Over 200 New Year New Me Part 48

Momma24

Good Morning. My baby rode the bus to school today. Oh that scares me to death but with gas prices as they are 4.19 per gal I just can't keep taking him. They have aides that come get him off the bus but I like the idea of putting him in his classroom. When I was in kinder in 1975 The busdriver took me to a bus stop and I said this is not my stop. She said sorry but it is the last stop on my route so you have to get off. I was 4 years old. I started walking and crying when I came to a 4 lane main busy road. I crossed the street and a man at a gas station looked at my name tag and said my last name, I know your father. I, relieved said you do? Yes says the man let me give you a ride home. I said YES!!!! Even though I never met this man before in my life. Hey he knew my last name he must know my dad. Did not matter that I had a big huge name tag with yarn around my neck that had my last name in bold black letters.....When we got to my house My mother seemed to have leaped from the house to the driveway in a single bound looking as if someone had died. (I now understand, she never met these people before in her life and they have her child in their car) Long story short.... My father is Sicilian and had a temper to match and that transportation department recieved a visit from my father. I was never let off at the wrong stop again. So now I am a freak when it comes to the bus.. An absolute freak.. It scares me. You would think after 4 children I would quit being a freak but now every kinder that I have a am fanatical about verifying times and places that the bus is going to be with my kids. As a matter of fact I have e-mailed and called my sons teacher this morning to make sure she knows to get him off of the bus.... I plan to call her in 30 minutes to make sure that she gets my call..... Yes a freak that is what I am:laugh:

awestfall

Good Morning. My baby rode the bus to school today. Oh that scares me to death but with gas prices as they are 4.19 per gal I just can't keep taking him. They have aides that come get him off the bus but I like the idea of putting him in his classroom. When I was in kinder in 1975 The busdriver took me to a bus stop and I said this is not my stop. She said sorry but it is the last stop on my route so you have to get off. I was 4 years old. I started walking and crying when I came to a 4 lane main busy road. I crossed the street and a man at a gas station looked at my name tag and said my last name, I know your father. I, relieved said you do? Yes says the man let me give you a ride home. I said YES!!!! Even though I never met this man before in my life. Hey he knew my last name he must know my dad. Did not matter that I had a big huge name tag with yarn around my neck that had my last name in bold black letters.....When we got to my house My mother seemed to have leaped from the house to the driveway in a single bound looking as if someone had died. (I now understand, she never met these people before in her life and they have her child in their car) Long story short.... My father is Sicilian and had a temper to match and that transportation department recieved a visit from my father. I was never let off at the wrong stop again. So now I am a freak when it comes to the bus.. An absolute freak.. It scares me. You would think after 4 children I would quit being a freak but now every kinder that I have a am fanatical about verifying times and places that the bus is going to be with my kids. As a matter of fact I have e-mailed and called my sons teacher this morning to make sure she knows to get him off of the bus.... I plan to call her in 30 minutes to make sure that she gets my call..... Yes a freak that is what I am:laugh:

Momma I would be the exact same way in fact I am and my middle daughters school is just right up the rode less than 2 miles lol.She is in kindergarten and I worry about her getting on and off the right bus but the teachers do help them and I know I am not that far away if she misses the bus in the evenings.

HeatherMN

Nancy: Glad to have you back. So happy to hear you did not sustain any tornado damage, but what a bummer that some of the schools in your district did!

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Over
Water: Under...33.8 oz.
Exercise: None
Proud: That I only gained 3 lbs. from my weekend binging?

Momma24

Baby Boy arrived at school safe..... Yes, they called to let me know. Ha!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

elmox

It's just so GOOD to see everyone back and posting. All the sisters, back together!

I have an interview today - for a job I really want. I was up late last night working on the hiring project (have to do sample work). I got a decent amount of sleep, but TOM arrived today and I have killer cramps and an awful headache. I'm going to stick around work for another 30-60 min and then decide if I want to go home and rest before the interview (it's a phone interview, so I could do it from home). I really want to be at my best and I am NOT there right now.

