February 2014 Weight Loss Adventure
 

On February 1st, weigh yourself and write it down. DO NOT send it to me. On February 28th, weigh yourself again and PM your loss. This is weight lost not precentage lost. I will announce the winner on March 3rd.

The prize is a themed FQ from each member. Once a winner is declared, I will contact the winner and FQ's will be mailed by the 6th.

Private message (PM) me for the mailing address. All FQ's should be mailed by the 15th of the month. You need to check in on the thread at least once a week to be eligible for the winning "skinny quarters aka FQ's" and to be declared the "biggest loser" for the month.

You cannot win 2 months in a row.

Chit Chat is allowed, as wells as WAYWO (what are you working on). Please stay postitive and uplifting as possible to keeps us all on track. Share tips, recipes, encouraging words and {{{HUGS}}}

February brings us closer to spring, hopefully not as many frozen days. So lets see how we can play with some Brights FQ's. Please send quality fabric that you would want to receive in return. As always if you don't have the theme, send what you have. If you don't have a FQ, then send a linear 1/4 yard. If you have signed up to be in the running for the prize, please send your FQ to the hostess by the 15th of the month. As the winner has worked hard for her prize.

Eat healthy, exercise, make wise choices and lose weight but most of all have fun!!!

Sign up deadline to be apart of the PRIZE adventure is February 4th at 9 pm cst. You are encourage to contribute to the thread even if you are not in for the prize.

To let me know you are participating just post on the thread and then send a PM for the mailing address.

Remember if you sent your FQ's in advance, you still need to sign up on the new thread.

I'm in for February!

I'm in for February, too.

I'm in for February! I'll PM you for your address.

I'm in for February.
Teddybear Lady
Debbie

I'm in again. No need to PM you my loss only 1 pound. I guess that is better than going the other way.

I'm in again as well. I have no loss for January.

I'm in for February and have PM'd you with my loss - not much, but 4 pounds is GONE!!!!

Count me in again.

Where is everyone? been very quiet since I posted the thread

I'm in for February. Starting my month off sick, so I must have a loss this month!!!!

[h=3]5 Myths about Exercise and Aging[/h]Myth 1: There’s no point to exercising. I’m going to get old anyway.
Fact: Exercise and strength training helps you look and feel younger and stay active longer. Regular physical activity lowers your risk for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer’s and dementia, heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, high blood pressure, and obesity.
Myth 2: Older people shouldn’t exercise. They should save their strength and rest.
Fact: Research shows that a sedentary lifestyle is unhealthy for adults over 50. Inactivity often causes older adults to lose the ability to do things on their own and can lead to more hospitalizations, doctor visits, and use of medicines for illnesses.
Myth 3: Exercise puts me at risk of falling down.
Fact: Regular exercise, by building strength and stamina, prevents loss of bone mass and improves balance, actually reducing your risk of falling.
Myth 4: It’s too late. I’m already too old to start exercising
Fact: You’re never too old to exercise! If you’ve never exercised before, or it’s been a while, start with light walking and other gentle activities.
Myth 5: I’m disabled. I can’t exercise sitting down.
Fact: Chair–bound people face special challenges but can lift light weights, stretch, and do chair aerobics to increase range of motion, improve muscle tone, and promote cardiovascular health.

Love the exercise excuses Cindy. Have heard some of them by friends. The worst part about exercise is finding the time - I can always use that excuse - don't have the time! I need to make a change in my lifestyle that includes some time for exercising.

I so agree with you there, finding time seems to be the hardest but if it were important as we want it to be we would make the time. LOL. I know that is true for me.

Hey Cindy, did you ever receive my FQs for Jan/Feb/March? I think I remembered to put my real name and my board name on the package - Cathy/Bilben

Hello everuyone, count me in please.

Yes I did get yours, I thought I mentioned, it on the January thread. Sorry if I missed it.

January winner is Pam H with 8 lbs lost. Congratulations Pam.

Congratulations Pam H that is awesome.

Congratulations to all the losers in January. That seems to be the easiest month to lose weight - what with everyone's new year resolutions, and all, so now the fun begins. Keep losing in February and March etc. Eat healthy and keep hydrated.

We had rain, sleet and snow last night. I think we have 5 inches of snow with ice underneath. School is out again. We will be making up days all summer. I don't plan on leaving the house all day. I really need to get to the LQS, I want some wool batting. The LQS will be closed too. I need to get this one quilted by the 18th. No time to go the rest of the week.
Cindy I love the exercise excuses. I am sooooooo guilty of most of them. We need to schedule our exercise time. I need to remember that I am important and need to care for myself so I can care for others.
Everyone stay warm. Watch what you eat. Make time for yourself every day.

Hello strangers! I hope you will let me sign up to give away a FQ even though I'm a little bit late. Sorry about dropping off the planet lately, not sure why. Congrats to those who have been sliding downward. Do any of the rest of you get a chuckle at hearing congratulations for losers, or am I just weird???

My biggest excuse for not exercising is not wanting to break that law of intertia: An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force . . . apparently my unbalanced mind is not forceful enough to get my butt moving.:confused:

So funny lauriejo. Right now it is so cold outside that the puppy won't even go out to use the bathroom. It dropped to -1 here, not the norm. Who wants to move in the cold. I started exercising and pulled the main muscle in the buttocks. Does that hurt. Now I get to go to massage therapy and if that doesn't help wring the soreness, then to acupuncture. Working hard at staying on track for my goal of 10 pounds this month, March, and April. So by the time end of April is here, I will look good enough in shorts when I go to Disneyland with daughter. Do not want her to have a heavy mother to drag around with her friends. I get to chaperone. Well I need to get to work, thanks for the chuckle lauriejo.

Congratulations Pam H! That is a great loss amount. Way to stick with it or is that loose it.

lauriejo....of course you can join in. Just let me know if you need my mailing address.

Pam, congratulations on your great loss--good for you.
I think I am back on track. Back to exercise class and love those excuses for not exercising. Now I have to get my food intake under control. This weather makes me want to keep eating. Going to make a big pot of soup that was posted in jan. thread today.

Tip of the Day:


Need to make dinner but have errands to do? Use a slow cooker to make a chicken and vegetable stew with plenty of tomatoes, potatoes and green beans.

Thanks everyone! My eating is better and my water consumption is good but I need to get back to the exercise. I could have written that list of excuses!
Zennia, let me know what you think of the soup. I love it. I made another huge kettle of it this week.

How do we get under control those afternoon sweet cravings? Anyone? Come 2:00 to 2:30, they hit and I can't refuse. I have veggies and healthy snacks, but they do not do it.

That's a tough one QM. How about some of those 100 calorie packs of treats? Or if you want ice cream the skinny cow treats are good. I bought some of the weight watcher little bars and they are very satisfying for only 2 points.

I have noticed that when I am having the sweet cravings it I kick up my calcium intake the sweet craving is not as bad. whether it is by pills or dairy intake. If that doesn't work, I keep small candy bars in the freezer and limit myself.

I buy the Newtin Thin cookies. They are so very good, come in many flavors and really aren't that bad calorie-wise. When those cravings hit, I have one cookie. I have learned to limit to that one and it seems to do the trick for me. I have also tried the 100 calorie bars, but sometimes I like that cookie.

Hello everyone. I am finally among the land of the living. Had the flu for 10 days and it was no fun!!! I did lose a few pounds. Glad at least something good came from it!!!
Now if I can just keep losing and not gain any of those pounds back.
I was bad this afternoon and ate some potato chips. But this evening my tummy is not happy and so I skipped dinner. I think I will go to bed soon as I am very tired.
I finally started quilting my DD#2's quilt. It is 100 x 111. I am FMQ'ing a rose meander all over the whole thing. I started Tuesday, am on my 10th bobbin and am over 3/4 of the way done. Probably a little more. I am way to sleepy to work on it tonight but my goal is to finish quilting this beast by tomorrow afternoon. I have been putting off quilting this thing for months cause I knew it was going to be a bear. It is going much better than I thought. I am working on a domestic size Bernina with a BSR foot. I take frequent breaks so as to not kill my back and shoulders. I am not having to wrestle with it as much as I thought. I installed "barriers" around my sewing desk to keep it from falling over the side and that has helped. I used some "Quick Grip" clamps, some chairs pushed up at the edge and even a box that my new cutting board was shipped in. I started this quilt about 3 years ago and have time and again put it aside. I plan to hang it in our guild show in April, our Church Mother's day "show" in May and maybe even enter it in the fair. Then it will go to my middle daughter.

[h=2]Tip of the Day: Protein-Pa<wbr>cked Snacks[/h]
Peanut butter adds protein to a snack. Try it on apple slices, celery, whole grain crackers, or a small square of dark chocolate.

Nice tip, Cindy! I will use this one for sure!

Love celery and peanut butter. My favorite. maybe I need to also have a protein based snack in the mid afternoon when that sweet craving comes calling on me. thanks ladies, I will check those sweets out and get me some. I think it is also sugar withdrawal.

I went for my weigh in on Thursday and didn't lose or gain. Just stayed the same. That's okay with me. I sometimes eat my apple slices at night with a little peanut butter. I use the Smucker's All Natural. It doesn't have added sugar.

I finally went back to the gym last night after being out since falling on the ice. I didn't stay long, don't want to over do it as soon as I go back. Boy, I slept like a baby afterwards. It was wonderful.

I really need to work on both my portion control and my snacking. I'm about to fix dinner and plan on a normal sized portion - not supersized!!

This weather makes me want to just stay in and eat, eat, eat.

I am a big fan of the 100 calorie packs for my sweet cravings. I helps to make me stop after a proper portion. Another thing that helps me is to eat before the craving hits. So try eating your snack earlier. I try to snack on my way home from work in my car so I don't go crazy when I get home. I often crave sweets and then salty snacks. I find an apple cut up with just a tiny bit of salt will kill both cravings. I know I need to avoid the salt but this is better than the potato chips I would grab to tame the salt craving.

Lauriejo I should print out and frame your exercise excuse. I think that has been me lately. I need to get out of that and back to exercise. I feel so much better when I do.