OVER 200 CLUB NEW YEAR NEW BODY (OPEN GROUP)
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It's so nice to see such a wonderful support system. That is something that I am greatly lacking. I would love to be apart of this group. Best wishes0
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Welcome all the newbies
I have been on and off being bad being good over the holdiays...but I am done..I am back on track starting today, 2010 will be the year.
My goal is to loose 80 lbs in 2010, maybe over zealous but i think i can do it, if i stick . Lost almost 30 lbs in 2009 and that was 8 lbs in june (then gaining some back july - september) and then the rest since october, if i stick with it for the whole year who knows what I can acheive.
My scale is mad at me for eating soo bad
okay my body is but my scale is the messenger. I was up to like 293 this morning...uggg...i still thinking some of it is water weight and it will come off, if some is not water it will still come off.
I am back on track with eating good, and exercise. I do think i am going to swtich it up though, don't want to get burned out...but I will do it.
Dreading going to the doctor in a few weeks. The last time i saw this doctor was jan 07, at my post partem appt from my 3 yr old. (we moved away and jsut moved back), at that point i was probably around 255 or so...so per my records i have gained a good 30-35 lbs (but if i am down to 285 i am actually down 35 lbs from where i started)..0 -
Hey hajohnson24, it looks like you got the whole thing down. Great job. Welcome to this group. :flowerforyou:
heather2219, welcome.
Here are the things that we are doing right now. First our challenge for this week is to get 60 minutes of exercise in at least 5 days this week. Secondly, we are answering some questions each day.
Did I stay within my calories today?
Did I drink at least 64 ounces of water today?
Did I exercise today?
Then we share something we are proud of about ourselves and what we are doing
Then on Fridays we weigh in, the person with the biggest percentage of weight loss wins and picks our challenge for the week. Here is the calculator that we use
http://menshealth.about.com/library/blpercentage.htm
We look forward to getting to know you both. Good luck on your journey.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:0 -
I'm with LilDebbie -- I AM losing 80 pounds this year. :happy:
Welcome to the newcomers. I feel better just reading posts. I'm having a horrible day at work. Just terrible. I've been chewed out so many times from employees about things over which I have absolutely no control. I barely had time to eat breakfast and I haven't eaten anything since. I went to talk to payroll about some issues for employees and ended up crying because an employee had said so many harsh things to me when I was trying my very best to help her (even offering to loan her $40 out of my own pocket to cover an error made by the insurance company). I don't even feel like eating anything at all I'm still so upset.
So, now I'm just trying to calm down enough to feel like eating my lunch.
mstahl - About heartrate... I'm definitely no expert so I'm just going to tell you what I do (which is probably not something I should do). But, when I'm running, my heart rate stays 90%-100% of my max heart rate. Sometimes it even goes over my max. Not by a lot, but it does go over (the recommended max for my age is about 200bpm). I just keep pushing on. I've seen significant improvement in my resting heart rate and my stamina over the last few months, and I'm losing weight consistently so what I'm doing is working for me. I don't even know if it's what I should do so I definitely don't know if it's what you should do! I'm just saying, works for me, I haven't died, and I'm losing weight & gaining strength & stamina.0 -
mstahl - I do count the calories in my vitamins. I think one of my multivitamins says it has 10 cals but the other says 0.
I grabbed a pair of pants from my closet in the dark this morning & threw them in the dryer to de-wrinkle with the clothes I had drying (yep, lazy). I put them on & was surprised they actually fit since all of my pants have been falling off me lately.
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THEY'RE A SIZE 16!! I'm wearing a size 16 at work. WOOT! :bigsmile: I haven't been a size 16 since before I started dating my bf.
Sorry, I was so excited I had to brag. :blushing:
I would brag too:bigsmile: ...Congrates:flowerforyou:0 -
I like the new topic name.
I second that:bigsmile:0 -
Hi,
I'd be interested in joining your group because I need all of the motivation I can get!
My name is Heather, I'm 26 years old from Minnesota. I've been on a couple other threads but unfortunately they seem to be dying down lately; I think the holidays got to a lot of people!
To get the hang of this, I'll post information for yesterday.
Current Weight: 201
Calories: Stayed under
Water: 32 oz. (I'm terrible at getting all 8 servings in, but doing better than I used to!)
