Over 200 New Year New Me Part 37

Positively_Me

Morning girls,

Sorry I have been MIA the past couple of days…hubby left again to Baltimore and not it’s time for me to refocus.

Since I am the biggest loser this week (thanks Allison for the reminder); my challenge is for everyone to exercise @least 3x a week, stay within the recommended calories, drink @least 8 cups of water, and (most important) check in everyday (calories, water, exercise, and being proud).

Come on girls, summer is over, it’s time to get back to becoming a healthier and better person, inside and out. Let’s do this!

Be back in a few...

awestfall

ann - sorry you had a rough time. I can just imagine how tuff that would be. I know you will be alot lighter in march and hopefully you will be pregant in the spring with that precious baby boy.

Well ladies...i have offically lost my mind this week...i freaking went insane!!! THis mroning on the scale i was 251.5 , yep that was 9 lbs up from 2 fridays ago...i am doubting that is actualy fat gain , since that would mean like 31,000 calories over my maintain calories. I hate lots of sodium, pizza 3 x and mexican 2x., pluse a variety of other things :sad: I don't know what got over me this past week...i have to stop it though...

I really hated seeing that 25# again this morning...i just wanted to cry, i was soo close to a 23# and now to be over 250 is soo sad to me. I know a good portion is water , but still...so re-committing today eating in my cals (dont think i ate in my cals 1 day last week), and exercise (didn't exercise all week long).

I have 1 month till thanksgiving when my sister is coming down...she hasn't seen me since last september when i was over 300...wanted to be 90 lbs down but that AINT happening...If i can be 80 i will be happy...but i got to get my butt in gear!!!!

Deb thank you and I know exactly how you feel putting on 9 pounds cause I have put on 12.I was down to 218 a month ago and I am back up to 230 this morning so I have definitely re-evaluated as well.I know alot of mine is water weight because I haven't really changed what I have ate with the exception of some really high sodium days.We will get it back down and you totally will hit your 80 pound mark before Thanksgiving.As hardworking at this as you have been you may see 85 who knows.Keep at it girl you look great all your hard work is paying off and it shows

awestfall

Morning girls,

Sorry I have been MIA the past couple of days…hubby left again to Baltimore and not it’s time for me to refocus.

Since I am the biggest loser this week (thanks Allison for the reminder); my challenge is for everyone to exercise @least 3x a week, stay within the recommended calories, drink @least 8 cups of water, and (most important) check in everyday (calories, water, exercise, and being proud).

Come on girls, summer is over, it’s time to get back to becoming a healthier and better person, inside and out. Let’s do this!

Be back in a few...

I needed this pick me up Laila but unfortunately I cannot exercise this week. My doctor told me Saturday at least another week before exercising again.He wants my body to heal but I will be staying within my recommended calorie limits.Thanks again for the uplifting words.I am going to lose lose lose.

lstpaul

Morning girls,

Sorry I have been MIA the past couple of days…hubby left again to Baltimore and not it’s time for me to refocus.

Since I am the biggest loser this week (thanks Allison for the reminder); my challenge is for everyone to exercise @least 3x a week, stay within the recommended calories, drink @least 8 cups of water, and (most important) check in everyday (calories, water, exercise, and being proud).

Come on girls, summer is over, it’s time to get back to becoming a healthier and better person, inside and out. Let’s do this!

Be back in a few...

I needed this pick me up Laila but unfortunately I cannot exercise this week. My doctor told me Saturday at least another week before exercising again.He wants my body to heal but I will be staying within my recommended calorie limits.Thanks again for the uplifting words.I am going to lose lose lose.

Awestfall: follow your doctor's advice and take it easy and rest - you will be back to exercising soon enough. Be good to yourself through this time.

lstpaul

well ... I didn't track my calories or log in all weekend ... but I did lose a pound last week so I'm happy with that, and I'm back today. I feel like I am slowly getting my brain back on track to working on my weightloss. I didn't do great with food or exercise over the weekend though :ohwell: . I'm just holding my breath until tomorrow at 4:00 when hopefully all will go well with closing on the family farmhouse.

