Over 200 New Year New Me Part 28

Danielle_81

Good morning everyone....

Check in
Calories: over....I waited way to long to eat yesterday and then I overate for supper, and then I wanted a candy bar....so I had one.....and a slushie :sad:
Water: 64 oz
Excercise: took the kids to the lake. I didn't get to swim cuz I was by myself and had to hold the baby the whole time, but it was getting out of the house
Proud: that I'm admitting my short comings from yesterday out loud and holding myself accountable

I am in a funk today. I am tired and frustrated with myself about eating a candy bar last night. I am hurting a lot due to the weather. This is the first time this year that I've hurt this bad. And when it gets like this it's a struggle to get my legs moving adequately enough to even walk, so excercising is pretty much out of the question. :frown: I have had reconstructive surgery on both hips and when it's raining a lot I think my joints swell cuz they hurt straight up but when I try to walk it's like trying to move an old gear that is slow and stuck and doesn't want to rotate. Which then makes my pain worse. I am hoping it gets better but probably not until this line of storms pass....

hope everyone else is doing well....

Danielle_81

So I was just browsing on some of the message boards and read something interesting, that made me go....'ummm duh!' I couldn't believe I hadn't realized this myself.

So anyway when we all sign up and put in our "goals" it asks for excercise goals. Which then increases your total calorie allotment. So then when we add our excercise every day it gives us more calories that we can eat (if we so choose). So in essence we could be "eating" our excercise calories twice and in turn over eating! :noway:

I just went and changed my excercise goal to 0 mins a day. So that way my calorie allotment would be based on diet alone and when I enter my excercise (if I manage to do anything) it will be extra. So that way I can choose to eat my excercise calories or not, but it'll be a more accurate reflection of my true intake. It changed my daily calorie by almost 100. Not a huge amount but those add up fast.

Anyway I'm sure you all already realize this but I just wanted to throw it out there in case anyone wasn't realizing this, and maybe this had something to do with the stalls in weight loss. :bigsmile:

LittleSpy

So anyway when we all sign up and put in our "goals" it asks for excercise goals. Which then increases your total calorie allotment. So then when we add our excercise every day it gives us more calories that we can eat (if we so choose). So in essence we could be "eating" our excercise calories twice and in turn over eating! :noway:

Nope. It doesn't add exercise cals until you enter them.
The only way you'd be double eating your exercise calories is if you included your exercise in your "Activity Level." Mine is set to sedentary since I have a desk job and I don't include my exercise in my activity level. If I did include my exercise in my activity level, I'd choose "Active" or "Lightly Active" and then, yes, MFP would include those calories in my daily goal so whenever I exercised, I would *not* log it and I would *not* eat those extra calories.

But your exercise goal is just that, a goal. MFP doesn't assume you're going to meet it.

Edit: Oh, but one thing that isn't explained on MFP is that you should readjust your calorie goals as you lose weight. As you lose weight, your body is using fewer calories to do your normal daily activities (In my case, it takes a lot less energy to move 194 pounds around than it did to move 275 around so I need fewer calories each day now). At 275 set to lose 1.5 pounds a week, I was allotted like 1800 calories to eat. Now I get 1250. :frown: :laugh:

LittleSpy

07.23.10
Calories: 1065 :frown:
Exercise: None
Water: 8 cups
Proud: Made dinner without calculating calories. When I logged it, it was WAY lower in calories than I thought.... so I ate twice as much as I had planned. :laugh: But, as you can see, I still didn't really eat enough.

I don't know if I've had a stomach virus or what the last few days. I haven't felt like eating much. If TOM hadn't been raging for 7 days I'd seriously think I was pregnant. Every time I eat I feel a little sick. And then last night after dinner I thought I may die. My stomach was hurting so much I'm actually now worried I may have an ulcer. I went to bed at 8pm. Tried to get back up and midnight but still felt horrible so went back to sleep. On the plus side, I got up at 7am of my own free will which is absolutely nutso for me, especially on Saturday. I'm feeling better so hopefully the stomach ache won't come back when I eat breakfast.

Gotta go wash out the hair dye!

