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NeuroticVirgo

So my laptop took a crap today! I am now using my husbands iPad! I am going shopping tomorrow for a new computer! So until I get one I might not be on here as much since I hate using this thing and can't go in the forums on the iPhone! Love you all! You all rock! My first scale peek is tomorrow!

Don't know what kind of computer your looking into....but going to Dell Business (has to be the business section, not regular consumer), has some really nice laptops. They are way better stats for like $100 more than a crappier version on just the regular Dell website.

Finigan84

I am off out of town for a funeral. I will checkback when I can. Good luck to everyone with the challenge to stay off the scale! You're all doing great cause even on a bad day you are still here and still trying to make healthy choices. Keep it up!!!

KLi531

I bombed the challenge on the first day :sad: Its official....I am really addicted! Going to try and stay off the rest of the week. I had one of those mornings where I felt like I might have lost another lb....and couldn't resist looking....and of course...I didn't. :grumble: What a waste.... I'm really hoping to be at 225 or under by the end of this week. But I have a feeling I'm going to have to fight my way all through the 220's because they are going to be stubborn. :frown:

Me too! i got out of the shower today and there it was sitting on the floor just begging to be stepped on...

I can stay away from doughnuts and cookies for 3 months but I can't stay off the scale for 48 hours. It used to be I couldn't stay away from doughnuts and cookies for 48 hours and never looked at the scale. I'll take that as progress

naesue

My Wednesday peek was well worth it I am down to 271.4 today! Really hoping that I can get out of the 270's and into the 260's by Sunday my official weigh in on here!

naesue

MFP made me change my goals today it is the first time it has ever done that I guess I have jumped the gun and changed it before 10 lbs before. Do you all change it at 10 lbs lost or do you wait?

BrendarB

Hi everyone, sorry, I took a couple days off and enjoyed all of lifes bad things and enjoyed every freakin minute of it! I'm back on the saddle again and have learned that I was really obsessed about weighing myself everyday, it's hard to look at that stupid thing and not get on it. I'm modifying my diet back some. I want to shoot for a 1-2 lb loss instead of a 3-5 lb, it was getting to be too much, and I found out that if life was miserable, then there is no way I was going to be able to maintain that as a life style. I'm getting a heart monitor in a couple of days (at least it should get here in a couple of days) cause I am curious if I am logging the correct amount of calories burned. I ended up doing the normal crossfit wod and then went back later and did the crossfit endurance wod and then stuck around and worked on double unders, sit ups, flutter kicks and pullups. The problem with trying to figure out the calorie burn is when I rest inbetween for a set amount recovery between sets. Thanks for letting me vent folks. Hope everyone is hanging in there, remember, if it was easy, you wouldn't appreciate it as much. You all have the heart and the drive to complete great things, and this is just one step along that road.

Nikkie_too

BrendarB

Hi everyone, sorry, I took a couple days off and enjoyed all of lifes bad things and enjoyed every freakin minute of it! I'm back on the saddle again and have learned that I was really obsessed about weighing myself everyday, it's hard to look at that stupid thing and not get on it. I'm modifying my diet back some. I want to shoot for a 1-2 lb loss instead of a 3-5 lb, it was getting to be too much, and I found out that if life was miserable, then there is no way I was going to be able to maintain that as a life style. I'm getting a heart monitor in a couple of days (at least it should get here in a couple of days) cause I am curious if I am logging the correct amount of calories burned. I ended up doing the normal crossfit wod and then went back later and did the crossfit endurance wod and then stuck around and worked on double unders, sit ups, flutter kicks and pullups. The problem with trying to figure out the calorie burn is when I rest inbetween for a set amount recovery between sets. Thanks for letting me vent folks. Hope everyone is hanging in there, remember, if it was easy, you wouldn't appreciate it as much. You all have the heart and the drive to complete great things, and this is just one step along that road.

Wow, girl. 3-5 lbs per week is a lot to ask. Probably a good choice to scale back a bit. I hope your HRM will help you get calories burned... but it really depends on the HRM. I have one from Timex (about $40 on amazon.com) that gives me almost double-credit for calories! Like, 450 for a 2 mile/40 min walk. I've been using a Polar FT4 for the past couple of weeks and it seems much more reasonable... but maybe a bit *too* reasonable, but at least with that I don't worry about eating back some of my exercise calories. Let me know how yours works out for you once you've had a chance to play with it.

Glad you're back!

Melroxsox

Im checking in my weight from last week...yes...Im running late as usual...lol sorry.......Dropped one pound last week so Im now at 228.0~ yay! Wish I were dropping more like 2 pounds per week...but I think my PCOS seriously battles my body.

ADTeachTX

no i lied i just went back to my food log this week i actually did terrible, i went over at least 4 days this week and then the days i didnt go over i had almost 500 calories left over, my body is probably freaking out! this week along with the challenge of not looking at the scale till lext monday(hard for me) i have a goal of staying within 50 calories of my recommended and to also make sure im working out 4-5 times this week, and to stay positive not negative i have been super moody, uncle tom has been all wacky (12 days )and my hormones are a mess . so today im going to start a cleanse of all the negative! and can someone give me some pointers on how to handle going to other people houses, and family reunions with food, cause i screw up if im not incontrol!

I am always able to stay in better control when I bring a dish that I know that I can eat to parties. Then I am not as tempted by the other dishes becuase I can just eat what I brought. Also have a fruit or some cheese or something before you go so that you are not really all that hungry.

ADTeachTX

I'm totally all for this weeks challenge, I'm such a scale addict. I usually check everyday - sometimes multiple times a day... but I generally don't let it eat me up if I'm showing temporary gains. I peeked this morning, but tonight I'm gonna put the scale up on the shelf in my closet and it will stay there until my saturday weigh-in! If you don't hear from me in a while it means I gave in and crawled up on the shelves to check my weight and fell off and hurt myself :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: jk

Can you count that as excerise calories?

ADTeachTX

I'm sorry for all you ladies starting TOM....I really hope I don't get mine anytime soon, it was long and miserable enough last time....


On a more random note.... I really want to go to six flags.... I'm in the mood to go on some roller coasters. lol

I love rollercosters!

TNAJackson

I'm sorry for all you ladies starting TOM....I really hope I don't get mine anytime soon, it was long and miserable enough last time....


On a more random note.... I really want to go to six flags.... I'm in the mood to go on some roller coasters. lol

I love rollercosters!

That looks like SO much fun!!! Which ride is that?!?!

ADTeachTX

Sorry I haven't been superdupper about checking in lately. Been oh so tired and don't have time to get enough rest. Good idea for a challenge maybe. My official weigh-in day is Wednesdays so my weight this morning was 276.6, down 2.2lbs from last week. Stupid open house tonight. I should probably get off here and go get ready for it. I have a report due to the boss this morning also. I should have finished it last night but worked until 7 then went home, picked up subway on the way home, vegged in front of the TV, got my Glee fix and my BL fix, all while battling the closing of my eyelids and finally gave in and crashed around 11:30. BTW, worked on that report for my boss while vegging in front of the TV. Oh, the saga of my life...

NeuroticVirgo

MFP made me change my goals today it is the first time it has ever done that I guess I have jumped the gun and changed it before 10 lbs before. Do you all change it at 10 lbs lost or do you wait?

I used to change it whenever MFP told me too...(I think it slowly lowered me about 4 or 5 times) until it had me at 1240...I was always hungry, grouchy, and on top of it I wasn't losing. So I went int and adjusted my own goals back to 1440 (which is where i started).

NeuroticVirgo

Im checking in my weight from last week...yes...Im running late as usual...lol sorry.......Dropped one pound last week so Im now at 228.0~ yay! Wish I were dropping more like 2 pounds per week...but I think my PCOS seriously battles my body.

PCOS is dumb.... (I have it too)...it might with some battles, but we'll win the war!

NeuroticVirgo

That looks like SO much fun!!! Which ride is that?!?!

Six Flags... I don't remember where though...I want to say like Montana or something.

Sorry I haven't been superdupper about checking in lately. Been oh so tired and don't have time to get enough rest. Good idea for a challenge maybe. My official weigh-in day is Wednesdays so my weight this morning was 276.6, down 2.2lbs from last week. Stupid open house tonight. I should probably get off here and go get ready for it. I have a report due to the boss this morning also. I should have finished it last night but worked until 7 then went home, picked up subway on the way home, vegged in front of the TV, got my Glee fix and my BL fix, all while battling the closing of my eyelids and finally gave in and crashed around 11:30. BTW, worked on that report for my boss while vegging in front of the TV. Oh, the saga of my life...

Vegging out on subway is better than some foods. This sounds a lot like what I do when I work (work is known for messing me up w/ munchies)...I'm always working at home, in front of the TV. Even if I'm not really watching the TV fully, I think it makes me feel like miserable while working. lol

NeuroticVirgo

Well...so far so good. I have been exercising everyday this week and doing alright on my calories...(granted its only been 2 days..but whatever lol).

So, speaking of heart-rate monitors. Do those of you who use one subtract your resting calories burned from it before entering in the exercise?

I had a MFP friend post a blog about this a while back...I'll see if I can find it and post the link. But it made a lot of sense to me.

Here is how it works (I'll use myself as an example).

According to MFP and my activity level (which I have at sedentary) I burn 2,290 calories just being me. No gym etc.

So that means if I take 2290 (calories I burn in a day) / 1440 (minutes in a day) = I burn 1.5 calories a minute just living life with no extra exercise.

Now lets say I walk for 60 minutes and burn 300 calories. In that same 60 minutes I would have naturally burned 90 calories.

So MFP is already accounting for 90 calories on my food diary when it picks how much I should be eating for a deficit..

If I add the full 300 burned from exercise, I'm actually adding 390. Before adding exercise, you should be subtracting what you would have burned without it.

Therefore, walking 60 minutes is 300-90 = 210 EXTRA calories burned.

Yes...seems like a lot of math, but once you get it, its not really. But if you think about that. That means that if you eat back all your exercise calories everyday. Then your actually eating an extra 90 calories.

NeuroticVirgo

Blog entry about all that craziness I just posted lol - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Mollydolly10/view/hrm-subtracting-cal-burned-from-rest-total-cal-burned-from-exercise-alone-45676

kimberly702

Heeeeeeey ladies!! I've been so bad about checking in... internet was down for a few days, missed ya'lls! What'd I miss?

TNAJackson

Well...so far so good. I have been exercising everyday this week and doing alright on my calories...(granted its only been 2 days..but whatever lol).

So, speaking of heart-rate monitors. Do those of you who use one subtract your resting calories burned from it before entering in the exercise?

I had a MFP friend post a blog about this a while back...I'll see if I can find it and post the link. But it made a lot of sense to me.

Here is how it works (I'll use myself as an example).

According to MFP and my activity level (which I have at sedentary) I burn 2,290 calories just being me. No gym etc.

So that means if I take 2290 (calories I burn in a day) / 1440 (minutes in a day) = I burn 1.5 calories a minute just living life with no extra exercise.

Now lets say I walk for 60 minutes and burn 300 calories. In that same 60 minutes I would have naturally burned 90 calories.

So MFP is already accounting for 90 calories on my food diary when it picks how much I should be eating for a deficit..

If I add the full 300 burned from exercise, I'm actually adding 390. Before adding exercise, you should be subtracting what you would have burned without it.

Therefore, walking 60 minutes is 300-90 = 210 EXTRA calories burned.

Yes...seems like a lot of math, but once you get it, its not really. But if you think about that. That means that if you eat back all your exercise calories everyday. Then your actually eating an extra 90 calories.

No, I don't subtract my resting calories burned and, in all honesty, I probably never will. That would be making things FAR too complicated for me. I add what the HRM tells me I burned. The way I figure it, I burn WAY more and eat WAY less than I did pre-lifestyle change and that's good enough for me! :happy:

NeuroticVirgo

Hi All! Well since it's recipe day I'll add this one for Potato, Broccoli and Cheese Soup. It's kind of chilly here today and this makes me want some good cold-weather food! This is pretty much the original and I modify it depending on what I have available. A serving is usually under 300 calories unless you use more of the cheese.

Original Recipe Yield 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients
2 cups chopped onion
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 1/2 pounds peeled and cubed potatoes
5 cups boiling water
4 cubes chicken bouillon
3 cups fresh broccoli, cooked and drained
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups shredded Low Fat Cheddar cheese

Directions
1.In a large stock pot saute onion in olive oil. Add potatoes, water and bouillon cubes. Cover, bring to boil and then reduce heat to medium and cook until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
2.Remove tough outer skin of broccoli stems and cook broccoli. Once cooked add to soup.
3.In a blender or food processor puree half of the soup and return to stock pot. Season with salt and pepper.
4.Add cheese and heat soup through until cheese is melted. Serve warm.

Made this today. It was sooo good! Thank you for posting this.

naesue

Alright ladies since you really are my family on here and I can be honest with you all I will let you all know what specifically is going on with me. So you al know I went to the doc a week or so ago because of this unending TOM and I had gotten a call back that said my labs came back negative well I assumed that to be that all of my labs had come back well no! I got another phone call today and the results of my pap came back and it was abnormal alright I can deal with that I've had abnormal paps before but then they tell me that my HPV test came back positive!!!!!!!!! For any of you that don't know HPV is the Sexually Transmitted Disease called Human Pappiloma Virus, it is the cause of cervical cancer in women and genital warts. There is a vacine out there for it that you can start giving your girls once they reach the age of 11 I think maybe younger but when it came out they put a cut off age of 24 and I was already older then that so was unable to get the vaccine. I reccommend that you all if you have daughters get them immunized against it and I believe that there is a vaccine out there for boys as well. Anyway I am sceduled to go back in on the 6th for a biopsy to see if there are any cancerous cells. I'm really upset by this finding for a number of reasons 1 a year ago when I first saw my doc and he did the initial round of tests on me he never once thought to do a pap on me even though it had been a year since my last one. 2 I got this from my husband! The last person I was with was my daughters father and that was years before meeting my husband and have had normal yearly paps every year from then to now. 3 Depending on the results of the biopsy it could either permanently put a halt on future babies with my husband or significantly speed up my window of opportunity to have a child with him. 4 I am finally getting some of my PCOS symptoms under control with the weight loss and now I have to deal with the fact that I will forever be at risk of developing Cervical Cancer. It just sucks all around!!!!! I'm so mad and so upset and so scared!!!!!!! So there it is there is the story of what is going on with me.

rae_mayer

Hi All! Well since it's recipe day I'll add this one for Potato, Broccoli and Cheese Soup. It's kind of chilly here today and this makes me want some good cold-weather food! This is pretty much the original and I modify it depending on what I have available. A serving is usually under 300 calories unless you use more of the cheese.

Original Recipe Yield 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients
2 cups chopped onion
2 teaspoons olive oil
2 1/2 pounds peeled and cubed potatoes
5 cups boiling water
4 cubes chicken bouillon
3 cups fresh broccoli, cooked and drained
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups shredded Low Fat Cheddar cheese

Directions
1.In a large stock pot saute onion in olive oil. Add potatoes, water and bouillon cubes. Cover, bring to boil and then reduce heat to medium and cook until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes.
2.Remove tough outer skin of broccoli stems and cook broccoli. Once cooked add to soup.
3.In a blender or food processor puree half of the soup and return to stock pot. Season with salt and pepper.
4.Add cheese and heat soup through until cheese is melted. Serve warm.

Made this today. It was sooo good! Thank you for posting this.

You're welcome! I'm making it again this weekend too! :happy:

rae_mayer

Alright ladies since you really are my family on here and I can be honest with you all I will let you all know what specifically is going on with me. So you al know I went to the doc a week or so ago because of this unending TOM and I had gotten a call back that said my labs came back negative well I assumed that to be that all of my labs had come back well no! I got another phone call today and the results of my pap came back and it was abnormal alright I can deal with that I've had abnormal paps before but then they tell me that my HPV test came back positive!!!!!!!!! For any of you that don't know HPV is the Sexually Transmitted Disease called Human Pappiloma Virus, it is the cause of cervical cancer in women and genital warts. There is a vacine out there for it that you can start giving your girls once they reach the age of 11 I think maybe younger but when it came out they put a cut off age of 24 and I was already older then that so was unable to get the vaccine. I reccommend that you all if you have daughters get them immunized against it and I believe that there is a vaccine out there for boys as well. Anyway I am sceduled to go back in on the 6th for a biopsy to see if there are any cancerous cells. I'm really upset by this finding for a number of reasons 1 a year ago when I first saw my doc and he did the initial round of tests on me he never once thought to do a pap on me even though it had been a year since my last one. 2 I got this from my husband! The last person I was with was my daughters father and that was years before meeting my husband and have had normal yearly paps every year from then to now. 3 Depending on the results of the biopsy it could either permanently put a halt on future babies with my husband or significantly speed up my window of opportunity to have a child with him. 4 I am finally getting some of my PCOS symptoms under control with the weight loss and now I have to deal with the fact that I will forever be at risk of developing Cervical Cancer. It just sucks all around!!!!! I'm so mad and so upset and so scared!!!!!!! So there it is there is the story of what is going on with me.

Naesue- I'm so sorry to hear about what you're going through. That has to be scary, but just remember that we're all here for you and are send good thoughts and prayers your way!! As several other ladies have mentioned, I too have PCOS and I even had the TOM for 2 months before they finally stopped it. So far nothing "serious" has come from it but it's a major reason I'm working on losing weight. I know at least a little bit of what you're going through!

NeuroticVirgo

Alright ladies since you really are my family on here and I can be honest with you all I will let you all know what specifically is going on with me. So you al know I went to the doc a week or so ago because of this unending TOM and I had gotten a call back that said my labs came back negative well I assumed that to be that all of my labs had come back well no! I got another phone call today and the results of my pap came back and it was abnormal alright I can deal with that I've had abnormal paps before but then they tell me that my HPV test came back positive!!!!!!!!! For any of you that don't know HPV is the Sexually Transmitted Disease called Human Pappiloma Virus, it is the cause of cervical cancer in women and genital warts. There is a vacine out there for it that you can start giving your girls once they reach the age of 11 I think maybe younger but when it came out they put a cut off age of 24 and I was already older then that so was unable to get the vaccine. I reccommend that you all if you have daughters get them immunized against it and I believe that there is a vaccine out there for boys as well. Anyway I am sceduled to go back in on the 6th for a biopsy to see if there are any cancerous cells. I'm really upset by this finding for a number of reasons 1 a year ago when I first saw my doc and he did the initial round of tests on me he never once thought to do a pap on me even though it had been a year since my last one. 2 I got this from my husband! The last person I was with was my daughters father and that was years before meeting my husband and have had normal yearly paps every year from then to now. 3 Depending on the results of the biopsy it could either permanently put a halt on future babies with my husband or significantly speed up my window of opportunity to have a child with him. 4 I am finally getting some of my PCOS symptoms under control with the weight loss and now I have to deal with the fact that I will forever be at risk of developing Cervical Cancer. It just sucks all around!!!!! I'm so mad and so upset and so scared!!!!!!! So there it is there is the story of what is going on with me.

I'm so sorry to hear this! Hopefully when they do further tests though they will be able to give you some good news. I wish there was something I could say to make you feel better. Will be sending good vibes your way, and hope that your next bit of news is good.

mrssavvysteve

@naesue--- I am solo sorry!!!


Iasfm--- I'm having a rough go of it lately just finding my motivation and such. I did get good news at the orthopedic dr today somaybenow that i am free to train my mood will improve.

Nikkie_too

Alright ladies since you really are my family on here and I can be honest with you all I will let you all know what specifically is going on with me. So you al know I went to the doc a week or so ago because of this unending TOM and I had gotten a call back that said my labs came back negative well I assumed that to be that all of my labs had come back well no! I got another phone call today and the results of my pap came back and it was abnormal alright I can deal with that I've had abnormal paps before but then they tell me that my HPV test came back positive!!!!!!!!! For any of you that don't know HPV is the Sexually Transmitted Disease called Human Pappiloma Virus, it is the cause of cervical cancer in women and genital warts. There is a vacine out there for it that you can start giving your girls once they reach the age of 11 I think maybe younger but when it came out they put a cut off age of 24 and I was already older then that so was unable to get the vaccine. I reccommend that you all if you have daughters get them immunized against it and I believe that there is a vaccine out there for boys as well. Anyway I am sceduled to go back in on the 6th for a biopsy to see if there are any cancerous cells. I'm really upset by this finding for a number of reasons 1 a year ago when I first saw my doc and he did the initial round of tests on me he never once thought to do a pap on me even though it had been a year since my last one. 2 I got this from my husband! The last person I was with was my daughters father and that was years before meeting my husband and have had normal yearly paps every year from then to now. 3 Depending on the results of the biopsy it could either permanently put a halt on future babies with my husband or significantly speed up my window of opportunity to have a child with him. 4 I am finally getting some of my PCOS symptoms under control with the weight loss and now I have to deal with the fact that I will forever be at risk of developing Cervical Cancer. It just sucks all around!!!!! I'm so mad and so upset and so scared!!!!!!! So there it is there is the story of what is going on with me.

Honey, you have every reason to be angry and scared. I would be too.

My OBGYN was encouraging me to take a special (as in not covered by insurance) HPV test a year ago. I explained that I'd been monogamous with my (now ex-) husband for more than 12 years. She said it can be dormant for years. So... that's the long way of saying don't beat up on your husband (at least not yet).

I have a cousin who had cervical cancer - she had to have some tissue removed and was told she wouldn't be able to have a baby or carry to term. She did. Don't give up on that either!

Praying for you.

Nikkie_too

Recipe Wednesday!

I posted this earlier in my "status" thingy, but it's easy to miss that stuff. I tried this Peanut-Butter Banana Muffin recipe substituting natural peanut butter for the stuff used in the recipe (didn't have it at the time, but found it tonight at Trader Joe's). I also used whole wheat flour instead of all-purpose and halved the brown sugar replacing it with splenda. They're pretty good, and just under 200 calories with my modifications. Real PB has lots more calories than the stuff in the recipe!

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/07/low-fat-peanut-butter-banana-muffins.html

NeuroticVirgo

I am off out of town for a funeral. I will checkback when I can. Good luck to everyone with the challenge to stay off the scale! You're all doing great cause even on a bad day you are still here and still trying to make healthy choices. Keep it up!!!

See you when you get back!

razzyjazz

I am so glad that NeuroticVirgo contacted me, I could not find this thread for the life of me. I will start with my weigh in on Monday.
Thank you again for the reminder.