Over 200 New Year New Me Part 35

RedneckWmn

Cris-I like your ambitious goals!! My ambitious goal is to be under 200 by the wedding..Which would put me at losing 2 pounds a week..very ambitious for me but I'm gonna give it my best effort!

I forgot to share the best part of my weekend. Ran into my ex boyfriend at the bar Friday night..We broke up almost a year ago..jerk face broke my heart...been trying to get back together with me for months saying what a mistake he made. But clearly I wasn't having it! he's from Dallas but he's stationed about 4 hours away, he's in the army. So for some unknown reason he was at the country bar (Weird seeing as he hates country music) and ran into me...I played nice..and then my best friends man showed up with his brother (who she's trying to set me up with)...as shallow as it sounds I enjoyed every minute of dancing with the brother in front of the ex...(Cris said it's okay for me to sound shallow like that..I work hard..LOL)...so later I got a text about how I looked so d@mn good and it was so hard for him to see me with another man...Made me feel good. :drinker: Yay ME! :laugh:

elmox

It is a rainy mess here on the East Coast - the kind of day that makes you want to stay cuddled up in your bed. As tempting as that was, I made it out of bed....about 20 minutes later than usual.

It appears that I wasn't the only one who wasn't on target this weekend. It all started on Friday - I pretty much decided that I was going to eat whatever I want and boy did I. Total cals for Friday = 2051.

I think I did "ok" at the beer event on Saturday. Didn't get drunk and decided to stop drinking at the bar we went to after the event (smart choice!). However, definitely was super snacky throughout the event. Guesstimate on cals = 2530

Yesterday was another snacky day. I had to be at church at 7 a.m. because I sang with the band. It was a great day, but super long! I was there at church until 3 p.m. Had breakfast there (mini bagel w/cream cheese and a banana) and a 1/2 of a large deli muffin for a snack. So not too bad. But then I got home....ate leftover Chinese for a late lunch, then chips and cheese, then pita chips and boursin. I sat on my butt, watched recorded shows on the DVR, and ate. I got out for a small walk and some playground time with my neighbors, which was wonderful! Then dinner was with the neighbors and was pretty healthy - red snapper, ratatoullie, swiss chard, rice. Very tasty! Sunday cals = 2050

I'm back up to 180 this morning...:grumble: but I know what I did to get there (see above!) and how to get back to where I need to be. I didn't drink close to enough water this weekend and haven't exercised since last Tuesday (Challenge Fail :frown: ). I'm going to extend Julie's challenge of 4 days of exercise to this week because I REALLY need to get back in the habit. I've become pretty complacent about what I eat and when I exercise and I know that I need to get my groove back. Thanks in advance for being supportive and giving me the kick in the butt when needed.

RedneckWmn

Lauren-This is me kicking your butt into gear to workout...you can't see it but picture it. I'm kicking it in the rear today and so can you! Let's do it!

Cris-Forgot to comment earlier...I think that's great that you fiancee did that for you. Even if it was Taco Bell..it's the thought that counts! :drinker: :flowerforyou:

lildebbie

Jess - way to go to flaunt it !!!

Thanks everyone !!! I am just soo excited about this house...got a savings plan in place and have to stick to it so i can get the $$$ saved for the house...this entails a LOT Of not eating out ...this is good for me on the $$ and the loosing weight front!!!!!

My goal for end of year was 100, that is a way to go, not sure if i will make it but going to try my hardest...

My even longer goal is to be under 200 by the time we close on the house (which is around my 36th bday too)... so i got to get my but in gear like asap.

cris20056

Jess- I still maintain that you had every right to flaunt it! Im so glad you had a great time!

Lauren- I'll kick you in the butt if you kick me in the butt! If you hear me on here whining about "I didnt have enough time" or "I was too tired" tell me to suck it up and hit the gym...and if i ignore u then u can text me via the words with friends thing! thanks!

elmox

Ouch! I just felt two virtual butt kicks from Cris and Jess. This is the turnaround week ladies!

elmox

Woohoo - just was told I "look like a super skinny minny today"!! Heck yeah black shirt!

Jess - LOVE that you got the d@mn text....AWESOME!

