We've been motivated

Well were were motivated to move our asses. Now, now, don't have a heart attack. It was just a move of this site. We're going to start SB over at Word Press. Why? Well I forget.

Maybe the change of scenery will help jump start us on our journey again.

Please change your links:
http://www.eatmyoxygen.com/sb/

See you on the flip side!

cliché

It may be cliché but we'll be back in the start of the new year. New year, new beginning.

I'm going to the beach in July I have too lose some weight! I need a new freaking bathing suit!

off the wagon

Sorry SB, fell off the wagon.

You're not abandoned though.

Give me a week and we'll work something out.

Sarah- H20, The Way to Go

Week 4, September 23rd-29th

DAY	EXERCISE	FRUIT	VEGGIES	WATER
Friday	*	*	*	*
Saturday	*	*	*	*
Sunday	*	*	*	*
Monday	*	*	*	*
Tuesday	*	*	*	*
Wednesday	*	*	*	*
Thursday	*	*	*	*

Week 3, September 16th-22nd

DAY	EXERCISE	FRUIT	VEGGIES	WATER
Friday	*	1	3	60oz
Saturday	*	1	1	64oz
Sunday	WATP 2 miles w/ 2lb weights	2	3	66oz
Monday	*	2	3	70oz
Tuesday	WATP 1 mile	1	*	44oz
Wednesday	WATP 1 mile	*	5	48oz
Thursday	*	*	*	*

Week 2, September 9th-15th

DAY	EXERCISE	FRUIT	VEGGIES	WATER
Friday	*	*	2	40oz
Saturday	*	1	4	40oz
Sunday	*	1	4	40oz
Monday	*	1	4	60oz
Tuesday	*	2	3	70oz
Wednesday	WATP 1.5 miles	1	4	70oz
Thursday	WATP 2 miles w/ 2lb weights	1	5	68oz

Week 1, September 2nd-8th

DAY	EXERCISE	FRUIT	VEGGIES	WATER
Friday	WATP 1 mile	2	4	64oz
Saturday	*	2	4	70oz
Sunday	WATP 2.5 miles w/ 2lb weights	2	5	64oz
Monday	WATP 1 mile	2	3	80oz
Tuesday	WATP 1.5 miles	2	*	64oz
Wednesday	*	1	4	70oz
Thursday	*	*	2	20oz

Needed something a little more orderly :)

Sarah- Mood Booster: Facials

Week 4, September 23rd-29th

DAY	FACIAL CLEANSING	FACIAL MOISTURIZING
Friday	-	-
Saturday	-	-
Sunday	-	-
Monday	-	-
Tuesday	-	-
Wednesday	-	-
Thursday	-	-

Week 3, September 16th-22nd

DAY	FACIAL CLEANSING	FACIAL MOISTURIZING
Friday	-	-
Saturday	X	X
Sunday	X	X
Monday	-	-
Tuesday	X	X
Wednesday	X	X
Thursday	-	-

Week 2, September 9th-15th

DAY	FACIAL CLEANSING	FACIAL MOISTURIZING
Friday	X	X
Saturday	-	-
Sunday	X	X
Monday	-	-
Tuesday	-	-
Wednesday	X	X
Thursday	X	X

Week 1, September 2nd-8th

DAY	FACIAL CLEANSING	FACIAL MOISTURIZING
Friday	X	X
Saturday	-	-
Sunday	X	X
Monday	X	X
Tuesday	X	X
Wednesday	-	-
Thursday	-	-

rough going

It's been very rough going over here the past week. I haven't worked out since Tuesday. Last week was frustrating as well workout wise, every time I got into my WATP something happened to interrupt and I never got my full 3 miles in, hell I was lucky to get 1 mile done a couple days.

Food? Oh food. I've been getting fruits and veggies in, but loads of bad crap as well. Loads. Bad Crap. Yummy.

I've gained, even though I wasn't going to weigh till before my trip I weighed and it's not pretty, also not "official" so I wont share.

Really going to try and get back on the "wagon", once I find it again.

Mood Booster Challenge

We here at Skinny Bitches have decided that one of the key motivations to try and lose weight and look better is that we want to feel better. To feel better in our own skin, and with ourselves. So what we now are calling the "Mood Booster" Challenge, we're going to try and spend sometime boosting our mood. Hence, the witty and cleaver name.

Now, everyone's mood is boosted by different things so if there's always room to pick your own mood boosting routine for the month. Or you can do ours, which will probably be mostly femine, girly and hygeine related. Sometimes not though as we fly by the seat of our pants here at SB.

So this month the SB Mood Booster is to start a daily facial routine. This doesn't involve expensive products, however if you want to go buy them and pamper yourself by all means! (Send us some too!).

So cleanse your face daily and moisturize. Keyword people! Moisturize. That sun is so drying and our faces are just thirsty for moisture especially in the summer. If you can afford it, get a faical moisturizer with sunscreen. No reason, in this day and age, to subject yourself to the horrific effects of the sun.

Drink your water (H20 is the way to go!) because that in itself will work wonders for skin too. Most of all, just have fun with this!

Jennah - H20, The Way To Go

Week 1:

DAY	EXERCISE	FRUIT	VEGGIES	WATER
Friday	WATP 1 mile	*	2	67 oz.
Saturday	*	*	*	*
Sunday	*	*	*	*
Monday	*	*	*	*
Tuesday	*	*	*	*
Wednesday	*	*	*	*
Thursday	*	*	*	*

Stole it from Sarah. Hey, a good idea is a good idea!

wrong five

I guess I should have specified to my body that the whole Strive for Five challenge didn’t involve gaining 5 pounds.

Sarah- Strive for Five in review

The challenge was 5 weeks long. There were a total of 35 days to eat 5 servings of fruits/veggies and a total of 25 days to exercise.

I got 27 out of 35 days worth of fruits/veggies in, of the days I missed I was close more often than not!

I got 24 out of 25 days of exercise, just one day shy! There were a couple weeks I didn't get 5 days done but I guess I made up for it by doing 6 days a few other weeks.

So all in all, not too shabby! Hopefully I do better with this next challenge.

I weigh in the morning... not looking forward to it. I know its a gain. I guess I have to suck it up and move on.

upping my walk next month

My motto is slow and steady. I don't like to do too many things at once and overwhelm myself, it just leads to frustration and failure. I also know my body needs to build up how much exercise it can handle.

Since I started exercising again I've been upping my WATP workout by 1/2 a mile each month. September I was supposed to go up to 2.5 miles but I've decided to go ahead with 3 miles. I'm getting board of the first mile and I think knowing that I'll be doing the whole video will help to get me through the rut of the first mile.
Of course, if after 2.5 miles I'm done for I wont be pushing myself, no good making myself miserable and coming to actually hate the workout. I think I can do 3 miles though.

I'll start off slow with the weights, do as much as I can handle, and when I think I can go longer with them I will. I think by the end of the month I'll be able to do the entire 3 mile walk, weights included. At least I hope so, those little 2 pound weights are heavy little fuckers ;)

WATP

Since it was asked, WATP is an in-home walking program created by Leslie Sansone. I have a DVD of 1 and 2 miles and I think Sarah has a DVD of 3 miles. More information can be found here. You can also look up WATP and/or Leslie Sansone on Amazon.com.

Hope that clears that up!

Sarah- Strive for Five week 5

Friday August 26th - Thursday September 1st

Friday: Exercise- NO & fruits/veggies- NO

Saturday: Exercise- NO & fruits/veggies- Done (5 veggies)

Sunday: Exercise- NO & fruits/veggies- Done (5 veggies)

Monday: Sweatin to the Oldies- DONE &fruits/veggies- NO (3 veggies)

Tuesday: Sweatin to the Oldies- DONE & fruits/veggies- Done (1 fruit, 4 veggies)

Wednesday Sweatin to the Oldies- DONE & fruits/veggies- Done (2 fruit, 3 veggies)


Thursday: Sweatin to the Oldies- DONE & fruits/veggies- Done (1 fruit, 4 veggies)

H2O- The Way to Go!

Our September motto is H2O- The Way to Go! (hey, no one said we were witty bitches *wink*)

We will continue on with the Strive for Five goals of
-working out 5 days a week &
- 5 servings of fruits and veggies (preferably 3 of one, 2 of the other) a day
but we will be adding in
-drinking 64 oz of water a day.

Our weeks will still start on Friday, but this challenge will be 4 weeks long from September 2nd to September 29th.

There is no set date for Weigh In's, when to weigh is a totally individual decision.

Buy your water girls, we start on September 2nd!

Jennah's Week 5

Friday: None
Having a hard time starting out again after being sick for a week.

Saturday:

Sunday:

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday

Thursday:

start of S45 week 5

Not looking too good, I've been feeling ill on and off all day. No fruit, no veggies, no exercise.

layout

We aren't sure what happened but our Skinny Bitches layout went haywire and disappeared. This is our replacement layout for the time being.

Sarah- Strive for Five week 4

Friday August 19th - Thursday August 25th

Friday: WATP 2 miles w/2 lb weights & 5 fruits/veggies- DONE (3 fruits, 2 veggies)

Saturday: Exercise- NO & 5 fruits/veggies- DONE (6 veggies)

Sunday: WATP 2 miles w/2 lb weights & 5 fruits/veggies- DONE (6 veggies)

Monday: Exercise- Walk at park & 5 fruits/veggies- DONE (1 fruit, 4 veggies)

Tuesday: WATP 2 miles w/2 lb weights & 5 fruits/veggies- NO (3 fruits)


Wednesday: Exercise- Walk at park & 5 fruits/veggies- DONE (1 fruit, 6 veggies)

Thursday: WATP 1 mile & 5 fruits/veggies- DONE (5 fruits)

"Spam" Comments

Well if someone is going to send unsolicited comments at least they are nice about it and tell us what a fantastic blog we have. Other than that, this new wave of bombardment from "spam" type comments is annoying the heck out of me.

Sickness trumps exercise

Well I have a horrid cold. Coughing, congestion, sore throat, miserable little thing I am. I'm not going to be working out until probably Friday. I'm giving myself this week to recoup and recover. I want to start the week out fresh. Stupid cold is going to keep me from my 5 week goal for August. *sniff*

SB Members

Here are those who have joined us at Skinny Bitches:

• Kimberly


• Manda

pst... new pic...

Dude, totally check out Jennah's new icon!

She's hot!

New Changes for SB

For those of you who have asked to join in on the Skinny Bitches challenges and group, good news! We are opening Skinny Bitches up to those who want to join.

Here is how this works:

Anyone who is trying to lose weight or maintain a healthy lifestyle is welcome to join. You do have to have a journal but it does not have to be about weightloss or weight in general. Some people like to keep their journey private and personal and we respect that.

However, if you would like to become a SB member, you have to display one of our little buttons (tried to make them as small as possible as some people do not like buttons littering their web design!) or a text link on your website. It's a thing of solidarity and support for all of those on this journey to better health and better bodies.

That's it! Easy huh?

Ok you knew it couldn't be that easy. There are a few rules to follow...

1. No anorexic/bullemia promoting sites are allowed. This is not about being as skinny as you can get. This is about changing your life to be a better, healthier, happier you. Am I saying that those who have struggled with eating disorders can't join? Of course not, but if you are in any way promoting unhealthy eating habits such as starvation (500 cals a day or something) and your main goal is be as thin as you can with little regard to the health of your body you will not be allowed to join.

2. No mean websites. This includes racist or propagandic type websites that promote hate and violence.

3. No pornographic promoting sites. It's one thing to be "frank" in your diary. That's fine! It's another to just go all out XXX with pictures and crude language.

4. It is not required, but talking about your weightloss journey would be wonderful. How are you doing with the current challenge? What are your achievements and accomplishments. People are going to be visiting our Members page looking for inspiration and commonality. We want to show our support!

5. Save the buttons to your own computer and upload them to whatever host you use to link them on your site. Do not steal our bandwith please. It's not nice. If we find you stealing our bandwith and linking directly to our buttons, you will find a very hostile group of Skinny Bitches coming for you.

6. Save the buttons to your own computer. I can not stress this enough. How? Well I can only tell you how it is done on a PC but you put your mouse on the button you want, right click on your mouse and select "Save image as" from the menu. From there a little save dialogue box is open and you can decide what folder to save your very own SB button.

7. You must link back to us. Help spread the word around about this site. You obviously think we rock or you wouldn't have a button on your site in the first place right? So be nice and share!

8. You MUST email us once you have got your button (or text link) on your website so we can add you to the members list. You must have "SB Member" in the subject line. This is how the mail is filtered into a special folder. If you don't we might miss your email and not add you right away. If you do not wish to be added to the members list, email us anyway and tell us not to add you. We'd just like to keep track of who's an SB member so we can check up on you and see how you are doing.

