Over 200 Club New Year New Me Part 45

Positively_Me

morning ladies!

I'm here..just figuring out what to do for the month of March. I am still @ a standstill (weight wise) and now I am becoming annoyed because spring is almost here and I wanted to be down at least 15 pounds.

I truly think it's because I am using weights and that is why my weight is not budging. I feel stronger but I don't want to build muscle while a big layer of fat is protecting my body. SO I think I will be doing lots of cardio maybe 5 -6 times a week and only using weight 2 -3 times a week. I hope this can help me push through whatever my body is going through.

I've done everything from eating my exericse calories..not eating ex. calories to exercising too much and/or not enough. I have no idea what else to do...frustrating is how I'm feel!

RedneckWmn

Morning ladies! Happy Monday!!:drinker: :flowerforyou:

LittleSpy

Laila, I may not be much help since I was at a standstill for months before I got pregnant, but I think what you have to do at this point is pick something and stick with it for at least a month (maybe more?) before you decide it's not working. :flowerforyou:

elmox

Morning! Hope you all had a great weekend.

Well my life is hopefully close to getting back to normal. I've been traveling and crazy-busy at work lately, so my eating has been less than stellar and exercise!??! It's been weeks. I weighed myself this morning and am up 6.5 lbs from my low of 166. Boo to the 170s - I thought I left you in the dust! I know it's a combo of food, lack of exericse, and TOM is on the way, but it's still not great to see a gain of 6.5.

Ah well, hopping back on the horse this week. Plans to exercise today and tomorrow for sure. I've got stuff in the evenings on Wednesday and Thursday so I'm going to try and at least do a quick workout (Shred?) one of those mornings. I've got to change up my schedule because I'm going to bed late and having a tough time pulling myself out of bed!

I will do a very quick check-in from Wednesday - Sunday....
Cals - Over. Every. Single. Day. By quite a bit!
Water - Not enough - so dehyrdated!
Exercise - Um...I danced for 30 min at the wedding on Saturday night.
Proud - Got lots of compliments during my traveling - people who hadn't seen me in awhile, etc were very kind and encouraging. Which is always nice to hear when you're in the middle of a crazy 2-3 week BLAH-fest!

xoxo!

Positively_Me

Thanks Julie! I truly value your thoughts , feeling, and opinions ..

I thought of you and how frustrated you were when you hit a plateau (before pregnancy) months ago. What I am so scared about is I’m going to stay 206 for 6 months. Two months have passed and I am still the same weight as when I started 1/1/11.

This is what I did for the month of Feb. I’ve done Last Chance Workout 5 times a week and another form of cardio 7 times a week (walking, elliptical, ondemand exercises).

I did eat my exercise calories, and when I did I gained weight..then I started eating some of my ex. Calories. Still gained weight. So last week I stopped eating my exercise calories. And I lost .6 of a pound. And when I weighed In this morning I was up to 210..why I am not sure. I stayed within my calories and walked both days. The only difference I did this weekend is I ate little more carbs (but stay within calories) and forgot to drink my normal water intake.

What am I gonna do to lose this weight??? Help!

lstpaul

Thanks Julie! I truly value your thoughts , feeling, and opinions ..

I thought of you and how frustrated you were when you hit a plateau (before pregnancy) months ago. What I am so scared about is I’m going to stay 206 for 6 months. Two months have passed and I am still the same weight as when I started 1/1/11.

This is what I did for the month of Feb. I’ve done Last Chance Workout 5 times a week and another form of cardio 7 times a week (walking, elliptical, ondemand exercises).

I did eat my exercise calories, and when I did I gained weight..then I started eating some of my ex. Calories. Still gained weight. So last week I stopped eating my exercise calories. And I lost .6 of a pound. And when I weighed In this morning I was up to 210..why I am not sure. I stayed within my calories and walked both days. The only difference I did this weekend is I ate little more carbs (but stay within calories) and forgot to drink my normal water intake.

What am I gonna do to lose this weight??? Help!

I would bet some of that weight today is water weight ... I ALWAYS weigh a few pounds more on Monday morning than I did on Friday (like today I am up over 3 pounds .. which is scary), and I know I eat more salty foods on the weekends and don't drink enough water. Drink lots of water for the next few days and back off on the salt and I bet you will be back down.

lstpaul

I had a very challenging eating weekend with 2 meals out at restaurants and running around the rest of the time so didn't eat nutritious snacks like I should. I did well Saturday night at the restaurant choosing tilapia with a creamy crab sauce and a side of mashed cauliflower instead of a potato - probably too much fat in the creamy crab sauce but otherwise ok (and a vodka gimlet - but hey, got to splurge sometimes). But last night I had a plan for going out to a local burger place, but the plan went out the window after I sat down. I was going to eat 1/2 patty melt, and share some deep fried green beans (one of their specialties) - instead I ate the deep fried green beans for an appetizer, AND ordered their burger of the day which had those little onion rings on it, AND I ate most of my french fries. Bad, bad. I felt icky afterwards, slept poorly, and I STILL taste the grease on those fries. I'm really hungry today too ... making it hard to get back on track ... but I am going to do it!

LittleSpy

Eating out is still so tough for me. Yesterday I went to Zaxby's and got a Kickin' Chicken sandwich basket (I had a coupon for a free meal deal). I ate it all (completely stuffed myself). Later on as I was (SUCCESSFULLY!) talking myself out of ice cream I thought "I bet I ate 1200 calories for lunch." I just checked the website and whammo -- 1204. Not sure if that's a win or not though. I did plenty of cleaning/exercise yesterday though so I ended up a few hundred cals under maintenance anyway.

elmox

Eating a big ole salad for lunch - if only the fruit/veggie challenge was this week! I did NOT do very well with my challenge last week - will try and keep it as a focus this week too.

Spinach, red peppers, red onion, mushrooms, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, egg whites, and balsamic vinegar = YUM!

lstpaul

I'm eating a big ole salad for lunch too! I also could have used this much veggies last week for the challenge ... what is this week's challenge?

HeatherMN

Hello, ladies!

An MFP friend (not on this thread) pointed out to me that I hadn't posted since Wednesday! It's busy at work and I haven't had access to a computer outside of work, so I guess I disappeared. Didn't mean to, I promise!

Jess: Looks like we'll have to meet up on Friday night of Warrior weekend, especially since your friend lives so close to where I work. I'm bummed you won't be able to spend more time here, but I guess that means I'll have to come down and see you sometime.

Teresa: I'm glad to hear you'll be able to work your job longer. Hopefully that gives you time to find something else and eases the stress, at least until things get cleared up between you and Adam.

Laila: Congrats on losing inches. Don't back off the weights because the more muscle you have, the higher your metabolism to burn more calories faster, which in turn burns the fat.

Nancy: I'd be mad if TOM decided to make a return visit after being gone for three years. How is that even possible? So weird.

Melinda: Yay for Meghan having fun with theater! It sounds like she is absolutely thriving since moving in with you!

So, I pretty much failed the fruits & veggies challenge last week and will try to continue to focus on increasing these. I've done better eating-wise this week than I haven in the past three weeks, as long as I eat a sensible dinner tonight. Yay!

Have a great day!

LittleSpy

I only made it 22 minutes on my walk today. It's too freaking hot & I was sweating buckets all over my work clothes. Isn't it supposed to beFebruary? It's 85*F outside today. :noway: Inside too, since the AC is broken at work. :ohwell: The temp is supposed to be reasonable again after today (high 60s/low 70s).

RedneckWmn

Those with the salads they sound so yummy!! Maybe we should attempt the veggie and fruit challenge again this week! Since like a good portion of us did not do so well.

Heather-We will definitely have to meet up Friday then!!

Laila-Hang in there girl. Try easing up on the strength training and cut back to maybe 3 days a week and do cardio the rest. See if that helps. :flowerforyou:

lstpaul-Everyone is going to have slip ups. I have no doubt you can get yourself back on track today. You've been doing so well!!

For lunch I had a Smart One chicken enchilada with sugar free pudding. I'm trying to keep some frozen meals in the freezer here at work for days I don't have time to pack a lunch. Mom bought lots of spinach and veggies for me to make some salads this week! I know the frozen meals aren't the best but it keeps me from hitting up chick fila and other fast food places!

RedneckWmn

I know we have had this conversation before but I just messed up my diary..what does everybody have for their % on carbs, protein and fat?

LittleSpy

I'm at 45% carbs, 30% fat and 25% protein. I was attempting 40/30/30 before I increased my calories to maintenance for pregnancy but there is just no way I'm going to get like 160g protein a day right now. :laugh:

HeatherMN

Good morning!

Jess: Sorry I can't help you with your question since I don't have to track that on WW.

I have happy news this morning. My cousin Alyssa welcomed a healthy baby boy, Logan, into the world today! He's super adorable (saw pics on FB!). I'm glad I didn't buy any newborn size stuff for him because he's 9lbs 2 oz.!

In other less exciting but still happy news, I downloaded the Kindle app for my Blackberry and love it! It should hold me over until I can buy a Kindle next week.

Checking in for yesterday:
Points: Close, a little over
Exercise: None
Water: 67.6 oz.
Proud: The fact that my cousin Alyssa's baby boy was healthy (and did I mention adorable?). Her 3rd child, a daughter, passed of a congenital heart condition when she was only a few months old, so we're all relieved that prayers were answered that there would be no complications with Logan.

LittleSpy

Yay! Congratulations to Alyssa for a job well done!

elmox

Heather - hooray for adorable new HEALTHY babies!

Checking in for yesterday
Cals - Under w/exercise - 1,410
Water - 80 oz
Exercise - 50 min of Jazzercise - BACK AT IT!
Fruits/Veggies - 4 veggies, 1 fruit
Proud - Last night we got Chinese food for dinner. I took out half the order BEFORE I started eating so I would have lunch. I have a very bad habit of eating everything that's on my plate/container. I kept it under control AND have a tasty lunch for today! HOORAY! It also felt great to get back to Jazzercise - such fun to bop around and sweat like a pig!!

HeatherMN

Lauren: I want to do Jazzercise! It sounds like so much fun. I'll have to do some research to find it near me. I'm thinking about taking a Barre class, which is basically a ballerina workout. Have you or any of your friends tried that? I've heard it's big in NYC right now.

Oh, and I posted a few new pics from Saturday night on my profile if you'd like to see a better pic of the bf or my slimmer figure. The one I'm using as my main profile pic right now is me, the bf and his son (who is a ham in front of the camera, hence the cheesy grin).

elmox

Heather - I would love to do a barre class, if only to pretend I'm a ballerina!

Oh, and I love the new picture! You look great!!

Also, Jonathan's first beer review went up on Friday, but since we were traveling, I didn't get to post. For all you beer lovers:
http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/02/one-big-bottle-foothills-baltic-porter-beer-review.html

RedneckWmn

Heather - I would love to do a barre class, if only to pretend I'm a ballerina!

Oh, and I love the new picture! You look great!!

Also, Jonathan's first beer review went up on Friday, but since we were traveling, I didn't get to post. For all you beer lovers:
http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/02/one-big-bottle-foothills-baltic-porter-beer-review.html

Beer lovers!? That's me!! I'll have to be sure to read this!!


Julie-Thanks for the info on the settings you are using. I know I used yours before but couldn't remember what they were!

I'm giong back to spin class tonight. Haven't been in months...I'm nervous and excited! Down about 1.5 pounds from yesterday. Victory. Just re losing...yet again!! Summer is quickly approaching and I need to look hot in a swimsuit this summer!! :bigsmile:

HeatherMN

Lauren: Tell Jonathan I liked the review. I'll have to see if I can find that beer anywhere around here. It sounds good...fruity with coffee and chocolate? What's not to like?

LittleSpy

Oh, I love Foothills' porters. *drool* YAY North Carolina brews! (And yay Flying Saucer for having 1/2 off Carolina brews on Sundays! Oh, I can hardly wait for July. A little beer in the breast milk never hurt anyone, right?
Foothills' People's porter is almost always my 1st pint. Then Foothills' Total Eclipse Stout if it's in season.

LittleSpy

While I'm hopped up (get it?) on beer, the other NC brewery I highly recommend is Highland. They make a yummy Oatmeal porter & a super yummy Black Mocha Stout.

Positively_Me

Morning ladies!


I was such in a rut yesterday that I overate and was so over my calories. I had this idea in my mind that it’s the end of the month and I did pretty good on calories and exercise and wanted one day of just eating whatever I want and not log it in. Moreover, that is what I did. I felt so sick and disgusted in what I ate and I don’t want to eat like that every day because I hate the feelings that come with it. I feel so bloated and sick… I think TOM is coming soon and it always put me in a foul mood…sorry but it’s true

So today I am in a better place today..back in action and ready to finish what I started a year ago. I have to keep telling myself that I wasn’t fat overnight and It’s not going to come off overnight. I have planned to make March better than February. Better in looking ALWAYS at the bright side of any situation, for example, I didn’t lose weight then check my measurements or find something I did that week that I couldn’t do a year age…and I know there is plenty of thing I couldn’t do last year that I embrace this year.

Thanks you for all your support in helping me look past my bad moments. We all have them, that’s what makes us human, and we make mistake and learn from them.

My plan, for the month of March “March Madness,” is to exercise (cardio) 4-5 times a week, and (strength training) weights 2-3 times a week. I think I will see the weight come off and build muscle too. I’m going to keep my calories @ 1200, and my customized food plan is: 40% carbs, 30% protein, and 30% fat..this always help me before…So I am going back to basics.

Ispaul: we all have slips..move past it and make the next meal a better one. By the way, I read ( in a previous post) that is was your birthday..if so HAPPY BIRTHDAY Beautiful one!!!

Jess: My percentage is above ( last paragraph)…We got this girl, here is to March (kickass) Madness..lol Let’s make March spectacular!!!

Heather: congrats to your cousin Alyssa and to her adorable baby boy! WOW 9lbs...I had 3 kiddos and non of my babies reach 9lbs..closest was 7.5lbs..

bbl,

Xoxo

elmox

Julie and Heather - I passed on your kind words to Jonathan and he appreciates them! Julie, he also suggested Mother Earth in Kinston for deliciousness (in July, of course!). Also, beer + breast feeding is totally on point. My friend Ashley was having trouble producing milk and she had to start drinking Guiness at night to help with that. She started off HATING it, but can handle it a bit better now. So drink up - in July!

elmox

Jess, glad you're down. I was down 2.5 this morning from yesterday. Amazing what 80 oz of water and not eating like a crazy person can do to get rid of the extra bloat!

JennDoesKeto

can I join in with you here?
you all seem like such a wonderful group.
if not i understand.

Momma24

Jenn, welcome to our group. We would love to have you!!!

Okay ladies, I believe that I am the biggest loser on Friday so I am posing a challenge. Everyone please add some strength training to you workout. I just read that women do not do enough strength we tend to focus on cardio. It can be any type of strength building exercise you like. If you don't have weights use your body and do squats or pushups. If you lift 2 pound weights try 3 pounds this week. Get it? Just add it to your cardio. Hold weights while you walk.

Heather, Congrats to the cousin with the new baby. I had 2 baby's at the 9 pound range 9.4 (vag:sick: ) and a 9.1 c-section and he was almost 2 weeks early so easily a 10 pounder to full term!!!

Quit drinking beer when I became a Christian in 1999 so don't have much to say about beer other than I dont miss it I also quit smoking that day and don't miss it either.:laugh: :laugh:

CHRIS WHERE ARE YOU?

Laila, you always have a good plan. Keep it up in those oh so sexy size 11's.:flowerforyou:

Jess, I am doing the same as Julie with food plan.

Momma24

Heather, I went and looked at you pictures. YOU look GREAT sista!!!!!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: