200+ "Us vs. The Turkey"

pinbotchick

I took yesterday off to give my body a rest. Today 3/7 with 90 min of Yoga X. 22 days down and 68 to go. Work is taking over my life combined with this d@mn ex. 90 min of yoga tonight plus 30 min low impact aerobics with mom. I will get up and do P90X in the morning tomorrow!!! I will. I need some time around the house and with DH.

Kristina - my clothes seem about the same fit. It's so hard to tell.

To everyone else, I'll catch up tomorrow. Night.

anvy0530

Victoria: I feel you on the rest needed from P90X - that is INTENSE!!! I took an extra day off this weekend and then made up by doing arms & shoulders AND Plyo today. My body feels like jello.

Kendal: I thought Christina looked like she might have gained some weight the last time I saw her on TV too. But she's super-short so I would imagine that if she gained 5 pounds, it would show. Makes me glad I'm tall - that and I can always reach the top shelf. BTW -Veggie Straws are yummy.

Lacey: 207! woot woot! Way to go! And I'm right there with you on the evil-b!itchiness. I totally threatened Gabriel with death yesterday (he survived) and nearly strangled my husband for not doing the dishes. I was insane. At least I admit it.

As for me, I'm feeling less homicidal today but pretty freaking tired. I can't complain though, as I know I'm tired from the workouts. I've also been on a Greek food kick. Lunch today is a huge Greek salad with feta and homemade Greek salad dressing and dinner last night was homemade falafel (I LOVE me a good falafel and found a good recipe that is even low fat!) and salad. Have a great day ya'll.

pinbotchick

Good morning gang - day 23 done with core synergistics. Amy you're crazy for doing of the workouts on one day. I'm so feeling the crankiness that going around. Must be the moon or something.

KendalBeee

the team leads are out of the office and I just can't make myself work today.

It took me a while to fall asleep last night. I talked to mom and she's super upset cause the brat's RSVPs are being sent to mom's house. I suggested she burn them. She won't cause she's hoping the brat will come to her senses and fix this situation. Mom is trying to blame the future in-laws by saying they "brainwashed" the brat into doing this to her family. I told mom she's trying to blame them cause she doesn't want to accept the fact that the brat is an "adult" and made this choice on her own. Mom didn't like hearing that. Mom is also super stressed cause the house was (more than likely) sold at a foreclosure auction yesterday. They will be notified by a letter if its true. They are in the process of getting into another house, but its taking time. With all this stress, mom is incredibly upset (understandably). She's worried she or the brat could die at any moment without resolving this problem. Its ironic that the only person defending the brat is the one she hurt the most.

*sigh*

I pulled my groin or something working out yesterday. Not sure how that happened since I was only on the elliptical and the upper body weight machines. (unless I strained too hard on one of the weight machines with bad form)


I just pulled up a report on here and I've only lost 4 pounds in the last 3 months. Thats discouraging. I need to try harder.

anvy0530

So we dropped our car off at a garage on Monday to do the however-many-thousand kilometer check up the car was due for. They said it would take a few hours. Monday afternoon, they said that the latch to open the hood is broken and they can't get into the engine compartment so they had to order a part from Audi to fix it. The hood always opened for me but somehow it's broken...fine. They have to order a part to fix it...fine. Now it's Tuesday and when we called to check on it they told us that 1) they don't have the part yet (why the hell not, the Audi dealership is down the freaking street?!?!) AND 2) they have to break the grill to open the hood to replace the part that's broken and then replace the grill...oh yeah...AND 3) they have to order the grill from Audi.

I may never get my car back.

I also want to kill people.

akasullengal

Amy- ARGH on your behalf!

So today is a meeting heavy day. One down, two to go. No patient appointments as of this moment, so should be okay otherwise. Brought over my co-worker today to start the transition into her new role here. I've got some training for the new position today.

