200+ (Week 27) Shrinking into Summer

KendalBeee

so the best weight I had all weekend was 231.8. :frown: stupid birthday. Why does our society celebrate stuff like that with food?

pinbotchick

Now you've both made me more hungry and I've already eaten lunch - left over salmon and green beans plus GFS chicken fatita:blushing: I feel like my stomach is a bottomless pit today. I really wanted to listen to audiobooks so I have been cooking and cleaning in the kitchen - thank goodness the repairman is coming tomorrow. The dishwasher broke Tues night:grumble: :grumble: :explode: :grumble: :grumble: How dependent we become on technology. I hate cleaning but can normally manage to get the dishes in the dishwasher but this hand washing crap sucks. Okay - breath - enough ranting on such a fine Sunday. So now the kitchen is clean, spit pea soup is on the stove and cabbage soup is in the crock.

On a positive note, Jenna is even better today. She actually climbed the stairs twice this morning to check on us/visit before we were out of bed. DH go up at 8:30 to put the cat door in since all 5 cats were pestering us to get out. She came back around 9 to say hi again. I was totally lazy and didn't get out of bed until 10 today.

I started listening to Twilight again (for about the 10th time). Each time it gets even better - I am a such a sap for love stories.

I need to exercise but haven't decided what to do. The hot tub is really sounding good today. Plus, I have a ton of paperwork. I guess I better get going and do something.

Kristina - we all have those days with food. Reset your thinking to be that "you are just keeping your body guessing and resetting your metabolism"... As long as it doesn't happen every day or even every week. I have found the only way I can avoid eating it all is to put 1/2 in the fridge as soon as I get it home.

Lacey - it sounds like you're great and positive influence on your daughter - you should be proud!!!

Kendal - I hope that you and Lexie have recovered.

Debra - enjoy your family this weekend.

pinbotchick

so the best weight I had all weekend was 231.8. :frown: stupid birthday. Why does our society celebrate stuff like that with food?

That's a good question. Our social life seems to revolve around food - I guess it gives us something to do. Now, you have 360 days or so to get back on track before it happens again. How were the jello shots??? I meant to tell you to lightly spray the little cups with some non-stick, non-flavored oil. We get the shot cups from GFS.

KendalBeee

so even though I'm still above 230, I tried on some jeans that I had stored away because they didn't fit and they feel great! They are 18s!! WOO HOOO!!! This does not officially mean I wear an 18, but this is good news for today :happy:

akasullengal

Kendal- way to go with the jeans! Doesn't that feel great?

Lacey- good luck with the carb intake! Since I'm a veggie, that's really hard for me, but I have realized that I need to limit my grain intake- even if it is whole grain bread, brown rice, etc, because I find that if I eat too much of it, I start craving more carby and sugary stuff. Veggies and fruit need to take the mainstage in my meals, with the grains as a sideshow. Let us know how it goes though! And you're right- my body feels so blech after putting all that crap (albeit yummy crap) in it last night. I need to work it out of me.

Victoria- you're totally right with the food. I should be SO hard on myself, as I know it doesn't happen very often. I still was disappointed. And I absolutely was just going to take some out of the contained and onto the plate... then didn't. *sigh*

Needless today, my mood wasn't so great today. I wanted to stay in bed all day, but I knew I had to get up and do something, so went to the rec center. Didn't enjoy myself, but I powered through 65 min on the elliptical (moderate intensity for me), and then I saw a girl running on a treadmill who was about my size and I got motivated to do a little time on that. I haven't been on a treadmill in over a month. Yeah... don't miss it. I think it was important for me to train on it, cause I learned how to pace myself and such, but it's terribly boring and I like running outside so much more. I didn't do very long on it- just 20 min total, with only 12 of them running, but it was a 5.0mph for a 1 mile, so I was pleased with that. Maybe that all helped counteract yesterday. I will eat well today.

I'm going to make my black bean and barley salad I made last week again this week because I loved it so much and I still had most of the ingredients. It'll be all marinated and yummy for lunch tomorrow. Will bake a spaghetti squash tonight and will maybe have a slimwich pizza as my small treat. We'll see..

Hope everyone's weekend is going well. I can't believe it's Sunday afternoon already. Not ready for the week to begin again.

pinbotchick

Oh the cabbage soup I made tastes great!!!! Today, I've had a bottomless stomach.

