Over 200 Club Fit For The Holidays (Open Group)

Momma2four

jlb, thanks for telling me about the cals of egg nog(Ithink:brokenheart: ) I did go the extra mile on my workout today. I did the leslie Sansones 5 day slim down. It is broken up into 5 one mile work outs. I was planning to do 3, instead I did all 5 and burned a ton of calories. I also have stayed away from the egg nog. But tonight after dinner it will call to me again and at least I will have the extra calories. 4 ounces is 1/2 a cup so I will be pulling out my measuring cups.


momoftwo29, glad you like it here. We are all in the same boat. We all have days that are difficult and we all have successful days and the thing that helps the most is we have each other to vent or rejoice what ever the mood.:flowerforyou:

lstpaul, check your inches girl. I bet with all the work outs that you do you have lost some inches......:noway:

lildeb, once your body gets adjusted to the ton of water you are drinking that will all slow down. Your skin and body will love it. I read somewhere that the more hydrated that you are the better that skin will tighten back up. Honestly loose skin has been my fear. I always ask my hubby how he will feel about it. He tells me he will not mind it, he just wants me healthy so we can see our grandchildren together. I love that man, I met him young and thin and hot:blushing: , he loved me and my body.:blushing: and he still treats me like I am hot. He is always telling me I am beautiful and sexy. Sorry for bragging I tend to do that about him on occasion. We have been together for 17 years and I can honestly say my love for him grows all the time.

awestfall

Well I got in 2 hours and 15 minutes of exercise today.I burnt around 1400 calories today.I drank 136 ounces of water and I ate 1414 caloried for the day and I am not eating anything else today.I am just going to drink my water for the rest of the evening or chew some gum.

MariSama44

Well I got in 2 hours and 15 minutes of exercise today.I burnt around 1400 calories today.I drank 136 ounces of water and I ate 1414 caloried for the day and I am not eating anything else today.I am just going to drink my water for the rest of the evening or chew some gum.

What did you do for exersise?

Stephanie08

I just got caught up on everyone's post, I'm finding I'm in the same spot, lost a little bit of weight, my pants are too big, and so I think it's ok to eat what I want because "I'm fixed for now", bad move because I STILL have a long way to go. I would love to know what JIB does for work because her posts are great. If you ever watch Two and a Half Men, she's like the psychiatrist who tells Charlie like it is. For me this week the diet demon was my favorite fatty take out that they give you waaaayyyy too much food so that you have to eat it for days. And I'm finding that I'm making excuses (that's all they are really) for not being able to get to the gym because various reasons like shopping, or my dogs, or like anything... But I'll commit to check in with you ladies every day, good or bad and that way when December 26th comes along, I'll still be here, being accountable for me.

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.

I did it, I managed to go all day and not mess up!!!!!!!! I am so proud of myself.

Momma2four

Okay, I have a bit of a complaint to make. Today my 8 yo gets off the bus and one of her class mates says do not forget to tell your mom about the pizza party. Sara proceeds to tell me that her teacher asked in front of the entire class for her to ask me to buy the pizza for the party.:noway: I have 4 children and 1 income. Are ya kidding me, I can't afford to buy pizza for the entire class. Doesn't that seem rude? I am hoping that she mis understood and he wants to give me the money to go pick up pizza for the class. My husband is like we will just have to do it, if it was done in front of the class so as not to embarass Sara. How could he even put us in this situation.

Positively_Me

DAILY CHECK-IN:

DID I STAY WITH-IN MY CALORIES? YES, 1138 - A LITTLE BELOW BUT I MIGHT HAVE AN APPLE OR ORANGE...

DID I EXERCISE? YES, BUT NOT MY W6D1 (C2K2), BUT INSTEAD I DID 30 MINUTES OF WALKING AND HOUSE CLEANING...AND LOTS OF RUNNING AROUND WITH KIDS

DID I DRINK AT LEAST 8 CUPS OF WATER? YES, I WAS SUPPOSE TO DRINK 9 TODAY BUT ENDED UP JUST DRINKING 8...THAT IS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT BECAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN DRINKING MY WATER IN QUITE A WHILE...I AM VERY HAPPY...

WHAT AM I PROUD OF TODAY? FIRST, THAT I FOUND THIS GROUP. SECOND, THAT I STAYED ACCOUNTABLE THE WHOLE DAY...GIVES ME HOPE THAT I CAN DO THIS...IT WAS SOME WHAT HARD...A LOT OF TEMTATIONS AROUND ME BUT I GOT THROUGH THEM...YES!!! AND THIRD, THAT I DRANK MY WATER....LOVE THIS GROUP!!!

THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT...I WILL BE BACK TOMORROW

Positively_Me

Okay, I have a bit of a complaint to make. Today my 8 yo gets off the bus and one of her class mates says do not forget to tell your mom about the pizza party. Sara proceeds to tell me that her teacher asked in front of the entire class for her to ask me to buy the pizza for the party.:noway: I have 4 children and 1 income. Are ya kidding me, I can't afford to buy pizza for the entire class. Doesn't that seem rude? I am hoping that she mis understood and he wants to give me the money to go pick up pizza for the class. My husband is like we will just have to do it, if it was done in front of the class so as not to embarass Sara. How could he even put us in this situation.

momma2four,
my first reaction would be to go talk to the teacher...maybe there might be some kind of mistake because if you didn't get a phone call or a teacher's letter saying to buy pizza. go in and ask how is you daughter is doing in school, wait until she/he brings up the pizza thing...if not, then you bring it up...say that you are a little confused and can't afford to buy pizza for the whole class...at this time you don't have that kind of money...be polite but frank....hopefully there is some kind of mix up...the teacher was probably talking about another sara in the class..
good luck w/ this situation

LittleSpy

Momma2four, I think that has to be some kind of misunderstanding because if it's not then :noway: !!

bluenote

Speaking as a teacher, I am SURE there was a mixup in instructions. NO WAY would a teacher do that!

I loved reading the butt-kicking encouragement posts. I have to agree - we HAVE to do this, ladies. There is no more "I'll do it tomorrow"s.

I have gained and lost my entire life. In my 20s I weighed 120 lbs. and was a model. I also starved myself to get there. I worked out like a fiend - every single day for hours on a concrete basement floor. It got to the point that if I used a sweet and low in my coffee I'd have to jog for an hour. One day when my father found me lying on the floor because every single muscle in my body was cramping, he had had enough and took me to an anorexic self-help center. Of course I gained, because anything I put in my mouth at that point my body turned into fat because my body was trying to store everything in case of a starvation again.

I gained and lost through my 30s, mostly gained. Every time I lost a lot of weight (always through crash diets of 1000 cals a day) I gained it back PLUS at least 50 more. Then I got divorced. For some reason I thought I'd finally lose it and keep it off. No - I gained even more.

Then came my 40s. The now me. I wake up and I weigh over 400 pounds. So basically in 20 years I put on 280 pounds, my friends. 280 pounds. That's two whole people. Every doctor begged me to lose weight. I tried, I tried, but I just gave up over and over. My little Godchild, Olivia, came up to me and asked, "Auntie Z, are you going to be alive when I get married?" I couldn't answer her, because honestly, I would have said "no."

So I heard about MFP, and that there were great support groups here, plus a great way to manage your daily eating habits. I joined in June but then again, had more important things to do than my health and never came back on until October. Then my doctor drops the diabetes bomb on me. I knew I had to change if I wanted to live. Of course I went through the whole, Oh God, how did I let myself go like this, and the, I have to re-lose all of this weight again? pity party. But I came here anyway. I know I should have joined the 300 group, but just reading all of your posts made me feel like I belonged, like I'd have friends here who didn't care that I was huge, or didn't care how long my journey was. I felt like I could trust this group of women. And I do. Just in the few weeks I have been here I've been pulled up from the depths of despair, cheered on when days have been good, and always, always have been encouraged to keep on my journey.

We NEED each other. There is no coincidence that we found each other. Every single day we must commit and sometimes re-commit to this journey. Every day we must be accountable. Who else is going to do it for us? I am grateful, too, that I found this group and I plan to stay here, working hard and hopefully encouraging others to do the same.

For some reason I felt the need to share my story.

Momma2four

Speaking as a teacher, I am SURE there was a mixup in instructions. NO WAY would a teacher do that!

I loved reading the butt-kicking encouragement posts. I have to agree - we HAVE to do this, ladies. There is no more "I'll do it tomorrow"s.

I have gained and lost my entire life. In my 20s I weighed 120 lbs. and was a model. I also starved myself to get there. I worked out like a fiend - every single day for hours on a concrete basement floor. It got to the point that if I used a sweet and low in my coffee I'd have to jog for an hour. One day when my father found me lying on the floor because every single muscle in my body was cramping, he had had enough and took me to an anorexic self-help center. Of course I gained, because anything I put in my mouth at that point my body turned into fat because my body was trying to store everything in case of a starvation again.

I gained and lost through my 30s, mostly gained. Every time I lost a lot of weight (always through crash diets of 1000 cals a day) I gained it back PLUS at least 50 more. Then I got divorced. For some reason I thought I'd finally lose it and keep it off. No - I gained even more.

Then came my 40s. The now me. I wake up and I weigh over 400 pounds. So basically in 20 years I put on 280 pounds, my friends. 280 pounds. That's two whole people. Every doctor begged me to lose weight. I tried, I tried, but I just gave up over and over. My little Godchild, Olivia, came up to me and asked, "Auntie Z, are you going to be alive when I get married?" I couldn't answer her, because honestly, I would have said "no."

So I heard about MFP, and that there were great support groups here, plus a great way to manage your daily eating habits. I joined in June but then again, had more important things to do than my health and never came back on until October. Then my doctor drops the diabetes bomb on me. I knew I had to change if I wanted to live. Of course I went through the whole, Oh God, how did I let myself go like this, and the, I have to re-lose all of this weight again? pity party. But I came here anyway. I know I should have joined the 300 group, but just reading all of your posts made me feel like I belonged, like I'd have friends here who didn't care that I was huge, or didn't care how long my journey was. I felt like I could trust this group of women. And I do. Just in the few weeks I have been here I've been pulled up from the depths of despair, cheered on when days have been good, and always, always have been encouraged to keep on my journey.

We NEED each other. There is no coincidence that we found each other. Every single day we must commit and sometimes re-commit to this journey. Every day we must be accountable. Who else is going to do it for us? I am grateful, too, that I found this group and I plan to stay here, working hard and hopefully encouraging others to do the same.

For some reason I felt the need to share my story.

Thank you for sharing your story with us. I really appreciate that. You do fit in here, our group would not be the same without you. I am so glad that you have decided to do this and get healthy. We do need each other. This is part of the journey that will help us be successful. Sharing with others who understand and can relate to what it feels like to be this heavy. Thank you again.

Momma2four

I have not spoken to the teacher but the more I question my sweet little Sara, the more I am beginning to think she is mistaken. Leave it to an 8 yo. Now she tells me Mom, I think he wants each one of us to bring a dollar. I am one of the few stay at home moms and I volunteer and help him every week, so he probably wants me to go pick them up after he collects that dollar from each kid:laugh: :laugh: I am sure he would be really embarassed if he knew that I thought he wanted me to treat the whole class to pizza. Sara says mom, some kids are bringing napkins, one kid even has to bring 20 cups, as if that is comparible to buying several pizza's, I told her mom wants to buy napkins not pizza:laugh: :laugh: .

Momma2four

okay it is me again.

Calories:1754
Exercise:Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Burned 900 cals
Water: Real close one more glass ought to do it

I am proud because, (pay attention jlb123.) I passed on that egg nog tonight.

MariSama44

Wow, Zora..I've been feeling bad all day and I just figured out my legs are too torn up to do my workouts anymore, so I'm feeling really bad...but after reading your post I'm really moved. I'm glad to be here too, and I know if we try hard enough we can get healthy again. Much love to you and everyone else here.

lildebbie

12/14/2009 -
Cals - Yes...1486
Exercise - Yes ..did 25 min on eliptical and 20 minute walk with hubby this afternoon.
Water - Yes ..got 9 cups today ...1st time ever my little water counter on the food page was over filling
Proud - I am proud I am back on track (thanks for the push everyone), I am proud that I made a desert (i had already bought the stuff ) to bring to bunko i am going to tomorrow, and I didn't lick the spoon not once. My hubby was making fun of me cause I was calculating the calories o these deserts. trying to figure if i was going to have one tomorrow night or not...330 cals for 1/16 of the desert...I am thinking i am going to pass. I will eat before i go so i won't be starving, trying to stay away from the food, they may have some veggies and stuff i may just nibble on some of that.

Zora - thanks for sharing your story.

Momma - glad you think you got your school thing figured out. My daughter's class is having e3veryone bring 3.00 for party unless you want to bring something for the class...so i am sure that is what it is.

snowflakes

Hi all! It took me awhile to read through all the posts. It has been busy on here today. Glad so many are recomitted and refocused and moving forward today. It is all about choices that we each have to make. Nobody can do it for us. It takes will power and determination. It absolutely has to be a life style change or we will never keep the wieght off permentaly. Thanks for being here to be accountable to. I am a grown middle age women, with some life experience, and for me it has been helpful being with gals that can relate. Thanks to each of you.

