Hey, Girls! Sounds like the holiday didn't totally do us in like we thought! I was traveling during the holiday and so I didn't exercise as much as I usually do. And it was harder to keep within my regular food choices because we ate out a lot. I had to minus subtract $ from my total because I went over with the calories!
I was happy to find that I'd lost a half an inch from my lower abs!!! What is going on? That is truly my trouble spot, thanks to two C-sections. I wonder if any other C-section moms have the same problem? Am I the only one who feels like I was butchered a little bit? I didn't have much of a problem with the first one but since my second baby was born, I haven't been the same. That wonderful bouncing baby boy is also the source of my hip injury. I have a very flat stomach under my scar but above it is another story. The skin is thick and not very lovely. I seem to have a permanent bump there. Oops. A little off the subject. Back to my update. . .
I have to confess something. I don't know if you've noticed or not but everybody else reports losing a pound here and a pound there. I have lost absolutely no weight!!! In fact, I have gained some. Not too much but I have gained it nonetheless.It has never been enough in one week to subtract money but it is annoying! I am not surprised because I usually gain weight when I exercise regularly. Plus, I have been doing a lot of things to keep my behind from shrinking. (It's that inverted triangle shape that Mrs. Judd taught about, remember Janis?)
Anyway, I tend to be heavier on the top than on the bottom. It drives me crazy. I was determined not to lose my behind and hips during this challenge so I've been working on those muscles. Here is my theory. The weight I have gained is muscle. The more muscle you have, the more fat burning capability you have. Yay. I would like to lose weight though. I am at an average weight for my height and age, but still, I'm bummed. The inches are important but I would love to be seeing a teeny tiny number on the scale.
I'll be depositing $3.50. Wow, it pains me to type that in. It's a pretty sad number isn't it?
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New Years Eve
I promise I wasn't really as fat as this picture makes me look. But this will make my weight loss look so much more impressive!
This is our "get fit and look better than we did at 17 challenge". The point of this blog is to keep tabs on each other, to motivate ourselves and our friends, share tips, be held accountable for our choices, and of course, to reward ourselves with an amazing vacation where we can lounge around in our bathing suits looking sexier than a group of college coeds.
For those of you that are just now finding our blog and don't know what on earth we're talking about, feel free to go back to our first post on September 13th to read the outline for our challenge.
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About Marion
Hello, Girls! I'm MJ & I am excited about this challenge. I plan to build habits that will lead to a healthy and well balanced life. I also want to be a good role model for my daughter.
Focusing on being healthy and fit are especially important to me because I have a family history of diabetes and high cholesterol. I also have a hip injury that prevents me from doing many of the fitness plans out there. I imagine I will spend most of my time walking and doing other low impact exercises. I hope to achieve more muscle strength and to become more tone throughout this challenge.
My largest obstacle is probably stress. My world is hectic right now and it doesn't look like things will slow down anytime soon. I am convinced that stress causes a lot of damage to our bodies. I am determined to find ways to alleviate it. Exercise and good nutrition are two things that I need to work on. I believe this challenge will help with my stress levels and make me a happier person.
THIS IS MY PLAN:
*Toning & strength training
$1 each workout
*8 glasses of H2O
25 cents per day
*Staying within carb limit
25 cents per day
*Meeting fiber intake
25 cents per day
*Getting 6-8 hours of sleep
25 cents per night.
I really need a couple of days in paradise! Having something on the calendar just for me (even if it is a year away) is really encouraging! During the last little while, I have come to realize how much I love and need my friends. Women need women! For the first time in my life I feel like I have a true support group to help me become fit and have a great time doing it. Thanks Ya Yas!
xoMJ
Focusing on being healthy and fit are especially important to me because I have a family history of diabetes and high cholesterol. I also have a hip injury that prevents me from doing many of the fitness plans out there. I imagine I will spend most of my time walking and doing other low impact exercises. I hope to achieve more muscle strength and to become more tone throughout this challenge.