RedneckWmn

Morning ladies. I'm definitely not caught up on the posts. I'm beyond exhausted so I was just going to jump back in. The wedding went well. It rained and we didn't have a plan b. Always have a plan B!! It still came together beautifuly despite the rain. Mike got to meet the family. Think that went pretty well. Minus him telling people we were getting married! Not sure where that came from. Kinda weird! But we had a good time!! I tried to post a blog with some pictures but for some reason they will not post correctly. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong or what. So there is a collage in my profile. The pics are real tiny though. I can post links to photobucket if anybody wants to see more, or bigger images. I can't wait to get back into my routine. We've got 16 people staying at our house right now. Exercise is out of the question! I basically get zero privacy right now except when I'm in the bathroom. I'm going to try and catch up on the posts today. Hope everybody had a great weekend!

LittleSpy

Ann -- ***HUGS*** to you.
Maybe we'll be bump buddies afterall.

I've been very blah. I was pretty bad (relatively) last week & over the weekend but I haven't really gained any weight (I'm up about 3 pounds from my lowest but it's no wonder with all the sodium I've had. My pants are actually looser than ever) so I'm kind of in that "I can bust my *kitten* and not lose weight or I can not workout and eat whatever I want and not lose weight" mentality.

I KNOW if I went at it full force again I would lose weight. And I WANT to lose 40 more pounds but I'm not at the same kind of breaking point I was when I weighed 270+ pounds. I think I'm just tired and I'm letting myself have a little break from focusing so much on it and allowing myself to focus more on other things. But I am NOT letting myself gain any real weight back. I absolutely refuse to see 200 again. Like... EVER again. And that includes during pregnancy so I really need to lose a little more so I won't have to worry so much about that awful number..

awestfall

Ann -- ***HUGS*** to you.
Maybe we'll be bump buddies afterall.

I've been very blah. I was pretty bad (relatively) last week & over the weekend but I haven't really gained any weight (I'm up about 3 pounds from my lowest but it's no wonder with all the sodium I've had. My pants are actually looser than ever) so I'm kind of in that "I can bust my *kitten* and not lose weight or I can not workout and eat whatever I want and not lose weight" mentality.

I KNOW if I went at it full force again I would lose weight. And I WANT to lose 40 more pounds but I'm not at the same kind of breaking point I was when I weighed 270+ pounds. I think I'm just tired and I'm letting myself have a little break from focusing so much on it and allowing myself to focus more on other things. But I am NOT letting myself gain any real weight back. I absolutely refuse to see 200 again. Like... EVER again. And that includes during pregnancy so I really need to lose a little more so I won't have to worry so much about that awful number..

Thanks Julie!! Once I get out of the 200's I never want to see them again either.I plan on knocking off at least 50 or 60 pounds before I do decide to get pregnant again and if I do I will only be gaining the minimum weight required during pregnancy.That would be awesome if we did become bump buddies.My sister-in-law wants me to get pregnant when she does with her first so she can ask me all kinds of question about pregnancy and compare bellies and stuff lol.I told her to let me lose some more weight and then we will eat a baby together at the same time:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: thats how my daughter Amelia-3 thinks yyou get pregnant by eating babies.She told me the other day not to eat oo many babies because pretty soon I wouldn't have anymore room for one because my tummy was getting smaller and smaller by the minute.3 yr olds have a mind all there own and come up with some crazy theories.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Hopefully I will be eating twin babies soon enough though lol:laugh: :laugh:

awestfall

Ann -- ***HUGS*** to you.
Maybe we'll be bump buddies afterall.

I've been very blah. I was pretty bad (relatively) last week & over the weekend but I haven't really gained any weight (I'm up about 3 pounds from my lowest but it's no wonder with all the sodium I've had. My pants are actually looser than ever) so I'm kind of in that "I can bust my *kitten* and not lose weight or I can not workout and eat whatever I want and not lose weight" mentality.

I KNOW if I went at it full force again I would lose weight. And I WANT to lose 40 more pounds but I'm not at the same kind of breaking point I was when I weighed 270+ pounds. I think I'm just tired and I'm letting myself have a little break from focusing so much on it and allowing myself to focus more on other things. But I am NOT letting myself gain any real weight back. I absolutely refuse to see 200 again. Like... EVER again. And that includes during pregnancy so I really need to lose a little more so I won't have to worry so much about that awful number..

I think you are right that you may need a mental break from it all.You know how to keep yourself healthy and not overdo it.Look how far you have come.You are a true inspiration to me and many others.So if you need a break you need a break.Just be reasonable about your decisions and get back at it when you feel its time to go again.I think you will maintain nicely in the mean time if you decide to take a break.YOUR AWESOME!!! Vent to us whenever you feel like your falling apart thats what we are here for

tlrue

Morning!

