Over 200 Club New Year New Body Part 4

lildebbie

Checking in
Calories-Right on Target
Exercise Yep
Water 96 ounces
Proud that even though the numbers may not reflect my hard work ,I know that I am doing something awesome for myself.

Lildebbie-Congrats on flaunting those size 24 you should be proud you could wear them.I don't know what size you were before but I bet you looked amazing.

Thanks!! I was only a 26 before, but it is 1 size..i will take that...got lots more to go but i will take it.

This morning i feel sooo bloated i think TOM is almost here...i need to drink me lots of water today.

HonestOmnivore

I failed my own challenge last night - got caught up reading on the Internet and missed my bedtime by 25 minutes! I slept in an extra ten so I had 6 hours and 45 minutes of sleep. I will do better tonight! No last minute check-ins!

Tuesday night we have a late night scheduled so I'm going to clear my morning schedule and sleep in to make up the time!

I've just finished my pumpkin/cottage cheese breakfast YUM! My pumpkin obsession continues into week two!

LittleSpy

I am just like you I get super discouraged when the scales don't move.So I am going to give you some advice that I gave myself.First the scale probably moved up because of water retention.Second,don't worry so much what the scale says and be happy with your new lifestyle change and the weight will begin to fall off.As long as you know you are maing better choices for yourself and you are exercising on a daily basis even if its only for 20 minutes you are making a positive change.

I'm so happy to read this from you, awestfall!! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
You're awesome and so right on!
:drinker:

Really, how does the scale not moving really change anything? Does it change the fact you want to be healthy? No. Does it change the fact that eating well and exercising are good for you? No. So, really, it means nothing. It's just a nice little side effect of a healthy lifestyle.

awestfall

I am just like you I get super discouraged when the scales don't move.So I am going to give you some advice that I gave myself.First the scale probably moved up because of water retention.Second,don't worry so much what the scale says and be happy with your new lifestyle change and the weight will begin to fall off.As long as you know you are maing better choices for yourself and you are exercising on a daily basis even if its only for 20 minutes you are making a positive change.

I'm so happy to read this from you, awestfall!! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
You're awesome and so right on!
:drinker:

Really, how does the scale not moving really change anything? Does it change the fact you want to be healthy? No. Does it change the fact that eating well and exercising are good for you? No. So, really, it means nothing. It's just a nice little side effect of a healthy lifestyle.

Thanks Jbl!! I really have had to sit down and get my head in the game!! I knew these things all along but actually doing it was harder.Now that I have pushed myself to realize that the scale doesn't really matter I am losing weight again.Its not just a physical game but a mental one too.By the way congrats on leaving the pizza behind.THATS WILL POWER

HonestOmnivore

I posted this over on the general weight-loss help lists but I thought I would share it here- it's how to take your measurements...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/78187-measuring-weight-loss-is-more-than-pounds

I'm trying to take a more "forest" view of this journey to a new lifestyle!:bigsmile: It has to be about more than the pounds or I'll get so discouraged!:sad:

awestfall

Unfortunately due to my 3 year old waking up screaming and kicking me at 2:30 this morning I didn't get 7 hours of sleep or more.I promise I will try to do better.

cris20056

bf and I are in a HUGE fight, we might be breaking up, I have no idea at this point...but Im miserable and I want to consume a lot of grease right now...but I am NOT going to

:brokenheart: :sad:

HeatherMN

bf and I are in a HUGE fight, we might be breaking up, I have no idea at this point...but Im miserable and I want to consume a lot of grease right now...but I am NOT going to

:brokenheart: :sad:

Sorry to hear about the fight, but great job on making sure you take care of YOU! Put yourself first in this situation don't let any man make you fall back on the progress you've made so far. Everything will eventually work out as it is meant to be. Good luck!

So, this weekend, I was terrible on the eating and water. Yesterday morning, the scale dropped down to 197.0 but was back up to 198.6 this morning. Boo! But on the plus side, my boyfriend has been going on and on and on about how good I look, how many inches I've lost and how small my butt is getting. It's pretty awesome!

