Over 200 New year New Me Part 33
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Heather-Thanks for the encouragement. I really want to stick with this plan. I'd love to be out of the 200's by the wedding. It's gonna be tuff but I think doable if I can stay focused. I like the idea of physical therapy. Sounds like something you would really be interested in. But I wish school wasn't so expensive too. Makes it difficult to really wanna go back.
Laila-That's great that you have been able to maintain your weight! I know you will see the 190's soon. We miss you! Have a great time on your vacation.0 -
Jess - you sound like you have a plan...the eating out gets to you both on the scale and the $$$. We used to go out all the time , i would go out at lunch too..guess that is why i was over $300 and broke :sad: We know try to limit eating out to 1x a week.0
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okay we are such dorks !!!
ON saturday mom is getting the girls...We are going to studio movie grill...lvoe that place...hubby snagged free tickets so we just need to pay for the dinner...they have awesome coconut and panko crum chicken tenders...yummmy..
anyway...so before that we are going to go to the mall and go try on clothes
we will probably not buy anything as we have no money and don't want to waste $$ when we still have weight to loose...buy hubby is only like 25 lbs away from his 1st goal (of 225 lbs,) he thinks he will go lower more like maybe 200...but all his clothes are too big, we are really curious what he really can fit int.
Of course i want to try on stuff too I have smaller stuff in my closet but not the same as getting something of the rack and trying it fits... 0 -
Deb-How great is it you look forward to trying clothes on!? Its a good feeling huh? Enjoy your weekend with your hunny!
Okay so I wanna know what you guys think of my plan of attack for meals tonight. I'm leaving work at 6 to drive home and change and then head to Yoga. So instead of eating at 9:30-10 for dinner and starving at yoga this is my plan. About 5:30 I'm going to have some tuna salad with crackers that I'm going to make. Then I was thinking a protein smoothie tonight when I got home. I need some calories so I was thinking peanut butter and a banana..what do you guys think? I don't want to eat real heavy really late at night and don't want to starve at yoga. I'm high on the sodium today too because I had cottage cheese for breakfast. I'm assuming I'm gonna have to add ice or something to the smoothie to make it creamy. Let me know! Thanks!!0 -
Deb: Have fun trying on clothes!
Laila: Glad you'll be back with us more starting Monday. I've missed you! You'll be in the 190s soon. Yay!
Jess: Your plan of attack sounds good to me. You definitely don't want to be running low on fuel for yoga; nor do you want to eat anything heavy before yoga!0 -
Thanks Heather. I've got this tuna at work so I figured I would make it and eat it before I leave. That gives it a good hour and a half to 2 hours to settle. Then have a yummy protein shake tonight.0
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Jess: Sounds good. I've become a big fan of lots of small meals. I hate feeling full & heavy now. Blech!
And the key to a creamy smoothie is totally half or 1/3 of a banana. I know you've mentioned something about being lactose intolerant, right? Do you eat yogurt (I know a lot of folks who can handle yogurt much better than milk or cheese)? I can't recall. But if you do, I love a protein smoothie with protein powder, 4oz yogurt, a cup or so of frozen strawberries, and 1/2 a banana (Add a little water to make it more drinkable. Or no water if I want a soft-serve consistency.). If yogurt is a no-go I suppose you can use soy/almond milk instead, right? 0 -
Julie-I am lactose intolerant. Depending on what it is depends on how much it bothers my stomach. If that makes sense. I still eat cheese, in moderation, but I can't stand to drink regular milk. I do eat some kind of yogurts. Mostly the greek kind. They don't seem to bother me. I can do the soy and almond or rice milk. I completely forgot about putting the almond milk in it though. Great idea! I know my Mom has some at home, least I HOPE she still does. Now I'm excited about this smoothie! :laugh: Was gonna throw some peanut butter in there cause I need the calories and lets face it, I love peanut butter like you do!
I can't seem to eat big meals either without feeling like a bloated cow. If it's over 400 I'm hurting! :sick:0 -
Jess - Congrats on making the decision to stop eating lunch out...I think that you're right, that even making healthier decisions when eating out are never as healthy as what you eat when you make it yourself. :flowerforyou: I hope you see some benefit from that soon.