Emotionally chaotic weekend for me... still trying to process things. I know everything will be fine...

Now I am left without an appetite... I'm almost 3 pounds down from Friday.

I managed to log food from yesterday. Saturday wasn't worth logging... I probably ate 500 calories total (paired up nicely with my 2 hours of sleep).

Just keep swimming...

HeatherMN

Theresa: I'm sorry to hear you had a rough weekend. We're here if you want to talk about it. No matter what, make sure you're taking care of yourself!

Jess: I'm glad you had a good weekend and that you had fun at the wedding. So when are you and Mike getting married? Did you tell him you want to see the ring before agreeing to such things? Do you have pics posted on Facebook?

Ann: That's a crazy dream and I'm hoping it comes true for you, as long as you don't have to eat any babies! You can totally lose the weight by then, just stick to it!

Julie: I hear you on needing a break of sorts. I'm maintaining and actually saw 185.8 on the scale again this morning, but I'm honestly not putting much effort into things other than doing the weight lifting routines. I need to get back to it soon because I want to see my goal weight by my birthday in April.

I'm feeling a bit down right now, so it affected my eating a bit and my emotions are out of whack. The bf and I are going to talk about some things that have been bothering me lately, this evening, so my stomach is churning and I can't concentrate on work. He's not an emotional type, so sometimes it's hard to bring things up. I usually let things build for about six months and then talk them all out at once and then the cycle repeats. Ick. Yep, this is the one area that he's not so awesome at...talking about feelings. They all have to have one flaw, right?

RedneckWmn

Heather-There are lots of pics posted on facebook from this weekend. And more pop up everyday from family tagging me in them. Hope your talk with the bf goes okay tonight. It's hard to talk about feelings when one doesn't like to show them. I'm one of those that doesn't really like to show them either. Hope it goes well. Try not to let it affect your eating. HUGS!

lildebbie

Jess - My Fb was acting up for like a week now couldn't see the picsk , but the littl version on fb, i just fixed it and got to see them all !!!! You looked great and looks like a good time is had by all

Teresa - SOrry you are having a rough time, we are all here if you want to vent/talk

Heather - GOod luck with BF.

purpleprose

Jess - weird that the photos won't post...I'm bummed because we're not FB friends! Regardless, glad you had a good time, despite the rain.

I got up and planned to knock out week 9 day 3 of C25K but remembered that I was also doing yoga later and didn't want to burn through 700 calories today. Personal training tomorrow, week 9 day 3 of C25K on Wednesday. Food's been good, down another .7 pounds this morning (my ticker updated to show I was under 250 after all....there was no way I could wait until Friday!) but I am holding off on making further ticker adjustments until the Friday weigh-in.

elmox

I'm back! The last few weeks have been nuts. Because they have been nuts, I have been allowing myself to do whatever I wanted and that meant eating whatever and exercising never! So yeah...I'm definitely up about 5 lbs. Boo to that. However, it does give me some motivation to get myself back on track and back to the gym.

I can easily sum up my check-ins from last week:
Cals - Over, always.
Water - Usually about 64 oz (yeah for that at least!)
Exercise - Nada
Proud - Saw some people at our watch party on Saturday night - got lots of compliments on how I looked. That was pretty awesome. I also decided to stay away from beer (well, I did have one in the 4th quarter, but we were beating the #1 team in the country, I'm allowed a Bud Light!) at the watch party, which felt like a good decision.

Anyway, this week is also busy - I've got something every night, but I'm not going to let that stop me from being active. I've got to change my habits and start exercising in the morning. I've got to get back on track in terms of eating and stop letting myself make excuses.

I had a dream the other night that I gained back 20 lbs and weighed 195. This was a pretty startling dream, because I realized that that could easily happen if I let myself become complacent. While this is a lifestyle change and not a diet, it means that I have to commit to it. Getting off-track for a few weeks may happen, but it's so important I get back on track instead of wallowing in all I've done wrong.

In other news, my mom has started Jenny Craig and it logging her food here on the site. If you want to encourage her, her screen name is carolfarell. I'm super proud that's she's committing to better heath for herself and even more proud that I'm inspiring her!