I finally got my closet emptied of all the "big clothes" (18s, 20s, 2X, etc.) I got a few heart palpitations doing this. It's pretty scary to let go and to feel secure enough that the weight won't come back!!! I know it's a lifestyle change and I have the tools to maintain/lose so but sometimes my self confidence just wains. During a panic attack, DH saved the day. He said "if the worst happens and you gain it back, just buy more." I thought it was kinda sweet.

Kendal - It does feel great to fit into clothes you haven't worn in years - Congrats!!! May you keep shrinking:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Yes you do wear 18s now!!!

Kristina - You had more energy than me today - good job on the workout. A 12 min mile is great!!!

Laceylala

There is a young guy at work who is married and having a baby. Wife is in school and they don't have much money..so I went through my HUGE storage container of things I had left over from when G was a baby, things I thought I wanted to keep to give him and things to sell in a yard sale. It was nice to pare it down but made me do the "ooohhh's" and "I remember this..." etc. etc. While I know 100% I don't want another child, I still got a little sad to look at the stuff I had saved just in case. Even before I met Jeff I had bought some dragon themed stuff because I was so sure I would have a boy when I got pregnant. I had made a fleece blanket too...sigh...I was going to do a knights and dragons themed room.
Well G was a girl, so I went with mermaids!
Anyways, all that stuff is loaded in my car, along with the crib mattress and some other stuff. Bittersweet to say the least.


I made this great black bean salad and roasted a couple poblano peppers and tomatillos to add to it..I've got a ton left over for lunch this week: http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2006/08/black-bean-and-pepper-salad-with.html

I also made this Friday night, I LOVE that the bechamel sauce is made with yogurt(go figure!) instead of a ton of butter and flour. I left the evoo and flour out all together and cut the cheese out, just sprinkled it on top...and then added a ton of cut up spinach and carrot to the sauce, kalamata olives and chicken sausage instead of lamb:
http://www.almostslowfood.com/2010/04/classic-meals-pastitsio.html

My husband seriously loved it and so did Gracie! I'm making it again this week for Friday Night Dinner. What a great casserole, high in protein and veggies.

Well....I thought I could get away without dinner after the huge salad I had for lunch today and the juicer juice...but I'm feeling like I need to eat!

dixiegal2484

hello ladies! omg i HATE my job. it has been so hectic there lately i have been putting in overtime and that combined with school and taking care of my dad and home work, i feel like i have had little to no sleep. ****BIG SIGH**** OK so i haven't done week 1 day three of c25k yet and i am worried that i will have to start all over again. i also haven't had time to log anything this week ( well the past few days anyway) and i feel like crap. on the plus side i have been eating healthier than usual except for today. but even today wasnt bad. for lunch i had a club sandwich and about 5 fries and for dinner i had (from olive garden) a few peices of fried zucchini which i pulled most of the breading off of, a small salad, 1/2 of my eggplant parmigiana and maybe about 1/8 of my fettuccine. then i splurged a little and had about 1/4 of the chocolate gelato ( my bf ate the rest). all in all i feel pretty good about the portions i ate. and today was my and my bf's 3 year anniversary so it was a wonderful day.

well down to business. i seem to have hit a plateau. i have not lost any weight this challenge and it is frustrating because i have only lost ten pounds so far. maybe i am not eating enough or something. i have my goal set at 1900 cals a day. but anywho i am weighing in at 230 again. grrr i am so frustrated. i will be back to exercising tomorrow and eating better. well i will see you ladies then! good night!!!

pinbotchick

Good morning super pals!!! At least it's full of sunshine here. For some reason my caseload has returned to a normal level this week and I am sooooo happy. I only have 4 to 5 people a day vs 6 to 8 like last week. My plan of the week is to say "NO" to the home health agency - I have 4 referrals pending in the next 3 weeks - all former clients That should keep me pretty busy through June.

I have been reviewing my training log for the 10K and it starts to ramp up this week. EEEK - I have some 5 and 6 mile runs coming up in the next month. I should be able to do it.

