Weigh-In Feb 24
wiredkell
Posts: 700 Member
Hi all!
Sorry I've been MIA for the past few weeks. My weigh-in day isn't until tomorrow, but I wanted to start a thread for the week today. I'll post my numbers tomorrow.
All is well with me. A little too well, as I'm almost positive that my weight is up. I have been stepping like crazy and you've all seen, but I really need to get back into tracking my food and adding in weight lifting.
I have been at home for the past few weeks and haven't been at work. I always find it easy to eat healthy when I'm at work because all the food is prepared here for us. There is a salad bar and usually a healthy option on the food line, so it's easy to pick the healthier food. At home, I'm usually too lazy to make something healthy or I'm in a rush. Not sure if I've told you, but my boyfriend has 2 children - a 6 year old daughter and an 8 year old boy, so they keep us quite busy. Both are in hockey, so the weekends are usually packed with running them around the city to practices and games. It's quite the change in life for me, having never had children of my own. They are fantastic though, which makes thing so much easier. New stresses with children, my bf's ex-wife, a dog and a whole different routine than what I've been used to in the past. I love it though and wouldn't trade it for anything.
How is everyone else doing? Hopefully well and not sick! It seems like everyone I know has been sick.. except me! I must be doing something right!
Sorry I've been MIA for the past few weeks. My weigh-in day isn't until tomorrow, but I wanted to start a thread for the week today. I'll post my numbers tomorrow.
All is well with me. A little too well, as I'm almost positive that my weight is up. I have been stepping like crazy and you've all seen, but I really need to get back into tracking my food and adding in weight lifting.
I have been at home for the past few weeks and haven't been at work. I always find it easy to eat healthy when I'm at work because all the food is prepared here for us. There is a salad bar and usually a healthy option on the food line, so it's easy to pick the healthier food. At home, I'm usually too lazy to make something healthy or I'm in a rush. Not sure if I've told you, but my boyfriend has 2 children - a 6 year old daughter and an 8 year old boy, so they keep us quite busy. Both are in hockey, so the weekends are usually packed with running them around the city to practices and games. It's quite the change in life for me, having never had children of my own. They are fantastic though, which makes thing so much easier. New stresses with children, my bf's ex-wife, a dog and a whole different routine than what I've been used to in the past. I love it though and wouldn't trade it for anything.
How is everyone else doing? Hopefully well and not sick! It seems like everyone I know has been sick.. except me! I must be doing something right!
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SW: 156
LW: 157 (a month ago)
TW: 158.3
UGH. I knew that was going to happen. I felt puffy all day yesterday and this morning. It's all good... onward I go! Ain't no numbers gonna get me down.
I feel like I woke up today with a clearer mind and ready to get going again on focusing on my health and feeling good. Goal today is to drink a crap load of water.0 -
Kelly, your life has changed for sure . . but it sounds wonderful! Fitting it all in is a real juggling act, and you just had a few more balls thrown into it. It's all good.
Well, my progress has slowed, as I expected:
SW: 156
LW: 127
TW: 126.5
Loss of .5 lbs
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See, Sheesh. At that walking did pay off! I forgot to weigh first thing this morning, but here's my mid-day weight. I don't think it it differs much.
SW; 156
LW: 144.6
TW: 145.2
Up a little, but at least not back to 146 something. I thought I'd never escape that noose.
Kelly, I miss you when you're not on the board, but I'm glad to hear that life is good!
Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze in a little more activity as the daylight increases and the temps warm up. We have another major event coming up in my agency that may mean very long hours mid-summer, so I want to make some good progress before then.0 -
Good numbers ladies!
Sarah, when I weigh myself in the mid day, it's a considerable difference for me. Maybe it's because I'm drinking so much water, tea, coffee. Try weigh in again tomorrow and see what it says. Thanks for the kind words. It's always nice to know when you're missed! I missed you ladies too.
Sheesh, life is wonderful
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Kelly - your news is so exciting. Super happy for you. You will find a groove to juggle everything. Somehow those were my best days and weight management. And please, feel free to put your feet up every now and again...buahahaha.
Sheesh - congrats on the reduction! But darn girl...all of that walking must be making your legs tired. Sit down, take a nap!! Just no snacking!!!
Sarah - get on the scale again in the morning!!
Me? Oh me? yeah...not logging food like I should and some serious stress eating happening here. Working on resolutions to reduce. Getting new employees in the groove and trained. Hopefully I can get myself under control well before they are fully trained!
