Over 200 new me part 53 (open group)
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I am Def. what do we need to do to stay in the group and stay connected0
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ehlertmartha, welcome! We try to post as often as we can. We do not have any requirements. We however do encourage you posting how you did calorie wise, water, and exercise. We also like to see a post about why you are proud of yourself each day.
The swelling in my hands went down so I jumped on the scale and it read 2 pounds exactly less than last week. I knew it was water because Wed. I was showing a lower weight than this morning.
YAYAYAYAYAYAAY I met my 2 pound goal.....................0 -
Tinkerbella831.........................-1.8.................-0.9%
momma.....................................-0.6................-0.2%
mstahl.........................................0.0.................0.0%
Nothing for me this week - actually I'm up from last week but I'm not going to move my ticker or count the gain as I'm 98% sure it's not a real gain
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Momma - GREAT JOB ON YOUR LOSS!
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Tinkerbella - your user name will always read 'TinkerBalla' to me thanks to The Gild !
ehlertmartha - this is an example of how we try to check in every day...
Checking in for Thursday:
Calories - Over by about 100 which isn't bad for my Thursdays! (that's including my exercise calories)
Water - OK not doing great on this...
Exercise - I swam for about an hour!
Proud - I knew I was going to eat a lot at dinner last night (and I did!) and I was really good about not snacking too much during the day! I'm also proud of my swim workout. Everyone at the pool just swims regular laps so when I do stuff to learn the right technique, like doing somersault in the swim lane to learn how to do flip turns, or swim with my training snorkel on so I learn to keep my head down - I feel like people are staring or laughing at me. Especially since I can't swim even half as good as they do. I'm sure that they don't REALLY care but I still feel like a dork and look ridiculous in my swim-cap/bald-cap thing! ugh!:grumble:
EDITED - to add that last night I made Hmong Larb or Laab (we pronounce it laup) ground meat with lemon grass, green onion, cilantro, lime juice and ground roasted rice (uncooked rice, toasted and ground to a grit), chili peppers and it's usually served with sticky rice but I didn't make any. Instead of using venison like I usually do, I used ground chicken... or... technically ground up rooster. I served it with cabbage leaves for wraps, and Greek yogurt for a sause... it was a hit and I didn't have any issues with eating the pet. The mixture of spices helped I'm sure! :noway:
Julie- Ken is STILL upset over the death of Sirius... I hunt deer and then cry when I kill one but at least I don't name them first!
I didn't make it into the gym this AM, so I'm planning on adding an extra trip in tomorrow AM to swim again. I'm far more worried about the swim leg of the triathlon than any other!
If you have a second - go check out my Triathlon page!!! http://pages.teamintraining.org/vtnt/anttry12/SquibGirl0 -
Momma way to kick those two pounds! You ARE doing great.
Mstahl if I lived near you you would have had two more for dinner...the blend of flavors sound devine.
ehlertmartha jump on in and chat, it's not usually this quiet. We are a busy group of women.
I think somebody must be busy with a new baby, someone else must be in the honeymoon bliss. Everyone else will have to account for themselves. Where is everybody??? I was missing yesterday because the mouse on my computer quite working. Made a trip to the library to log in and the system there ran soooo slow. Tried logging in on my phone (total operator error). Been gone all day today so here we go. I'm going to bow out of the weigh in today. Actually I don't want to put up numbers until I'm back to the weight I was. It is really aggrivating that I am taking off the same pounds. But I think we all can relate.
Thusday
Water: yes
Calories: NO
Exercise: yes Took a bike ride and the red leaves are the most vibrant deep fall colors now. So lovely!
Proud: That when I was given an Ice Cream cone (supposedly a single scoop, who came up with 1/2 cup as a serving anyway, I mean that is just a taste. Anyway much bigger than a small scoop) proud that I didn't consume the 5 gallon bucket it was scooped out of.
Friday
Water: yes
Calories: yes
Esercise: yes walking walking walking
Proud: I am past letting lifes stresses being so dibilitaing.
May you each have an enjoyable weekend.0 -
So my weigh in for today: I started the week at 236.6 and today my weight is 233.4, for a total weight loss of 3.2 pounds! Finally under 234.....My total percentage is 1.35%! I will take that.
Plus I smashed my water goal today! Tomorrow is Saturday, gonna see how well I do with the water.0 -
Sorry girls I haven't posted in a few days because I have been deathly ill with the flu!! I have had it for about 3 days now and am still not completely over it but I feel much better today besides all the coughing!! I have lost 2 pounds this week but I am not counting it because I believe its from not being able to eat for the past 3 days so I will check my weight next week.So proud of all of you !! Everyone is doing great0
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Fridays weighin - 244.8
Well, yesterday ended up being a bust. I did great all day but ran out of energy to cook. So for the first time in like ages we went out to eat and that was my big mistake. I ate bad choices and then munched at home.
So today is lots of water, workout, eat very light choices and undo what was done yesterday.
Yesterday:
Calories: Nope! Horrible!
Water: Yes but drowned by calories
Exercise: Mowed lawn for 40 mins but only counting 30
Proud: The I no longer like eating out and would rather eat healthy and at home. BIG accomplishment!0 -
Yay Shelle that is something to be proud of.
Wow annasgyal that is a good number for the week good for you!
Ann, hope you feel better.
Snowflakes, I am re losing34 of the 44 pounds I lost in 2009. I decided to start over. So I restarted my ticker to reflect the weight I was in 2011. I kinda want to put my original weight as my starter weight just so I can see something more on my ticker. I am going to wait until my ticker reads 34 pounds lost then I will.
Melinda the Thursday night dinners you have always make me hungry.
I must confess the hubby and I went out to Chinese. We only had one child home last night. As you know my eldest is away at college, the highschooler went on a youth retreat and the youngest girl was at a slumber party. So our baby boy who is 6years old was home with us. He ended up sleeping in our bed and made me so exhausted because he tossess and turns. But this morning someone was kissing my face to wake me up. and then trying to put my glasses on and convince me that the sun came up. 
My little man . Oh ya my husband was there too.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: 0 -
How cute momma24! That is adorable! I have a grandbaby girl that is going on 2 and she is the love of our life! I can't imagine her being 6 and the cute things she will do. Good for you!0
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Saturday's Numbers
Calories: Under, not by much. Thank god I changed the settings from 1290 to 1490. I think that helped with my loss as well. Gonna keep it there until I see that it needs to be changed.
Exercise: None...was my off day. And I sure needed to clean my apartment.....however, I decided to lay in bed today, was just to exhausted from the hectic week.
Water...next....not one bottle of water today
Today, I am proud that I stayed ithin my caloric content, and got all my school work done.0 -
Saturday Checkin
10-22-11
Under Cals - Yes, thanks to constant housecleaning and chasing baby.
Water - 9 glasses - Excellent!
Exercise - at least 2 hrs of housecleaning - truly I did it all day but will only figure the 2 hrs.
Proud - That I managed to not fall completely off the the wagon due to the Friday night bad choices.0 -
I know this is starting into the last week of October, but can I still join in?0
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Windchild, welcome we are an open group that has been around for a while and we welcome any newcomers.0
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Sundays Numbers:
Calories...stayed within my limits
Exercise....none, will be exercising twice tomorrow, one in the morning and in the afternoon
water....oh boy.....a big fat zero again......the weekends seem more difficutl for me to consume water....why?
Tonight with dinner, I had rice....it felt so foreign seeing it on my plate! It has been almost a month since I have eaten rice. Though it is high in carbs, I am sure that it will not affect my weight loss. I mean I did stay within my calorie content.
I had ice cream tonight with dinner, the sugar free kind. I just wonder is there is a real difference between the sugar free and the regular kind....something I may have to research.0 -
Sundays Goals:
Calories... No, went way over!
Exercise....none, day off (Sunday)
Water: Yes
Proud: I didn't get dip with the msg-free chips.0 -
Welcome to Tinkerbella, Ehlertmartha and Windchild!
Melinda (mstahl): I'm glad you didn't have any trouble eating the rooster. Yesterday during our drive in the country, we saw a farmer using a forklift to dump a HUGE dead hog into a dumpster. Part of me was a little grossed out, but the other part know it's just part of farm life, especially when raising hundreds of animals for meat. The dog was running next to the forklift trying with all of his might to get the hog...I'm sure he wanted to chew on some pig ears!
This weekend I didn't do any exercising, unless I can count two days walking around the mall and trying clothes on in an effort to find something to wear to a friend's wedding. I'll have to hit it hard early this week, then taper so I have fresh legs for Saturday's 10 Miler. I also need to finish making my Halloween costume!
Checking in for the weekend:
Friday:
Calories: Close to target
Water: 48 oz.
Exercise: None
Proud: Chose a delicious sandwich with lots of veggies and beans for dinner instead of pizza.
Saturday:
Calories: Over...friend's wedding had awesome cupcakes in lieu of cake.
Water: None
Exercise: None
Proud: Made the effort to chat with some people I don't typically talk to much.
Sunday:
Calories: Over
Water: None
Exercise: None
Proud: The boyfriend and I split a burrito entree and each had some soup (just a small cup for me) for dinner. It was the perfect amount of food and much cheaper that way!
Hope you all had a good weekend and Happy Monday.
For anyone new to the thread, feel free to friend me if you'd like. Just make sure to leave a message saying you're from the Over 200 thread.0 -
Good Morning Ladies,
I am sick with a tummy flu of some sort. Feeling a little better than yesterday. My youngest daughter brought it home from a slumber party and she is home from school sick. Ryan (6yo son) has some other kinda flu with congestion coughing and fever. Really? My kids have 2 different kinds of flu and they are both home sick. The highschooler went to school well hopefully, she stays that way. I ran out of cereal and can't go to the store with sick kids until the hubby gets home tonight. Sorry I needed to vent at least it hurts to eat so I will be keeping the calories down today. Did I mention I need to clean my house and I don't feel up to it. I just think changing sheets and airing out the house will help get rid of my flu bugs I got going on here. It will be in the upper 70"s so I think airing out is a good idea. I need to bleach the toilets and mop some floors. grrrrr...I do not feel like it. By the way last night we watched something about Autism and it made me cry. I need to focus on the fact that my son communicates with me even if it is not up to his age level. He tells me he loves me and he tries to talk to me about movies that he loves(over and over and over:laugh: ). It was just a reminder to my husband and myself that it could have been worse. We are blessed!0 -
Good Morning Ladies,
I am sick with a tummy flu of some sort. Feeling a little better than yesterday. My youngest daughter brought it home from a slumber party and she is home from school sick. Ryan (6yo son) has some other kinda flu with congestion coughing and fever. Really? My kids have 2 different kinds of flu and they are both home sick. The highschooler went to school well hopefully, she stays that way. I ran out of cereal and can't go to the store with sick kids until the hubby gets home tonight. Sorry I needed to vent at least it hurts to eat so I will be keeping the calories down today. Did I mention I need to clean my house and I don't feel up to it. I just think changing sheets and airing out the house will help get rid of my flu bugs I got going on here. It will be in the upper 70"s so I think airing out is a good idea. I need to bleach the toilets and mop some floors. grrrrr...I do not feel like it. By the way last night we watched something about Autism and it made me cry. I need to focus on the fact that my son communicates with me even if it is not up to his age level. He tells me he loves me and he tries to talk to me about movies that he loves(over and over and over:laugh: ). It was just a reminder to my husband and myself that it could have been worse. We are blessed!
Sure hope everyone feels better soon! I know it is hard. Just take care of yourself!0 -
annasgyal It looks like you are this weeks BIGGEST LOSER! Congratulations to you. What will be this weeks challenge? (Sitting on the edge of my seat in antisipation)
Shelle Oh how I LOVE to eat out. One thing I do is have the server box up half the meal so that I don't sit and finsh the whole plate. Fried foods don't really agree with me anymore so that makes it easier to not want to order anything deep fried. Maybe this is something that will help you the next time you go out. You are doing great being aware of those calories.
momma and awestfall so sorry you have been sick. Hope that it doesn't last too long.
Saturday
Water: close
Calories: yes 1/2 my meal boxed up. Leftovers here I come.
Exercise: no
Proud: Attended a baby shower and did NOT eat the entire platter of homemade goodies. Just a couple
Sunday
Water: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: Day off. Maybe chasing little three years old at church counts. ha ha They are so CUTE!
Proud; We had a family get together with the cousins and I had good willpower with the brownies. I had the kind with peanut butter and oatmeal so since they were healthy I had two small slices. Healthy?!? that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Monday
Water: Oh ya!
Calories: have them logged and I'm right on
Exercise: Yes burn baby burn. This hike I have been doing is giving my heart rate a serious pounding.
Proud: Today I stopped to pick up a few groceries and only fresh items made it into the cart.
Drink your water and burn those calories. Let's all be ready for a great check-in on Friday.0 -
My first real post to this thread. Hi everyone!
Monday:
Calories: Was under. MFP says I was too far under.
Exercise: Good.
Water: Not so good. I need to drink more.
Proud: I was able to resist temptation at work when my co-workers wanted to go out to eat.0 -
As this weeks biggest loser......it would be fitting to make this weeks challenge will be, you guessed it....WATER! At least 64 ounces!
Monday's Check-in:
Calories- Under, only by 100
Exercise-Yes sir, did my leslie sansone for three miles, and later in the day, did a hip hop dvd for 24 minutes.
Water- Got 6 glasses down, it ain't eight, but it is much better than my weekend bomb, where I did zero.
My goal this week is to at the minimum lose SOMETHING!0 -
Hello ladies! It's awesome to see new friends! YAY!!! :flowerforyou:
I've been off and on sick for the past week or so - not anything that's helped with weight-loss of course!
Checking in for the weekend-
Saturday:
Calories- Over but not too bad
Water - just
Exercise - nothing (and yeah- I said I was going to swim)
Proud - family gathering and I didn't inhale all of the dessert table! We went over to my sister's house afterward and we had an amazing Thai Curry dinner YUM! Caroline is 38 weeks and she's so beautiful! Her wife EB and I started the meal but somehow Ken and EB and I were all sitting down and Caroline finished the cooking and basically served us a meal - poor thing! She's tall and THIN and all baby bump in the middle - so CUTE! :smooched:
Sunday:
Calories - Under
Water - not so much
Exercise - nope (and YEAH should have SWAM!)
Proud - I was hungry but had a healthy egg sandwich for dinner on toasted sprouted grain bread (and our own fresh eggs!)
Monday:
Calories - I didn't eat all of my exercise calories so I'm happy!
Water - fine now that I'm home (I count the green tea I drink as water)
Exercise - 5K101 Week Two - I am back to walking and jogging rather than jogging slow then fast but I'm REALLY pushing the jogging part to go faster than my usual snail pace. I also added a 15 minute bike ride to the end where I kept my heart rate up in the peak range the whole 15 minutes and even after the cool down and shower, and dressing and coffee I think I was still panting LOL!
Proud - Poop hit the fan at work around 1:30 - just after I had woofed down a healthy lunch. I inhaled a Reese's cup and a fun sized kit-cat both dipped in the Trader Joe's flaxseed peanut butter in like 20 minutes of work stress. Why am I proud? Because I stopped and other than one more little snicker bar I had an apple and a healthy dinner and I'm going to be fine. Normally I'd be all "eff this day" and eat a ton but I stopped the madness :bigsmile:
NOW I need to sleep because I started out at 5:45 this morning and I've not stopped or even slowed down once! Gah! so much for our best laid plans! :ohwell:0 -
mstahl - WTG on the 15 min intense biking. When I do mine I like to do 4 mins at 14 mph and then 1 min as fast and hard as I can pump it, with setting on hardest pedaling. Then I repeat it for a 20 min workout total. Its a tough one but feels good!
annasgyal- I would love to know more about your hip hop dvd. I am doing the Just Dance2 and LOVE IT!!! So always open to dancing workouts!
Snowflakes- Aww thanks on the kind words of comfort over the eating out and fried foods. I was in a place like never before; mentally, physically apt, and so forth. And that one meal has set me back and said goodbye 3 pounds ago to my weigh in last week. I don't understand that at all. So this next time I find that "zone" spot for me, I am fighting to stay there.
Monday 10/24/11
Calories: Over again.
Exercise: Yeppers! 40 mins of Just Dance 2
Water: 72 oz.
Proud: I did manage to get some "resistance training" in on NOT EATING throughout the evening the way I really wanted to. Now if I would have put the Smartfood popcorn down earlier, I would have been even more prouder.
Today's Goal: To stay under calorie and get one more workout in.0 -
Hi gals! So nice to see so many new faces, it's bringing life back into our thread yeah!
Well I was MIA over the weekend because I was just plain bad... bad with food and feeling bad about it. But I got mostly back on track yesteday (didn't do so hot last night - but ok). I was so happy at the beginning of the month that the scale had finally moved after 2 months, but now I've gained the 2 pounds back that I had lost. I'm leaving my ticker alone in hopes that I will be able to lose those 2 lbs before our next weigh-in on Friday. NO MORE SWEETS AND EXTRA CARBS!
checking in for yesterday:
calories: over after eating the WHOLE taco salad when I intended to skip the shell
exercise: good - 45 minutes of step class
water: not so good, didn't track
proud: trying to get back on track again and get out of this slump0 -
Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Over...that pint of Ben & Jerry's Fro-Yo wouldn't stop calling my name. (Lauren, you were right! It tastes like the real thing!!)
Water: 88 oz.
Exercise: Raked leaves for an hour.
Proud: My mom and I raked a HUGE amount of leaves in that hour. Our pile is MUCH larger than anyone else's. For reference, I have four ginormous trees in my backyard that make a huge mess this time of year.0 -
Oh sea salt how I love thee... The fall apples are so yummy and I have been enjoying sea salt on the sliced wedges. m-m-m-m I have got to watch out I had huge sodium numbers for today. Like way over the recommended. This weeks water challenge will help flush out the salt.
Tuesday
Calories: yes, but just barely and that includes ALL of my exercise calories.
Water: yes, gulp, gulp, gulp!
Exercise: yes, my tushie is letting me know that I'm using different muscles climbing the steep inclines.
Proud: Went to lunch with friends and we didn't share a dessert.
Have a terrific evening all.0 -
Tuesday check in:
Calories: Was under, again.
Water: Didn't get enough water again. I got to find a way to drink more.
Exercise: Yep!
Proud: That I actually exercised today, even though I was very tired from work.0 -
Great job, Windchild! Getting those first workouts in is hard but you did it!!!0
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@shelle...I alternate between shaun-t's hip hop abs and Billy Blanks Cardioke. It might seem corny the cardioke, but it is quite effective.
Tuesday's numbers:
Calories: Under, by 200...
Exercise: None, off day...Hoping to get two exercise routines in tomorrow, Definately exercising in the morning, Just gonna wing it for my evening exercises.
Water: Got my eight glasses today! Talk about a challange...
Got my philosophy homework done, so I am real glad for that, and will be even more thrilled when this class is over!0
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