fzzy, when I went to Curves over a year ago, I was having difficulty with my arms - I just don't seem to shrink in the flabby bat wings. They advised me of a few movements that I could do at anytime - some even while sitting. I'll try to describe a few of them here and hopefully I can convey them in words.

1. Press together - raise both arms to shoulder height - biceps should make a straight horizontal line across your shoulders. Extend forearms straight up in the air, elbows bent at 90 degrees. start with your arms out at your sides and then press them together in front of your nose - then back out to the sides. Concentrate on the biceps while doing this and make the movements very diliberate and steady.

2. Reach for the stars - one at a time raise your arm straight up and slightly across your head and reach as high as you can elongating your arm fully.

3. backwards extension - arms at your side, bend your elbows at 90 degrees bringing your forearms forward. then push your elbow back but don't raise your shoulders. pushing your upper arms back behind you. Hold your upper arm steady and curl your lower arms forward. This one is the hardest for me to describe!

Down another pound as of yesterday. I ate 2000 calories today and I didn't work out -- spent much of the day feeling sorry for myself and overwhelmed by the life/work/school balance. <sigh>

But tomorrow is another day -- and it coulda been worse (calorie-wise)...right?

you're doing great osuche .. on my "bad" calorie days, I always remind myself that even though it was a "bad" day, it still doesn't come close to the regular days I had before making these changes with the first of the year!

thanks maddy ... I'm going to add those in (gradually as with everything else) :)

Yay Lil ... you're wonderful - as always!

ending my day at just about 1700 calories ... so I'm feeling good about that. hope it's a good Wednesday for everyone!

yay fzzy! Another day following the plan.

As for me....woke up this morning and weighed myself as usual, and it appears I am down another pound. I'm going to try and make today another "low" calorie day (my 3rd of this week at @1600 calories) and then I may very well make Thursday my girl-gone-wild day. :) Maybe I can convince Mr. Osuche to take me out to a yummy dinner. :D

Hello Everyone :)

Wow!!! I have glanced thru this thread… and I am inspired by each of you…. What a wonderful thread and a fantastic way to be accountable.. Each of you are wonderful inspirations..

Here I am…. Late into the thread… and chiming in.... the 8th of this month will be 2 months on Weight Watchers... as of yesterday I have now officially lost 20.4 pounds :) :) And yeah, I am damn happy about it. :)

Tho... getting up at 5 am to be at Curves isn't easy... it is rewarding :) Imagine the weight I could lose if I were having SEX too!! LOL...

Hugs to all :)

Superb Jenna!!!!! I am very proud of you but more important I can see that you are proud of you!

Yay Jenna ... glad to have you join our thread ... sounds like you are doing wonderful and it is good to have another person to help inspire the rest of us!

Well, I'm ending my day at 5 calories over my maximum .... close enough for today for me! :) Hope you all have a great day tomorrow.

I think I am almost back to where I was before I wasn't there anymore :p

I confess, I'm a daily scale hopper. I don't try to put too much emphasis on it daily or to report it here. But I'm making this an exception, I'm down an additional pound since Monday and am now just a mere half pound from where I wanted to be when I get on a plane tomorrow.

My next goal will be sometime in July - just unsure if I'm going to try for the beginning of the month or the end yet. I'll make that decision in the next couple of weeks.

'Grats Lil, maddy, and jenna. :D

I scrapped the low calorie day and went for high day myself...2100 calories. Today I will have to be good. I was down a lb in the morning when I weighed myself at home, and up a pound and a half on the gym scale. So who knows? But I do know that I look better and feel better, so damn the damn scale. :p

Hello Everyone...

Hope everyone had a wonderful day :)

Almost bed time... and another successful day comes to a close... no moments of weakness (or atleast none I couldn't outwit).... and the only decision left for me to make is which kind of Weight Watchers Ice Cream bar do I want to have.. LOL..

Hugs to all..

1700 calories today and a 500 calorie workout. Go me! :)

Way to go osuche ... wonderful job, wonderful attitude!

jenna ... congrats on the day you had ... and on all of your success.

maddy ... woooooo hooooo! wonderful news on being right on the edge of that goal .. YAY!

Lil ... great progress ... you're doing great!

I did better today than yesterday, ending at under 1700 calories for the day and I managed to add activity into my day several times as well!

Wellllll...it's Friday, and for the first time since I started on 12/30, I am up for the week--1.5 lbs. That includes, of course, one pound since yesterday, a day in which I ate all of 1200 calories. Calendar-wise, the Hut is due to arrive tomorrow or shortly thereafter, and I HAVE to believe it's the reason behind the gain. I know I didn't eat that many "extra" calories.

Frustrating, though, isn't it? *sigh*