Over 200 New year New Me Part 34

awestfall

momma: I hope Ryan is feeling better. Awestfall and I will be in the same boat next year that you are now with all the senior year costs! it's going to be hard emotionally too.

calories: I am proud of myself for ending my day well yesterday ... I went over on calories because I was out before I even left work ... but I had oatmeal and milk for my dinner so I was happy with that choice. I'm doing well so far today but getting hungry.
exercise: great yesterday - my usual step class but was late so only got in 45 minutes... none yet today
proud: that I packed a lunch today ... and a healthy and different lunch than usual - slice of deli chicken breast (that my husband said I paid way too much for), slice of gouda cheese, avacodo, lettuce, onion all on a whole wheat nut bread. It was yummy.
Have a great night all!

Istpaul and Momma I will cry my eyes out next year when Samantha becomes a senior in high school!! I just don't know where the time has gone.I can remember her being 7 years old and asking me to show her how to ride a bike and now shes all grown up on me and the year is flying by.I am going to be a mess this time next year.

awestfall

I'm at my whits end. Woke up this morning after FINISHING c25k just knowing I was gonna see some kinda loss on the scale. Nope. Nothing. Back to 211.2
Totally took away from my excitedness of finishing c25k...guess I gotta pick myself up by my boot straps and keep on keeping on. I'm not gonna lie girls, I'm upset. I don't want to bring your Friday down so I don't know how much I'm going to be on today. I'm about in tears just writing this because I don't know what to do anymore. It could be because TOM's due this weekend and I normally retain up until it shows up but I don't now. I'm tired of looking for the underlying reason this could be happening.
Hope everybody has a better weigh in then me.

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Honestly Jess I am right there with you.I have tried eating more eating less,exercising more ,exercising less,low carb,low fat and no matter what at the end I am still confused on what really works.Honestlt so far 1200 calories and moderate exercise and no eating my exercise calories is the only thing that seems to work for me.I know how you feel though because my weight has gone up and down for the past 3 months now.I am sitting at 224 this morning and 3 months ago I was down to 216.This is the result of eating more so I guess I am going back to 1200 calories and exercising moderately for at least 30 minutes.I hope you find what works for you and believe me when I say I know your frustration.

RedneckWmn

Thank you all for the encouragement. I'm not giving up just really frustrated. As far as inches I'm losing everywhere but where I really want it, my hips and stomach. By eating less I mean less then pigging out...staying at 1200-1400 calories. I'm not letting it get me down. I'm going to keep on keeping on. I wish I could afford some PT seession but I just can't afford that right now. Maybe once I get my finances in order. I really really appreciate all your support and encouragement! Love all you girls! The important part is I'm at least maintaing this 211.2 and not gaining..even with my bad days here and there.

Julie-So glad that you are kicking butt again at losing!! I had a hard time hitting 1400 calories this week so my goal next week is to try and eat more..seems the harder I try to "eat more" the harder it is for me. Weird!

Deb-YAY on the 70 pounds! That's so awesome!!! Your doing soo sooo sooo great!

purple-Congrats on the 250's and 25 pounds lost!!!!

POS Me and Ann-I'm with you! We will get through this together!! We WILL figure out what it is our bodies want and beat this.

I did some serious thinking this morning on my way to work and I realized that this whole lifestyle change and weight loss journey as been probably one of the most frustrating and hardest things I've done in my life. But then again I've never raised kids or been married, I hear that's hard work! LOL I don't see myself ever letting myself get back to where I was because I worked so freaking hard to get here! So with that said...I promise I'm not giving up! I know there is more to this to benefit me other then just losing the pounds. I'm doing this for my health and the pounds coming off will follow!! I'm making today a good day and I'm not letting my scale get me down anymore! THANK YOU ALL!

awestfall

Jess I am with you!! This is extrememly hard.I think I am going to eat at least 1400 calories a day no matter what (exercise or not) because I feel grouchy if I haven't had enough to eat.I know that sounds strange but I am .When I eat less you definitely don't want to be around me.For now I am not going to freak on the scale and I really haven't for quite some time and thats a huge accomplishment for me.I think I am going to stick to 1400 cals and exercising for 30-45 minutes 5 days a week and see if this works better for me.Yes 1200 cals and exercise and no exercise calories was working for me but like I said I am a complete GROUCH.So I am guessing I need a bit more and if I feel hungry after a workout I will find something healthy to snack on.We can do this and we will and we also have been.Come on we need to shed that 30 pounds before the new year.I think this will be a good plan for me what do you gals think?

