TexasFire

Okay, I'm copying this to all my threads. I got a look at myself today that I did NOT like! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay...question: what do you do to tone up the skin when you lose weight? Specifically, my tummy is shrinking faster than my skin can keep up and I don't know what to do for it. Hubby has always raved about my skin and this is VERY important to me. Heck, even my manicurist raves about my skin. This is a vanity point for me and I need HELP!

But what about the skin problem, guys? Where is everyone, JM? Is it just us tonight?

You guys are silly...and thank you. I truly heart you and this thread! Glad to hear you are making progress with the calories! I have a feeling you will be in Loserville, as you call it, before years' end.

HA! Wrong thread to call you that! SUZZZIE!

Thanks, ZZ! I think you look awesome, too! And I loved your icy tree pics!

Okay, cool...I'm impatient to see everyone! It looks like most folks aren't posting. C'mon guys! We are proud of you and excited to see you!

This is the QUIETEST (is that a word?) this thread has EVER been...WTF?

Thank you, girl! OOO-boy I love that dress, too! If you are ever passing through Dallas, call me first and let me tell you where this formal shop is...the prices are freakin' unbelieveable!

(I still can't believe I broke 60 pounds, guys! I'm so tickled!) Two hour workout today. 240 crunches, then one hard-ass workout on chest. I love doing flies! But that is always at the beginning of the chest workout, then we move on to other chest excercises that are not my favorite. Cables are no friend to me...they make me feel weak because I can't use very many plates with them. (I TOLD y'all I am too hard on myself!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Okay...question: what do you do to tone up the skin when you lose weight? Specifically, my tummy is shrinking faster than my skin can keep up and I don't know what to do for it. Hubby has always raved about my skin and this is VERY important to me. Heck, even my manicurist raves about my skin. This is a vanity point for me and I need HELP!

YUM...me likey! Which is a good thing it wasn't given to me! That is an excellent regifting subject since you both are banded. Maybe? That would be hard to give away, though!

Aww, shucks! It's just 'cause I heart you guys!

Breathing and sex are equal, I think. You need lots of oxygen getting to your lungs and all those wonderful muscles that keep the great sex going! (Okay...hubby has been gone way too long. Thank dog I'm going to Houston to see him this weekend! LOL)

I know you've said this...I thought it was exaggeration because you were frustrated...have you REALLY been on a plateau for that long? If so, I might be able to help you break it. Email me!

You are welcome! PM me anytime if you have a question. If I don't know, I can find the answer for sure! NO WAY, LADY! GIT YOUR BUTT TO SPIN CLASS! You are starting on a "roll" and you need to get that momentum up and KEEP IT! Your excercise should be a priority like breathing...or SEX! LOL Outside of your work schedule, commit your times to it and fit everything else in around it! (Like the rice krispy treats! JEEZ! )

Thank you! When are you posting?

Oh, don't get my hopes up, guys! I LOVE to entertain! I'd really love to have everyone here! And downtown Ft. Worth/Cowtown is amazing after dark! TONS to do and see! (And drink!) Definitely bring the bikes and we can all go down to Trinity Trails for a pretty ride. We can swim, play water volleyball and kill each other (I play viscious water volleyball), sit in the hot tub at night, eat lots of burned chicken...it would be a blast! And a friend of mine runs a very nice hotel here...I could see what he could for me.

You WILL lose weight! Let's see if we can get you another ten pounds gone for your next appointment! Fact is...if you lose another ten, you may NEED that fill on Jan. 10!

HA! No, but I'm working towards that body! LOL

BigBaby - Thank you! I'm rooting for the excercise bug to bite you! If you make the time five days a week and force yourself to go for two weeks, you will find yourself hooked like I did!

180 crunches and then an hour and a half today on legs. Was able to do six sets of twelve on the leg press with 250 on the racks. Would've done more, but my left knee was grinding so badly that I just didn't want to push it any further today. Good night to all my "peeps" in here! Have a Happy Thursday tomorrow!

JM - That really bites about the weigh-in...but you will kick butt for the next one! I'll be your personal cheerleader for the next month! When is your next appointment? I really think I could annoy you SO MUCH that you would be DETERMINED to NOT have a personal cheerleader two times in a row!

Okay, here are my "BEFORE" pics, which you have seen before. I really hate these pics. And here is now... I have to agree with MM that it is SO much easier to wear clothes and shoes now without feeling huge, clumsy, and uncomfortable. And on a funny note...I had no idea how big my boobs were before! Doesn't really show in this pic, but even up until October, they were crazy big compared to now! (I like them much better now!)

Absolutely! I'll invite everyone on this thread if they wanna get here! LOL What a trip that would be! I'd love it! We will all be smokin' hot bitches and beaus by then, hangin' by the pool wearing bikinis (not the guys, please!) and me seeing if I can burn whole chickens as good as HP!

About 30 minutes prior to my workout, I take my creatine capsules. (I don't cycle creatine, but instead take a lower maintenance dose twice a day every day.) During the workout, I have two bottles. One is grape juice with glutamine powder and creatine powder in it. The other is simply Water. The creatine and glutamine give me a significantly noticeable increase in power to perform my workouts. We only work one body part a day, as a general rule. (Sometimes two, but never more than that.) So each part only gets worked once a week, but VERY HARD. Then it has a week or so to recover and build. Yes, the "eat more to lose more" theory really rubs me the wrong way, but so far it seems to ring true. I'm losing every day now. (I need to update my ticker.) I'm hoping this continues this way, but I'm sure I will hit a plateau again at some point and have to blast through. Just the nature of the game.

The burnt chickens are great. What the hell is going on in that pic, anyhow? Did HP just come back to check on them and they were all a-flame? By the way, I just saved that pic to my computer. I'll use it next summer when I'm sending out BBQ invitations to the house!