Smokin' Hot Green Pepper's ~ Week 10

kelly_a

evenin green peppers

i am really struggling here...just don't seem to care bout me... i start my day eating good and then by noon, i'm scanning the cupboards and frig....kinda dealing with some family issues on my own and just having some anxiety and sadness. aunt flo was not nice to me at all this visit.....glad i was home yesterday and today, mnid a lil fuzzy and very forgetful. feeling sluggish, have a HA and tummy is bloated. like to pop that ol' tire....i am so miserable right now....:frown:

anyway, sorry bout unloading there....

jacque ~ have fun with the bday celebration!!

crystal ~ i have that luck sometimes too, start exercising, stretching and have results fairly soon, and it always motivates me. wish i was doing as good as you are right now. guess you'll just have to get skinny w/o the hubs....you will be a smokin' hot pepper in no time. i too am about 10-13 from being out of the obese category. i remember when i had intentions of getting there (173) by Thanksgiving....not now. oh, the 70's....i always struggle here. if i exercise, eat healthy, i am there, and am like a size 12, at 5' 3 1/2". short and still a pretty heavy wt...i am apple shape and i tend to have a lot of muscle mass... i just gotta snap out of it here......hey, i'll go to the BL ranch with ya....:bigsmile: we can be the green team!

sindy ~ you are doing very well too. i am so happy for you and it sounds like you have a great plan for the week. i want to be right there with ya, doin all the good things for my body.

ok well, hope you are all having a nice Monday. one more day, then I am off for 5. have to make mashed potatoes and take a veggie tray for my side of the family's turkey day.

jacque509

OMGoodness!!! I ate so much bread it not even funny last night! there is def gonna be a gain for me this week. Its like my mind went into vacation/holiday mode early. Have not even bought the food I need for Thankdgiving with the parents yet. Going out of town for the weekend to hang with adopted brother. Which is going to be alot of fun, oh did I forget to mention he owns a resturant and lives above it. Also he think if you dont eat his food you dont like it so I AM DOOMED!!!
So are we weight in Thursday or Friday?

kelly_a

mornin SHGP's....

jacque, you can weigh when you want to this week. just post it and i will update the charts on Fri like always.

**** since our Exercise Challenge ends this Thursday, do any of you want to start another challenge, like maybe til Christmas or New Year's? Team or personal challenge? ***

feeling a little better today...so far so good. really gonna try to keep it 'clean' here. one day at a time. my lack of planning meals and prep has sabatoged my efforts ( hmm, what efforts? :noway: ).....had a lil pep talk with myself last nite. can't believe it is almost a year since i joined on here. i definately thought i would be much lighter than i am now, but i am just gonna keep at it and someday i will be where i want to be, no time limit. of the two areas i have been trying to change into healthier lifestyle, exercise seems to always be my downfall. i know the 2 together make a body chime. again, this has not been easy for me. of all my attempts in the past, about 1/2 of the time, i was trying to be mindful during the holidays, then give up by New Year's....well, i want to change THAT. i am a much happier person when i am taking care of myself, each day, and i just need to never lose that desire. it just has to be...that, well, THIS, is the only way I will win, and lose.

anyway, gonna be outside today with my Santa hat on and spreading the holiday cheer! grey, cloudy, light mist, breezy, and lil fog. not the best weather, but want it done by Thursday. have a great day gang.....thanks for always being here and listening to me ramble......** you ALL **

MAKE IT COUNT!

CrystalT

Can you believe it, DH actually met me at the gym yesterday afternoon!!! :noway: He started Week 1 of C25K and I started Week 2. Maybe he’ll be more motivated to come with me now that I’m ahead of him. He hates that!!! :devil: I’ve already started tracking food for Thanksgiving. I’m hoping to have it all planned out before the day begins and then all I have to do is stick with it.

Jacque, sorry life’s a bit chaotic right now. Hang in there!!

Sindy, I learned a back in April that I can’t let him hold me back. He stopped going to the gym for a long, long while after we stopped smoking. I’m going either way. It is just annoying for him not to show up. It is easier for me to go to the gym right after work instead of waiting an hour for him to go off and go with me.

Kelly, you have all the time you need to get healthy. If I had managed to stick with my goal of 2 lbs a week, I’d have lost almost 80 by now. I’m really regretting writing that kind of stuff on my calendar all those months back. We all have our set backs and the best thing we can do is try harder today than we did yesterday.

Hope everyone has a good day!! :flowerforyou:

sindyb9

Good Afternoon Pepper's,
Being good did my walk eating the good food, even though everybody around me is eating take out I turned it down 2 days in a row. :drinker: I want that turkey dinner :laugh:

Kelly, like Crystal said you have all the time to get healthy, so it takes a little longer. We have been eating bad for a long time and I think it feels so good to take care of myself. I realized that even if my doctor wants to put me on meds I dont have to do it. I will tell him I need more time. That is why if I keep stressing myself I will never loose the weight. Hang in there :flowerforyou:

Crystal I am so glad your DH met you and does not hold you back.

I am up for a challenge , one of my challenges for myself is to write down or log my food on the week ends. If I am working I log everything, but on the week ends I run around so much that by the time I sit down to log its too late I went over or forget what I had. It is hard to plan my meals because other people do most of the cooking (I clean up). Let me know about a new challenge and I am in.

Check back in later. Everyone Keep those chins up we can do this together. I all of you, thanks for being there :drinker: :bigsmile:

kelly_a

just finished my lunch....keepin it clean! tuna (water drained), mayo, onion, spinach and vegetable garden tortilla, swiss cheese slice and a clementine. YUM!

trying to warm up, it was raining and bout *48 while i was gettin it all Christmasy outside. still not done, but almost. need to do some chores now and then i have a date w/my treadmill.

crystal ~ glad you had a good workout w/dh. and i think that is just the greatest thing that you are both not smoking! that has to be tough! i should start that C25K too. how is it going for you? just readin your post has motivated ME, thanks girl! :flowerforyou:

sindy ~ i need to get better bout loggin my food too. i eat about the same brkfst on the weekends, but everything esle throws me off. in the past, i have logged/planned all my meals then printed it off so as to keep me in line better, it kinda helps and then i dont have to log everything. that's right, you DO have a choice on taking the meds. i wouldn't be surprised if your sugar has already dropped and is normal with all that you are doing and being healthy now. keep at it, i know you will do it!

i was thinkin while puttin up my lights about the shopping ahead of me yet, and what to get everyone, and what i want as well.....and really, i could do without anything materialistic....so, i thought, why not give *myself* a present......with keepin' (and I am serious now, back on track here)... all that is necessary for me to get healthy, why not try to get to that *non-obese* wt, 173, by XMAS. not sure if it is possible, and yes, i have 2 Thanksgivings this week. but, with that on my mind, it can only make me try harder and stay the course. i will make this my personal goal, and since Xmas is a month from tomorrow, my challenge is on. i think for myself i will set weekly exercise goals as well. gotta be careful here as to not over do it and end up feeling overwhelmed. i know i can do this, and i really want to. REALLY:bigsmile:

MissVitaVonCherry

:bigsmile: Sorry all, been out of the loop of a min.
weighed in 213 this week so far. Got some major stress going on here, but sounds like a few of us gals do.:drinker: love and drinks to all of you! Thought of you when i made this recepie lastnight
(Kelly, its a bean one so make it) Have a happy warm day!
Vita
Vegged out pumpkin and black bean soup!
http://www.verybestbaking.com/libbys/pumpkinpower/recipes/detail.aspx?ID=143806
and for desert, because this meal was wy low in cals
pumpkin mousse yum yum 120 cals!:noway: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
http://www.verybestbaking.com/libbys/pumpkinpower/recipes/detail.aspx?id=141682

CrystalT

I'm so excited. I had to share. I've been thinking since I start (in Feb!!) about what I was going to do for a reward for losing 100 lbs! I think I finally came up with it. I want to get a Rosie the Riveter tattoo. I've always loved Rosie and the idea behind her. I saw a flyer with her on it earlier and it reminded me how strong she is physically, too.



Sindy, good job on passing up the take out. :drinker: I realized yesterday that it has been almost 2 weeks since I've eaten out!! :drinker:

Kelly, C25K is going okay, but I still have a hard time believing I'll be able to run 3 miles in another 2 months. :noway: I did W2D1 yesterday for the 2nd time (1st was before the treadmill accident). Both times, I felt nausous after the last running set. I pulled through without puking, but it was tough. I'm hoping that it is better tomorrow. I'm just excited the DH actually is doing it. There's a 5K in April that I plan to run and it would be nice to have someone to run with. He's probably my only option. And if he comes, maybe we can get BIL to join us. BIL is currently going to school for exercise science, so he already can run as far as he wants.

I have a challenge idea that would work for a whole month. Once a week, try a new HEALTHY recipe each week. It could either be a new dish you haven't had before or a lightened version of an old favorite. We could swap recipes, too.

jacque509

Good morning all!!
Well ok I am gonna vent! I heard some numbers I did not like yestereday regarding obeasity. And I really believe this is true. I really do belive I been held back due to my weight. I have woreked with people in the past that always got more money and got away with stuff because they looked good. I think I always knew did but was in denile untill I heard the numbers last night. I got my certification in october and was told that they were going to get me an increase because of it. Here its already been a month and I keep getting the same answer, were working on it. Since then both coordinators that work with me are no longer here. No one has been replaced and I am the only one. Yet still no increase. Now my Doc/ Boss is a vegan and health fanatic and he has pointed out on many occasion he dont care for fat people. So what else could it be.
Now something else I heard last night hit me for the first time, or I was willing to accept it was we hold ourselves back because we cant see the success. This really pissed me off. I tell myself I deserve as much as the next person all the time! But in truth I don't see it I never had seen it. Soo I decided I need to see it and accept it. So I threw away my some of my fat cloths and I am going to start seeing it!
Maybe this new found anger will help keep me motivated, we shall see.

C- Love the challege idea, I need all the help I can get. I hate to cook.

I would still like to do an exercise challege again as a team. It really does help me, I amy not to as much as everyone else but with it I do more than I would.

Well hope to get out of work early today. Hopw you all have a good day!!

CrystalT

Good morning all!!
Well ok I am gonna vent! I heard some numbers I did not like yestereday regarding obeasity. And I really believe this is true. I really do belive I been held back due to my weight. I have woreked with people in the past that always got more money and got away with stuff because they looked good. I think I always knew did but was in denile untill I heard the numbers last night. I got my certification in october and was told that they were going to get me an increase because of it. Here its already been a month and I keep getting the same answer, were working on it. Since then both coordinators that work with me are no longer here. No one has been replaced and I am the only one. Yet still no increase. Now my Doc/ Boss is a vegan and health fanatic and he has pointed out on many occasion he dont care for fat people. So what else could it be.
Now something else I heard last night hit me for the first time, or I was willing to accept it was we hold ourselves back because we cant see the success. This really pissed me off. I tell myself I deserve as much as the next person all the time! But in truth I don't see it I never had seen it. Soo I decided I need to see it and accept it. So I threw away my some of my fat cloths and I am going to start seeing it!
Maybe this new found anger will help keep me motivated, we shall see.

C- Love the challege idea, I need all the help I can get. I hate to cook.

I would still like to do an exercise challege again as a team. It really does help me, I amy not to as much as everyone else but with it I do more than I would.

Well hope to get out of work early today. Hopw you all have a good day!!

You must have watched Biggest Loser last night. I did, too, and it was very eye opening. I had no idea how expensive obesity is and how much people are discriminated against because of it. If it made you mad, good for you!!! Go take that anger and work it out. Burn those calories!!!! :explode:

I to cook!!! I've been have a blast trying new recipes. I find it funny that both DH and I seem to like a lot of the healthy meals more than we did some of the less healthy ones that I used to make.

I'm always up for an exercise challenge, as long as I haven't injured myself that is :laugh: . I've actually put in some decent exercise time this week even though I know I'll never be able to make up for the 2 weeks I was done. It is motivating to have that added little bit of pressure.

sindyb9

Good Morning Pepper's,
Just wanted to check in really quick. I will log my weight and exercise tomorrow morning before the busy day and hope for the best. Will check back in to read post in a little while. Boss is letting me leave early :drinker:

Be good. :bigsmile:

jacque509

Work SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!! big time. They are makin us stay a full 8 hours today, there are no patients and everybody just sitting around wondering WTH. I can't believe it. So much for getting off early and getting stuff done.

ittybittybadonkadonk

Hello Ladies:

Sorry I have been MIA .... i have my son for the week and my bf is home for 3 days and i am busy making pies and such ..... HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE ....I weighed in this morning .. LW 189 CW 187 loss 2 pounds ... total 38 .... hope everyone has a good thanksgiving .... well i am better get back to the kitchen i have more to do .... take care everyone :flowerforyou:

kelly_a

afternoon team!

went to the city this am to get groceries...potatoes are peeled/quartered & in frig, gonna make spinach dip soon. my youngest helped shake rugs and vacuum for me. oldest ds decided he was hungry so he grilled himself some burgers, @ 2:30....dh will be home in a little bit, and then we can all hang...these are the moments i cherish! it has been raining off/on here and bout 48*, with possible snow later...? biggest loser had some hard - to - face - facts lastnite. i am one who always felt i wasn't as big as i really was/am.....or, in denial about being obese. ppl tell me i look better, they have noticed my wt loss, but it just isn't enuf...i am not happy with myself yet.....i am still obese. when i start to slack and the lbs come back, is when i realize i am back to the *old Kelly * someone i really need to change...i have got to say, this is the hardest thing i have ever done....really tells me how out of control i am and how i have not taken care of myself, for so many, many yrs... and quite honestly, when i see someone with a wt problem, i say to myself, that person has issues/feelings and they are searching for something...and food is not the answer. mainly, b/c that is what has been MY problem with my wt. i have to stop with ** stopping**.....so NOW, it has to be consistant. that is the only way it is gonna work and then, i will truly have success.....i do feel better tho, compared with recent and past yrs in moving in the right direction for a better me. i just want to get there and stay there and not have to deal with wt issues again. that will be a victory for me! i have no idea what it will be like to not have to ever count calories, weigh my food, etc, but i am gonna find out! i like Jacque's concept from many months ago, that it is, ** one day at a time. ** this is a process where much is to be learned about ourselves and how we eat/move. i know with continued improvements, more better days than bad, i can do it. it is possible for all of us to get where we want to be...believe my freinds! if you seriously want a healthier you, you WILL get a healthier YOU!

Miss V ~ congrats on the wt loss! you will be out of the 200's soon pretty lady! oh, i noticed a collar bone in that pic too! enjoy the holidays and dont stress much....i know your heart is with that special man.....hey, thanks for the recipes, the dessert one, YUM!

crystal~ love the tattoo idea and Rosie. that is way cool! take it easy on that c25k....don't want you gettin hurt agin..i am likin your challenge/recipe idea! i too love to cook, and sometimes i just want to run the oven all day and dirty every pan in the house!! i enjoy cooking more for others than myself!

jacque ~ i feel the same as you dear....obesity is one thing we both can work on, i know you and i both want to change that statistic and someday we will be a picture of health. i like the team exercise challenge too, motivates me and pushes me to do more...some of you are just awesome with the amount of hrs you do each week! you inspire me and make me happy for ya!

itty bitty ~ good job on the wt loss, you are doing so well and keeping with the downward trend. any tips or suggestions you can share? are you following any special plan/diet? what kind of exercise do you do? whatever you are doing is working! great job, keep it up!

well, not sure i will get to check in later, will again in the am.
enjoy the rest of your day!

jacque509

HAPPY THANKSGIVING PEPPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CrystalT

I'm posting this here for now. I'll post again on the new link later. I weighed in this morning at 226.2, so .8 lb lost. Not too shabby with yesterday being Thanksgiving.

Gotta go shop!!

CrystalT

I'm posting this here for now. I'll post again on the new link later. I weighed in this morning at 226.2, so .8 lb lost. Not too shabby with yesterday being Thanksgiving. Only 3 lbs away from having lost 50 lbs!!

Gotta go shop!!

jacque509

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!! Well I am happy to say I stayed the same 244.4. I know I shouldn't be but with really screwing up last weekend and only getting in 140 hours of exercise not to have a gain was great! Now to get serious again maybe I will do better next week

kelly_a

Happy TGIF and weigh in team!



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