Weigh in 04/27/15
cherylmellan
Posts: 35 Member
Starting weight 166.8
Last weight 154.2
Today's weight 158.2
Gain: + 4
Total loss so far: 8 pounds
Goal weight: 153
I am heading in the wrong direction, in every way imaginable. Up 4 full pounds since last weighing in.
Last weight 154.2
Today's weight 158.2
Gain: + 4
Total loss so far: 8 pounds
Goal weight: 153
I am heading in the wrong direction, in every way imaginable. Up 4 full pounds since last weighing in.
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Hang in there Cheryl. I, too, have some repair work to do. After logging this morning I realized that although yesterday could have been a good day, deficit-wise, it turned out to be a bad day. Nuts! That is both my reaction and the explanation. I ate some chili-sweet pistachios while watching my beloved Nats lose again
, and then I put some walnuts on the salad I had for dinner. Those two items took me way off the chart with calories and fat.
Thank goodness that I took a long evening walk even though my knee was talking to me again. Little things can make such a big difference. Mindful eating. I have to practice that more faithfully again.0 -
I seldom have time to look around MFP, but when I do, I become grateful for this group. I just checked back with another group that I thought might offer some good suggestions, but after wading through a bunch of inspirational sayings and "cute" animated crap, I am so glad to get back here.
I had to postpone my walk with a coworker yesterday because of the weather, but we're on for a lakeside walk after work today. I did get in almost an hour of walking in the mall last night, and thankfully, the knee did well.
My mall walking buddy has been presented an opportunity to do some interval training. She works for the county, and they're providing a class for employees after work on Mondays. Like me, she lost some weight, gained some back, and has been bouncing around the same weight for some time. Last night was her first class, but I'm looking forward to learning from her experience.0 -
SW: 238
LW: 183.8
TW 182.4
Well...we're heading back in the right direction. How come it goes up sooooo fast, but then trickles on the downward trend? Things that make you go hhhmmm...
Cheryl..you're going to get focused and you're going to make it on the boat. Set your goal and set a true action plan. FOLLOW IT!!! Stay on the right path!!!
Sarah, like you've I've searched around the site but I think what makes this group so special is most of us have been chatting with one another for several years. And we're not all fluff and cutsie stuff. we are a bunch of competitive ladies that truly want, and will do what it takes to succeed! I am so glad you're going to ad some HIIT program to your training. I don't think walking is enough for you - for any of us really. Walking is fabulous to keep everything circulating and keeping the legs loose, but we do need to build muscle and push ourselves. Keep us posted after your first experience.
Sheesh- SIT DOWN...j/k You are such an inspiration to keep moving!!
Kelly - looking for your update.
Light - where are ya?
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Don't congratulate me early, Lois. LOL I'm going to see what my walking buddy is doing, what she thinks, how it works for her, etc. and then decide on a course of action. For the next short time, I'm going to try to survive these long work hours and all the things I need to attend to related to Mom's passing.0
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Sarah - jump in with your friend and take a chance. The change may be great physically AND emotionally!!! What works for one person may/may not work for another. Just because you're great walking buddies, does not mean you'll have the same interest in a true workout (my fav hiking buddy is not my fav gym buddy and vice versa). I think you should give it a try and see if YOU like it.
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Weigh in day for me:
SW: 156
LW: 136
TW: 134.5
Loss of 1.5 lbs.
I'm happy. That's a good loos for me. Sarah, I'm sure I would not have had this good of a loss if I hadn't finally buckled down and done some interval training last week. I agree with Lois, walking is great, but nothing will kick your body into fat loss like HIIT will. I hate it, though. 
I have to warm up longer than most, and then just give myself the biggest pep talk ever before I can do it. With your knee issues, you could look at some low impact moves that will still get your heart rate up. There are some good ones on YouTube, etc. if you don't want to go to the class with your friend. Also, do you take glucosamine/chondroitin? I swear by it.
Cheryl, it looks like you're focused this week judging from your steps on the leaderboard. Hang in there.
Lois, YOU are the inspiration to keep moving! Just ask my husband, who was laughing his a** off at me while I walked around the house near midnight last Sunday!!! Congratulations on your loss! 1.4 lbs is great!!
It's a lovely day here finally, so I'm heading outside for my walk. Time to add those hills at the park.
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Morning, ladies. Wish I could just join my friend, but that class is only for county employees. But I get the enthusiasm for HIIT. We walked together last night and she said that the first class was okay. She didn't exactly enjoy it, but it did engage new muscles!
Oh--and I forgot to weigh this morning. There's just too much going on. However, tomorrow, I am taking a day off. Other than for travel at Christmas and Mom's funeral, this is the first full day of leave that I've taken since last May! Waaaaay overdue.
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I took a short break yesterday after I posted, shucked the clothes, and weighed. At that point, I had only eaten a banana, half of a peanut butter sandwich, and had a small glass of milk, so the difference would not be much.
LW: 145
TW: 145.4
So essentially--yep, the same. If I liked this weight and wanted to stay here, I probably couldn't.
Today I off work--although I think I'll end up working a little off the books. I woke up a 3:30 a.m. with my head going and finally got up and hit the couch. I turned on the history channel with the volume so low I could barely hear it. That seems to disengage my brain from thoughts that keep it awake. So I may get a couple of things out the way that I want out of the way. On a typical workday, I'm often pulled to do things that make me leave those "wake up" items unattended again.