DH finally got back on the scale today. When I started in Sept, he lost 20 pounds to start. Then he tapered off and has been scared of the scale. He gained 10 back... He says his clothes are fitting better - ya right. "Denial" is not just a river in Egypt. I would love for him to start running with me. I couldn't even get him to do any step aerobics this weekend. You can lead a DH to water but it doesn't mean he will eat healthier or exercise. I really would like him to get a physical. He is 42 now and hasn't had one since we were married. My yearly physical is next Monday.I hope my blood work is better. Last year, I was borderline high cholesterol. The doctor just wanted me to exercise more rather than take meds. Well I've done that and now lost weight too.

I better be off to work. Have a wonderful day...

akasullengal

Good morning gals!

It's raining and dreary here, just as it was all weekend. I'm hoping it'll clear up as the day progresses.

Busy day at work today- 3 individual sessions, and a couple potential newbies, and phone calls should keep me pretty busy.

Weighed in this morning close to 3 pounds higher than I did Friday morning. Now I know I ate like crap on Saturday, but DEAR LORD! You've got to be kidding me! Let's hope that trickles off through the week. I wasn't expecting much if any of a loss this week with the 5 pound loss last week, but I certainly don't want to gain! Ugh. Oh, and another wrench in the diet- I'm going to pub trivia tonight for the first time in about a month, which will bring about a much more caloric dinner than I normally would. I think to offset it a bit, I'll allow myself the veggie burger, but won't drink the beer- OR a salad it will be, and I can have a beer. I need to compromise. Because of going out to dinner/trivia, I definitely need to get the cardio in tonight. I want to get my goal of 2 decent runs in a week, but the weather is giving me problems. If it clears up, I want to do my first run today, as I like to take a day off (no running, but still cardio ok) between runs, and in order to get 2 in before weigh-in, I need to do one today, as Thursday working out probably won't happen (late group begins again! fun?). So no rain- running, rain- rec center.

akasullengal

Victoria- cabbage soup can totally be yummy and filling. I make a cabbage based soup out of Weight Watchers every once in a while which is super yummy. Way to go for cleaning out your closet. Isn't it scary getting rid of stuff? It's really saying hell no... I'm never going back to that size! I have a HUGE bag of clothes in my car to donate. I imagine before I move to my new place later this summer I'll do another clean through of the closet. At least I'll need to move less stuff! I've certainly noticed my closet getting less full as I'm getting rid of stuff, but not buying tons of new stuff, because I hope to not be in this size all too long. I'm sure your 10K training will go fab! You'll be ready for it... keep us updated on the progress. Good luck with your clients today!

Dixiegal- getting not enough sleep can totally screw with you and your moods. Hope you break through the plateau!

Lacey- I'm sure it feels weird to be donating all of that stuff, but that's great that you're helping someone out. Plus, I'm so glad your daughter is totally loving on the veggies. Way to go mom!!

KendalBeee

There was a wreck on the highway this morning. My normal 40 minute drive to work took 2 hours. :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: I'm so tired. No one died in the wreck, so its ok for me to complain about it.

Laceylala

Morning!
Way to go on your guys' charity runs/walks this weekend!

I too am feeling the weight gain lately. I think both from eating foods that are high in sodium and drinking beer every night. I NEVER drink beer like this, not sure why I am wanting it now. Anyways, we finished them off last night and I told DH that I can't have any more to drink until go on my trip. I am sure that is part of my weight gain and puffyness lately.


This morning I am drinking a smoothie that I added kale, spinach and avocado to. It is good but I am glad I added that honey to it because it was very green tasting before I added it!

pinbotchick

Lacey - it's great that ypu are helping others out. I love fresh juice and have been bummed this last month since the juicer went on the fritz. Beer should come with a warning - "caution - drinking beer leads to weight gain." I have trying to limit myself to drinks on fri and sat. I see a direct corelation between dinking and going over on cals.

Amber - sorry your work sucks. I hope it gets better soon. Stress can stop you from losing weight.

Kendal - glad you weren't in the accident. 2 hours for a commute sucks.

Kristina - hope the sun has come out for you!!!

dixiegal2484

good afternoon super heroes. it is a beautiful day here and i amstuck in the house waiting for my work out clothes to get clean. grrr. i so want to get out side and do my run but i have no clean bras to wear or clean work out pants since they are all light colored and that is the loads in the washer and dryer. sigh i hope they get done soon.

thanks every body for the support. and i hope you are all doing great.

kendal- that suck that you had a 2 hour commute. glad no one died.

victoria how is jenna? i hope she is doing better. did they find out what was wrong with her yet?

pinbotchick

Well gang - I spoke too soon about my Jenna girl. She started going downhill again tonight. It is driving me to more comfort food. I'll keep you posted on her progress. We did speak to the vet and he is getting the stuff to test her for addson's disease.

makeitallsue

Pinbot....{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}, so sorry to hear about Jenna, I've been busy, but trying to catch up and I read on the 40+ group that she was doing better and I was relieved for you...then I seen your post saying she had a turn....so sorry I do hope it is something that can be treated. I'll be thinking of you both!

KendalBeee

ok all you runners, I need help again. My calves no longer hurt when I run so thanks for all those tips. But now my outer shins hurt! its not in front like a shin splint....its the muscles on my outer lower legs....any ideas on what I'm doing wrong now?


I tried day 1 of week 3 tonight. I was really proud of myself when I did the first 3 minute jog without stopping....but was unable to complete the second time of 3min cause of my legs. Looks like instead of 9 weeks, my c25k program will turn into a 9 month thing lol


Victoria- sorry to hear that Jenna is sick again. :frown:

Laceylala

Victoria - Hugs to you and your husband...so sorry to hear Jenna is not doing well again.

Kendall - that is why I stopped running. Mine isn't the outer, but the inner. The inner part of my shins, near the bone but not on top of it hurts so bad when I run I feel like bone is shattering...and even now it hurts to go up and down stairs and I haven't ran in a week! I think for me it is stride length. I have a short stride and haven't been able to find that perfect rythm and open up my stride. It just freakin' hurts.

Well I am less than two weeks away from my trip and am getting excited about it. Only two out of the seven days I won't be in an airplane, so that part is crazy, but all the same...fun to get out of the office. Last time we went out of town on a trip like this we came up with some really great ways to improve our job cost and it has really paid off.

I am also researching whether or not a mining trade show in India would be worth going to in November. Crazy!


Okay, gotta put the girl to sleep and see whats on the tv.

akasullengal

Victoria- my good thoughts to you and the family. I hope Jenna will be okay- I know it's a tough time for you!

Kendal- I'll have to think about the pain issue when running. I don't think that was an issue I had- or if I did, I can't remember where my pain was.

So, pub trivia was fun last night- calories intaked not so much. I didn't have any beer though, which is good, but that's about all I can say regarding it. Plus, I totally punked out with running. I did 1.8miles (1 small loop around my place). The only shining light was that my average speed was 12:02, so I continue to get faster. My legs were just really tired- I don't know if it was because I worked out pretty hard Sunday or what. So, I don't know if I'll make my running goal for this week- I know I can still hit my days a week to work out goal of 5/7. As I didn't run too far yesterday, I'll see what I'm up for this afternoon. Give myself the option of rec centering it, or doing a 3+ mile run. The weather is supposed to be good, so I'll probably lean towards the run. My weight was up still this morning. This is not a surprise as I ate later last night and ate like crap, but being up 4 out of the 5 pounds I lost last week REALLY sucks. As I've said before, I didn't expect to lose really anything this week, but gaining really really sucks. Let's hope those pounds fall off over the next three days. No eating out planned before weigh-in Friday, so I should per theory be good, and exercise planned at least for today and tomorrow.

pinbotchick

Jenna is back at the vets. She couldn't even stand up this morning. The bad news is I stress ate a mcdonalds breakfast. The good news is everyone at the dentists office noticed my weight loss and said I looked great. I really needed that this morning. Well gotta run to start working.

akasullengal

Victoria, I'm sorry to hear about Jenna, but at least the compliments on the weight loss were able to perk you up a bit. Hang in there sweetie!

I'm totally having a down in the dumps day. I really just want to climb into bed and sleep it away. Will resist though.

KendalBeee

I'm totally having a down in the dumps day. I really just want to climb into bed and sleep it away. Will resist though.

meeeeeee toooooooooooooooo

KendalBeee

I think I found it...