I got super munchy last night working on the project and ate a bunch of Easter candy, so I'm over for yesterday....oh well. Glad most of us had good days!

Cals - Over - 1855
Water - GREAT! 120 oz
Exercise - None really
Proud - Feel good about the project I did and feeling pretty confident about the interview today. I'll be sure to let you all know how it goes!

andreasoulcastle

Hey everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter Holiday?! Tell me about it! Mine was sort of sad, first time being away from friends and family during this holiday since the move from west coast to east coast...and Easter is the one day that my family really goes all out, I'm talking huge extravaganza full of bbq lunch picnics with scheduled games with prizes for the winners..oh ya and my Tio (uncle) Larry makes his golden egg for the kids during the egg hunt filled with the infamous 20 dollar bill and after all of that..a huge ham and turkey feast for dinner....
I MISSED ITTTTT.


As for me, it totally had a huge wake up call today as I stepped on the scale and saw it reading 259!!! I am a total yo yo dieter...I need to break out of this cycle and stay on track for more than 3 months at a timeeeee. I honestly can't allow myself to be sad about this because...well...IT'S MY FAULT...I wanted to be at 30 pounds lost by my birthday which is June 9, not there but happy I have at least lost. I can turn this around.

My bf and I decided that we want to adopt a dog, we have been thinking about it for the past 2 years and feel that we are ready. I am sooooo excited! We wont be able to start looking until around my birthday but it is cool to have something like that to look forward too, so right now I am doing all the research I can to get myself ready. Are any of you dog owners? Any words of advice?


Andrea

lstpaul

OH momma24, I feel for you! I followed the bus quite a few days when my daughter started school! and my 10-yr-old hasn't taken the bus yet and it is a relief. I can't believe the experience you had when you were little, how scary!

andreasoulcastle - we have a lab mix, and my advice would be that not all dogs are created equal so make sure you get to know your prospective dog a little before getting them. We thought all labs were friendly dogs, ours is not. She is very nervous and snaps at strangers - not much fun to bring her anywhere! Part of it is probably just her temperament, but we also should have socialized her more when she was a 'teenager'. We did all the puppy training classes, and socialized her when she was a puppy - but then when she got a bit older we went through a few years where she didn't have much exposure to strangers, and I think that has a lot to do with the way she reacts to them now.

I just got done with my nutrition class. Tonight's lesson was about how cravings are a physical reaction to low blood sugar and how important it is to keep our blood sugar balanced to help us stop cravings. Very true, my cravings have gotten a lot better since starting to eat snacks with protein and healthy fats in between meals.

lildebbie

momma - i am glad he made it okay I was nervous about sending serena on the bus, but once she started going on it she loved riding the bus.

lauren - Good luck with the interview.

andrea - We just adopted a dog last week. We rescued him from the pound., we spend some time with him at the pound in a room with the kids and outside, he was soo super sweet. He is stil getting used to us and our other dog. I am allergic to most types of dogs, so my options on types is limited. We have 2 ****zu's

Check in -
cals - under by 7 (including exercise cals)
Water - Nada -
exercise - 38 min on the kinnects
Proud - Day 2 on back on track, and today was super super stressful with work and i didn't go for the snacking , didn't do good on water but no snacking.

bluenote

I'm back! Day two! I made it through two days of eating well. Whew. Sounds like I just ran a marathon! I even exercised today. I went to the gym for 30 minutes. I used to do 60, but that's OK - gotta start somewhere.

I have to tell you sisters about my depressing day. I'm not writing it for pity or for excuses, but to share with you the pain of being "in the spotlight" and hoping you can all relate.

Today I had TWO different kids tell me in their own "innocent" way that I am gaining weight. It was devastating. The first was one of my KGers. A few weeks ago he told me he thought I was losing weight. Well, it was really only that I was wearing something complimentary. But I took the compliment. Today he came up to me and said, "Remember when I told you you were losing weight? Well, not anymore. You put it all back on." I was in shock. Out of the mouths of babes.

Then in the afternoon one of my second graders announced out loud in class, "You are getting bigger and bigger." Talk about devastation. The scary feelings of being a failure AGAIN reared their ugly heads. Did I actually gain a lot of weight? Have I been fooling myself for two months? I am petrified to weigh myself. If I've gained a LOT, I will be crushed. I know I've gained, but sisters let me tell you, I will fold like a deck of cards if I see the 400 number again.

So there you have it. My life the last two months.

check in:
cals: OK
exercise: 30 minutes at gym
water: 90
proud: I am here. Day two.

lildebbie

blue i fell your pain..i can just imagine how horrifying it would be. I know sometimes kids just say what they think without others feelings. There was a little boy at abby's day care that would ask if i was having a baby all the time.

I was horrified to see that I was over 280 on monday exactly where i was 1 year ago, but nothing to do but move forward.

We here for you, just keep at it and it will come back off!!

andreasoulcastle

ISTPAUL - Good advice, will most definitely take that into account! Do you have any tips on what I should look for? We were just going to go in and see which dogs we clicked with but taking in your advice, I should definitely be asking the people at the shelter what temperament the dog has..or if it has any behavior problems...if it gets along with other people and animals ..ect on top of finding out if we click. We live in a complex with a lot of dog owners, they get their dogs together pretty much every weekend so it would be nice to have a social dog.

DEBBIE- Thank you for the advice! We are not allergic to animals, do you take allergy medicine or is your dog hypoallergenic? Do you have any tips for me when going into the shelter? And how is your dog doing so far? Adjusting well?

BLUENOTE- GREAT Job with your watching what you eat and exercising, inspiring. It makes me want to go back to the gym and get on that elliptical for 30 minutes need to start somewhere again. I have a gym membership...I got it in January..but haven't gone since the beginning of February! Ugh. I am sorry about your kids, I worked with little ones a few years back and let me tell you know how outspoken they can be. The same thing has happened to me and it does hurt, even though they aren't saying it to hurt your feelings.

Andrea

lildebbie

DEBBIE- Thank you for the advice! We are not allergic to animals, do you take allergy medicine or is your dog hypoallergenic? Do you have any tips for me when going into the shelter? And how is your dog doing so far? Adjusting well?

Bascially i can have any dogs that need to be groomed, where there hair grows. So anythingl ike ****zu, pekignese, etc. He is doing good. He had some skin conidtion and he is being treated, but he is getting more used to us and a little more playful, i think he was scared. YOu have to remeber if you get one form a shelter they may be scared cause they don't know what is going on

tlrue

Good morning ladies!

Boy am I out of practice with this whole - working out of the house thing! Granted, my company (the new one haha) is busy doing a huge overhaul including moving. So I don't have any actual work to do, just kind of observing and filling in when I can. I'll be super glad when I have an actual routine. I'm like a fish out of water without one. I just got my checkbook/budget figured out through the end of next month, so I feel like I have at least *some* control over something. Yikes!!

I turned in my final research paper for my socio class last night. Boy did THAT feel good! All done until the fall!

I haven't been able to exercise, but I feel like my eating hasn't been to heinous (save the weekend at Adam's parents' house lol)

Yesterday, I was out with one of our dog walkers. We got to walk some of the most adorable pups! So I suppose I can count the 60 minutes of walking I did yesterday.

And now, since I don't have to be at work until 10:30, I am going to get this house put back together!

Andrea - So excited for you adopting a pup! My advice would be to make sure you have the time to put in to making sure the little guy (or gal) gets the attention they need. And also make sure you do your homework on the breed (or breeds haha) so you know what to expect. We got an Aussie pup in January and didn't know much about the breed, so I hit the library (because I'm a giant nerd). And now I feel like I can take better care of him because I know to expect him to be high energy (and it's not just that he's crazy and hyper).

LittleSpy

Momma -- I'm so happy for Ryan's bus success yesterday! :happy:

Nancy -- :flowerforyou: My advice to you is to keep on doing what you know needs to be done and DON'T weigh yourself for a month.

I have an OB appointment today and I'm afraid to get on the scale. I've eaten so many emotions this month it's absolutely AMAZING to me that I've only gained 4 pounds. That would be a perfectly acceptable gain at this point in my pregnancy if I hadn't started out overweight to begin with. However, last appointment was in the morning after fasting for my glucose test for 9 hours. This time is in the afternoon after I've eaten breakfast and lunch. So... yeah, I have a feeling it's going to look as though I've gained 6 pounds in 3 weeks. Not that 4 pounds in 4 weeks is really that much better. :ohwell: Yesterday I ate whatever I wanted, including a stupid amount of candy, and I still came in under maintenance calories so I'm hoping my crazy weight gain will be leveling off & holding here for a few weeks.

elmox

Interview went.....ok. Not 100% confident in how I did, but I answered the best I could. Now we wait... Thanks for the happy thoughts!

So we had to vacate our house for a few days this morning. Our upstairs neighbors/landlords were picked for a room makeover show and they are doing the redecorating for the next few days. The production crew will be using our apartment, so we got the boot. (We are getting compensated, so that's good!) We'll be staying at a friend's place in Brooklyn for the next three nights. She's leaving today for a vacation, so it works out perfectly. We had to be up and out of the house at 7:30...which is usually when I'm waking up! It was an early morning today and a late night last night getting everything ready for them. It will be exciting to see what they do to their place!

Checking in for yesterday:
Cals - Over. 1843 (at least I'm under maintenance).
Water - 88 oz
Exercise - Cleaning up, moving furniture
Proud - Eh....the interview is over and I did what I could.

HeatherMN

Lauren: Here's to hoping you rocked the interview and get the job! :flowerforyou:

Nancy: I agree with Julie. Get back on track and wait a month to weigh yourself. You know what to do to lose the weight, so it should come off easily.

Andrea: I agree with Theresa on the research. Figure out the traits you want in a dog: size, age, activity level, etc. and look for breeds that generally exhibit those traits. Share all of the details you can with the shelter about your lifestyle and what type of dog would best fit into that. Also see if the organization has a return policy; a lot of times you get a trial period where you can bring the dog back if they aren't a good match. These places (if they're good) are truly looking to place animals into forever homes where they will be a perfect fit. One other thing to consider is that if you are planning on having kids during the dog's lifespan, you want one that would be good with children and other animals. As an example, herding dogs (Corgis, Border Collies and Aussies) can sometimes be a poor match with children because they like to "herd" them and nip at little ankles. Just my (long list) suggestions!

Lauren: Best of luck with your routine change while your apartment is being taken over!

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Over, but planned.
Water: 67.6 oz.
Exercise: None
Proud: I ordered grilled chicken and lots of veggies on my pizza instead of greasy, fatty pepperoni or sausage.

Momma24

Good Morning!! I did okay yesterday. Not great but I did not over eat. I think I came just under maintenance calories but over what I wanted to do. I did drink a ton of water so I did good there.


Blue, sister you are here!!! I agree with everyone else get to what you know works and wait to weigh... As for the kids I understand that has got to be difficult. When my #2 daughter was in elementary school I always knew when the boy down the street teased her about my weight. He would get off the bus and run around the opposite way we went (to avoid me) Then my girl would get off the bus crying. She would say that the boy was teasing her about me being fat.. Then #3 girl just recently was hurt by a little girl who said that some boy says your mom is really fat. That is the part I HATE my kids suffering for my bad choices. We can do this and show the kids that we are strong women who can get it done.:flowerforyou:

Andrea, I agree with everyone else do your research. I personally adopted a cocker and he is adorable. I have had him for 8 years he is so sweet but not very playful with the kids and he is soooooo hard to keep groomed. Financially I could not afford to get it done so I did it myself the other day and he looks silly. He is bald in some spots. If I would have known that he would need to be groomed so regularly I don't think I would have adopted him. All I saw was adorable little black cocker. So stinking cute.

Heather, my mil had a border collie and I him. #2 girl would wander when she was 2 and he would only let her get so far from me then he would bump her in the butt until he felt she was close enough to me. It was so cute. He never nipped just butted her little behind.:laugh: :laugh: It was like having a baby sitter:laugh: :laugh:

Lauren hope all went well with the interview.......:flowerforyou:

Julie, you are doing well.... You will drop the weight very quickly after she comes.

awestfall

Nancy you are here and still fighting so thats what matters most

lstpaul

It's so nice to see our board so active again!

checking in for yesterday:
calories: good
exercise: good - an hour walk with a friend at MOA since it was rainy
water: good
proud: I went to Ruby Tuesday's with my friend after our walk and made some good choices. They have this menu option where you can get the salad bar AND choose 3 of any sides, so I had asparagus, spaghetti squash and a loaded baked potato but only ate 1/3rd of the potato. Yummy, and all good!

I also have felt the sting of youngster's comments about my weight. Sometimes it is just an innocent comment because they can be so brutally honest, but when kids are trying to be mean I wonder how their parents have allowed them to think it is ok to say mean things to (or about) other people.

HonestOmnivore

Hi guys!

I'll check in for Monday and Tuesday now!

Monday:
Calories - Way over (Mexican chips with cheese)
Exercise - None but I'm still on near bed rest...
Water - AWESOME!
Proud - I went to our favorite Mexican restaurant and I didn't have any alcohol - normally I would think of that as a sin!

Tuesday:
Calories - WAY over (sushi)
Exercise - None but still on...
Water - AWESOME!
Proud - I'm eating very little Easter candy.

So far today is going OK, I had cereal no milk for breakfast and half a grilled cheese on high fiber bread for lunch...

TMI Warning!
I had my weekly doctor's appointment yesterday - I go in every week to the plastic surgeon who's basically in charge of my recover because he's doing the reconstruction. He pulled the drains!!! For those of you who have never had to have drains in - they're basically soft rubber hose about 1/4 inch thick and one end is threaded up into open space or to the location of trauma under your tissue, and the other is connected to a bulb of some sort that collects whatever your body dumps as it's healing. At first there is a lot of blood but eventually it's basically a little blood and a lot of serum so it goes from a dark red to a pink then 'straw' color by the end. The really bad part is the hole where the tubing exits your body is constantly getting irritated by the movement of the tube, and the sutures they use to keep the tube in place are constantly getting tugged and yanked as the tube or bulb gets snagged in your clothing, bed sheets, etc...:sad: :grumble: I had drains from the first surgery until early April, then I had them again from the 13th until yesterday (new holes/sutures). When they pull them out they don't stitch you closed, you just put a band aid over the hole and it slowly heals. The whole experience is gross and irritating/painful. I am SO HAPPY to be free of the pain and annoyance of the tubes and bulbs - tough to hide under clothes, especially when you're flat so there's no "tent" created by the girls!

He also was finally able to "expand" me, where they insert a needle into the mouth of the expander and inject saline solution to inflate the expander. There's swelling still and the expander (rubber bag) is in a pocket under my chest muscles and the chest (pecks) mussels are also inflamed but none the less it now looks like I have very perky little A cup sized breasts! :blushing: :bigsmile: I'm actually somewhat surprised by how much better this makes me feel!

lildebbie

Well today i was on track till 6, hubby is not coming home till friday and i went and took the girls to eat, well i went way over my cals, like way...

I know just move on, at least i had a good breakfast, lunch and i did workout today .

Tomorrow is another day.

bluenote

mstahl - I must say your post sounded painful. Ouch! I am so happy to hear the drains are goners! Congrats on your tea cups! LOL

Day three, sisters. Thank you all for loving me and accepting me where I am right now. I love you for that! I am taking your advice and I'm staying away from the scale until school is out the third week of May. Then I'll have a better handle on the situation and will have more willpower if things don't go so greatly.

Julie - wowsa! Time is flying by! I can't believe your pic! Wasn't it yesterday that you were saying you just got your baby bump? LOL

check in:
cals: 100 under
water: 70
exercise: 15 minute walk
proud: Day Three is easier than Day One.

lstpaul

Bluenote: good plan, don't they say 21 days makes a habit ... so by the time you are out of school you should be back into the habit of logging your food and checking in so it will be no problem to accept whatever the scale says at that time and to keep on going. Hopefully you will be pleasantly surprised! We have all had our downs and ups and downs and ups ... this isn't an easy thing to do or we would all be skinny! So we completely understand!

Mstahl: Glad to hear they took out the tubes, that must be so uncomfortable. Sounds like you are doing well.

checking in for yesterday:
calories: good
exercise: good (hour of step at the Y)
proud: ate too much potato for supper but stopped and had a light snack to stay under cals for the day
my scale has been creeping down this week, so I'm actually looking forward to the weigh-in tomorrow and hoping I will be back to pre-Easter weight or maybe even a titch less!

HeatherMN

Melinda: I'm happy to hear your recovery is progressing. Congrats on your perkiness!

Andrea: The DJs on the local radio station I listen to were talking about dog adoption this morning (strange coincidence). One of them said he heard you should take your prospective dog for a short walk. If they pay attention to you, it's a good sign and if they pay attention to everything else but you, they won't be a good match. He said he followed that advice and the dog he picked is the best dog he's ever had. Just thought I'd share that.

Regarding the kid comments, I felt I had to balance it out with a happy comment. Last week, the bf's son told his dad (bf) that he's "skinny like Heather." The kid is a toothpick, so I'm taking it as a compliment! This is the same kid who walked by me a few months ago and said, "Heather, you smell good." I asked, "What do I smell like?" He sniffed my arm then said, "Like girl shampoo." He's so cute!

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Over
Water: 50.7 oz.
Exercise: None
Proud: I didn't get ice cream last night because even though my mind wanted it, my body wasn't craving it.

lstpaul

HeatherMN - what a sweet kid your bf has!

lildebbie

i got back on track today , so proud after my overage yesterday i did good today.

I took serena and walked to get abby today , we walked and back, walked around 1.4 miles today round trip. Girls were getting tired by the time we got back.

Cals - Under by about 50
water - nada, i know i know i need to work on that
exercise - walekd 1.4 cals and 176 cals burned
proud - even though i had a setback last night and went over cals, i went right back into it today.

bluenote

Gotta get to sleep but I refused to get in bed before checking in!

check in:
cals: not too bad, but too much sodium
water: 90
exercise: 90-minute nature trail walk while at a workshop - I am so sore! LOL
proud: Day Four and a 90-minute walk!!!

lildebbie

Gotta get to sleep but I refused to get in bed before checking in!

check in:
cals: not too bad, but too much sodium
water: 90
exercise: 90-minute nature trail walk while at a workshop - I am so sore! LOL
proud: Day Four and a 90-minute walk!!!

Glad to see you wtg on the 90 min walk.

purpleprose

Deb and blue - way to check in!!!

I've been doing a good job keeping off the scale during the week. Was shocked this morning with this week's weight loss!



Allison..............-2.2.............1.03%

LittleSpy

Time to weigh in, ladies! Get back to it. I'll start since I'm sure I'm gaining way more or losing way less than the rest of you.

Julie................+1.4...............yep
Allison..............-2.2.............1.03%


I had a lot of sodium yesterday but I've been hovering up around 229 all week. I haven't exercised (other than cleaning & doing stuff around the house) and I haven't eaten very well at all (though the days I've logged I've come in, on average, right around maintenance cals).

I'm feeling very strangely motivated today. I don't know if it's just today or if this is going to be a change of pace. I hope the latter, of course.

I LOVE my meal plan for today! For exercise, I plan to take a couple of the dogs for a walk after work & as of right now, I even want to hit the gym tomorrow! :noway:

Today's menu puts my nutriton at
calories 1,635
fat 70
carbs 151
protein 114
sodium 1,856
fiber 20

I'd like to get that fiber a little higher and the fat a little lower, but quite a bit of the fat is coming from avocado and peanut butter so I'm really not too troubled by it.