Over 200 Club Fit For The Holidays (Open Group)

jennbarrette

I came down with a cold today, so no exercise, and not really eating much. I hope it passes quickly, I have too much to do to be sick! LOL

MariSama44

Hi everyone, I'm going to make myself be social and squeeze my butt on in here. Let me give this a try...

12-9-09
Calories: Not quite there
Water: Yes
Exercise: took the stairs all day, did a circuit training tape when I got home, 344 burned.
Proud: I'm proud that I came home and did my workout video straight away, even though I hurt! I'm also proud of the super delicious dinner I made myself and packed for tomorrow.

ColoradoGirl

checkin for 12/09

Calories good
Water a little under
exercise none
Proud that I am hanging in there

The last couple of days have bee interesting to say the least. :ohwell:

My daughter got her braces off..
My son broke his pinky (getting a cast tomorrow morning):grumble:
Yesterday morning in -14 degree weather, a guy was driving too fast and was not able to stop in time and clipped the end of our truck, so we ended up spending all day getting the truck towed, into a repair shop, getting a rental.. Arg.. and right before Christmas! I am just so grateful that no one was hurt. They other guy who hit us (his fault, got the ticket) had 2 small school aged kids and 1 infant with him. Thank God those kids were in their car seats!

Today, I am working, then going to see the Chiropractor (neck is a little sore, pretty sure I have a few pulled muscles.. but they will heal) So.. probably no exercise again today. Tomorrow we will have to see how long my son's apt takes and if I can squeeze in a workout.

I will check in later if time allows! TTYL

BTW.. * Min Pins aka Miniature Pinschers cutest little dogs that think they are big dogs! We have 3 Little bear (8 lbs), Leroy (10 lbs) and Gizmo (14 lbs)

snowflakes

lildebbie: AMEN to the dry chapped hands. Ouch! I know what you mean about how they sting and burn. :sad: It took me awhile to go to sleep last night because my hands hurt.

momma2four: WOW for aerobics. I'm an uncoordinated klutz I will be sticking to walking.:laugh:

jlb123: The more exercise calories I eat the hungrier I get the next day. Could I have some of the calories you aren't using?:huh: ( Oh, caught myself daydreaming):laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

jennbarrette: Yucky cold... I have been fighting one for a week. Have you tried Zicam mouth spray? I feel like it helps reduce the symptoms. Hopefully it will pass quickly for you.:flowerforyou:

MariSama44: Welcome! This is a great group of ladies to check in with and share with. Wishing you success on your goals here.

dawnannw: So grateful that nobody was hurt in the fender bender, and so sorry for the inconvenience near to Christmas.
I like the names of your dogs, they are super cute!

I will be making a day of it in town today so I will check in later on... Be safe all

jennbarrette

Well despite this nasty cold, I did my week 2 run/walk for the couch25k program this morning. I can't believe I am training to run! I am also excited that I am coming up to the one year mark of my lifestyle change. I fell of the wagon a few times, but I always made it back on, and am really proud of myself for sticking with it! I want to lose another 6 pounds by the 1 year mark for an even 70 pounds lost.

bluenote

jenn - congrats on the soon-to-be one yr. anniversary of being healthy! You can do it! Go away, you 6 pounds! :laugh:

mari - welcome! I find this group to be the best group of people on the planet. We are always here to help you through the good times and not-so-good times. :flowerforyou:

dawn - I am so glad no one was hurt! Ditto on the dog names - sooo cute!!! :happy:

check in from yesterday:

cals: under a LOT (1K) - no time! Rehearsal ALL DAY, one hour break, then my show
water: NONE
exercise: walking a little with my students in their show
proud: the show is OVER and the kids were spectacular! Yay me! And I didn't overeat during the stressful tech week!!!

LittleSpy

Yay today! :laugh: I find the more I fake being positive and enthusiastic about life, the more happy I really become. Funny how that works.

Anyway, today's a run day for me and my knees feel great so I'm feeling positive about that. I've already had 6 cups of water today and put in 30 minutes on my stationary bike so I'm feeling positive about that, too. The scale went down this morning, another positive. I'd say I'm off to a decent start. I still don't have much of an appetite today (I've already forgotten to eat my morning snack :grumble:). I'm making baked ziti for dinner tonight so that ought to get my appetite going! Mmmmm, cheesy pasta. :laugh:

jennbarrette

hey jlb, what week are you on for the couch25k? It will be nice to have some one around that is doing it at the same time as me!

LittleSpy

hey jlb, what week are you on for the couch25k? It will be nice to have some one around that is doing it at the same time as me!