Time for a good butt-kicking Cris and Jess!

awestfall

Girls I am totally confused now!! Found out the results of my recent bloodwork and my HCG levels went up.Not aalot but they did rise.I go to the OB tomorrow which I wasn't going to but now I am questioning what is going on.My HCG was 217 at the ER last WED Saturday they were 241 which they told me I would be considered 4 weeks pregnant gestational age.I am so freaking confused I really don't want this to be a repeat of what I went through the first time I miscarried or at least thought I was maybe I should have given it time and it would have developed properly but my first pregnancy my doc told me it was either an ectopic or a miscarriage but my numbers are doing the same thing this time.PLEASE PRAY FOR ME!!! I am going crazy not knowing whether I am still pregnant or not.

HonestOmnivore

Ann I'm sorry you're on this roller coaster right now... One thing that is totally different from the last time? You as so much stronger now :flowerforyou: I'm sorry you couldn't get into see your OB sooner. Remember to breath, and please be kind to yourself!

lildebbie

ann - sorry for the ups and downs. I Hope the ob can give you some answers

Well girls , I am starting this week off pretty good...so far so good, eating witin my cals no snacks (i mean i will have snacks but last week i was snacking all freaking day), and hit 50 min at the gym burning 444 ..I say pretty good since i haven't worked out in over a week!!

HonestOmnivore

Way to go Deb!!! :drinker:

Positively_Me

ann, so sorry you are going through an emotion roller coster, but please take a breather. Hopefully the doctor will give you the answers you are looking for:flowerforyou:

Elmox, glad you are back and remember Mstahl's wise words "a weight gain is ALWAYS water weight and a weight loss is ALWAYS fat loss"

deb, awesome burn girl!

Mstahl, I read a couple of pages ago megan is taking Arabic lesson...it's an awesome language (and it has nothing to do with me speaking it ) I kinda speck Arablish..lol

Jess, you look so cute in your dress and you and Mike make a cute couple..

Heather, I don't like to share my feeling too, so I hope you try to open up and speak you mind tonight with bf..good luck girl :flowerforyou:

Allison, If you like to add me on facebook..my email is falha@aol.com

malibootie

Hello girls. I know I have been MIA for a while now. I have been thinking about you during the time, but with the work chaos, and the home chaos, well- the internet has not been a priority, Neither has my food logging or exercise.

Last week:
Calories: over until TODAY! YAY
Water: avg'ing 72 oz (which just shows that water isn't enough)
Exercise:neglible
Proud: I DID go for a mile plus walk on Saturday and then came home and started the 100 push up and 200 sit up challenges. Tonight is the second night for them.

I have a lot of posts to read through, and I hope you will bear with me as I get my footing and become more active on this site.
Mallorie

HeatherMN

Mallorie: Glad to see you're back! Don't worry about keeping up to date with every post...it can be overwhelming. Just jump in whenever you have a chance!

elmox

Checking in for today:
Cals - Under w/exercise = 1544 (1728 goal)
Water - 96 oz
Exercise - 50 min of running/walking = 528 cals burned
Proud - Back to the gym! That 5K is in less than a month and I really want to try and run the whole thing.So I'm playing with intervals. Today I:
-Walked 7 min (warm-up) @ 4 mph
-Ran 8 min @ 5 mph
-Walked 3 min @ 4.2 mph
-Ran 6 min @ 5.2 mph
-Walked 3 min @ 4.2 mph
-Ran 4 min @ 5.2 mph
-Walked 3 min @ 4 mph
-Ran 3 min @ 5 mph
-Walked 13 min (w/cool down) @ 4.2-3.5 mph

So yes, good to be back on track for today. Focused for tomorrow!

tlrue

Today's post is brought to you by the word EAT. Last Friday morning I was at 223, Sunday afternoon (after a day and a half of not eating due to meltdown/panic attack) the scale read 221 (YAY!!!)... Yesterday I barely ate anything, as food just turned my stomach. This morning, I'm back at 222.2. So, eat your food, ladies! Starvation is not helpful.