Calories: yes 1429
Exersice: YES!!! FIRST DAY DOWNHILL SKIING WITH MY SON HOME FROM COLLEGE... BLISS!
Water: not quite
Proud of: Not picking and snacking. I have realized that I used to do that more than I was aware of.

momma 2four: love your bragging about your hubby. I love to see happy marriages and families. My husband is being SO supportive. Our 20th Anniversary is the the 27th, and he treats me like a pampered princess, and he has been a very involved dad with our boys. Pretty terrific guy if I do say so myself.:smooched: :blushing: :bigsmile:

Make tomorrow another good day everyone.:flowerforyou:

LittleSpy

12.14.09
Calories: 1448
Exercise: 30 minutes stationary bike and about an hour of "wiggling" as my dbf called it (leg lefts, crunches, etc while lying on the couch :laugh:)
Water: about 100oz
Proud: So much pizza in the fridge and cookies in the kitchen and I didn't overstuff my face with any of it the way I really really thought I wanted to.

LittleSpy

Oh, and Momma2four, I saw your post earlier asking about the little "if every day were like today" button. I'm sure you've probably found it by now, but in case you haven't, it's at the bottom of the food diary now!

I went back 5 weeks and saw how much it said I'd weigh if every day were like today. And, since I've lost 12 pounds since then, I added 12 pounds to it, and I only weigh 3 pounds more than it says! So, that's really encouraging to think that the button is pretty accurate as long as you're pretty consistent with exercise & calories consumed each day.

bluenote

check in:

cals: good
water: 64
exercise: 20 mins bike
proud: I did NOT stop on the bike! I rode for 20 mins straight with no breaks! First time ever! :noway:

Funny/embarrassing story: Embarrassing part: I was at a rehearsal tonight. When I went to sit in the chair in the back row, I heard this strange squeaking sound, and before you knew it, I was sinking. I broke the chair! Funny part: I said to myself, well damn, the chair never broke when I was 28 pounds heavier! Wouldn't ya know it, it would break when I am lighter! Then my best friend in the front row came to me at break and said, "I bet you were saying, 'Damn, wouldn't ya know it would break AFTER I lost the 28 pounds." LOL I told her she was exactly right!

MariSama44

Hello again, girls.

12-14-09

Calories: Yes (i didnt eat my exersize calories)
Water: Yes!
Exersize: Yes but I had to stop early. =(

Tomorrows another day.

awestfall

Well I got in 2 hours and 15 minutes of exercise today.I burnt around 1400 calories today.I drank 136 ounces of water and I ate 1414 caloried for the day and I am not eating anything else today.I am just going to drink my water for the rest of the evening or chew some gum.

What did you do for exersise?

Elliptical trainer

Positively_Me

Speaking as a teacher, I am SURE there was a mixup in instructions. NO WAY would a teacher do that!

I loved reading the butt-kicking encouragement posts. I have to agree - we HAVE to do this, ladies. There is no more "I'll do it tomorrow"s.

I have gained and lost my entire life. In my 20s I weighed 120 lbs. and was a model. I also starved myself to get there. I worked out like a fiend - every single day for hours on a concrete basement floor. It got to the point that if I used a sweet and low in my coffee I'd have to jog for an hour. One day when my father found me lying on the floor because every single muscle in my body was cramping, he had had enough and took me to an anorexic self-help center. Of course I gained, because anything I put in my mouth at that point my body turned into fat because my body was trying to store everything in case of a starvation again.

I gained and lost through my 30s, mostly gained. Every time I lost a lot of weight (always through crash diets of 1000 cals a day) I gained it back PLUS at least 50 more. Then I got divorced. For some reason I thought I'd finally lose it and keep it off. No - I gained even more.

Then came my 40s. The now me. I wake up and I weigh over 400 pounds. So basically in 20 years I put on 280 pounds, my friends. 280 pounds. That's two whole people. Every doctor begged me to lose weight. I tried, I tried, but I just gave up over and over. My little Godchild, Olivia, came up to me and asked, "Auntie Z, are you going to be alive when I get married?" I couldn't answer her, because honestly, I would have said "no."

So I heard about MFP, and that there were great support groups here, plus a great way to manage your daily eating habits. I joined in June but then again, had more important things to do than my health and never came back on until October. Then my doctor drops the diabetes bomb on me. I knew I had to change if I wanted to live. Of course I went through the whole, Oh God, how did I let myself go like this, and the, I have to re-lose all of this weight again? pity party. But I came here anyway. I know I should have joined the 300 group, but just reading all of your posts made me feel like I belonged, like I'd have friends here who didn't care that I was huge, or didn't care how long my journey was. I felt like I could trust this group of women. And I do. Just in the few weeks I have been here I've been pulled up from the depths of despair, cheered on when days have been good, and always, always have been encouraged to keep on my journey.

