Over 200 New Year New Me Part 52
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Hi everyone!
I was relatively proud of how I ended the day yesterday, I feel like I'm slowly taking back control of my eating again. I didn't do great, but did better than what I had initially planned. For supper I was going to make a giant baked potato loaded with butter and cheese (the kids had Leeann Chins and hubby was at a golf banquet), but I realized that I wasn't that hungry after snacking too much during the day - so I made scrambled eggs - a much better option. But then I kind of ruined it by having an english muffin with peanut better and jelly for bedtime snack ... when I really wasn't hungry at all. But still better than the giant baked potato would have been.
calories: over - but just by a little
exercise: 45 minutes of step
water: I think ok, I drank lots of water at the end of the day
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lstpaul - you reminded me that after my long chatty email I never checked in for Wednesday! Also I wanted to say that I think of your photo every time I go to our pool where there's a poster of a kid who looks very similar but nowhere near as cute!
Checking in for Wednesday!
Calories: Just under 1200 - intentionally didn't eat my exercise calories due to LARGE overages this week.
Water: I drank extra last night to get over 70...
Exercise: 30 minutes of HARD swimming. I still can't swim "face down" for more than one length of the pool because even if I breath every stroke I can't "pant" fast enough I'm so out of shape! But I did the arm strokes while kinda bouncing along up to my chin in water, and I did 20 minutes of back strokes really focusing on my arms.
Proud: Yesterday I had a LOT of reasons to skip swimming - we were running late, there were no open swim lanes, I didn't feel that well, and I forgot my swim goggles. BUT I DID IT!0 -
I'm in! Start weight of 267.5 I log everything when I can get a connection. Last week-end I couldn't even get a Smart phone connection as I was WAY up in northern MN. No more pop or chips. Not even one. I am like an alcoholic with them. Even one bite sents me binging and off the path of nutritional rightiousness. My son recently started drinking a new pop with stevia and recommends it. I don't drink coffee, but occasionally have tea without sweetener. I always drink my 8 glasses of water. My big issue is lack of exercise. Sigh. Going to mow the lawn today. Glad to be part of this thread.0
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Melinda -- I kind of had a feeling what's happened with our dogs was going to happen. 2 of them are amazing; 2 of them are just awful with baby. :ohwell: We've found a new home for the pitbull pup because she's way too rowdy and destructive for us to handle right now (though she's a really great dog in general) but we haven't gotten her in the new home yet. The other dog that isn't working out is one of our greyhounds. He had nervous/anxious tendencies before and he's completely lost his mind now. :frown: I think we're going to have to let the adoption agency find another place for him. But our other greyhound & my super old lurcher girl have been great and they're not getting forgotten or going anywhere. I definitely find 4 dogs and a 7 week old unmanageable right now in terms of spending enough time with everyone & I really hate that.
Oof, sore from my run yesterday but not unmanageable & nothing like last week. I got about 3 hours of sleep last night. Maisie had really bad gas or something and screamed her head off inconsolably from 8.30pm until 4amsomething. Apparently I was the one who finally got her to sleep in her crib and I didn't even remember doing it I was so exhausted.
Jess -- I think I'm going back to work October 10th. :frown: I really don't want to go back at all but my husband can't seem to find a job that pays the same or more than mine.0 -
I notice many of you drink double the recommended amount of water. Has anyone had health problems as a result? I did that about 3 years ago. I ended up very dizzy and light-headed. The dr. said that I was drinking too much and diluting the chemicals in my body. He suggested chicken broth with salt and Gatorade type drinks. Just interested not judging.0
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Hoppymom - I think it depends a lot on how fast you go to large amounts of water, and your exercise etc. I drink my water in the form of green tea - cheating I know! But it's so low cal/ low caffeine that I've decided it's 'as good' as water and I've had a least one medical professional agree (and then stopped asking of course LOL)
Also I think it can depend how fast you go to that amount of water.
I do know that when you are exercising a lot, you can over hydrate on just water because you're sweating out electrolytes and not replenishing them. If you drink GALLONS like that poor mom in Sacramento did a couple years ago you can die because the water literally seeps through your veins into your brain.:sick:
I just pee a lot :blushing:0 -
Good Late morning 10:40am my time. I hope everyone is well today. Welcome to all the new people. So happy to see some old faces as well. I should say young faces who I have known awhile.
