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LovelyLadyHumps said:
OOUUU!! Girl, that is FANTASTIC! Good for you. That has to feel good, really good. Keep up the great work!! Getting there is half the battle, maintaining will be the other half. Get rid of all your bigger clothes. That way if you were to gain a few pounds your clothes (size 8's) would be tight, prompting immediate motivation to drop a few pounds so you can breathe when you sit down. LOL My friend Amie does this technique and it works! I've never tried it because my weight has never held constant long enough...but that is going to change.

I'm about to do some major spring cleaning in my closet. I've got clothes of all sizes...I don't even know which ones fit properly anymore. The majority are way too big. I held on to a few "skinny jeans" from when I was smaller years ago but I'm thinking most of those will go too since they are becoming out of style. Time to re-vamp the wardrobe once I get to 135!! Thanks for putting together our 135 or bust thread. I'm super motivated to get there w/you ladies! No turning back...
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I feel like I am pretty good at maintaining because I typically lose a large amount and then maintain that loss for several months before trying for another loss... and I feel like I will always have a goal that pertains to my physical being!

Ha I clean out my closet all the time seemingly. Especially recently because nothing fits. The majority of my jeans were size 12s and I am finally getting rid of the last of those and a few size 10s. I'm going to try to wait until the spring to buy any new clothes, but I needed jeans badly since I wear them everyday....

I am happy that the 135 thread is working out!! Its so nice to have an all girl support system!!!
 
November 24

Its been a tick since I have "checked" in. Things haven't been great... although my cals have been super low I haven't been getting any exercise in. I stress pretty hard around test time and I just took a test not an hour ago.. so my life is "stress-free" until Monday at least.

I looked into joining a gym. The Jewish Community Center is biking distance from our house and they are pretty inexpensive. I am mostly interested in taking classes. I just need some kind of motivation to get up and going. I think I might join and see if I can hit 135 by Dec 31st. Its currently hard to dedicate time to myself because finals are coming up and things are seemingly just chaos right now. I think I need to go back to sitting down and making a plan of attack and stick to it. I haven't been consistant in my exercise since the DCM event.... and that's not good.

As I had mentioned I just took a test for Nurtition and I feel very good about it. The material was pretty straight forward and I was done in like 30 mins. I met up with TJ afterward for breakfast. Had a burrito and a fresh squeezed OJ... it was okay but I have a feeling it will haunt me later on. TJ's grandma is still in the hospital and not expected to make it... and I am still having a hard time reading her... I mean I've known her for 17 years I should be able to read her like the back of my hand... but we haven't experienced anything like this so that might be why its so hard.....

Um... looks like Step will finally be getting a new truck this weekend... hopefully at least. He should be getting the last half of his settlement by tomorrow or Friday... which makes me happy. Means I can have my car back!

Um... and yeah that's all I've got for now... I just got really tired... guess my food is kicking in....
 
Well, nutrition is one of the most important things--which is why I'm up a few pounds even though my exercise has been on-point. I think you can get to 135 by the end of this year! :D

Hmmm, poor TJ.
 
Curvie Girlie said:
Well, nutrition is one of the most important things--which is why I'm up a few pounds even though my exercise has been on-point. I think you can get to 135 by the end of this year! :D

Hmmm, poor TJ.
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Totally agree... weightloss is 80% nutrition!!!!!!!!!! with the rest being exercise and relaxation. I feel like I should be okay as long as my diet is spot on... and mostly its been pretty good... other than the breakfast burrito I just ate... but I didn't bring a lunch today just a bunch of fruit so it should balance itself out by the end of the day or at least I hope!

Yeah... I don't think she is that close to her grandma but that doesnt make it any easier... I lost my grandpa 2 years ago and it was rough.... I almost feel like she is being strong for her Mom and family... and will take it hard when it does happen ya know???
 
Cheering is welcome!!!

One of the engineers that used to work with us (he recently quit) weighed in at 136!!! Since we have monthly weigh-ins for our biggest looser comp...I told myself that once I caught up to him I would be happy!! LOL...

Step used to be a pretty skinny guy. When we first got together he was in the 160s and is 6'3".... he is up to a solid 180 now but still pretty skinny.... he thinks he should lose 15 pounds and I always tell him the bigger range between our weights the better!!
 
MissDFITT said:
Step used to be a pretty skinny guy. When we first got together he was in the 160s and is 6'3".... he is up to a solid 180 now but still pretty skinny.... he thinks he should lose 15 pounds and I always tell him the bigger range between our weights the better!!
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I am right there with you!! The more my boyfriends weighs than me the better...assuming he is still healthy. Finally I am 15lbs lighter than him. When we first started dating I was nearly 10lbs heavier than him!! I felt like a moose next to his lean frame. Thank goodness I've lost and he has gained. I feel much more feminine now....lol
 
My last two boyfriends were way skinnier than me. My one ex Mike took the nickname skeletor after walking around one summer all wasted and shirtless. I'm usually the bigger one in the relationship and I just find that it makes me that much more self conscious in the bedroom and together around friends.... but I still love the super skinny guys. I just have to beat them and get down to a lower weight myself lol.
 
December 1 [day ???]

I haven't checked in since last week... the holiday weekend was a whirlwind of running, truck shopping, and studying..... But I managed.

Last Wednesday I had a terrible day at work... I think I didn't want to be there plus it was an unsusally busy day. Now since I only work part time and go to school full time my boss has been super flexible with my hours allowing me to come in before we actually open... But I work in the Engineering Industry and we've taken a pretty big hit with the slowing economy but honestly I don't think its been much slower than usual. Anyway to make a long story short they cut my hours.... ruined my day and my weekend and I'm still grumpy about it. I will lose 5 hours a week because they don't want me coming in at 7 anymore. The way I look at it is what does it matter if I am unproductive for these 5-8 hours or these 5-8 hours... no difference in my eye... but whateve.... I typically only work 2 hours on Thursday and then that's my "off" day... now it will be cut back to 1 which really doesnt make any sense to even go in... but anyway...I could ramble for hours but it won't get me anywhere... its just a good thing there is only 2 weeks of school left... then I'll be back up to 40 hours.

Um.... ran the race on thursday at a PR of 35:37. It was rainy and cold but we had a great time. I chatted with an older woman... who was in amazing shape... that had a really nice GPS watch, a Garmin... very nice... I have been looking into getting one to track my running... I think I might use part of my tax return for one.

Turkey dinner was good... didn't overeat, but that's not something I do anyway. I tend to under eat if anything. We went to my parents house in the mountains and it snowed the whole time... it was beautiful!!! Glad to see it.

The rest of the weekend was spent truck shopping and studying for my final. Step finally got all of his settlement check and is more seriously shopping now.... but its a very tiring process. Hopefully he will find something by the 1st.

And that's pretty much it. Weighed in yesterday at an all time low of 140.0 and it showed the same this morning. I went for a little run, but ran out of time which I was bummed about because I really felt good and that I could go for longer... then I pumped up the speed and died... my blood sugar dropped and I was DONE!

So things aren't great but I just have to keep moving forward... I'm really upset about the work thing, but I'll get over it. This is just more incentive to search for a new job sooner.... its time to find something in the nutrition industry.... I just gotta LOOK!

And that really is all!! Good night!
 
Just a quick check in... I've been mostly posting in the 135 or Bust thread...

Things are pretty good... I'm pretty stressed about finals... or my A&P final more like. I have to get a 72.5 to pass with a B and that's all I need... but if I get a 97.5 then I could pull off an A, which is what I'm shooting for of course. The rest of my classes I am not too worried about I am holding solid As and Bs and should pass with a 3.0 or higher, which is the plan!

I am ready for the semester to be over. I'm tired and stressed and just want to be able to go home and relax for once and have a weekend where I can do nothing and it be okay. I'm hoping for next semester to be easier... I am only taking 3 classes and 2 of them are communication classes which are a breeze!

So Step and I decided that we are going to put aside money each month for races. At least enough for 2 races a month. We are going to register for a 5k on the 14th of this month. Its called the Forolito 5K. Its a night race done through the ground of a private school... Academy High which happens to be the Academy loop we do... but the race is actually through the grounds and the path it lit with Farolitos which means little fire in spanish. Farolitos are a big xmas decoration around here so it all kind of fits. And then there is another race we are looking into on the 1st of January... called the Egg Nog Jog... ha ha its a 4 miler... both of these are just fun runs... I think we might look into more competitive stuff starting next spring. We also decided that the summer of 2010 we are going to enter the La Luiz Trail race... its the same trail that Step and I did in August... expect you run the 9 miles up... it took us 6 hours to hike it.. and some of the previous winners did it in close to 2 hours.... Impressive!!!! So next summer we are going to train our butts off and see if we can make it in 3 hours or less....

I could write more, but there is work to do.... ha weird!
 
Relax, rest, and rejuvenate!

That is so cool you and Steph are racing together :beating: All kids of charity, and how romantic and fit as well! :grouphug:
 
Hey girly girl!
Love you're motivation and determination for those races!!
My goal is to really get into my running.. it's totally a life long goal that I've never followed through with. le sigh! ;) lol
sounds like you're doing really well!!

Back to your conversation days and days ago - my man has got to be bigger than me too! My hubby used to be SO skinny - around 160 @ 6'1''... He used to stab me with his hip bones (if you know what I mean! hehe).. But the past few years he's been yo-yoing .. going from 240 to 180 back to 220 to 190... But I like a guy w/ a little meat on his bones. ;)

Anyway, chat with ya later. :)
 
Fruit?Tart said:
Hey girly girl!
Love you're motivation and determination for those races!!
My goal is to really get into my running.. it's totally a life long goal that I've never followed through with. le sigh! ;) lol
sounds like you're doing really well!!

Back to your conversation days and days ago - my man has got to be bigger than me too! My hubby used to be SO skinny - around 160 @ 6'1''... He used to stab me with his hip bones (if you know what I mean! hehe).. But the past few years he's been yo-yoing .. going from 240 to 180 back to 220 to 190... But I like a guy w/ a little meat on his bones. ;)

Anyway, chat with ya later. :)
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Running has really done great things for me. I carry my weight in my lower half and it seemed that even though I was loosing weight my butt and legs were still really heavy... but since I started setting running goals I've really made strides and lost inches.... Hey if you ever want to do a race together just let me know... they have tons every month!!

Ha I too like a guy with a little meat on his bones which is why I'm glad Step is up about 15 pounds from when we first got together... and he still has abs that show... what more could I ask for????

Thanks for stopping by lady!!!! So glad to have another New Mexican aboard!
 
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