9. There will be NO FLAMING or CRITICIZING of other members. We are a SUPPORT group people. If you don't like how someone is living their life, close your browser. If you think someone is in violation of the above rules, quietly email us about it. We all are here with the same common goal and objective. Play nice.

10. Have fun. This should be first and foremost.... (except that I just remembered to add it now). You only get one life and one body. Take care of it so it can take care of you.

Buttons:



***More buttons to come in the future. If you would like to create buttons for SB, email them to us with the subject line, "SB Buttons"

Sarah, thoughts on S45 week 3

Got all my fruits and veggies in for the week!

Got 4 out of 5 days of exercise done. I really was in no shape at the start of the week to care and after working out 4 days in a row and then not being able to sleep last night and getting up at the butt-crack of dawn with the youngin's I am just to pooped to do anything tonight. My body aches with tiredness.

But you know what? I'm still happy, I'm still proud. I did 4 days, 4 days or working out, 4 days of getting my heart rate up, 4 days of sweating and feeling sore as opposed to an entire week of lazing about feeling miserable, imagining the fat just expanding and expanding.

Sarah- Strive for Five week 3

Friday August 12th - Thursday August 18th

Friday: Exercise- NO & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (2 fruits, 3 veggies)

Saturday: Exercise-NO & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (1 fruit, 4 veggies)

Sunday: Sweatin to the Oldies- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (1 fruit, 4 veggies)

Monday: Sweatin to the Oldies- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (1 fruit, 4 veggies)

Tuesday: Sweatin to the Oldies- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (1 fruit, 4 veggies)

Wednesday: Sweatin to the Oldies- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (2 fruit, 3 veggies)

Thursday: Workout- NO & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (2 fruit, 4 veggies)

Jennah Week 3

Friday:
Denise Austin Fit and Lite - Opening stretch and cardio portion (10 minutes)
WATP - 1 mile w/ 2 lb. weights
Fruits/Veggies - 1 serving (veggies)

Saturday:
None

Sunday:
WATP 2 miles w/ 2 lb. weights
Fruits/Veggies- 2 servings (one fruit/one veggie)

Monday: None

Tuesday: None

Wednesday:
Denise Austin's Fit and Lite - Hips, buns, thighs
Fruits/Veggies - 1 serving veggies

Thursday:
None

Over all, I came out with 3 days of working out and too few servings of fruits and veggies. I'm just having a real hard time getting those in. I'm definitly going to the store today to pick up some frozen fruit for smoothies though. Woo!

Sarah, thoughts on S45 week 2

I've been having a very rough time over the past week, emotionally, mentally, physically. I've been very depressed, tired, on my period and I have a sore throat. My desire to go through with Strive For Five took a major nose dive.

But here I am. I haven't quit. Not yet.

last week I did 4 days of exercise, I did strive for 5 and I almost made it. I struggled with my fruits and veggies on only 2 days, being short the goal of 5 per day by only 2.

I know water isn't a focus of this challenge, but I do try to drink at least 60oz normally. Last week very little water was drank. And I made horrible food choices, despite my saying I was going to start up on WW again. What can I say? There's no excuse. I am/was depressed and I'm an extremely emotional eater/drinker. Soda is my number one comfort.

It's a good thing I'm not weighing till September 2nd or I'm sure I'd see a huge number. A lot of it bloat, from period, salty foods, no water, etc., but I have to be real and face up the fact that eating whoppers and cheese fries doesn't help the scale go down, ya know?

Anyway, I got off topic.

S45 is all about striving for 5 days of exercise and 5 fruits/veggies a day and I'd say I succeeded last week, despite the hurdles I set before myself.

And after all that is said and done the thing that disappoints me the most is how I may have let down my friends. I look for them for support and encouragement and always hope to be there to give the same in return. By succumbing to my depression I not only deny myself the much needed support from them, I also take away any help and support I can offer. We aren't alone in this, we don't want to be, that is why we have Skinny Bitches, but I left them alone. For this I am truly sorry.

Jen's Week 2 Results

Ok, I came out with 4 days of working out. My last day was just plain laziness that I didn't want to get up and do anything.

Veggies and fruits? I can't give you an exact amount but I can say I did meh on the veggies and ok on the fruits. I didn't think it would be this hard to get fruits and veggies in. I actually like them!

I'm faltering on water. I love my new Brita pitcher but damn is it a hassle to fill! And it seems to need filling once every other day. I need to be less lazy about that. Maybe next month we can continue Strive for five and include at least 5 days of absolute water drinking where we get all 64 oz. or more. H20, it's the way to go! Ok that was cheesey....

I did work out tonight, first day of week 3! Can you believe that we are a few days away from halfway to goal? Wow, 5 weeks seemed so far away. I can't believe it.

Well I'm off for some water and relaxation!

Sarah- Strive for Five week 2

Friday August 5th - Thursday August 11th

Friday: Walk and Jog, but counts as WATP- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (5 veggies)
Saturday: Exercise-NO 5 fruits/veggies- NO (3 veggies)
Sunday: WATP- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- NO (3 veggies)
Monday: Exercise-NO 5 fruits/veggies- Done (5 veggies)
Tuesday: WATP- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (5 veggies, 1 fruit)
Wednesday: WATP- Done (part, but counts, not my fault baby woke up) 5 fruits/veggies- Done (3 veggies, 2 fruit)
Thursday: Exercise- NO & fruits/veggies- Done (1 fruit, 4 veggies)

fruits, veggies and weight watchers

It's been a struggle lately to get 5 fruits/veggies a day. I'm striving for them though, I get about 3 servings, which is better than nothing right?

I'm going to try WW at home again starting Monday, well today technically. I'm hoping that helps motivate me to eat more fruits and veggies along with the challenge. I also hope it keeps me more accountable and helps me to get my eating under control again, this past week has been a free for all. I know it didn't work after Anna was born because I felt I needed the meetings, I missed the meetings (from after Eli was born), and I let that disappointment at not being able to attend them drag me down. I'm hoping this time I keep an open mind and tell myself I can do it without the meetings and push myself with the promise to join again as soon I am able to.

Jen's Week 2

Well I haven't updated but I'm still going strong minus the fruits and veggies. Does orange glaze on chicken count as a fruit? Drats. I thought not too.

I've exercised all my 5 days last week and this week going strong too. I hope to get to the market on Sunday when the man has a day off of work. This will be the first week in a month that he has 2 days off!

Just wanted to let ya'll know that I haven't fallen off the wagon. Still going strong. I have been wanting to get a tape measure to take my measurements since my weight isn't really accurate (for my own peace of mind) not weighing first thing in the morning but after I have eaten. For those of you who don't know, I only weigh when I go over to my mother-in-law's house and usually by the time we make it over there is in the evening after a day's worth of meals and usually right after eating dinner. So I think taking monthly measurements will do me some good to in knowing that even though my weight doesn't seem to drop (for whatever reason) I am still losing inches by building muscle and causing it to contract and pull in.

Ok I've rambled on enough. Time to hit the shower!

workout tunes?

Dearest Readers-

We here at Skinny Bitches would greatly appreciate it if you'd be kind enough to help us gather workout music. We bore of listening to Leslie Sansone talk during Walk Away the Pounds.
If you wouldn't mind listing some of your favorite workout music in the comments we'd be much obliged.

Sincerely,

Your Friendly Neighborhood Skinny Bitches

Sarah- Strive for Five week 1

I've decided to just keep a little chart for each week instead of updating with a new post every day, keep it all neat and in one spot :)


Friday July 29th - Thursday August 4th

Friday: WATP 2 miles- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (4 veggies, 1 fruit)
Saturday: WATP 2 miles- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (4 veggies, 1 fruit)
Sunday: Sweatin to the Oldies- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- NO (2 fruit)
Monday: Sweatin to the Oldies- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (2 fruit, 4 veggies)
Tuesday: WATP 2 miles- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- NO (2 veggies, 1 fruit)
Wednesday: Day off & 5 fruits/veggies- NO (3 veggies, 1 fruit) Almost!
Thursday: WATP 2 miles- Done & 5 fruits/veggies- Done (4 veggies, 1 fruit)

Night Off

I know that it is only 3 days into the challenge and I've already taken a night off but I am just too tired after walking 90 minutes around W@lm@rt.

I did get veggies in today - 3 servings.

Sarah Day 2

WATP 2 miles - Complete

5 servings fruits/veggies - Done (4 veggies, 1 fruit)

Just reporting

I still haven't made it to the story but I hope to today (technically Sunday) for some fruits and veggies.

2 mi. WATP: Check.

Sarah's Day 1

WATP 2 miles - Complete

5 servings fruits/veggies - 5 servings (4 veggies, 1 fruit)

WOoHoo!


*cracks whip* hehehe

Jen's Day 1

Day 1 of Strive for Five is complete. Here's how I did:

2 mi. WATP - Complete

5 servings fruits/veggies - 1 serving (Before the next challenge I'll remember to go to the market!)

Over all day 1 I will count as a success because hell if I didn't want to work out. Omg, Sarah made me do it! I swear people, she knows how to crack a whip. Really....

New changes coming to Skinny Bitches! Stay tuned....

fruit and veggie serving size

Thought you guys might find this helpful when striving for five fruits/veggies a day-

A serving size is:

-One medium-size fruit
-1/2 cup raw, cooked, frozen or canned fruits (in 100% juice) or vegetables
-3/4 cup (6 oz.) 100% fruit or vegetable juice
-1/2 cup cooked, canned or frozen legumes (beans and peas)
-1 cup raw, leafy vegetables
-1/4 cup dried fruit

The start of Strive for Five

Are you ready ladies!?
Buy your fruit, buy your veggies and get your workout clothes out, it's time to Rock August!

Hm, you know, we should have included water in the challenge. On well, don't want to overwhelm ourselves, maybe next challenge :) But, do try to get lots of water in!

We can do this! Go us!

Met my first week's goal

I completed 5 days of working out this week. I did 4 days in a row straight. Took the night off, then got right back up and did my 5th night tonight. Thanks to Sarah for motivating me!! I probably would of used the cramp in my calf as an excuse. I've had it all day long but once I started working out, it just worked itself out. I think warming the muscle up helped or something. Maybe more stretching even though I have been trying to stretch it all day!

To those who have commented. Thank you! Your encouragement means the world to us and I know that it helps so much. It isn't easy to put something very personal, very emotional as weight and the walk we are taking to lose it on such a public forum. Having encouragment makes sometimes the hardest days seem bearable and the easy days (are there any??) even easier.

Thanks so much!!

Oh and another little tid bit sort of related to weight loss (hee!) that I've been meaning to write about is that the water where I live stinks. Litterally. It has an odor to it. I'm used to rich mountain spring water back home and this stuff tastes like potting soil! I hate it. I had a water purifier on my tap at my former apartment but when we moved here the sink is completely different and the spout is too low to put a purifier on it. I finally just got smart (and financial able) and bought a Brita Dispenser. Oh man! What a world of difference it makes! The water is tasteless! Just like it should be. I've been drinking water by the gallons I know it. I haven't had a hard time meeting my water requirements this week!

Strive for Five, Bitch!

Our August motto is Strive for Five.

Our goals are to work out 5 days a week doing either Walk Away The Pounds or Sweatin to the Oldies.

We will also be striving to eat 5 servings of fruits and veggies (3 of one, 2 of the other) a day.

Our weeks will start on Friday.

There is no set date for Weigh In's, when to weigh is a totally individual decision.

Starting July 29th let the games begin!

Welcome the new Bitch!

Welcome to the newest Skinny Bitch to be- Ashley! :)

Just for kicks

I've worked out 2 days in a row. Just wanted to document that. Hee!

4 mile goal - week 3

Completed.

4 mile goal - week 2

Been terribly sick, so needless to say week 2 was not completed.

Sarah WI 6/23/05

Yesterday was unofficial and doesn't count, scale said I was up 4lbs yesterday but today it says I'm just up 1lb. Either way I don't really care, too sick to care.
I was toying with weighing in once a month but I wont be able to resist the scale.

sick

Sick and getting worse. Hope kids don't catch this.
Gained 4 pounds (stepped on scale a day early out of curiosity) but I'm too sick to care. May not be able to accomplish 4 mile goal this week, we'll see.

4 mile goal- week 1

Complete.

Sarah WI 6/16/05

Down .5 a pound.

A loss is a loss, right?

3 mile goal- week 3 & next goal

Complete.

I was looking back at my exercise chart for last year and I would up my WATP walk by half a mile after a month and I was walking 4-5 times a week. So, for my next challenge I'm going to finish this month still doing a mile at a time and starting next month I'll go up to 1.5 miles (at least I'll try like I do now, sometimes I have to stop after 1/2 a mile because one of the baby's need me) but I'm now aiming for 4 times a week (or at least 4 miles a week again, cause sometimes I have to stop after 1/2 a mile some days). I also think I'm ready to add the knee lifts into the walk. Last week I added all the arm movements. I think my body is ready for the entire walking experience now. My incision hasn't ached in a long while, we'll see how it feels after I add in the leg lifts on Monday.

