Over 200 New Year New Me Part 46

elmox

Andreasoulcastle.........-5.0...........-1.92%
Laila.................................0.0...........0.0%
lstpaul.............................-1.2...........-.49%
Heather..........................-1.2...........-0.64%
Teresa.............................0.0............0.0%
momma..........................0.0............0.0%
Lauren.............................0.0............0.0%

On Monday, I was 6.5 lbs up from my lowest weight. Today I'm only 1.5 up. I'll take it! TOM is also visiting me (can we be e-cycling? :laugh: :laugh: ) so I'm a-ok.

Yesterday's check-in:
Cals - Under by just a little bit
Water - 80 oz
Exercise - Nothing really, walked a mile throughout the day
Proud - Had a good rehearsal last night. Singing in church on Sunday.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

LittleSpy

:laugh: So I get called into my supervisor's office & I'm really nervous because well, let's face it, I haven't been super productive this week considering I've been in baby dreamland before & since my u/s on Wednesday. Only, I get in her office and get the absolutely most awesome performance review of my LIFE. :noway: I got a score almost no one ever gets and I have never gotten before in my 4 years with State gov't (and with transferring agencies & becoming a probationary employee because of that, I've gotten 5 or 6 performance reviews).

I can't believe all the fabulous things my supervisor said about me. I'm not very proud of this, but I really really REALLY half-*kitten* my job. And I have no motivation to try harder. I do everything that I really need to do and I know I do a decent enough job with it, but I didn't think I do anything extra. According to my supervisor, I do LOADS of extra stuff that she is positively THRILLED about. :huh: I'm a bit flabbergasted. I wonder what she would think if I put some actual effort into my job. :laugh:

Too bad performance based raises are nonexistant here.

elmox

YEAH JULIE!! You would probably blow her mind if you actually "REALLY" tried! :laugh: :laugh:

Well done and hooray for all the fabulous performance review this board has been getting lately! We are all just awesome!

lildebbie

Hello gals, thought i would just pop in, skimmed through the posts,

ladeb - congrats on your job
Julie - glad to see your girl is still a girl and you had a great review.

I am barely hanging on less then 4 weeks now..HOlding strong in mid 250's we are going to the house like 5 or 6 times a week now...it is starting to look all together, but it is still soo stressful, i will be soo happy when it is all done.

I promise promise i will be back on track when we get there.

HeatherMN

Julie: In my experience, the harder one tries at their job, the less recognition they get. The more they slack, the better the reviews by managers. I don't get it. Just keep doing what you're doing and you're headed for management!

LittleSpy

I tend to think it's that so many others in State gov't really suck at life so much that even very mediocre me is "exceptional." :huh: That's kind of how it was all through school (college included), too. Hooray relativity? I'd love to really care about my job, though. I guess I've just yet to figure out what I really care about. I'd still love to be a childrens' librarian & my librarian friends tell me there's a huge need for people who actually care in that field. Hopefully dh gets his *kitten* in gear to bring home the bacon & I can go to grad school while being a SAHM. That's the dream.

elmox

Pictures are up from the wedding I went to last week. While my face looks ridiculous (totally in the groove), I'm pretty happy with my body. Yup, totally bragging on myself here.

tlrue

I agree with Heather! Example: I BUSTED my *kitten* for three years at my job... HR instills a rewards program for people who are *kitten*-busting. I pull an amazing project out of now where for a department that I didn't work in... and not only did I not get a "thank you", I also heard "You don't need rewarded for that... you do that stuff all the time". And now that I work from home and mostly watch tv and play with the dog, when I help out, my boss thinks I'm turning poop into gold over here. Oohhhh corporate america... how you baffle me!

Lauren - you look amazing!

andreasoulcastle

Pictures are up from the wedding I went to last week. While my face looks ridiculous (totally in the groove), I'm pretty happy with my body. Yup, totally bragging on myself here.

YOU LOOK GREAT!! WOW

ladeb

Lauren - You look FABULOUS!

Julie - congrats on review! I get to miss mine this year, leaving just as review time starts. During a team meeting this week that went over the performance review process/schedule, one worked asked if it was really necessary to do since the company is doing worse than last year and there were no raises last year. I keep wondering if him being so bold will become a career defining moment for him.

tstout - hang in there. You are going through some major life stress's moving, job change - for all that, I think you are doing great!

checking in for yesterday:
calories: slightly under - NOT eating exercise calories
exercise: hour with PT
water: 100+ oz
proud: I put on a favorite casual work blazer and, as exiting the closet, dh told me I had to change, it was way to big and looked awful on me - YEAH FOR CLOTHES BEING TO BIG!

oh and on the weigh in - zip, zero, zilch. oh well I will take the inches.

elmox

Thanks for the happys ladies!!

