200+ (Week 18) Fling Into Spring!

cds2327

Kristina, sorry your in a funk today. Maybe don't run today, just get on the treadmill and see where it takes you. You don't have to be a superhero everyday. Exercise does help the moods. I swear it is the only thing keeping me sane right now. I didn't exercise sunday, and about ripped my poor husbands head off with my bad mood.

deb....thanks for the ideas. i am thinking about learning to sew, quilt and knit actually. I'd love to be able to knit and donate stuff to others. blankets for wounded soldiers, caps for kids, stuff like that. And, thank goodness I have you all!!

makeitallsue

Melsa, your doing great...baby steps is what it takes to make it a change you can live with!:flowerforyou:

makeitallsue

deb....thanks for the ideas. i am thinking about learning to sew, quilt and knit actually. I'd love to be able to knit and donate stuff to others. blankets for wounded soldiers, caps for kids, stuff like that. And, thank goodness I have you all!!

Cds, I also quilt and after my Grandpa passed in 2004 I started making "love Quilts", by Kaye Wood, they are simple to construct and I cannot tell you how much joy it gave me to give them out in my Grandpa's name. I took them to hospitals and nursing homes, or anyone that I may have heard was suffering from cancer. I haven't done one since last summer, I have had some trouble with one of my machines, but I believe I am around 28 quilts that I have made and given to cancer patients. I should get busy and do a few more, thanks for the reminder...sometimes we get busy and get away from the things we really love!

Laceylala

AKA - Maybe try something different today if the treadmill and running seems to daunting? I get like that too. Total funk out of nowhere, don't want to go to the gym, etc.. The first 15 suck but then I get going and feel much better. Switching up the routine on days like that is what makes me okay at the gym. Otherwise it is a total waste of time for me.

makeit - My mom is an amazing sewer, quilter, etc. She made me the most amazing dresses growing up and has made my daughters halloween costumes that I am saving to pass down to my friends when they have kids because they are so dern cute. I can sew when I want. Mostly I make blankets and quilts every once in a while. But when the part comes and you have to do the actual quilting, HATE IT. My mom has one of those cool quilting machines that you just push and pull back and forth according to the pattern but I have yet to try it or make time to try it.
I've never made anything from a pattern before but have made some pretty cute bags/purses in the past.

I guess my hobby is reading and cooking? I love to read and can sit all day and night. However for the past year or so I've bought one crap book after the next. Not sure what that is about. Total bummer. I like to get recipes off of www.foodgawker.com and make them on the weekends for us to try during the week. And I am trying my hand at no knead bread which I love too!

pinbotchick

Wow - you are a busy bunch posting away. Work sucks when you forget your phone and can't even check-in. At least the work day is over. I did manage to get a run in earlier - 2 miles on the treadmill at 5.0 mph and I thought I would die. Mom will be here in 15 min to go snow shoeing:bigsmile: That should be another 1/2 hour of exercise. Mahi-mahi with pineapple sounds good for dinner along with the gumbo soup from earlier in the week.

akasullengal

pinbot- 5.0 for 2 miles? damn girl! *high fives*

lacey- I like to read and pick out new recipes to try as well. I recently subscribed to vegetarian times and there are now SO many recipes I want to try!

deb- that fabulous that you quilt. I taught myself how to knit, but didn't get very far. I've made many scarves and a couple of hats, but I haven't done it in a while. I'm more likely to listen to music or read now to relax.

thanks for the pick me up gals. today just wasn't meant to be my day. I was just crabby, and I absolutely caught myself about to make some rather snide remarks to individuals at work, and I knew I had to take a breather, so I ran some errands before my meeting on campus this afternoon. Of course my new work laptop (yay!) came in yesterday, but had to be fiddled with, and it's not ready yet :grumble: which is totes frustrating. i had my gym clothes with me, but I just couldn't do it. The thought of even getting on any sort of machine (forget the whole running!) just was not going to happen. I know physical activity is highly linked with mood... since I've been exercising consistently, my baseline mood has improved and the dips haven't been quite as deep let's say, plus my work specializes with peeps with depression and bipolar disorder, so I absolutely get it, but sometimes, it just doesn't matter.