Another positive is that I got LOTS of sleep this weekend, which felt great. It made getting up this morning much easier. Tonight I will be on to my next C25K workout, W7D1. I need to get more consistent on these because I want to start the Half Marathon training soon (a 13 week program), but I need to develop more discipline first.

Hope you're all having a great day. We're getting a little bit of snow here, which is good news considering my snowshoes are arriving today!

Heather

MariSama44

ColoradoGirl - I know its hard but that's really the best attitude to have with it. You can only change yourself, as they say. My dad struggles with alcoholism and cannot openly admit he has a problem. When I was young he was hospitalized and they extracted two and a half liters of water from his midsection. His liver is shot. He developed congestive heart failure because of all the water around his heart putting pressure on it. He said the exact same thing as your mother: He would rather die able to drink and happy then live longer without the alcohol. At that point I've stopped trying to help him stop drinking and smoking. There's nothing more I can do untill he can admit he has a problem and untill he realizes what he's throwing away. HOpefully he'll live long enough to see his grandchildren.

cds2327 - Welcome to the group, I know you'll love it as much as I do.

Awestfall - I'll have to take your advice...I'm starting to lose confidence...

cris20056 - So sorry, girl. Hope it turns out alright..dont succumb to the comfort food. Try taking a bubble bath or a long shower instead or reading or something like that. I find the best place to cry is in the shower.


In other news, I'm not even checking in this weekend. I ate horrificly particularly last night and I am not proud of it. The scale keeps hovering in the same place and I'm so irritated right now, I feel like giving up. I got down 11 pounds in the first month and now I've hit a wall and it wont keep going down. I'm trying to do the gym more but we'll see how that goes.

It also didnt help that this weekend one of my friends did something horrendously stupid and got very, very hurt because of it, even though I warned her and got extremely upset. She went right back to doing it and exactly what I said would happened has happened. She was taking money on the streets from a pimp for "standing around and being pretty" or so she put it, and now after she ignored my warning she went back and she's been raped. And at 17 how wonderful, a nice court case for her. I want to yell at her and tell her how stupid she is and how I told her so and how thats not the way to get attention but I cant say any of it. As a victim of child abuse, its never right to put the blame on a victim, no matter what. I feel like this girls mother, the way I worry and give her advice all the time. I just dont even know how to handle this situation. I havent logged calories all weekend because of it, and I've probably been drinking too much. No more of that now..time to get past it and keep trying..just that combined with seeing the scale go up is really hard... Sorry, I dont mean to ramble. I just needed to get it off my chest. Today's another day. I'll try to log.

motherofabishai

bf and I are in a HUGE fight, we might be breaking up, I have no idea at this point...but Im miserable and I want to consume a lot of grease right now...but I am NOT going to

Stay strong! I know it's tough and you're feeling stressed. But you will feel much better if you keep your head up and take care of you with healthy things. You'll be proud of yourself for staying focused.

MariSama44, fight your urge to yell at her and just be there for her. But don't give so much you sacrifice taking care of yourself. Help her find somewhere to go to get rape counseling, and treat yourself to something relaxing.

Renea_Kay

I am back online! I already have broken my calories for today...m&ms and other junk. Also i forgot i ordered Girl Scout Cookies from my friend. I have no clue what im going to do with a whole box of thin mints sitting in my locker! I am going to exercise tonight hopefully. TOmorrow i hope to eat better...umm...well ...the girl scout cookies are going to be in my hands tomorrow...dieting is hard...i dont want to fail again. I've been trying to lose wieght since 5th grade off and on. I need to be encouraged....

Proud (i guess?) : Victoria (the six year old i babysit) told me that with her sister's glasses on i look fat but with them off i look thinner and beautiful or bonita (i taught them that word ..it means beautiful in spanish)

Momma2four

Don't think of this as a diet Renea-Kay, this is a new healthy way of eating. M & M's can fit into the equation from time to time. The important part is making sure you are getting enough calories and that they are good calories.


cris20056, I hope things work out for you!!! Don't give up on what you are trying to do for your self.

