Over 200 Club Fit For The Holidays (Open Group)

lildebbie

12/20/2009

Cals - 1337
Exercise - 30 minutes elliptical
Water - under
Proud - I am proud that I did good on my calories today. I am proud that I passed up on the cookie samples at the grocery store...I thought about it....but then i thought about when i saw the weight in the 280's this morning and decided it wasn't worth it.

bluenote

check in:
cals: over by 100 (darn ginger snap cookies!)
water: 64
exercise: 20 mins bike
proud: I got to sing at most of my jobs today :bigsmile:

LittleSpy

12.20.09
Calories: 1,323
Exercise: none other than cleaning & playing with dogs
Water: probably not... I didn't track it (which is a bad weekend habit of mine)
Proud: I met my New Year's goal. And I cleaned my kitchen. Boyfriend's-mom-is-coming-to-visit clean. Now, I just have to clean the rest of my house tomorrow. :laugh: Kitchen's always the worst, though.

snowflakes

zorahope: so glad that you were able to be out today. Prayer is powerful.:happy:

lildebbie: pretty funny that you would pants yourself.:blushing: :laugh: Nice going.

ljb123: you have lost twice the amount of me. Those pounds are melting off you. And congradulations on meeting your New Years goal early!!!

So I logged my food after the fact today. I am over a couple of hundred calories, but I feel like this is an accoplishment because I estimated better than I used to.

Calories: over 1529
Exercise: no
Water: under 16 oz.
Proud: that I didn't take a taste of everything at the Christmas party tonight. I did a much better job of picking and chosing. The raw vegtables were delicous but I splurged for dip.

lstpaul

I hate when I don't log in for a few days ... I miss too much!

lildebbie: congrats on being under 290, and on your pants!

jlb123: you are an inspiration ... I like the challenge, I used to religiously track and now I've let myself stop on the weekends and probably would have stopped over this holiday but I am going to track ... it will definitely help to stop and think before eating something if I have to remember to track it.

zorahope: glad you are feeling better, but listen to your body and rest, rest, rest. I had pneumonia last year and it is no fun.

momma2four: glad to hear everything went ok with your 4 yr-old. When my son was a baby he had to be put under and it was really scary. and congrats on maintaining over the holidays


checking in for the weekend:
I weighed 236.6 yesterday and I was ecstatic with that. It isn't much, but I've been hovering between 237-239 for the last few weeks and not reporting my weight because I was unhappy about it ... so I was really pleased to see some downward movement again .... especially because I haven't been very good with watching my food intake lately and have had lots of Holiday meals and going out to dinner with friends. BUT I have been working my butt off at the Y - met my 300 minute goal last week ... so I am really happy to see it paying off by helping me maintain over the holidays and even lose a tiny bit! Considering last year I gained 15 pounds between Thanksgiving and February ... staying the same is a big accomplishment!

Friday:
calories: I think good but didn't track, went out to hibachi scallops for dinner but had a very light lunch
water: probably short
exercise: GREAT! I made it to turbo kick again ... that is so fun ... and so out of my comfort zone
proud: that I went to turbo kick and ate a light lunch

Saturday:
calories: again didn't track but I think did ok, went out for a wonderful Italian dinner, but portions were small so that was good
water: probably good but didn't track
exercise: good, did 60 minutes of step at the Y but skipped my weight lifting class - too busy
proud: made good choices for lunch and dinner

Sunday:
calories: didn't track ... but should have, did way too much snacking
water: good, but didn't track
exercise: bad ... meant to go to the Y to makeup my missed weight lifting class ... but didn't find workout clothes on time
proud: did choose to make a lighter dinner after snacking most of the day

I'm ALMOST ready for Christmas! I wrapped most of the gifts for the Christmas party at my parents tomorrow night, and only have a couple more gifts to purchase. I went a little crazy on black Friday and am now having buyer's remorse so have to makes some returns today. My husband always waits until the last minute .... he went out shopping yesterday and he said the stores were a crowded mess and he didn't have much luck - doesn't sound very promising for my gifts ... plus I told him a few things I really wanted needed to be purchased online ... but since he has never done that before he probably didn't try. Bummer. Oh well - it's the thought that counts, right? :ohwell:

lildebbie

lstpaul - wtg on keep up the maintaining and loosing a little over the holiday.