My largest obstacle is probably stress. My world is hectic right now and it doesn't look like things will slow down anytime soon. I am convinced that stress causes a lot of damage to our bodies. I am determined to find ways to alleviate it. Exercise and good nutrition are two things that I need to work on. I believe this challenge will help with my stress levels and make me a happier person.
THIS IS MY PLAN:
*Toning & strength training
$1 each workout
*8 glasses of H2O
25 cents per day
*Staying within carb limit
25 cents per day
*Meeting fiber intake
25 cents per day
*Getting 6-8 hours of sleep
25 cents per night.
I really need a couple of days in paradise! Having something on the calendar just for me (even if it is a year away) is really encouraging! During the last little while, I have come to realize how much I love and need my friends. Women need women! For the first time in my life I feel like I have a true support group to help me become fit and have a great time doing it. Thanks Ya Yas!
xoMJ
Marion's Milestones
- Yoga every Saturday for a month.
- 1 inch lost from trouble spots
- 3 miles on the treadmill in one workout. After I meet this milestone consecutively for 4 weeks, I will add a mile and work toward the new total for my next milestone. 4 miles, 5 miles etc.
About Rachel
Iwant to find balance in all things in life, to not be afraid of food, eating it and not eating it and becoming a fit person for life (no more start and stop exercising when I "have time" or when my kids are in school?!)
At the end of the year I of course want a beautiful body but I also want a healthy body image. I know I can't have the amazing dancer body that I once had but I can have a beautiful body that has had babies and now sort has hips! I would love to have my 17 year old body back but I know that I can be one fine looking 30+ year old that makes heads turn!
I will create a fit for life habbit that I can maintain and not become too obsessive in my search for health.
At the end of the year I of course want a beautiful body but I also want a healthy body image. I know I can't have the amazing dancer body that I once had but I can have a beautiful body that has had babies and now sort has hips! I would love to have my 17 year old body back but I know that I can be one fine looking 30+ year old that makes heads turn!
I will create a fit for life habbit that I can maintain and not become too obsessive in my search for health.
Rachel's Milestones
- Dance with the NY Ballet
- Thanks Janis too bad I never went on point!
- For every item of clothing I fit back into that I owned before last pregnancy and look like it fits me instead of a fat woman shoved into skinny lady clothes (ew gross!)
- Drink 48 oz. of water each day for a week and build up from there.
- For every three pounds I lose.
- Increase flexibility so ... I'll have to figure out how to measure this?! The only way I can figure to measure this is to be flat in my splits again!
- Eat breakfast every moring for two weeks, then three etc.
About Maria
I have been psyched about cycling and now I'm ready to run! Thought I had found my niche, my passion in cycling - geared up to buy a bike and cycle a century. Now I'm ready to run. I am so excited to have a half marathon coming up and I am looking for more! I think I might like to be able to call myself a "runner" someday and feel like the title fits - not like I'm a poser.
I don’t want to look like I did in high school – I want to look BETTER than I did in high school. My goal is to look better than I have ever looked before, to FEEL better than I have ever felt before, and to be stronger than I’ve ever been before. My goal is to have a flat stomach for the first time in my life, to have definition in my arms, to have thighs that I don’t feel ashamed of, and a butt that doesn’t need expensive jeans to look fabulous! Simply put - I want to look great naked!
But enough about how I want to look, this is about so much more than that for me.
I have never been athletic or involved in sports. I have never been able to run a mile without stopping. My goal is to run a 10K and after I've done that – I’ll start training for a marathon. I’d also like to buy a bike and start cycling. (Tour de France? Sure! It might be the only way I ever get to see France.)
Around April of 2008 I started working out – HARD. And it is starting to pay off. I am stronger than I’ve ever been and feel better than I’ve ever felt. I’ve become addicted to and committed to an active and healthy lifestyle. My ultimate goal is to continue on this incredible journey and take my best friends with me!