Danielle_81

So anyway when we all sign up and put in our "goals" it asks for excercise goals. Which then increases your total calorie allotment. So then when we add our excercise every day it gives us more calories that we can eat (if we so choose). So in essence we could be "eating" our excercise calories twice and in turn over eating! :noway:

Nope. It doesn't add exercise cals until you enter them.
The only way you'd be double eating your exercise calories is if you included your exercise in your "Activity Level." Mine is set to sedentary since I have a desk job and I don't include my exercise in my activity level. If I did include my exercise in my activity level, I'd choose "Active" or "Lightly Active" and then, yes, MFP would include those calories in my daily goal so whenever I exercised, I would *not* log it and I would *not* eat those extra calories.

But your exercise goal is just that, a goal. MFP doesn't assume you're going to meet it.

Edit: Oh, but one thing that isn't explained on MFP is that you should readjust your calorie goals as you lose weight. As you lose weight, your body is using fewer calories to do your normal daily activities (In my case, it takes a lot less energy to move 194 pounds around than it did to move 275 around so I need fewer calories each day now). At 275 set to lose 1.5 pounds a week, I was allotted like 1800 calories to eat. Now I get 1250. :frown: :laugh:

Well when I went in and took out my excercise "goal" it changed my daily calories from almost 1800 down to 1700 even, so almost by 100.

Danielle_81

I don't know if I've had a stomach virus or what the last few days. I haven't felt like eating much. If TOM hadn't been raging for 7 days I'd seriously think I was pregnant. Every time I eat I feel a little sick. And then last night after dinner I thought I may die. My stomach was hurting so much I'm actually now worried I may have an ulcer. I went to bed at 8pm. Tried to get back up and midnight but still felt horrible so went back to sleep. On the plus side, I got up at 7am of my own free will which is absolutely nutso for me, especially on Saturday. I'm feeling better so hopefully the stomach ache won't come back when I eat breakfast.

Gotta go wash out the hair dye!

Maybe you had a mild case of food poisoning? Some people's systems are able to fight the bacteria better than others so therefore their symptoms aren't as bad.....

LittleSpy

So anyway when we all sign up and put in our "goals" it asks for excercise goals. Which then increases your total calorie allotment. So then when we add our excercise every day it gives us more calories that we can eat (if we so choose). So in essence we could be "eating" our excercise calories twice and in turn over eating! :noway:

Nope. It doesn't add exercise cals until you enter them.
The only way you'd be double eating your exercise calories is if you included your exercise in your "Activity Level." Mine is set to sedentary since I have a desk job and I don't include my exercise in my activity level. If I did include my exercise in my activity level, I'd choose "Active" or "Lightly Active" and then, yes, MFP would include those calories in my daily goal so whenever I exercised, I would *not* log it and I would *not* eat those extra calories.

But your exercise goal is just that, a goal. MFP doesn't assume you're going to meet it.

Edit: Oh, but one thing that isn't explained on MFP is that you should readjust your calorie goals as you lose weight. As you lose weight, your body is using fewer calories to do your normal daily activities (In my case, it takes a lot less energy to move 194 pounds around than it did to move 275 around so I need fewer calories each day now). At 275 set to lose 1.5 pounds a week, I was allotted like 1800 calories to eat. Now I get 1250. :frown: :laugh:

Well when I went in and took out my excercise "goal" it changed my daily calories from almost 1800 down to 1700 even, so almost by 100.

That's because your weight has changed since the first time MFP set your calories. I'm sure your exercise goals had you burning more than 700 calories a week. Because MFP has no idea what intensity of exercise you're planning to do. If I said I wanted to work out 4 days a week 1 hour each time, MFP doesn't know if I'm going to be walking or running or ellipticaling or lifting weights or whatever. All those exercises burn way different amounts of calories, so MFP would never be able to adjust my calorie goals according to my exercise goals.

If you go back in right now and adjust your exercise goals, you'll see that MFP won't change your calorie allotment. I promise I'm not just trying to mess with you. :laugh:

Danielle_81

I promise I'm not just trying to mess with you. :laugh:

:laugh: I didn't think you were!

bluenote

OK computer geeks? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?

