200 +(week 8)

HeaterM

Sorry so late guys!!

KendalBeee

I thought I had missed it.....yay for the new thread!




my friend just sent me the link to the Pound for Pound Challenge that The Biggest Loser does. Since we are already losing weight, why not help feed people who can't afford food? You are pledging to lose XX lbs by June 30, 2010.


http://www.pfpchallenge.com/?r=1&pounds=30&fbname=Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina&fbloc=Winston-Salem, NC

sexygenius

hello! i would like to join this group, my name is tracy.

pinbotchick

Welcome Tracy :flowerforyou: New members are always welcome. We generally weigh-in and start a new thread on Fridays. We are currently 2 weeks into self challenges to loose by New Years day - do you have a goal for this? Do you want to be on our chart with SW, CW and goal weight?

Heather - so how are you? Thanks for starting the new thread.

jitterspork - how are those planks coming along? My abs are sore.

Blombie - just joined the pound for pound challenge - I pledged 30 by June - I figure its only 5 pounds a month which I hope to do anyways. Thanks for the info.

So I am pretty proud of myself. I just completed week 4, day 1 of C25K training and I actually ran 5 min not once but twice at 5mph. WOW. I am off to get my long johns on - I have a 1 o'clock snow shoeing date. I just can't believe that 10 days ago, I walked 3 miles outside in 40 degree weather and now we have 2 ft of snow.

akasullengal

Thanks for the link to the pound-for-pound challenge. I'll definitely pledge. I'm thinking 30 as well... seems to be a safe estimate.

Blombie! So glad to see you're back. We really missed you around here! I'm glad you had a great time on your cruise and enjoyed yourself! I'm impressed you went to the gym there too!! I can't imagine ellipticaling (is that a word?) while on a ship, so yay for you!

Yesterday was a bit rough. I was running around most of the day, and didn't eat much, but then there was the work holiday party, which was a mess for several reasons which I won't go into. I didn't eat a ton there, but certainly didn't make good food choices. Then, I went out for margaritas (had 2) with a friend, which involved inhaling way too much chips and salsa.

So, I was feeling pretty down this morning on myself. Stepped on the scale, and I'm at 215.6 (friday I was 218). WTF? My random weight loss on the weekends continue. It's like I drop a couple, then the rest of the week, just hover around there. Go figure. That nice surprise though has motivated myself to probably go to the rec center today, which I was hedging on doing before, so yay?

HeaterM

I've been doing good lately, my friend who are all in the hundreds want to do a biggest loser thing and I gave them my weight and i think i will give it a personal try rather than a group thing idk...it starts tomorrow.

Well it sounds like everyone has been doing pretty good! the pound for pound is a good idea!.....

and welcome Tracy!! :flowerforyou:

KendalBeee

so you remember when I said I was dealing with a really stressful marriage situation? we decided tonight to get a divorce. I don't need to go into all the details but now I have a million things to do. Sell the house so we can split the money, split the assets and bills, get in touch with the services to see if we can cancel some of the contracts we have with them, change bank account stuff, get new health and car insurance, get a new cell phone plan, find a new place to live, request a forbearance on my student loans, fpossibly see if I can refinance my car loan to get a lower payment....


but I look forward to when I don't have to deal with his negativity and meanness anymore. he's the type of person who insults and puts down other people "jokingly" to feel better about himself...

HeaterM

so you remember when I said I was dealing with a really stressful marriage situation? we decided tonight to get a divorce. I don't need to go into all the details but now I have a million things to do. Sell the house so we can split the money, split the assets and bills, get in touch with the services to see if we can cancel some of the contracts we have with them, change bank account stuff, get new health and car insurance, get a new cell phone plan, find a new place to live, request a forbearance on my student loans, fpossibly see if I can refinance my car loan to get a lower payment....


but I look forward to when I don't have to deal with his negativity and meanness anymore. he's the type of person who insults and puts down other people "jokingly" to feel better about himself...

I'm sorry to hear bout that Blombie, you deserve better than that! I hope everything turns out ok

pinbotchick

Blombie - sorry to hear things aren't working out. We are here for you if you need to vent or talk. Good luck getting everything sorted out. Take care of yourself during this time - keep going to Zumba and eating healthier. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

akasullengal

Blombie, I'm sorry to hear that it's come to getting a divorce, but it sounds like it's what is best. I wish you luck with getting all of the details sorted it (wish there wasn't so many things to deal with!), and everyone is right. Please, vent here all you like about how things are going. We're here for you!!!

pinbotchick

Happy Monday to everyone. I got up early but just can't seem to get in gear to exercise. I have my book club Christmas party tonight so I will have to do some shakin' and groovin' when I get home so that I can have a snack or two. 11 days until Christmas. This year has flown by. I managed to get my Christmas cards done last night. Have a great day...

Nikki143

Happy Monday to all my 200+. I had an ok weekend, didn't pig out, drank water.. and I'm up 3 lbs from Friday? UGHHH! WTF? I can't do anything right... So I guess I am gonna stick to maintaining.. its the holidays.. If I loose some weight along the way, then great. I'm not excercising.. I don't have any energy.. Gross.. I am still in this funk.. Although I vow to eat healthier this week, except for tomorrow.. Its me & my sons 'date'. he has an appt at the hospital, which will take all day.. so I will treat him to some lunch..:ohwell:

Nikki143

so you remember when I said I was dealing with a really stressful marriage situation? we decided tonight to get a divorce. I don't need to go into all the details but now I have a million things to do. Sell the house so we can split the money, split the assets and bills, get in touch with the services to see if we can cancel some of the contracts we have with them, change bank account stuff, get new health and car insurance, get a new cell phone plan, find a new place to live, request a forbearance on my student loans, fpossibly see if I can refinance my car loan to get a lower payment....


but I look forward to when I don't have to deal with his negativity and meanness anymore. he's the type of person who insults and puts down other people "jokingly" to feel better about himself...

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I'm sorry to hear that Blombie! Life will start looking up soon, Girl!

cds2327

So sorry Blombie, but maybe it's for the best. we are all here for you if you ever need to vent.
i'm off to do week two of the C25K challenge.....oy vey!!

Nikki143

oK, So I have had a good eating day... Lite lunch, and a healthy breakfast (minus the brown sugar..) I joined the 'no late night snacks' gang.. I'm really hoping I can stick it out! I am looking forward to cooking dinner tonight.. My nana's famous chicken wings with russian dressing, apricot preserves and onion soup mix.. Mix it all together, marinate, bake AND ENJOY! Not healthy, but its a classic..
Hope you all have a good night, and a good day tomorrow, I won't be here, I'll be in the hospital all day with my son..

pinbotchick

nikki - good job eating well today. Good luck with your son.

cd - When are you planning to run a 5K? Mines not until April - I plan to repeat the training but push for speed increases the second time around. I have high hopes that I will make it through the training the first time. Only 5 weeks to go for me....

I am off to have fun at the Christmas party - I have banked 500 calories for treats tonight

akasullengal

Hope everyone is having a good day! Good job pinbot for banking calories!

I was trying to bank some calories as well, as tonight is pub trivia. First time I've been in a while, and probably won't go again till sometime into next month, so I don't feel HORRIBLE about it, though the caloric intake will be rough.

I do have an exercise question for y'all though. I finally used my HRM today. You were right pinbot, just needed new batteries. But like you, it has me burning WAY less calories than I thought I was burning. So I know better than to use the calories burned that MPF says for the elliptical, cause it's insanely high... like over 900-1000 calories for the 65 minutes I do. But I had been using the amt of calories burned that the machine said (after putting in my weight and age). That came out to 778 today, which is about what I'd been doing. My HRM? 352! WTF? So which number do I use? I suppose I should use the lower number (-grumbles-), but seriously, i'm only burning that much on the elliptical? it sounds a bit wonky, but who knows?

HeaterM

What a lovely monday! So many finals! I hope everyone is doing good, if not let us know and if you are let us know too!! for lunch I had a granola bar and an apple....which was good except when i got home i snacked a little here and there....now lets try this again but better tomorrow!!

KendalBeee

Hope everyone is having a good day! Good job pinbot for banking calories!

I was trying to bank some calories as well, as tonight is pub trivia. First time I've been in a while, and probably won't go again till sometime into next month, so I don't feel HORRIBLE about it, though the caloric intake will be rough.

I do have an exercise question for y'all though. I finally used my HRM today. You were right pinbot, just needed new batteries. But like you, it has me burning WAY less calories than I thought I was burning. So I know better than to use the calories burned that MPF says for the elliptical, cause it's insanely high... like over 900-1000 calories for the 65 minutes I do. But I had been using the amt of calories burned that the machine said (after putting in my weight and age). That came out to 778 today, which is about what I'd been doing. My HRM? 352! WTF? So which number do I use? I suppose I should use the lower number (-grumbles-), but seriously, i'm only burning that much on the elliptical? it sounds a bit wonky, but who knows?

I had to play with my hrm when I got it. If I wore the watch on my wrist, it wouldn't always receive a signal from the chest strap and wouldn't count my calories as accurately. My hrm came with a bike mount and I use that (even on the elliptical) and I watch it to make sure it has a good signal while I'm working out.

akasullengal

I had to play with my hrm when I got it. If I wore the watch on my wrist, it wouldn't always receive a signal from the chest strap and wouldn't count my calories as accurately. My hrm came with a bike mount and I use that (even on the elliptical) and I watch it to make sure it has a good signal while I'm working out.

I'll fiddle with it. Mine came with a bike mount too. When I would periodically check it, it was registering my heart rate, which was very similar to the one that the machine was registering me at. Go figure.

Wish I hadn't gone to trivia last night. Besides the fact that the two rotating categories were famous michiganders (i'm a transplant) and whiskey names and countries they are from (don't drink it really), the eating was too much. I'm feeling super fat today. Blech. Plus, I've noticed the past couple of days I've been snacking a bit... taking a couple of bites of random things and not accounting for them, which I seriously need to nip in the bud before it gets completely overblown. Today should be okay in terms of eating though, and plan to hit up the rec center again today after work. I'm attempting to go every day this week, as I fly out to NC for the holidays after work on Friday and won't have access to a gym the week that I am there (eep) with all that food (double eep).

cds2327

Pinot: not sure when I am going to do a 5K. right now I am just focused on getting to that point, getting to week six. I'd like to do one, but am having trouble finding a good one. I may just have my hubby go with me to one of the trails here and time me when I am done. we'll be moving soon, and I know that in spokane (where we are going) has various marathons, so my goal is to enter one of them.

And, to steal from another message board on here today..Just a reminder girls....take it one day at a time. See for yourself how good you can eat for one day, and then repeat tomorrow!

blombie......how's things going?

KendalBeee

blombie......how's things going?

today has been horrible. I thought for a while we might be able to go to counselling and fix it, but after finding out who he was with, I can absolutely not get over it. (He says he only kissed her, they didn't have sex) but there's another woman (actually this is the 4th woman that I know of) that he obsessively text messages for hours every day. She has sent him pics of her boobs and I'm sure he has sent her pictures of *himself*


but like I said....after finding out WHO he kissed today, its absolutely over. it was a girl who was an issue from the very beginning of our relationship 3.5 years ago. I thought I was being a good wife by letting him go hunting those couple weekends with a cousin and for some unknown reason he ended up hanging out with her.


Been crying all day at work but thankfully I have some friends that are letting me stay with them (and I have my parents or my sister I can stay with) so I'm starting the process of selling the house and getting a divorce


and I have not worked out all week and I don't really care. I'm so tired from crying so much....haven't even been counting calories either...been eating crap....I don't care...I need a week or two to get through this and then I will get back on the wagon...

Phoenix_Rising

blombie......how's things going?

today has been horrible. I thought for a while we might be able to go to counselling and fix it, but after finding out who he was with, I can absolutely not get over it. (He says he only kissed her, they didn't have sex) but there's another woman (actually this is the 4th woman that I know of) that he obsessively text messages for hours every day. She has sent him pics of her boobs and I'm sure he has sent her pictures of *himself*


but like I said....after finding out WHO he kissed today, its absolutely over. it was a girl who was an issue from the very beginning of our relationship 3.5 years ago. I thought I was being a good wife by letting him go hunting those couple weekends with a cousin and for some unknown reason he ended up hanging out with her.


