Over 200 New year New Me Part 33

lildebbie

ugg...after hours of fighting with both girls they are sleeping...I am really hoping serena was just tired and hopefully she will be better tommorrow, abby obsession with not going to bed is driving me nuts...I really don't get it...she is soo tired and wouldn't go to bed...oh how i hope tomorrow is better with both of them, especially serena.


Did okay on my cals, only ate about 1/2 of my exerice cals, mainly to do that DH made a recipe for dinner, it called for 1 tbs of onion soup mix (very high sodium btw) , well he put the hole dang pack, one taste of that i could feel my self bloat up it was soooo salty. i hate like 2 bites and didn't eat the rest.

Danielle_81

Thanks Danielle. I try to be real with myself and other people. I hate that a lot of times I come across as having a smarty pants attitude. I promise I don't think I know everything. :laugh: I'm just trying to explain stuff in a way that makes sense to me because it certainly didn't always make sense to me in the way it does now. Stuff about being healthier had never been explained to me before in a way that I understood so by trial and error kind of figured out what worked for me as far as a way of thinking about it goes. Of course what works for me may not work for everyone, but I like to offer suggestions anyway. My coworkers get on me constantly because I'm always trying to make everything make sense. :laugh: I'm like Meokk that way.

I'm very much like this too. Always trying to explain things. It drives DH nuts but it's just "me" It works well with the nurse in me :bigsmile: I am always trying to figure out new ways to explain the same thing to patients in a way they will finally "get it"

purpleprose

Another insane day at school and I am SO READY for this weekend.

I'm currently hunkered down waiting for Earl to hit (we shouldn't get much more than some wind) and then am leaving for home for the weekend in the morning. Today's presentation went really really well, though, and that's great.

ALSO - I rocked week 4, day 1 of Couch to 5K! I was so worried because there are 2 3-minute segments and 2 5-minute segments and that's a huge increase from the other day, and I can't believe I did the whole damn thing without stopping!

Cals - about 500 under
Water- over 8 cups
Exercise - 16 minutes jogging (!!!!!!!) and 16ish minutes walking
Sodium - 1100 under
Proud - our presentation was amazing and I designed the whole damn thing!

lildebbie

First to weigh in this morning...not a pretty site..2.6 lbs up from last week so no loss for me.


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RedneckWmn

Blue-I'm praying that things calm down for you and everything is okay! :flowerforyou:

Deb-Sorry you had such a rough night with your girls. Hopefully it's just a bad week for Serena.

I'll go ahead and weigh in. Seems like the 209 was short lived. I know I'm still retaining water but I went ahead and changed my ticker back to reflect todays weight. Still maintaing. Seeing as I only hit the gym 1 time this week and ate out several times, I'll take it. At least it's not 212!!!

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Edit: Deb and I posted at the same time.

meokk

Good Morning!!!!!

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should not count all towards BL though as I was 173.8 2 weeks ago (and 3 weeks ago :grumble: ) if it comes down to it my real % would be 0.57%

Hi Everyone I miss you all !!!!!
Well so far this experiment seems to be working which is such a relief. Most days this weeks I ate NET calories of between 1300 and 1500 and last Sunday I netted 2050 so the whole eating more thing seems to be working. We'll see what this week brings. I'm going to continue eating more until the scale stops being my friend. I did eat mostly healthy this week but I still got in some ice cream, chocolate and a really yummy scone.

After this morning I'll have a normal afternoon so I'll stop back and read and catch up with everyone

elmox

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Meokk................-2.2.........0.57% (1.25% from last week)
elmox.................-0.6........0.33%

Down 0.6 from last week, which means 49.6 total. MFP is rounding that to 50 on my ticker, but I'm being a stickler and not going to say I've lost 50 until I get rid of the 0.4 lbs still there!

Check-in from yesterday:
Cals - Over. 1462 = Jonathan made some pasta that was a little heavy on the calorific olive oil....and I might have had some ice cream for dessert. :bigsmile:
Water - 96 oz
Exercise - Walked about a mile, nothing big
Proud - Down again, even after my big drop last week. It might sound silly, but I think a 0.6 loss is a good and "normal" loss for someone in a week. Sure, I dig it when I have larger losses, but this kind of loss is good too!

purpleprose

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Meokk................-2.2.........0.57% (1.25% from last week)
elmox.................-0.6........0.33%
purple................-3.0........1.13%


Holy ****. That was a total surprise! I'd lost and gained this week, so a 3 pound drop overnight seems too good to be true, but I've decided to make Fridays count for the ticker, regardless of whether the weight goes up or down.

tlrue

Morning ladies! Being back on track feels pretty good, I have to tell you

I decided against the sushi last night... I just wasn't feeling it. So I ended up getting a frozen spinach and feta pizza. 20 pounds ago, I would have eaten the whole thing without thinking about it... and last night I had a serving size and felt satisfied. Woo!

Weighing in - not too bad! I need to get back on the exercise track here, too...

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elmox.................-0.6........0.33%
purple................-3.0........1.13%
tstout.................-1.3........0.58%

awestfall

I am soo angry, i just want to cry.

THe old 1st grade things are coming back, i thought 2nd grade was going to be better, had such a good start ...but not this week...3 days in a row with getting in trouble, today 2 marks for not doing her work...i told her cause she didn't do her work i was going to make her do work, now she is crying in her room cause she refuses to do the work.

Deb- I know you have had many issues with Serena have the doctors come up with what could be why she has these problems? I know my son when he was 10 used to have outburst really bad especially when you told him he couldn't do something or he needed to do something but he didn't want to.He would start throwing a fit.Especially if you told him to bath or go to bed that was a big one.I think I had posted earlier on another thread of ours that he had ODD!! Do you think its a possiblity she may be suffering from that or even ADHD or ADD? Not saying she does and I pray I don't offend you by saying that but if any of those are a possiblity I know what worked best for me and my son (because he suffered from both ADHD and ODD) was a system I had created.When he came home from school he ate supper,did his homework,cleaned his room (chores were a must),had 1 hour of television,took a bath (without complaining) and went to bed at 8:30pm .If he did these things all week he got a reward.But he had to perform them all week without outburst or complaints about them.Sure the first few weeks he didn't do so well so we started small.But at the end of each week he would get Yu-gi-Oh cards which were his favorite so he knew if he misbehaved during the week he wouldn't get them.But eventually he knew what he had to do to get his reward.Maybe you could try something like that with Serena and promoting good behaviors.For example if she is good all week at school ( remind her daily before she goes to school) she can do something she likes to do.You can find things that don't even cost anything.Like a favorite game she likes to play or a tv show she likes to watch.I know you have struggled with this for awhile and I thought I would try to help with some suggestions.She may not have either or those issues (ADD,ADHD,or ODD) she may just need positive reinforcements.I hope this helps

awestfall

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elmox.................-0.6........0.33%
purple................-3.0........1.13%
tstout.................-1.3........0.58%
Awestfall...........-1...........0.44%

lildebbie

I am soo angry, i just want to cry.

THe old 1st grade things are coming back, i thought 2nd grade was going to be better, had such a good start ...but not this week...3 days in a row with getting in trouble, today 2 marks for not doing her work...i told her cause she didn't do her work i was going to make her do work, now she is crying in her room cause she refuses to do the work.