LittleSpy

Oh boy. As you all know, I'm generally pretty high-strung. So I'm sure you can imagine I'm not dealing so well with the baby-related waiting game. Seriously, am I going to be an anxious wreck every month? Honestly, we haven't given baby our best effort this cycle. We were planning on waiting for January to really really start TTC but it seems we're a little too excited to really wait and we didn't have much of a reason to wait except we like the idea of an autumn baby. (TMI!) We did have one good rock solid (:smokin:) effort that I think was appropriately timed. So now of course I'm freaking out and I don't expect TOM for another good 10-11 days at the very earliest. It's going to be a long long long week if I can't take it easy about this.

Help calm me down? Please? Any tips? Maybe I'll take the yoga idea more seriously, though that would probably just clear my mind in order for me to obsess a little better.

HeatherMN

Julie: I'm with you on the hair/nail growth. I take a multivitamin (Flintstones, baby!) but apparently it's doing something because my nails have been growing super fast.

Jess: I love that your ex was jealous. I agree with Cris that you don't have to feel bad and you are allowed to flaunt. Heck, even though I've been with my bf for two years now (didn't I just meet him? Wow), I'd still want to flaunt in front of an ex. Guys should always miss us and regret not being with us. It's just how it is!

Purple: Hopefully you'll love your Polar F6 as much as I love mine! I'm glad you got one.

Deb: Congrats on the house!! I'm so excited for you!

I also love all of the "ambitious" goals you gals are setting. I think it's great to set your sights high. As they say, "If you reach for the moon and don't make it, you'll still reach the stars"

I started ChaLean Extreme yesterday and feel like I've been punch in the back of the arms, the abs and the quads. Apparently I did something right, but I'm shocked at how many of the exercises that I'll have to increase my weight on next time! I'm so ready to get buff!

Like several of you, I ate nonstop on Saturday. I have NO idea how much I ate but I honestly didn't care. I just kept eating and eating. Luckily, I'm at 186.8 this morning, which is a lot less than most weekends. It's back to the grind today. I'm starving this morning from eating all weekend, but am chewing gun in hopes of killing the cravings. So far, it's not working.

elmox

Maybe I'll take the yoga idea more seriously, though that would probably just clear my mind in order for me to obsess a little better.

When I'm doing yoga Julie, I really don't think about anything other than breathing and the poses. I find that I'm able to block everything else out and just focus on what I'm doing. It seems odd since it's so "peaceful", but I really find that when I'm practicing (oh good grief...I said "practicing" it's like I'm a yogi or something....) I'm able to leave everything else behind for those 60 minutes. Also, if, no ONCE, you get preggers, you'll want to be able to stretch etc.

Allison, so glad you got a HRM! I love my Polar F6 and feel very confident about the output it gives me.

LittleSpy

I feel you on the starving, Heather. Some A-hole brought a homemade cake & it's sitting on a file cabinet not 20 feet from me. With being so hungry & trying my best not to eat it, I drank 2.2 liters of water in about 2.5 hours which probably isn't such a bad thing consider how much sodium I took in yesterday. Then I broke down and had the rest of my Subway from Friday at 11.45. Only, it froze a bit in the mini-fridge at work over the weekend but I was too hungry to let it thaw. Frozen tomatoes don't taste too bad when your stomach is trying to eat itself.

lildebbie

Julie - good luck on your baby making !! I am not a wiating type of person, i like it NOW>..hope this is a good 10 or 11 days and you are good to go we had fertility issues and before i went to the fertility doctor with abby, we did all the tempatures everyday and charting and all that !! I am more a scioentific person, i like to see numbers, predictions and all that sort of stuff

Okay i really should be drinking water to flsuh this sodium out, but on my 2nd diet coke..i am going to fniigh it go to the gym and water all afternoon.

RedneckWmn

My good mood quickly went to crap this morning. Got a call from my apartment complex saying they never received my 60 day notice. Yeah. I even called to confirm they got it when I turned it in. So now they want to charge us an extra 2k+..yep I don't have that kinda money!! UGH!! So I'm getting what proof I have together to send in and fight them on this. What they are doing isn't right. I've been so upset all morning and bawling like a baby. I haven't eaten lunch and it's almost 1:30 nor had a drop of water. Just bawling my eyes out. I'm proud of myself that I'm not throwing my will power to the curb and pigging out. I just don't want to eat at all I'm so disgusted with these a holes. Rant over.

