Over 200 Club New Year New Me Part 47

tlrue

Thanks for the support everyone!

I just got a call from two of my references, saying they got calls from my potential company!

My boss said the person that called him had a lot of great things to say about me! And my other reference (one of our vendors) emailed me and said the he told them that I "can walk on water, split atoms with your bare hands, and could fix the problems in the Middle East if asked" WOO! Go me!

I two more references that I sent them... one is another business contact and the last is my college rugby coach, so they should have good things to say as well!

Here's hoping!

purpleprose

Teresa - glad you found a gorgeous apartment (I'm searching for myself!) and way to go on your interviews!! If they're calling references, that's a great sign. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Julie - sorry you're not feeling well. Hopefully the yoga will help. Is there anything your doctor can do to help?

Heather - wtg on points and horse time!

Thanks for all the love ladies - I'm really excited about this next phase of my career. And now I can relax through graduation knowing I am set with a job.

LittleSpy

I conveniently forgot to weigh in this morning. I weighed after I was fully dressed in jeans & running shoes & my hair was soaked from just getting out of the shower & I was up 5 pounds from last week. Honestly, I'm pretty happy with that! :laugh: It probably means I only gained a pound or so after 2 pints of Ben & Jerry's, a box of Cheez-its, and no exercise this week thanks to the stupid round ligament pain. I'm really going to work to getting back into exercising & eliminating most of the junk food from my diet. That was working really well to stall my weight gain.

Allison -- There's nothing the doctor can do about the pain. It's normal due to the ligaments around the pelvis & uterus all stretching like crazy during pregnancy. The best way to treat it is to try to prevent it and to try to ignore it when it happens. Slowing down helps so this afternoon I'm going to try a turtle warm-up walk before my usual brisk walk at lunch to see if that helps.

HeatherMN

I'll start the weigh-in!

Heather........-2.0........-1.11%

HeatherMN

Julie: I hope the ligament pain goes away or at least becomes more bearable soon! That sounds just awful, but as you said, normal considering what the body has to do to accommodate a growing baby.

Teresa: I agree with Allison. If they're checking your references, it's a fantastic sign. Fingers crossed for you!

Deb: If you're scanning the boards, congrats on your house closing! I'm so happy it worked out!

The rest of you ladies better get over here and check in!

Checking in for yesterday:
Points: Over for day, but still good for the week.
Water: 50.7 oz....was super busy at work yesterday and forgot to drink.
Exercise: Another two hours with my horse. She let me catch her in 10 minutes, got into the trailer twice within ten minutes AND did great on the mounting block training. I ended up riding bareback for 30 minutes and can feel it in my glutes and adductors this morning.
Proud: My horse was awesome and I was super productive at work yesterday!

tlrue

I remembered about weighing in after I ate breakfast... woops! However! And even though I'm the same weight as last Friday, that means I'm down 4 from Monday. I'll take it! I've worked out everyday this week, so I'm sure I'm retaining water and all that good stuff.

OH! We got an email from the apartment people, They want to rent to us!!!! Now we just have to scramble to find money for the deposit. So many things changing all at once! I feel like we've got karma-momentum rolling our way... now if I could only get a "we want to hire you" call, we'd be all set!!

Julie - I hope you're feeling better today

Happy Friday everyone!

lstpaul

I'll start the weigh-in!

Heather........-2.0........-1.11%
Lstpaul........-.2 ..........-a smidgeon

Tstout - that is a GREAT sign if they are calling references!

Lildeb - I didn't see anything on here about you closing but it sounds like it went through? Good news!

I didn't lose much since my last weigh-in, but since I had gained last weekend I'm happy to have gotten back to where I was and just a smidgeon lower.

purpleprose

Heather........-2.0........-1.11%
Lstpaul.........-0.2 ..........-a smidgeon
Allison..........-3.0..........-1.37%


Heather - so glad to see that scale moving for you, especially after so long at a plateau.
Teresa - yay for your apartment!
Julie - sorry to hear about the fact they can't really do anything. I had no idea that type of side effect existed, but it makes sense. I hope you feel better soon.
Deb - closing today! Awesome!


I'm just glad things are moving on my end. I'm just 2 pounds from being out of the "obese" range and am getting agonizingly close to ONEderland! I have about 6 weeks to graduation 5 weeks to beach week (yikes!) and I think it's doable as long as I remain focused on the goal.