Help me with this slow-*kitten* computer! :laugh: Now it reads that my "start-up disk" is "almost full" and to delete some thingies or something and I have NO idea what a start-up disk is, nor where to get one! :embarassed:

HELP!

Danielle_81

Ugh! I don't know what's wrong with me....I am already over my calories for the day :noway: .....it's not even 3pm yet :sad:

bluenote

myworld - I hope you made it through the day. :flowerforyou:

check in:
calories: under a bit
water: working on 100
exercise: none, really. My knee is really hurting, as bad as it did 93 pounds ago. I took off exercising last night and tonight. I will discuss it with the PT on Monday morning. Plus I'm having surgery (the yucky female kind) Tuesday so I can't take any advil or naproxen. Ugh.
proud: I made it through the day without crying?

TK266

OK computer geeks? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?

Help me with this slow-*kitten* computer! :laugh: Now it reads that my "start-up disk" is "almost full" and to delete some thingies or something and I have NO idea what a start-up disk is, nor where to get one! :embarassed:

HELP!

you have a Mac right? if so teh following is for you.

Find out where your space is gone.
Empty more space and keep 15 % or more free at all times.
This is a simple app that will show the files http://freshmeat.net/projects/directorylister but there are others that will show where your space is gone.
More the files you need to an external hd, or out of boot volume at least, and empty space - and empty trash after cleaning.
Do you have filevault on? That will also use a bit more space (or will be more problems disabling it - will need at least as much empty space as last reported filevault sparseimage size was)

google start up disk is almost full to get more info

elmox

The spa was fabulous. We had a great time and I really enjoyed the relaxation and the time with my girls. We lucked out and got a king suite instead of a double so we had lots more room in the hotel. Dinner was delicious and all in all it was a great time.

Today we slept in and had brunch at a diner. Pancakes and eggs for me. TASTY! Then I went north of the city to a park by the Hudson river (Croton, NY b/c meokk might know where it is) to meet Jonathan for a picnic. There was a ton of beer (it was a homebrewers picnic!), and I managed to keep my intake down to less than 20 oz. It was a little harder to resist the food. Someone brought some of the best pulled pork I've ever had. Then there was fresh guacamole and chips. Also, some delicious desserts - flan and blueberry pie. I had small servings of both, but those calories added up! Now we're headed out to a friend's birthday party. I may have one drink, but I'm just not feeling drinking a lot tonight. I don't need the empty calories! We'll see how I do tomorrow when I check in!

Yesterday's check-in:
Cals: 2001....but so delicious!
Water: 56 oz....bad Lauren!
Exercise: None
Proud: When I weighed in at 180.4, that's the lowest weight I've been in 5 years. That's pretty freaking awesome.

And Blue....:flowerforyou:

bluenote

OK computer geeks? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?

Help me with this slow-*kitten* computer! :laugh: Now it reads that my "start-up disk" is "almost full" and to delete some thingies or something and I have NO idea what a start-up disk is, nor where to get one! :embarassed:

HELP!

you have a Mac right? if so teh following is for you.

Find out where your space is gone.
Empty more space and keep 15 % or more free at all times.
This is a simple app that will show the files http://freshmeat.net/projects/directorylister but there are others that will show where your space is gone.
More the files you need to an external hd, or out of boot volume at least, and empty space - and empty trash after cleaning.
Do you have filevault on? That will also use a bit more space (or will be more problems disabling it - will need at least as much empty space as last reported filevault sparseimage size was)

google start up disk is almost full to get more info

Thank you!!!

bluenote

double post

Danielle_81

Check in

Calories: WAY over
Water: awful only 5 or 6 cups
Excercise: none
Proud: can I really be proud after yesterday? I guess I'm proud of myself that I logged all my calories...I'm embarassed to say how many though! And I'm trying to make today a better day....:ohwell:

So I really don't know what was up with me yesterday. I ate a TON...not a TON of food but a TON of calories. The whole time I was thinking 'WTH am I doing?!' I think part of it is we need to go grocery shopping and we don't want to go before we go camping today so there was little in the house, and what was there was not even close to enough for good choices. I am trying to make today a better day. I brought bread and lettuce to work for breakfast instead of dropping by to say hi to my old friend Ronald! I know there will be a lot of junk food camping this week but I will *try* to make the best decisions I can and to not get caught up in the 'eat, drink and be merry' atmosphere. My hubby felt so bad for me last night when he got home from work, just said I'm sorry there wasn't enough food for you to make a choice. I just decided yesterday was only one day and I will not dwell on it. That I will do the best I can today, and tomorrow and keep going....

elmox

Hmm....last night did not go as planned. Two beers at the bar, then we hit this fantastic hog dog place for late night food. I had a hot dog, a few tater tots, and a few cheese fries. Good news - I did not eat an entire thing of either, but shared both of them. This is huge progress considering 6 months ago, I would have torn through a hot dog and a majority of the cheese fries. My body is totally paying for it because I woke up at 5 am, filled with gas (sorry if that's TMI!) and ended up throwing up. :sick: I still feel super gassy today (fortunately it's all coming out of my mouth and not the other end....) so I am paying for the gross-ness of what I consumed last night.

Check in:
Cals - So over it's ridiculous - 2546!!!! :noway:
Water - 72 oz (maybe more)
Exercise - Shaking my booty on the dance floor last night.
Proud - That my body knows that what I ate is not good for it. I felt it almost immediately. Good to know my body knows what's good and not good for it. Now if only my brain will catch up....

LittleSpy

Holy crap holy crap holy crap crap crap.
I weighed 192.2 this morning. :drinker:
Hopefully that will keep me in line while making 4 different kinds of cake balls today. :noway:

Myworld -- Great attitude about yesterday. Today's a whole new day. Better yet, this second is a whole new second.
Elmox -- It's crazy when your body seriously physically rejects the bad for you stuff. I very nearly tossed my cookies last night over 4 beers. 48oz of beer. That's just crazy.

I hope I can maintain this loss all week. I drank 60oz of water before I went to bed at 4am so I don't think I'm even extra dehydrated or anything.

cris20056

I'm baaaaaaack!

I read through all the posts but too tired to comment on it all. I am back up in weight but Im going to officially *kitten* the damage tomorrow morning. I am really dehydrated and we are ordering dinner since we just got back from vacation and there is no food whatsoever in our house. Im sure Ill be somewhere near 197 tomorrow morning.

Ann- Im sorry about your loss

julie- congrats on your 192!!! i see a 18? in ur future

raiderape

Ann – Sorry about your Aunt. For the info you were asking, I started out at 282 and was told to eat around 1500 calories with no exercise. I am know eating 1460 at 262.0 with no exercise.

Laila – Thanks for informing us about Ramadan. I had heard of this before but didn’t know much about it. I am not sure what to tell you but the only thing I can say is listen to your body.

Teresa – Glad that you are feeling better! I am right there with you with the see sawing on exercise. Hopefully I am back on track. Hope your HS Reunion went well. I had mine about a month ago and was a little disappointed with it but that could mean I just had too high of expectations.

Jess – I think that the little packing at night and then moving the majority of the stuff on the weekend will get you out in time. At least you will be burning lots of calories! I was the same way when I did Bollywood. Everyone would have been rolling in laughter. Hope your back is feeling better.

Myworld – I know I am late but I think you were the one that asked about FB and feel free to add me raider_ape@hotmail.com

Deb – Hope you enjoyed your childless weekend with the hubby!

Julie – Amazing transformation! Your pics and progress keep me truckin’ along! You look beautiful, no makeup needed.

Nancy – I totally agree about the extra charges for bigger sizes! I wish I was able to get rid of some clothes. But I am sure I will be going through the same emotions that you did when I do get to that time. I love what Lauren said!

Well I haven’t caught up completely. Only up to Page 5, I will hopefully get caught up tomorrow on break.

I lost 2.5 lbs for .95%. sorry I didn’t copy all of them.

Did W1 D1 today! I was proud of myself. How did you girls log it into MFP?

bluenote

cris - glad you're back! We missed ya! Vacation would be crap if you didn't come back with a few souvenir pounds, so don't sweat it, babe!