I am bad about tracking on the weekends. Didn't on Saturday but did on Sunday ..so hay i am 1/2 way there

I was soo excited still in the 280's...3 days in a row now...i can do it i can do it...my goal for friday is to be where i am now..288.6 which is awsome.. the 1st part of the week will be easy , just normal days..christmas eve a different story, I know I will go over my cals, and I am okay with it, I am going to work out in the morning and eat sensible during the day (normal breakfast and lunch) and make sure drink plenty of water , i don't hink i will eat enought to really gain fat lbs, but know it is that water weight that will kill me..so I am going to try super hard on the water and exercise...so anyway..my goal is not to be more than I am today and I am perfectly okay with that since it is 21 1/2 lbs loss woohoo..

My goal by new years is 285, not sure if i will make it, but I am hoping to get close.

snowflakes

Good morning gals!

This morning I have been thinking, and figuring, and realizing... First I was thinking that when I started logging in September that I hopped to maintain through the holidays and then realized that I have lost. With Christmas on Friday I figure that I will continue to lose through the New Years. So with all that rambling... I came up with AUGUST 2010 and I will see my goal weight. Log, log, log those foods. It is a life line that I can't live without, and I think that is a huge part of my weight loss success is seeing in black and white the numbers instead of guesstimating.

Positively_Me

Good Afternoon girl!!! I have not logged on durning the weekend, sorry.

First i want to congratulate those who lost weight :flowerforyou: keep doing what your doing

Zora, I hope you are doing better today...feel better soon

I am into checking in on Christmas day or the day before..i have to stay accountable..

Check-in: 12/21/09

Calories: yes, 1,230
exercise: will be doing w6d3 today...
water: hopefullly, yes...i will make sure i drink 64 oz
proud: that it has been a week and i have not gave up....usually i do and make so many excuses..not this time!!!:laugh:

HonestOmnivore

Hello!

OK so the weekend wasn't good but it could have been far worse! I had really bad sinus issues Saturday- it took me down for the day. I used a sinus rinse a few times and it must have flushed out enough of the infection that I was able to get better (yesterday was iffy today isn't too bad!). Usually it would take me a week at least so I'm pretty sold on the sinus rinse!

Saturday I slept until we left for the farm. I still managed to go over about 400 in calories thanks to Christmas Ales No exercise but I drank a ton of water! I'm proud that I got out of bed at six and that we went down to the farm - it would have been easy to call it a weekend.

Sunday I was over by 300 calories but I did go hunting so I burned some of that off! We have a deer in the freezer now so I passed on the deer I saw as they were small and does and while you need to get does to help control the population I hate shooting does because they're in family groups and it always makes me cry! OK I cry when I shoot a buck but not as long ;-)

I didn't drink nearly enough water over the weekend.

I'm proud that in spite of all the cookies and junk food, I kept to healthy choices!

CONGRATULATIONS

JLB123 - 40 lbs that's so awesome! And you made your New Year's goal you should feel so good!

lildebbie - I love the story about your pants - I think that's great and it shows you your weight loss is for REAL!

lstPaul - I joined this list because everyone is so nice, and also because the title, 'fit for the holidays' seems like a great goal - if I could NOT gain back any weight. You're doing great and even down a pound! And doing this by working out! That's fabulous! I sure hope I can get my butt to exercise soon!

Today was supposed to be the start of my 5k101 but the congestion was an excuse I used to put it off another day. Actually, work is still crazy so I'll probably put it off until I'm done with the 2009 projects next week

HonestOmnivore

OOPS

LittleSpy

Oh girls, the cookies are trying to get me.

I made a batch of peanut butter oatmeal cookies to send to my friend's family in VA for Christmas. But it made far far far more cookies than I thought. I was going to send them 2 dozen. It made 84 COOKIES. I ate 2. They're small, but oh, they've gotta be just packed with calories (I decided I didn't want to know after I put an entire cup of peanut butter in. :laugh: So, I'm breaking my own challenge because I don't know exactly how many calories are in those cookies.

So, yeah, luckily we're having a treat day at work tomorrow so I'll be toting like 4 dozen extra cookies to work (I had already volunteered to bring a few dozen cranberry orange cookies which I have yet to bake today). I haven't gotten any of my cleaning done so it's going to be a late night. So, I'll miss c25k today, too but I'm going to force myself to at least ride my bike for 30 minutes.

So, although I'm not being as dedicated as usual this week (:ohwell:) it's still SO MUCH BETTER than any holiday season has ever been for me. There's not a single piece of candy at my house (that I know of). Normally I'd be up to my eyeballs in chocolates and I'd be shoveling one after another into my mouth, washing them down with a big glass of eggnog or irish coffee. Last night as I was throwing together dinner on the fly it really hit me that all this has stuck as a lifestyle change. I really get it this time.

MariSama44

Yesterday check in. Havent logged on in a couple of days.

12-20-09

Calories: Right on
Water: Yes
Exercise: Uhhh...none really, but I didnt sit on my butt all day
Proud: I made good choices at dinner and ended up right on with my calories.

253.8 and dropping!

LittleSpy

I couldn't stand not knowing how many calories were in the peanut butter cookies. JUST 65! Whew. (especially since I've eaten 2 more since my last post! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ).

snowflakes

Beat tired tonight so I will be quick.

Calories: under
Exercise: cleaning and laundry
Water: under
Proud: That I keep logging away. The good and the not so good.

Good night ladies!

lildebbie

Cals - 1585 0 over by 45 but had 400 exercise cals
Exercise - 25 min elliptical
Water - 101 oz...
Proud - I got more water today than I had any other day....

LittleSpy

12.21.09
calories: 1547
exercise: cleaning. I'm irritated at myself that I didn't do anything else.
water: under -- still working on it
proud: I made about 10 dozen cookies and only ate 5... haha "only." It's alright -- I'm still at a pretty big calorie deficit for the day.

bluenote

Went back to the doc today for a recheck of the pneumonia. He said it is breaking up and I am right on track with healing! :bigsmile: Yayyyyy!!!!

Now, the bad news: I am STARVING LIKE A LOON, LADIES!!! SERIOUSLY STARVING EVERY SINGLE FREAKING MINUTE! The doc said it was the steroids. Have any of you had this experience? I swear I could eat the fridge door if it would come off! :mad: Which leads me to bad news #2...

I ate 12 cookies tonight after my rehearsal. Someone brought the most lovely array of cookies and sweets and I just barreled in like I had not eaten since the movie "Breakfast Club" was released in the 80s. I finally caught myself on #11 or 12, when I looked around and saw that no one else was preparing for hibernation except for me - I was flying solo on that project!

So, with that said...
check in:
cals: WAY OVER, like 600! :grumble: (but they were really goooood cookies!)
water: 64
exercise: not a bit (chest kind of tight tonight)
proud: hmmm....that I logged it ALL, every single pumpkin wheel and cranberry white chocolate cookie!!! :noway: :noway:

HonestOmnivore

Zorahope - glad you're getting better! I understand that when we're sick we need up to up our calories a little - I'm not sure if 600 is the magic number but at least you can know that you gave your body a little more to work with fighting off your illness!

Calories- Under (unless I'm over counting my stairs but either way I'm close!)
Exercise - I walked up the four flights of stairs 3 times, and now I can make it (barely) to the top without stopping!
Water - under, running low on green teabags and not drinking straight water

Proud - My husband had my FAVORITE cheese out when I got home - it's a double gloucester and Stilton layered job that is amazing with red wine! I had less than an oz. and then refused any more while I made a healthy dinner (Browned ground venison with sauteed onions, added a can of diced tomatoes and some fresh oregano and pepper flakes and served it over half a cup of low carb elbow noodles).

LittleSpy

:noway: :noway: :noway:

There is SO MUCH FOOD 20 feet from me at work today. Luckily, most stuff has sausage in it and I don't eat pork so it's easy to stay away from it. I got into (and logged) the chick-n-minis from chick-fil-a and I think I'll get into them again for my morning snack :devil: if there are any left (these people are RAVENOUS!). The only thing I see myself having a problem avoiding later today is doughnuts, but only if my favorite kind is over there. I'm not even going to look. And, I'm hoping by the time my willpower fades they'll all be gone. :laugh:

My uterus is congratulating me on not being pregnant today. Congratulating me HARD. I feel pretty awful. I have to work from 8.30am until 9pm tonight so this should be fun. :ohwell:

Zora, I know what you mean with the steroids. I've had bad asthma in the past which has required breathing treatments & steroids and it's an awful feeling. :frown: Feel better soon!

Momma2four

Good Morning Ladies,

zora, I am so sorry to hear about you being sick:sick: My cousin has to take steroids a lot and she says they make you soo hungry. I feel sorry for you. Thank God it will be over soon :flowerforyou:

lstpaul, I missed you

Lildeb, congrats girl you are doing so well. I know you are out of the 290's for good.

jlb, congrats on your success so far. You are awesome.

mstahl, good job on the self control when it came to the cheese:bigsmile:


I went to a Christmas pot luck on Sunday. Most of the people there I am related to, some were friends. My Mom and sister I see all the time but my cousins I had not seen since July. They were just going on and on about how wonderful I looked. It really made my day. My one cousin kept saying to everyone:blushing: "Look at Sherry, she has lost a ton of weight" My aunt came and kissed me and said, "Keep up the good work sweetheart you look good" Everyone was asking "how are you doing it?" It was really nice. That being said, they all cooked good food and I ate too much of it.

As you all know my little boy was at a surgical center on thursday. While we were there an elderly man kept coming up to him and saying "How ya doing champ " Shook his hand and just seemed really concerned for Ryan. I thought it was soo sweet but I did not think about it again until I get a note from the surgical center that said. A man was here for surgery at the same time as Ryan. He was touched by ryan and thought he was so brave. He wanted Ryan to have these. It was McDonald's bucks. I was so touched. How thoughtful was that? I really thought that was precious. So I took RyRy to have his McD's and I ate one of their very high cal burgers. My goal for this week is to Maintain, Maintain, Maintain. I do not want to dissapoint myself or my family. I will get through this week with maintenance and get back to hard work Dec. 26. Christmas Eve at my Bros house. We are having ravioli's. This Italian girl can not pass them up. Even though they aren't too bad when they are filled with spinach yum!!!!!!!!! But There will be all kinds of other bad foods. I will weigh in this week on Christmas Eve. I do not want to worry about all that on Christmas day. That is my husband and childrens day with me.

lildebbie

Zora - glad you are feeling somewhat better...sorry about those steroids...Drink lots of water maybe that willl make the hunger go away.

Momma - That is awsome that you got soo many compliments from the fam...That must be nice....Can't wait for the day someone noticies it in me, i tell my mom and sis and they say its great and all but just someone seeing it in you is aswome.

Jib - Sorry the tempting food is sooo close and you have to work soo long today.

I am thinking I might weigh in on christmas eve this week too...christmas morning is going to be hectic and i don't want to be moepey if gain some water weight form christmas eve (which i am sure we will cause we are having sausage and crackers and stuff that I know has hight sodium in it).

Well the fight between me and the scale is continuing and I am still winning , lost a little ground but still on top. Up a .5 lb from yeesterday (i know it is water cause I didn't eat that much yesterday), I am good with it, it is still under 290..who would of thunk i would ever say for christmas i want to weight 289...but i am not going to see 290 again i am not i am not...

Rororosie

Hi, everyone, I am looking for a new online support group so I thought i'd introduce myself.

My name is Rosie and I live in Arizona. I'm 51 and I work as a Business Analyst, but I like to play around with music (singing, guitar and songwriting) in my spare time. My daughter is grown, age 32, living in San Francisco and working on her Masters Degree so I have the time.

i was on another website for around 3 years. For the last three years I have been losing weight and gaining it back. But during that time I have learned a lot. I had a great support group there and they are the ones that helped keep me going and learning and trying in spite of the ups and downs.

The company that owns that site is going from bad to worse. First the calorie counter got so bad I couldn't use it. I was recording as best I could by hand, but that isn't very good... and a friend at my new job said, "try Myfitnesspal.com" so I did and the journalling here seems blazingly fast and convenient. But I stayed on my old site for the forums because I had that great support group. Well they changed the forums around and more than half the support group has been lost. So I was thinking I'd look around for a new group. It wouldn't hurt to have TWO groups if the old support group stays together, and if I don't have at least ONE group, I'm not sure I will make it.

What I've learned during these last few years is that for me, I have some key "ingredients" in when I am losing and support is one of them. With time being what it is online support is great and I have met some SUPER people that way!

Some other keys for me are excercise, food planning, and food journalling. And now I have added avoiding sugar treats because this year I learned that they always throw my appetite off. It's hard enough staying in calories without the cravings they give me. That's just me. I know a lot of people CAN eat sugar treats and lose weight and I'm glad for them. I think some people need a treat from time to time and I wish I were one of them. :-) But... I'm not.

I gained up to 240 this year and lost back to 230 and back up and down again... so many times I'm confused. But I do know that I started again at the end of November and lost 10 pounds so far. Now to just keep it off. I'm going to go to North Carolina tomorrow to see my family for five days, so that's a little difficult! I am hoping with some planning and some exercise that I can do okay for the week!

Momma2four

Hi Rosie,

We are glad to have you here. We are very supportive. WE appreciate and look forward to your input and all that you have learned. I have been here for about 10 months. This is the longest I have ever tried to lose weight. I am down 42 pounds. I have always been thin and did not need to worry about my weight. Having children and although they keep you busy you do slow down all the running around. With that being said. each time I got pregnant I had trouble gaining weight because I was sooo sick. But let me tell ya, the minute I give birth my appetite is back and I gain, gain, gain. So here I am over 200 pounds and barely 5'2 and my body is screaming to get rid of some of this fat b efore I turn 40 in 2010. I am taking the slow and steady approach although the holidays have me maintaining for about a month. I will take that over a gain. The girls in this group are great and they love to give support to each other.

We weigh in on Fridays and who ever loses the biggest percentage of weight loss chooses a challenge for our group for the next week. We answer some questions each day just to help each other a long
Have you stayed within your calories?
did you drink at least 64 ounces of water today?
Did you exercise today?
Share something you are proud of about your self

Good luck and we look forward to getting to know you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lildebbie

Welcome Rosie !!!!

LittleSpy

Welcome Rosie! Good to have you.

I've seen a lot of folks coming from that other website recently.
I love this support group. The ladies here are really great. Other groups I've posted on here seem to just be a place for people to post about their day without reading what anyone else has said on the thread -- there's not a lot of actual support. But this one's different.

HonestOmnivore

Welcome Rosie!

I'm pretty new here and I've LOVED all the support from this group! Its the first time I've really felt like I have some friends who understand all the daily challenges of weight loss. (I'm the BIG friend in my group so none of them get it!)

I hope you stick around and share some of what you've learned!

For the record- I'm doing OK today! I have enough calories in my (pre-entered) food diary that I could have a piece of dark chocolate Peppermint Bark (OMG GOOD!) AND a single truffle. I can not believe how much more I enjoy just a little bite of good food. I am so happy I can get so much from so little! Who knew!

I need to get on my water intake...

Good luck all!

snowflakes

Rororosie: Welcome to our group. This weeks challenge we are logging every single thing we eat on the food diary to know exactly what we are taking in this Christmas week. Not everyone posts daily and just guesstimate, I find that it is a life line I can't live without. Calories in vs. calories out is all it takes to see results. This group has been doing well through the holidays. Look forward getting to know you.

jlb123: Nice job keeping a handle on the cookies. That is a lot of hours you are working today. They say fidgeting at your desk helps burn calories.

I didn't mean to make anyone feel like they had to weigh-in on Christmas. It is easy for me with grown kids, it is a bit anti-climatic if you know what I mean. I envy you with little ones this Christmas, little ones keep the Christmas magic alive. It has been good to be accountable every day. I think twice before I eat something this week. Christmas Eve is great for your wiegh in, then we can copy and paste to the list on Friday and have a new challenge on Saturday.

School is out and every day something fun is happening. HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR!

snowflakes

For the record- I'm doing OK today! I have enough calories in my (pre-entered) food diary that I could have a piece of dark chocolate Peppermint Bark (OMG GOOD!) AND a single truffle. I can not believe how much more I enjoy just a little bite of good food. I am so happy I can get so much from so little! Who knew!

This has been my experience. Never have I been one to pass up food of any kind. It is the sweets that I don't even miss. Last year I could eat a half box of orange sticks (at one sitting) and not think a thing of it. This is completely surprising to me too!

LittleSpy

For the record- I'm doing OK today! I have enough calories in my (pre-entered) food diary that I could have a piece of dark chocolate Peppermint Bark (OMG GOOD!) AND a single truffle. I can not believe how much more I enjoy just a little bite of good food. I am so happy I can get so much from so little! Who knew!

This has been my experience. Never have I been one to pass up food of any kind. It is the sweets that I don't even miss. Last year I could eat a half box of orange sticks (at one sitting) and not think a thing of it. This is completely surprising to me too!

I agree! Last year I ate countless pieces of chocolate in 1 sitting. I made about 3 times as many cookies as this year -- and trust me, I didn't give them all away. :laugh: This will be the very first year my boyfriend hasn't bought me a huge package of Ghiradelli chocolates (OMG, please let him not buy those for me this year! :laugh: Certainly he knows better.). When my coworkers bring around their holiday goodies, I say thanks & put them in my bag -- I'm taking so many goodies to my mom's house on Christmas day thanks to my coworkers! :laugh: Several appetizers/snacks, cookies, chocolates, and an entire pie! My mom said "You don't have to bring anything!" And I said "Oh, but I really really do!" :laugh: It's amazing to think even on my horrible days, I'm still taking in under 1600 calories! That amount would probably put me at a deficit even if I was at my goal weight & hadn't exercised. The difference is that my food decisions are all completely conscious now. What a difference!

Positively_Me

welcome aboard Rosie!!

I recently joined this group and I love the great advice this group of girls provides. In addition this group keeps me accountable wiht the daily check-ins.

Thanks a bunch girls...You've been a blessing:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: