Over 200 New Year New Me Part 29
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Just a quick hello. I've been MIA because I got very sick after my Myelogram test last week. I ended up with a horrible spinal headache that kept me mostly on my back from Thursday until Sunday - likely due to a spinal fluid leak and imbalance after the myelogram. I was really frustrated and unhappy, luckily it has apparently healed itself - I woke up without the horrendous headache yesterday, stayed home anyhow to take it easy one more day. I'm not 100% but at least I'm upright and back with the living. I can't believe how hard that was to be bed-ridden for 5 days, and to have a bad headache for that long - it was better if I laid down but didn't completely go away. The worst is that it was just a side-effect of a test ... nothing is fixed yet with my initial problems with my neck/arm. I won't meet with my neurosurgeon again until August 10th - but I'm ok with being away from doctors for awhile.
I weighed myself this morning and luckily stayed the same. I had been eating (even though it was challenging laying down)- too much crap and no exercise, so I was worried.0 -
Hi everyone
I have been feeling the motivation slowly leak out... I think working from home is getting to me. I sit here by myself day after day after day. I'm really ready for school to start. Feeling quite left out of life.
I just downloaded the MFP for my Android phone. Seeing as how I always have this thing with me, I hope I'll be even more diligent with my weight loss trek.
Trying to keep focused...0 -
lstpaul: Glad you're feeling a bit better. Make sure you take care of yourself!
tstout: As much as I say I'd like to work at home, I know I don't have the discipline for it. I'd be lacking motivation, too, but stick with us and you'll get there! I found my mojo again after a three month plateau and am back to seeing movement in the scale...it will happen for you, too!
Jess: You can definitely go wheeling with us! We have room for one more passenger in the back of the Jeep (it's a Cherokee, so it's all enclosed...no scary open-air vehicle!). I'll let you know when we start planning our next trip.
Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Over by 24
Sodium: WAY over (by 3769!)...Mexican food
Water: 88 oz.
Exercise: Running and "bed pilates"
Proud: That I apparently drank enough water to equalize the sodium yesterday because the scale was at 190.4 this morning. Once I get the sodium completely flushed, this week should be looking pretty good!0 -
tsout - I work from home and have been for almost a year, i have to say i really like it,. i do get side tracked sometimes, i have to try to work on that, but i get it all done at the end of the day. I love the freedom if i need to do something , like dr appts it is soo much easier than have to drive forever and a day....oh and i like the quiet (or the loudness when i turn my radio up 0
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Heather-Glad the scale is moving in the right direction for you! I have been bouncing around between 215 and 210 since April. I really feel like once I move and get in my morning routine of going to the gym I'm gonna see the scale move as well. Here's to hopeing! Maybe my body needed time to catch up. Yeah wheeling in a jeep wrangler might scare me a little too!
tstout-I can imagine how hard that would be working at home to stay away from all the food and treats. You will get there. We all go through it!
lstpaul-I'm so sorry to hear you were down for 5 days with the dreaded headache. Glad you are starting to feel better!
I'm having an epic day around here. I spilled coffee all down my baby pink shirt. Awesome!!
Does anybody have a good way to fix tuna? I've been wanting tuna for some reason.0 -
I am in a funk AGAIN
They seem to always come after a holiday or break of some sort...I take a couple of days off from eating properly and then have a hard time getting back on track.
Inspite of my 3.4lb gain I was pretty pleased at how well I did during my vacation..I knew most of the weight was sodium and that I had actually worked out quite a bit with all the walking and swimming and carrying my heavy lil man around. I knew for a fact I could get back to my 192.2 this morning...but instead I decided to eat my feelings (big problem for me) and have been on a horrible down swirl ever since. I sit here with a cheeseburger, fries and huge mt dew...sad but true.
I feel so drained from the trip and I needed to go to bed early to recoup but my son REFUSED to sleep last night, he ended up trhrowing up all over his crib, had to sleep in our bed, which means I get no sleep because he likes to lay on top of me and kick me all night...so this morning I was even more tired and frustrated...so yea I ate more yesterday and today than I did all weekend long on my trip.
Why do I do this to myself? I want my dedication back!!!! I will never see 170 by the end of the year at this rate!!!
ok I'll continue my pity party elsewhere0 -
Cris, if it makes you feel better, the scale said 195.8 for me this morning and I've been nothing but focused since my 192.2 Sunday. I was up 2 pounds yesterday morning so I kicked my butt at the gym and (accidentally) ate 1200 calories and this morning I had gained 1.5 more pounds.
I've eaten about 600 calories worth of cake balls today. A couple glasses of Diet Dr. Pepper and not much of anything else. I'll have a healthy dinner & be fine.
I was being so focused and the scale moved hardcore for 3 days and now I'm all the way back up to where I started middle of last week. I know it's my muscles retaining water right now because of the strenous exercise & strength training. I really do. Really. But it still pisses me off.
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Count me in! I'm up 3 pounds after my weekend too. And I had the same conversation with myself Cris that you did. Why do I keep doing this to myself? The only answer I could come up with is because I let myself. You say, "well I"ve already messed it up this much what is another piece of junk food gonna do?" The only thing I have as a solution is to put down the burger and fries and mt dew and stop doing it to yourself. Maybe not go to the gym but get your eating back under control. We love you and want to see you be succesfful. But don't beat yourself up. We got nothing but love for you. You may have had a bad lunch but lets make dinner better. :flowerforyou: You can still see those 170's by the end of the year. I know you will. HUGS!0
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Cris - I know it is real easy for me to keep going when i am doign good, just got to get back on the horse..even if it is just little by little ...like jess said , eat something healthy for dinner.
iknow how hard it tis when little ones won't co-op with you...i hope you can get some rest and feel better soon.
I have a feeling my rest will be interuppted real soon, after serena's surgery we have to wake up and give her the pain med every 4 hours (she hates taking meds by the way), so that will be ohh...soooo much fun!! Normally it is a fight but waking a sick child to give them meds in the middle of the night....so i am sure i will not get much sleep. Depending on how things go, i may take a day off next week...we will see.0 -
Cris: We will see the 170s by the end of the year, TOGETHER! I tend to hit the whole downward spiral when I get a little out of control, but you know what? It's time to suck it up and get your act together. You know you can, so just do it! (How's that for the tough love?) I want you to be losing right next to me as we hit the 180s, then 170s.
Jess: I'm sure the stress of your move can take partial blame for the weight not moving downward. I know you'll get focused once you've moved. After being in a plateau for almost four months, I know how frustrating it can be. Your body probably does need to adjust to being lighter. However, with all of this said, you better get back on track quickly after your move or I'll be after you! (I needed to spread the tough love around!)
Wow, it's hard to focus on work after having five days off!0 -
Heather-I plan on y'all giving me tuff love if I'm not working out on a regular basis! I've kind of been half assing it. But my plan is to go in the mornings and that way I have to workout for at least an hour. What else would I do? Sit in the parking lot at work? I don't think so! And in the evenings to keep from snacking I'm going to at least go for a walk, do a DVD or something on the wii fit, or yoga or something. I tend to snack at my parents house so this is my plan of attack. I'm shareing it with you to hold me to it. I know you will! I want to be out of the 200's!! I'm so pumped I'm ready to start it now! And I'm sure part of my gain is because TOM is here full force!! But I'm ready to hit it come Monday!!0
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Thanks for the tough love girls...yea yea, time to suck it up and quit sulking.
Im going to take your advice and focus on re-controlling the food intake, then I will add excercise back in.
I dont really have anything (holiday, party, or vacation) coming up except for the wedding in August so I should be full steam ahead until then...lets hope I stop spiraling and get back on the horse
When the hell am I going to learn not to eat like this though? I want to learn that this food makes me sick and that I shouldnt eat it, and I want to learn that I shouldnt eat my feelings....when is all that going to come?!0 -
Thanks for the tough love girls...yea yea, time to suck it up and quit sulking.
Im going to take your advice and focus on re-controlling the food intake, then I will add excercise back in.
I dont really have anything (holiday, party, or vacation) coming up except for the wedding in August so I should be full steam ahead until then...lets hope I stop spiraling and get back on the horse
When the hell am I going to learn not to eat like this though? I want to learn that this food makes me sick and that I shouldnt eat it, and I want to learn that I shouldnt eat my feelings....when is all that going to come?!
I don't eat my feelings so much as I use to. I still eat when I frustrated or mad sometimes but it's mostly when I'm bored. I don't think that is something you can force. It just happens. Just keep telling yourself no. Don't do it to yourself. You know you can always message one of us and you know if you message me on fb I get it almost instantly. Can just send me a message and say "gimme some tuff love". Because you don't want to spiral out of control and let 1 bad day turn into several. Take this week to get back on track with eating and work the gym back in maybe this weekend. You are stil recovering from vacation, after all. Do less...that's been my mantra for the weekend. :laugh: Which is why I'm taking a step back from working out till moving is over. I can't do it all. I get too overwhelmed, beat myself up and fail miserabley and end up worse of.0 -
OMG I am so freaking bored! I'm sitting here priceing a truck I want to buy. Never a good thing! Last thing I need is to get rid of my car and buy a truck. I'm so country I swear. Pretty sure I'm going to see my weight back down tomorrow. YAYAY!! With this new girl here there is half as much work as I use to have. So now I'm really bored during the day. I need to start bringing a book.0
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Agreed on the boredom, Jess!!
Boredom is not good for me feeling like this... my brain wanders and catastrophizes. Blah...
I need a hobby ASAP!0 -
Cris: I think we've all been in your situation; I know I have been. Think of it as baby steps. Afterall, you know what is good for you and what isn't and that alone is progress over where you've been in the past. The next baby step is to eliminate one of those bad-for-you-foods each day, even when you think you want it. Don't tackle everything at once. Eventually, all of the baby steps will add up to a huge lifestyle change. Look how far you've gotten!
Like Jess said, message us on Facebook or feel free to text me! I think you can access my cell phone number from FB and I have unlimited texts. Seriously, we're here for you!
Ladies, when I'm bored at work, I daydream and/or shop online. It's dangerous...seriously! I'm in love with Amazon.com.
On the plus side, when I got back from lunch, my new snowshoes were waiting at my desk. Yay!0 -
Cris: I think we've all been in your situation; I know I have been. Think of it as baby steps. Afterall, you know what is good for you and what isn't and that alone is progress over where you've been in the past. The next baby step is to eliminate one of those bad-for-you-foods each day, even when you think you want it. Don't tackle everything at once. Eventually, all of the baby steps will add up to a huge lifestyle change. Look how far you've gotten!
Like Jess said, message us on Facebook or feel free to text me! I think you can access my cell phone number from FB and I have unlimited texts. Seriously, we're here for you!
Ladies, when I'm bored at work, I daydream and/or shop online. It's dangerous...seriously! I'm in love with Amazon.com.
On the plus side, when I got back from lunch, my new snowshoes were waiting at my desk. Yay!
I agree. I've got unlimited texting as well. I text my cousin whenever I want to eat something bad. Except here lately. I just been eating. But I'm working on being more disciplined this week and hitting the gym next week.
I love shopping online! It gets me in trouble all the freaking time! When I move home I will have more money. Hopefully I can have some more control!0 -
Girls hang in there...we will do it !!!
Crazy lady spin teacher is subbing tonight, and i am going to the calss..we don't go on tuesday's usally but she is really good...i call her crazy, she just is tough. But she knows what she is doing, she is helping me ...
so tonight no dinner until we get back...
I got everything pinned down for friday, the surgery center called me. I think they don't have the insurance right , but i have much they are charfging for friday and will pay it (with mom cc), then whatever they bill us after the fact we will pay. Suprised i am only borrowing like 1100 from my mom, i was thinking it was going to much much more. So pretty excited about that.0 -
Been quiet tonight.
Felt pretty good , did great at my spin class, did the most cal burn i did yet0 -
Hello from St. Louis! I completely wrecked my day today in the 3 hours I was on the plane with snacking. Boo to licorice and potato chips. Knew I didn't need to buy them. Bought them anyway. Ate an entire container for 900 cals. Feel completely gross now. Blech. My mom asked me if I needed anything before I came up to bed, I said, "Self control about 2 hours ago." Funny, and completely true!
Hoping to put all that awfulness behind me with this trip. There are lots of opportunties for me to exercise here. I brought my suit and goggles, so I can swim laps - either at the neighbor's pool or at the community center. The community center costs $4, so we'll try the neighbor's first! I also checked out a studio here where I can do hot yoga. I will NOT let this vacation be an extension of my attitude tonight - knowing better, but not "caring". I have come too far to blow it all in a week. (I am clearly speaking to not only me, but all of us that have made poor choices and are feeling gross because of it.)
Off to bed. Talk to you tomorrow....I'll be the one with the really full tummy.0 -
Good morning!
Lauren: Last night my sister offered to buy dinner if we got Chinese food. Considering she NEVER buys dinner, I figured I should take advantage of it. So...yup, I'm over on calories and sodium for yesterday and seriously slacked on my water. We'll be extra awesome today to make up for it, that's all!
Deb: Glad things look like they're on track for the surgery. Yay on hitting your highest calorie burn at spin class last night! Way to go!
Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: WAY over (908 to be exact!)
Sodium: WAY over
Water: 20 oz....way under
Exercise: None, was watching the storm warnings, then ended up reading the evening away.
Proud: Even though I went over on the calories and sodium, the scale still said 190.4 this morning...I'll take it!
I've got today's food planned out, so everything should be fine today. I may go a little over on sodium if I have any snacks that I haven't counted yet, but nothing crazy.0 -
morning gals
busy day today too..can't wait until all of this is OVER
check in:
calories: I am thinking over...
execise: spakling and sanding my childrens' walls for painting and moving furniture around
water: not enough
proud: I know I made some bad choices these past couple of days..but it's not hte end of the world..I am still under control..finally!
chekc back later
Have a great day girls!
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This looks like a really good group to be a part of - is it too late for me to join?0
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I have all these stupid "special projects" at work so if I'm around today you'll know I'm procrastinating so feel free to yell at me.
I hate the scale and I'm boycotting it. Apparently something I ate yesterday had a crap ton of sodium in it because all of me is puffy this morning and I was up ANOTHER pound. 5 pounds from Sunday.
I'm irritated.0 -
Ok, I am now at 197.6.....ouch :frown:
Thats a gain of 5.4lbs and 2lbs of it being gained since I came back from vacation! So like I said this week Im going to focus on food and then next week pick up with the excercise. I have my day planned out I dont plan on eating anything that I havent logged...hope that works!
Update on me- TOM finally ended after 24...yes 24 days. I think I pulled something on my right shoulder I can barely lift it and it hurts, I may have slept on it funny. My son is showing signs of being ready for the potty so Im excited, and hmmm thats it for now
Be back later to chat
Mekhala0 Welcome! Of course you can join. We are usually very chatty although we are missing a couple of people right now. Summer has been quite the challenge for a lot of us but together we will get through it. We check in daily with our calories, water intake, what excercise we did, and name one thing we are proud of. You'll catch on quickly. On Friday we weigh in and the person with the biggest % lost picks a challenge for the following week...I look forward to getting to know you
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sounds great...
here goes....
water intake 3 glasses - still have time to have some more though...
cals 1842
Exercise 158 - 25 min leisurely walk.
Very proud of joining this group today and of going swimming yesterday and monday morning.
Hope you are all feeling great - right... off for more water. x0 -
LittleSpy-I'm sorry the scale wasn't kind to you this morning. I don't know abut you but when I have a high sodium day I usualy don't see it on the scale for 2 days. Did you have a high sodium day on Monday? It could be lingering. Hope it's kinder tomorrow!
LilDeb-So glad to hear everything is in order for surgery! Hope all goes smoothly and she heals quickly.
Heather-mmmm chinesse food! Way to pay and make up for it today!
Cris-You sound like you are just having a rough time girl! You need some rest. Good luck on the potty training.
mekhala-Welcome to our wonderful group!
POS Me-Hope things slow down for you. I miss you!
Well I got more packing done last night. THANK GOD! I got home and the a/c upstairs wasn't working. Was over 90 degrees up there and humid as all get out. My bedroom is upstairs. Which is what needs to be packed first. So I tuff it out and packed about 3 boxes. Couldn't handle it anymore. Went downstairs to cool of and make dinner. Packed a box or two down there. Was stewing about having to sleep on the couch and shower upstairs in the hot box. Thought I would try my luck and the turned the a/c back on and to my suprise, it worked! Someone was lookin' out for me. So I stayed up till 12 packing more boxes. Mom is coming over tonight to help me out. Just about finished. The best part was I made about a dozen trips up and down the stairs moving everything to the 2nd floor and I didn't feel beat up and exhausted. Makes me feel great. I remember when we moved into our first apartment 4 years ago on the 3rd floor, enither one of us could make it up 1 flight without being winded. Even after living there a year. I love being in better shape!0 -
Good morning to all. Just finished a healthy breakfast of greek yogurt and Special K. Yummy yummy! I WILL be more focused today and meet my food and exercise goals. I'm hoping to head over to the neighbor's pool and put in a few laps this morning. I'm going out to lunch with my dad, so I'll just need to make sure I make healthy choices there and don't go overboard (that means no Imo's Nancy!).
Welcome to mekhala!
Pos - Is that a new picture? Looking HOT lady!
Speaking on new pics, LittleSpy, I'm loving yours - super cute.0 -
And the really good news is I'm only up 1 pound from last week. YES!! :bigsmile:0
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Busy day so far (YAAYYY!)
But I wanted to say hello and send a big THANK YOU :flowerforyou: to Kerri for listening to me blabber/ramble yesterday. One of the bazilliion reasons this group is so great.
Checking in for yesterday -
water - terrible
calories - under!
sodium - over by 5
exercise - nada
One out of four isn't bad considering the mental disaster I had yesterday.
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