200+ (Week 50) "Hot for Halloween

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  • akasullengal
    akasullengal Posts: 1,499 Member
    Kendal- you've changed your food you're eating which is good. Better than eating something super unhealthy and a lot of it. But yeah, there is still something to say for too much of a good thing. I haven't lost much in the past several months either. You're not alone. Keep at it!!

    Group went okay. Only one showed again, which sucks, and she was late, so I thought briefly I would just be able to go home. Trivia was fun. My friend dropped off her dog this morning, who is adorable, and I wish I didn't have to go into work today so I could play with her all day.

    I really wanted to get my long run in today, and it's just not going to happen. I have a 5pm appt and if I leave after that, it'll be dark only about 1/2 way into my run. DANG IT!! And of course, I could do a 5-miler, but I don't want to in case tomorrow works as a long run day (which at the moment it looks like I could leave work a bit early and do it), so it's just pissing me off. Not sure what I want to do for exercise today. Could bike again at the gym, or might go for a walk. I don't know.
  • anvy0530
    anvy0530 Posts: 1,606 Member
    Hi all. I feel like this is the first I've gotten to sit down since yesterday. e got home late from soccer practice due to having Sofie meet a white German Shepherd in need of a home for a month while his fam goes back to the states. They got along ok (Sofie LOVES people but takes a while to warm up to other dogs) and so, starting Sunday, we are temporarily a 2 dog family. Today, we got out for a longer than usual walk in the afternoon and it was great! The weather is gorgeous and we were walking Sofie off the leash (doesn't happen to often as I don't trust some of the dogs around here - 2 unleashed little monsters attacked her when we first got here and I haven't forgotten it!). Everything was going just dandy and then Sofie flung herself on the ground and started rolling around. I got her back up as quickly as I could (it took me a minute as it was 85 pounds of dog flailing about on the ground) but it was too late...she had rolled around in POO! :sad: It took my afternoon from nice & peaceful to psychotically pissed in 2.3 seconds. So we walked home & I washed her upper half (it was ALL over he head - GAG) and now she's moping on the balcony. I'm thinking I'm not gonna be letting her off the leash any time soon as we live in farm-country and there is poo all over the place. Geez.

    Kristina: bummer about missing your long run. Maybe you should do something at the gym so you'll be all peppy if you get the chance to run tomorrow. Have fun with your borrowed dog - and watch out for poo.

    Kendal: I hear ya on the need to log food. I had gotten lax the last month or so and the weight really hasn't been coming off as fast as I'd like so I got back on the logging wagon about 2 weeks ago and it is really making a difference.

    Lacey: I'm glad your energy levels are higher. It makes all the difference. Enjoy the gym!
  • Laceylala
    Laceylala Posts: 3,094 Member
    Amy - that SUCKS bout the dog poo. My two littler dogs do that sometimes and I want to KILL them.

    Kendal - you've still done something pretty awesome since last year, 43 lbs is amazing!!

    Kristina - go to the gym girl!! Even for 30 minutes.

    So packed my gym bag up last night, set it next to my purse, put my second pair of shoes in there just in case the new ones I am wearing take a while to break in and I need to switch during the day...and forgot the d@mn thing at home. By the time I realized it I was half way into town so I was SOL. Sigh....These shoes aren't killing me but the heel is higher than I've been wearing lately and yeah. They will be okay. Still sucks bout the gym though. I will track cals and be good and then hit it hard tomorrow.