Eating was okay yesterday. Not as good as I would like, mostly due to pub trivia goodies. Hope to be better today and get another workout in. Did hit the bike for an hour after work yesterday. Went over 13 miles, but not as far as I had been going... mostly cause I upped the resistance another level, so my legs were feeling it. Will take a bit to get used to this level, and then I'll up it again. Will either rec center it today (elliptical probably) or I'd like to get a run in if the weather holds out and my meeting doesn't run too late and it's already pitch black out when I get home. If it gets dark part way through my run, it's acceptable.

Hope everyone has a good Tuesday!

Laceylala

I have the flu. I knew it would come. It was only a matter of time. Luckily the food was digested enough, but my butt has been puking. lol. Gracie is home today too, an inch of snow and the school closes. She won't stop talking. LOL. I feel sorry that she has to stay home with me today.

Kendal - I'm sorry your mom is getting hit so hard with everything at once. I keep worrying my mom is going to have a heart attack because of the amount of stress in her life so I feel ya. Just remember one thing...as a parent she will ALWAYS defend her kids, no matter what they do, and she was always hold out hope that your sister will come around. As hard as it is, be supportive if you can.
My little brother is a real PIA. My parents have coddled him and allowed him to mooch off them for years without working. He's 30. I have been very vocal for years about the situation. Very vocal. This past year my relationship changed with my mom for a variety of reasons and I learned that in order to both protect myself from crap judgement I've been dealing with all my life from my mom and not to rock the boat anymore, I had to just shut my mouth and stop giving input. Look supportive by not saying anything on the subject good or bad. It is hard. But there is nothing I can do.

Amy - I'd be going nuts without my car.


So last night at the dinner table my darling daughter was playing, not eating, being difficult, backtalking, etc. etc. THis has been going on for about three weeks now. I didn't want to spank her or yell at her or threaten her because obviously nothing has worked in the past weeks...we were eating tacos so I took a spoonful of sourcream and flung some at her nose. A parent has to get creative some time. She was so shocked, so was Jeff. But it finally got her attention and now I think she might remember, for a while at least, she needs to sit calmly and eat her food and quite playing! :laugh:

pinbotchick

((((((((group hug)))))) we need it!!! OverLl I don't have much to complain about compared to you guys. Just a few sore muscles from p90x and I can't blame anyone but me. Day 2 of eating/drinking better - yeah!!! The snow is beautiful and starting to stick. I'd better find my gloves tonight. I've gotten 3 new work referrals in the last few days - gotta love winter where older people don't want to drive.

Kendal - I hope your sis comes around. I agree with Lacey. Keeping quiet unless you can find something positive to say is best.

Lacey - hope you feel better soon.

Kristina - great job on the workouts.

Amy - that just SUCKS!!!! Good luck.

KendalBeee

Lacey and Victoria- thanks for the mom advice. I think I'm going to have to make it an untouchable subject between us cause it just enrages me that she lets that little brat treat her/us this way. There's still time that this may turn around and the brat fixes everything with mom, but even if she does, I think I'm done with her.

and nice way to get Gracie's attention! :laugh:

anvy0530

Kendal: I was so wrapped up in my own junk I didn't even post about yours - sorry. I agree with Lacey that a mom will defend her kids no matter how retarded those kids are being. My brother (almost 31) has been on drugs (been clean for a few years now - Thank God!), had a kid at 18 (that my mom is raising for him as neither he NOR the kid's mom cared about her at ALL), hasn't had a job in God only knows how long AND STILL lives at home. I, like Lacey, have been very vocal about my brother's manipulation of my mother but she ALWAYS defends him because he's her "baby" and blah...blah...blah. So now I don't talk about it. I don't give advice...I just leave the whole thing alone. If she wants to let him keep using her, I can't do anything about it. SO I don't.

Lacey: Your story reminded me about something I did to Gabe when he was 3. He had been a monster all day and was the king of whining and crying. I had just sat down on the couch with a big glass of water (you KNOW where this is heading...right?) and he started in on me...whine...whine...whine....and...Blamo-O, I dumped the entire cup of water on his whiny little head. Nothing has ever shut him up faster.

