! I'm so happy we're starting season 2! I had a really bad week off, I worked out just as much as I have been, but DH and I both caved on saturday and ate a TON of chinese food and then decided to top it off with ice cream. I also started my period yesterday, so needless to say, I gained! But its a new season and I'm ready to go!

Quote: Originally Posted by ccarmany23 Hi everyone..I am going on a site visit trip, leaving this weekend and I have not been able to get any reply from Dreams Cancun or Dreams Tulum...and I want to decide on a resort next week! I know that they are busy but its making me so frustrated because I looooove Dreams Cancun resort and all of your wedding photos and really want to meet with Claudia (or anyone) but they won't return emails/calls. Any advice? Do I just show up and try to talk to someone? Quote: Originally Posted by ~Andie~ Well...I'm super new too this all!! I'm a Dreams Cancun Bride to be!! Still waiting on a set date, but hopefully Feb.6/2009. Any advise that you guys have...pls help!! I've priced it all out, and it's more expensive then I had planned...but it seems totally worth it. The resort is amazing, and it has nothing but TOP reviews. Did any of you have problems getting more then 10 rooms for guests booked?? Quote: Originally Posted by ~Andie~ I'm in the same boat...I'm waiting for a couple reply's as well. It is very frustrating (I sympathize) I guess we just wait!! When are you planning your wedding?? It is frustrating waiting, but they will get back to you. The WC get hundreds of emails everyday and this is also a really busy time of year for them with weddings, so it can be slow getting a response. But don't worry you will hear back! As far as the site visit, have you tried calling on the phone? sometimes thats is easier to reach them, but you could try just stopping at the resort and depending on if they are available or not maybe they can meet with you. Let me know if I can help with any questions.

Quote: Originally Posted by Yari Thanks for this! I am getting mine on Friday. No Problem, it took me a couple of minutes to find it but I'm glad I did! I wanted to make sure we got it soon so we could pay for the rest of our vacation, thank you George Bush!

I love cool whip! but I really like to put the container in the freezer and then I mix it with strawberries while its still frozen and its really good, I don't think it would be the same out of a can. but I do love whipped cream from a can!

here you go: Welcome to Where's My Stimulus Payment? click on "where's my stimulus payment" I'm getting mine friday woohoo!!

I definetly gained this week during the break, but I've done really well today and am back on track to get going tomorrow. I can't wait to get going!

Glenda, you're so sweet!! That was so wonderful of you to donate the money!

Quote: Originally Posted by Janet are we going to have people really show before/after pics? I personally am up for it and it is in the rules. People can cut off their heads/wear clothes, but I want to see how great people look after! Or maybe just the winners? I dunno...what do you girls think? we had it in the rules originally for the 1st season, but then decided at the end that none of us really wanted to share. But we said that once we reached our goal (in whatever season it may be) we would share then.

I think TammyB did this, it was really cute, I don't think its lame at all!