MariSama, wow that is tough I am so sorry for your friend. I think you just being there for her is the right thing to do, sometimes we need our friends Not to say anything at all, but just to sit and cry with us. That is what your friend needs right now.

awestfall, I am fine, thanks for asking. Feeling a little down. I have a lot of things I need to get done and take care of right now and I just want to get to the part where it is all done. I know I need to just give it to God and let him carry my burden.

Jerzeebabie04

I'd like to join this group! I joined this site forever ago, but never really used it. It wasn't until recently when I reached my highest weight ever, 230.6 lbs that I realized I really needed to change my life around. I don't want to let the weight prevent me from doing alot of things in life and for a long time I've let opportunities pass me by because of my weight.

I started about 2 or 3 months ago at 230.6 lbs and now weigh 215 lbs. It seems the weight is coming of rather slowly now, but I believe it was due to me always being at work, in class, or doing homework, with no time for exercise. I've decided I'm going to make time for exercise & I bought an elliptical which arrived on Friday & I set it up yesterday.

I'm going to set small goals for myself and my first goal is to be under 200 lbs (even if it's by 1 lb lol) by March 22nd when my aunt & uncle will be coming home from Texas, since he's been stationed there for the past 3 years & I have not seen them for over a year now, I'd like for them to be able to see a difference in me!

I think this group sounds amazing, so many of us want to reach the goal of being under 200 lbs & to NEVER see those numbers again!

awestfall

I am back online! I already have broken my calories for today...m&ms and other junk. Also i forgot i ordered Girl Scout Cookies from my friend. I have no clue what im going to do with a whole box of thin mints sitting in my locker! I am going to exercise tonight hopefully. TOmorrow i hope to eat better...umm...well ...the girl scout cookies are going to be in my hands tomorrow...dieting is hard...i dont want to fail again. I've been trying to lose wieght since 5th grade off and on. I need to be encouraged....

Proud (i guess?) : Victoria (the six year old i babysit) told me that with her sister's glasses on i look fat but with them off i look thinner and beautiful or bonita (i taught them that word ..it means beautiful in spanish)

You will get back on track girl!!Just keep with it and stay strong!!!

Rororosie

You are all awesome and it is great to be back here reading the posts. Took last week "off"... not really sure why I decided to do that. I ate what I wanted but tried to keep a little balance and keep up with water and exercise.

Congrats Awestfall on the 2 pound loss. It's awesome. A lot of theory is that 2 pounds a week is the max we "should" lose, but I think this science is all open to dicussion... but at any rate, I for one think 2 pounds a week is AWESOME. Also I think your attitude is awesome, your advice is impeccable and so helpful and supportive, and we are very lucky to have you around! :flowerforyou: HUGS!

jennbarette - yay on the 20 min run!!! So cool!
Mshtahl - yay on the treadmill and thanks for all your cool posts and I wish I had an apple icon to give you an apple!
jib - Love the pic!
Welcome cds2327 and cris20056! This is a great group you will love it!
Adrian4self- hang in there... it is just a normal part of the process to not lose weight sometimes...
motherofabishai - congrats on losing a pound!
Lisa - proud of you for doing a check in and sending you good vibes for your goal of losing 50 by June!
Bluenote hi! -- I can't read my notes but I think it says your checkin was better... so cool beans
Colardo girl - sorry about your mom... sending you good thoughts and energy for your detaching with love... that is very hard... I have trouble with doing that in my family too!
Chris -I'm sorry about the boyfriend problems... sending you good energy for everything... take good care of you and let us knowhowit goes
Solandra - good check in
lildebbie -sorry about the sick daughter and the fall, but super congratson the lower size!!! WOOOHOOO!
snowflake - sending you good thoughts for getting through the downfall... I am back on day 1 myself after a week...
Mari Suma - and Colarado girl with mom and other person who had an alcoholic in family -- thanks for sharing about this, my daughter is abusing prescription meds and alcohol at times... sometimes she seems functional and other times crazy and I a m having a hard time with it. I am a recovering drug addict/alcoholic myself with 19 years clean/sober and hope to make ti to 20 years in March... but the detaching with love thing is SUPER SUPER hard for me... I know it is possible and helpful because those friends and family who detached themselves from me when i was using REALLY HELPED me. But I didn't appreciate it at the time time. But doing it is such a difficult act... it is an act of love...

