The Randoms - January 2011
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I guess I should mention too that I don't talk about trying to lose weight. Part of that is because I have a huge fear of failure. If I fail at this, no one knew I was doing it in the first place. Big problem, I know. But they can see that I'm doing things- taking zumba classes, going to the gym, but I've never told anyone why I'm doing this. I think I'd have some support if I did.
Ya know...during the first 6 months, I didn't talk about it much at all. My husband knew, my mom knew. I didn't broadcast it either. I completely understand where you are coming from. I'm the type of person where I used to never make goals because I didn't want to be disappointed if I didn't make them. I finally realized that my fear of failure was keeping me from enjoying success! If I don't meet a goal because of being sick or something else, big deal! I tried! I will try again! I will keep going!
Personally, its your journey. Share with who you want to share with. I shared with my husband and my mom because they were close family. It was almost more fun to not tell people what I was doing and then kind of just show up thinner and thinner!
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I met one of my January goals today...
I BUSTED INTO THE 160s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...Just barely, coming in at 169.8, but I am SO happy because now I am officially at a healthy weight with a BMI of 24.9:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: HAVE A MARVELOUS DAY YOU RANDOM PEOPLE!!!!!!!!10 -
I met one of my January goals today...
I BUSTED INTO THE 160s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...Just barely, coming in at 169.8, but I am SO happy because now I am officially at a healthy weight with a BMI of 24.9:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: HAVE A MARVELOUS DAY YOU RANDOM PEOPLE!!!!!!!!1
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I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!! WOOT!!!! GO MANDIE!!!!!
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DING... That is AWESOME, congrats!:happy:0
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I also met my January goal today! Under 150 for a fabulous weight of 149.8 lbs! Yay for the Randoms!!!! My next January goal is going to be to hit a weight loss of one lb per week for the rest of the month. That will get me to around 147 by the end of the month. I'd love to see 145 by Valentine's Day, but I don't want to push things since I just got the scale moving again!0
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I think I am going to set a new January goal to get below 160 and stay there. I am currently at 162 but I am heading on vacation on sunday to sunday so I might get to 160 by sunday but go back up while on vacation. I hope I don't since I know I am going to be with someone that is very mindful of what they eat since they have already lost over 150lbs. There won't be peer presure to eat bad but I do not limit myself as much as she does also but I will try to be a happy medium between her and the other girl.0
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Mandie- I'M DOING THE HAPPY DANCE FOR YOU!!!! WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO! I knew you could do it
Ruth- At least you are going with someone who is mindful! It will probably help you be accountable!!!0 -
It's so QUIET in here today!!!!0
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It's so QUIET in here today!!!!
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QOTD: If you could pick ONE (1) food that you could eat to your heart's content without gaining any calories from whatsoever, what would it be and why?
For me, I'm a sucker for German chocolate cake. So delicious. If that were 0 calories? PARADISE0 -
I also met my January goal today! Under 150 for a fabulous weight of 149.8 lbs! Yay for the Randoms!!!! My next January goal is going to be to hit a weight loss of one lb per week for the rest of the month. That will get me to around 147 by the end of the month. I'd love to see 145 by Valentine's Day, but I don't want to push things since I just got the scale moving again!
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Randoms are kicking some random butt!!!! Actually not so random! They are kicking their own butts! Way to go Sara!!! That is amazing! I read your blog and I'm so proud and happy for you!!)
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QOTD: Oh gosh...well if it has to be one I would have to say pizza. I LOVE chinese food with a vengence but I switch around a ton as far as what I order. Our chinese food place in town makes THE best egg rolls and a couple of months ago we had a little party and ordered FIFTY of them. Oh gosh...The sight of them was pure magic...I took a picture...Hahaha!0
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QOTD: If you could pick ONE (1) food that you could eat to your heart's content without gaining any calories from whatsoever, what would it be and why?
Can I go with any form of fried potatoe? Chips or french fries. I crave salt since my iron is low and these are the ways I like to have them the best.0 -
It would be a toss up between potatoes (in any form, they're my favorite food group) or pizza. I love them both very much. VERY much.QOTD: If you could pick ONE (1) food that you could eat to your heart's content without gaining any calories from whatsoever, what would it be and why?0 -
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QOTD: If you could pick ONE (1) food that you could eat to your heart's content without gaining any calories from whatsoever, what would it be and why?
Potatoes. *happy sigh* sweet, red, gold, french fried, baked, mashed, in chip form.....I just love them all. If I could have potatoes at every meal (and they were zero calories) then I would be content.0 -
QOTD: If you could pick ONE (1) food that you could eat to your heart's content without gaining any calories from whatsoever, what would it be and why?
Hands down it would be Red Velvet cupcakes or cake, with delicious cream cheese frosting. There are so many cupcake bakeries around now, even below the food court in the mall, that I have SUCH a hard time saying no!!! I let myself have one every now and then, but I could totally make it a daily habit. They're just so delicious and amazing, and I have a bit of a cream cheese obsession. At least I go for the cupcake, which is already a good portion size (providing they aren't jumbo cupcakes). It keeps the calorie splurge to a few hundred instead of 500+ a piece of red velvet cake might have.0 -
Ding/Sara/Ruth...Congrats on getting to your goals!!! AWESOME you guys.
The one thing I would like is Hamburg...Burgers,meatloaf, American chop suey, meatballs, cheeseburger soup, tacos....I could go on and on,but I won't. Oh and also love my milk, it has been hard cutting back on milk. :frown:
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QOTD: If you could pick ONE (1) food that you could eat to your heart's content without gaining any calories from whatsoever, what would it be and why?
Ahhhh that's so hard. I'm gonna go with CHICKEN. When I got engaged to my husband I said as long as he fed me chicken once per week & gave me back massages we had a deal :laugh: lol don't worry I was just kidding! I like it fried but hardly have it like that any more for the obvious reasons...but grilled or marinated with pretty much any side dish is delicous to me!!!0 -
QOTD: Anything mexican, chinese food, or peanut butter 0
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QOTD: ice cream treats, especially blizzards and sundaes. This is a cruel question. LOL0
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What is everyone doing this weekend? Tomorrow I have a really busy day but I'm looking forward to it, hopefully it won't hurt too bad to be moving and grooving! Saturday is going to be fun since I get to hang out with some friends in the morning and then hang with my muffins (my boys!)) for the rest of the day! In the evening we get a date night and I'm so stinking excited! Sunday we are having people over and I get to eat Chinese. Is it bad that I'm basing my weekend off of movie theater popcorn Saturday night and Chinese food on Sunday? Ha ha! Now that I'm thinking about it, maybe I should give up one of those items...thats a lot of sodium in one weekend! And since I'm not working out right now, doesn't sound like a good plan! :grumble:
QOTD: What is one thing you are proud of that you've accomplished other then weight loss?0 -
Hey everybody, sorry I haven't been in here too much. Life is hectic - midterms week is getting to me, I think. I have a weight-related issue though - I have been doing MFP for the past 3 weeks and....one pound lost. Just one, and its not even like a full pound. What's up with this? Maybe I'm underreporting my food, it's hard to measure what's in the cafeteria stuff, or maybe it's the stress of midterms. I dont know. My bf says I look like I've lost some, and I feel okay when I look in the mirror, but when I step on the scale it's just a huge disappointment. Tips?0
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QOTD: What is one thing you are proud of that you've accomplished other then weight loss?
I have a bachelor's degree in chemistry.0 -
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Hey everybody, sorry I haven't been in here too much. Life is hectic - midterms week is getting to me, I think. I have a weight-related issue though - I have been doing MFP for the past 3 weeks and....one pound lost. Just one, and its not even like a full pound. What's up with this? Maybe I'm underreporting my food, it's hard to measure what's in the cafeteria stuff, or maybe it's the stress of midterms. I dont know. My bf says I look like I've lost some, and I feel okay when I look in the mirror, but when I step on the scale it's just a huge disappointment. Tips?
I'm sure the stress of midterms does not help. However whenever I plateaued it was because I wasn't getting enough calories. I was really good at thinking I could come under my calories and still loose weight. I remember a real awakening moment for me was last Easter when I felt like giving up. I was loosing maybe a pound every 2-3 weeks since I had started (January) and I didn't understand what was going on. So I just started eating more. It wasn't like I was pigging out. I just let myself eat more if I wanted and still avoided sugars/sodium. I lost 5 pounds in one week! It was awesome! I couldn't believe it! I'm sure cafeteria food depending on what you are eating could possibly be high in sodium? Is that possible? Sodium is never fun. Don't loose hope! I know that before I even lost one pound it took a bit for my body to decide HEY! We are doing something different!!! My metabolism had to change and catch up!0 -
QOTD: What is one thing you are proud of that you've accomplished other then weight loss?
My two degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. It was an insanely hard 4 1/2 years in college to get those, it's one of the reasons I haven't really had time or energy to tackle the weight problem until I started working full time a year ago. Plus Ithaca, NY is freeeeeezing and miserable 8 months out of the year, so that didn't help wanting to get outside or go to a gym or something. It was all worth it though, now I have a fantastic job playing with satellites all day... whoot!0 -
We're staying home tonight. Tomorrow, I'm going to try to make it to zumba, Jae has a birthday party in the afternoon, and then we're taking the kids swimming with another family. Hitting chinese first so I'm a little nervous. I know that I need to get steamed rice instead of fried, but what's a good meal to have? Sunday, my husband gets commissioned in church. He's leaving for Haiti next week, so I'm on my own!
QOTD: I'm most proud of myself for following my dreams even after I got pregnant in high school. I had my daughter Jaedyn when I was a senior in high school. No one expected me to finish high school, but I did- 6th in my class in fact, went on to college, got a degree and now I'm a teacher. It's the best accomplishment I've ever had!0 -
QOTD: What is one thing you are proud of that you've accomplished other then weight loss?
Honestly, the first thing that comes to mind is the summer that I spent volunteering at Big Sandy Camp. I worked there for 10 weeks [of my 12 week summer between semesters] and counseled girls anywhere from age 6-18!!! I got to tell them about how much Jesus loves them and then I just got to spend time with them and let them know that they're special as well as how to love themselves... It was one of the hardest & best summers of my life...and as an added bonus, I met my husband there
So I guess the rest is history.
ps. When I graduate with my BA in Psychology this summer, that will be right up there on the list!0
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