Julie - WOOHOOO on the weight!!! I am soooo proud of you and so happy I could just yell! :flowerforyou: \

On the Nancy front - still having major knee problems. It has escalated into barely walking. I go to the PT tomorrow so I hope he'll have some advice. I did drag out my arthritis medicine (voltaren gel) and that has helped a lot. I hate arthritis. :grumble:

check in:
calories - whew just made it (had brunch today so you know what I mean! LOL)
water: working on 100
exercise: not really, just pilates in bed and waiting in line for 70 minutes for the brunch. I tried to exercise in the line as much as I could!
proud: I didn't go way overboard crazy at brunch. I am getting better and better at eating buffets! I am pretty stoked about that. :bigsmile:

elmox

My exercise today came from walking around a soup kitchen. Jonathan and I went to serve food there today and I was the water girl - walking around to all the tables and filling up glasses. I logged it as 45 min of 2 mph walking; I was up and moving for at least 80 min.

Check-in:
Cals - Over, ate all my exercise + 210 = 1,563
Water - 80 oz
Exercise - Walking around the soup kitchen
Proud - It was great doing community service stuff today. Really enjoyed being able to help out. One of the women said, "I love you Water Girl! Making sure we all get water." That was neat.

Welcome back to everyone on vaca and at events.

RedneckWmn

I haven't read the posts from the weekend. I will catch up tomorrow. Been a crazy busy weekend. I never thought I would be so sore. 2 nights of dancing, Saturday morning yoga and swimming. I'm SORE. But it feels good to be active and have fun all at the same time. Great weekend! Hope everybody else had a good one! Gonna be a long week! Packing and downsizing starts tomorrow!

lildebbie

hope everyone has \had a good weekend.

I am up this morning (like a lb), so figure not too bad from my sodium fest on saturday i am sure...I didn't log my cals i am sure i am soo over it isn't even funny...Yes we started off with kolaches and a few donut holes, lunch consisted of a 1/2 nasty subway (the bbq chicken is gross by the way, i did not like it), then dinner at applebeese (not hte light choices today), including appetizer, desert and soem licorice. But yesteray i ate good in my cals and did my spin class.

TOday will be hetic i have to take serena for her pre-op appt and bloodwork, i am hoping i get her back to day care for their field trip or she won't be happy.

Then tonight i have to go to a business dinner...there are probably 10 of us that work remote here in the dallas area, so my boss boss (who lives here) is taking us all to dinner, i really don't want to go , but if i don't i will get old on :grumble: It just is far and will be sitting in traffic for like an hr.

LittleSpy

Wow, busy day LilDeb! I hope all goes well -- good luck!

I started the week off right again. Gym first thing this morning. My goal this week is to gym it up on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and to get up early to run at home Tuesday and Thursday. I'm hoping this can be my regular schedule. It's so hard for me to get up early.

Yesterday I pretty much ate nothing but cake and quiche as I was making food for my supervisor's party (tomorrow). At least I didn't eat cake, quiche, and a whole bunch of other stuff? The 192 was short lived. I'm hoping the upward fluctuation is due to sodium but part of me thinks I was just a little dehydrated yesterday morning. I'm going to try my hardest to be back down there for Friday though.

Positively_Me

Good Morning gals!
Myworld, stop beating yourself over one bad day..we all have them. The good thing is you got back on and are making better food decisions. Remember it’s a lifestyle change not a diet.

Blue, sorry, but I am not a compute geek. I know my way around a computer( took a intro. Computer course in college), however, not enough to help you with your problem

I am sorry to hear you’re in a lot of pain..Hopefully your PT will give you good advice..it sucks to have arthritis ( or any kind of pain, for that matter). My mother in-law has arthritis in both knees, but doctor only gives her Tylenol with arthritis, but I am going to tell her doctor about the gel. Maybe that will help her even more; she says the Tylenol does nothing for her knees…

Julie, congrats on your lowest weight ever..hope it sticks for Friday’s weigh in.

Cris, welcome home! We missed you

Raiderape, congrats on your weight loss for this week…you go girl!!!