I did my 4th day of week 2 Monday after a week off (knees). I think I'm going to push on to w3d1 tonight. My guess is I won't be able to do it since my stamina seemed worse Monday but I'm going to give it a good try & maybe I'll surprise myself like I have with Week 1 and Week 2. If I don't make it through the first 3 minute run, I'll just slip back into the week 2 intervals at that point or I may try 90 sec walk/run intervals as a step between the 2 weeks.

Momma2four

Good Morning Girls,

dawnannw, sorry to hear about your truck, but very happy to hear no one was hurt.

Jenn, YAY for you. You have been inspiring me since the first time I met you here. Each and every week you are like a machine. I know you can hit that 6 pounds by your 1 year mark.

snowflakes, I am very clumsy. My feeling is as long as I am attempting the movements I am getting the exercise. I love the Leslie Sansone dvd, I got the biggest loser work out and her 5 day slim down.


mari, I am glad you decided to jump right in. That is what we like. Don't be shy jump in and share. Welcome to our group:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

lildebbie, 2 of my little girls suffer with the dry skin especially in the winter time. I do not have that problem so I am at a loss. There are times that they look like they have red gloves on. I have used Cetaphil. Do you feel like Goldbond works better? Cetaphil is sooo expensive. It is about $15 per jar. I noticed the Goldbond is a bit cheaper.

lstpaul

I'm back again ... trying to regain my motivation ... just really having a pity party these days ... feeling down because of the holidays - we have 2 less Christmas parties because of deaths of the matriarchs on both sides of my family these year ... and it has me depressed. My grandma's death wasn't unexpected as she was 92 and in the hospital, but my Aunt's stroke was completely a shock and I'm still having trouble dealing with it sometimes. I have to get out of this funk.
I gladly skipped going to the Y Tuesday night for my usual 90 minutes workout ... I had a good excuse - lots and lots of snow on the roads and very slow traffic. BUT in the past I would have been upset to miss it and I should have tried to do something else at home but I didn't ... I told myself I would do some aerobics at home yesterday because I worked from home to avoid getting back into the snowy traffic ... but my Hubby worked from home too and for some reason I just really didn't want to exercise in front of him ... I also let him talk me into a burger and fries for lunch - even though I had just finished breakfast.

BUT, this morning I made myself get up and go back to the Y for my step class and it felt really good. Hopefully this feeling will propel me back on track. I also had an epiphany about my indulging myself with food and skipping exercise because I feel like I need 'comfort' ... when in actuality I would feel better if I was eating right and exercising. Easier said than done though.

anyhow ... checking in for yesteday:
calories: didn't track (this is a bad habit ... I used to always track no matter what) ... I know I was over
exercise: none
water: poor
proud: I'm not giving up ... I'm back again today.

MariSama44

Thanks for the welcomes, snowflakes, momma and zora. And I wish everyone else luck! I will check in later for myself.

Istpaul - I was feeling really upset last night too, the holidays sometimes do that to us, and it doesnt help to lose loved ones all at once either. Way to get back on track, every step is important, you have to pull yourself out of that pit. If we can get healthy we'll have more years to spend with our family and loved ones in the long run, that's why I decided to start taking care of myself.

And all you runners put me to shame! I never could bring myself to like it or want to do it, let alone walking (i'm getting better though). Keep it up!

Oh and, about the dry skin. I dont know if its strong enough but I use Curel intense healing and that stuff is great. I bought a big bottle when I got my first tattoo and it healed in half the time with the lotion. I also used to work in a deli and since I had my hands in water washing dishes all day, I would go home nad have cracked, red, psorisis-ridden hands. Curel really really helped soothe my skin. Remember to get intensive healing though, if you give it a try.

lstpaul

My son has bad eczema in the winter and Melaleuca Renew Lotion has worked well for him ... you can buy it from amazon.com and other places besides melaleuca.

LittleSpy

Awesome. My supervisor had an unexpected conference this afternoon & she asked me to sit in on the webinar she had scheduled. Guess what it was about -- corporate health management (zzzzz :laugh:)! Guess who the webinar speaker was! Bill Germanakos (sp?) from Biggest Loser!

So, not only am I happy I got to attend the webinar because it was (for once) about something I'm legitimately interested in, but I'm sooooo super happy my supervisor wants to bring the issue to the front burner. We have so many unhealthy employees. Although I don't love my job, now I have something to really look forward to. When I reach my goal weight (or even while I'm working toward it), it's going to be great to motivate employees to get healthy. People ask me every year why our health insurance premiums go up. They don't want an honest answer -- why? Because we have a self-funded insurance program for state employeees here. The **employees** themselves are the reason the premiums are going up!! If they didn't have so many medical claims, guess what -- the premiums would go down! But instead of telling them the truth they don't want to hear, I have to ignore the elephant in the room and simply say something like "Well, I guess there were too many claims last year so the rates had to increase." So, anyway. I really want to focus on the health management and education aspects of my job. Now that I'm on track to becoming very healthy, I can do that without feeling like a big fat hypocrite.

lildebbie

We bought some of this golds bond extra healing for cracked and chapped hands, this stuff is awsome, we put it on last night and our hands are like 100x better.

