Liz

Hello All!

I am Liz Meyer and just turned 35 last week... EEK!, where has time gone?!?! I am a wife to an adoring and amazing husband, Jared and a Mom to some pretty awesome school aged kiddos as well.  I work full time outside of the home, but have been truly blessed to work for an organization that allows me to work a flexible schedule, where I am able to be pick up my kids three days a week when they get out of school.

I have struggled with my weight since my pregnancy with my 12 year old, Austin.  I gained about 65 pounds with his pregnancy and just wasn't able to get it all off before I had Grant (8) and then Paige (6).  As much as I would love to blame all of my weight problems on my pregnancies, my kids are obviously too old to blame for that now.  The truth is I struggle with how wonderful food tastes and have ZERO self-control .  I LOVE DAIRY QUEEN and worry what it might happen to their stock if I suddenly stop going on my late night runs to get a quick treat. :)

So here I am, READY to make changes and READY to be disciplined!  I am READY to rid myself of emotional and guilt driven eating that I do.  I am READY to be healthy for Me, my kids and my hubby!  I am nervous for the next 10 weeks, but honestly am very excited to have this opportunity to become healthier while people I know cheer me on.

 

One of the funniest/cheesiest workout videos I've ever seen...

You should check out this video. It's hilarious. I was so focused on shaking my booty (not very coordinated in that respect...) that I didn't even realize til half way though that it really was working! I just wish I had more room to "shake-it" close enough to a screen to follow along! seriously had me laughing through the first half. It's only 20 minutes long. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dILstcZ78nc

Sadly I crumbled under the superbowl treat pressure... it was all around me. All of my weakness snacks. darn. So today I am determined to work it all off over the next week. Extra working out every day. (hence the searching youtube for workout videos) Move, move, move! I really need to prove to myself that I have self-control and will-power. I have this little voice in my head that is constantly telling myself that I can't control myself if it is in the house. Well, my friends. We have leftovers. And I'm not eating a single bite of that chip/dip combo. or that ice cream. no sir-ee!

Megan!

Oh, here you go!  The most flattering pictures I could find! Ha ha ha!  Sometimes I think it's good to see that muffin top, big booty and those arms!  Ahh!

 

Well ladies, I am way excited about this 10 week journey!  I am almost done nursing...so I have no excuses to eat less and exercise more! 

My weight came on almost 3 years ago.  I was put on steroids that were going to help me keep pregnancies and have a baby!  I put on about 20lbs, but ended up pregnant!  Then I added an extra 50 during the pregnancy...darn milkshakes, double cheese and fries! After the little guy arrived I lost almost 40lbs, and ended up pregnant again!  I thought for sure it would take a few years for a second child, but I guess my body just need a jump start.  Now I have 2 great kids...Darren, 2 1/2 and Audrey 11 months. 

So...I'm ready!  Ready for the challenges, the healthy eating, the working out, the journals, the pain and joy, and for the life changes!

Heidi

Hello, my name is Heidi, I'm 36 and do not have any children of the two-legged kind ;-). I do have a dog and cat.  I know Sariah (better known to me as Pepper) through Roller Derby. I am excited and nervous to join this challenge with you all.

My goal is to lose 12 lbs in the next 10 weeks.  Most of my weight gain occurred in Nursing School when I quit roller derby due to working and juggling school, I put on 17 lbs in what seemed like over night! I wish the pounds came off as easy they come on :-) There is the eating while studying thing too... I get really hungry when studying. I have since lost 5 of those 17 lbs, and at times I have lost 7 to 10 lbs, but the pounds keep coming back!  I need to lose the weight and keep it off/maintain.  Most importantly, I want to feel better and fit in my clothes comfortably.

My challenges: I love to eat and used to be blessed with the ability to eat whatever I wanted without gaining weight, but it is now a curse because my metabolism has changed with my age but yet I think I can still eat like I am in my 20s! I love food - eating it, cooking it, looking at it in magazines, you name it! I am also a mindless snacker as I am cooking, and need to pay attention how many olives I am popping in my mouth while cooking as they add up! My other challenge: I have to disguise exercise in the form of an activity that takes my mind off the fact that I am exercising in order to get myself to do it, i.e. I cannot run on a treadmill or down the street. I do enjoy walking my dog, and I recently started back to roller derby in January as I graduated Nursing School in December.

I will post a better before picture later this week, promise! My pets are not very good at taking pictures ;-) and my boyfriend is teaching.  Below is  picture from my pinning in December, I am in the blonde in the middle holding the red envelope. I am exposing my secret to you all that I am not proud of:  I wore Spanx (spelling?) along with super control top tights to hold my belly in (not at all comfortable!), and purposefully selected this style of dress (high waist) to hide my back side... oy, the things we do! 

Here's to being healthy! Heidi

Elise

Hi! My name is Elise Adams. I am a stay at home mom of 4 and between all my pregnancies I have eaten less and moved (a lot) more to lose the extra weight. I am not going to lie. Every time it was a long hard journey. But, in the end, completely worth it all.

I have been so grateful for the opportunity for a competition style support group to lose the last few pounds with! It really does help to have that extra 'oomph', 'kick in the pants' or whatever you want to call it....to get the job done when it comes to healthy living and weight loss. This competition is less about weight loss and more about overall fitness and healthy living. Don't lose steam if you don't see the scale moving as fast as you want it to!!! Don't lose faith if you gain and inch or two some weeks!! Just DON'T GIVE UP!!! Keep at it and you will eventually see results!!

My goal for the next 10 weeks is to stop making my weight loss something I obsess about and make it more a part of who I am. Let it sink in deep, so that when I don't have the extra support of a competition, I will STILL do it. I know it may take a few months or years, but eventually I'd like to have healthy living come naturally and as a second nature. We'll see!! I gotta give myself some time to work up to that!

From what I weighed this morning to my goal weight is 7.2 pounds. Ugh. That feels like a lot, when I've already been working on this for a year. HOWEVER, I have vowed to never give up on this journey. It is one I will be on for the rest of my life. I want a healthy life. I want to be fit and athletic and have my children learn from this way of living. Ahh...it is all so easy when I think about it! Not as easy when I try to do it day in and day out! :)

I hope to reach that goal weight by the end of these 10 weeks. Then, after that, keep pushing for possibly another 3 pounds. We'll see. I'm going to keep on keepin on.

We can do it! We are worth it!
Good luck ladies!!!

New Challenges!

Hey ladies!

I'm Heather Herrick, the former moderator and creator of this here little idea. The first round turned out to be great fun and successful for many, so I'm super jazzed about that. I'm also pretty happy that Sariah is willing to take over for a while, because being the moderator took more time and energy than I initially anticipated, so I was ready for a little break.

However, I don't want it to be a break from setting goals regarding my health and fitness, so here I am-ready to participate.

I'm Katie

Alright, here's the dirty truth. I am so embarrassed by these before pictures. this is me not sucking it in after a week of emotional eating. (And my 4 year old took these pictures. I knew I had kids for a reason! ;). ) I'm an emotional eater. I thought I had baby blues after my second was born in June. Turns out I get the same feeling whenever I am sleep deprived. Enter the last two weeks of both boys being sick and a 4 year old bed wetter I was back to newborn sleeping status. I need my sleep. I'm not in a good place when I'm over-tired. YIKES!!

I should have done this challenge last time, but I thought I had it down. I had just lost 15 lbs. I was on a roll. Then when I got into my previous skinny jeans I stopped. I need a kick in the pants to keep going! My belly needs me to keep going!!! So here I am. My biggest challenge is working out. I am trying to learn how to like working out. I like to go for walks but it is just a little too chilly to stick the kids in the stroller. So I have to figure out... free... alternatives that still get me out of the house. Hmmm... Suggestions??? I went to the mall to walk the other day. I will work, but I don't love it.

I'm rambling aren't I? I'll blame it on the sleep deprivation. My goal? I want to be able to wear my old shirts as a minimum. I have a hard time focusing on the scale because my weight can not move an oz but I can be an entire pant size bigger. My goal is to be in a size 10. I'm comfortably in a 14 now. If I were to pick a number it would be 10 lbs. I can do a lb a week and that would get me back to my weight at my wedding 6.5 years ago. Oh, wouldn't that be nice!

I'm excited to start this business and I'm excited to have some help to keep me motivated! Thanks sariah!!