RedneckWmn

Ann I think it's a great plan. I started eating at least 1400 calories this week even without working out and let me tell you. I have had so much more energy this week then I have in at least a month. And even with working out those 3 days I still wasn't really that hungry after but I did allow myself to eat a little of my exercise calories on the day that I was hungry. So I believe 1200 was too low for me. So I'm sure my body is all outta whack from keeping it at 1200 calories and I just need to get it back on track and show it who's boss!


For those of you who have facebook this is a repeat but this morning on my way to work I was listening to the songer Figher by Christinia Augilaria and it really spoke to me. This is how I feel about my journey and my relationship with my scale! :laugh:

'Cause it makes me that much stronger
Makes me work a little bit harder
It makes me that much wiser
So thanks for making me a fighter
Made me learn a little bit faster
Made my skin a little bit thicker
Makes me that much smarter
So thanks for making me a fighter

Momma24

Good Morning everyone. Well today I am officially 40 and my 23 birthday present has turned 17!!! I am out of my 30's and I am ready to make my 40's so much more healthier.

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Ann, this last year of highschool has been very emotional. I got up this morning and realized that next year on our birthdays my daughter will be in college. So proud of her about the college part but so sad that she will be living else where. She has a very high chance of being excepted into several colleges in CA. Thankfully, she wants to stay here. I am kinda hoping for the college that is about an hour away from home. She is hoping for the one in San Diego and since we live around 10 hours north that makes me sad.

lildebbie

Momma- Happy Happy Birthday to you ...and here is to being hot in your 40's !!! I understand about being sad about your daugther being away next year...I cannot even phathom past 2nd grade...

Danielle_81

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Danielle_81

Julie-Yay! on the weight loss!!

Jess- Keep going, it will come off eventually!

Allison-congrats on the 250's!!

Momma-Happy Birthday!! and to your daughter!!

Deb-honestly, I can't remember, but I KNOW I was going to say something to you. So 'hi' and happy friday!! :laugh:



Well girls, I made it through my last day of work....I was quite emotional when leaving, but I made it! Now today is a happy day. (or it was supposed to be) My hubby is making me breakfast. Omelets, canadian bacon and mimosa's!! :noway: But I'm not feeling guilty about it. It seems DH woke up in a pissy mood. He has been trying to update our iPhones for a week and left his plugged in overnight. And now it seems that iTunes has erased everything on his phone. EVERYTHING!!! over 1000 pictures he's taken in the past 2 years, his contacts, everything. It looks like the back up he did didn't work.

We are headed back to my parents house today to maybe clean some more. Maybe I'll wait until SUnday to start again. DH b-day is tomorrow so plans for that.

Ok talk to you later....maybe not for a couple days. It's impossible to get on the computer at my parents. My mom is addicted and is literally on the dang computer 24/7. So as soon as we get ours up there I'm sure I'll get on more often.

RedneckWmn

Momma-Happy happy happy birthday to you and your daughter!!!

Danielle-So glad you made it through your last day of work. Hope today picks up from here. Gotta love the iPhone. Sometimes they are more trouble then their worth!!

lildebbie

Danielle - glad you made it through your last day. so when do you start the new job? sorry about hubby's iphone...We are getting ones for christmas i am hoping we don't have much problems, i will make sure and backup stuff just to be sure :sad:

Positively_Me

Allison/purple - congrats on being 250 and losing 25 pounds! You're doing awesome!!!

Julie and litdeb - you girls seem to amaze me every single day with motivation to keep going..Thanks for being great friends:drinker:

Jess and Ann - I am also in for the 30lbs by New Years. I am going to give it my all. I made it my signature a couple of days ago so every post I make it's a reminder to keep working to reach my goals. We CAN and WILL do this:bigsmile: !!!

Momma - Happy *40th* birthday! My daughter's birthday was yesterday and I made her all her favorite foods..so I am paying the price today wiht my no weigh loss soga...My daughter is a Freshman..new school for her but she seems to adapt very good being only one week..I am hoping it continuies to be smooth sailing here on out.

Danielle - those last days much have been so sad, but you are going into a better position/place so happy times are to come. sorry to hear about your hubby's Iphone..I will keep that in mind when I get mine soon ( can't wait) hubby is planning on suprising me wiht the latest Iphone...I found out when I got on his laptop ( my lips are sealed) I'll act suprised:laugh:

lildebbie

Julie and litdeb - you girls seem to amaze me every single day with motivation to keep going..Thanks for being great friends:drinker:

Jess and Ann - I am also in for the 30lbs by New Years. I am going to give it my all. I made it my signature a couple of days ago so every post I make it's a reminder to keep working to reach my goals. We CAN and WILL do this:bigsmile: !!!

Thanks !! I feel like not so hot this week..but seeing that 70 is nice...4.9 lbs and i will be at my 1/2 way mark ...good news i will have lost 1/2 the weight to my goal, bad news is i will still have 1/2 my weight to my goal.

I am also on the bandwagon on loosing 30 lbs to the end of the year....i want to see that 100 lb loss before 01/01/11..

RedneckWmn

I had my pitty party feeling sorry for myself cookie this morning. We have junk every Friday now! UGH! And now I'm done and over it. I refuse to eat my frustrations away! So I'm eating celery and lunch is planned out!

HeatherMN

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Edited to include Lauren since we posted at the same time.

elmox

TOM is most definitely here, so I'm up about 1.2 lbs from last week. However, given my eating and TOM, I'm not too worried.

We're back in Missouri for the weekend. It's Jonathan's 10 year reunion, so we're headed down there this afternoon after I go get my hair done. I'm getting highlights (probably some darker color for the fall) and a trim. I'm wanting to grow out my hair, so just a little healthy trim.

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We're running out the door here so no time to chat. However, much love to my other 0.0 girls - we'll get it - do NOT give up and step away from the cookies!!! Congrats to our losers!!

Yesterday's check-in
Cals - Over, but not too much considering my snack attack...and the fact that I ate like 1/2 c of whipped cream. Yes, there's no real rationale for that one!
Water - 72 oz - challenge just met!
Fiber - 20 g - challenge met!
Exercise - nada
Proud - To be back home and have my dad tell me I look great. That's always awesome!

xoxo!!

HeatherMN

Jess: I completely understand your frustration. I'm with you, but we'll just keep trying and get healthier, if not thinner along the way.

Julie: Congrats on a new lowest Friday weigh-in!

Deb: Congrats on 70 lbs. lost!

Allison: Nice job getting into the 250s and losing 25 lbs!

Laila: Congrats on getting the iPhone you're not supposed to know about.

My scale said 187.0 this morning, which means avoiding the scale all week has not been helpful. I'm lower than last Friday, but still haven't seen a repeat performance from 185. Boo! Whatever the results are next week, I'm going to change my ticker then. I've got my fingers crossed for 185. I'm guessing the poor number this morning MAY have had something to do with the fact that I was starving when I got home last night and ended up eating Ritz crackers with port wine cheese spread. It was delicious but a bit high in sodium.

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Over by 172 (darn you, Ritz!)
Sodium: Over by 1240 (darn you, McDonalds!)
Fiber: Under by 3...FAIL
Water: 101.4 oz (12 glasses)...WIN
Exercise: Volunteering
Proud: That my lesson plan went well and the riders had a lot of fun.

Tomorrow I'll get lots of exercise with walking around volunteering for Special Kids Day. An organic dairy farm is hosting an even for families with children with disabilities. There are things to do like petting zoo, horse rides, train riders and organic dairy and other foods for FREE. Obviously, I'm helping with the horse rides. It should be lots of fun, but I've heard it's non-stop action from 11am-5pm, followed by the arena tear-down! Whew.

HeatherMN

So I'm toying with the idea of going red with my hair, but more of an auburn (non Ronald...right, Nancy?) I was thinking a color like Emma Stone's hair. My bf would love it because he has a thing for cute redheads.

RedneckWmn

So I'm toying with the idea of going red with my hair, but more of an auburn (non Ronald...right, Nancy?) I was thinking a color like Emma Stone's hair. My bf would love it because he has a thing for cute redheads.

Heather I say give it a try!! I'm getting mine done Saturday. I bet you could totally pull off that color and if the bf likes it...why not!?
Sorry you didn't see a loss today either. It's frustrating. But were doing it for the right reasons! Sounds like your going to have a BUSY day tomorrow. Sounds like a blast though. Enjoy!!

lildebbie

heather - i bet the red would look good...i had my hair red a couple dye jobs ago, like a aburn ...hubby loved it, he too had a thing for red heads ...i didn't like it on me , it looked too dark...it was like a deep red...i want to go lighter just don't know if i am comitted to that yet

awestfall

Good Morning everyone. Well today I am officially 40 and my 23 birthday present has turned 17!!! I am out of my 30's and I am ready to make my 40's so much more healthier.

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Ann, this last year of highschool has been very emotional. I got up this morning and realized that next year on our birthdays my daughter will be in college. So proud of her about the college part but so sad that she will be living else where. She has a very high chance of being excepted into several colleges in CA. Thankfully, she wants to stay here. I am kinda hoping for the college that is about an hour away from home. She is hoping for the one in San Diego and since we live around 10 hours north that makes me sad.

Happy Birthday Momma!! I am sure you are so proud of your daughter and yes I can sympathize with you on letting her go off on her own journey.Its so hard to let them go after you have taken care of them for so long.My son who is 18 will be shipping off to the military next June.Time has flown by!!

Momma24

Thanks for all the happy Birthday's. I went to work in Ryan's class this morning. I thought I would leave early and get my haircut. DIDN"T Happen. Ryan decided to misbehave in class so I stayed the entire time. I wanted to get my hair done today, now I can't thanks to him. I hope when he is a grown man he appreciates me I work hard for my little man!!!!! He is so worth it though. He is my sweetheart and I know he can do this. I can too!!!!! He had been doing amazing and I know that everyone has off days. Just why on my day!!!!!

HeatherMN

Thanks for the feedback on red, ladies. I'll have to wait at least until next week to make any decisions (pay day). Especially since I bought ChaLean Extreme last night and should have it sometime next week. I thought I'd regret it as soon as I saw the money come out of my bank account, but so far I'm still feeling good about my decision. That's the plus side of waiting a while to determine if I still really want something.

I'm so looking forward to having a more strict workout schedule to follow and to using more weights. I'll definitely be taking "before" pictures and measurements so I can visually see progress. I've heard nothing but wonderful reviews about this program, so we'll see. Oh, and I didn't even have to pay the $120 for it, which is awesome...I got it for less than half price! Gotta love the internet.

HeatherMN

Thanks for all the happy Birthday's. I went to work in Ryan's class this morning. I thought I would leave early and get my haircut. DIDN"T Happen. Ryan decided to misbehave in class so I stayed the entire time. I wanted to get my hair done today, now I can't thanks to him. I hope when he is a grown man he appreciates me I work hard for my little man!!!!! He is so worth it though. He is my sweetheart and I know he can do this. I can too!!!!! He had been doing amazing and I know that everyone has off days. Just why on my day!!!!!

He probably just wanted to be sure to spend extra time with his awesome mom on her birthday!

Momma24

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I think that's what it was, Heather!!!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Positively_Me

Check in early today, busy evening
calories - 1290, I might have another snack later in the evening
exericise - 30 minutes elliptical (program 2) burnt 289 calories ( I'm bummed because I use to burn more calories, on the elliptical, in 30 minutes) I will push harder next time around
water - going to get 100oz
proud - I stuck to no snacking today.., I exercise (haven't said that in a while), and I feel great overall
fiber - over by 3 ( my daily fiber is 25)
sodium - under (not normal for me!) 1527


Have a great evening and weekend!

bluenote

UGH what a horrible week, Thank God that work week is over! I overslept both days I had PT and missed them both. I did do better on the eating front, but the scale is not ready to reflect it. No worries. I know this next week will be better, scale-wise.

I am proud to say I went to ZERO Happy Hours this week! I even turned one down today when I really wanted to go and drink. LOL

check in:
calories: OK
water: 100
exercise: 30 minutes bike
proud: I survived a hellish week

bluenote

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOMMA!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

...and many more...

The forties are fabulous!!!

bluenote

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purpleprose

Julie - it seems you're this week's winner, so what's our new challenge??

Had such a nice day today...relaxed, had lunch with an old friend, made dinner, then went and had a campfire and smores at a friend's house! Hope y'all are having an equally enjoyable Friday.

Today's check in -

Cals: 381 under
Water: 8-9 cups (challenge met!)
Sodium: 279 over (oops)
Fiber: 1 over (challenge met!)
Exercise: none...today's my day off
Proud: I hit 25 pounds down today!