Oh, and my TOM is out of whack. It's only been 2 weeks, but (TMI), there's something going on downstairs that shouldn't be going on right now, which is not helping my mood also. :grumble: So I just got home, and I'm collapsing for a bit... getting nap on, then making dinner (yummy veggie sandwich, and trying to relax). If I'm feeling more perky, I'll try and get a dvd in this evening. I know we all have our up and down days, but i'm feeling like a total failure today, which I know logically I'm not, but that doesn't stop those lovely negative automatic thoughts (I'm such a therapist :blushing: ).

I hope everyone else's day is going well! Let's hope tomorrow shines brighter for me!

pinbotchick

Kristina - I just about skipped into the house when my Vegetarian Times came in the mail today. I loved the recipes from last months. I am so going to make the cabbage calzones - maybe next week. I could so easily be a full time vegetarian but I do love chicken and steak (*sighs*). I'll just keep adding more days with less meat. Some days you just need to take a day off and rest.

cd - good luck with the move. It is hard to move away from family. You will be the cool new wife now that you are doing so great.

deb - I hope you got your appt rescheduled. I am proud of your son too. Undefeated - WOW.

lacey - so what do you read? I read everything. Who is your favorite author? What have you read that you didn't like this last month. I love Janet Evanovich as my relaxing fluff read, Brad Meltzer and David Baldacci for good mysteries/suspense, and Diana Gabaldon for a good story.

I spent 50 min snow shoeing - I am tired now. The fresh air was great. I turned the hot tub as soon as I got home - my muscles so need it. I don't know why I haven't been in it for over a week. I really wanted to cook dinner and have fish but DH reminded me that we really should get rid of all the left overs since we will be out of town this weekend. Oh well, less work for me.

You are all so crafty. I need to get back into something - I should have crocheted the baby blanket for the shower this weekend but I don't sit still that long anymore:blushing: I would love to find an area to set my stained glass work back up. I am afraid to do it in the main part of the house since the cats are everywhere - I don't want them to step on the shards. As soon as the weather breaks, I will be out digging in the dirt planting flowers and my garden.

Laceylala

My daughter either has a parasite or a build up of yeast in her system from all the sicknes and antiobiotics but we got some probiotics and other good all natural stuff that should help her out. It is a long story but for now, YEAY. Something to work with that doesn't include harsh chemicals.

To celebrate we all went out for cheeseburgers and fries. I about died they were so good. I don't even care that it was so bad for me. I will work out for 90 minutes tonight to make up for it. Well, actually headed to the gym now.

I read chicklit, fantasy, and everything else. I have a degree in Art History and a degree in Religious Studies so I also read a lot of books that base their stories on those two subjects. Costco is a good place to pick up fictional books with those two subjects in them.
I think since I am such an avid reader and I've just not been so into reading lately if I don't automatically get into the story immediately I get super frustrated. I don't like books that take 100 pages to get going.
I also have an audiobook membership and listen to those too on my 30 minute drive to and from work each day and at the gym sometimes too. Like tonight. I won't get thru it all without listening to something other than music!

I can't wait to get my yard going this year and our veggie garden. Our backyard is a massive work in progress. And I am hoping that this is the year that we make it exactly what we want.


So...you all might have gone over this before, but what do you all do for a living if you don't mind me asking? I work in the mining and material handling industry.

cds2327

I love reading Nora Roberts, the Twilight Saga (yes, pathetic i know), the Sookie Stackhouse series (based like tru blood on HBO), David Baldacci, Dan Brown, Patterson, Grishom.

I currently am a stay at home mommy.....but have my degrees in Elementary Education and am credentialed in three states. I am hoping to get a class again next Fall up in Spokane, but most schools are laying teachers off...not hiring. so, once we are moved, I am going to look for anything that pays the bills.
Glad to hear your daughter will be ok. so jealous of the cheeseburger!!!!

akasullengal

I read a bit of everything. For the past year or so I've been trying to go through the classics I missed reading in school and rereading the ones I've enjoyed. Currently, I'm making my way through the Austen novels, which I never read (*gasp*), but have seen tv/movie adaptations of all of them. I'm on my 5th out of her 6, so I'm almost done. I like a lot of nonfiction as well. Just finished a pretty fab dual biography of queen victoria and prince albert. I'm always up for book recs!

So...you all might have gone over this before, but what do you all do for a living if you don't mind me asking? I work in the mining and material handling industry.