Exercise: 15 minutes of Biggest Loser Jump Start DVD, burned 150 calories
Proud: I purged the mail and papers that were cluttering my kitchen counter. Now I have more room to cook!
I saw before there was a question about target HRs. I'm a huge Jillian Michaels fan, who says that we should be shooting for 85% of our max for a good intense, fat burning workout.
I'm looking forward to getting to know you all. Have a fantastic day!
Heather
Hey Heather, a familiar face, Welcome to the group:happy:!
I stopped posting on the other threads too because i was alone (it felt like i was writing to myself - lol) this journey and, well, i need motivation to keep me going.
I Love this thread...lots of great motivated group of women:bigsmile:
for the Jillian's quote i achieved that today on my elliptical. I planned on doing w7d1 again...but for some reason the treadmill didn't work..so instead of quiiting and telling myself " well you can do it tomorrow" and not do any sort of exercise...i didn't listen...i did 2 programs on the elliptical...boy did i feel the burn...my heartrate ( based on my polar) was: max 89% and avg. 79%. I have to see why the treadmill would not work and fix it by tomorrow.0 -
Oh I am so with you on this one.If I lost 80 pounds this year I would be so close to my goal weight.I will stick with you to reach that goal and lets continue to remind each other and everyone else that this is a realistic goal I think I will set this as my goal this year too.When I meet this goal I will weigh 152 pounds.WOW that will be awesome.Welcome all the newbies
I have been on and off being bad being good over the holdiays...but I am done..I am back on track starting today, 2010 will be the year.
My goal is to loose 80 lbs in 2010, maybe over zealous but i think i can do it, if i stick . Lost almost 30 lbs in 2009 and that was 8 lbs in june (then gaining some back july - september) and then the rest since october, if i stick with it for the whole year who knows what I can acheive.
My scale is mad at me for eating soo bad okay my body is but my scale is the messenger. I was up to like 293 this morning...uggg...i still thinking some of it is water weight and it will come off, if some is not water it will still come off.
I am back on track with eating good, and exercise. I do think i am going to swtich it up though, don't want to get burned out...but I will do it.
Dreading going to the doctor in a few weeks. The last time i saw this doctor was jan 07, at my post partem appt from my 3 yr old. (we moved away and jsut moved back), at that point i was probably around 255 or so...so per my records i have gained a good 30-35 lbs (but if i am down to 285 i am actually down 35 lbs from where i started)..0 -
Ok thanks!!! I just thought you were upset with the new thread.I never purposely try to make anyone annoyed or upset at me.LOL But I am glad you like it and it will definitely stick this time.Wow I feel super bad for always moving and changing the name of this post on you guys.I promise this name will stick and I will only move when our post gets to long only because you have too.SOOOOOOO Very SOORRRY if I upset you ladies that was not my intention.Sorry Momma!!!
Nothing to be sorry about. Do not worry. It was just a suggestion. I love the new name and I think you do a good job.0 -
I'm with LilDebbie -- I AM losing 80 pounds this year. :happy:
Welcome to the newcomers. I feel better just reading posts. I'm having a horrible day at work. Just terrible. I've been chewed out so many times from employees about things over which I have absolutely no control. I barely had time to eat breakfast and I haven't eaten anything since. I went to talk to payroll about some issues for employees and ended up crying because an employee had said so many harsh things to me when I was trying my very best to help her (even offering to loan her $40 out of my own pocket to cover an error made by the insurance company). I don't even feel like eating anything at all I'm still so upset.
So, now I'm just trying to calm down enough to feel like eating my lunch.
mstahl - About heartrate... I'm definitely no expert so I'm just going to tell you what I do (which is probably not something I should do). But, when I'm running, my heart rate stays 90%-100% of my max heart rate. Sometimes it even goes over my max. Not by a lot, but it does go over (the recommended max for my age is about 200bpm). I just keep pushing on. I've seen significant improvement in my resting heart rate and my stamina over the last few months, and I'm losing weight consistently so what I'm doing is working for me. I don't even know if it's what I should do so I definitely don't know if it's what you should do! I'm just saying, works for me, I haven't died, and I'm losing weight & gaining strength & stamina.