Deb - have fun trying on clothes! It's always nice to find that you fit into a smaller size than you did even just a few months ago.
Julie - that smoothie sounds delicious - I'll totally be stealing that recipe from you! :happy:0 -
Jess -- I use plain greek yogurt in my smoothies.
And because of that, sometimes I add a packet of Splenda (GASP! :laugh:) if the strawberries & banana aren't ripe/sweet. You could also just add sugar or honey or whatever. 0 -
Julie-Your smoothies sounds DELICIOUS!! I'm going to have to start pre making them and putting them in a cooler for after the gym or something. I know they are filling and soo soo good for you.
Soooo I'm thinking about giving insanity a try. I don't know if I can handle it. But my best friend has all 10 discs...I'm kind of scared to even try it but so many people have had such great results! :indifferent: :noway:0 -
Ugh! I am so irritated right now. I was typing a reply in between phone calls had a bunch typed and then I had a problem and IT had to shadow my terminal and I had to close my browser. :mad: :explode: So now I'll try to remember everything I had said.
First off, I'm not caught up on posts, I'm working on it, will respond in more detail later....this one is just about me :bigsmile: my check in.
So anyway, I've been off the boards since Monday. You all know I'm moving and my daughter started school on Tuesday. So she is staying at my parents house while I finish out my 2 weeks at my current job. I have been back and forth between my parents house, and it's like a 90 minute drive, with a 10 month old :grumble: and still will be a few more times before "the move" is complete. So my eating has been off....:indifferent: especially with TOM hitting me like a friggen freight train last weekend. I had awful cravings, not to mention being insanely hungry for 2-3 days before it hit.
I have been battling back and forth how I want to approach my eating until the 27th, with being in the car so much. 1. Do I want to have the added stress of planning and packing my meals, along with the babies, and my daughter's?
My answer is no not really, pretty much because I know that I'll fail at it. I know myself and even on a "normal" day I still have difficulty packing my lunch. It is usually the last thing I do, and I actually, more often than not, ask my husband to do it for me.
2. Do I not want to log, let the chips fall where they may and pick it up with renewed vengance when I get settled at my parents?
My answer is no not really, but this may be the best thing for me. It's less stress and less pressure. I already have so much to do with packing and traveling and stuff for work (both leaving and starting) that sometimes I feel like I'm gonna pull my hair out :sad:
So anyway I haven't been logging much anyway. When TOM hit me I was shocked by my pains and cravings that I just wanted comfort food and felt like I was going crazy if I denied myself. I know it sounds ridiculous but believe me when I say this was VERY abnormal for me. My last 5 days has been up and down. Saturday we went to the buffet, I totally gorged myself. Sunday was probably not "that bad" but I know I had to have gone over. Monday I worked and ate "ok" at work, after work though we had to drive to my parents house. I ALWAYS put eating (for me) last. I came home fed the baby, packed and then was in the car at the gas station and realized I hadn't eaten for hours! I think my daughter is telepathic because she then said, 'Hey mom! I'm hungry, what are we doing for supper?' :noway: I couldn't believe I had forgotton! So we hit Wendy's on our way. And I wish I could say that I at least ate a chicken sandwich but no, I got a burger! I was so craving red meat, which makes sense with TOM. But that was just the beginning of my down slide. I had McDonald's and Applebee's over the past 2 days also, yeah and chocolate, alcohol and potato chips.
So I was feeling pretty crappy about myself and had pretty much decided that I was going to just not log my food, and let the chips fall where they may and pick them up when I get settled. And of course when I am home I will eat better, because I do have access to better food. So this morning while getting ready for work the scale was mocking me! :laugh: I just had to know how much "bad" I'd done to myself over this week. So I get on my scale and I'm down 0.8 from 2 weeks ago! :noway: Needless to say I'm very shocked. Even though I am guessing some of my "weight loss" was dehydration. So I'm chugging water today and upping my protein to try to flush out my kidneys. I'd be happy with a maintaining this week. I was expecting like a 3lb from last week.