Chronic compartment syndrome
Compartment syndrome mainly occurs in runners and comes on because the muscle has grown too big too quickly for the sheath that surrounds it. Symptoms include:

Pain that gradually comes on during a run, getting worse until it is impossible to continue.
After a period of rest the pain disappears only to come back when the athlete tries to run again.


The causes of this can be training too much too quickly but you can also be more prone to this if you have laxity in your ankle ligaments (have you sprained your ankle badly or often?).
http://www.sportsinjuryclinic.net/cybertherapist/back/backlowerleg/lateralcompartment.htm

Laceylala

Kristina and Kendall - I get those days too. They blow!

Kendall - that is isntersting..I wonder if that is why my legs hurt like that too? Makes sense in some ways.

Victoria - d@mn! That poor cat! I sure hope the vet can figure out what is wrong with her the poor thing!

kimmrdodge

Hey everyone, just wondering how old this group is and if there was room for one more???

cds2327

Ugh....checking in for a quick minute. still battling stomach flu, so needless to say my eating and exercising is in the dumps....
Can't keep anything down. this sucks.
hope your all doing well. i'll check in when i can.

akasullengal

Carolyn- I'm glad you checked in. I was just thinking about you this morning, thinking that it felt like it had been a while since you'd posted... in reality it probably hadn't been all that long, but I felt so disconnected! haha. I hope you feel better sweetie!

kimmrdodge- Welcome! There's always room in this group. We do 6-week challenges, with a new thread starting late Thursday/early Friday for a Friday weigh-in every week. Otherwise, it's just a support for all of us throughout the week. A place to vent, motivate, etc. Jump right in! As for ages, it's a pretty diverse group, I think. Personally, I'm 28, but I know there are younger and older folks than me here- I'm not sure everyone's age. All ages welcome!


So, I flaked on running today. I think it was more of an issue of feeling meh emotionally today and felt like if I went home, I wouldn't get my butt back out of the house again to move and envisioning myself going for a long run just wasn't happening, BUT I did get to the rec center and to compensate for my *****ing out on running, I did an extra half an hour of exercise, so my normal 65 min on the elliptical and an extra 30 on the bike. Power calorie burn today! I needed it, especially as Thursday working out is up in the air as always again for last chance workout. I'm seriously hoping for a weight drop tomorrow. I know nothing is official, but I like to keep my eye on things and I have been none too pleased with my scale. Apparently, Victoria's scale came and visited last week to throw me a bone, but has since returned to the one he loves. *sigh*

pinbotchick

So first my bad news. My Jenna gal was doing great at 3 yesterday, she was outside romping and ran over to visit me, purring away.... By 6:30 pm, she started to go downhill and this morning she couldn't stand. Another emergency vet visit this morning but she did make it. My heart is bleeding tonight. We had a very nice funeral in the garden and I planted some Glads over her. At least she is no longer suffering and I am grateful for the extra week that we had to spoil her rotten... The vet thinks she had Addison's disease which caused her to go up and down with steroid shots he gave her. We did all we could for her. I really don't think she could have handled a 4 hour car ride last night to see the specialists in Lansing - the 20 min car ride this morning was more than she could take.

Oh - Kristina - THANK YOU for the laugh about Mr. Scale!!!! I really needed it. I am wiping away tears as I type.

Welcome to kimmrdodge :flowerforyou: All new people are welcome. Just jump in and post away!!!

Carolyn - I hope you feel better soon!!! We miss you.

Kendal - I will spend some time on your problem when I can think straight. Compartment syndrome is pretty serious and generally results in surgery. I had a teenager with it last year - not pretty.

I am off to pet my remaining cats and have a few toasts with DH for my Jenna girl. I'll check back tomorrow!!!

akasullengal

*HUGE HUG* to you Victoria. I'm so sorry to hear about Jenna. It sounds like she's in a better place and no longer suffering. Still, losing pets is incredibly hard. You're definitely in my thoughts. :flowerforyou: Let me know if I can help out in any way!

So, I think I need to go to the doctor to get my TOM issues figured out. It's only been two weeks and TMI- occasionally there will be some issues downstairs around ovulating time, but this is more than just that, but not really a period yet either. I'm sick of it and not being regular. Maybe I need to go on some birth control or something to get more regular. If i'm optimistic, perhaps my increase in weight this week might be lady issue related. *ponders*