Checking in from yesterday
Cals - Over. Dang delicious smoked meats - I just can't resist.
Water - 64 oz
Exercise- Walked about 1.5 miles
Proud - Happy with the pictures that went up on Facebook today!

lstpaul

Elmox, WOW - one hot momma!

lstpaul

Ladies ... I knew it would happen ... I did great with eating yesterday at lunch out with my friend - totally stuck to my plan of 1/2 patty melt and salad instead of fries, then also did great at the buffet with my hubby - had salad and seafood and just a taste of dessert. But the drinks got to me ... I'm not used to drinking at all and we were staying overnight at the hotel/casino (and I wasn't winning so didn't have much to do), so I drank SIX vodka gimlets. Then this morning we went back to the buffet because I got 'free' coupons and I had an omelet (not a bad choice) but then also a french toast and cheese blinz ... very yummy but SO not on my nutrition plan. I guess in the past I would have had 2-3 french toasts and some hashbrowns too - so small victories I guess. But I've been hungover and craving carbs all day - I've been snacking on saltines and butter and peanuts - could be worse. Feeling sorry for myself while slaving over our taxes (we live in MN but hubby works in WI - so this year we have to file in both states for the first time ... yuck!).
Tomorrow I am going to workout for 2 hours and really get back on track. I was feeling so good about myself last night, I don't want to wreck it now and get out of my good 'groove'.

ladeb

checking in for yesterday:
calories: over
exercise: none
water: 100+ oz
proud: ate dinner at a Japanese steak house - though over on calories (my best guess) I think my choices were healthy.

bluenote

I miss my sistas! My primary show is in two weeks, so I've been swamped with making costumes and rehearsing. Story of my life, eh?

I am thinking of you all and hoping everyone is doing well. Julie - love the ultrasound pic! Lauren - sexy hot lady! Andrea - welcome back! I remember you well! Everyone else - love ya!

Had a good week of losing weight and exercising. I lost 4 pounds of the (gulp) 20 I am up. I can only go day by day and pray.

ladeb

checking in for yesterday:
calories: over
exercise: none
water: 100+ oz
proud: that I reviewed the last few weeks and am noticing a trend I have to stop - great all week, 5 days of exercise, weekend - fall a part!

LittleSpy

Lauren -- awesome picture! You look great!

The scale said 222 on Saturday (right before I ordered Chinese food :grumble: -- but it was a lunch portion & I only ate half! :happy:). I'm pretty thrilled I've actually been able to stall my weight gain. 1.2 pounds in 4 weeks. :bigsmile: The new gym supposedly opens in about a week or less and I'm so excited to get back to it.

lstpaul

Good morning everyone. I'm struggling a bit with food - those darn vodka gimlets Friday night got me all out of whack and I've been craving carbs/sugar all weekend. I didn't track this weekend at all - but back to tracking today. I did really well yesterday with exercise - 2 hours at the Y with step and body pump, but pulled two of my bad habits out again - snacking on too much cheese and raw onions (which then make me want to eat more because I hate the onion taste in my mouth afterwards), and making a cup of sugar cookie dough and eating it. :sick:

HeatherMN

Julie: I love the new ticker saying! Too funny.

Lauren: You look HOT!

I had lots of fun this weekend with friends, which mean too much beer and too much sodium. I haven't been on the scale since Tuesday, so I have no idea how it's affecting my weight but I don't really care all that much. I had fun and that's that!

I'm planning on going to Zumba tomorrow, which I'm looking forward to. This weekend is another busy one with friends and socializing, so I need to get some good activity in for the week before then. I definitely need to run a few times in my new running shoes before my race next weekend. It's so bad that I don't really train for my races...*sigh*. I'm just looking forward to spring now, which doesn't look promising with the new snow we got overnight. At least it's forecasted to be in the 40s later this week!

Hope you all have a good day!

elmox

Hello friends and happy Monday! Yup, must be crazy to say "Happy Monday"....today is gonna suck big time for me, so this should be the only time I check in.

Weekend check-in:
Saturday
Cals - Over - LOTS Dinner party.
Water - 64 oz
Exercise - Jillian's No More Trouble Zones for 40 min. STILL feeling it.
Proud - Drank a glass of water for every glass of wine!

Sunday
Cals - Over by a little. 1356
Water - 24 oz, which explains why I am SO THIRSTY today!!
Exercise - Not much, hobbling from Jillian!
Proud - Had a hectic day, but didn't gorge myself on food.

Planning on hitting up yoga today - excited to get the stretching and the workout. Time to drink some water!

awestfall

Don't have time to catch up on everything but I will say
Julie- Love the ultrsound pic your baby is going to be beautiful
Jess I love your hair
Lauren you look amazing
Heather I love the new pic!!!!
Istpaul-I love the post that you put up with you nutrition class info its very helpful
Deb- I know your getting excited about your new house
Momma-Glad your feeling better and you and your hubby are in this together.Hope your girls and Ryan are doing great also.