So anyway my looong sharing session is over...:laugh: back to work, and catching up in the meantime!!0 -
Jess: If you do the Insanity, let me know how it goes. I may very well order ChaLean Extreme this week. I've wanted it for a LONG time but didn't want to shell out the money, but with Amazon and eBay, I can get it for $40-60 instead of $120!0
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jess - that sounds like a plan.
Danellie - good luck with the going back and forth over the next few week.s0 -
Heather-I will let you know. If I can muster up the courage to try it. My best friend has all the DVD's so I figure for free I could give it a try. Just scared to death. I hear it's intense!0
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just checking in for yesterday...
calories: over by 150 ... but I'm happy with that
exercise:none - unless you count unloading, re-loading and unloading the dishwasher after I found out it a) hadn't finished running the load I unloaded, b) it didn't finish not because my husband turned it off in the middle and forgot to turn it back on (which he has been known to do) ... but because it is actually broken so I had to unload it AGAIN and do 2 loads of dishes by hand last night .... it's been awhile since I've had to do that! and then emptying all the stale water from the bottom of the dishwasher one cup at a time.
water: not so good
proud: that I made it through the day yesterday ... it started with THREE :explode: $33 parking tickets for myself, my husband, and my daughter. Very irritating since my husband and I didn't see any 'no parking for street cleaning' signs since the one by our house had blown away, even more irritating since my daughter did see a sign farther down the block but thought we knew about it and would remind her to move her car later when we moved our own ... which of course didn't happen. I was going to try to fight two of the tickets but since there was a sign, I'm not sure it is worth my time to try - even if the sign closest to us blew away and we didn't see the other sign. aaargh! I woke up in the middle of the night last night when I heard the street cleaner go by again and couldn't go back to sleep because I was so angry thinking we may have gotten more tickets ... but at least we didn't - he must have been just driving by. I wasn't happy either with hubby not getting the garage cleared out of deck building materials so that I can park there again and not worry about tickets!
Then the day ended with the broken dishwasher and hubby not home to help or look at it.
Today is a new day, and so far nothing too bad has happened. I made it to step class this morning and have made fairly good food choices so far today.0 -
Hellooo!
What a crazy day it's been! They switched around my job at work... and since I am at their mercy while working from Chicago, I said "okay!" (the longer they can keep me on, the better!)
I have also been doubling as a nurse today, my poor boyfriend is home from work with a terrible case of the flu.. and on his birthday!
Yesterday wasn't too bad! Went out for dinner for the boyfriend's birthday and managed to behave myself
Judging by the scale, I don't think we'll see a loss this week, but I'm quite sure it's all water/sodium.0 -
lstpaul - sorry to hear about your dishwasher. I abosultely hate ours...it doesn't wash very well usally gets things more dirty...it is cheap and crappy but we rent the house so can't do much about it and it soo freaking loud...We have a really nice one in our house in MS...it is soo quiet...this stupid thing so loud that when it is going through it is cycle you have to yell to hear some one over it.
I am soo ready for this day to be over with...
I had an awesome workout at the gym...I felt great...tired but great !!0 -
Deb, how exciting going to try on new clothes. you have come a long way I am really proud of you!!!!!!
lstpaul, yuck dishes I hate them. When we bought our house 8 years ago it did NOT have a dishwasher. I swore to my hubby that I would not mind that even though I have always had a dishwasher. I wanted our house sooooo bad. Thankfully, I now have 3 dishwashers and they take turns:blushing: I have 4 table washers and 3 floor sweepers!:laugh: :laugh: I am hoping to start my 4th dishwasher going here in a couple of years.:laugh: :laugh: Wait, he may just be my lawn mower since I do that. I am such a mean mother!!!!!
tstout, I hope your boyfriend feels better soon!!!!:flowerforyou:
Danielle, good luck!!!:flowerforyou:
Laila, I hope you have a wonderful time with your family!!!!