    I've been thinking and since I've been eating somewhere in the neighborhood of 2300ish cals lately, that going to 1500 cals (before eating back exercise cals) might be a pretty major shock to my body since its been a good four months since I was really serious about all this. I wonder if I should stick to the 1500+ exercise during the days that I work out and on the days that I don't eat somewhere closer to 1800 or more? I don't know...just thinking about all this.
  • makeitallsue
    makeitallsue Posts: 3,086 Member
    boy...i do so much better with my eating if I know I am going to be logging it! It's only been three days since I've been back on board...but feeling better about it at least. I have been doing the protein shake early in the am...followed by a light lunch ( around 300 calories)....and then dinner with the family...my problem is evenings...lots of times we are getting home at 9 or so and everyone is ready for "something"...usually dessert....which I can't have....I had a yogurt last night...but it was hard not to have the choc. chip cookies that my son made on Sunday...like everyone else was...with a dip of ice cream I might add...boys/men...why is it they can burn those calories right up? well I know why my son can...he doesn't stop moving allllll day..but still wondering when it will catch up with my husband???? Not fair!...ok...done pouting for the day!
  • makeitallsue
    makeitallsue Posts: 3,086 Member
    Lacey...I have been tweaking the calories up and down for months...just so sick of it!!! I dropped my calories this week and going to see where that gets me...I will eat if I am hungry..but I am trying to aim for right around 1500 myself with exercise and I am trying to watch the carb/sugar amounts....just until I start losing again...I know I can maintain...but I want to loose..about 40#s really....***sigh*****
  • anvy0530
    anvy0530 Posts: 1,606 Member
    Lacey: It sux that you forgot your stuff & couldn't go to the gym. Bummer. Isn't it funny that that whole calories in being less than calories out thing isn't as straight forward as everyone would have you believe?!?! I'm doing something like 1500 cals a day (I don't eat ALL my exercise cals but I do eat some) with some extra cals on Friday (I let myself have some leeway on Fridays but try to keep it clean the rest of the week). Good luck figuring out what's best for your body!

    Debra: It sure stinks to write down every little thing we eat only to watch the hubby or the kid come in and wolf down half a pizza and not gain an ounce. I just try not to look.
  • Laceylala
    Laceylala Posts: 3,094 Member
    Yeah my husband took a way more active position at work and lost about 25 lbs in about four months and still eats and guzzles beer like there is no tomorrow.

    Today is not going to be the greatest for calories. I was just hungry so I whipped out the thai lime & chili cashews I've got in my drawer and started eating them...and ate way too many. I guess at least they are protein and good for me but still...
  • pinbotchick
    pinbotchick Posts: 3,904
    Good morning superpals!!! I'm doing the crunches regularly and did some toning last night with theraband. TOM issues and cold weather stopped me from biking and running this week. I work today and am flying to Phoenix tonight. The next 3 days will be fun in the sun and 2 long runs. I can't believe my race is 10 days away. Not sure how my time will go being gone and with friends for the weekend - I'll try to check-in.

    I'm checking in today although with TOM here I should have skipped it. I'm up another pound to 185 (*sighs*). I've gotta run to finish getting ready for work and out the door by 8... Have a great weekend!!!
  • KendalBeee
    KendalBeee Posts: 2,269 Member
    eff sodium!!! I'm way up this morning. Well, like a pound. ugh. I didn't get to exercise yesterday. Dad and I were going to get together and go over some dances, but mom called in the afternoon and said he wasn't up for it. When I got home, I decided to go for a jog instead. Except all my exercise clothes were in the washing machine. No pants, no sports bras, only one sports tank. I had some capris I could wear so I put those on. I tried to put a regular bra under the sports tank and jumped around my room once or twice....yeah, that wasn't going to work. Now that its too late, I probably could have gone to the gym and gotten on the bike, but I didn't think of that last night. I will definitely get Lexi to the park tonight for a jog.

    To top it all off, I had two pounds of ground turkey defrosted last night so I made TWO boxes of hamburger helper. When you are flat broke, that is a very cost effecient meal (actually I should say MEALS). I brought a cup of it for lunch today. I'm not sure what the true cals are since I made it with ground turkey instead of beef, but I'm still using the cals that were on the box.
  • akasullengal
    akasullengal Posts: 1,499 Member
    Wow-- sounds like we're all struggling a bit.