KendalBeee

I finished up yesterday decently. I was within calories and then I worked out on the wii fit plus for about an hour (after all the button clicking, it was probably around 40 minutes of actual butt-off-the-couch time). This morning I was down to 214.6. But instead of my usual cereal and yogurt, I opted for a big piece of chocolate cake. It was delicious.

anyways, I need to get some production in for today

pinbotchick

2 days of eating good!!! Day 24 - Kenpo X done!!! Sorry gotta run to get to work. I'll catch up soon. Have a great Thanksgiving!!!

anvy0530

I think I might be getting the flu. I've been ridiculously exhausted and kinda nauseous as well as alternating between hot and cold all day. I did manage to slog my way through YogaX (92 minutes) but I have a headache now. I think I'll nap or something.

KendalBeee

Get some rest Amy! Hope you feel better soon!

akasullengal

just a quick check in- will catch up with everyone's posts. Work is crazy, but am looking forward to the new job transition. I'm meeting with the person i'm replacing every day next week for a couple hours each day to continue to learn the job. there is a lot of stuff!

both exercise and eating fail yesterday, which pisses me off. was just tired and didn't want to do anything, so broke my t-giving goal of working out every day this week and staying under calories.

today i'm hoping to leave the office bit earlier, and as it's still light out (but cold), get a run in. i have packing and cleaning and laundry to do and my flight leaves at 7:30am tomorrow. ugh! already checked in online, so just need to get through security. don't know if i'll bring my laptop with me on the trip, so you won't see me around much over the next few days.

Laceylala

Amy I hope you feel better soon.

Kristina hope your flight goes well!


Still feeling like crap today, started my period on top of flu so yeah. ...good times. I did go to work and then Gracie and I went to see Tangled. That movie is awesome!! And I'm so glad at the end they say they got married because from about an hour in on gracie kept saying "now they are going to get married!" every time something good happened and she just needed to have the total princess expeience movie. It was adorable. And then in the car on the way home she goes "I wish I could have that boy flynn rider, even when he's naughty" and I died laughing, it was pretty cute.

Well I think i might make an egg sandwich. Nothing is rally sounding good. Icecream is in the fridge but I want something warm.

pinbotchick

Happy Thanksgiving!!! I screwed eating up Yesterday- went out to share dinner with DH and ended up with pizza and beer. At least I got in a second 30 min workout with mom. Today shouldn't be too bad except for the wine. I really, really need to run today. Stretch X is on the p90x program which means low cal burn. A client gave me a bag of apples from there orchard - they taste great. I sooooo want to make pie but know I should settle for juice and eating them whole. Maybe I'll compromise and bake a few with honey. Now my tummies growling. I'm very thankful for the support each and everyone of you has given me!! As I told mom last night, I'm very happy with my fitness and the way I look. I guess that's why I've been at this weight for so long. I wouldn't be in this place without all of your support.

Kristina - safe travels!! Enjoy your family time.

Lacey - hope you all feel better soon.

Kendal - my thoughts are with your family - I hope it all works put for the best.

Amy - Hope you feel better too!!

Kim, Deb, misch, and the rest of our group - safe travels, we miss you and enjoy your holiday.

Laceylala

Happy thanksgiving everyone!!
We were going to go up to my best friends house for two nights and do a five course Indian restaurant complete with belly dancers tonight...but since we've Been sick, jeff found a restaurant here in town that serves organic food that is doing s thanksgiving dinner. It works! So either a turkey plate or a tofu stuffed acorn squash with mushroom gravy is in my future.

anvy0530

Hi all. I just got back from Thanksgiving dinner at a friends' house. It was a multi-cultural meal. Our friends are Puerto Rican, Moroccan and German so we had a little bit of everything at the table. I introduced the Germans to American-style candied yams (they liked it) and I had Black Forest Cake made by an actual German lady (it was good but soooo filling, I ate 3 bites and was done). Good times were had by all. Now I wanna sleep for a week. Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving Day!