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Lois, you crack me up! I can imagine the stress of dealing with your mother-in-law's health issues, and I know your sense of humor and fun is what gets you through. I'm coming up on the anniversary of my Mom's death in a couple of weeks, and I've been thinking a lot about that generation and the stress on our generation as we try to help them. Be sure to take care of yourself, too.
I don't know how many steps I'll get in today. I actually stopped work at 6 p.m. tonight because the rain and lightning was so bad. We had wind gusts of more than 60 miles per hour and it rained so hard that water flowing in the streets had waves. Hubby pointed out that because of the wind, the water was actually flowing in the opposite direction that it usually would on our street. So we hunkered down until 9 p.m., and then I got on the TM for an hour. I may get back on, but at this point, my energy is pretty well used up.
Good things? I had a fairly low calorie salmon dish for dinner (thank you Ellie Krieger), and I've been drinking water like crazy today because I think some of the weight gain is from the load of salt I had yesterday. I had no idea that Stouffer's lasagna (an emergency, no time to cook selection) is just chock full of salt.
Glad to see five of our core six chiming in. Light is using her time walking! She's pulled ahead of me!
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I weighed in this morning... 155.8. That just shows how much my weigh fluctuates in a day. Crazy. I managed to log all my food yesterday and drink a crap load of water, which I'm sure helped!
So stress ladies... what do you do to try keep it down other than exercise? Does anyone meditate? Other than sex and exercise...I don't have many ways to reduce my stress.
I'm also curious to know if anyone takes vitamins and supplements? What kinds do you take and for what reason? I recently started taking my multi vitamin again, plus I started fish oil, calcium with magnesium and vitamin B12.
Sarah - I LOVE salmon. I have it at work quite at bit, but rarely make it at home.0 -
Oh today...I had pizza..yep....2.5 slices. STRESS EATER HERE!!!
Dreading the scale tomorrow and probably not able to hit the trail tonight.
Costco has a delicious frozen and seasoned salmon. Just discovered it and it is DELICIOUS!!! That's what we're having tomorrow night. Won't help the scale tomorrow, but ah well. I seem to be going up and then back down...can't keep it going down BECAUSE I CAN'T BEHAVE!! UGH Someone KICK MY ARSKINS0 -
SW 238
LW 207.6
TW 207.4
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!! but I'll take it. Now imagine if I actually ate the way I should every day!!! Oh the difference I would make. OK. Very very thankful it didn't go up!
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"Someone" has arrived! It's not two and half pieces of pizza. That's not the best meal anyone has, but that won't sink you. Not logging your food will. In the past seven days you have two days with zero calories logged, one with 110 calories logged, and one with 355 calories logged. Really? (Feel that kick?)
You are so dedicated to moving and I so admire that, but we know that it's the intake that gets us shorties. So use some of that moving time to log.
I'm trying to get myself to be cash register honest with logging, too, because I know deep inside that can't fix something if I don't know what I'm dealing with. I'm having a hard time accepting that even though my snarky little brain (ego?) says I eat well, my food log says that I eat too much and too much fat and sodium. I thought carbs were my problem, but I did that little report feature and I'm almost always within goal with carbs. It's the doggone fat from milk, cheese, meats, and the butter that the ghost of Julia Child keeps sneaking in my vegetables that seems to keep me dancing in the same undesired 5-pound range.
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Sorry I cheated this past week at logging. I've been decent with it in the past....even the ice creams and pizza. This past week has been helacious enough that on Monday...i felt like it should have been FRIDAY! and it only went downhill from there. Promise to log better. I only move because otherwise I would need you all to gather your pennies and help hubby to bail me out. Yep...that rough lately and not at my desk enough.0
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Kelly, Sarah, and Lois . . I wish you lived closer. I have Alaskan wild salmon coming out of my ears, and I would love to give you some. Every year hubby goes fishing in Alaska with his fishing buddies, comes home with salmon, halibut, ling cod, etc, etc. I have fixed salmon every way there is (BTW, post recipes if you have a good recipe). I know it's good for me, but, really? We have packed it in dry ice and taken it to our children in other states, we have given it to friends and family, and I STILL have a freezer (extra freezer) filled with fish. Every year it's a challenge to empty the freezer in time for the next fishing trip!