Thanks so much everyone for being here... sharing honestly of yourselves... you are helping me, and I think everyone who reads even those who don't post... whether we are losing, staying the same or gaining... we help each other by being here... so give yourself a big round of applause!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!!! :flowerforyou:

lildebbie

Welcome Jerzeez!!!

I am feeling so cruddy today i just want to go to bed. I didn't sleep very good last night. Even though i was in my bed over 8 hrs i probably got like 5 hrs of sleep..i tossed and turned all night and then both of my children woke up at 5:15 this morning...uggg

Seemed like they are feeling better today.

GOt a email on friday when i was out from my 6yr old teacher and said due to her behaviour that she is not allowed to particpate in the v-day party. Her and the principal may work on some things taht she can earn part of it back. I sent a permission slip like over a week agao for her to meet with the conselour at school and still nothing happend. Her teacher said she would follow up . I think we have decided we need to take her somewhere . If all her grades were failing it would be one thing, but when she does great one second and crappy the next just becuase she doesn't focus or jsut doesn't want to do it, i just don't know what to do. I mean if she has good (decent grades) can the hold her back just for behaviour?? Hubby has asked the question what if she has add or adhd, she just wonders around in her own world or she is soo focused on something else it is like a zombie. She is smart if we can just get her willininess to do the work she would be sooo successful in school i know it....so now i am trying to get on this cousleing center website to download some forms and the website aint working ..grrrrr...

anyway...back to work i go...:(

MommyofLily

Hi! I'd like to join this group! I'm fairly new to the site. I got to my highest weight about a month ago (245 lbs+) and I have been working on getting back down since Jan 4. I'm getting married August 6 and I want to feel good about myself by then. I know I probably won't be able to lose as much weight as I'd like, but my goal is to not be so jiggly and feel comfortable bearing my arms and shoulders!

I feel like I'm on the right track because I'm down to about 230 lbs right now. (My main profile pic is from the last time I lost 20 lbs and was down to about 195 lbs). That was just last summer... My ultimate goal is to be 20 lbs less than I was in high school, so around 160 lbs. I can do this!!

I'm glad I found this group! You all seem like awesome people and I hope we can encourage each other along the way! Keep up the good work.

Rororosie

so yah that's my check in

Calories
Last week - no doubt over calories did not record and usually when I'm not journalling I am over
Today - so far within calories and might make it through the day, but my main goal is to stick to plan and to not eat sugar today

Exercise
Last week - did well throughout the week, not as great on weekend
Today - plan to walk, stretch, and go to yoga tonight

Water - did pretty good throughout the week
Today - so far ahve been drinking caffiene like a fiend - but I have two bottled waters and a life water lined up at my desk to drink this afternoon

Proud
This week was proud I continued to exercise in spite of challlenges and proud today that I am coming back to my support group and being honest

Sleep - I have a sleep challenge now. My new guy I'm dating works from 4 pm. to 2:30-3:30 am. Monday thorugh Thursday, so we see each other on the weekend and he likes midnight movies then we end up staying up talking for hours, so it skews my sleep schedule on the weekend. I have slept enough but now i have lost time that I usually do housework/laundry in and my clothes and my house are becoming unmanageable.

So this is my life:
daughter - having a big fight with and we are not talking and this is horrible to me
work - tense and busy but good for the most part
music - going very well but dating and service work are taking time from it and I am concerned I won't make my goals
Service work - i took on a new position and I am very angry at myself for it... this will potentially cause me to overload my schedule
Dance class - I went to dance class last week, but I missed the work shop I wanted to take at the swap meet, but I did go to the swap meet. i was initimdated to go because except for dance class I haven't been part of the larger belly dance community and I was concerned about what to wear and how I would be able to keep up in a large class. I went to go ahead and scope these issues out even though I was late for my workshop. We don't have dance class this week.
dating - now it appears we are going forward with this dating thing, me and my guy friend and I am terrified and also having trouble how to fit it into my schedule... we haven't talked about where we are going with it and I need to do that before I go farther physically with him

Mostly everything is good, but with a lot of tension and stress. Also my TOM started this weekend. I didn't weigh and don't think I will for a while. I am not rethinking my food plan per se but am thinking about mroe things I can do to support myself in weight loss goals. Like getting a better scale, fixing my pedometer, better food planning and shopping, and so forth.

Positively_Me

Hey girls

I ma bumping this thread so i can find it later.

Have a great day girls:)!

lstpaul

Quick check in for the weekend.

Did great Saturday with exercise, and probably ok with eating although I didn't track.
Sunday no exercise, and snacked through the Vikings party that we had ... but not too terrible (my eating anyhow ... the ending of the game was terrible).
Trying to get back on track today, need to find my motivation.
Have a great day all!

LittleSpy

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If all her grades were failing it would be one thing, but when she does great one second and crappy the next just becuase she doesn't focus or jsut doesn't want to do it, i just don't know what to do. I mean if she has good (decent grades) can the hold her back just for behaviour?? Hubby has asked the question what if she has add or adhd, she just wonders around in her own world or she is soo focused on something else it is like a zombie. She is smart if we can just get her willininess to do the work she would be sooo successful in school i know it....

LilDeb, do you think it could be because she's not challenged enough at school?

My boyfriend struggled in school from the very beginning because he was bored to death. He was treated for ADHD, and bipolar disorder, and depression, and who knows what else but nothing helped because the problem remained -- he was still bored & unchallenged. He can lack focus at times, so I do think he may suffer from adhd, but he's on no meds at all right now and he's in school and he's having great success. He makes 100% on every test, on ever paper, on every project. It's kind of sickening, really. The key for him was finding a subject he really loves to study and finding the drive to actually do it. He's 30 and he's been in college off and on for almost 12 years now. He's always dropped out of classes or fiddled around and done poorly in them but he's been full time for 4 semesters now since we've been together and he's ROCKING it. He wants to get his doctorate in biology. :noway:

Anyway, the point of that was to say that he's a disgustingly intelligent guy. Now, I'm a pretty smart girl and it takes a lot for me to admit that I think someone is smarter than me (humble much?), but he definitely is. I did very well in school. Suffice it to say the State of SC PAID ME to go to a public in-state honors university (I was cut a check every semester after all my school-related expenses were paid by scholarships). I'm not bragging, I just want to make the point that someone so much smarter than myself (as someone who was very successful in school) ended up performing horribly in school as a kid because the curriculum was too easy for him. Unfortunately the school system was (is) such that extremely gifted students like my boyfriend couldn't (can't) excel. So I wondered if that could be a possibility for your daughter. Geniuses are difficult to understand a lot of the time. Their brains work differently.

awestfall

You are all awesome and it is great to be back here reading the posts. Took last week "off"... not really sure why I decided to do that. I ate what I wanted but tried to keep a little balance and keep up with water and exercise.