Julie-I think yoga is a great idea for your baby making fever! Hopefully it will help you relax.

Heather-I can't wait to start insanity tonight. Maybe it will help channel my anger. And it was nice flaunting in front of the ex. Till his friend started trash talking me on facebook saying I was a pig nosed ugly *kitten*. Yeah. I'm more classy then that. I just deleted him and went on with my day. Not going to knock another person down to make myself feel better. Flaunt if ya got it rightt!? YAY for being sore..it's a good sore!

lildebbie

Jess - What jerks...I hope you can get what you have to prove to them they got it.

Well i got my but to the gym, not the greatest workout but better than nothing right...On a "good" lunch workout i usally burn around 450 today i did like 350...guess that is what sodium overload and eating like crap will do to me i guess..

oh well...get back on the wagON!!!

RedneckWmn

Thanks Deb. I'm getting any piece of evidence that I can. Really hope it pays off! I don't have that kind of money. Just been an emotionally exhausting day. If they make me pay this money. No way can I afford my beach vacay next year. :sad:

lildebbie

Thanks Deb. I'm getting any piece of evidence that I can. Really hope it pays off! I don't have that kind of money. Just been an emotionally exhausting day. If they make me pay this money. No way can I afford my beach vacay next year. :sad:

i can imagine how exhausting it has been for you...

HeatherMN

Jess: Do you have a copy of your notice? You should be able to work things out with them. Hey, I've been sued over moving out without notice and it's not as bad as one would think. Take deep breaths, gather any proof you have, including any copies of rent checks. Do you happen to know what day you called to confirm they got your notice? If so, make sure you write down the date, approximate time and the person you spoke to. If not, can you check your cell phone records to get the date and time?

Julie: I would not be able to resist homemade cake today. Since lunch I've been a bit better, but who knows how long that will last?

I'm lacking motivation again today...it is Monday, after all. I've been wasting my time trying to come up with my Halloween costume, so that probably tells you how productive I've been. Do you know how hard it is to come up with an original Halloween costume? Ugh. I welcome ideas. I just hate buying a pre-packaged costume because those won't have a chance of winning a costume contest. Then again, the little jerk DJ at the bar last year was too young to know who Peg and Al Bundy were. We're going to start scoping out bars that have DJs older than 22 this year, I swear.

Okay, Halloween rant over...for now.

RedneckWmn

Heather-I'm in the same boat trying to come up with a Halloween costume! The only thing I can think of is a Smurf! LOL As far as the apartment thing goes. I have the letter saved that we wrote on my computer. It shows it was created on July 28th and the time. I also have my cell phone record showing that I called on the 29th at like 10:50 AM..this is when I called to confirm they did indeed receive it and needed nothing else from me. Clearly something got lost because I was told I didn't need to do anything else. I'm sending all that over after I go home and print off the letter again. The woman is telling me she has a "photographic memory" and would remember the letter if she saw it. Yeah..my apartment complex is massive with well over 1000 units probably. No way could she remember all that. And they said I could of called for any reason. Well it wasn't to have something fixed or a complaint because then there would be a request in my file and theres not. I wasn't calling to chat about the weather! I'm taking deep breathes. I only lost it on them once. But I was a crying mess this morning. Just makes me laugh that I moved out 2 months ago and continued to pay rent and now they think I want to stiff them on money. If that was the case I would of done it 2 months ago.

LittleSpy

Heather-I'm in the same boat trying to come up with a Halloween costume! The only thing I can think of is a Smurf! LOL As far as the apartment thing goes. I have the letter saved that we wrote on my computer. It shows it was created on July 28th and the time. I also have my cell phone record showing that I called on the 29th at like 10:50 AM..this is when I called to confirm they did indeed receive it and needed nothing else from me. Clearly something got lost because I was told I didn't need to do anything else. I'm sending all that over after I go home and print off the letter again. The woman is telling me she has a "photographic memory" and would remember the letter if she saw it. Yeah..my apartment complex is massive with well over 1000 units probably. No way could she remember all that. And they said I could of called for any reason. Well it wasn't to have something fixed or a complaint because then there would be a request in my file and theres not. I wasn't calling to chat about the weather! I'm taking deep breathes. I only lost it on them once. But I was a crying mess this morning. Just makes me laugh that I moved out 2 months ago and continued to pay rent and now they think I want to stiff them on money. If that was the case I would of done it 2 months ago.

Sounds like a classic cause of someone not wanting to take accountability for their major eff up. :explode: How frustrating for you. I'm pretty sure your records would hold up in court over her "photographic memory." :laugh: It'd probalby cost them as much as they're saying you owe them to sue so my guess is that they'll drop it if you're adamant enough. :flowerforyou:

RedneckWmn

Heather-I'm in the same boat trying to come up with a Halloween costume! The only thing I can think of is a Smurf! LOL As far as the apartment thing goes. I have the letter saved that we wrote on my computer. It shows it was created on July 28th and the time. I also have my cell phone record showing that I called on the 29th at like 10:50 AM..this is when I called to confirm they did indeed receive it and needed nothing else from me. Clearly something got lost because I was told I didn't need to do anything else. I'm sending all that over after I go home and print off the letter again. The woman is telling me she has a "photographic memory" and would remember the letter if she saw it. Yeah..my apartment complex is massive with well over 1000 units probably. No way could she remember all that. And they said I could of called for any reason. Well it wasn't to have something fixed or a complaint because then there would be a request in my file and theres not. I wasn't calling to chat about the weather! I'm taking deep breathes. I only lost it on them once. But I was a crying mess this morning. Just makes me laugh that I moved out 2 months ago and continued to pay rent and now they think I want to stiff them on money. If that was the case I would of done it 2 months ago.

Sounds like a classic cause of someone not wanting to take accountability for their major eff up. :explode: How frustrating for you. I'm pretty sure your records would hold up in court over her "photographic memory." :laugh: It'd probalby cost them as much as they're saying you owe them to sue so my guess is that they'll drop it if you're adamant enough. :flowerforyou:

Thats exactly my plan Julie. I'm not giving up. I'm goign to be a thron in their side. Mike is all rilled up now and wants to go up there either with me or by himself. Not sure what he's gonna do but whatever! So I'm going take her all my documents tomorrow and personally hand it to her. That way her photographic memory can remember my face cause she's gonna be seeing a lot of it!

Positively_Me

Quick check in..dinner is on the stove
calories, under ( It need to be under after that massive food shoving I did yesterday)
exercise, day 8, shred, level one and moving furniture for about an hour
water, about 100oz..lost track after 80oz

proud, I am back!

have a great evening!!!
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lildebbie

GIrls i am soo stoked.

So i was getting dressed after my shower, and trying to find something to wear, since i am soo behind in laundry that is not an easy thing

I had a pair of 24 shorts, that still had tags on but they were cut real small and last time i tried them on they were still real snug, so i tried them on andh they are too BIG i mean a good deal big...so then i tried on the 22 shorts that the last time i tried them on were really really tight...they werne't really i could zip them right up ...now they are not the most comfortbale like citty down they are a little tight but not unwearable...i am actually wereing them in public and they have very little stretch in them...

SInce i am still 3 1/2 lbs up that is making my day

cris20056

Hi girls,

Work was surprinsgly busy today...I was running around up til the last mintue! I was kind of bummed I didnt get to check in cause I needed the support.

I was running errands at lunch time and I really really really REALLY wanted to just stop and get fast food. I had a really long conversation with myself and talked myself out of it, I was super proud. Today was the first time in a long time Ive talked myself out of something I wanted to eat. I kept reminding myself of the BL competition and how badly I want to just rank, and how wedding dress shopping will be here before I know it (January) and I was able to eat what I had planned on. So excited to feel in control again!

Jess- Thats f-ing BS! I would be so pissed! I hope it gets resolved for you soon

Deb- Congrats on the 22s!!!! wooohoo!

Posme- I love your attitude! Glad to see u back full force

Julie- Baby fever is horrible...Im very impatient too and I swear I did not get pregnant until I finally relaxed. All your anxiousness to get preggo may jinder the process...try tricking yourself into not caring...lol Ik now easier said then done

Heather- the most clever Halloween costume I have ever seen was this girl who had a sheet wrapper around her and this hat made with cotton swabs....she had a squirt bottle and would randomly spray people. Whenever people asked her wth she was she would say..."Partly cloudy with a chance of showers" LMAO it was awesome

Checking in:
calories- 1140
water- yup
sodium- i think under 2500
excercise- c25k w1d2
proud- that I was back on track with eating AND excercise. Also that I ran my last 60 sec run at 6.0!!! Whoop!!!

cris20056

**she had a blue sheet with clouds on it wrapped around her...

LittleSpy

Cris -- Amazing job not stopping for fast food!

Jess -- I believe I've found Insanity. I like the idea of starting in the morning but I'm going to go ahead and say that isn't going to happen. I'll ponder on it for a bit. I just don't think I have it in me to be an early riser. I've struggled every day for 21 years now to get up for school and work on time so it's doubtful I'll suddenly change.

09.27.10
Calories: 1717 (goal 2116); deficit of 899
Exercise: 16 minute run, 9 minute walk, 20 minute elliptical, 15 minutes upper body strength
Water: At least 14 cups so far
Proud: I'm really starting to look forward to and enjoy the gym again.

RedneckWmn

Okay so Insanity Fit Test is done...and it sucked!!! There were these push up jack things...oh my goodness I am NOT that beastly...But just shows I need to work hard to improve!! Hope everybody had a good night...

purpleprose

Quick check-in...

THANK GOD I BROUGHT SNACKS. We got delayed and had to run to our connection and dinner was fast food. I had Arby's (a regular roast beef sandwich and just over 1/2 of the curly fries) and ice water for dinner. Not great, but I planned ahead and was under cals and sodium for the day, but not nearly enough water.

I am so comfortable with eating at home...being on the road like this makes me really anxious.

Cals: 320 under
Water - 4 cups (BOO)
Sodium: 412 under
Exercise - brief warm-up run/walk then leg weights
Proud - I packed snacks and was able to alleviate bad decisions in the airport.
Challenge - what is this week's challenge? Have I missed it?

awestfall

So girls I am in a funk!! I do well all day and then I want to eat at night!! I totally know better because I am one of those people that just can't eat late because it doesn't go so well for me the next morning.So I got up to get my hubby off to work at 5am and I just ran a vigorious run on my elliptical for 30 minutes and I feel GREAT!! I just need that kind of motivation to do it everyday.I am not losing anything right now because I have been eating way too much food especially at night.Somebody please help me before I go back to 256 pounds were I started.I am 225 right now and I just don't know what my problem is.I hate this!!

tlrue

Hi ladies!

Oh boy what a weekend... (I realize I'm a day late... but I'll get to that momentarily).

Wisconsin was WONDERFUL. Such good time! We stopped in Green Bay and toured the Packers' stadium. And Ellison Bay was just beautiful. Couldn't have been more perfect.

::sigh::

And then our neighbors called us Sunday morning to tell us our apartment had been broken into. They took anything worth anything TVs, laptops, ipod with so much music, the Wii, my work phone... (except for my work laptop which was hiding). So lame... they even took our sneakers!!

So we've been dealing with that. Just stupid. I don't even have words for it. And now the internet is acting up so work is more frustrating than usual.

Oh well... it's just stuff, right?

lildebbie

Hi ladies!

Oh boy what a weekend... (I realize I'm a day late... but I'll get to that momentarily).

Wisconsin was WONDERFUL. Such good time! We stopped in Green Bay and toured the Packers' stadium. And Ellison Bay was just beautiful. Couldn't have been more perfect.

::sigh::

And then our neighbors called us Sunday morning to tell us our apartment had been broken into. They took anything worth anything TVs, laptops, ipod with so much music, the Wii, my work phone... (except for my work laptop which was hiding). So lame... they even took our sneakers!!

So we've been dealing with that. Just stupid. I don't even have words for it. And now the internet is acting up so work is more frustrating than usual.

Oh well... it's just stuff, right?

Oh no that is horrible...I am soo sorry...