I'm a social worker in mental health services research. It's complicated.. work for the federal government on a university study and am primarily based in a primary health care clinic. Confuzzling, but hey... as long as I get a paycheck, it works!

dixiegal2484

hey ladies. so last night i was going to get on and log my food and update about my day, and what happens? the site was down for maintenance. grrrr......:grumble: but anyway, pinbot the chart looked good and i like the fri-sun weigh-in idea. had a good day today, although i made a bad choice for a snack. i ate a king sized hershey bar with almonds. that would have put me over my cals for the day but i came home from work and worked out for 38 minutes to my mom richard simmons dvd. i burned 366 cals according to my HRM. it is one of the cheap ones but i like it. i got it at walmart. lol got to love that place. i think i am going to do that dvd 2-3 times a week and maybe gradually make it 4-5 times a week. i say gradually because he kicked my but tonight. i guess that shows me how out of shape i am. well super heros keep up the good work and i will see you all tomorrow. good night!:yawn: :yawn:

Amber

shellster80

Hey ladies,

Everyone has done really well this week. I've not posted much as I have been quite pre-occupied.

It looks like my weight loss is going to slow down quite considerably as I found out on Friday that I'm pregnant!! I'm so pleased, we've been trying 2 years to have a baby and I lost one last year at 15+ weeks so fingers crossed this is my take home baby!!!

I'll still be watching what I eat but I won't be exercising as much and it'll be gentler exercise rather than high impact aerobics. it also means I can't do the core work/abs workout.

makeitallsue

Good Morning Ladies.....Um, I need to start reading:embarassed: ....never have been able to sit still long enough, or I fall asleep...I always tell my daughter it is her fault...because I kid you not, she had me read to her thousand of hours when she was younger...she still is an avid reader and when I do read it is usually one of her leftovers...and they are usually teen-girl books... here lately, Jodi Picoult, but she makes me cry, I'm way to emotional.

I went to school for Cosmetology, but...gulp...I have been a stay at home Mom for the last 21 years. I have done some part time work from home, sewing...prom dresses, wedding parties, then when my oldest showed horses I got into equestrian wear for rider and horses. I don't earn a pay check, but try to save thousands of dollars a year using coupons, re-purposing items, I've made all most all of my children's clothes....well through middle school, once in High school they usually want the "name brand" stuff, but we usually only splurge around Christmas. I feel truly blessed to of been able to be home with them. I have been able to volunteer at the school and I love being around the kids...but goodness...CDS, I could never be a teacher, you must have patience:drinker: , I wouldn't be able to take the mouthy ones:laugh: :laugh:

Amber...good for you, way to get moving!!

makeitallsue

Hey ladies,

Everyone has done really well this week. I've not posted much as I have been quite pre-occupied.

It looks like my weight loss is going to slow down quite considerably as I found out on Friday that I'm pregnant!! I'm so pleased, we've been trying 2 years to have a baby and I lost one last year at 15+ weeks so fingers crossed this is my take home baby!!!

I'll still be watching what I eat but I won't be exercising as much and it'll be gentler exercise rather than high impact aerobics. it also means I can't do the core work/abs workout.

How exciting...... I wish you the best!

pinbotchick

Congrats Shellster!!!! We hope you stay with us and keep us updated on pregnancy progress. We will be here for you when it's time to lose the baby weight.

Deb - Jodi Picoult makes me cry too. I would not have considered her a teenage author - she writes excellent, thought provoking books that make you look at both sides of an issue. My Sister's Keeper is my favorite by her - I have read it three times :blushing: She does explore many teenage issues. I have gotten through about half of her books. I am stuck on The Pact - it is too upsetting to get through. I have started it several times but can't seem to finish.

I just love books and always seem to have 2 or 3 going at once:blushing: I have gone through the Twilight series twice:bigsmile: Right now I am listening to An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabladon and getting ready to start Starvation Lake by Brian Gruley.

Lacey - I am a physical therapist that owns my own company. I do outpatient therapy in people's homes. Unfortunately, we don't have any kids. It would be a miracle if any popped out now that I'm 41. My best friend has 4 and I keep telling them that they are going to have to take care of me when I'm old The oldest two at 9 and 13 are all for it.

Amber - Why do computers rule our life? I get so upset when I they wont do what I want. I feel for you. I would be lost if I couldn't log on. Richard Simmons is fun. Have you thought about trying Zumba?