As for me and being sick I think I am finally over and I think my little ones are almost over it so I am back to focusing on me.Unfortunately the scale was not kind to me while sick so I changed my ticker to reflect it.I refuse to give up or let the scale defeat me .I am getting ready to run on my elliptical and burn those cals and my meals are all planned out for the week and I don't plan on going off track at all.I am sticking to this because I will meet my goals this year.Everyone is doing an amazing job!

Momma24

:flowerforyou: Hey Ladies, did poorly with my eating this weekend. Back on track today though.

Ryan is having some difficulty at school. He figured out if he throws a fit he doesnt have to do work. I said NO he is going to do his work. I was told that he doesn't understand his work. Really?!?!?!?!? How odd when I took his work home and said Do it!!!! He said Okay Momma and did it. :explode: Quit making my kid fall further behind than he needs to be!! He is CAPABLE of learning so let him!!!!!!!!!! :explode: Sorry for the rant I am just sooo irritated. This is why I hesitated to get him the diagnosis because now they are babying him. He is Smart enough to get all of you educated people into letting him paint and play play doe instead of doing his school work. So he is obviously smarter than you!

Rant over.

Back on track! Have a great Day:flowerforyou:

awestfall

you are an excellent mother and I have to agree that obviously Ryan is smarter than his teachers if he is getting out of his work.Hope things get better for ya!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

LittleSpy

Ugh, I'm sorry Momma. :flowerforyou:

On a super happy note, I ran to Walmart near work to grab some Chobani for my afternoon snack today and was very pleasantly surprised to find Chobani had been replaced on the shelf by FAGE!!!! I'm such a happy girl right now. It's been a long time since I've had FAGE because I can almost never find it anywhere in stock. It's like 50+ cents cheaper per container at the W, too. Yummmmmm!

RedneckWmn

Sorry I been MIA..haven't had much to chat about. Still trying to get it all together for tracking and working out wise. I start the week off good then it fizzles! I haven't fogot about y'all. Miss you ladies! :drinker: :flowerforyou:

HeatherMN

Momma: Sorry to hear Ryan's teachers are letting him get away with bad behavior. It sounds like they aren't well-equipped to handle his diagnosis. I can assure you that not all teachers are that lenient! Hopefully you can have a conversation with them and let them know it's okay to keep pushing him to work, or at least behave when in class. Hugs to you!

Momma24

Hey Jess, it is nice to see you!!!!!!

Thanks for the support everyone. Ryan actually had a great day today and DID ALL of his work. I was just so irritated when I left school this morning. He is always giving me a run for my money. He is worth it though

Momma24

Thanks Heather, his teacher is actually the one who wants him to do these things but feels her hands are tied by the "specialized" people involved who are saying no he doesn't understand. She is with me she thinks he is more capable than he is letting on. I KNOW he is more capable than he lets on. I am going to just keep chugging a long. He is a funny kid and he is oh so bright.

andreasoulcastle

HEY, just making sure I drop bye and post, the weekend was SOOOO hard for me...so many temptations, especially eating out I really need to find a new hobby. How do you all get through the weekends?

My boyfriend noticed that I have been using the wii a lot, so he surprised me yesterday with the Just Dance 2 game and I have got to say IT IS SO MUCH FUN...he even danced with me, which is great because I could never get him to dance..I mean who cares when you are in the comfort of your own home right? When we decided to stop, we realized that we had sweated through our clothes...I know gross image, but that made me realize I had another exercise tool at my convenience.

I would like to go to the real gym but I have two exams this week..so will probably be locked in my dungeon aka room until Thursday...when I can finally breathe again.

How is everyone doing? How was your weekend?

Today checking
Calories: went over by 35
Exercise: Just Dance 2 on the wii for 55 minutes, burned 453 calories
water:5 cups
Proud: Staying on top of my studying and essays for my classes.

Andrea

LittleSpy

Momma -- so glad to hear Ryan had a great day yesterday!

Andrea -- awesome job with the wii! It's fun to be active without realizing it, huh?

Speaking of which, that's what's been happening to me lately. I haven't had much planned exercise (aside from walking a few days a week during my lunch break) but I've been getting a lot of stuff done around my house & in my yard. Yay!

Another yay is that I weighed this morning and I've lost weight. :happy: I'm down to having only gained 0.4 pounds since 4 weeks ago when I vowed to do better. This week I'm just cutting out a lot of the junk and I'm not enabling myself anymore. I'll be using my lazy tiredness to my advantage. If I don't have cookies in my house, I'm really not going to run to the store to buy cookies unless I really, really, REALLY want them. Same goes with all junk food. Sunday night hubby and I were toying with the idea of getting bad food but it turned out we were both too lazy to go anywhere to get it & too cheap to pay for delivery. We ended up being totally satisfied by chicken, broccoli, and sweet potatoes. :laugh: Lesson learned.