Congrats Awestfall on the 2 pound loss. It's awesome. A lot of theory is that 2 pounds a week is the max we "should" lose, but I think this science is all open to dicussion... but at any rate, I for one think 2 pounds a week is AWESOME. Also I think your attitude is awesome, your advice is impeccable and so helpful and supportive, and we are very lucky to have you around! :flowerforyou: HUGS!

jennbarette - yay on the 20 min run!!! So cool!
Mshtahl - yay on the treadmill and thanks for all your cool posts and I wish I had an apple icon to give you an apple!
jib - Love the pic!
Welcome cds2327 and cris20056! This is a great group you will love it!
Adrian4self- hang in there... it is just a normal part of the process to not lose weight sometimes...
motherofabishai - congrats on losing a pound!
Lisa - proud of you for doing a check in and sending you good vibes for your goal of losing 50 by June!
Bluenote hi! -- I can't read my notes but I think it says your checkin was better... so cool beans
Colardo girl - sorry about your mom... sending you good thoughts and energy for your detaching with love... that is very hard... I have trouble with doing that in my family too!
Chris -I'm sorry about the boyfriend problems... sending you good energy for everything... take good care of you and let us knowhowit goes
Solandra - good check in
lildebbie -sorry about the sick daughter and the fall, but super congratson the lower size!!! WOOOHOOO!
snowflake - sending you good thoughts for getting through the downfall... I am back on day 1 myself after a week...
Mari Suma - and Colarado girl with mom and other person who had an alcoholic in family -- thanks for sharing about this, my daughter is abusing prescription meds and alcohol at times... sometimes she seems functional and other times crazy and I a m having a hard time with it. I am a recovering drug addict/alcoholic myself with 19 years clean/sober and hope to make ti to 20 years in March... but the detaching with love thing is SUPER SUPER hard for me... I know it is possible and helpful because those friends and family who detached themselves from me when i was using REALLY HELPED me. But I didn't appreciate it at the time time. But doing it is such a difficult act... it is an act of love...

Thanks so much everyone for being here... sharing honestly of yourselves... you are helping me, and I think everyone who reads even those who don't post... whether we are losing, staying the same or gaining... we help each other by being here... so give yourself a big round of applause!!! YOU ARE AWESOME!!!! :flowerforyou:

Thann you so much Rorosie !!! I am so happy to be a part of a great group made up of wonderful women.

lildebbie

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If all her grades were failing it would be one thing, but when she does great one second and crappy the next just becuase she doesn't focus or jsut doesn't want to do it, i just don't know what to do. I mean if she has good (decent grades) can the hold her back just for behaviour?? Hubby has asked the question what if she has add or adhd, she just wonders around in her own world or she is soo focused on something else it is like a zombie. She is smart if we can just get her willininess to do the work she would be sooo successful in school i know it....

LilDeb, do you think it could be because she's not challenged enough at school?

My boyfriend struggled in school from the very beginning because he was bored to death. He was treated for ADHD, and bipolar disorder, and depression, and who knows what else but nothing helped because the problem remained -- he was still bored & unchallenged. He can lack focus at times, so I do think he may suffer from adhd, but he's on no meds at all right now and he's in school and he's having great success. He makes 100% on every test, on ever paper, on every project. It's kind of sickening, really. The key for him was finding a subject he really loves to study and finding the drive to actually do it. He's 30 and he's been in college off and on for almost 12 years now. He's always dropped out of classes or fiddled around and done poorly in them but he's been full time for 4 semesters now since we've been together and he's ROCKING it. He wants to get his doctorate in biology. :noway:

Anyway, the point of that was to say that he's a disgustingly intelligent guy. Now, I'm a pretty smart girl and it takes a lot for me to admit that I think someone is smarter than me (humble much?), but he definitely is. I did very well in school. Suffice it to say the State of SC PAID ME to go to a public in-state honors university (I was cut a check every semester after all my school-related expenses were paid by scholarships). I'm not bragging, I just want to make the point that someone so much smarter than myself (as someone who was very successful in school) ended up performing horribly in school as a kid because the curriculum was too easy for him. Unfortunately the school system was (is) such that extremely gifted students like my boyfriend couldn't (can't) excel. So I wondered if that could be a possibility for your daughter. Geniuses are difficult to understand a lot of the time. Their brains work differently.

we have wondered that several times if she needed to be challenged more. I think she is very very smart (now i am sure that is some of her mommy just bragging), but i guess the thought is if she won't even try the easy stuff why would they give her harder more challenging stuff to do. She has a very active imagination and sometimes i think she gets stuck there and doesn't come back to reality at all. They have tested her to make sure she was wear she needed to be and she tested at 1st grade level...Her biggest thing is she doesn't want to write. She just refuses too...but they write in most things...she just stares off to space..>Then she tells me the teacher doesn't give her enough time, which i know isn't true. This grading period was probably her works behavior wise, and had the best grades, nothing lower than a 80...i just don't get it...she gets in trouble everyday for not following directions, not listening when others are talking, not standing in line , inappropriate lunch room behavior...I just don't know anymore...I am hoping a professional can help..maybe she will give some insight.

She dreads school and i know not all kids love it...but somewher ein the middle would be good.

cds2327

this groups weigh in is Friday right? just wanting to check!

HonestOmnivore

we have wondered that several times if she needed to be challenged more. I think she is very very smart (now i am sure that is some of her mommy just bragging), but i guess the thought is if she won't even try the easy stuff why would they give her harder more challenging stuff to do. She has a very active imagination and sometimes i think she gets stuck there and doesn't come back to reality at all. They have tested her to make sure she was wear she needed to be and she tested at 1st grade level...Her biggest thing is she doesn't want to write. She just refuses too...but they write in most things...she just stares off to space..>Then she tells me the teacher doesn't give her enough time, which i know isn't true. This grading period was probably her works behavior wise, and had the best grades, nothing lower than a 80...i just don't get it...she gets in trouble everyday for not following directions, not listening when others are talking, not standing in line , inappropriate lunch room behavior...I just don't know anymore...I am hoping a professional can help..maybe she will give some insight.

She dreads school and i know not all kids love it...but somewhere in the middle would be good.

lilDebbie - she sounds a lot like me! I wasn't quite that obstinate:devil: t, but close! I never pee'd myself but I might have it I'd thought of it! I was an attention hound:embarassed: , and it was way easier to get it for being bad than good! My older sisters were sooooo good :flowerforyou: (gag) I had no chance to compete! But even if that hadn't been the case - I was just squirly that way! :smokin:

I don't think I really got much better until 3rd grade... and I wasn't exactly a great student until college.

Part of it (I'm sure) was that I was immature for my age and age group. I have an Aug birthday and I'd just turned 5 when I went to kindergarten.:ohwell: The other part is that I have a form of dyslexia that was never diagnosed because they didn't even know about that stuff when I was in school:grumble: . I had "LD" classes for the learning disabled but my IQ was above average. No one could figure out what to do with me! I'm sure I have ADD and I can still entertain myself for hours doing nothing but staring out the window!

As a middle aged woman, I'm currently taking medication for ADD (Stratera) and while I can't tell a difference my husband can (he doesn't like it) and my work is some how easier to stomach:ohwell:

If you read my blog you can catch a little of this

I keep asking myself "what could they have done to make me straighten up?" and the only things I can come up with would be to some how take things more slowly and in smaller steps. I needed more time and I needed less work because it was so horrible and I hated it so much I'd rather get in trouble than do it. Like I said - if I'd thought of pee'ing myself to get out of class I probably would have done that! But the worst of it wasn't getting in trouble, or getting delayed in my education -it was dealing with my class mates. Because even after I'd caught up and passed many of them by Jr. High in academics, they didn't forget the misfit I was in the early years . I feel like I still carry that lable when I run into any of the kids I went to school with now.:embarassed:

All I can say is that it will pass:sick: . And they know a LOT more about it now than they did back in the early 70s!

I didn't go through college in four years - but I did graduate with full honors! :blushing:

HonestOmnivore

this groups weigh in is Friday right? just wanting to check!

YEP!~

We check in every day and say how we did with our calories, water, exercise and (this week only) sleep - and then list ONE THING we're proud of today!

lildebbie

lilDebbie - she sounds a lot like me! I wasn't quite that obstinate:devil: t, but close! I never pee'd myself but I might have it I'd thought of it! I was an attention hound:embarassed: , and it was way easier to get it for being bad than good! My older sisters were sooooo good :flowerforyou: (gag) I had no chance to compete! But even if that hadn't been the case - I was just squirly that way! :smokin:

I don't think I really got much better until 3rd grade... and I wasn't exactly a great student until college.

Part of it (I'm sure) was that I was immature for my age and age group. I have an Aug birthday and I'd just turned 5 when I went to kindergarten.:ohwell: The other part is that I have a form of dyslexia that was never diagnosed because they didn't even know about that stuff when I was in school:grumble: . I had "LD" classes for the learning disabled but my IQ was above average. No one could figure out what to do with me! I'm sure I have ADD and I can still entertain myself for hours doing nothing but staring out the window!

As a middle aged woman, I'm currently taking medication for ADD (Stratera) and while I can't tell a difference my husband can (he doesn't like it) and my work is some how easier to stomach:ohwell:

If you read my blog you can catch a little of this

I keep asking myself "what could they have done to make me straighten up?" and the only things I can come up with would be to some how take things more slowly and in smaller steps. I needed more time and I needed less work because it was so horrible and I hated it so much I'd rather get in trouble than do it. Like I said - if I'd thought of pee'ing myself to get out of class I probably would have done that! But the worst of it wasn't getting in trouble, or getting delayed in my education -it was dealing with my class mates. Because even after I'd caught up and passed many of them by Jr. High in academics, they didn't forget the misfit I was in the early years . I feel like I still carry that lable when I run into any of the kids I went to school with now.:embarassed:

All I can say is that it will pass:sick: . And they know a LOT more about it now than they did back in the early 70s!

I didn't go through college in four years - but I did graduate with full honors! :blushing:

Thanks for your insight...she does seem like you are you sure she isn't yours :laugh: :laugh:

she is actually a lot like my husband.....I am very analytical, and i want to just figure out the problem and fix it...that is what I do..i am a computer programmer..that is my job...figure out what is wrong and fix it. I have to be multi tasking all the time.

She is smart though..her teacher told me that before too, and that she thinks a lot of the problem is immaturity..hopefully we can get some answers soon....i am continuing to try to reward her for good behaviour , take away for bad..and i need to work on not dwelling on the bad

cris20056

Probelm with the bf is not resolved but thats because we havent talked. I dont want to break up with him, we have a child together and I do love him, but hes got a lot of issues he needs to work out if we want to continue being together. Regardless, here is my weigh in:

1/25/10
Calories- under by only 12!!!! yay me!:drinker:
water- not yet but still got lots of time before bed and Ill get it done
excercise- about to do my biggest loser work out
sleep- going to bed at 930 so yes!
proud- that inspite of TOM and stressful day due to family problems I did not drown my sorrow in a pizza pie or cheesesteak

Thanks for the kind words from everyone, I hope BF and I can get things worked out

Hugs,

Cris

Momma2four

cris, proud of you for sticking to your plan for today. I hope you and your bf can resolve all the issues.

lildeb, It is so hard to know what to do sometimes. We so want to fix things instantly when it comes to our babies. We can't so we have to take it day by day. It sounds like you have a plan and I know that if you stick to it you will see results.

mstahl, I personal messaged you on friday to see your excel sheet. Check your mfp mail, I sent it friday.:flowerforyou:

Momma2four

Quick check in for the weekend.

Did great Saturday with exercise, and probably ok with eating although I didn't track.
Sunday no exercise, and snacked through the Vikings party that we had ... but not too terrible (my eating anyhow ... the ending of the game was terrible).
Trying to get back on track today, need to find my motivation.
Have a great day all!

Hey I have missed you!!!! Sorry about the Vikings. Even though I am not a Vikings fan I was hoping they would win. I like Brett Favre. I was hoping it would be a colts- vikings super bowl. We are 49er fans here. Grew up with a Raiders fan (my bro and sis still are) But I married a 49er so I had to switch sides.