Here comes the bride...6 months to go!!

[Alta818]

Great Job on getting that RUN in at 6am!!!!! Nice!!!!!!!!

I think that it becomes so much easier to wake up in the morning when the sun is out. It's scarry to get out of the covers when it's not! hahah...Amazing day overall! !!

Not bad on the snacking at all!

 

[skkroll]

Hey Lisa! Look at all these people joining in the 10 perfect days! So what if they aren't 100% perfect, as long as there aren't any terrible slip ups I say it still counts! Great job with the workouts and your eating yesterday. The snacks at night were healthy at least! Maybe not the granola bar but it was only one and you stopped there! I wanted to go for another granola bar last night after dinner but I stopped myself on that too because we are doing too good and I know we will stay strong throughout the next week! I will weigh myself tomorrow too so I will get my last chance workout in tonight as well I'm not expecting a loss but Im gonna get back to Friday weigh ins! Chat in the morning

 

[shawnnam]

BTW Lisa, I started a strength training class and we had to do burpees with a bosu and I was dyin after like 5 how do you do so many! You are so tough, I hope I am as strong as you in a few months!

 

[chubbygirl]

10 perfect days......10 perfect days.......10 perfect days.......okay lisa, I'm in. I had to say that a few times to see if my devilish side would kick in. Wish me luck, I can do it though, self control.

Yes self control is going to be huge to keep it going for 10 days!! Good luck to you - the results should be worth all the hard work!!

Hey Lisa I think you had a great day! With all that workout a few slip ups aren't too bad!!! Keep up the great work!!!!!

I agree Veronique - I would go insane if I didn't slip up here and there!!

Hii! I too agree with the 10 perfect days! I'm in! Day1 here i come to kick your butt!

Yeah another contestant to the challenge!! You can do it!! Thanks for stopping by!

Great Job on getting that RUN in at 6am!!!!! Nice!!!!!!!!I think that it becomes so much easier to wake up in the morning when the sun is out. It's scarry to get out of the covers when it's not!

I agree - it's so hard to wake up in the morning when it's pitch black in the room. I have been leaving the blinds open a touch so I can see if it's nice out or not when I wake up - it's so much nicer to wake up to a sun shinning!!

Hey Lisa! Look at all these people joining in the 10 perfect days! So what if they aren't 100% perfect, as long as there aren't any terrible slip ups I say it still counts! Great job with the workouts and your eating yesterday. The snacks at night were healthy at least! Maybe not the granola bar but it was only one and you stopped there! I wanted to go for another granola bar last night after dinner but I stopped myself on that too because we are doing too good and I know we will stay strong throughout the next week! I will weigh myself tomorrow too so I will get my last chance workout in tonight as well I'm not expecting a loss but Im gonna get back to Friday weigh ins! Chat in the morning

Hey Sarah I've really been trying hard to prove to myself I can do it and it's really hard - takes a lot of dedication!! 4 down and six to go! I'm glad your getting back to your Friday weigh-ins - it's good to stay accountable at the same time each week. I love that you stopped yourself from grabing another granola bar too!! Good work!

BTW Lisa, I started a strength training class and we had to do burpees with a bosu and I was dyin after like 5 how do you do so many! You are so tough, I hope I am as strong as you in a few months!

You will for sure get there Shawna! when I first started I could barely do one but now that I do them three times a week for the past couple months I can do way more and my form is way better too! Keep it up and thanks for calling my tough, lol - I love the sounds of that!

Ok so before I go into a rant I had a perfect day yesterday!! here's how it looked:
Exercise - 4 min warmup on treadmill, stretch, 5km run outside 31min, stretch
B#1 8am- 1 hb egg & 2 hb egg whites w hot chilly sauce sprinkled on (3)
B#2 11am - ff yogurt, all bran buds & 1/2 cup fresh blueberries (3)
Snack - mint gree tea
L 1:15pm - big veggie salad - w green onions, green grapes, radish, orange pepper, cucumber, black olives, tomato, chick peas, cheddar cheese w ff dressing (4)
D 6:00pm - 2 slices turkey bacon (2), scrambled eggs (3), olive oil and ketchup (2), diced canned potatoes w onions & ketchup (3)
Exercise - 1 hr kettle bell class - it was a double kettle bell workout and normally I use two 18lb bells but today I used two 26lb bells. We had to do 15 double swings, 12 burpees (repeat 4 times), 7 clean and jerks, 25 frog hops (repeat 4 times), 15 suit case squats, 25 push-ups (repeat 4 times), 25 sit ups, 1 min plank (repeat 3 times) We got 1 min to complete each exercise so the faster you got done the longer you had to rest till the next min started. It always almost took me the full min so I was dying because I didn't get to rest much. It was by far one of the most intense classes I have been too.
Snacks - activia cherry yogurt dessert (2), 3 strawberries. I really wanted a protein shake but I didn't have any left - going to buy some more today at my weigh-in.

OK rant time. So I woke up this morning to my alarm to do the treadmill before work and I really didn't want to so I decided if I got on the scale and liked what I'd see I'd go back to bed for a bit well it said 144.2!! What the hell! Earlier this week I saw 141.8 and I hadn't seen it that low in a really long time so I was getting excited that my hard work was paying off and I'd have a good weigh-in. Well now I don't even want to go to my weigh-in. I'm really hoping my scale is off for some reason but it's usually pretty close to what WW scale says. If I go today and I'm up I don't know how I'm going to deal with it - I know I should just keep pushing and finish the 10 perfect days strong but I feel like if I'm up there is no way I will make my goal of 140 by next week and I just feel like giving up and having a horrible weekend. If I've hit some kind of plateau how do I get out of it. 3 weeks of busting my butt and I'm up - what the hell - it's really frustrating.
Okay there is a positive note and I wish I could just concentrate on this but I just have my goal hanging in my head - I feel great this week - I feel strong and tight and I feel like I'm walking tall and confident and I've had people tell me all week I'm looking great. I did 25 guy type push-ups all at once last night and I was blown away with my strength and improvement from where I started. I went home and bragged to my hunnie and he couldn't believe it either and wanted me to show him how good I am at push-ups now and he was blown away too - was mad I didn't tell him about it sooner and he kept telling me all night how proud he is of me. Why can't I just listen to that in my head and be in a good mood today like I was yesterday. I don't make sense to myself sometimes. Anyway I'll be back after weigh-in - I'm hoping fo a miracle or a big dump!

 

[luzdafuzz]

Hey Lisa- I KNOW you don't want to go for a weigh in- if I know I'm up I can barely even face my trainer lol let alone the scale in front of other people- good luck if you do go. You've been eating really healthy though, and I mean weight fluctuates all the time. You REALLY need to stay strong- if you get through these 10 days, just think how amazing you'll feel at the end of it! And I BET you'll have an awesome weigh in.
Don't despair- stick with it and it'll happen!!!!

BTW- I've had 2 perfect days... 8 to go to get my 10! We're all with you on this!

 

[skkroll]

Hey now... don't be upset about weigh in! If you're up this week, you're up. You can get back down next week. How about this Lisa... I'm just about 140 right now... can you believe we are practically the same weight?!!?!? And look at where you were when you started... you've come sooooooo far!!! Don't get discouraged by the stupid numbers on the scale. Maybe you need to mix it up one day this week to throw your body off a little. Try something different for lunch instead of salad, try more fruit, snack a little more. I really think your workouts might be calling for some extra calories. I can only imagine what you burn during those 1 hour kettle bell classes! Maybe this will help your plateau, if that's what it is! Anyway... good luck at weigh in and even if it's not how you wanted it to go... remember we've got another week to push through and you WILL meet your goal!!! Come on, I'm doing it right here with you!! Okay more like thousands of miles away but in spirit I'm doing this with you so let's finish what we started!

 

[mizzie]

Lisa, you know as well as any of us that it's most likely just water weight. If you ate enough calories to gain 3 pounds in just a few days, you'd know it. Drink a lot of water today and go to your weigh in! You might be surprised. And even if you aren't and it's still up when you go, you'll drop it and have an even bigger loss next week, most likely.

Don't let this get you down, you've been doing wonderfully!

 

[chubbygirl]

You've been eating really healthy though, and I mean weight fluctuates all the time. You REALLY need to stay strong- if you get through these 10 days, just think how amazing you'll feel at the end of it! And I BET you'll have an awesome weigh in. Don't despair- stick with it and it'll happen!!!!BTW- I've had 2 perfect days... 8 to go to get my 10! We're all with you on this!

Thanks Luz! I know you understand - we've all been here. I just wish I could snap out of it and be as happy as I was yesterday - nothing has changed and it's not like I had a big binge to make me feel guilty. Perfect days seem easy for you - I'm sure they just seem that way because it's such hard work for me! Thanks again.

You can get back down next week. How about this Lisa... I'm just about 140 right now... can you believe we are practically the same weight?!!?!? And look at where you were when you started... you've come sooooooo far!!! Don't get discouraged by the stupid numbers on the scale. Maybe you need to mix it up one day this week to throw your body off a little. Try something different for lunch instead of salad, try more fruit, snack a little more. I really think your workouts might be calling for some extra calories. I can only imagine what you burn during those 1 hour kettle bell classes! Maybe this will help your plateau, if that's what it is! Anyway... good luck at weigh in and even if it's not how you wanted it to go... remember we've got another week to push through and you WILL meet your goal!!! Come on, I'm doing it right here with you!! Okay more like thousands of miles away but in spirit I'm doing this with you so let's finish what we started!

Thanks Sarah - I just feel like I won't get back down next week and I'm destined to be 142 forever. You have like 10 pounds of boobs on me and you look amazing in a bikinni at 139 and there is no way I'd even put on one for me to see. I just keep seeing all my cellulite and stretch marks and it feels like I have so far to go still. I agree I should change up my eating a little - I always stick to the same things - especially breakfast! Maybe because I won't have damage control from the weekend this week things will be better - I really need to keep up the perfect days and see if that helps. I will finish what I started.

Lisa, you know as well as any of us that it's most likely just water weight. If you ate enough calories to gain 3 pounds in just a few days, you'd know it. Drink a lot of water today and go to your weigh in! You might be surprised. And even if you aren't and it's still up when you go, you'll drop it and have an even bigger loss next week, most likely.
Don't let this get you down, you've been doing wonderfully!

Thanks Mizzie - good to see you around. Well next week better be the week because if not I will be mad I made an unrealistic goal at first because it's that goal that's getting me so frustrated. I drink so much water and I sweat so much I don't think it's water weight but maybe just that time of the month.

So I'm up 0.2 pounds. In three weeks I've gone up 0.4 pounds. I took my measurements this morning too and there was no change. I'm trying really hard not to let this affect me going forward on these perfect days. I want a cheese burger so bad right now to make me feel better but I know that isn't going to help me reach my goal next week and I'm so determined. I want it more than anything to have reached my goal of 140 by the shower next week - I just know there won't be a more proud day to accomplish it - maybe the pressure to reach my goal is holding me back - I don't know but nothing is going to hold me back on these perfect days.
This weekend I have nothing planned but wedding appointments and exercising. Tomorrow I have a friend meeting me for kettle bell and then spinning again on Sunday. I want to go shopping for a sexy bachelorette dress too. I don't plan on drinking at all - no butter tarts, no chips and maybe only one higher calorie meal like ground chicken burgers on the bbq or something. I will report back all my meals MOnday! I'm going to finish what I started! Have a great weekend everyone and thanks for your posts because they really did make me feel better - I feel my mood changing already.

 

[skkroll]

NO CHEESEBURGER!!! You know what that will lead to right?! MORE CHEESEBURGERS!!!!! lol not really but you're going to feel bad if you eat it and then the rest of your day will be bad! Guess what Lisa... my chiroprator put a plate of cupcakes with chocolate frosting in front of my face this morning and offered me one and I said, "no thanks, I need to trim down" and he said, "ohh yeah right, you run all the time, you already exercised this morning" and I still said NO! they looked sooo good but I knew I would eat like crap the rest of the day if i took one!

Have a great weekend and I can't wait to hear how it goes! I am babysitting after work tomorrow and I know I'm going to want to snack a lot because they have such good food in their house but I'm going to be on my best behavior! Chat Monday

 

[chubbygirl]

NO CHEESEBURGER!!! You know what that will lead to right?! MORE CHEESEBURGERS!!!!! lol not really but you're going to feel bad if you eat it and then the rest of your day will be bad! Guess what Lisa... my chiroprator put a plate of cupcakes with chocolate frosting in front of my face this morning and offered me one and I said, "no thanks, I need to trim down" and he said, "ohh yeah right, you run all the time, you already exercised this morning" and I still said NO! they looked sooo good but I knew I would eat like crap the rest of the day if i took one!

Awesome work saying no to the cupcake!! I'm doing good too - no cheese burgers don't worry. I had my strawberries with all bran buds today - I forgot to pack my yogurt so it was pretty dry, lol! I then had a United Way thank you luncheon to go to and they served little sandwiches - I took 2 on whole wheat bread - I think it was turkey, I had some garden salad with Italian dressing - I don't think it was light and two glasses of water! I passed up the whole tray of desserts and guess what!!! They had little butter tart squares - and I didn't have even a bite!!! I thought about having one and then I thought about just having a bite and then I just decided to look the other way! I was so proud of myself walking out and there still being a ton of desserts of the tray - normally I would of had at least 2! I knew if I got the taste in my mouth the cravings wouldn't stop! So now I'm back at work and having mint green tea! The weekend is looking bright!! Except that it's supposed to rain all weekend, lol!!

 

[Verobc1]

You can do this Lisa!!! You have had a great week mabee you just need to shock your body!!!! Try something new, change up your routine a little! Great job at luncheon!!!! You are getting stronger by the day both physically and mentally!!!!!

 

[Andy2]

Hey, just came by to check on your 10 perfect day progress! Your post about the scale irritation really resonated with me. This past month, I was really REALLY pushing myself, and the scale JUST. WASNT. MOVING. Tweaked the diet a little, still didn't change much. It was really bothering me, until I thought to myself "OK, as long as I am counting my cals accuratly, the laws of ENERGY say that I can't possibly be gaining weight." So, I had to just keep convinicing myself that the excess was due to retention.

3 whole weeks later, it finally started to budge. Then it whooshed, and I could breathe a sigh of relief!

Its wildly frustrating, I totally get that wholeheartedly. The thing is time is the key. Stick with what you have been doing, and you're going to get that whoosh you've been looking for. You're doing SO well Lisa! Keep strong through the weekend, it will all be worth it!

 

[Want2Lose]

Hi! Your 10 perfect days challenge is golden. I am going to use it for sure. Yeah, the scale can be so frustrating. My old scale broke and I had to buy a new one which has me weighing in 2 pounds heavier. It has a way to measure your body fat, and last week my percentage fluctuated from 23% to 29%. So, I guess I'm trying to say scales can be discouraging and inaccurate, but if you are eating right, try not to let it get you down. Like the previous poster said, just keep on keeping on and you will get your whoosh soon.

 

[skkroll]

Lisa - I hope you're not hiding out because of a bad weekend! If you are, don't feel bad - I didn't stay true to myself and I gave in to temptations. It happens! But I still worked out every day and I'm gonna keep it goin this week! Hopefully you're not sick or something. In any case, I hope to hear from you later today or we'll just chat tomorrow!

 

[njoyabl]

Hi Lisa, eager to hear how your weekend went, check in soon. Two thumbs up!

 

[chubbygirl]

Ok so the weekend wasn’t perfect by any means. I was doing so good and then I got home from work Friday and when I opened the fridge there was a pan of melted peanut butter with a layer of melted chocolate over it (the only dessert my soon to be mother in law knows how to make). I couldn’t believe it. My hunnie said his mom made it because he asked for it – I asked him to hide it but we only have one fridge. I couldn’t stop thinking about for about two hours and then finally when I saw him eating a piece I gave in and throughout the weekend we finished the pan! I know I have no control when temptations are that close and I could smell the PB! It was so good but really the weekend would have been much better without that surprise!
So Friday I was good all day and night but had too many pieces of PB and chocolate dessert. Saturday I was good all day again and went to all my wedding meetings! My bouquet alone is going to cost $125! My dress is almost too big on me and my mom told me I can’t lose any more weight – I just need to get to my goal and I will be happy to maintain from there! They chopped the train off and I love it so much more! I’m getting so excited for the big day!! When I got home from the appointments my hunnie had ordered Chinese food so I had some extra salty egg rolls and rice – I know not so good.
I was in bed by 10pm Friday and Saturday and only had two drinks Saturday night. I went to kettle bell Saturday morning and we did the crazy 8’s workout where it is 8 different exercises and there are 8 reps of each and 8 rounds total – 5min each round. It was a good one! When my alarm went off Sunday morning to go to spinning there was no way I was making it. I slept in and made it to my baseball practice at 1pm. It was a good practice and a good workout for about an hour and a half. After practice I went shopping to find something to wear to the bachelorette and I found the perfect little dress! It’s white and lacy and short! It was a size 8 and the lady told me they fit a size small so I was pumped that it fit and perfectly too! I can’t wait to show you the pics after the weekend! Sunday night we had chicken tacos which again weren’t the healthiest! But overall it was much better than some weekends – no chips or tarts as I promised!!
Hunnie went out of town this morning and will be gone for a week so I should be able to do good all week and I plan to keep the perfect days going for the next 4 days!
Tonight is kettle bell and then I’m going shopping again for some shoes and accessories and maybe a dress to wear to the shower. I’m so excited for the weekend –it’s going to be a blast! My boss is in town today so I can’t catch up until tomorrow. I just wrote this in word and have a sec to upload. Hope you all did much better with your perfect days during the weekend! I’ll be back early tomorrow!!
ps Sarah - just seen your message and I'm glad I'm not the only guilty one! Your right it happens....

 

[njoyabl]

Wow, your weekend sounds like it was a blast, and you sound super pumped and excited. You still kept with your workouts so you know that you are good! I'm excited for you! Cannot wait to see picks of the adjustments of your dress because of your shrinking waistline! Great Entry.

 

[mrskt20]

Looks like you're doing great. I am still on the wagon for 10 in 10. I hope you have a great day!!!
Theresa

 

[Andy2]

Oh man, about the dessert. I went to my parents for dinner sunday, looked in the "Vegetable" drawer for something to snack on, and I fine a huge whip cream cake hidden away. Had to put that back asap, but not before I took a few spoonfuls to "test it".

Yea, those "out of sight, out of mind" people clearly weren't talking about desserts.

Keep up the effort for the next 4 days! SO CLOSE!

 

[shawnnam]

Yesterday I went to El Pollo Loco and got 2 churros, I forced a friend to eat one so I would not eat both... lmao because if it is there I WILL eat it... bad habit of mine.

Don't feel down, you do so great! Awesome workouts and fantastic determination!

About your bouquet... holy guacamole $120!! I told DF I am doing EVERYTHING... really to save on costs because I am a poor student lmao. I am ordering bulk roses from Costco and making my own bouquets and centerpieces, $70 for 100 stems, cannot argue with that! I am sure your day will be perfect in everyway, so excited for you.