I am doing well today sticking with the calories, my water has been terrible though so I really need to work on that and I did exercise today.0 -
Blue, I am sorry that you cried
I will keep you in my prayers. I know that you are such an asset to all the children you work with. I am sure you will never know exactly how much you have meant to all those children you teach daily. Chin up sister, and it is okay to cry:flowerforyou: 0 -
Deb, how exciting going to try on new clothes. you have come a long way I am really proud of you!!!!!!
Thanks :blushing: I have not gone in a store and tried anything ...well since last september when i had to get a dress for my sisters wedding...and i had to buy a 26 :noway: :noway: I am almost afraid...i know that sounds silly...i just know that i will get something and be too small and make me feel that i haven't done much...i know it sounds silly...
HOw is ryan doing in K.0 -
Hey Deb, thanks for asking about Ryan. He is still a work in progress but improving daily! How has Serena been? (I hope they remember how hard we worked for them when they are grown:laugh: )0
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I've been on an eating rampage. Today I went to Happy Hour and had Long Island Iced Teas and appetizers galore. I am praying that tomorrow I will get it together. I didn't mind the one day of overeating on Friday, but then to do it again on Monday, Tuesday, and today is a little extreme. Ugh.0
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Hey Deb, thanks for asking about Ryan. He is still a work in progress but improving daily! How has Serena been? (I hope they remember how hard we worked for them when they are grown:laugh: )
I am glad he is getting better.
Serena is doing awesome...I was a little worried last week, but seems she was just having a bad week i guess...So far this week she got a sticker every day so far (not in trouble for anything), she is doing homework at day care most of the time if she has it, she even told me she wrote almost a whole page in her journal.. DH keeps reminding me she is 7 and she will act up sometimes.but it seems to be alot alot better, the principal thought soo too, she said that it seems she has a much better attitude , she come in to school smiling...
Nancy - I am sorry about your rampage, you will get back on track you will i know it.0 -
Debbie, we do have to remind ourselves that it is "normal" for a 7 yo and a 5 yo to be naughty on occasion:flowerforyou:
Blue, Don't beat yourself up too much! Just realize what is triggering this. Try to relax and move forward.0 -
So i will be the 1st to weigh in this morning.
Very happy to see a 248.6 , wasn't the 248 that i neeeded to get me to 70 lbs loss...but i know i am close next week here i come...still 2.5 lbs is great and i will take it.
lildebbie .............-2.5.................0.99%0 -
lildebbie .............-2.5.................0.99%
purple..................-0.6.................0.23%
Deb - congrats on both the 2.5lbs down AND seeing the 24#s!!!
I finally lost the weekend weight plus a little extra, but not much. I really have no idea what the hell happened, but I am NOT a fan of that random gain. However, I looked at my Wii Fit weight loss graph this morning and it seems all my losses are followed by a gain before dropping again a few days later. SO while it was incredibly frustrating, it appears that is my pattern. Lovely.0 -
Purple - At last you had a little loss...that is great!!0
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lildebbie .............-2.5.................0.99%
purple..................-0.6.................0.23%
cogirl...................-2.5..................1.04%
Really have tried to keep caught up with you girls but, have been super busy (my norm these days). Stress load is still out of control! Have a funeral to go to today for a cousin. Sometimes, I wonder when will things settle down! I feel pretty overwhelmed! But, am forging forward!0 -
lildebbie .............-2.5.................0.99%
purple..................-0.6.................0.23%
cogirl...................-2.5..................1.04%
Jess......................0.....................0%
Yay congrats to our losers so far this week! Great job Deb on seeing the 240's!!
No loss for me again this week. I think it's a good sign that my body is responding well to the higher calories. A few days I know I was closer to 1800 then 1400. TOM is coming so I'm hungry ALL the time! Only got 2 workouts in this week and on Tuesday I was up to 218 so I'll take another week maintaing. Next week, it's on! I mean it this time! I'm ready to get down to BUSINESS!! Getting the DVD's for insanity this weekend. I gotta try it. I just have to. It's free, I have no excuses.0
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