Been crying all day at work but thankfully I have some friends that are letting me stay with them (and I have my parents or my sister I can stay with) so I'm starting the process of selling the house and getting a divorce


and I have not worked out all week and I don't really care. I'm so tired from crying so much....haven't even been counting calories either...been eating crap....I don't care...I need a week or two to get through this and then I will get back on the wagon...

Love you.
We will get through this.

akasullengal

blombie *HUGE HUGS* hang in there!!! we're here for you!

on a completely different lighter note, after attemping about 5 min on it today, I just don't think I'm coordinated enough for a treadmill.

Nikki143

Blombie, I am so sorry to hear all that. You know, I look at all men the same, they are all dawgs. You WILL get through this, You ARE strong enough! TAke some time to heal, but then pick yourself right back up, dust off, and show him what he's loosing!!!:flowerforyou: One day at a time, Sweetie.

On another note, Yesterday I was over my calories by 491.. But I did walk a ton.. So I guess it evened out.. When I weighed myself this morning, the scale told me I was 235.. And I still didn't minus 1 lb for the 2 pairs of pants I have on (its cold today!!) So I guess thats good.. But its not the same scale I have been using.. I forgot my keys at home, which lets me into the triage room and thats the only scale I ever used here, but I don't have my keys today, so I weighed myself on the clinic next to me's scale.. and its a hospital one, so it can't be wrong right? Idk, hope it keeps going down, I am seriously trying to meditate and pull myslef outta this funk.. I bought a cheese danish for breakfast today, took one bite, and threw it out! I told myself I really didn't want it, & don't save it for later for the 'fat Nikki'...lmao

KendalBeee

my plans change about 30 times a day.....now I'm thinking I'll give him a chance...not going to move back home yet but will go to marriage counseling with him and if things get better in 3-4 months, then move back in...I think I have enough friends and family that I can stay with during that time that I won't over stay my welcome. There will be lots of new rules and I'm not sure he will even be willing to follow all of them. oh well....gotta get back to all this ridiculous training that I have this week....none of it is sinking in

Nikki143

I changed my ticker to show what I weighed right after I had my daughter, Hoping that the bigger number motivates me more...

Nikki143

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!! FMLLLL (not really, but I'm mad)
I was getting let go (at my job) 12-31, so today, infront of pts, my manager informs me that 12-24 is my LAST day employed. Ugh, **** YOU, LADY!!!!!!!

I hope she________________(add mean insult here). lol

akasullengal

AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!! FMLLLL (not really, but I'm mad)
I was getting let go (at my job) 12-31, so today, infront of pts, my manager informs me that 12-24 is my LAST day employed. Ugh, **** YOU, LADY!!!!!!!

I hope she________________(add mean insult here). lol

Unprofessional much? I tell you, sometimes you have to wonder...

Nikki143

uGH, I know, right??!! But good news, already! I have another interview set up for 5pm tomorrow.. its witha sales company, not what i went to school for, but, hey, a job is $$$ in my book! lol!

pinbotchick

Hey gang, it sounds like life is rough for everyone. I haven't been feeling the best - woke up with a sore throat and it's still here. I haven't done any official ex in 3 days. I need to get my act together. And, I have a stress headache... I need to type up some notes to doctors but just keep putting it off. Tomorrow is a new day for everyone - it has to get better.

Nikki - sorry to hear about your job. I agree your manager was VERY unprofessional. Good luck with your interview. My 2 cents worth of advice - only make positive comments about your current job during the interview. I used to do the hiring/interviewing and it was the biggest turn off when someone came in and c/o about their prior jobs or manager... And don't take your mom or significant other to the interview - several people really tried to have others sit in on the interview (like I am totally scary - LOL) - there are some really not so smart people out there. Sorry - I could go on for hours about the stupid mistakes people make when trying to get a job. If you want resume help, let me know. I am pretty good at beefing them up...

Blombie - My heart goes out to you. Be very sure before you go back to him. There are a bunch of wonderful men in the world that won't be little you or cheat on you. Don't settle. Make sure he changes in positive ways. I am glad you have a good support system of family and friends. It sounds like this cheating has happened more than once already from your post. I would make him work very hard to re-earn my trust.

akasullengal - I too would break down and have the pub food. I hope you had a good time with your friends. I have come to the conclusion that the HRM only catches some of the calories and that what I have been doing is working so I am going to ignore the HRM until I reach a plateau...