Over 200 Club New Year New Body Part 5

HonestOmnivore

lstpaul: I love the new profile pic! He's sooo adorable.

thanks - he is a sweety ... my daughter (turning 16 tomorrow) has been on the swim team for a few years and swims for high school now as well as the YWCA in the off-season, but this is my son's (9) first year swimming with the YWCA and it's awfully cute watching him compete. He is ecstatic and scared because yesterday at the sectional meet his relay qualified for the state meet (the top 3 relay finishers make it to state ... his relay was 3rd (out of 3 I think)). Unfortunately they will likely be last at state because it is an event for 12 and under boys and two on his relay team are only 9 so are slower than the others ... but it will still be exciting. My daughter didn't qualify yesterday in any of her events, but might still make it in as a 'wild card' based on her time, she's old enough to be in the 18 and under category so is tougher competition this year. She's ready to be done swimming this year, but I still hope she makes it to state so both my kids can be there.
She had a rough weekend, was in a silly fight with her friends so ignored their invitations to join them for get-togethers and sleepovers over the long weekend (they had Friday off). Unfortunately it's her birthday tomorrow so I hope she makes up with her friends so we can plan a party soon! She didn't even want to talk about it over the weekend. Sixteen is a tough age. But I probably worry about her more than I need to. Hopefully the fight will be over by tonight.

1stPaul - OMG YOU GAVE BIRTH TO HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!:glasses:

Chris and Awestfall - I'm so sorry! It's stunning how much devastation can come from a moment of emotional overload. My thoughts are with you two as you cope - I'm keeping their families in my thoughts too.

Colorado Girl - it's nice to hear you had a good weekend with a birthday party! I hope your patients are behaving!:ohwell:

jlb123 - I hope we come out on the right side of the taxes! It seems like no two years are the same! Yes PLEASE spend your return - the economy depends on you :flowerforyou:

Momma - hope the workout went well! 60 minutes of yoga - you're brave!

So far today I've been pretty good - I slept 8 hours, had two snacks, I've been walking the stairs (three times so far) and I plan on getting in an hour of exercise tonight when I get home even though I'm having to work late. AND I'll stretch out!

I haven't technically weighed myself... I had a co-worker write down how much I weigh on a slip of paper so I can enter in my daily weights on Friday! Even our Biggest Loser contest I told her to just tell me if I'm over or under last week's weight but not by how much (that's on Wednesday). My sodium is OK but not great... We'll see how the marinade is when I make the chicken tonight! Maybe I'll just use some lemon and garlic!

cris20056

Thank you all for your kind words and prayers. I know the family really needs them now

here is my check in:
calories- under by too much
water- yes
excercise- no
sodium- 1655
proud- that i took this tragic event and reminded myself how important it is to be healthy for my son's sake! he needs me for a long time and i WILL dance at his wedding

good night,

Cris

MariSama44

check in:

Calories: under! need about 600 more
Water: good
Exercise: 20 minutes eliptical, 30 minutes housework. Woo!

Proud: I put on a pair of 22 pants and they fit perfectly! Hooray! Its been a while...

madgoth

That is very good, daughter. Now If I could do that too!

I can't find my scale. I guess its time to get one so I can see if all this exercise is doing any good.

Ate supper at Applebee's I had the peppercorn Asiago steak with steamd veggies and new potatoes. It was good, but hard to believe it was just 550 calories as they claim. Tomorrow I have to eat at Cheddars with some friends. It seems they have no info online about nutrition, so I will have to choose boring salad or maybe a bit of salmon. But at least there is something to pick.

snowflakes

Good evening all!

So sorry for the heartache of losing friends in your lives. My heart breaks for the the kids left without their mothers.

Momma2four: I wanted to mention that I love the baby picture, is that Ryan? So precious with the butterfly. I love the song Butterfly Kisses sung by Kenny Loggins. I have such a soft spot in my heart for babies.

Today has been a great day meeting goals:
Calories: yes @1400
Water: yes finishing now
Exercise: yes
Sodium: yes 2008 (MFP allotted me 2500 for the day is that about the same for everyone else?)
Proud: I choose an apple at the grocery store instead of something from the bakery.

Good night all.

