Over 200 New Year New Me Part 40

lildebbie

Jess......0........0%
Debra....0........0%
Julie......0........0%

I'm frustrated, shocked, and embarrassed by the number on the scale this morning. 199.8
I honestly have no idea how I possibly gained 3.6 pounds in 8 days and I'm pissed the f*** off about it.

Didn't you say you had been really bloated this week? I bet your retaining a crazy amount of water!

Purple-great job on the loss this week! You rock!

Deb-10 pounds in 5 days!? That's amazing girl!! Even if it was water retention. I've never dropped that much.

THanks Jess!! I am glad to be back out of the 250's...THis weekend i am going to try to be semi-good.

my plan is to be pretty good tomorrw, then sunday we are taking the girls to chucky cheese for abby's bday, pizza and cake...but i am okay with that expecailly i have been super awesome this week.

elmox

Happy HAPPY Friday!

Sadly, I didn't get to go to yoga yesterday. I was at work for about 15 min too long and wouldn't have made the class. Blurgh.

Check-in for yesterday:
Cals - 1443, 162 over after eating exercise. Someone got into the marshmallows....
Water - 80 oz - just 1 cup short of my 88 oz goal
Exercise - 30 min of walking, cummulatively. Kinda lame, but I'll count it!
Proud - Made a tasty meal of tomato soup and grilled cheese last night and enjoyed an evening with my hubby. I could have actually gone to a later yoga class, but I knew that hubby and I needed some togetherness and getting home at 9 p.m. wouldn't have helped that much. Instead, I was home by 7 and we had lots of quality couch time. No pilates, but he sure did try!

RedneckWmn

My little niece is back in the hospital. Well on her way to a children's hospital. She woke up this morning with a swollen face. :frown: I'm coming here to talk about it because I can't talk about it on facebook. My other niece and nephew are on there and they are in school and don't know their baby sister is going back to the hospital yet. And you know kids, they get on facebook at school when they shouldn't. Really hope we can get some answers this morning.

Positively_Me

no weight loss for me...after a two binging days (wednesday and Thursday) I know I am still holding on those 10 pounds..maybe more. I don't know what is going on with me..maybe I need a little tough love. I am so scare to weight myself. I am going to start this like the first day. I have already uploaded my food and I have an exercise scheduled for me. Just doing this one day at a time, like I was the beginning of this journey (about a year ago).

Have a great weekend!

LittleSpy

Jess -- still thinking of your niece. :flowerforyou:

I know I was grumpy earlier so I wanted to share a SUCCESS for today: Fruits & veggies!
1/4 banana with breakfast, 3oz carrots for snack, 1 cup steamed broccoli for lunch, and an orange for a snack. I've also had 3 prunes throughout the day (nothing says "I'm pregnant" like chronic constipation, am I right? That's what my ticker will say in a few weeks at least.).

Fruits & veggies = MAJOR WIN considering a week ago I couldn't even think about trying to stomach them.
It almost negates my major loss of not going outside to walk during lunch. *sigh*

VeronicaanddMatt0605

Hi Ladies,

Thank you for your replies. I haven't been on since my last post. I got a bit confused about my login but had the info emailed to me and I'm all set now. I'm going to try to log what I have eaten today so far. Ladies what do u do if u eat something that is a combination food and u don't know each of the individual ingredients in it? Also I cook most of my food from scratch will I have to put in every ingredient that I do or is there a way for me to just enter the entire dish? Thanks. Also could u explain to me the check in process. Is it everyday for food etc and then weekly for weight?

HonestOmnivore

Hello VeronicaandMatt -

I use http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php don't forget to enter the servings. It takes some trial and error but after a while you get pretty good at it! If it's something you cook often you can take the info and enter it here for future use.

Hello my Over 200 friends! I've been busy at work and not doing very well on the diet but OMG am I so much better off than I was last year! Makes me feel good I'll be off trying to get my freezer full tomorrow and Sunday (deer hunting). I went Monday but didn't have any luck

I am not going away - just being a little flakey is all :drinker:

VeronicaanddMatt0605

Thanks for the site mstahl. I usually cook without measuring but I suppose I could measure a couple of times when I make a specific recipe to get a more accurrate account of what I'm eating. I tracked my food today. I was over on calories but I'm just happy I recorded it. I know part of my problem with weight gain is that I eat lots of different things without realizing how many calories I a consuming.

Niveous

Also I cook most of my food from scratch will I have to put in every ingredient that I do or is there a way for me to just enter the entire dish?

At first, you will have to put in every ingredient, but after that you can make it into one of 'your meals.' This site has an amazing feature that allows you to combine a bunch of items into a meal, so that the next time you have to enter that dish - it'll be one simple click. Alternatively, you could also just add up all of the nutritional information of all of the ingredients and create your own food, so that you only have to click on it once for next time. And I also think just starting to log your food is a great place to start!

My Friday check-in:

Calories: Ate all of my calories today, hooray! Went over sodium by 400mg though.
Water: 9 glasses, might make it 10 here in a bit
Exercise: Disappointingly none. I wish I had my enthusiasm from yesterday, but I was just so tired today. Took a "nap" and ended up crashing out. I'll just have to make it up tomorrow - I'm not gonna sit here and lament about it beyond that, I'll just get it done tomorrow.

Overall okay day. I could and will do better tomorrow.

bluenote

Sisters I am still here, just in production week for my students'show. It will all be over on Wednesday. Thank goodness!
I'll write more later.

VeronicaanddMatt0605

Hi Ladies,

Thank you for the continuing replies. I weighed myself this am just to be sure that my estimate that I made when I signed up was accurrate and it was. My highest weight ever even higher than when I ended my pregnancies. I'm glad to be starting this. It is so good for me to see exactly what I have been eating and how quickly the calories add up. I don't know about making any changes yet but just the idea of having to record tastes of things is making me not want to do that. I recorded my breakfast this am and I am also going to try to get some exercise. I will walk either outside brrr or maybe on my treadmill in the basement.

meokk

Well I came in to weigh in this morning and what do I find, only 4 people weighed in yesterday ????? What's going on??
Was this week that bad people ??:noway: :noway: :noway:

Perhaps it was for me....... I weigh in this morning and I'm up about 2lbs - :mad: :explode: sh^t sh^t sh^t
And this is after 7 days of eating Total cals of over 1200 each day and Net calories of right on 1200 cals and just under on one day and I only ate junk on one day so I'm pissed at my body basically for not behaving the way I think it should :explode: :sad: :bigsmile: (yes, I have all of those emotions right now, Ha!)
Looking at my reports I was higher than normal in Fats and Sugar and lower than normal in Protein so I'll focus on getting more protein in this week and not using my calories for fat & sugar. I suppose it's also possible that I could have been way up after Thanksgiving and didn't know it.
Anyway - thinking about taking today as a cheat day and having a big ice cream sundae or maybe making smores by the fire this evening.... oooh and while I'm fantasizing, maybe a baked ziti for dinner........

So what's going on with you all - Allison is the only one who lost this week??

I might set myself a new goal, maybe 10 lbs by the end of Jan, that's 1.25 lbs per week for the next 8 weeks. I guess I'll have to actually exercise as now I'm getting into that tough zone. I have 20 lbs to go to be "healthy" weight for my height and and about 30 to my goal weight and it's getting sooo much harder. I yearn for the days when I could drop 1-2 lbs without evening blinking an eye.

So, here's an update as I've been too busy to post and read much lately. I almost had a complete disaster with my passport. Had to send it off for renewal because it expired and I changed my name when I got married. So sent off and expedited because I thought we would be going to Mexico for Xmas and silly me sent a UPS package to a PO box not realizing that they wouldn't deliver. So it goes to the PO box address and then I get this message saying it couldn't be delivered and they were redirecting to somewhere in Delaware. OK, I thought, thank you helpful UPS for sending it to the right place for me. A few days go by and I decide to call and check on the application status. Not only do they have no record but they tell me that they don't have a passport facility at the address my package was delivered to. :noway: Holeeeeeyyyy crap:noway: - Of course I jump straight to it's some sort of a scam and now identity thieves have my passport, social, old name, new name, address etc. So I spend an evening doing lovely things like putting a fraud alert out to the credit reporting companies and breaking into cold sweats. :sad: :explode:
The address is some sort of business park with multiple companies...........
Next day, hubby says he's been googling the address that UPS delivered to and there is some sort of passport facility there, and shows me a search result that looks like it might be true. So I'm back on the phone later with Passport agency and YES YES YES they have my application processing. HUGE RELIEF !!!!! They second guy on the phone also says he has no record of a facility at that address so who knows what that's all about but I am so relieved that I don't care anymore. What a horrible 24 hours that was.

SO now I'm not sure we can go anywhere for Xmas cos don't want to book a ticket until in KNOW I have my passport back but maybe we have a better offer. If we go to LA for new years we can go to this really cool party that's being thrown by James Franco and how exciting would that be !!!!! It's all because James Franco thinks he's an artist now and is doing a collaboration with a friend of a friend, but whatever, the party should be really fun. :bigsmile:

I could go on but it may be the longest post ever already so I won't.

Bon Weekend everyone !!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

awestfall

I'm here and I actually lost weight this weekend WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!! Hope everyone else is doing well I will be back later.Me and my girls are going to play out in the snow.Looks like a snow day for the girls tomorrow as far as school goes.Hope it doesn't get too bad out though

ColoradoGirl

I am still around.. but, really not doing so hot. I posted a quick blog with my intentions! I hope all you guys are doing well! Miss ya girls
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/ColoradoGirl/view/2011-is-going-to-be-a-better-year-52085

elmox

Hey ladies,

I'm an aunt! My sister in law had her baby on Saturday night and she is beautiful! Hooray!

I leave tomorrow morning for a busniess trip, so I won't be around too much. I'll still be tracking (always....even it it's ugly), but may not be on the boards much.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

VeronicaanddMatt0605

I'm so proud of myself this weekend I have tracked all my food I have been over 2 of the 3days that I have tracked but it is good to know what I am eating and then I'll have to start looking back and deciding where I need to change things.

elmox- congrats on becoming an aunt babies r the best I have 2 little ones and I hope to have another one soon

Niveous

Elmox, congratulations on becoming an aunt, how wonderful!

LittleSpy

Happy Monday!

Lauren -- Congrats on the niece!

I'm here with a plan that makes sense to me. The plan is.... to use my treadmill. *gasp* I've been feeling like since I pay for my gym membership (only $10/month), I should workout there. Well, I've been way to exhausted to even begin to think about driving all the way across town to the gym (25-30 minute drive), working out for at least an hour so it makes it worth my time, and then driving all the way home. But, the thought of getting up an hour early and walking/jogging on my treadmill doesn't seem nearly as dreadful. If I can make it to the gym on the weekends, great. If not, who cares? I mean, really, if I follow my own logic then I have to recognize that I also paid for the treadmill and it's been rotting in my guest room since I joined the gym.

After a nearly nausea-free day yesterday, it took the concentration of every fiber of my being not to puke this morning. Blech. :sick: Seriously, it probably would have been less disgusting to just do it & get it over with. But I'm still chum-free! :drinker:

lildebbie

GOod monday ladies !!

Elmo - COngrats on the New Niece!!!

COlorodo - SOrry you have had such a tough 2010. We are here for ya..

Today is my Abby's birthday ...hard to believe that she is 4 years old., it just doesn't seem that long. I seem to have problems with this lately..i think i am going to be a mess when she gets to school. I think my biggest thing is she my baby and my last child. Serena was 3 1/2 when i had abby, so now abby is that age and no more babies ..We decided 2 was it, but still getting sad that my baby is growing up. I had to admit this (well hubby forced me to) when i was looking for clothes for her and he told me she really needed clothes in the big girl section and not the baby, that stuff was too small :sad: I know they grow up and entering a new phase of big girl and not baby......soooo anway...happy birthday to abby

My eating this weekend was horrible, between the mexican friday night, followed by greasy burger and fries on sat night, then chucky cheese pizza on sunday + cupcake (but only 1 ), throw in some kolaches for breakfast yesterday and the miscellous peppermint bark :sad: ...oh yeah and TMI Is hear...i don't know why i am suprised about it the last few months...but i was...this morning back over 250 :sad: Oh well back on track...one day oh one day i will be under 240.

ladeb

Good Morning,

I can't really check in because I totally lost track of what I ate starting Saturday afternoon through yesterday. Positive note, I still managed to lose a bit, but I am still exhausted! Biggest challenge over the weekend - trying to eat healthy while attending a 7th grade girl sleepover (14 girls) and trying to get some sleep. Yesterday was pretty much a blur - bit I did get in a nap!

Back on the band wagon today!

RedneckWmn

Happy Monday morning ladies! I had a nice low key weekend. Spent almost all yesterday with my family and I loved it! I feel like I haven't seen my little niece Jayden in FOREVER! We were missing my other 2 nieces but we had ag reat time decorating for Christmas. I don't want to toot my own horn but I made an AWESOME pot of chili last night. My poor borhter in law doesn't do spicy and I'm sure he hated life the rest of the night because he choked down a whole bow. He had a ton of crackers, chips and drank a few glasses of milk with it and was poppin tums like they were candy :laugh:

I'm not sure if I updated y'all on my youngest niece Carolyn. She does have a rare blood disorder. I guess basically she just has to be careful of falls. It's where her blood vessels swell and causes bruising. So they have to have her kidneys checked on a regular basis to make sure there isn't any damage being done and just watch her for falls. Otherwise she's doing okay. Thank you all for your prayers. Was pretty scary not knowing what was going on with her.

My sister FINALLY got pictures from the photographer of the wedding put on a CD so I hope to post some of those for you ladies to see tonight. They turned out GREAT!!

After a week of tracking and back to working out I'm up about 2 or 3 pounds. It really ticked me off on Saturday but I'm trying to not let it affect me. I'm sure my muscles are wigging out after no exercise for almost 2 months. And I think TOM is due in the next week. That's all kinds of out of whack to so who knows when he's going to show his face this month! Long as he shows! :laugh:


Meokk-What a scary passport situation!! I hope you get it back soon!! LA for New Years!? That's crazy! I was gonna be in LA for New Years. My best friend and I were gonna to to the Rose Bowl but we decided against it. BOOO!!

Lauren-Being an Auntie is the best!! Your going to love it. Congrats!

Veronica-Great job on tracking. Sounds like you are definitely heading in the right direction!

Julie-I think your plan sounds smart. Use what you have available to you that you know you will more likely use. I so wish I had a treadmill in my parents house. The gym is so far and it's dark when I get home at night. Hope you make it through the day! Your doing so great.

Deb-Happy Birthday to your baby girl!! Don't let that scale get you down Deb. You know it's going to come back off right away. Lets make today a good day!

HeatherMN

Good morning!

Sorry I've been MIA, but I'm frustrated with the whole weight loss thing. I'm not going to quit, but I need to take some time to re-evaluate how to get to my goals. My self-pep talks are not working. I haven't exercised all week and I didn't log my food this weekend. I ate what I wanted, but only when I felt hungry, but I'm still up again. I've hit the point where I feel stressed out over thinking about what to eat and not eat during a day!

Today, I've officially started the Jackie Warner two week jumpstart, where healthy foods are added on top of the usual foods for two weeks. So far, I've had 1 of my 3 servings of veggies for the day. I've got another serving of veggies at work with me, along with my two servings of fruit. I forgot the oatmeal and I'm not sure I can eat the eggs every day, but we'll see what happens. After tonight, I'm going to try really hard not to weigh myself for a while.

I still plan on checking in here, but won't be doing the weigh-ins (at least that's the plan), and I may or may not log my food. I need to de-stress about the weight loss journey and just focus on eating healthier (again) and be more active physically.

Jess: I'm glad you have answers about your niece and that she's going to be okay. It's so scary when kids get hurt or sick!

RedneckWmn

Heather-I can definitely understand your frustruation. You have been so patient along your plateau. I think not weighing for awhile is a good idea. I considered the same thing this morning. Do what you need to do to re evaulate yourself. Just don't leave us completely! Don't let this get you down. Were here for you.

HeatherMN

Thanks, Jess. Like I said, I'll still be here and I'm not giving up on the weight loss journey, just changing some things.

My bf mentioned that I seem stressed about having log things before I eat what I want, even when I'm hungry. He thinks it's best just to re-set a bit. BUT he did say I should keep up with the message boards because it's obvious you ladies are a great source of motivation and support. Apparently I talk about my weight loss sisters a LOT!

RedneckWmn

Thanks, Jess. Like I said, I'll still be here and I'm not giving up on the weight loss journey, just changing some things.

My bf mentioned that I seem stressed about having log things before I eat what I want, even when I'm hungry. He thinks it's best just to re-set a bit. BUT he did say I should keep up with the message boards because it's obvious you ladies are a great source of motivation and support. Apparently I talk about my weight loss sisters a LOT!

I know this feeling allll to well! I was to the point where I wasn't sleeping at night because it was all I thought about. Which is why I took almost 2 months off. It was running my life. I hope taking a step back works for you like it did for me!

Positively_Me

Good morning girls

Deb, happy birthday to you little girl! Don't they grow up so fast? I can't believe my son is 5 y/o., pretty soon he will be going to Kindergarten. He'll be 5 1/2 because his birthday is after the cut off day for being 5 after august 30...the requirement suck, but we get to spend one extra year together before his is off to real school (that is what he calls elementary school oppose to preschool "baby school") Hope daughter has a wonderful bithday!

Jess and Heather, I am also frustrated with my weight loss too, but it's partly my fault because @ times I am not giving it my 100%.

Jess, thank GOD your family found the answers aboiut your niece..

Heather, I also started Jackie warner's jumpstart, I already had a protien and a grain with my black coffee. I am also planning to do her one on one core workout (on demand)..and I forgot to drink my lemon water, but I did have regular water ( 6 cups).. here is to a great "jumpstart" week:drinker: !

julie, I am so sorry to hear you are having a rough pregnancy..everything you mentions I went through..don't overwhelm yourself with exercise..your body will become burnt out very quickly...exercise in short segments ( 10 minutes at a time) is probably better than saying or doing 30 minutes @ one time. Goood Luck girly!

Elmox/Lauren, congrats on your little neice...being an auntie is the best..second to being a mother..lol

ladeb, oh, weekends are the hardest part of being healthy because that is when my kids and dh is home and all they want to eat is bad foods. this week I stayed on track 75% of the time. I am so glad you are back on the bandwagon

colgirl, we missed you and hope you come back soon...

I have to leave ( errands to run) be back later

LittleSpy

Oh, Laila, I don't think I'm having a rough pregnancy at all. I think I'm just a whiny crybaby. Many women have it much much much worse than I do. I'm very happy that fatigue is my #1 issue instead of throwing up like 5 times every day or something even worse.

And I'm really super excited because on Friday, my ticker is going to move to the right a box and look like a little person instead of a fish! If it's possible, I think that may be even more exciting than seeing my weight loss ticker move in the right direction!

Positively_Me

Oh, Laila, I don't think I'm having a rough pregnancy at all. I think I'm just a whiny crybaby. Many women have it much much much worse than I do. I'm very happy that fatigue is my #1 issue instead of throwing up like 5 times every day or something even worse.

And I'm really super excited because on Friday, my ticker is going to move to the right a box and look like a little person instead of a fish! If it's possible, I think that may be even more exciting than seeing my weight loss ticker move in the right direction!

I was on of those lucky ones that would puke more than I could've counted. The thought of certain foods (smell, taste, and looks) made me puke. I had fatigue so bad, like nobodies business. and don't get me started on body changes/tenderness..my body felt like it was in a kickboxing class that I didn't sigh up for. But looking back at all that I went through, I'll do it again because once you see that precious baby and hold it for the very first time all the pain and suffering goes away. Stay positve girl ...I think you're doing great!

Momma24

Jess, thanks for posting about your neice. I hope that this all works out!!!

Heather, take a break from weighing. I am glad you checked in today.

Dawn, I think that your plan makes good sense. This year has been challenging for you. I am sorry I have not check in on ya sooner. Good luck and God bless ya sister.

Julie, feel better!!!!!! Only a few more months to go!!!! I am so excited for you your baby is going to look like a person on Friday instead of a little fish. I had an ultra sound when I was preg with my 17 yo. The doctor recorded it on VHS:laugh: ) My mother was so excited she had her sisters come over and watch it. My aunt asked me if my husband had duck in his family? I asked why? She said cause your baby looked like it was a duck.:laugh:

♫Happy Birthday to Abby♫

Lauren Congrats on the new neice.

I hope I have remembered everyone

Niveous

Well, down 1.3 lbs for the week, which I'm happy about. My calories for the past few days have been in check, even though I haven't posted. Unfortunately I've been sick, so my workouts took a hit, and I didn't do anything all weekend. I'm hoping I'll feel better by tomorrow so that I can start working out again, and I might push myself a little longer. I really do hate missing days. :P