Not sure when Jennah and I will be doing an actual challenge together, I hope soon. This is a place for us to work together, essentially. I could do/write about all of this alone stuff on my regular blog. I'm not big on multiple blogs :) Unless they are a joint thing, like I am...

Sarah WI 6/9/05

Down 3.5 pounds :)

3 mile goal- week 2

Completed :) With an extra walk at the park thrown in as well :) Sure it was only one lap, but my god I was pushing a double stroller with a toddler and a baby in car seat in it! That's a heavy push my friends!

WATP musings- I love kickbacks. I hate Beth.

goal complete

I successfully completed this weeks goal of doing 3 miles of WATP. I think I'll stick with that for the next couple of weeks, don't want to overdo anything or rush in to anything to quickly and get burned out.

New Goal

Well here I am again. Ha! I'm going start trying to lose weight again after I get back from vacation to New Mexico. Yeah I could probably start now seeing as how we aren't leaving for another week but I know that psychologically it'd just be better to start later than start, stop, start again.

I don't know my offical starting weight other than my highest 3 years ago. I know that I've gotten to at least 288 before surgery this past April but I don't know if I want to officially go with that since it has been over a month and a half. It could be more or it could be slightly less. I don't know. I might change my mind later.

I've joined Denise Austin's Fit Forever! program and that is going to start when I get back on the 13th of June as well. I'm looking forward to having something structured again.

My first goal is to just get through the first week drinking all the water I need to. I hardly ever drink water anymore. It's going to take some getting used to to incorporate that much again even with all the nifty tricks of getting more water in.

Here's hoping!

This weeks goal

My goal this week is to complete 3 miles of WATP. I need to go slowly and make sure my body can handle it.

Tonight I did one whole mile :) I didn't do knee lifts though because when I did them during the warm out I knew they would bee too much right now. I also only did every other set of arm movements. Now we'll see what my body says about the workout tomorrow.

new starting weight

I had my 6 week postpartum appointment yesterday and I now have my new starting weight... 314. I've also been givin the okay to start exercising again, but to start small, build up slowly, which is always my plan. Slow and steady people, slow and steady.

Now to find the energy and motivation to start eating better and getting out there and walking with the kids. I had actually planned to walk today and wouldn't you know it, its raining.

Hiatus

The Original Skinny Bitches site is currently on hiatus due to Sarah's second pregnancy, c-section and birth of her daughter and Jennah's recent gall bladder and then hernia surgery.

About Us

Skinny Bitches is a weight loss blog for Jennah and Sarah to document the ups and downs of their journey for better health. In an attempt to help motivate each other we have decided to participate in workout challenges together. This posses a slight problem since we live many states apart so having a place to share the experiences and emotions about certain aspects of a current challenge seemed like the best way to document our struggles and successes. This site will not only be limited to which ever challenge we are currently doing but will revolve around our weight loss efforts in general.

We formed a great friendship over the course of our recent pregnancies, finding common ground in being overweight and struggling with many of the same fears that entailed. We spent many late nights chatting about our pregnancies and everything else under the sun, including our weight. Once our boys (Sarah’s first, Jennah’s second) were born we began to talk of the challenges of trying to find the time and motivation to fit working out into our busy and often sleepless schedules. Not to mention Jennah dealt with Gestational Diabetes and Sarah dealt with a modified diet due to bedrest, so once our boys were born we found ourselves indulging a bit too much in the foods we weren’t “allowed” to have, so our eating habits needed working on too. We found comfort, support, understanding and friendship in each other during a very joyous and stressful time in our lives and that continues to grow as we move on to the next challenge in our lives, better health.

Like many woman (and men I’m sure) our sole purpose is not becoming thin for beauty, but becoming healthy to ensure a better quality of life and be the active mothers we need to be to raise our children. However, we’d be lying if we didn’t want to be like those “skinny bitches”, you know the ones… Skinny Bitches is a bit of an inside joke.

We are hoping the site will motivate us, keep us accountable, and provide us with a place to have some fun together… all in the name of losing weight and becoming healthy.