Way to go in starting Couch-2-5k

Elmox, good for you getting your exercise and helping the unfortunate {{hugs}}

Jess, wow, one busy weekend..I got tired reading your post..lol. Glad you had fun

Litdeb, hope you make it in time for Serena’s field trip.

I stated my day very hungry..not sure why. So I am eating my homemade cranberry chicken salad..ya, I am a weirdo.
I have to do somekinda workout today..I was thinking of doing biggest loser yoga..with bob.

have a great day gals!

cris20056

OMG you guys have no idea how beat I am. I dont know what did me in but we walked a lot through the parks (to be expected)..the heat totally threw me for a loop though. It was over 100 every day and it was miserable. My son (20 months) was pretty good considering the circumstances I was expecting him to be a lot worse. He HATES sitting still but he was a trooper. He sat in his stroller, but he did make me carry him around a lot. So there was a good amount of time that I had to carry him (30lbs) while we walked. My arm and back are destroyed from the weight. My entire body is sore and I have 2 blisters. I was sooo happy to get home. I need a vacation from my vacation.

Anyways, there were a few proud moments during the trip- even though I ate bad stuff I couldnt eat nearly as much as I would have before. I stopped eating when my body told me it was full and saved the rest for another meal. The walking through the park didnt bother me much and I was usually leading the pack. I had enough energy to keep up with a toddler and a 8 year old...and the biggest one of all, at the water park I was not self concious at all. I by no means look "hot" in a bathing suit but 62lbs ago I would have been wearing shorts and a shirt to cover body up and I prob would have sat somewhere feeling sorry for myself and how huge I was. I felt comfortable enough to walk around in a bathing suit and thats HUGE for me!....so over all I do see a BIG difference both physical and mental on how this journey has impacted my life and I would not go back.

I have tonz to catch up on at work so I better get to it. Hopefully Ill be back on later

Missed you all so much!

Cris

RedneckWmn

Blue-Congrats on getting the computer up and running! Was the computer running slow before or is it the internet running slow? Hope your knee pain is getting better! Let us know what the PT says!

Myworlds-Sorry to hear about the pain in your joints. I hope you are feeling better!

Emox-Your spa trip sounds amazing! Glad you enjoyed it. Sory your body punished you for the hot dog and cheese fries. Hope you are feeling better.

LittleSpy-Congrats on the 192!! That's awesome!!

raider-Congrats on starting c25k! That's amazing! I made an exercise log for it. I have a HRM so I knew how many calories I burned. Maybe log is as running or fast paced walking.

LilDebbie-Busy day for you! Hope all goes well!

Cris-So glad you had a good time on your vacation! We missed you!! Get some rest. Sounds like you were a busy lady!

I am utterly exhausted from my weekend! Our mantra for the weekend was "do less" and even though we did do that. There was still lots of dancing Friday and Saturday night. I'm still sore. It's insane!! Got such a busy week this week I'm already feeling overwhelmed. I'm going to try and hit the gym in the mornings for light cardio (Except for today). I don't want to do too much this week since I'm going to be pushing my body pretty much to the limit Friday and Saturady. Moving up and down 3 flights of stairs, good times! NOT! Oh well, gotta do what ya gotta do right? Hope everybody has a great Monday!

RedneckWmn

I forgot some exciteing news (well exciteing for me!). I tried on the dress again for my sisters wedding. Boy I must of been bloated or something last week because the dress looked WAY better! Like I remember trying it on in the store. I feel a lot less stressed about it fitting now. Doesn't mean I'm going to slack off but I'm not stressing about it like I was. WHEW~

tlrue

And I'm back!

No weight loss reported last week... which isn't surprising. I had a rough week mentally and no workouts. But! I didn't gain anything, so I'm alright with that.

If I hadn't mentioned it, I went to my 10 year high school reunion Friday night. It was surprisingly fun! (I wasn't a huge fan of high school) I didn't eat too badly this weekend, but I didn't eat too well either. I feel a bit more motivated today though! I've got everything unpacked and laundry started!

Here's to letting last week go and starting up this week like new!