ColoradoGirl

ok.. so today has been good.. got my marketing campaign launched for the month.. did some data entry, and other paper work, laundry, cooking, cleaning, took care of my sick daughter and husband, dogs.. well you all get the picture.. Work, mom, wife.. pretty much a normal day around here!

Check in
Calories.. did well sodium was under 2000.. that is harder to do than I though..
Water.. still working on it.. might be a little short
Exercise.. 1 hour
Proud.. I stayed busy, got lots done and am heading in a good direction!

Night all!

LittleSpy

02.01.10
Calories: 1368
Exercise: 25 minutes stationary bike; couch25k week 8 day 1 (28 minute run, 10 minutes of warm up/cool down walk)
Water: 96oz
Sodium: 1766mg
Proud: I didn't let sore knees & a twisted ankle keep me from running! It would've been sooooo easy to make that excuse tonight.

I managed to not peek at the scale this morning but I got on it this evening. :embarassed: I still don't know where I am because, of course, evening weight can vary so much.

I slipped on ice in the parking lot at work this morning. :embarassed: I tried to break my fall with my hands but I landed mostly on my knees -- my left knee hit the concrete. All kinds of scrapes and bruises. Luckily when I was running tonight, my left knee stopped hurting after about 5 minutes. My right ankle, however, started hurting quite a bit toward the end of my run. It still hurts. So, I guess I twisted it on the way down. Gravity and I have always been at odds. :laugh: Suffice it to say I've never had cat's grace. :ohwell: Hopefully the twisted ankle, bruised knees and hurt pride are the extent of my injuries. I don't run again until Thursday so I'm sure I'll feel better by then. At least I did it at work (and filed an incident report because my supervisor made me) so if some major issue does result from my little spill I'm covered by Worker's Comp. Benefits Counselor filing for worker's comp. I'm sure that looks good. :ohwell:

bluenote

I am so sorry to hear, cris & awestfall, of you both losing dear friends so tragically. My prayers are with you and their families.
jlb - ice those injuries and stay off of them tomorrow if you can. I hope you're feeling better!
madgoth - good for you for planning ahead with those calories. I rarely do it but feels so good when I do!
mari - woohoo 22!!!
lstpaul - your son is adorable! That is a great pic!
momma - yay for you for doing the yoga with your non-fat 16 y.o. - She sounds like a latte when I type it that way! :laugh:

I was very hungry all day today. I think it may have been my first day since November when I started that I just couldn't get enough to eat. Hmmm. I went to the top of my calories plus exercise limit again. I almost feel like it is time for TOM, but TOM hasn't visited in eight or so months!!??!?! I'm also crying at the drop of a hat! :grumble:

check in:

cals: too high for my liking
water: over 64 (constantly thirsty)
exercise: forced myself to do my 40 mins - not in the mood at all (which is weird)
proud: I wore my black jeans that are too big now and they kept falling off my butt! (didn't do laundry) I walked down the hall holding onto them, and one of the secretaries later on said to me, "Wow, you are looking great! I noticed you have a new confident walk!" And I said, "It's not a new confident walk, it's me holding up my pants!" :laugh: Two other colleagues commented to me throughout the day today that I am looking good! :bigsmile:
sodium: over by 792. Wow this challenge is kicking my butt. I am really trying, ladies! 792 is way better than the last two days!
scale: no peekie!!!

HonestOmnivore

OMG how can it be 11:20 PM!!!

Calories - 1150 ish
Water - oops
Exercise - oops
Sodium 1500
scale - No Peekie!

Proud - uhm... that I got in both snacks, didn't peak at the scale, had 8 hours sleep last night and that's it.

Really disappointed I didn't exercise or stretch! I worked until after 8 so I didn't get home until after nine, I cooked a healthy yummy dinner and now it's 11. Going to bed have to be at work at 7:30 which means I have to be out the door by 6;30 which means I'll exercise and go to work with wet hair!

ColoradoGirl

good morning ladies... I have a fairly busy day again today.. 3 clients, take son to job interview, stop and look at a sectional on craigslist, take my honey to the NEW diabetic Dr. Then come home and do my wifely, motherly duties.. well.. at least I won't be board today!

Snowflakes.. MFP also recommends 2500 for me also on the Sodium... not sure about the rest of the ladies.

LittleSpy

Snowflakes.. MFP also recommends 2500 for me also on the Sodium... not sure about the rest of the ladies.

I'm 99% sure it recommends 2500mg no matter what your calories are. I think the reason for this is the minimize sodium related water retention. I've noticed I retain water if I eat 2500mg so I try to keep mine under 2000mg. It's not "unhealthy" to eat over 2500mg if you have no health problems that would be magnified with high sodium intake. Don't quote me on this, but I think a healthy adult can regularly consume upwards of 4000-5000mg sodium daily with no direct ill effects.

llowry

I posted a few of the pictures of my son and his new bride, the little girl is there baby (my granddaughter). Isn't she just absolutely gorgeous!?

I am having such a HARD time getting back in the swing of things!!!:sad: :sad: I haven't posted anything since last Thursday. HELP!!!!

HonestOmnivore

Lisa - take a few minutes and go back and enter your food from yesterday best you can - enter your food from today - it will take a few minutes and you'll feel SO MUCH BETTER when you're done!

Then go for a walk over lunch!

I'm at work so I'm going to climb the stairs a few times today!

Good luck!

lstpaul

checking in for yesterday:
calories: bad - about 1000 calories over ... did a backslide last night and didn't really curb what I was eating at all ... not sure why - feeling sorry for myself because it was Monday I guess
exercise: nothing
water: bad
proud: just that I'm still here I guess
scale: forgot and stepped on the scale at the Y ... wasn't good, I forgot to look at sodium (just went back and looked at sodium for yesterday and I was at 3999 ... pretty bad, no wonder the scale showed a gain for 3 pounds ... hopefully I can lose it by Friday)

mstahl: I'll tell my son that you think he looks like Harry Potter - he will be thrilled ... he and his best friend (Katharine) hope to be like Harry and Hermione and stay friends forever.

tiger12gal

I guess I am not good at this checking in thing! Sorry I am still new to the website!

yesterday:
Calories: under
water: not enough for what I would like to take in
exercise: none


does anyone have an easy/quit low calorie meals they would like to share with me?

Momma2four

Good Morning ladies, I did the yoga and pilates yesterday. Oh how good I felt when I was all done. I really am starting to notice a change in my body if not the pounds but the inches.

There was a question of sodium. 2500 daily max is recommended for ALL people. It is not just for a certain weight but everyone. I am not sure if someone already answered that question. We should also be careful not to reduce sodium by too much because it can also be bad for us. I would ask a doctor before getting too extreme on that. But keeping it 2500 or a little less is fine.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day. I am busy today!!!!!

Momma2four

Good evening all!

So sorry for the heartache of losing friends in your lives. My heart breaks for the the kids left without their mothers.

Momma2four: I wanted to mention that I love the baby picture, is that Ryan? So precious with the butterfly. I love the song Butterfly Kisses sung by Kenny Loggins. I have such a soft spot in my heart for babies.

Today has been a great day meeting goals:
Calories: yes @1400
Water: yes finishing now
Exercise: yes
Sodium: yes 2008 (MFP allotted me 2500 for the day is that about the same for everyone else?)
Proud: I choose an apple at the grocery store instead of something from the bakery.

Good night all.

Thank you!! Yes that is my Ryan. He was 4 weeks old. His older sister was holding this beautiful butterfly and it was so docile. She put it on his cheek and it just sat there for ever. We actually had to take it off of his face it would not leave. All kinds of people were taking pics on their cell phone. I even had an evangelist e-mail me and ask if he could use this photo for his power point presentation at different revivals. His wife e-mailed me and said everytime this photo comes up you can hear the whole church say "aaaaawwwwwwe" Can you tell I am proud of my little guy:blushing:

Momma2four

I posted a few of the pictures of my son and his new bride, the little girl is there baby (my granddaughter). Isn't she just absolutely gorgeous!?

I am having such a HARD time getting back in the swing of things!!!:sad: :sad: I haven't posted anything since last Thursday. HELP!!!!

Cute granddaughter!!! I went and checked out your pics. Grandma is cute too:flowerforyou:

snowflakes

Good evening all!

So sorry for the heartache of losing friends in your lives. My heart breaks for the the kids left without their mothers.

Momma2four: I wanted to mention that I love the baby picture, is that Ryan? So precious with the butterfly. I love the song Butterfly Kisses sung by Kenny Loggins. I have such a soft spot in my heart for babies.