We NEED each other. There is no coincidence that we found each other. Every single day we must commit and sometimes re-commit to this journey. Every day we must be accountable. Who else is going to do it for us? I am grateful, too, that I found this group and I plan to stay here, working hard and hopefully encouraging others to do the same.

For some reason I felt the need to share my story.

Wow Zora, thanks for sharing you story...it was very moving. and yes, we are in this together to encourage, motivatate, and inpsire each other....this diet..or healthy lifestyle change is not easy...we need all the help we can get...and that is why i love this group....best of luck to you on your journey stay positve girl

LittleSpy

I would love to know what JIB does for work because her posts are great. If you ever watch Two and a Half Men, she's like the psychiatrist who tells Charlie like it is.

:embarassed:
I guess my psychology major is showing. :laugh: I went to school with the idea of being a psychotherapist in mind but I kind of just floated through undergrad and ever since graduating I haven't figured out what I want to go back to grad school to do. I'd love to go for school counseling and the college I went to for undergrad (U South Carolina) has the #2 doctorate program in the nation. However, it's really expensive because it's so many credit hours (from bachelors to PhD in 3 years -- crazy much?) and I really can't afford it (who can?) and the program is such that it's impossible to hold a full time job at the same time (it's also heavily discouraged by the program to work at all because the coursework is so strenuous).

So, now I'm considering going back to school to get my MLIS (Masters in Library and Information Science) to be a librarian. Because that's the obvious other choice. :laugh: "Well, I can't be a school counselor, so I'll be a librarian instead." I'm certainly banking on a scholarship because to be honest I'm having a hard enough time saving the $150 it costs to take the GRE! :laugh:

I just want to do something I'm passionate about. I currently work in HR and while I can honestly say that I am passionate about the fair & equal treatment of my employees, I really don't want to do this for the rest of my life (I've worked in HR for 3 years now). I feel like I'm just a paper pusher most days (and, really, I am) and I'm bored to actual tears at times. :ohwell:

snowflakes

Oh, and Momma2four, I saw your post earlier asking about the little "if every day were like today" button. I'm sure you've probably found it by now, but in case you haven't, it's at the bottom of the food diary now!

Thanks, I hadn't noticed it there. I was curious so I looked back and I am 7 pounds heavier than their estimation.

Positively_Me

sorry, i might have missed something, but i don't know what "button" you are talking about...i look every where and no luck.. Where is it?

thanks.

Positively_Me

sorry, i might have missed something, but i don't know what "button" you are talking about...i look every where and no luck.. Where is it?

thanks.

never mind i found it " under "food diary" bottom of page "complete this entry" dark green tab...

Momma2four

momma 2four: love your bragging about your hubby. I love to see happy marriages and families. My husband is being SO supportive. Our 20th Anniversary is the the 27th, and he treats me like a pampered princess, and he has been a very involved dad with our boys. Pretty terrific guy if I do say so myself.:smooched: :blushing: :bigsmile:

Make tomorrow another good day everyone.:flowerforyou:

See men can be pretty great. At least ours are. Congrats on 20 years.

Momma2four

Jus wanted to say good morning. I am off to see teacher and drop off all my girls. My little man hangs out with me all day so we will try to keep busy, busy, busy.

LittleSpy

Oh, and Momma2four, I saw your post earlier asking about the little "if every day were like today" button. I'm sure you've probably found it by now, but in case you haven't, it's at the bottom of the food diary now!

Thanks, I hadn't noticed it there. I was curious so I looked back and I am 7 pounds heavier than their estimation.

Just in case you didn't, remember you have to add whatever you've lost since then back to whatever it says since it's calculating with your current weight instead of with your weight on that day!

lildebbie

Oh, and Momma2four, I saw your post earlier asking about the little "if every day were like today" button. I'm sure you've probably found it by now, but in case you haven't, it's at the bottom of the food diary now!

Thanks, I hadn't noticed it there. I was curious so I looked back and I am 7 pounds heavier than their estimation.

i was curious i looked back too...and I am 15 lbs heavier than it says i would be :sad: :sad: OH well its a new day and in 5 weeks i hope it will be what it said yesterday..which is 17 lbs from now...but good thing this morning i am .2 lbs from my 20 lbs mark..woohoo...and .4 being under 290..come on 280's..

My lunch is all out of whack today cause I have to go take my 3 yr old to the doc for a checkup so i am using my lunch hour..think i will try to get on the elliptical after i work before we pick the girls up. Saw the menu for tonight and saw somebody is bringing salad...hope it doesn't have dressing in it already and I can munch on that...hoping someone brings a veggie tray..i should of though of that i committed to a desert though a month ago. I will be strong tonight...I will be strong...I want to see the 280's so much i am soo close i don't want to blow it now.