I had a low level of anger in me yesterday that is not good. The Fed that helps on one task and who takes leave when he knows that it's a busy time was out again on Tuesday. I gave him a pass thinking perhaps it was an appointment or something with his child. Nope. He had the nerve to share that he "just needed a weekday to rest." The only thing I can do is accept that this is out of my control and try to remember this the next time I think I need to put off walking to work a little longer. Arghhhhhh.0 -
well, I am back again... seems I am always disappearing and apologizing for being gone. (rolling my eyes here...)
I had a great time with mom, though computer time was just about nil. I'd pull up the computer for her, being polite to let her have it first, and she'd sit and do her email and facebook and then announce she was done and close the computer down! LOL... and she'd get offended if I went over and turned it back on so I just had to go with it. It was only a month and my time with her needed to be my priority anyway.
Had a great time, did a bunch of honey-do's for her when I took her back home and came home to a bunch of honey-do's I need to do for myself So glad I still have a weekend before heading back to work (and even happier that the new gal has been hired and is moving along well with her training!) YEAH!!
Anyways, after fast food/high sodium on the trip back home, I wasn't surprised to find my weight up when I weighed this morning. It should be down by the next weigh in...
LW: 183.4
TW: 187.0 (yikes! an yes, Lois, it goes on really fast but comes off in drips and drabs...)
but the good news is that now we are finally back to full staff, I should be able to start hitting the gym again. I went by today and got my membership reinstated
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Totally fell off the wagon this week and didn't weigh in. I did weigh myself the day before and there was no change, so I'll stick with that I guess.
Yet again I feel like I'm starting over. Back to logging ALL my food and getting my exercise in.
Still feeling a bit of the blah's, but I'm pushing through.
Playoffs are a difficult time. lol Every night when I'm on shift, there's popcorn and booze. It's just too difficult to pass up. Gotta miss a meal or two just to have those treats
Sheesh - Thanks for the comment about my Jets. I'm sad that they didn't make it further, but happy they made the playoffs. It was the first time for them as Jets 2.0, so that was quite an accomplishment and I'm proud to be a fan of the Jets. We have such great fans
Anywho.. gotta keep plugging away at work. Enjoy your weekend ladies and keep steppin'!0 -
OMG... I've been eating WAY too much lately. My next weigh in is NOT going to be good. Time to get back on track. Less carbs...0
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the weekends are my nemesis. I'm pretty awesome monday-Friday...Sat and Sun come around and HOLY COW (I feel like one!). Friday left work early with migraine...slept til almost 8pm and then hubby came home and we do the night drop for my car's maintenance service. So 9pm we drop it off at Toyota and head to a burger joint for dinner. Get in the car just before 10 and damn if his battery isn't dead! So I call roadside assistance and a friend. Friend arrived first and he got us up and running...we raced back to the dealer to switch cars and got in there just before they locked the gate (would have been a 5 mile walk home if we'd gotten locked in - haha). I was able to get his battery replaced and switch vehicles to have my regular service still completed - whew. at 217k miles my baby needs her maintenance and she runs beautifully! We had tickets to see Avengers and of course enjoyed movie popcorn and those blessed apple chips! Followed by dinner at Panda Express (oh yum). Just a long day and too tired to cook and hubby didn't want to go to a sit down joint. Sunday I had a CPR class to teach from 10-3. Started rough and then got through...but then I was uber tired when I got home and baked a frozen pizza. Seriously?!?! Why do I even have it in the house? Truth be told, it was that or we were going out. So I don't know what was the worse choice. So now that I've laid out my bad stuff...we have to remember...
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Hi, all,
I have started to share this several times, and it just didn't seem right so I didn't post, but it's something that really hit me over the weekend. We went out with two other couples for one couple's anniversary on Saturday night. The third couple (not the celebrants) are people I don't see that often, but they're enjoyable company and I'm always glad to see them. They arrived last, and because of the darkness of the restaurant and the way we were seated, I didn't really see them until they had sat down. When ordering appetizers for the table, the woman mentioned that she is not eating carbs because she is trying to get weight off for the summer. Sounds reasonable, and in most cases would be--but not this one. When we got up to walk out, I was shocked. This women is seriously thin, and she is trying to get thinner! She's very pretty, but I have to say, she was much prettier when she was not so skinny. It sort of saddened me. And it made me think about weight and how much emphasis our society puts on it. Not to say that I'm going to decide that I'm okay as I am. Nope! I know that I have some excess weight that losing would benefit my health as well as my appearance. Dear god, I faced the dreaded three-way mirror in a dressing room Saturday morning, which afforded me a view of my thighs and rear I haven't had in awhile! Gulp!! But I do know that part of that "view" is things that are due to aging and that no amount of weight loss will make me look young again. I can just strive to be the best I can be at my given age. But that's what I have to do.
And then yesterday, I did some yard work and was shocked at how tired I got. I have really lost some stamina sitting at this desk for so many hours a day lately. My burn yesterday was not as high as it would have been had I spent the same time walking, but I was bending and lifting and doing things that I haven't done in a while, and that I need to do more of to build back some of that oomph.
Lois and Kelly, I too have been a period where there's so much going on that I haven't made the best food choices. It's a busy season for both hubby's job and mine, and so sometimes we've been so busy that we haven't taken the time to shop and cook. Other times, we've had social things come up that we really need to show up for--like the dinner Saturday night. I know that when I lost the 25 pounds in 2010 I also had these times. I was just more motivated then to make better choices than I've made lately. So my mantra should be "What would 2010 SarahMaxx choose." Darn her--she showed me it can be done.
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