    I didn't get to the gym yesterday. I was having too much fun yesterday playing with my houseguest. Did walk to and from work, and did a decently length walk with her in the evening and again at the crack of dawn this morning.

    I'm going to try attempt #3 at running a long run today. I don't have any late afternoon appointments, so I'm planning on leaving early and getting my last long run in. The weather should cooperate and I'll feel better going into weigh-in tomorrow. It hasn't been a great eating week for me. Too much of my pumpkin bread I made, and I was 181 this morning (ARGH)... I'm hoping for a drop tomorrow morning at least for a maintain, but I'm just not so sure. *sigh* 180s, why will you not leave me??

    ETA: here's the dog, Violet I'm watching. Isn't she adorable? I'm not a big small dog gal, but she's pretty charming

    violet1.jpg
  • anvy0530
    anvy0530 Posts: 1,606 Member
    Ok, so I am finally biting the bullet and attempting to upload a pic. I am a'scared of technology but I thought I'd give it a shot.

    DSCF0171-1.jpg

    If it works - it's just a test pic of me & the fam punting on the River Cam.
  • anvy0530
    anvy0530 Posts: 1,606 Member
    Kristina: That doggie is soooo cute! We're babysitting a white German shepherd starting this Sunday. I love having four-legged house guests! Bummer about the 181, I feel you on it though - yesterday, when I stepped on the scale I was down over a pound from last week. Today, when I stepped on the scale, I was EXACTLY the freaking same as last week. It pissed me off. Still does, actually. It's probably from sodium or something but I made soup and I can't just let it got to waste in my fridge because it's got salt in it - it's super tasty and low in cals. Grr.

    Kendal: See above. I am not loving sodium these days either. It throws off my groove. And I have TOTALLY lived on hamburger/chicken/tuna helper in my slightly less affluent days (not that I am anything approaching affluent these days). I don't think it's too bad calorie-wise but it WILL bite you in the *kitten* with the sodium. Sodium sucks. I'm done ranting now.

    I went on a long walk with the dog & kid this AM but haven't done anything else. I just feel kinda "blah" today. I'll do some circuit training or something to get me out of my rut. I'm glad this week is ending though, it's seemed longer than it should have been.
  • KendalBeee
    KendalBeee Posts: 2,269 Member
    I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning. My health insurance premiums are going up next year but I can earn money on my paycheck starting in April if I get a couple tests done. I know my BMI is too high to earn any points for it, but at least they'll see that I've lost a good amount of weight in the past year. I can do "coaching" programs to earn points to make up for that. Otherwise they will test my blood pressure, Glucose levels and cholesterol. I'm kinda nervous to see how my other tests will come out. I've never had a problem with any of it before. My blood pressure has been the high side of the normal range, but part of that is the anxiety of getting my blood pressure taken. I don't know why I get so nervous about something like that.
  • anvy0530
    anvy0530 Posts: 1,606 Member
    Kendal: I think it's cool that your company will pay you for being healthy. Maybe you should take a couple of slow, deep breaths before you have your blood pressure taken so you can feel less anxious and get a more accurate reading. Good luck!
  • KendalBeee
    KendalBeee Posts: 2,269 Member
    Took the pup to the park. The sun is setting by 7:30 here and thats when the park closes so I could only get 2 miles in.
  • pinbotchick
    pinbotchick Posts: 3,904
    Kendal - love your new facebook pic!!!

    Kristina - oh how cute - the pup is adoreable!!!

    Amy - is your thigh feeling better? Love your family pic too!!!

    Lacey - how was the gym?

    So I'm sitting on the plane waiting for a part - it is already an hour late taking off and we have at least another 1/2 hour wait (*sighs*). We are still at the gate and can get off the plane but our companions are in wheelchairs and don't move so well - we've opted to wait on the plane. I've gotta tell you the first class seats are comfy!!! At my ticket was free - this really is work. Thank goodness for family bathrooms and that we decided to eat earlier. We do have lots of snacks and water. I'm off to listen to my book.
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