Feeling a little better today... breathing all the time, focusing on things that have to be done (as opposed to laying on the couch and letting my mind reel. (I'm a little hesitant to let it all out here since it's an open-to-the-world forum... but I very much appreciate everyone's support and concern!! )

Class is tonight and I'll be getting back my very first grad school midterm! I'm slightly nervous not that I did badly, but that I didn't do better than everyone else... haha Sounds awful of me? Yes. But that's because most people in my class are convinced I'm some sort of linguistical genius. Although I might be close

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories - way under (and what I did eat - pizza, ice cream, cereal - not great)
Water - awful
Exercise - Cleaned up the house, went grocery shopping.... one day at a time
Proud - I didn't shy away from how I felt and used real words to communicate it! (Sounds easy for most people... not so much for me)

lildebbie

Good morning gals

Well only 6 1/2 lbs up instead of 9 this morning...so at least it is going in the right direction.

Got to get my but working, i have been slacking when it comes to work, and have lost of stuff to do so beter get on it.

purpleprose

Yesterday's check-in:

Cals - 700 under
Water - 9ish cups
Sodium - 46 over
Exercise - 10 minute run plus 10 minute walk in the AM, 1 hour of yoga in the PM
Proud - I'm having a hard time "seeing" the weight loss...I *know* that I've lost almost 40 pounds, I *know* that my clothes fit better, but I have a hard time looking in the mirror and seeing a difference, so I spent some time yesterday being positive about my body and noticing some changes. It's really hard for me to do that.


Laila - that is a GREAT challenge!!! We all seem to have been slacking lately and a challenge like that is good to kick us all in the pants and get us back on track.

lildebbie

check in yesterday

Cals - 150 under
Water - 4 cups (not nearly enough), but it is a start
Exercise - 50 min arc trainer (444 cals)
Proud - THat i got the week started off good.!!

Had a little pick me up yesterdya, when i took serena to the counseror the lady at the sign in, was like how much weight have you lost, i told her about 75 (even those i was feeling like i was lying since that was 7-9 lbs agao), and was like you look great...So that felt good !!

And on the conselour note...serena has graduated from counseling !!!! Her counsleor said we are just leaving it as needed, so if she is struggling and we want to start again then that is fine, or if we want to check in that is fine, or if she is doing good and we don't feel the need to then that is fine too....So proud of my baby girls.

lildebbie

Just watched this video and it was very disturbing to me. It was the about this woman who wanted to get fatter and fatter.

She said she was 600 lbs ,and wanted to know how it was to be 700, then 800 and is hoping to hit 1000 lbs. Said she ait 12,000 calories a day.

HeatherMN

Deb: I bet it was an interesting article. It's hard to imagine someone wanting to gain weight like that. Basically, it's a slow suicide. On a more positive note, yay for Serena!

Allison: I'm proud of you for spending time being positive about your body. It is hard to do!

Theresa: Good luck on your midterm. Wanting to do better than everyone else is something I completely understand, so don't feel bad. Great job on communicating your feelings, too. I struggle with that....hmm, sound like we have a few things in common? Thanks for the friend request...I assumed we were already MFP friends!

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Under by 98, which I consider on-target!
Sodium: Over by 255, which I consider a big win!
Water: 89.8 oz
Exercise: None, it was my designated rest day
Proud: Bf and I talked...well, I did most of the talking. It was hard for me to do, but I feel SO much better today just getting things off my chest.

On a super happy note, the scale showed me a new low this morning of 184.2 so I counted it on my ticker. Hopefully it will stick around for a while, especially since we go to bf's family reunion at an indoor waterpark next weekend and I'd love to be down a few more pounds! I won't hit my Halloween goal :ohwell: but after a seven month plateau, I'll take any loss right now!

HonestOmnivore

Good morning!

First I'll check in for yesterday:
Calories - under with an *
Water - not great (out of iced green tea at home)
Exercise - none

Proud- I had a good talk with Meghan - I think she's starting to really FEEL like learning is the point of school, not grades. Her dad used her grades as weapons, even when she did well it wasn't good enough adn she just shut down and stopped turning in assignments. Since she started school here it's been a little hit and miss but we have been focused on what she's learning rather than how she's doing and I think she's starting to catch on and realize that she actually likes to learn! She stayed up until three AM to complete a writing assingment that she'd put off and she was SO PROUD of herself this morning

* Dinner consisted of several 3 yr old See's dark chocolates I found cleaning out the cupboard.

Laila - Arabic is Meghan's FAVORITE class! She has beautiful hand writing and she loves the Arabic Script, and she enjoys learning both the speaking part and learning about Arabic cultures. Her high school offeres it as a language along with the usual (Spanish, French, German, and Latin) they also started offering Chinese a couple years ago. I bought her Harry Potter a book printed in Arabic :laugh: