Over 200 Club Fit For The Holidays (Open Group)

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  • bluenote
    bluenote Posts: 2,930
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    Ladies, at 449 pounds, I have PLENTY of boob to give away. For FREE! LOL When I was thin my breasts were very small - I can't WAIT to get rid of these ta tas!!! :laugh:
  • HonestOmnivore
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    Oy Vey! Just got back from a lovely winter walk with my co-workers. They walk a mile or two at lunch every day and I (crazy me) thought that with a wind chill of 10F I might be comfortable. NOPE! I know exercise can bring on hot flashes but omg that was crazy hot! The guys are whining about it being cold, I have my coat open and I'm flapping it trying to cool down! My hands were sweaty in my mittens and the only part of me that was cool was my throat, and the frozen hair at the back of my neck!

    I know this isn't a menopause self help group but I had to share :embarassed:

    Maybe I'll stick to walking the stairs while I'm here at work :wink:

    (Oh! and when I weighed myself this morning I was down to 201!!! I want to be under 200 by Friday - kinda unlikely but it was nice to be down a pound!)
  • lstpaul
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    Funny you girls are talking about breasts ... I noticed a couple of weeks ago that mine are shrinking and I'm not happy about it because there is extra wrinkly skin there now:grumble: . It's the first bummer I've found about losing weight, but I guess I'll live with it for all the other positives.

    I did not have a good day yesterday ... being home this week with not a lot to do except clean and run the kids around is a very bad thing for me. I know this is an excuse (and a bad one) ... but I've been eating because I'm bored. I did run up and down the stairs a few times yesterday - but didn't make a full 10 minutes, and I didn't get up to do my 6:45 exercise class this morning... another bad excuse - I was up late watching the Vikings game :cry: .

    Ok ... today is a new day and NO MORE EXCUSES! I'm still here and I'm not giving up!

    yesterday's check-in:
    calories: (bad ... I should throw away that baklava from my sister-in-law)
    exercise: bad ... but I did do a little stair walking
    water: didn't track - probably not too bad
    proud: that I'm not giving up and I'm still here (even though I didn't want to post and be honest about yesterday)
  • Momma2four
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    I thought I would check in. I was here to post my exercise and my snack I am about to have. I am sooooo hungry, but I am finding if I eat every couple of hours I am doing okay with it. I was under my cals yesterday and I plan to do that again today. By the way do not talk to me about boobs I am in a 42DD and they are shrinking and like you lstpaul I have noticed some wrinkley skin. My husband is a boob man, so I think that is why he only wants me to get down to 150 I am barely 5"2, 150 is still a bit over weight for me. He just does not want me to lose all the boob and I will. When I was thin I was a loose 32C (probably should have put those babies into a B)
  • Momma2four
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    (Oh! and when I weighed myself this morning I was down to 201!!! I want to be under 200 by Friday - kinda unlikely but it was nice to be down a pound!)




    Yay, to be 199.9 would be one-derful:laugh:
  • lildebbie
    lildebbie Posts: 2,068 Member
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    Mstahl - WTg...i will hoping for under 200 for you ..199.99 would be great.

    Momma - Thanks about the house. We talke to our property manager todya, he said we wouldn't get anything and would cost a lot if we went after them for lost rent. he said when they are out, he will get some cleaning people in and hopefully renters in a few weeks.

    Since we are talking about boobs..guess i will talk about mine :) I hate mine too. Most large women (like myself) have huge boobs, like d and Up...not me nope...it is almost impossible to find bra's that fit. Last time i bought a bra i wore 44b...yes 44b. I am big aroudn but not out...i will be soo happy when I can be like a 32 b that would be a dream come true.

    I didn't feel like getting on the elliptical but instead of crawling on the couch, and veggiing during lunch. I played my new wii fit pluse game. It was fun, it has a calorie counter (not sure how accureatge) it said i burned 123, not as much as the ellikptical but i had a good time. They have run you are like riding a bike and you have to find all these targets, that worked my legs out alot. WHen i get my hrm will be able to tell more how much i burned.

    BUt the best part, it pulled all my info from the normal wii fit, i hadn't been on that since June, played biggest looser since, but not the wii fit...anyway, it weighed me and since june 24 (the last time i was on)...i lost 17.9 lbs. I know i had lost quite a bit, as i see on my ticker i lost 21lbs, since october (i lost in june , then gained some back)...still 17.9 lbs on the big screen felt great.
  • Stephanie08
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    I'm afraid to get on the scale. I've been making big excuses for like over a week!!! Two weeks ago I was feeling lighter, and today I feel like I'm wearing a spare tire around my middle. As much as I love relaxing around the holiday, sometimes I just look forward to going back to schedules.
  • Momma2four
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    lildeb, I want a wii fit plus. I am sure everything is going to workout for you all with that house. We will be praying that it will rent soon,,soon,soon.

    I am on here to record the 2 mini cupcakes I ate :frown: because I let my self get overly hungry BUT because there are no excuses I am about to work the 200 calories off right now. I will be back to let you know how it went.

    Also I told you all that I thought that I was retaining water, well I have lost 7 pounds since yesterday so" whadya" think?:laugh:
  • Momma2four
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    I'm afraid to get on the scale. I've been making big excuses for like over a week!!! Two weeks ago I was feeling lighter, and today I feel like I'm wearing a spare tire around my middle. As much as I love relaxing around the holiday, sometimes I just look forward to going back to schedules.



    Hey lady, good to see you. I must have been typing at the same time as you
  • bluenote
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    momma, that is some serious water! :laugh:
    lildeb, I am praying for you and the house issue.
    steph, it's soooo good to see you! The past is over and done with - today you can still make things happen! And tomorrow will be even better! Get back on that wagon, girl! You can do it!

    I am going to yet another casino buffet with my family. Talk about testing my willpower and limits. Whew. I am NOT eating anything I can't log. No excuses! :tongue:
  • Rororosie
    Rororosie Posts: 113 Member
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    Hi everyone,
    Well i just read to from where I started last week and through the end of the old thread! Sorry i am so behind and I just started the group! :embarassed:

    Now I have the three pages to read... I want to catch up with everyone and get in the swing of things. I enjoyed reading about everyone's pre-Christmas and Chrismas adventures.

    I wanted to thank Momma, lildebbie, jib123, mstahl, snowflakes, Postivelyme and zorahope for welcomes.

    Zorahope we are both vocalists! What type of singing do you do? I'm only taking lessons. I had been in a duo writing songs but we had trouble recording and I realized I was having trouble controlling my voice for consistent results, thus I went to lessons. My duo broke up but I am still friends with him and I am taking a handful of the songs we wrote together and writing some more. It's sort of alt rock stuff.

    lildebbie you had some good advice from the group. My only add is empathy -- my brother and sister had a lot of problems with this while we were growing up. Some kids have a harder time with bladder control. If you do all the behavior mod things and nothing works, in time she will grow out of it, I believe, but I could be wrong. If not it might be a medical condition.

    mstahl I'm glad the boss let you off early Christmas eve... hey why did you go back then?

    1stPaul - I am sorry of your family's loss. My Mom passed away 3 years ago Feb and we are still having a hard time dealing with the loss especially around the holidays! You are right, Christmas will always be different.
  • Rororosie
    Rororosie Posts: 113 Member
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    Check in
    Calories - went over yesterday, this was sort of my plan, I didn't know about no excuses. My goal was to start recording again after the Christmas break but not stress too much about calories the first day. Went over by about 150ish I think. I kind of expected it with having had no disipline over Christmas (except for not eating sugar treats, drinking a fair amount of water, and having some exercise two of the days.)
    Today I'm within for now so I think I'll make it by the end of the night.
    Water: - just had about 1/2 of the ounces so far, I may or may not make it.
    Exercise: I have done a very small amount of stretching, I believe I will do some more tonight before I do my vocal practice.
    Proud of today? I'm still proud about not eating sugar treats all Christmas! but today, hmmmm.... I checked in with this support group, checked inwith my other support group, stretched, and am staying within calories and heading the right direction.

    My plans for the night - I want to drop by Trader joe's and get some shredded cheese and coffee, a few staples to get through the rest of the week, and then I have a 9 p.m. meeting with the offshore guy to call into. I mostly need to do vocal practice though. I missed the week before Christmas and two days during Christmas week and my diaphram loses tone greatly any day I don't practice.

    A guy I've liked for a long time called me today. I don't think he realizes I'm at work because sometimes I "ping" my Facebook and online social networking sites from my Blackberry (using Ping.fm) :laugh: so it must look like I'm goofing off.

    So I want to call him back. we dated years ago for a couple of dates and I asked him at the time if it was going anywhere and he said "no we are just friends". So he might be calling just as a friend.

    I also have online dating to attend to. There are always guys emailing my online dating profiles and I try to log on regularly and write back to anyone who is not ridiculous (examples are I'm in my early 50s and guys in their late teens and twenties are a bit too young for me. I have other stories if anyone wants examples of ridiculous online dating! he he! :laugh: )

    I want to wash the bedding on my spare bed from my petsitters. And maybe work on making some better space in my studio/office for my recording computer which is now located firmly on the floor. hey at least it can't fall... :embarassed:

    That's my plans for the evening. Work again tomorrow and I have a zillion meetings. I didn't make all my work goals today and so I am hoping that somehow I can juggle meetings and work goals.
  • Rororosie
    Rororosie Posts: 113 Member
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    Still not caught up with reading but just want to say hi to a few peoples...

    I like the No Excuses Zorahope so don't worry about it. i think it is a good mental "exercise". It reminds me of Yoda "there is no TRY, only DO".

    Someone told me that if I had really wanted to, I could've journaled my food over the Christmas break and they are right. No excuses. I just determined I didn't want to. I only wanted to do without sugar and I am happy/proud that I made that goal. however, the lack of journalling will probably show on the scale and that is that. I will find out on Friday. usually if I don't eat sugar I come close to maintenance calories so I should maintain, but I might even have gained a pound or two... :frown:

    I'm glad your pneumonia is getting better. :flowerforyou:

    Momma4 - I don't make New Year's resolutions so much either. I do make goals. Last year my goal was to lose weight and I did... and gained it all back... a couple of times... this year my goal is to lose 50 pounds. That will put me about 1/2 to goal weight (ish). I want to write and sing my own songs and being in shape will help mitigate my extreme old age... I'm in my 50s and really it is hard to do music when one is older... I think any handicap I have like my weight that I can change I will work on. I learned a lot during the year about what works for me an what doesn't work for me and I will put that in my intentions for the year.

    libdebbie sorry you had a horrible Christmas with the blackberry dying! Hope you do not get into trouble.

    Welcome to tillytotiny63!

    ColoradoGirl - I tried Apple Cider Vinegar for my acid reflux. I did not stick to it. So I don't have much to report except I found it EWWW. I don't use sweeteners much so it was hard for me. It's supposed to be great for any number of ailments so maybe I will give it a try some time. If you are trying it, please let us know how it goes!

    Ha ha jib123 on your friend going from 38 to 40 and skipping 39. I did that when I was 29 and when I was 39 but when i turned 49 I decided to BE 49! HE HE! Now I'm 51, still having fun. And I used to bump my age up in January of the year (and my birthday is in March) but now I hold on to my age until the actual birthday.

    Momoftwo29 - "the only failure is in no longer trying"! Good for you for not waiting until the 1st! :flowerforyou:

    Okay I don't know if I will ever catch up on notes, but maybe I can keep my head above water. Or maybe not... LOL :noway:
  • Momma2four
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    Hey Rororosie, You are going to fit in great in this group. I :heart: ya already.

    Okay, I no longer need to worry about my 200 cals worth of cupcake. I just burned nearly 500 cals and I had already burned nearly 400 earlier in the day. I love this. I got my cake and I ate it too!!!! How often does that happen:laugh: :laugh:
  • Momma2four
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    Zora, is that you with those cute kids?
  • Momma2four
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    My 4 children are driving me crazy. My 16 yo thinks everyone is soooooo irritating(sounding like a teen when I say that) My 12 yo tries to be like the 16 yo so she finds the 8 yo so irritating. Then the 8 yo and 4 yo think they have to bounce off walls and land on each other. I was ready to scream today. So my husband sent me a cute e-mail about kids. It is real long so I won't share the whole thing but the last line cracked me up. Anyways I have been having terrible headaches and this e-mail he sent me says "For a headache follow the asprine bottles directions, take 2 and keep away from children" I thought that was funny.


    As I am complaining about my little dears they are in the livingroom playing the wii, getting a long and laughing so cutely together. This is why they are worth all the annoying parts.:laugh:
  • Momma2four
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    Calories 1900 Under by 197
    exercise YES 953 calories burned

    Water YES, only 64 ounces but the night is still young

    I am proud that I did not let a cupcake derail me, I went and worked it off.
  • MOMOFTWO29
    MOMOFTWO29 Posts: 8,276 Member
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    Calories- just under what I am susposed to eat today
    water-64 oz
    Exercise-yes, I did it today
    proud- that I did my exercise even though I did not feel like doing it at all, my back was hurting so I just walked back and forth thru my house at a pretty good pace.
  • Rororosie
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    ...So my husband sent me a cute e-mail about kids. It is real long so I won't share the whole thing but the last line cracked me up. Anyways I have been having terrible headaches and this e-mail he sent me says "For a headache follow the asprine bottles directions, take 2 and keep away from children" I thought that was funny.


    As I am complaining about my little dears they are in the livingroom playing the wii, getting a long and laughing so cutely together. This is why they are worth all the annoying parts.:laugh:

    :bigsmile: Too funny!
  • HonestOmnivore
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    Tonight we had a gathering at my favorite bar and grill with my "fake" cousins. My parents made a friends with three other couples in college (they were all first generation college kids) and they pretty much stayed best friends out of college and into family life. So all of us kids called each others parents 'Aunts and Uncles' rather than Mr. or Mrs. (or heaven forbid by their FIRST NAME LOL!)

    Tonight three of the couples and most of the kids met for dinner. I had budgeted for 1 Christmas Ale 1/2 a reuben and 30 sweet potato fries (random I know!). I ate 1/2 a reuben, probably 30 sweet potato fries and 1 and a 1/2 Ales... BUT I over counted a sandwich for lunch - the calories in the system were for a croissant and I used a whole wheat wrap instead :-) (that's not an excuse! That's just math right???)

    So I'm calling Calories about even
    Water over (drank a ginormous glass before the meal while firmly refusing to "just try one" onion ring!)
    Exercise - 30 minute walk AND four trips up the stairs at work!

    Proud - you have no idea how AMAZING Ray's Place's wings are and my sister had a whole order of hot wings, sat across from me eating them - had three left over and I RESISTED!!!!:bigsmile:

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