Over 200 Club Fit For The Holidays (Open Group)

bluenote

Snowflakes - congrats on controlling the munchies! :flowerforyou:

check in:

cals: right on target
water: over 64 oz.
exercise: 40 mins bike total
proud: I went up and down the basement stairs a LOT today with laundry and putting away costumes from our show and I wasn't as out of breath as I normally am!!! :noway: I am excited!!!

LittleSpy

Talkin' to myself today, I see. :laugh:

So, I'm an idiot. I made half a batch of my favorite holiday cookies today (cranberry-orange pinwheels YUM!!). I ate one. But woweewow, I really want to eat like 5 more. They have 85 calories each so they're not really that bad. They taste even better than I remember (I only make them once a year because making them is kind of an all day affair).

I may just take the rest of this batch to work tomorrow to let other people eat them since I have the other half of the batch ready to slice & bake whenever. I really really really don't need 60 cookies in this house. Really. I know my boyfriend will take care of quite a few (I think he already has), but I don't want him to gain a ton of weight, either! :laugh: Because although it's hard, I can limit myself to 1 or 2 a day. He can't seem to limit himself. So, while I'm eating 1 or 2 a day, he'll be eating 5-10 a day.

Momma2four

Hey gals,

I have been out of control since Thanksgiving. I DO NOT want to gain back all the weight I have lost. I look so different now. You can see my jaw line again. But the path I am on right now is in the wrong direction. No weight loss for 3 weeks. (1 week a gain and the next was to lose what I gained. But I have been staying the same I think. I have lost my mind. My husband is NO help. He loves the weight loss but he also Loves to eat . He just brought me some ice cream right now while i am typing. Anyways I just wanted to let you all know I have lost my mind. I hope I find it by tomorrow!!!!!

lildebbie

Momma - hang in there.

I have lost my mind too...I feel good i have lost 20 lbs, (well almost) , but this weekend i just have struggled....We went and had mexican food tonight and not good choices i don't even want to think of what my calories are today, but i know way over.

Tomorrow getting back on track ...is a little easier for me when back in the schedule just when i don't hav ea schedule i just slack, then hubby was working a lot lately , just a little stressful, i know this is how i ended up over 300 lbs and I don't want to go back ..i just got to get back on...ugg...tomorrow is another day

bluenote

Momma and lildeb, I know exactly how you feel. When I am losing my mind, the first thing I do is shove food into my mouth. :embarassed: But remember what you both told me on occasion here when I was devastated - TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY.
I know, Momma, it sucks to work so hard just to get back to where you were before you gained. But what is your option? Lose that jaw line you worked so darn hard for? Eat and gain more weight, and then wish you hadn't? The alternative is NOT AN OPTION. You have to keep on keepin' on, and let bygones be bygones. We are all here to support one another, so lean on us. :flowerforyou:

MariSama44

Hey girls. I had kind of a bad day too (my parents seem to think I can eat as much as I did in high school. They buy insanely huge portions and force the biggest on me). Reading all the positive commments is really helping. I know that wasnt directed at me Zora but that comment was extremely helpful. Thankyou.

12-13-09

Calories: Yes
Water: Yes
Excersize: Shopping? I walked alot.

ColoradoGirl

Well put Zora!

LittleSpy

C'mon Momma -- you've been doing so well! Think about all your hard work. Think about what you want for yourself *long term.* Is what you want in the moment worth not reaching your long term goals? No way! No contest. You can do this. You *are* doing this.

LilDebbie -- occasional treats and splurges are absolutely fine! "Occasional" being the key word. I have to admit I've noticed you're coming here more often than usual with, "well, we went [insert restaurant here] to eat today... so I blew it." While it's great you have accountability and I'm *so glad* that you're still here, you either need to find a way to stop putting yourself in those situations, or you need to figure out how to make healthier decisions. I know it's hard, and I know you know this already. Sometimes I need someone to shove the obvious down throat until I really start realizing what I'm doing, so that's what I'm doing to you!

I don't want to be alone here! I need you ladies! You have helped me so much -- this group really helps me keep going. So, pick yourselves up, dust yourselves off, and get back at it! NOW - I NEED YOU!! :laugh:

12.13.09
Calories: 1,382 (I may have an extra cookie later putting me at 1467... haven't decided if it's worth it yet :laugh:)
Exercise: Couch25K week 3 day 2 (I ran the whole time, yay!) and 60 minutes exercise bike (mostly to counteract all the cookies...)
Water: 80oz so far
Proud: I'm proud I made 46 cookies this weekend and have only eaten 4 (so far... :laugh:). I'm proud that instead of just sitting on my duff eating cookies all weekend, I decided to work out extra so that I could have a couple without the guilt.

snowflakes

Calories: yes, 1524
Exercise: yes, shoveled snow!
Water: close
Proud of: Made 2 dozen cookies for the cousins and I passed them all out to the kids.

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow! It is beautiful, everything looks like a postcard.

You ladies have been a great sounding board, attentive listeners (readers), and helpful advice. I always get my moneys worth here and it sure beats the hourly rates of a therapist. :laugh: So tonight I will share my 2 cents worth. This journey is not rocket science, it is simply calories in vs. calories out. Thinner is healthier for each of us. Thanks for being apart of this group. Log, log, log, every single thing you eat, drink your water, move daily, and watch your goals be reached. You can do this. Make tomorrow a great day.

lildebbie

jib - thanks for the shove. My biggest downfall is going out to eat....I know i need to stop....This is what i always do i loose a little bit of weight then get off track and never get back on. I don't want to do that this time i really don't but that is where i feel myself slipping...I am just feeling sorry for my self so forgive my pitty party.

lildebbie

jib - thanks for the shove. My biggest downfall is going out to eat....I know i need to stop....This is what i always do i loose a little bit of weight then get off track and never get back on. I don't want to do that this time i really don't but that is where i feel myself slipping...I am just feeling sorry for my self so forgive my pitty party.

awestfall

Hey gals,

I have been out of control since Thanksgiving. I DO NOT want to gain back all the weight I have lost. I look so different now. You can see my jaw line again. But the path I am on right now is in the wrong direction. No weight loss for 3 weeks. (1 week a gain and the next was to lose what I gained. But I have been staying the same I think. I have lost my mind. My husband is NO help. He loves the weight loss but he also Loves to eat . He just brought me some ice cream right now while i am typing. Anyways I just wanted to let you all know I have lost my mind. I hope I find it by tomorrow!!!!!

Momma I know exactly how you feel.I have had no weight loss for at least a month now and I am starting to get so depressed about it.I have actually gained weight again and I feel if I don't grab a hold of this soon that I will be back to where I started when I first came here.Someone please help!! I just have no motivation but I feel miserable.I just found out my Aunt has breast cancer again and it doesn't look good for her.My pastor as a child just died from pancreatic cancer and Christmas for my house is so pitful it made me want to cry.This is the first Christmas that my children would not have an amazing Christmas like they always do.Sure they know the real meaning of Christmas but it makes me feel horrible not being able to at least get them one thing they asked for this year.I know they will be happy with what they get but its me that feels bad about it.I know Christmas will be wonderful as always but I need to find time to make myself happy and losing all the=is weight would make me happy.I am starting to feel bad again from gaining weight again.For those of you who don't know I was down to 214 back in June of this year and now I am back up to 234.SO DEPRESSED!! I am going to go clean now that I have had my pity party.I am also going to start tracking my food and exercising for at least an hour everyday.I am also going to try to get on here more to post.PLEASE HELP ME STAY ON TRACK SOMEONE>I feel like I may give up if I don't have some encouragement.

Positively_Me

Can i join this group?? i am in the 200 target and need some motivation...

can someone give me the 411 on this group?

Thanks.

Thanks for all the warm welcome:blushing:!!!
this works out perfect...Monday is a new week and new day...i am ready
I will log all my food and activity by the end of today...but the one thing i can write is:
What I am PROUD OF??? I am proud i found this group....i think it the motivation i needed....thank you to all the wonderfull groupies...:flowerforyou:

let me go upload my food and exercise and i will be back later...bye girls for now...

LittleSpy

Alright awestfall, you're getting the same lecture as Momma and Lildebbie!

Sit down and list your priorities. On paper. It helps make them real. What's more important to you -- a cookie? Or actually being around to see your grandchildren when they're born? Being able to play with them, and keep up with them, and be a great role model for them. You're telling me a cookie (or soda or fast food or candy or whatever your weakness is) is worth throwing years of your life away? I don't think so! Have your little pity party. Take note of why you got derailed this time. And move on. Get back on it, girl! You can do this! I know you know how -- you lost over 40 pounds already! So what if you gained some of it back, that's alright, just move on. If you don't learn from your mistakes and move on, you'll gain it all back and then how are you going to feel?


I'M SERIOUS about this, ladies. Why? Because I've been there and I don't want you to go through what I have. In 2004 I lost about 40 pounds I started at about 245 and ended at about 205. I didn't know what I was doing, really and I didn't have these resources at the time so I couldn't keep it up. I had bene depriving myself and eating the wrong foods (I didn't know better) and I was *starving* all the time and I just gave up. I worked at a pizza joint and one night I wanted pizza so much and I asked myself "Do you really want pizza now more than you want to be happy long term?" My answer was yes. I ate the pizza (which now would be fine -- I'm having pizza for lunch today, actually). I ate the pizza and had a pity party and ate whatever I wanted from then on. A year later I had gained back 30 pounds. Desperate, I tried Nutrisystem. I lost 10 pounds. It was gross, so I gave up. I gave in to what I thought was my uncontrollable weight problem. I gained 50 pounds over the next 3 years. I probably topped out over 270 but I really have no idea because, as you can imagine, the scale was not my friend. So, I really have no idea what my max weight was.

From 200 to 270 in 5 years. All because I gave up trying to lose weight and be healthy for a pizza (which lead to guilt which led to binging for the next 5 years because I was so depressed).

I'm finally back down to the weight I was that summer right before I tried Nutrisystem. And you know what? This isn't hard! This time I have such a better understanding of food and myself and my emotions and why I overeat, plus I have you ladies. That's making the difference for me. I really do care about you guys and I want you to succeed and be happy with yourselves. And you can't do that by succumbing to neverending pity parties and guilt and depression. Move on and get back to it -- you all know how. You've all been successful already.

You're worth it.

Positively_Me

Thank YOu!!! Thank YOu!!! I need that!!!

awestfall

Alright awestfall, you're getting the same lecture as Momma and Lildebbie!

Sit down and list your priorities. On paper. It helps make them real. What's more important to you -- a cookie? Or actually being around to see your grandchildren when they're born? Being able to play with them, and keep up with them, and be a great role model for them. You're telling me a cookie (or soda or fast food or candy or whatever your weakness is) is worth throwing years of your life away? I don't think so! Have your little pity party. Take note of why you got derailed this time. And move on. Get back on it, girl! You can do this! I know you know how -- you lost over 40 pounds already! So what if you gained some of it back, that's alright, just move on. If you don't learn from your mistakes and move on, you'll gain it all back and then how are you going to feel?


I'M SERIOUS about this, ladies. Why? Because I've been there and I don't want you to go through what I have. In 2004 I lost about 40 pounds I started at about 245 and ended at about 205. I didn't know what I was doing, really and I didn't have these resources at the time so I couldn't keep it up. I had bene depriving myself and eating the wrong foods (I didn't know better) and I was *starving* all the time and I just gave up. I worked at a pizza joint and one night I wanted pizza so much and I asked myself "Do you really want pizza now more than you want to be happy long term?" My answer was yes. I ate the pizza (which now would be fine -- I'm having pizza for lunch today, actually). I ate the pizza and had a pity party and ate whatever I wanted from then on. A year later I had gained back 30 pounds. Desperate, I tried Nutrisystem. I lost 10 pounds. It was gross, so I gave up. I gave in to what I thought was my uncontrollable weight problem. I gained 50 pounds over the next 3 years. I probably topped out over 270 but I really have no idea because, as you can imagine, the scale was not my friend. So, I really have no idea what my max weight was.

From 200 to 270 in 5 years. All because I gave up trying to lose weight and be healthy for a pizza (which lead to guilt which led to binging for the next 5 years because I was so depressed).

I'm finally back down to the weight I was that summer right before I tried Nutrisystem. And you know what? This isn't hard! This time I have such a better understanding of food and myself and my emotions and why I overeat, plus I have you ladies. That's making the difference for me. I really do care about you guys and I want you to succeed and be happy with yourselves. And you can't do that by succumbing to neverending pity parties and guilt and depression. Move on and get back to it -- you all know how. You've all been successful already.

You're worth it.