KendalBeee

I work for a big health insurance company. For the past two years my department was calling doctors' offices to update their demographic information in the database (place of service address, phone/fax numbers, extended hours, that kind of stuff that shows up in the directory). But now I've been trained to terminate the contracts whenever a doctor leaves a practice/retires/dies. Its a lot more extensive but I think I'm finally getting the hang of it.

mish3131

shellster80 congratulations!

cds2327

Big congrats to Shellster!!!!! Stay with us and just focus on eating right and getting the proper kind of exercise!!!
That is one of my goals for losing weight is getting preggers this summer. We'd love to have baby number two, but I would like to lose weight first. I gained 50 lbs with my first (started out at 200).

Deb, thanks for the pat on the back for being a teacher. I just hope things turn around. I think it's great you stayed home with your kids. That doesn't happen often anymore. I know I am going to have major issues when I go back to work. :sad:

Anyhow, did some JM shred yesterday, but today is back to running. Gonna try for another 3.1 miles. Feel like I'm not doing enough with you all running like crazy women!! Your all definitely inspiring me to keep challenging myself!!

Books: Harlan coben is another good writer. I do love reading! And my mother is going to teach me how to crochet on Sunday!!

cds2327

hey ladies. so last night i was going to get on and log my food and update about my day, and what happens? the site was down for maintenance. grrrr......:grumble: but anyway, pinbot the chart looked good and i like the fri-sun weigh-in idea. had a good day today, although i made a bad choice for a snack. i ate a king sized hershey bar with almonds. that would have put me over my cals for the day but i came home from work and worked out for 38 minutes to my mom richard simmons dvd. i burned 366 cals according to my HRM. it is one of the cheap ones but i like it. i got it at walmart. lol got to love that place. i think i am going to do that dvd 2-3 times a week and maybe gradually make it 4-5 times a week. i say gradually because he kicked my but tonight. i guess that shows me how out of shape i am. well super heros keep up the good work and i will see you all tomorrow. good night!:yawn: :yawn:

Amber

Good for you just doing the workout!! Small steps lead to big changes.

akasullengal

:grumble: Pinbot- that's great that you're a veggie times subscriber as well. the mac and cheese I made this week I believe is from the same issue as the cabbage one. Btw, I noticed yesterday that my oblique abs were hurting, so your exercises definitely worked me over!

Shellster- congratulations!!!! that's so exciting!


Today started out just lovely... I had to bring my car in because the check engine light was on. It wasn't the gas cap issue like last time, but something on the fritz/short-circuited with the car's ability to gauge it's temperature, thinking it was way hotter than it actually was. Another 190 bucks down the drain.

Plus, the space I thought I would be getting at work doesn't seem to have panned out, and I'm stuck in a place I really don't want to be (loud, little privacy, no place to talk to my peeps), but it is what it is.:grumble: (<- definitely rockin' this emoticon this week)

I'm a bit more peppy than I was yesteday... plan to hit up the rec center today as I failed like whoa yesterday. MWFs are always more crowded there, so I'm not super jazzed. I'm doing a chinese lunch buffet with my co-workers. I haven't been to a place like that in years. it could be difficult,but I'll try and do the best I can. Hope everyone has a good day!

Laceylala

Congrats on the pregnancy Shellster! Yeay for your and your husband!

I have to hand it to the women and men who can stay home with their children full time. I worked my last year of college around so that I was home with Gracie or Jeff was home with her for that first year she was born so she didn't have to be in daycare and that was nice. However I can be honest and say that I would not be a good stay at home mom. My husband would be much better at it. Gracie does really well in her preschool and she can go clear through 5th grade there if we choose to pay the money for it. We just make sure to make a very conscious effort to spend some very quality time together as a family at night and on the weekends.


Alrighty onward and upward..gotta get myself back to work!

akasullengal

Chinese buffet was not good. At least I didn't get any dessert, but definitely a lot of food. It didn't help that not a lot was labeled and being a vegetarian made it difficult to choose wisely. Not many veggies without meat. It was a fried bonanza. Definitely need to work out now. Plus salty like whoa I'm sure. *pounds back water*

pinbotchick

Chinese is too good it would be a downfall for me -it's best if I just avoid it. I will be in your shoes with food choices starting Fri. It looks like Jimmy Johns and beer at the Corner Brewery for dinner Friday, The Bomber for breakfast and Ashley's (not the Ann Arbor one) for lunch plus the baby shower restaurant and food Sat:noway: EEK. Not to mention my husband is obsessing over getting to a White Castle since it will be featured in Undercover Boss this week. There goes being under 200 unless I can figure out how to get some good workouts in downstate. I already have a headache from trying to pay the bills today - having a business sucks when it comes to bills cuz there are twice as many:grumble: . At least my brother is here doing my aunt's taxes. I have been stressing out over that too. I think I need to go take some aspirin and walk on the treadmill. Hope everyone is having a pretty good day.

Laceylala

Chinese food, within 5 minutes of eating it, gives me the worst stomach burn ever. Not heart burn. Stomach burn. I guess it is all the MSG in their food. I used to love it but its all fried and it really makes me mad when I get Mar Far and bite into a piece of it that is 90% breading and 10% fat chunk. GROSS.

Sushi on the other hand. I could just about eat that every day. LOVE IT. (especially with sake but that is a whole other thing on its own!)

I am thinking of making these this weekend for a prework out treat, they would be decent in protein since meringue is eggs, good in carbs with the sugar (that is the bad part) and I can use soy whipping cream for way less cals. No chocolate on it of course.
http://www.passionateaboutbaking.com/2010/02/h2ope-for-haiti-bloggeraid-fundraiser.html

akasullengal

Pinbot- Aww corner brewery. *le sigh* At least your weekend should be fun. FYI, if you ever want a gym when you're in my area, the Washtenaw Rec Center allows non-members to use it. It's just 6 bucks (at least if you're a county resident. I don't know how much it is otherwise)... just a thought! You could see how I power through those workouts.

Speaking of powering through, I did the second c25k workout for the week. It wasn't pretty, but it was done and I'm exhausted, but feel good about doing it. Especially after that chinese buffet (I don't even know how to begin to account for everything... I just hit the major highlights. I'm sure it was actually more calories and salt). Will try and go through the ab workout as well. If I don't get through all of yours Pinbot, I'm going to at least try and get some crunches in.

The day took a turn for the better after one of the doctor's snagged me cause they had a patient just up my alley and I hit my target number to start my first group at the clinlc (yay!) and I found out my work laptop has finally arrived and I should get it tomorrow. *twirls*

Lacey- my tummy wasn't feeling super spectacular after lunch, mostly because I really don't eat things that heavy (or greasy or salty) very much anymore. Sushi is pretty delicious... at least the veggie rolls. Again though, I got to be careful of the soy sauce. Mmm sake. That recipe looks great. Let us know if you try it out and what you think about them!!

I'm going to bite the bullet and forgo the Olympics this evening (*gasp*) as there's nothing particular exciting about it this evening, and I really need to get a good night of sleep in or I will just be a meany as the week continues. Plus, I need to be at work a bit early as I have an 8am patient.

Laceylala

I've tried the recipe before and my husband and I were amazed at how good it was. I used Aidelles all natural jalapeno sausages instead of beef ones.
This time I bought all natural lemon chicken sausages from the butcher counter at my favorite grocery store to use. YUM A meal in one dish.

mrsbojangles

Sorry I've been MIA - been sick. Still am, unfortunately. But I am working out as much as I can! You ladies are inspiring!
Congrats Shell!!! Wonderful news!!!

pinbotchick

mrsbojangles - take care of yourself and I hope you feel better soon.

Another great morning for me and the scale - I am down 1.5 pounds this week:bigsmile: . I don't know why but it seems to love me. Well, I really have been working hard, trying to eat cleaner and for the most part staying near my calorie goal.

I keep staring at the girl scout cookies on the table. I haven't opened the boxes yet. My best friends girl sold them and she mailed me mine - now I'm being tortured. Maybe I'll put them in a closet and pull them out on a running day next week. Is anyone else being tortured by cookies? Well I have to go get ready for work too. I also have an 8:00 client - What was I thinking?

Good luck with everything today Kristina - your laptop and work.

Have a great day and make sure to get in a good last chance workout...

Nikki143

hey super heroes, I ruined yesterday and am 223 today when I was 218 last wk. I ate like a fat king and today i am ready to get back on track! weigh in is this weekend, good luck!! I'm gonna officially weigh in saturday.. wanna be down a few lbs!!

shellster80

Ignore this, triple post!!!