I hope everyone has a good weigh-in today!

tlrue

Oh! Checking in!

Calories: Under!!
Water: 50oz... not enough
Exercise: 45 minutes of dancing!
Proud: Two of my references called me back and had said really flattering things about me



OOH!!! AND! My savior of a mother just called, they're going to help us out with the deposit!!!!!! YAAAYYYYYY!!!

andreasoulcastle

PURPLEPROSE- YAYYYY great news, hope I am in your position after I graduate in a year! Tell us about the position! I am so excited for you.

-TSTOUT- Great news about your interview and apartment. I moved recently as well, going today to get some decor lol.

Weigh in, I gained today but not taking it super hard

Heather........-2.0........-1.11%
Lstpaul.........-0.2 ..........-a smidgeon
Allison..........-3.0..........-1.37%
Andrea.........+1.0........still not sure how to do this

elmox

Heather........-2.0........-1.11%
Lstpaul.........-0.2 ..........-a smidgeon
Allison..........-3.0..........-1.37%
Andrea.........+1.0........still not sure how to do this
Lauren.........+0.5.........0.0%

Andrea - if we gain or stay the same, we count it as 0%.

elmox

So much excitement!

Deb - HOORAY - IT"S CLOSING DAY!
Teresa - CONGRATS on the new apartment and the fabulous mother!! I also LOVE that your exercise yesterday was from dancing.
Julie - I'm sorry, but I have a funny mental image of your prego self wakling around like a turtle. I know that's not very supportiver, but there it is.
Lstpaul - Great attitude!
Heather - NICE LOSS!

Checking in from yesterday
Cals - Over - 1709 (sometimes you get a craving for mac and cheese....)
Water - 64 oz
Exercise - Walked about a mile
Proud - Had a great time at rehearsal and got the parts much quicker than usual!

Happy Friday Friends!!

tlrue

Teresa - CONGRATS on the new apartment and the fabulous mother!! I also LOVE that your exercise yesterday was from dancing.

Thanks, Lauren!! I was going to do P90X yesterday and decided to do a Dancing with the Stars DVD... and that spilled into impromptu solo dance session (thank goodness I remembered to close the curtains!!)

ladeb

Heather........-2.0........-1.11%
Lstpaul.........-0.2 ..........-a smidgeon
Allison..........-3.0..........-1.37%
Andrea.........+1.0........still not sure how to do this
Lauren.........+0.5.........0.0%
LaDeb............0.0.........0.0% (does this look familiar?)

OK I have to start recording on this board regular - it really does help!
Anyway;
tstout:: congrats on the interveiw, will be at least lurking for the update! Also congrats on the Condo!
Heather: WoW on weight loss, being in the 170's, etc. You are my hero - the 170's is my next goal!
Ann: If you are out there - let us know how the week went with the one meal and exercise. You can sure keep me honest on my food intake!
Debbie - is it yours yet? (the house that is)
Momma - parenting is hard - with all you deal with you are amazing and Ryan is lucky to have you!:flowerforyou:
PurpleProse - Congrats on the job - must be a great weight off your mind - does that kind of weight loss count?

purpleprose

PurpleProse - Congrats on the job - must be a great weight off your mind - does that kind of weight loss count?

I wish it did - I'd be down about 50 pounds overnight!!! :laugh:

HeatherMN

Looks like some good things have been happening here lately, and I'm not just talking about weight! I'm so proud of all of you ladies for sticking with it and becoming happier, healthier and lighter! You're all so awesome!

Have a fantastic weekend. I'm off to eat dinner then go dancing!

LittleSpy

I, very unfortunately, have some motivation for us all to stay (or get back) on track with being healthier. Remember a few weeks ago when I said your health should be one of your very top priorities because nothing matters once you're dead?

My 31 year old brother passed away overnight. Although the cause of death won't officially be known until later, right now it is believed to be sleep apnea. His sleep apnea was likely a side effect of his obesity (it only started occurring after he gained so much weight). He was on the right track, eating healthier & he had lost some weight, but it was already too late for him.

So, instead of telling you how incredibly devastated & sad I am to lose my only sibling at such a horrifically young age, I want this to be the point of this post:
Please, please, please take care of yourselves.

If you're the praying kind, please consider sending some to my mother, father, and sister-in-law. They're living a nightmare.

Momma24

Julie, I am so very sorry. How devistating. I am a praying person and I promise I will be praying for you and your family. So very sorry hun. I really am.

bluenote

I'm BAAAAACK!!! Who missed me? Apparently no one, since my email box is empty! LOL
That's OK - I know you missed me!!!

I am starting anew. I haven't weighed myself for weeks, but I have been doing very well with eating. VERY little exercise, though. But I'm fixing that starting tomorrow!!!

Julie, I am so sorry about your brother. Your family is in my prayers. I read a few posts about your due date - when is it? I seem to have missed the post with the date. I'm excited because I think it is July, because Momma and I have our birthdays in July and her post said something about being close to her birthday. I hope it's July 17th! (my bday)

So here I am. Again. I've missed you all!!!

Momma24

Blue I missed you!!!! It was Ann who has a birthday in July. I am a September baby and I had my eldest daughter ON my 23rd birthday. My son Ryan's b-day is July 11 but he was due the same day as Julies baby July 16th.

elmox

Julie, your family is in my prayers. So sorry to hear about this!

Even though April started on Friday, I'm calling today the start of the new month. March was TOUGH for me. Eating whatever and only exercising about once a month. Work has calmed down a bit and I'm ready to get back on track. We've got a family vacation to Isle of Palms, South Carolina May 7-14 and I just ordered my swimsuits. I want to take the next 5 weeks to get back my focus and take off some more pounts.

My check-in for the weekend can be summed up by...
Over on cals, not enough water, exercised once (90 min of hot yoga on Saturday), proud of very few things. :laugh:

Be well friends!

RedneckWmn

Julie, your family is in my prayers. So sorry to hear about this!

Even though April started on Friday, I'm calling today the start of the new month. March was TOUGH for me. Eating whatever and only exercising about once a month. Work has calmed down a bit and I'm ready to get back on track. We've got a family vacation to Isle of Palms, South Carolina May 7-14 and I just ordered my swimsuits. I want to take the next 5 weeks to get back my focus and take off some more pounts.

My check-in for the weekend can be summed up by...
Over on cals, not enough water, exercised once (90 min of hot yoga on Saturday), proud of very few things. :laugh:

Be well friends!

I agree! It's time for me to re focus as well.

HeatherMN

Julie: I already posted this on Facebook, but again I want to tell you my thoughts are with you and your family during this sad and difficult time. Hugs to you.

Nancy: So happy to see you're back!

Jess: Welcome back to you as well. Love your new profile pic.

To everyone, please take Julie's advice and take care of yourselves no matter what!

Remember last week when I told you all about my friend who started running? Well, her and I went to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts yesterday and had fun. The art they had made so much more sense to me, even their abstract contemporary pieces. It helped immensely that each piece had information about the artist, the subject and what the piece was about. Loved it! Anyway, my friend has started paying attention to her carbs and sugar and combined with the running (she's on week 3 of couch to 5k), she has lost 12 pounds in three weeks! I'm so happy for her. She's been bubbly, optimistic and fun. She even talked me out of dessert at lunch yesterday.

This weekend was a LOT of fun with going to see live music, dancing, a mini road trip, the Art Institute and dinners with friends. I love it! Of course, it was hard to get motivated for work this morning, though.

Even though the eating was more than I'd planned and the exercise less, I still did better than last week so I'm happy with the entire weekend as a whole.

Happy Monday!

lstpaul

Julie - I am so, so sorry to hear about your brother, you and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.

lstpaul

checking in for the weekend:
calories: pretty good ... a little carb heavy
exercise: great
water: not so great
proud: that I didn't completely derail on my eating yesterday when I felt like it, and I also went to the Y when I really didn't feel like it

Positively_Me

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tlrue

GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOo!!!!!!

I hope everyone is having a great day so far.


Julie - I hope you're day is going as well as it can. Keeping you in my thoughts

lstpaul

Congrats on the job Tstout!

HeatherMN

Teresa: Congrats on the job! I KNEW you'd get it. It sounds like things are really looking up for you with both you and Adam having new jobs and being accepted into your new apartment. Yay!

elmox

YEAH TERESA!!! YOU ARE FABULOUS AND TOTALLY DESERVE ALL THIS FABULOUSNESS!!! (Sorry for the "yelling", sometimes it's hard to show enthusiasm in text and this seemed to do it. )