Today has not been a good day...i was starting off okay...scale still not moving this week at all, i had been awsome on cals and exercise every day, so a little frustrating oh well was going to work out...then at 10;30 got a call that my 3yr old has pink eye..So off i go to pick her up, take her to the doctor, should of just went to the store and get the OTC eye drops, oh well cost about the asme, they were 11.00 at cvs and the dr visit cost me 10.00 and the rx for the dropts were .65. Anyway got her home and let her go take a nap, but that was my lunch so no working out for me. THen my day was all off and snacked way too much. We are getting pizza now , so i am sure i am going over my cals. I did get a grilled chicken think crust pizza so that is a better choice that then overloaded meats.

Well now i am home with my little one tomorrow, i was planning on taking 1/2 day vacation and go shopping, but i swapped out a sick day instead since I am going to be home with a "sick" child, and saving my 1/2 day vacation for another day. Maybe if she feels better we can still go out some.

So i am pretty much out on the weigh in the morning, i am sure i will be a little more..oh well there is always next week...I had an aswome week last week so i guess it evens out

bluenote

I've used the Eucerin cream on my winter dry skin and I like it. It is very thick - a little goes a long way.

check in:
cals: right on the money
water: getting there
exercise: going to make 40 mins on the bike tonight! :huh:
proud: I put on and took off my 6x jeans without ever zipping or buttoning! LOL I think I am actually getting somewhere! I have never done that before! Now I need a belt! LOL

For the first time since joining MFP I am not petrified to weigh in tomorrow.:happy:

OK, now I am petrified because I am not petrified! :noway:

snowflakes

zorahope: Glad that your program is over and that it went well.

Calories: yes 1422
Exercise: yes a light day
Water: not quite
Proud of: I had my hair done today and my stylist said "you look thinner in your face, have you lost weight?" This is the second person to now notice.

LittleSpy

Great Zora, I'm so glad you feel confident this week -- you're doing AWESOME!

Snowflakes -- it's so great for you that other people are noticing! It's so motivating, isn't it?

Lildebbie -- sorry you had a "bad" day. It's great that you're making healthier choices! Pizza isn't totally off limits! You can eat it and fit it into your day -- it doesn't have to make the day a total wash. Hope your little one feels better & that it's not the kind of pink eye that's really contagious! I've only had pink eye once when I was 15 and it definitely wasn't the most fun I've ever had.

12.10.09
Calories: 1,189
Exercise: 30 minutes stationary bike; Couch25k Week 3 Day 1. 813 burned
Water: at least 90oz so far
Proud: I'm really proud I pushed myself to do Week 3 of C25K today. I wasn't quite ready for it, and I knew that. But I was a lot closer and did a *lot* better than I thought and only had to walk for 30 seconds while I was supposed to be running. I was so excited when I realized I had been running for 3 minutes straight I nearly had to stop. :laugh: I know It doesn't sound like much, but you have to remember that just a month ago, I thought I was going to die after running for about 30-45 seconds! I think I may actually be able to keep running all the way through on Saturday. I'm also proud because another coworker noticed today, asking me "You've lost a whole bunch of weight, haven't you?!" She doesn't normally talk to me very much so it was really nice of her to make the effort.

MariSama44

Hey Ladies, glad to see everyones feeling good...and lildebbie dont fret too much, its only for a day or so. youll be right back on track soon.

Anyway so here I go!

12-10-09
Calories: Not quite
Water: Yup!
Exercise: 60 minutes heavy housework (351)

I'm giving my aching muscles a break from Jillian's 30 day shred, so instead I got my heart rate up and cleaned the house up for christmas. Got all sweaty, so I'm sure it was a suitable workout that didnt hurt my muscles anymore...though it was odd, i really wanted to do the shred workout, but I figured I should rest. Nothing much else, but I'm dreading loosing all my calories tomorrow at a christmas dinner party my work is having It was just so good last year, theres no way I'm missing it. I'll just make healthier choices and not stuff myself.

I'm so inspired looking at everyones tickers and stories.I cant wait untill people are commenting on how I'm starting to look thin. We've got a ways to go, though!

lildebbie

Good morning ladies.

Well my weigh in wasn't was i was thinking, i was thinking i might be up some but i was down..not by much but down...

a whole .2 lbs , I will take it...I have a feeling some of it is water weight and that hopefully it will be lower in a few days. I had quite a bit of pizza last night....and My water this week was not to be desired, I had only gotten 2-4 cups a day.

so my weight loss is a whole .07%

So my baby's eye looks better today so we will see what we can do today...I don't feel that great today so i guess good i am taking a sick day anyway.

bluenote

I lost 1 pound. A pound is a pound. Not ready to discuss my feelings on this, so I will log out.

.21% weight loss

LittleSpy

Zora! A pound is *great*!! You have to remember that you had a BIG week for the last couple of weeks. That's how it's happened for me a few times now -- a couple big weeks (3+ pounds) then a sad little week (a pound or less). Then a normal week (around 2 pounds) then another big week, etc. It's just part of the process! :flowerforyou: Don't get discouraged by it -- get motivated!

lildebbie

way to go zora, a lb is a lb loss

i was messing my goals, and it said I loss more than 10lbs and if wanted to change my settings, i said sure, and i am 100 less calories...ouch...

I am also adjusting my goals. I have been thinking and I am not sure my original goal is where i want to be. I have always been fat and only non fat for a short period of tiem when i was on diet pills in my early 20's. So i think my idea of what i need to be is off. I was watching biggest looser and seeing some of those girls weighing 15-20 more than my goal thinking i would be find being that size. I am a large frame person and i know i won't be ever petite , don't think you can be petite with size 11 feet.

SO I am changing my goal from 150 to 200 ..I think once I get there I will re-evulate where I want to be and my health and fitness level. 200 is 90 lbs and seems less daunting that than the 140 lbs. Once I get to there I will then see where I want to go.

I still have my mini goals

LittleSpy

Today I'm at 233.6. :happy: That's 2.4 pounds down from last Friday -- 1.02%

I really need to stop weighing every day. The scale surprises the crap out of me every Sunday by giving me some crazy low number, then Monday-Wednesday it scares the crap out of me giving me some crazy high numbers. Then thursday starts to look a little better, then Friday, BAM - a number that makes me happy. I've tried to find a reason for the pattern and the only thing I can think is that I'm letting myself dehydrate over the weekend and that's why I'm so low on Sunday mornings. I'm going to really pay attention and *log* my water intake this weekend (I normally don't log water on weekends).

0.7 pounds away from no longer being morbidly obese. I didn't know I could every be happy about being categorized as "obese" until I discovered I was currently categorized as "morbidly obese"!

I fit into my very favorite winter coat again. I almost donated it last year because I thought there was no hope -- I couldn't even get it ON let alone button it.
I was really surprised it fit me. I guess I didn't realize how much smaller I'd really gotten. So, I took my measurments this morning and was so shocked! I've lost 5 inches off of my waist, 5 inches off my hips, and 3 inches off my chest in 2 months!!! TWO months! I could hardly believe it. I didn't have time to take any other measurments this morning but now I'm kind of excited to see what they are. If I could just lose 10 more inches off my chest, waist and hips, there'd be no stopping me -- va va va voom! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ("just 10 more inches" -- like that'll be so easy to do)

lildebbie

jib - way to go !!!! Yeah to almost being OBESE I know the feeling though...I got a while before I can not be morbidly obese any more...looking forward to the day being obese :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Yay on the coat and the inches lost.

I know what you mean on the scale,...i need to stopped but i know i probably won't.

hoping since i had a blah week this week., next will be awsome.

LittleSpy

SO I am changing my goal from 150 to 200 ..I think once I get there I will re-evulate where I want to be and my health and fitness level. 200 is 90 lbs and seems less daunting that than the 140 lbs. Once I get to there I will then see where I want to go.

I think that's a great idea, Debbie! Gotta be realistic. I'm short (5'4"... well, almost :laugh:) and my goal is 150. And, to be honest with you, I"m not even sure if that's realistic for me. I *think* it probably is. But, if you look at the bmi chart, 150 is still overweight for my height. I keep saying "I guess I'll find out when I get there."

lildebbie

I am like 5'7, per bmi i have to be under 160 to be "healthy" weight, but i kno i was 175 and i looked good (of course that was 15 years ago and 2 kids).

So i am setting my sights on 200 lbs..and lets see

Under 100 lbs to loose to a goal seems alot less intimidating than 100 + .

i really need to stay off this scale, i got on a little while ago , haven't eaten or drinken anything or done anything and it is down a few more ounce ...I am soo sad.

Stephanie08

Wow, looks like everyone is doing well

LittleSpy

Thought I'd start the list so we can keep track of this week's biggest loser. Just copy & paste & add your percentage.

lildebbie - .07%
zorahope - .21%
jlb123 - 1.02%

Stephanie08

I can't find what I last weighed in at, but I'm at 207 now, which is down -2.8 from my weigh in at the gym last night, 1.3%