Hey Jib, Are you ok now?
some people don't care about others feelings...just ignore what was said...act like nothing happened and read some posts or go for a walk to cool down...there are some very imature - don't take it to heart...
and please don't forget to eat you lunch
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jlb123: I'm sorry you are having such a bad day ... that stinks to get the blame for something you had nothing to do with!
awestfall: I like the new name, and like when you have switched to a new thread every once in awhile so that we don't have so many pages to look through (of course if I were better at logging in every day that wouldn't be a problem! so I'm ok with whatever you do ... just appreciate your managing this thread!).
Well I had to give myself a little pat on the back ... I was STARVING at lunchtime ... probably because I've been eating so poorly so my body is used to more food. So I was out shopping and had myself set on going to McDonalds for a Quarterpounder and fries (been craving it ever since I saw some commercial). I was in line at the drive through for about 5 minutes and thought, 'WHAT AM I DOING?! THIS ISN'T WORTH IT TODAY!' So I got a few looks when I drove out of line and around all the cars in the drive through ... but feel much better about myself for driving back to work and heating up my frozen goulash.
On another note .... I'm not sure if I'm going to get much exercise in today ... I have a sharp pain in my back. It started on Saturday after my step aerobics class and bothered me while I did my weight lifting class afterwards. I rested my back yesterday and it was feeling better, but now is much worse today. I hope whatever it is goes away soon!0 -
I want in on the challenge. This past week I have hit the gym, but then I still ate probably too much. Then throw the New Year's drinks on top of that...not a good idea...
I DONT WANNA FALL OFF my diet plan! I need help. If anyone sees this, add me as a friend. I need motivation on a daily basis!0 -
daily check-in:
calories: 1,632. yea that 300 over my calories, but not over my exercise calories...
exercise: did 2 programs on the elliptical (program 2 and 4) the resistance increases and decreses for more of a burn...and boy did i feel the burn..based on my heartrate monitor i burned 450 calores...for 2 - 20 minute programs
water: yup! all 96 oz. that is more than my average 64 oz.
proud: that i didn't find an excuse to not doing my exercise...my treadmill didn't feel like working out so insead of quitting i used the elliptical!:bigsmile:0 -
I want in on the challenge. This past week I have hit the gym, but then I still ate probably too much. Then throw the New Year's drinks on top of that...not a good idea...
I DONT WANNA FALL OFF my diet plan! I need help. If anyone sees this, add me as a friend. I need motivation on a daily basis!
Welcome to the group:happy:!0 -
I am back on track today. I went to the grocery store and picked up some healthy snack food (fruits, veggies, turkey sticks, lowfat cheese, yogurt, and some popcorn) and I got in 1hr of exercise today (465 calories burned!). I realized that I am tired of exercising everyday, just to eat cookies and junk...what a waste! I will lose another 50 pounds this year!
jlb - sorry you are having a bad day 0 -
Welcome fowlmeli1093, You will get lots of motivation sticking around here.:flowerforyou:
jlb123:flowerforyou:
Okay I just did 30 minutes of Leslie Sansone Walk slim, then I did biggest loser 10 minutes high intensity work out for women. Then tonight my husband is taking me on a 4 mile per hour walk (the man is killing me:sick: ) and we will be gone 1 hour. Sometimes we drop to 3.5 miles per hour but only for a few seconds then he makes me go at it again. I am always telling you all how much I love that man:huh:0 -
jlb123 - You know this of course - but employees are just frustrated at the system not at you personally! I'm an auditor so I'm used to employees wishing me ill (ok wishing me DEAD much of the time). I try to focus on the times I've really made a positive difference for a person, department or the organization because it's the little "wins" that keep me going! I'm sure you've been the saving grace in plenty of bad situations, and by taking the time to go that extra miles you've really made a difference in the employee's life!
lstpaul - I'm so impressed that you caught yourself and pulled right out of the line! GOOD FOR YOU!!!:drinker: When I'm somewhere where there's a TV I'm AMAZED at how hungry I get watching ads! One more great thing about not having a digital converter box and no cable!
jennbarrette - Congrats on getting back on track! I stopped at the store on my way home and picked up a bag of small green apples - looks like we had the same thoughts :bigsmile:
Positively_Me - TWO PROGRAMS??? TWO? REALLY? :noway: Yeah. I'm on ZERO resistance and ZERO slope and I can barely make it through 40 minutes without dying! :grumble: OMG impressed.:flowerforyou:
I had a horrible two hour commute into work through snow and wind - only to find out there's no heat in our department and our management team was out of the office. The VP's boss told us we could work from home but everyone was afraid to leave and get blasted by my evil boss, so then the She sent us an email saying she was enacting the Business Continuity Plan and we were all to report to our alternative work location immediately. That would be our home:bigsmile: - so we were all happy to pack up and head out! I'm sitting by the fire in my family room - MUCH better than the office. (although with the heat off I was almost comfortable:embarassed: LOL!!!)0 -
Calories- over, I have that stupid TOM and horrible cravings, got to be too much and I messed up royally :explode: :explode: :explode: :explode: when am I going to stop doing that stupid stuff??????:explode:
Water- 64 oz.
Exercise- 65 minutes, burned 722 calories only to ruin it eating junk
Proud- that I met my exercise challenge, I wasn't sure if I could do it or not, but I did it0 -
Checking in for the day
Calories -UNDER again
Exercise-yes 2 hours and burnt 1300 calories
Water-128 ounces0 -
Wow, I can already tell by just reading today that you're an active group! I love it!
It's nice to see some familiar faces from other threads I've been on! MFP is turning into my very own cyber community. It's awesome.
So tonight, I start a Biggest Loser challenge at a nutrition club I've been buying my protein shake power from. They're doing categories for highest percentage of weight loss and highest percentage of inches lost. I'm going for the inches since I don't know if I can compete with the guys for weight, but you never know! I'm hoping you ladies can help keep me in check because I'd like to win! Yeah, I'm the competitive sort when there are prizes involved!
I look forward to being able to report good news tomorrow!
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mstahl - I do count the calories in my vitamins. I think one of my multivitamins says it has 10 cals but the other says 0.
I grabbed a pair of pants from my closet in the dark this morning & threw them in the dryer to de-wrinkle with the clothes I had drying (yep, lazy). I put them on & was surprised they actually fit since all of my pants have been falling off me lately.
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THEY'RE A SIZE 16!! I'm wearing a size 16 at work. WOOT! :bigsmile: I haven't been a size 16 since before I started dating my bf.
Sorry, I was so excited I had to brag. :blushing:
jlb, NEVER be sorry to brag! You go girl! That is FANTASTIC!!! :flowerforyou:0 -
Dudes ... I never get used to the group moving... okay it was the second time... :-)0
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checking in -
calories - under
exercise - 65 mins, 465 calories burned
water - 96 oz
proud - That I found my motivation to eat healthy again after the holiday sugar binge.0 -
Thanks for letting me vent earlier. I was just so frustrated! I'm over it now after coming home and yelling about it and hugging my bf for about 5 minutes and then hugging my doggies for about 10 minutes. :laugh: And now I'm eating a PB&J sandwich -- YUM! (yes, I'm 6
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I'm going to try to muster up the energy for Couch25k but if not I'll just put in 30 more minutes on the stationary bike (got in 30 min this morning).
Glad you found us Rosie!0 -
Holy cow.. looks like everyone has been posting like crazy.. It took me about 25 minutes just to catch up! Whew.. but, I am here now! :happy:
Last night my husband got called into work at 2am this morning.. Needless to say I think I got about 3 hours of sleep and am dragging tail today. I did manage to MAKE myself workout this morning before going to work though.
I also went to the Dr.'s today and sure enough my thyroid that is suppose to be a 3.0 or less (in May it was 1.9) is now a 3.7. (I have EVERY single symptom) How in the heck does that even happen? So, they are putting me on this medication that is suppose to help. I am curious to see if it will actually make a difference over the next couple of weeks. I am going to have to get creative though. Apparently I am not suppose to take my calcium or Iron supplements with in a couple hours of taking "Levothyroxine". In addition soy makes the medication not absorb as well... and I eat soy products all the time. I guess I will have to figure out a block of time where nothing interacts. :ohwell:
So far today calories are good
Exercise is at 75 minutes
Water 140 oz and still thirsty
Proud... well.. I am proud that my kids cleaned the house, did the laundry and actually were not fighting when I got home from work.. How's that for their last day of Break.
Well.. I think I am going to go and rest a little before I have to get dinner going. Check back in later..0 -
jlb123: Glad you're feeling better. Venting just plain helps relieve your tension sometimes. We are here for you! Yay for the size 16! I have bought one pair of 16's that fit me. Others are still too tight yet most 18's are really baggy on me. The joy of in between sizes.
awestfall: love the group name. Non of us were upset with the threads started. I'm so impressed that you are smart enough to enter the magic formula to create a thread. I have not a clue how to do that. I do like the idea of keeping that same name. I noticed some threads that continue with the same topic say (part 2) or something like that for the next batch of posts. Thanks for all you do.
Road2Hotness: you look like a model. Beautiful! Welcome to this great group of ladies.
mstahl: Now there is some discipline!!! Good job on getting that exercise in this EARLY morning.
Stephanie: I'm with you getting back to a routine.
hajohnson24: Glad you joined in our group. You will make your goals! We are here to encourage each other. Welcome!
positively_me: I love fireworks on New Years. They are so beautiful going off in the snow.
heather2219: Welcome! This is a very supportive group. Best wishes on reaching your goals.
rororosie: Glad that you had a great time on your date. It is always good to hear from you.
The 60 minutes challenge is a stretch for me. I got a couple of miles in today just under 30 minutes. I may have to count my cleaning and house work today to get to my 60 mins. I'm back to getting my water in, it is interesting that I had to force the water down that I did get when I felt so yucky. Love my water!!! gulp....gulp...gulp...0 -
I AM FOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Calories are on track for today
Exercise - 30 minutes
Water-32 ounces
Proud... I am proud that I found you all again! :P I am proud that I am logging my cals again daily and have done great shopping this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0 -
Coloradogirl: Glad that you are getting help for your thyroid. You don't realize all you thyroid does for your until it is broke. The thyroid measures just opposite as to other things, so the higher the number the lower your thyroid is working. What dose are you on? It takes a few weeks to start to tell a difference because it has to build up in your system as apposed to taking something for a headache and in 30 mins. you start to feel relief. Your weight loss hopefully won't be such a battle as you level out. Wishing you well.0
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check in:
cals: great FINALLY
water: 64
exercise: 60 mins bike WHEW!
proud: that I made 60 mins of the bike!
I have been logging my sugars and sodium also and wowsa - I am over in sodium every single day! Eeep! :noway: It seems that most everything that comes packaged or canned has tons of sodium. Take for example, the progresso tomato vegetable soup I had for dinner - overloaded in sodium! Now I knew that most canned and packaged foods had sodium, but never knew it was a ton! :grumble:0 -
Yep Zora, I started really tracking my sodium about a month ago. I try to keep it under 2000mg/day and I'm amazed how hard it can be sometimes if I'm eating on the run. I'm apparently really sensitive to sodium though and if I have a day I get close to 2500mg or, goodness forbid, over 2500mg I really notice my weight spike up the next 2-3 days.
With the sugar -- I don't understand why MFP sets the level at 25g. :huh: I stopped having it as one of the nutrients I track because it's worthless to me since I do eat fruit and veggies that contain sugar. I feel bad seeing that big fat red number at the bottom of my food diary since I'd go over 25g for my sugar pretty much every day. I just try to keep my processed sugars at a minimum and I don't worry a thing about eating fruit in moderation.
01.04.09
Calories: 1308 - great! I ate 98 exercise calories.
Exercise: 1 HOUR 30 minutes stationary bike and week 4 day 1 of couch25k. I was able to run it all for the very first time (which means I ran 16 out of 21 minutes :happy: ).
Water: Gotten in 80oz so far (I was dying after c25k and downed about 40oz at once :laugh: )
Proud: I completed Week 4 Day 1 of C25K! I can wear a size 16! Looks like it's time to go shopping in my closet again. The only clothes I have smaller than size 16 are my AWESOME SKIRTS I've never been able to wear (they're mostly 14s)! Also, I had 2 coworkers who've commented on my weightloss previously come up to me again just to tell me how good I look. That certainly helped me through my awful day at work.
I'm so glad everyone's here. You ladies really help me with motivation and support. I honestly don't think I could do this without you! 0
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