Deb- I know you have had many issues with Serena have the doctors come up with what could be why she has these problems? I know my son when he was 10 used to have outburst really bad especially when you told him he couldn't do something or he needed to do something but he didn't want to.He would start throwing a fit.Especially if you told him to bath or go to bed that was a big one.I think I had posted earlier on another thread of ours that he had ODD!! Do you think its a possiblity she may be suffering from that or even ADHD or ADD? Not saying she does and I pray I don't offend you by saying that but if any of those are a possiblity I know what worked best for me and my son (because he suffered from both ADHD and ODD) was a system I had created.When he came home from school he ate supper,did his homework,cleaned his room (chores were a must),had 1 hour of television,took a bath (without complaining) and went to bed at 8:30pm .If he did these things all week he got a reward.But he had to perform them all week without outburst or complaints about them.Sure the first few weeks he didn't do so well so we started small.But at the end of each week he would get Yu-gi-Oh cards which were his favorite so he knew if he misbehaved during the week he wouldn't get them.But eventually he knew what he had to do to get his reward.Maybe you could try something like that with Serena and promoting good behaviors.For example if she is good all week at school ( remind her daily before she goes to school) she can do something she likes to do.You can find things that don't even cost anything.Like a favorite game she likes to play or a tv show she likes to watch.I know you have struggled with this for awhile and I thought I would try to help with some suggestions.She may not have either or those issues (ADD,ADHD,or ODD) she may just need positive reinforcements.I hope this helps

THanks Ann - The phsyc that we have been seeing does not believe she has ADD/ADHD. He thinks she may have a mood disorder, depression and such. Part of it he believes what being caused by the high strep levels (thus why we had her tonsils out), she had been doing really good last week, this week not so much. Yesterday it was she didn't want to do the work cause it was boring...i keep trying to explain she has to do it even if it is boring.

We have a system called hanipoints (it is a really neat website), basically you set up tasks (and demerits) for when they are good and bad and they get points. THey get 2 type of points, handipoints and bonus points. The handipoints they can redeem for prizes, we have i think like 15 different ones for her from watching tv later on weekends, movies, bowling, date time with mom or dad, shpoping, craft time, go karts, etc...She has to earn the points and redeem them. The bonus points are for her to play with her cat online (kinda like a webkin if you know what those are).

We go and enter them everday before bed, she sees she doesn't get them when she is bad and her balance goes down.
At school they also work on a $ kinda of system, they get 5 $ on monday ( play money of course), and when they are bad they have to pay bills, but when they are extra good they can earn them. On Friday's they can go shopping in a little store and use their money, maybe she will see that shen her friends are getting more stuff than her if she wasn't bad she could of gotten something cool.

She said she was really tired yesterday so i am hoping that this was temporary, and she will get better..She is soo smart and is very good at math and reading and just smart all aournd, her biggest issue is writing...she doesn't like to write, she said she writes messy and she just can't come up with stuff to write, or doesn't like to write...I feel her pain, i hated to write when i was a child and had horrible grades in writing cause i write very messy...but i sitll did my work.

Sorry to ramble...i am hoping this was just a setback and we will get back on track..

HeatherMN

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HeatherMN

Alright, this is the first time that a weigh-in has really made me mad. I was on top of my game all week and get rewarded with a gain! Sure, it's not quite a pound, but I had my heart set on seeing 185, so I was super bummed. I'm trying to tell myself it was sodium or sore muscles, but I'm still upset about it. I know I shouldn't be because I know I did my best this week, but you all know how it is. Ugh!

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Under by 87
Sodium: Over by 570
Water: 84.5 oz.
Exercise: Walking at volunteering for an hour.
Proud: I didn't throw the scale out the window this morning.

RedneckWmn

Heather-It's GOTTA be the sodium. You have been working so hard. And you really stepped up your strength training if I remember correctly. 8 pound weights right? Your probably sore and that's a factor as well. Don't get discouraged.

Deb-Do you think that maybe Serena is acting out because she is bored and wants a challenge? I know that was my nieces problem when she first started school. She wasn't challenged so she would disrupt class just because she was bored. I really hope today goes better for her! :flowerforyou:

Okay so I did some thinking yesterday and last night..I made a comment yesterday about how all I think about is losing weight. I think it's to the point where I stress myself out and I'm always worried about how this is going to affect my weight. Almost to the point where I think it could possibly be a problem. So my goal for this weekend and next week is to try and relax and stop stressing about the weight coming off. I need to get a grip on the real reason I started this. To be healthy. Not to see the scale move, not to burn as many calories as I can. I think I lost track of that. I'm going to try and loosen the reigns a little bit and see what happens. The last thing I want is to become obsessed. What do you guys think?

lildebbie

Heather-It's GOTTA be the sodium. You have been working so hard. And you really stepped up your strength training if I remember correctly. 8 pound weights right? Your probably sore and that's a factor as well. Don't get discouraged.

Deb-Do you think that maybe Serena is acting out because she is bored and wants a challenge? I know that was my nieces problem when she first started school. She wasn't challenged so she would disrupt class just because she was bored. I really hope today goes better for her! :flowerforyou:

Okay so I did some thinking yesterday and last night..I made a comment yesterday about how all I think about is losing weight. I think it's to the point where I stress myself out and I'm always worried about how this is going to affect my weight. Almost to the point where I think it could possibly be a problem. So my goal for this weekend and next week is to try and relax and stop stressing about the weight coming off. I need to get a grip on the real reason I started this. To be healthy. Not to see the scale move, not to burn as many calories as I can. I think I lost track of that. I'm going to try and loosen the reigns a little bit and see what happens. The last thing I want is to become obsessed. What do you guys think?

Heather - I am right there with you...I have eaten within my cals every day, exercised everyday (adding some strength trianing on sunday), and freaking 2 1/2 lbs up...that isn't even funny...i could see if i had eaten everything under then sun or something...i am with you on restraint of throwing the scale out the window

Jess - She does good in everything but when she has to do writing...she hates it hates it...they just had to copy stuff down...she just hates writing...it is very boring for her, but i am not sure what (i or the schoool) can do to challenge her ..it is soo frustrating...

Sounds good about relaxing some...i can tell you i am obessed...not with just what i am doing this week my whole journey i have all these spreadsheets wher ei track everything and is kinda sad...but I rather obsess about loosing weight than obsess about eating (which i usally do , and just eat and eat)..

Just found out we get a 2 hr early dismissal today from work !!! of course since the next month is going to be pure hell at work, not sure how much of a pprize that is...so debating, do i still take lunch since they said leave 2 hrs earlier than you nomrally do, that is 4:30 for me, so 2:30 , i usally work out from 1-2...so seems silly to go to lunch come back for 30 min...

RedneckWmn

Okay here is my new plan. Let me know what you ladies think.

Since I'm so consumed with doing workouts that burn the MOST calories and I don't enjoy them as much anymore this is my plan of attack.

I want to workout 5 days a week.
2 DVD's a week
3 Cardio sessions of 30-45 minutes..cardio I WANT to do. Not necessairly ones that burn the most calories..Not saying I'm going to skimp on pushing myself. That's not the case at all. But I stopped running intervals because I didn't think I was burning enough calories in the time frame and I really enjoy that.

I've changed my calories to 1 pound per week so they are at 1400..
On days I workout I want to try and not eat my exercise calories unless I'm far from netting 1200..I want to be as close as possible to 1200 net.

What do you think? Time for tuff love!

HeatherMN

Deb: I wish I got to leave work 2 hours early today! Half of the staff is gone today, so I get to stay here to answer phones. Boo!

Jess: Relaxing a bit sounds good to me. Here's an idea, but don't feel like you have to try it. I suggest continuing to work out, but only to the extent that feels good. Just nice, easy workouts where you aren't killing yourself. Then, make healthy choices, but don't worry so much about counting the calories before you eat them. Stick to the things you have learned through the journey. Oh, and once a day weighing at the MOST. See if it makes a difference. Feel free to choose one or all of the options as an experiment for a week.

So, I've chilled out a bit about this morning's weigh-in. I don't know why it made me so angry when this journey has been pretty stress free for me so far. But, a few minutes ago, I walked to the fax machine and realized my size 10 jeans felt looser today than they did a few days ago. I think I'm losing inches again, so the scale will probably stall for a few days. I need to take my measurements again because I'm happy if I lose one or the other if I can't have both. *Breathe*

RedneckWmn

Heather-I love your suggestions. I'm going to weigh in the morning and that's it. And I'm going to do exactly that. Exercise to where I enjoy it and it feels good. Not where I'm killing myself about to pass out. And I'm going to sit and listen to my body. If I'm hungry I'm going to eat something. I don't HAVE to hit the 1500 if I'm not hungry. Not gonna force anything. I might adjust my calories to 1300 or 1400. I don't want to make too big of a jump too fast. And if your size 10's are lose you gotta be losing some inches. That's awesome. Take a deep breathe, your doing all the right things. Keep it up. Thanks for your suggestions. I really appreciate it!

HeatherMN

No problem, Jess!

lildebbie

I was soo upset at work stuff this morning...uggg...

I just left and went and got sonic for me and serena and surpised her at school, she was soo suprised...i ate what i am sure is my daily calories for lunch but it was sooo good.

HeatherMN

I was soo upset at work stuff this morning...uggg...

I just left and went and got sonic for me and serena and surpised her at school, she was soo suprised...i ate what i am sure is my daily calories for lunch but it was sooo good.

I love Sonic! It's a good thing the nearest one is 20-30 minutes away or I'd eat there way too often. Delicious!

I bet Serena loved having Mom come eat lunch with her at school. So cute.

lildebbie

yeah we used to go like several times a week, not is it every now and then...so my lunch wasn't "As" bad as i thought, but stil not pretty, it was like 860 cals...so not all my daily cals but a good part of them

The plan is to spin class tonight, now being on call sucks and hopefully that stupid pager doesn't go off in my class...hoping to do one tonight and sunday morning.

Serena was excited...her principal talked to me in the hall and said seemed she had a better attitidue this year (since last year by this time we already had a conference with the principal, i say it is better).

elmox

I caved to my craving this morning and had a muffin from the deli -probably about 500 cals. Ah well....happy Friday!

ColoradoGirl

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Meokk................-2.2.........0.57% (1.25% from last week)
elmox.................-0.6........0.33%
purple................-3.0........1.13%
tstout.................-1.3........0.58%
Awestfall...........-1...........0.44%
HeatherMN......+0.6........0.0%
cogirl................. -2.0.......0.82%

Still busy.. hope everyone has a great Labor Day Weekend!

lildebbie

Its official i am off of work...this day has been cruddy, so i am glad it is over, still on call all weekend, but hopefully it will be dead and won't get anything...i want to enjoy the long weekend, but also wish tuesday would come so i won't be on calll.

Now what to do for the 2hrs that i have to myself...DH says i need to do dishes, i say a nap.

RedneckWmn

Deb I think it's great you went and had lunch with Serena. I have no doubt you will burn off those calories tonight at the gym. :drinker:

Lauren-Happy Friday! :drinker: :laugh:

lildebbie

well got dishes in the dishwasher so DH will be happy thinking going to go take a nap and rest up for spin class tonight

HeatherMN

I just went and got the mail here at work and it's pretty chilly outside. It's overcast, around 57 degrees and breezy. I'm thinking if the bf doesn't want to go for a long walk or hike tonight, I'll take myself out for a run. I like running outside better when it's cooler because then I don't feel like I'll die from heat exhaustion!

Only one more hour left until I get to be done for the long holiday weekend. It's been super quiet here today; it makes me wonder why we are even open today.

awestfall

well got dishes in the dishwasher so DH will be happy thinking going to go take a nap and rest up for spin class tonight

The system you have Serena on sounds alot like what we did for my son.He will be 18 soon and going into the military in June 2011.It does get easier and I totally can relate but like you said maybe she was having a bad day or she was just tired.I think it was so cool of you to eat lunch with her today and it sounds like her teachers and principal have seen an improvement.