Today has been a great day meeting goals:
Calories: yes @1400
Water: yes finishing now
Exercise: yes
Sodium: yes 2008 (MFP allotted me 2500 for the day is that about the same for everyone else?)
Proud: I choose an apple at the grocery store instead of something from the bakery.

Good night all.

Thank you!! Yes that is my Ryan. He was 4 weeks old. His older sister was holding this beautiful butterfly and it was so docile. She put it on his cheek and it just sat there for ever. We actually had to take it off of his face it would not leave. All kinds of people were taking pics on their cell phone. I even had an evangelist e-mail me and ask if he could use this photo for his power point presentation at different revivals. His wife e-mailed me and said everytime this photo comes up you can hear the whole church say "aaaaawwwwwwe" Can you tell I am proud of my little guy:blushing:

You have all the bragging rights to be proud of such a sweet little bundle. I LOVE that is a real butterfly, I thought that maybe it was super-imposed. You need to submit that to every baby magazine there is, I see a national front page cover shot in that photo.

llowry

I posted a few of the pictures of my son and his new bride, the little girl is there baby (my granddaughter). Isn't she just absolutely gorgeous!?

I am having such a HARD time getting back in the swing of things!!!:sad: :sad: I haven't posted anything since last Thursday. HELP!!!!

Cute granddaughter!!! I went and checked out your pics. Grandma is cute too:flowerforyou:

Thanks Momma2four, you are so sweet!:blushing:

snowflakes

Thanks for your responses on the sodium.

So I reluctantly took my measurements on New Years Day and I have to say that I am glad that I did. One month later I have lost an inch here and there. Now if I could start to tell my body where to reshape itself.:noway: We can do this ladies. Every day is a choice to be good to yourself, to eat healthy, to drink your water and to LOG everything. (I saw my husband on here last night logging...) He has been King of guesstimating. He has lost and is looking good. :smooched: He is so good to me. Sorry I got side tracked.

llowry: Yes you are right on a darn gorgeous granddaughter. You too have bragging rights! :bigsmile: You can do this, start forward NOW. A celebration is wonderful and a time enjoy the moment,:drinker: even a few days worth, but now it's time to get back at it. (Said with my Army boots ready to engage a swift kick in the posterior.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: )

tigergal: Baked Salmon 15 mins. with veggie of your choice and green salad. Can be sitting at the table in 20 mins. Love the crock pot, just fix it and forget it for the day. Countless possibilities. I will slice fresh apples and oranges wedges as a side. For $4.99 we have a few delis that sell whole rotisserie chickens and I make chicken salad, chicken taco soup, chicken enchiladas, chicken pot pie, at times I will buy two and take all the meat off the bone and freeze it for later in the month. When I have extra time I love to freeze meals ahead of time. I have several soups that freeze well, I will put them into individual containers for lunches. Hope these ideas help you. mmm Now I'm hungry.
:flowerforyou:

llowry

Lisa - take a few minutes and go back and enter your food from yesterday best you can - enter your food from today - it will take a few minutes and you'll feel SO MUCH BETTER when you're done!

Then go for a walk over lunch!

I'm at work so I'm going to climb the stairs a few times today!

Good luck!

Thanks mstahl, I'm doing much better today! I'm at work also, so I'll have to work on my foods from yesterday when I get home tonight! That's gonna take alot of deep thinking!:laugh:

LittleSpy

. We should also be careful not to reduce sodium by too much because it can also be bad for us. I would ask a doctor before getting too extreme on that.

Good point. My understanding is that the adult human body *needs* (requires) 250mg-500mg of sodium daily just to maintain basic body functions. If you're exercising (or moving at all, really) you'll need more. I think most experts recommend no less than 1000mg daily.

http://health.rutgers.edu/factsheets/sodium.htm

llowry

llowry: Yes you are right on a darn gorgeous granddaughter. You too have bragging rights! :bigsmile: You can do this, start forward NOW. A celebration is wonderful and a time enjoy the moment,:drinker: even a few days worth, but now it's time to get back at it. (Said with my Army boots ready to engage a swift kick in the posterior.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: )
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:laugh: I probably needed the army boot yesterday, but I am doing pretty good today. But, thanks anyway!:laugh: :laugh: And Thank you for the compliment on my granddaughter.:flowerforyou:

HeatherMN

Checking in for yesterday 2/1/10:
Calories: Under by 478
Water: 40 oz.
Sodium: Over by 900 :-( This one is so hard because they slip sodium into EVERYTHING!
Proud: When the boyfriend wanted a snack last night, I convinced him to go with the veggie tray!

Yesterday was pretty uneventful, other than the snow falling all of yesterday through this morning. The commute was horrendous, taking twice the normal time, which made me late this morning. Boo! Tonight I REALLY need to get myself into gear and get a workout in. I've been slacking on the exercising.

At least night's weigh-in, I showed a 3 lb. (evening) weight loss from last week. Hopefully this pushed me up in the ranks for the competition!

Have a great day,
Heather

lstpaul

Thank you!! Yes that is my Ryan. He was 4 weeks old. His older sister was holding this beautiful butterfly and it was so docile. She put it on his cheek and it just sat there for ever. We actually had to take it off of his face it would not leave. All kinds of people were taking pics on their cell phone. I even had an evangelist e-mail me and ask if he could use this photo for his power point presentation at different revivals. His wife e-mailed me and said everytime this photo comes up you can hear the whole church say "aaaaawwwwwwe" Can you tell I am proud of my little guy:blushing:

Wow ... what a great picture ... I had assumed it was taken professionally with a fake butterfly or added on digitally or something ...that is really cool, and a beautiful baby of course!

Momma2four

Thank you!! Yes that is my Ryan. He was 4 weeks old. His older sister was holding this beautiful butterfly and it was so docile. She put it on his cheek and it just sat there for ever. We actually had to take it off of his face it would not leave. All kinds of people were taking pics on their cell phone. I even had an evangelist e-mail me and ask if he could use this photo for his power point presentation at different revivals. His wife e-mailed me and said everytime this photo comes up you can hear the whole church say "aaaaawwwwwwe" Can you tell I am proud of my little guy:blushing:

Wow ... what a great picture ... I had assumed it was taken professionally with a fake butterfly or added on digitally or something ...that is really cool, and a beautiful baby of course!

Nope, that picture was taken on a cell phone and e-mailed to me. I was the only one without a picture. I started calling all the people who were taking pics of him (I knew all of them) and said hey you all have that pic of my baby and I don't. So my friend sent me this directly from her phone and I have had it in my computer. I have tried to print it and it does not print to well. So I am really dissappointed. I would like a hard copy to frame and put in my house.

cris20056

Tiger- I am not sure how 'healthy' they really are but I have been eating the weight watchers smarts ones for lunch everyday. Im sure I could find time to make myself a lunch but I much prefer grabbing a frozen meal that tells me the exact nutritional content (and is already in the food diary counter). My routine lately has been slim fast and a fruit for bfast, a smart one for lunc, will usually have a snack that is either a fruit or a special K cereal bar, then dinner Ill eat whatever Im making for the family but in smaller portions. Sometimes I make mine separate so I can measure out the amount of things I put in.

Hope that helps,

Cris

**edited to say- I also try lean cusine and healthy choice...the food is surprisingly good and if you sign up online they send you loads of coupons which makes it affordable too!!

Momma2four

I love being a mom. I was cleaning and it was very quiet, so I went looking for my little guy and look what I found

lildebbie

Hello ladies...i have been out of it for a few days....sad to say this weekend was not a good eating weekend, but its okay just got to get back on the wagon....I have got on the scale and I am up but i am sure it is water....TOM is finally leaving so that is good

Awestfall and chris - I am sooo sorry about your friends. I will pray for you and their familes. So sad.

We have our 1st appt with the conselor yesterday, it was just me and hubby and her. Next week my daughter will start going. She wants us to take her to a psyc. also to be tested for add/adhd to either rule it out or get her some help combined with therapy. I hope this goes well...good news is my insurance is pretty good and can have unlimited sessions and are like 8 bucks a time...Lot better than i was thinking.

Also got scheduled my 3 yr old more speech screening tests...
I did my taxes too,, i was glad we will get about 4k back, but have a bad feeling it is going to pay the mortage on my rent house as we still have no renters

I didn't put cals in yesterday but i think they are on target, back in the swing of things today. We went to sames this weekend and we have like 10lb of chicken, we got to get it all packaged up and to be froze..but got some meat for a while