Thanks so much Jbl!! I really needed that and you know what I just finished running on my elliptical for one hour and I am going right now to do another.I am back in the game and I am forgetting about what I have screwed up in the past and I am moving forward.Thanks again you ROCK!!!

awestfall

water-128ounces
exercise-yes
Calories burnt-911 calories
Time exercised-1 hour and 30 minutes
Calories ate -for right now only 387 calories ate but I will post the rest later
.Proud that I got up and exercised it feels awesome!!!

MOMOFTWO29

Can I join this group? I need all the support I can get.

Momma2four

Can I join this group? I need all the support I can get.

Sure!!!! Welcome. We weigh in on fridays. We have a weekley challenge that is determined by our person with the highest percentage of weight loss. Here is the calculator to determine your percentage.



http://menshealth.about.com/library/blpercentage.htm

We also try to answer these 4 questions daily.

Did you stay within calories? (
Did you exercise?
Did you drink at least 8 cups of water?
What are you proud of today?

Welcome again and you will for sure get a lot of encouragement here.

Momma2four

Thanks for the words of advice. I really appreciated all the comments. I think this time of year is really hard. I know my husband does not mean to help me make bad choices. He really wants me to lose weight and be healthy. He is always encouraging me a long. The icecream was my own doing, I bought it. :explode: Anyways, I am doing well so far today. I made sure I had a couple of egg whites and some toast. I already did a short workout because I have some where to be. ( It is only 9:30 a.m.) I plan to do another one when I get back right before lunch. I feel pretty good today and I am looking forward to moving forward . Thanks again.

Momma2four

Hey gals,

I have been out of control since Thanksgiving. I DO NOT want to gain back all the weight I have lost. I look so different now. You can see my jaw line again. But the path I am on right now is in the wrong direction. No weight loss for 3 weeks. (1 week a gain and the next was to lose what I gained. But I have been staying the same I think. I have lost my mind. My husband is NO help. He loves the weight loss but he also Loves to eat . He just brought me some ice cream right now while i am typing. Anyways I just wanted to let you all know I have lost my mind. I hope I find it by tomorrow!!!!!

Momma I know exactly how you feel.I have had no weight loss for at least a month now and I am starting to get so depressed about it.I have actually gained weight again and I feel if I don't grab a hold of this soon that I will be back to where I started when I first came here.Someone please help!! I just have no motivation but I feel miserable.I just found out my Aunt has breast cancer again and it doesn't look good for her.My pastor as a child just died from pancreatic cancer and Christmas for my house is so pitful it made me want to cry.This is the first Christmas that my children would not have an amazing Christmas like they always do.Sure they know the real meaning of Christmas but it makes me feel horrible not being able to at least get them one thing they asked for this year.I know they will be happy with what they get but its me that feels bad about it.I know Christmas will be wonderful as always but I need to find time to make myself happy and losing all the=is weight would make me happy.I am starting to feel bad again from gaining weight again.For those of you who don't know I was down to 214 back in June of this year and now I am back up to 234.SO DEPRESSED!! I am going to go clean now that I have had my pity party.I am also going to start tracking my food and exercising for at least an hour everyday.I am also going to try to get on here more to post.PLEASE HELP ME STAY ON TRACK SOMEONE>I feel like I may give up if I don't have some encouragement.

We are NOT quiters!!!!! We have been at this for awhile and we have not quit. Yes, we have had some delays. Let's get around them and move on. WE can do this.

MOMOFTWO29

Can I join this group? I need all the support I can get.

Sure!!!! Welcome. We weigh in on fridays. We have a weekley challenge that is determined by our person with the highest percentage of weight loss. Here is the calculator to determine your percentage.



http://menshealth.about.com/library/blpercentage.htm

We also try to answer these 4 questions daily.

Did you stay within calories? (
Did you exercise?
Did you drink at least 8 cups of water?
What are you proud of today?

Welcome again and you will for sure get a lot of encouragement here.

Thanks for the very warm welcome!! I usually weigh in on Mondays but I will do the Fridays for this. I need this kind of thing to stay focused so if I have to come on here and answer these questions then I want to do it truthfully, so I will be good. I want this weight loss journey to be a successful one. I have been here on MFP for a year as of January 1, 2010, and I feel like I should have lost more by now, well actually I have lost more, I had lost 52 pounds, then gained a lot back, but that is no execuse and I won't let that be an excuse for me to be overweight for the rest of my life. I will just learn from that and move forward and do this thing!!

awestfall

Can I join this group? I need all the support I can get.

Welcome Laura Great to see you here my friend!! I love these girls they are so supportive!!!

lildebbie

Welcome Laura !!!

well i have officially had my but Kicked into gear thanks

I have already had 6 cups of water by lunch time this is soo awsome for me...got on my elliptical for 25 min..it was a hard 25 min for me. I have noticed the longer i got between exercise it is that much harder, that should be more motivation to do it every day....eating good today.

I AM NOT A QUITTTER...i WILL NOT QUIT I WILL NOT I WILL NOT.

And neither are any of you...we will all get back on track and succeed.

Awestfall - WTG on the 1 1/2 of exercise...the most i have done is 40..hopefully one day i will be there.

Momma2four

Welcome Laura !!!

well i have officially had my but Kicked into gear thanks

I have already had 6 cups of water by lunch time this is soo awsome for me...got on my elliptical for 25 min..it was a hard 25 min for me. I have noticed the longer i got between exercise it is that much harder, that should be more motivation to do it every day....eating good today.

I AM NOT A QUITTTER...i WILL NOT QUIT I WILL NOT I WILL NOT.

And neither are any of you...we will all get back on track and succeed.

Awestfall - WTG on the 1 1/2 of exercise...the most i have done is 40..hopefully one day i will be there.

YAY lildeb. You are not a quiter. You go girl

Momma2four

I have a plan. Here it goes. There is egg nog, candy, ice cream and such in my home at this moment. My regular day I would work out about 45 mins and eat between 1200-1800 cals. I have decided since the egg nog is saying "please Sherry come have a drink of me" That in order to take that drink, I have to figure out how many calories it would be then do an additonal work out that adds up to that many calories. Then maybe it won't be so tempting or I could have a little and be guilt free. Either way I win.

lildebbie

I am sure glad i work from home (well i am glad on that every day ) but especially today because i swear i have spent 1/2 the morning in the bathroom....water going straight through me

after i worked out and almost back to work , went out side for a second...should of checked that 1st just assumed it was cold, but it is beautiful...should of went outside today.

LittleSpy

I have a plan. Here it goes. There is egg nog, candy, ice cream and such in my home at this moment. My regular day I would work out about 45 mins and eat between 1200-1800 cals. I have decided since the egg nog is saying "please Sherry come have a drink of me" That in order to take that drink, I have to figure out how many calories it would be then do an additonal work out that adds up to that many calories. Then maybe it won't be so tempting or I could have a little and be guilt free. Either way I win.

Good plan! I find It works for me often. Sometimes I go ahead and workout so I can have something, and then I don't want to negate all the exercising I just did so I end up not wanting what I thought I wanted afterall. I did it for cookies on the stationary bike last night. I rode hard for an hour and burned over 700 calories. After all that hard work, I didn't even want to look at a cookie. :laugh:

Especially egg nog. Something like 40-50 calories an ounce. I love how the serving size on the carton (I've never made eggnog - always just buy it) is like 4 ounces. Who drinks 4 ounces of anything as a normal serving? I love eggnog, but I have yet to be able to make it worth all those calories. I think I sipped on 1 little ounce a couple weeks ago after my boyfriend insisted. :laugh:

MOMOFTWO29

Thanks everyone for the great welcome. I love this group already.

stay within calories: yes, so far
exercise: yes, 30 minutes on my exercise bike, trying to work my way up to some more though
water: drank 64 oz. so far, but the day isn't over
Proud of today: I am proud that I did my exercise and that I am doing so good.

will let everyone know how the rest of the day goes and I am sure that I will finish well. I am determined to.

lstpaul

I am SO, so glad I caught up on everyone's comments today. I've been MIA because this is such a CRAZY time of year ... and I'm struggling with my motivation. But it feels good to get back on this message board and see that we are all in this together ... the struggles, the successes ... what a great group! I may not be 100% back on track yet ... but at least I am not letting myself completely derail. I'm here, I'm tracking, and I'm working on things. WE CAN DO THIS! Thanks everyone for being here!

check in for the missing weekend:
cals: didn't track - but ok on Friday & Saturday ... bad on Sunday
water: not so good
exercise: good ... went back to Turbo Kick on Friday which made it an extremely hectic day - but worth it because I felt really good about myself. Saturday I did an hour of step but skipped my 30 minutes of weight lifting - but that was still good. Sunday - intended to makeup my 30 minutes of weight lifting but didn't ... that was bad.
proud: I'm still here