KendalBeee

man....so much to post about. I was fairly good for Thanksgiving. I got up and made mom go with me and Lexi on a walk around her neighborhood. She went 2 laps (30 minutes) and I went 4 laps. I got a good 600+ cal burn from that. I came home, showered and went back over to mom and dad's. Then we all drove over to dad's family for lunch. I had a full plate but didn't go back for seconds, didn't get dessert and wasn't stuffed to the point of pain. The Brat was the main topic of discussion though so I was real relieved when we finally left. We got back and I came back home. It was around 4pm. I let Lexi out, fed her, and took a nap. I had such a headache (car sickness and the conversation gave it to me). I meant to get up at 5, but slept till 5:30, then got back up and headed back over to mom's (geez, I really went over there 3 different times today.) We had dinner there. Instead of cooking, mom bought most of the meal from Sagebrush. OMG IT WAS SO GOOD. Mom added a couple of her standard side dishes and I PIGGED OUT TO THE POINT OF PAIN. There was no room for dessert.

By then it was around 7pm so my older sister, 12yo brother and I went to Walmart cause sister was DETERMINED to get a Barbie Jeep they were selling for $88 (originally $228). We were first in line. :bigsmile: The store kept them in the bay area of the automotive section, so we got to sit in a cozy waiting room for the first 3 hours. There was another guy that came about an hour after we got there, and an older lady shortly after him. We had employees going to count how many Barbie Jeeps there were and my sister tracked down several managers to make sure she understood how they would handle the situation. But yeah....while we were waiting, I walked around and grabbed a couple things I wanted and got 10 storage containers for mom and dad. Eventually they posted Walmart employees around all the palates of sale items and they told you not to get anything until midnight, but I'm glad I got my stuff early cause people broke that rule (it was completely unenforce-able) and they ran out of the storage containers before midnight.

Sister and I checked out separately (she was in the back buying the jeep and I took my stuff to the front) but we both walked out the front door exactly at the same time. We were in the car by 12:09am. It was awesome. I'm so tired. Not sure why its 2:30am and I'm still up.

Amy- I just looked at your snow pictures! I'm jealous!!! I love snow! (until the bratty neighborhood kids trample my yard before I can even see how pretty my house is in the serene peacefulness)

Laceylala

Happy Friday!

We ate at the organic restaurant where some parts of the food were undercooked and yeah. Expensive and we won't go back but at least I didn't have to cook!

Today I am taking Gracie to one of those pottery places and shes going to paint some coffee cups for Christmas presents. And maybe to see despicable me at the movies.

I've gotten about 10-12 hrs of sleep a night and figured if I can do that the rest of the weekend I might feel back to normal Monday. Tomorrow I have to work and get groceries and am going to peruser barn and noble for a new book to read. Me time. Lol.

Okay gotta get in the shower.

KendalBeee

I shouldn't have weighed myself this morning but now I know my damage. The last time I weighed myself, I was 214.6. This morning I was 217. My goal is to be super good today. I need to go check on my friend's dogs and go babysit my niece for an hour or so......ugh.

KendalBeee

Went over to mom and dad's today cause I had to babysit my 5yo niece and ended up eating leftovers. I really need to crack the whip on myself and drink some more water and less carbonated soda.

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pinbotchick

My body is really wiped out. We got about 6 inches of snow and driving for my 3 clients took forever. I opted to take my p90x rest day and moved cardio x to today and yoga to tommorrow. Food was good yesterday but had some beer with the boys. It always puts me over. At least I did 30 min of low impact aerobics with mom last night.

Kendal - great job shopping.

Lacey - what book did you get?

Amy - love your winter pics!!!

Kristina - hope you're having fun.

We've watched several movies. Expendables and The Last Airbender were pretty good. I loved Death at a Funeral!!!

pinbotchick

Kendal - I so hear you with the scale!!! I was up to 187. That's up one more. I know between bad eating and TOM to be arriving Mon that it's bound to be up but aaaarrrrrggggghhhh!!!! Yeah, my cranky pants are on today. My tummy feels like TOM may come early (*grumbles*).

I can't wait for Fri. Mom turns 63 and we have tradition to go Christmas shopping on her birthday. Look out Birchrun - here we come. The outlet stores are 2 hours 45 min away. We'll leave early, shop all day, then drive home. Mom's taking a friend or two as well. It's always such fun!!! I (*insert face with heart eyes*) shopping!!!

anvy0530

I'm still here. I've been busy this weekend with Thanksgiving and playing in the snow and getting Christmas decorations up. I've done a lot of walking but no "real" exercise. I'm gonna crack the whip and get back in gear but I guess I'll wait for the weekend to be over. There's NO WAY I'm getting anywhere near a scale until next week. I've also been battling a sore throat and some kind of fluid drainage in my left ear (weird bubbly sounds going on in there). If I could get a good night's sleep, maybe I'd feel better but I am having the dangdest time getting to sleep and staying asleep. It sux.

Laceylala

Today I am going to go work for a while and hit up the gym and barnes and noble. I'm still very low energy before I feel wiped out so I'm only planning on doing some easy cardio like the bike and maybe some walking. I don't want to over do it, but vie not chosen the best foods to eat then past few days and I would at least like to be at 207 again this Monday so that means today and tomorrow need to be tracked, logged and perfected. I might bring a towel and hit the sauna and the hot tub too. That would probably feel pretty good too.
Next week starts the business of the Christmas month so that should be both fun and stressful. My goal is to keep on keeping on and lose some weight!

KendalBeee

I've been horrible. Haven't worked out and haven't kept track of calories. UGH. I'm scared to jump on the scale this morning but I know i need to face the damage I've done.

Laceylala

Victoria - I got the new Artemis Fowl book (even though they are kid books, I LOVE them!) and a book called The Library of Shadows. I'm reading the latter first. Its different and good so far. I like it.

Amy - I feel you on the sleep. I hate not getting a good nights sleep, especially when I am sick and not feeling well.

Kendal - I am right there with you girl! I haven barely tracked anything all weeek, and haven't worked out at all. Monday is going to suck at the gym.

Even though I haven't tracked or worked out this week I am still holding out at 207.4 this week, same as last. I will weigh tomorrow morning and see how it sits then. Hopefully the same.
This week is hectic. I have to take G with me to work tomorrow since her school is closed. Wednesday is payday, and we will probly close at half day to celebrate the largest sales year and month (Nov) in the history of the company. Friday is my Christmas party and I want to see if I can find something new to wear in the between time. Oh and I need to get a few gifts for kids for Jeff to take with him this weekend.


My goals for the week are to log everything and to work out at least three times. But I am going to keep my work outs to a nice minimum. Easy, simple and not killing it this week. I feel like I am still bouncing back from the trip, being sick, etc. and pushing at the gym is the last thing I need. So doing 30-45 minutes of easy cardio will be good enough for me this week.

200...200...200...200. I'd like to be WAY closer to 200 by Christmas. I can do it!!

anvy0530

Why do I let the holidays do this to me??? I didn't even host Thanksgiving and yet, I STILL ate garbage all weekend long (4 day weekend) and didn't get any exercise! I have to snap out of it - NOW! There's absolutely no reason for me to backtrack on all the good work I've done this year. I'm going to "walk it off" and do my P90X tomorrow and start tracking the calories again. Ugh. My only problem is that I've been "coming down with something" for about a week now and it hasn't gotten any better but it also hasn't gotten any worse. I'm just exhausted and have a sore throat and a headache and alternate between not getting ANY sleep at all and ONLY sleeping (spent most of today on the couch, unconscious).

Lacey: The Library of Shadows is a great title!

Kendal: I'm right there with you.