Copyright (c) 2008 ExpressionEngine tag:ourwickedweighs.com,2008:07:31 tag:ourwickedweighs.com,2008:index.php/forums/viewthread/.39 2008-07-24T14:05:34Z skinny_in_seattle
We are seeing a place tonight, and it has a big yard - should I run around it like a dog? haha I used to work out really well - but that was on a machine. With my body-type, I feel like my weight should be around 160. My bmi says I should be 154, but I think 160 would be an amazing weight for me. Right now I'm about 180...almost my heaviest, which was 188 when I was in high school. I'm 24 now, and I lost 25 pounds in college, but I'm slowly gaining it back!

So yeah, I'm super motivated, but what should I do? I can't exactly join a gym now (no job yet) but how should I work out? I guess I'm at start...which can be scary. We'll see... ]]> tag:ourwickedweighs.com,2008:index.php/forums/viewthread/.40 2008-07-31T09:28:32Z Gypsie
It was an awesome expirience and I cannot wait to do it again next year! ]]> tag:ourwickedweighs.com,2008:index.php/forums/viewthread/.38 2008-07-14T12:57:17Z Gypsie http://www.livestrongacrossamerica.com) is a group of guys that decided to ride their Bicycles across America to raise money for cancer research. They started on 1 Jul 08 in San Diego Ca and plan to arrive Washington DC on 3 Aug 08. Last night they rolled into my town, San Angelo, TX. This morning, I joined them on their ride to the next city on their route, Brady TX. They were riding about 75 miles and I completed 45 with them. It was a blast! I was the only girl on the ride but so far my town has had the largest showing of cyclists riding with them. We are also the first town to have cyclists ride all the way to the next destination. I am proud of my town and the cyclists in it! If you check out the guys blog on their website, you should see me, since I was the only girl riding and all! ]]> tag:ourwickedweighs.com,2008:index.php/forums/viewthread/.21 2008-04-14T06:20:56Z Erin
I'm from Cary, NC which is a few minutes outside of Raleigh. ]]> tag:ourwickedweighs.com,2008:index.php/forums/viewthread/.37 2008-07-07T12:53:21Z BelfastGirl
I've been creeping around the site for a while, so I figured it was high time to start actually talking to people!

Anyway, about me:

I'm an American living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I moved here a year ago, and started on my healthy lifestyle kick around the same time. Reasons? I had just graduated from college, and I was desperate to get rid of the weight I had gained during school. Also, I was on a super tight budget because I was working for a program that advocated "simple living" and I knew I would HAVE to walk everywhere, which seemed like a good way to start an exercise program.

I hate scales, so I haven't weighed myself this whole year. However, I have dropped 3 full jeans/dress sizes, and I monitor my resting heart rate and my waist-hip ratio.

Stats:
Height: 5'3"
Age: 23 on 7/9/08
Resting Heart Rate: 64 (At my worst, it was 90)
Waist-Hip Ratio: .8 (At worst, around 1)
Jeans size: US 8 (once in a while, I get away with a 6, but not really. ; At worst: US 14)


Fun fact: I'm a total geek, so I read this blog while doing my warm up cardio every day.


So that's all the stuff about me.

I'm so excited by what everyone is doing and accomplishing! It's great to read about people who are so into healthiness, especially after a year in a country whose national dish is the Ulster Fry! (For the uninitiated, an Ulster Fry consists of two/three fried eggs, fried Irish-style bacon, fried sausage, fried tomatos and mushrooms, fried potato bread and fried soda bread. And that's just a regular fry. It comes in LARGE. Scary stuff.) ]]> tag:ourwickedweighs.com,2008:index.php/forums/viewthread/.36 2008-06-30T18:34:29Z Erin
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http://www.takingactionforanimals.org/ ]]> tag:ourwickedweighs.com,2008:index.php/forums/viewthread/.35 2008-06-26T21:21:56Z skinny_in_seattle
Here are my stats:

Height: 5'7"
Weight: 180

My friends don't believe me when they say I weigh that much, and I think it's mostly because I have huge thighs and a big butt - kind of like Kim Kardashian. If you don't know who she is, here's a photo:

http://mediaoutrage.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/kim-kardashian-grey_1_1.jpg

My boyfriend is pretty active and thin, and I know he weighs 155 (yikes for me!!) but he thinks that he weighs more than I do. I would DIE if he ever knew I weighed 25lbs more than him.

I love to make excuses - but I always stick to goals once I set them...and I stick to excuses as well. I have a vision of myself working out and eating super healthy when I move to Seattle. My boyfriend is Italian, exercises a lot and eats amazingly healthy naturally. We don't eat that much meat and we eat salads a lot (when we're together...which isn't that often.)

So...I'm using my move as a way to totally change my habits. I'm realistic - I know it takes work, but I'm a protestant German - I know how to buckle down and get it done. I am pushing to live in this apartment building that has a 24-hour gym, and we're going to eat together a lot, which means healthy eating. When I was 19, I worked at a place that had a gym, and during my lunch break I would run 2-3 miles and do some light strength training. I loved that then...I was running 8 miles an hour up an incline. I want that back!

For some reason - I let my current life dictate my exercise. I don't know what it is. I know I should start now, and I WILL. I'm going to start a simple food journal (just in my Moleskin) and I'm going to be more active outside...before I move to Seattle (July 15th).

My goal:

160lbs by December 24th.

That's reasonable, right? I am making that the date because I'm visiting my family back in Wisconsin for Christmas. I want to feel happy and healthy when I come back. I feel like I'm escalating my weight. I pretty much stayed at 172 lbs through college, that being my metabolic weight without working out and with eating relatively healthy. I wrote my master's thesis from February to May and sat EVERY DAY FOR HOURS in the library. I was soooo sedentary. I hate that. I need to change. I hope this place remains a great spot to discuss my progress.

Sorry for such a long first entry. Thanks for reading this far.
Elle ]]> tag:ourwickedweighs.com,2008:index.php/forums/viewthread/.33 2008-05-14T16:53:37Z Gypsie
Goal Completion Date: 17 Jul 08
Goal: Lose 10 lbs and tone up
Steps: start strength training! and watch what i eat closer. Time to start using http://www.dailyplate.com again.


Goal Completion Date: 26 Jul 08
Goal: Finish RAGBRAI without killing myself
Steps: Its all about TITS! (Time in the Saddle). I need to do some cycling every single day and long rides on sat/sun.

Goal Completion Date: 23 Aug 08
Goal: Complete the Hotter N Hell 100 (by making it to Hell's Gate before it closes)
Steps: More training. This is a 100 mile bike ride in 100 degree heat. Hell's Gate is at the 62.5 mile mark and closes at 1230.

So what do you think? ]]> tag:ourwickedweighs.com,2008:index.php/forums/viewthread/.34 2008-05-30T12:14:49Z Blus-Zoo 1 reduced fat graham cracker pie crust
4 cups sliced strawberries
1 package sugar free strawberry jello mix
1 pack cook and serve sugar free vanilla pudding mix
2 cups water

Bring water to a boil and add the pudding mix, whisk until lumps are gone or very small. Add jello mix and whisk again. Take off heat and whisk a bit to cool.

Put the 4 cups of strawberries in the pie crust evenly and pour the mixture over until it covers almost all the berries, I usually have some left over.

Refrigerate until firm between 4 and 6 hours.

Serves 8 ]]> tag:ourwickedweighs.com,2008:index.php/forums/viewthread/.32 2008-05-13T10:25:24Z Queenie
We decided that it wasn't fair to keep that kind of entertainment a secret. So, we will be removing the names of the senders of course but Yep, we will be posting those emails here for everyone to see. When we have actually taken the time to rely to an email, we will post that as well. If you don't want to read them, don't view them. If you don't want us to share your love and hate for what we have happening here on this site, don't send us mail. It's as simple as that. Otherwise, enjoy the show. ]]>