I don’t want to look like I did in high school – I want to look BETTER than I did in high school. My goal is to look better than I have ever looked before, to FEEL better than I have ever felt before, and to be stronger than I’ve ever been before. My goal is to have a flat stomach for the first time in my life, to have definition in my arms, to have thighs that I don’t feel ashamed of, and a butt that doesn’t need expensive jeans to look fabulous! Simply put - I want to look great naked!
But enough about how I want to look, this is about so much more than that for me.
I have never been athletic or involved in sports. I have never been able to run a mile without stopping. My goal is to run a 10K and after I've done that – I’ll start training for a marathon. I’d also like to buy a bike and start cycling. (Tour de France? Sure! It might be the only way I ever get to see France.)
Around April of 2008 I started working out – HARD. And it is starting to pay off. I am stronger than I’ve ever been and feel better than I’ve ever felt. I’ve become addicted to and committed to an active and healthy lifestyle. My ultimate goal is to continue on this incredible journey and take my best friends with me!
Maria Before
I promise I wasn't really as fat as this picture makes me look. But this will make my weight loss look so much more impressive!
Maria's Milestones
- Every week of accurate and complete food journal entries
- When I hit 6 miles running (again)
- When I hit 7 miles running
- When I hit 8.5 miles running
- When I hit 11 miles running
- When I hit 13.1 miles running
- Every 10K race finished
- Every half marathon race finished
- Every marathon race finished - shouldn't this be worth MORE than 2 measly dollars!
- Every % of body fat lost
- Every Olympus summit
- Every Timpanogos summit
- Every inch lost from my hips
- Every inch lost from my waist
- Every 3 lbs lost
About Janis
My goal is to look better than I did when I graduated from high school at the age of 17. While I was never what you'd consider fat or overweight, I was never happy with my size and I've got no one to blame but myself. I was what you might call "lazy". I never really worked at it because I never really had to. Genetics automatically put me in that "you look fine" range and I simply accepted it. But that ends now. I'm not going to just slide by anymore. By the end of the year I will look better than I ever have before and not only will I feel better, I'll also feel better about myself and be confident in my body, for the first time ever. . . as long as I don't break my leg or something stupid like that.
Janis' Milestones
- Fit into skinny jeans - and look better in them than I did when I bought them
- Run a 5k
- Run a nine minute mile
- Every 3lbs lost
- Every 1" lost around my hips
- Every 1" lost around my thighs
- Every 1" lost around my waist
- Every 1" lost around my muffin top ;-)'
- Every 2 weeks of 8 cups of water a day
- Every 2 weeks of 4-5 fruits & veggies a day
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- Oh the winter blues . . by Jj
- Maria Week 15
- MJ Let's go H2O!!!
- I'm a slacker . . by Jj
- Maria Week 14
- Merry Christmas from Rachel
- MJ Week 13
- In memory of my Prom dress . . by Jj
- Rachel week 13
- Maria Week 13
- Canyonlands Half Marathon
- BFG's?!
- Maria Week 12
- MJ bronchitis please stay away!
- Rachel at week 12
- Holiday Rut . . . by Jj
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- ugh . . by Jj
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2 comments:
Mj - oh, weight loss woes - who knew we'd ever have them? I remember the inverted triangle bit. I was an hour glass and I'm still paying for it - losing just as much on top and bottom as in the middle. Not exactly happy about that either. I come from a long line of buttless (or flat butted) women and while mine isn't much - it's more than my poor sisters have. I've been working pretty hard to make it a bit more round and a bit lifted (as well as get rid of that cottage cheese - ew!) So I can sympathize and feel your pain. Plus - freaking 4.5 inches off my chest - what the eff?
So no weight loss - that's not necessarily important since you are in a healthy range already. See if you can't get your body fat % tested. And you're seeing inches come off - that's great! To me, that's MUCH more important anyway.
Keep up the good work.
I have a funny half tummy problem. No c-section but a surgery. I know what you mean by the flat underneath and flubbery on top, especially after having kids! What's up with that. I so look forward to that whole perfect body in the life to come because I don't know how to fix cut muscles. I'll keep my eyes and ears open if there is anything we can do now!!!
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