Topic : Serious Weight Loss - No excuses

I will always be here to cheer you up, just like you did for me yesterday. 

Chow 

Melody 

yes, I agree with everything in your post. I also will once in a while just have the real deal, but less. Some of my healthy recipes call for sugar or artifial sweeteners, but now I just cut the sugar down and aviod all art. sugar.  

I bought that new Becel spray fake yesterday. It has no cal., but now I kind of regret it and I might give it to my neighbor who was interested in it because of her high colesterol. The reason I regret it, is because I think it's better to just have a titch of butter(like I do) than have this stuff when I can't even read the ingred. on the label. Who knows what's in it. I don't want any more chemicals in my body. I rarely use butter, just recently for corn, but only a very little bit.  

We are really strong people in my opinion and I do think we will be able to accomplish are goals.  

Sherri 

That's scary! You really turned me off diet pop with that post,lol  

Sherri 

Cottage cheese and an apple w/green tea 

Melody 

I am going to write down all the hopes, wishes and dreams I think will come true for me when I reach my goal and along the way: 

1. be a better parent
2. build muscle
3. help others feel great too!
4. be happier
5. less stress
6. be stronger
7. look and feel younger!
8. tons of energy
9. the feeling of success
10. more confidence
11. feel like myself inside and out
12. i won't feel trapped in this unhealthy body
13. I will great in a bikini
14. get belly button ring
15. my heart will be healthy
16. I will be a better wife
17. no more getting out of breath going up stairs
18. no more feeling like people think I'm fat
19. I will feel so impowered

There are so many I will keep adding them up as I think of them.  I think it is good for us all to write a list like this.  I find it good to keep remembering what will all come out of our journey to a healthier life. 

Melody 

Well June is down.  And I am heading down to burn some calories.  I am actually excited about working out. I feel like I get such a rush from it now and every workout I do makes me so proud that I was able to accomplish it.  I love to push myself just a little further everytime.  I will let you know how it goes. 

Melody 

1. To do more fun things with the kids and have more patience with them  

2. to be more uninhibited with my husband  

3. To be able to handle the day with less stress  

4. To be able to say, "I did it".  

5. To have lots of confidence no matter who I'm talking to.  

6. To not lose my boobs through this whole process,lol  

7. To do chest weight training to try to keep my boobs,lol  

8. Did I mention that I still want boobs,lol.  

Funny story- Before I had my first child, I was skinny and flat chested. After I remember saying to the nurse, " when all is said and done, do I get to keep these?". She told me that I would probably be flater than I was before pregnancy. I was horrified, but she was wrong. I lost my weight from pregnancy and I was still a B cup (only an a before). With Mikayla I gained 60lbs., and was a doulble D. That was a little much, but I still wasn't complaining. So long story short, I waited until the age of 21 to get these and I don't much care for the idea of losing them,lol. I would never have surgery, I just wish I could wake up with C cup, perky boobs. Don't we all? I like the way they are right now, but I will admit that the other day I caught a glimpe of myself before taking a shower and they were lookin a bit smaller. I still have 20lbs. to lose. Ahhhhh!   

9. To have the confidence and the ability to do a mini marathon someday  

10. To be so healthy, that my I.B.S totally goes away from all the love, exercise and healthy foods I give it.   

11. To actually totally believe it when my dh tells me how beautiful and sexy I am.  

12. To be an example of a healthy person to my children  

13. To have others look at me and say, "Wow, she lost alot of weight".  

14. To not feel like the fat girl at the mall.  

15. To feel like I don't look too fat to rollerblade  

16. to be able to go to the closet and just fit into anything.  

17. To stop pulling at my clothes and trying to find tops that will cover my belly.  

18. To get back into my size 9 army pants. To get into all size 9's.   

19. To go on a trip to N.S next summer to meet my sister I never met before and feel confident and fit.  

20. To feel like ME again. To see in the mirror what I see on the inside.   

21. To wear a very sexy new dress to dh's x-mas party. I wish you and George could come with us too. That would be the best.  

22. I want to meet Melody on the Dr. Phil show after we reach our goal. How about it Dr. Phil?  

It's amazing how these came flying out of me. I guess I've been thinking of them for quite some time. Seems like you have as well.   

I'm off to have lunch. I can't wait to hear all bout your workout and how great you feel. 

Troy is off work tomorrow and Fri. and I'm ecstatic. I love having him home. He pitches in and that helps alot. 

Sherri 

I had stir fry and brown rice for lunch.  And a glass of skim milk.  Gonna finish the rest of my workout when June goes down.  I guess once again I have shown myself that getting up right after she eats at 5am is the best bet for me. 

Melody