Julie, I can honestly say I do not miss those days of little to no sleep. The only problem is I still wake up 2-3 x a night and I really believe I have trained my body to do that because of being a mommy for so long. I do highly recommend a nap when she does. I am sure you already know that. I would take my babes and we would go lay down.
Laila, it is so very nice to see you!
Jess, great job on the kick boxing!
Debi, You are doing well with the exercise I have noticed on my news feed!!! Now DRINK your water!!!!!!!!
Melinda, as usual your posts are so interesting and I love seeing that glass of red wine!!! As for Blue I have tried to contact her twice recently no response yet. I have tried from mfp and personal e-mail. I will give her another couple of days and try again.
lstpaul, great job on the food choices. It is baby steps to the finish line.
My goals for today are going to be simple. First I am going to work for the food I eat today. I walked for my breakfast and I have not decided what work I will do for lunch. My dinner is going to be worked for by playing the wii fit with my Sara. The base boards will get cleaned today and I will still do my daily chores. I need to catch up with my water I am standing at about 20 some odd ounces and about to drink 16 more.0 -
Hey, ladies, I'm here. Just busy at work.
The first two nights of the volunteer program at our new site were awesome. The weather was perfect, horses were calm and riders were smiley. We couldn't have asked for a better start, other than the horse who pulled back in the trailer last night and escaped onto the 38 acres. Luckily, it didn't take long and I was able to get ahold of him. He skinned up his face a bit, but just superficial, so he'll be fine. Excitement! Our riders were already gone for the evening, so there were just a handful of volunteers/horse owners left. Whew!
Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: No idea
Water: 80 oz.
Exercise: 3 hours walking at volunteering.
I'm still struggling to get on the exercise wagon, but I read my Oxygen magazine during lunch and am feeling some new motivation; mostly in the eating area. I think this weekend, I'm going to pick up some of Tosca Reno's clean eating books. I know how much better I feel on days I eat fewer processed foods, so I might start working myself toward a cleaner diet. I definitely won't be able to cut all processed stuff out, but any progress is good.
Off to my third night of volunteering this week! Have a great evening!0 -
Check in
Calories ate 1992
Exercise burned 634
water: Forgot to keep good track but I am sure I am over 64 ounces because I drank water with every meal at least 16 ounces and some with snack as well as just for kicks:laugh: .
Proud
I set out to earn my meals today. I was inspired by our ancestors who had to go out and work to get food such as hunt or what have you. So I thought I would try that today. I did not burn a ton each meal but I burned anywhere from 145-200cals before I ate or right after. I did my wii time with Sara, the baseboards still need cleaning though:ohwell: . As you can tell I hate cleaning baseboard that will be on Monday's goal and hopefully I will do it then. I feel as if I am being a good healthy role model to my daughter for 3 days in a row. That is a streak I intend to keep going. I am very proud of myself for following through each day. I like this and I am feeling real good about my accomplishments. I run out of things to say I am proud of everyday and now I am finding things daily.0 -
momma - good job on burning your meals.
cals - under
Water - not good :sad: nobody to blame but me :sad: I did get some so that is better than tomorrow.
Exercise - c25k and ellipt
I did the day 3 week 1 again. I will probably b here forever. I struggle soo much doing it, my ankles are just killing me. I am trying it though 3 x a week.0 -
I don't know what my previous weight was but I know I'm up. Happy Friday!
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Hello!
LA_Proud - is that a Percheron you're holding in the photo? I have an Arabian mare and a Chincoteague pony in my back pasture doing nothing more than looking cute right now. :ohwell:
Yes it is. He is not mine. I was visiting a friend at the stables and just thought he was too beautiful not to take a picture.0 -
Not too bad for 3 days!!!!!
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momma..............-0.7.........-0.25%0 -
As most of you know, I'm not logging calories or weighing myself this month, so no weight check-in for me. However, my jeans don't feel any tighter so far, so I think things are going well.
Tomorrow is another 5k (I'll be thinking of you, Allison!) and I'd love to see a sub 32, but I haven't run since for two weeks, so we'll see. It sounds like my mom is going to come with me for support and snap some pics of me running. I'll have to wear a different outfit so people know I didn't just steal pics from a previous race
Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: ?
Water: 56 oz.
Exercise: 40 minutes walking at volunteering and 15 minutes riding bareback.
Tonight is errand night. I have to pick up my race packet for tomorrow and get some grocery shopping done. If I have time, I'll stop by Half Price Books to see if I can get some Tosca Reno books cheap. My oven should be fixed next Thursday, so I can start looking at recipes to bake now, since we're heading toward cooler fall weather up here.
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Where is everyone? Well, I have returned from my day spent in the waiting room of a surgical center. I am exhausted and the boy is very groggy. He keeps asking for things he CANT eat. My little guy. He wants me to lay down with him and honestly I don't think I would mind that. I am sticking to maintenance cals today. I know I am inactive and should cut back the cals. Well, I only have a 165 left for the day. I will keep dinner light but not sure about that light. So I thought i would bump up just for today so that I can get through this stressful day.0
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Hello Girls !!
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momma..............-0.7.........-0.25%
debra .................-1.9..........-0.69 %
I was estactic this morning just to see the scale go down
Momma - I hope ryan is okay. Was this a schedule thing or is he sick??0 -
I guess everyone had a busy Friday?
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momma..............-0.7.........-0.25%
debra .................-1.9..........-0.69 %
Melinda..............-1..............-0.51%
I lost a pound from where I was BEFORE last weeks leap upwards so hopefully that means I was right, and just full of water from all the overworked muscles :bigsmile:0 -
Great job ladies! I have company from out of state. I forgot to weigh yesterday and today but I dont expect I lost much if anything.0
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Debbie, it was dental work and they had to put him out in order to do it. He is doing great except I can't get the sticky tape stuff from off of his face so everytime he goes out to play he comes in with a very thin pencil looking mark of dirt on his face. He picks up dirt and throws it in the air.
Good job on the weight loss ladies.0 -
Good morning Girls!
I soo could sleep like all freaking day !!
I am up like 3lb from friday this morning, i nkow it is sodium thought. I didn't eat super great but not super bad either. I didn't log this weekened
Sat, i had normal breakfast then lunch we went to Raising Canes and had 3 chick strip with fries, not extremly bad, then we went to fudruckers for dinner, had a big burgber and split cheese fries with hubby...okay so that was kinda bad. Then yesterday we had muffins for breakfast (they were huge and i know lots of cals), then we made burgers for lunch and spaghetti and meatballs for dinner.
So like i said not really great, but honestly not as bad as i have been doing on weekends.
But the WIN i am takling from this weekened is i spent almost 3 hrs in the gym burning almost 1700 calories. I felt great ! Last night i went while hubby was watching footbal, did the elitpical for 66 min and burned over 600 cals i was dripping in sweat and went through 2 water bottles but i felt great.
I am ready to get going this week...kick this sodium out and hopefully be down on friday !!
Lets do this girls!!0 -
I'm with you Deb, lets kick this week into gear. I want to see a good loss on Friday. I am planning on earning my meals again today. I have some yard work to do and I am planning on doing the wii with Sara. I am so proud of her she has played the wii fit every day except Sunday in which she took a walk with her older sister and played at the park. One day on the wii I saw that it said she burned almost 100 calories. I thought that was pretty good considering that the less you weigh the less calories you burn. Now hopefully we can maintain her weight because I know she will grow 1-2 inches over the next year and would be at the right weight for her Height. Now if I grew 1-2 inches over the next year I would not need to lose so much weight either. hahahaha. I'm too short for my weight I've figured out!0
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Good morning, ladies:
It was a good weekend, with no sitting around and watching television. Huge win.
Friday night, I got my errands done, did a little reading and went to dinner with my sister. Saturday was the 5k with a finish time of 33:14, which is 30 seconds slower than the last race but my mind was in it and I was enjoying the mostly flat course so the time went fast and I had fun. That's what's important. My mom came along and took some pictures. After seeing the different body types and ages that run, she's decided she's going to start the Couch to 5k program so she can run with me next year. How awesome is that?? After the race, we went hunting at garage sales for a new bike for Alex. We didn't have any luck at garage sales, but managed to find exactly what I was looking for at a bicycle repair shop that we came across by accident. Alex loves the new bike and after his test ride Saturday night at 9pm in his pjs, he said, "I could have ridden all night. Well, until I got too tired." So cute!
Sunday was spent helping my uncle with his Percherons at a parade. I did a lot of crouching to paint horse hooves, then spent the day crawling onto and jumping off of wagons/carriages. As I was climbing onto a wagon for the sixth time or so of the day, I took a moment to think about how tiring the day would have been if I were still over 200 lbs and I have to say I was pretty proud of myself. I've come a long way!
This weekend, I picked up a Eat Clean Diet book by Tosca Reno and am thinking about starting to transition toward cleaner eating. I know there are things that aren't realistic for me to take out of my "diet" at this point, but any little bit will help. Unfortunately, none of the recipes in the book looked like anything Nate or I would enjoy eating, but I know there are other books and websites with clean eating recipes, so that won't deter me.
Checking in for the weekend:
Friday:
Calories: ??
Water: 112 oz.
Exercise: Was active running errands, but no formal exercise.
Saturday:
Calories: ??
Water: 72 oz.
Exercise: Get Ready to Rock 5k
Sunday:
Calories: ??
Water: 32 oz.
Exercise: 6 hours helping with horses at a parade and 20 minutes basketball with Nate and Alex.
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Good afternoon everyone!
Sorry for being MIA all weekend (once again) ... it was a busy weekend (and I spend my days on the computer all week so I don't really like to spend much time on my laptop on the weekends). I had tons of exercise (kind of overdid it because I was really exhausted on Saturday night) ... but my eating wasn't great - was really bad yesterday at my nephew's birthday party where there was pizza, chips, apple crisp AND apple pie. I'm trying hard to get back on track today though.
Congrats to everyone with losses last week! I was up .4 pounds and didn't officially log it here - I'm hoping to lose it by next Friday (plus more).
I had a weird night last night - my 17 yo had a nightmare and climbed into bed with us ... very odd - she hasn't done that in years! I wonder if it was 9/11 related. I didn't sleep well after that, I tend to eat poorly when I'm tired - I'll have to really work at good choices today. I just signed up for a new weightloss challenge class with a friend - it starts in two weeks. I'm hoping for some new motivation.
lildeb: good job on all the exercise last weekend!
momma24: I like your idea of earning what you eat
heathermn: you are amazing with all your 5k races!
lilspy: good luck with your dogs - I can't imagine dealing with 4 of them and a new baby ... I had 1 dog and 2 cats and that was enough
mstahl: thanks for the compliment on my little swimmer - he starts swim team practices tonight. My big swimmer (17 yo daughter) had her first meet last weekend and was in tears afterwards - she didn't do that poorly - but she was hoping to be as fast as she was at the end of the season last year because she worked at staying in condition all summer, but she was quite a bit slower. Hopefully she will be able to get back to where she was.
hoppymom: chips are very hard for me to control .... I can never have them in the house anymore - I just try to have a few when I'm at a party0 -
lstpaul - my grand daughter climbed into bed with us last fall when she was still 17. CUTE but yeah odd - she had some nightmare that corresponded with starting a new school and being in a new home etc... She was SO embarrassed the next morning!!!
Our dog drama continues - the rescue where we adopted our English setter over five years ago decided to take him back after the death of our beagle. I would understand if we had any kind of history - or if our home wasn't safe, clean enough etc... but even when we said we would get rid of the Mastiff (who we love but who was responsible for the beagle's death) they are insisting on taking back Simon. He lives with us, in the country with a big fenced yard filled with chickens! He is the HAPPIEST DOG in the WORLD! He's allowed on our furniture, has the run of the place - LOVES the mastiff (they sleep in the same crate and everything). And he loves us. We're his family and I just don't get how they think pulling him out into a new home is going to make things better. He has a clean bill of health - totally up on his shots and everything. SO FRUSTRATING! and sad
I'm tempted to send him back WITH the mastiff and a couple of chickens. I really want to do what's right for the dog and it's frustrating to feel like they are just trying to yank us around and not thinking about the dog from the DOGS point of view! (did I mention he gets to sleep on our couch AND play with chickens? He's a very happy dog!)
OK thanks for letting me get that off my chest!
Checking in for the weekend!
Saturday:
Calories - over by a few hundred
Water - under
Exercise - none counted but I was photographing a dog show so lots of squats!
Sunday:
Calories - About even
Water - good!
Exercise - just the dog show again
Saturday I skipped breakfast and only had a hamburger patty for lunch, but we had poached flounder with brown rice for dinner - sounds healthy right? Except it's poached in BUTTER! LOL oh well - it was worth it! :flowerforyou:
Sunday I did much better but my grilled cheese was still a little high.
Today I'm off to a lousy start - breakfast was fine but lunch at the all you can eat Indian Buffet was not the best choice. How many calories in a bale of naan? And in a bucket of Saag Paneer? YUM :blushing: :noway: yeah - this too was WORTHIT!
I did start off the day at the Rec Center doing week 4.5 (the extra week) of the 5K101 - today I "ran" six minutes with two minutes of rest - three times! Then I hopped on the elliptical machine for another 25 minutes.0 -
HOpe everyone had a good monday.
I had a rough start , and a crappy workout , hopefully tomorrow ill be better
After my awesome workouts this weekends i was hopeful of my workout today and was going to try c24k week2 day 1, but after i was warming up on my eliptical started having cramps on my side and i just couldn't get going.
But still was under my cals
I did good on my water too, i did like 7 cups of water today, not super great, but compared to what i was doing last week i am proud of my selfl.0 -
Here! It's been NUTS at work the past few weeks and it's going to continue to be crazy. I'll try to get some time to come back and check in. Thanks to Sherry for checking on me. Still logging - even when it's ugly!0
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Checking in for yesterday - Saag Paneer and all!
Calories - over by 300 (it was the naan and the handful of dark chocolate chex that killed me!)
Water - good
Exercise - Day1 Week 4 (point 5) of the 5K101 plus 25 minutes on the elliptical machine
Proud - I didn't eat as much of our stir fried dinner as I wanted :ohwell:0 -
Melinda: So sad the rescue is taking your dog back. They're obviously not thinking about the dog's perspective. Oh, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with butter! It's better than using some artificial chemical created by scientists! Just my thoughts on it.
Speaking of which, since the beginning of this month, I've been eating the full-fat versions of everything except in cases where I like the diet version better or there isn't much of a taste difference and I'm finding that I'm fuller longer with the "regular" versions. I've been reading a lot lately on how the diet versions of food actually make us hungier/fatter because our bodies don't know what to do with them. Interesting stuff and I'm seeing where the claims that the diet industry has added to the obesity epidemic may be valid.
So far, I'm doing great on not stepping in the scale and to be honest, I've only been tempted twice but was able to walk away. My jeans feel the same, maybe even looser than on September first, so I have hope that I'm doing something right. I need to get back on the exercise wagon, but other than that I'm doing well.
Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: ?? but probably over
Water: 112 oz.
Exercise: None0 -
Good Morning Girls!
Heather, I have been wondering about eating "diet" foods as well. I keep wondering if really messing with things until they turn diet is good? Or if just eating them in the natural form but less of it maybe better for you in the long run. My husband cracks me up. When ever you hear that slogan. "I can't believe its not butter" he says if its not butter what is it?0 -
Good Morning Girls!
Heather, I have been wondering about eating "diet" foods as well. I keep wondering if really messing with things until they turn diet is good? Or if just eating them in the natural form but less of it maybe better for you in the long run. My husband cracks me up. When ever you hear that slogan. "I can't believe its not butter" he says if its not butter what is it?
Pretty much my philosophy to eat "real" food. If there's a "real" version and a "diet" version I usually compare ingredient labels. Sometimes after doing this I'm okay with choosing a "light" or "reduced fat" option, but almost never a "fat free" option. The example that comes to mind here is sour cream. The reduced fat option is still made with similar ingredients as the full fat version. The fat free version is all kinds of crazy stuff. Same with cream cheese. The "light" version is just a different kind of cheese -- neufchatel. The fat free version is something else entirely.0
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