Lois, I wish I knew the words to post here to help you. Stress eating is a diet killer, and I think we all share it to a degree. Sometimes I think "just eat what's on your diet first, and then see how you feel". When I can do that, I usually feel better and don't give in to the urge. Then again, sometimes I give in to the urge. It's really hard, but we are strong women who do hard things all the time! Right?!0 -
The butt kicker here again. Lois, I took a look and pushed a little because that's what you have said on more than one occasion that you want and need. It's hard to push on others, though, because it makes me look at myself.
Mentioning which, today, I may get very little activity in. Hubby had something happen today that has really taken the wind out of his sails--a personal thing with a close relative. And it's coming on the heels of a couple of weeks of his being in pain and having to get ready to go out of town on Monday. So instead of walking tonight after work and before volunteer work, I may go to the dinner with him or at least stay here make dinner. Time. Wish I could manufacture some more of it.
And don't worry about jail. If it comes to that, we'll convene as group and bust you out! 0 -
Sheesh - Oh how I'd love to take some of that salmon off you hands! And from Alaska... yum!
I don't really follow any recipes. For the most part I just cook it in the oven with some seasoning and lemon juice. Sometimes if I'm really craving mayo, I'll mix mayo, lemon juice and dill together, pour it on top and then cook it. I know.. mayo is bad for me.. but I love it.
Lois - I'm with you on the stress eating. I'm more of an emotional eater in general. I especially eat when I'm bored and lonely. I'd love to figure out a way to stop it, but I think it's just a mind thing with me. I have to get rid of those voices that are telling me "Ah.. go ahead, those cookies, chips, crappy food won't hurt you if you just have it for one day". Of course, I eat crappy, then I feel happy while I'm doing it because it tastes so good, but have guilt and feel crappy afterwards. It's a never ending cycle.
Sarah - I know what you mean about the time thing. I wish I had more of it too. Sorry things have been rough for your hubby lately. Hopefully something positive comes from it all.
Positives from the past few days:
- My weigh is slowly going down! So I'm looking forward to weighing in during the mornings.
- I am drinking a zillion litres of water and fluids a day, which is making me feel amazing.
- I found a new loose tea that I'm in love with (Teavana - Winterberry), so I'm drinking less coffee.
- I think taking my new vitamins are helping my energy and well-being. I feel great!
I'm at work and it's -40C with the wind today, but I still managed to walk to work! (Just to show you how strange our Manitoba, Canada whether can be, it was only -1C yesterday and overnight it dropped that much!)
Have a great weekend all!
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salmon? Oh, I LOVE salmon- just microwaved in my silicone container and eaten just like that... or put between a sandwich thin... I'd love to take some off your hands too. I can understand how you can get weary of it when you are trying to eat that much. My brother and sil sent me a little jar of smoked salmon for Christmas... they could easily have sent me a dozen. Yumm!!
Anyways, I just had a really long post ready and I must have taken too long as it binged me back to the message index page. Grr... I've had problems with mfp for the last 2 wks, not getting pages to open for me. Logging here has been impossible and I have finally given up and started logging on fitbit again. At least I'm logging and that is fairly important to me. My MFP and fitbit don't seem to be talking to each other either, which has been presenting challenges I don't need with the work issues I've been dealing with. anyways, back in a minute for the weigh in post... don't want to lose this one.
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LW 188.4
TW 187.4
I am trying really hard to get my activity in but also trying to make sure I get my planned deficit each day, even if it means I am up a little late on my exercise bike. I have a hard time with walking long distances due to my feet issues so all those steps you see reported are generally reflecting steps the fitbit counts on my bike, even though I told it I was spinning. But you can see I have really been putting in the time lately...
Lois, I can stress eat, too... and heaven knows I have every justification for admitting to stress right now but I try to limit myself to only eating at meal times and only snacking what has already been planned on my intake log. It's easier to adhere to my plan when I am at work since I can only eat what I bring, but when I find myself wanting to stress eat or desire eat at home, I find I benefit from getting myself busy doing something else (cleaning, laundry, doing my bike, spending a little time in the garden). The basic choice comes down to your goal. Do you really want the short term food satisfaction or do you want success with your weight loss efforts?
Kelly, it is good to have you posting... and I am happy that you are finding happiness in your new situation. Sounds pretty busy In answer to your supplement question, I do take a multivitamin plus fish oil capsules daily.
Hello to Sarah and Sheesh, too I'm afraid of taking any longer posting or will lose this one, too... sigh. Besides, I really need to get the house in order for tomorrow before I lose all initiative, LOL...
hopefully will see you all next weekend...0
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