Over 200 New Year New Me Part 16

bluenote

mstahl - I am so sorry to hear of your MIL's critical health. I am praying for Millie and all of you. She sounds like a wonderful woman.
jlb - that pic is outstanding! Oh my goodness you have lost a ton of weight! But please do not re-name the thread "under 200" because I'll definitely be out! I don't think I'll ever live to see onederville.
elmox - I actually grew up in North St. Louis in Baden, but you know how scary that part of town is now, eh? Yikers. I currently live in U. City. I went to Rosati Kain High School, then Fontbonne & Washington University for undergrad, UMSL for first masters, then U of Oregon for second masters and my now defunct doctorate. LOL
Pos_Me - I have to agree with the girls. When I went through a static funk, I ate all of my calories plus half of my exercise and I started losing again. Some days I eat all of my exercise cals, too. I mix it up quite a bit during the week. I hope this helps. Please know we've all been there and we know how you feel, and these days of not losing are the worst ever, but quitting is never an option! How much water and fiber are you getting?
meokk - glad you got the new scale!
KDub - wow, measuring every week is pretty intense. I hope it works for you! You'll get there - just keep on keepin' on!
jess - I'm so glad you found some people to jog with you! You go, girl! And yes, here lately my MFP has occasionally been coming up with no graphics, too (DOS mode?). I hate that. When it happens I close it out and start all over again, and usually it comes back. Oooh I am so jealous you are going to the opera! You are going to a world premiere, you know! Dallas Opera is presenting Moby D-i-c-k, right? You've got a pretty famous tenor singing Capt. Ahab - Ben Heppner - I hope he is performing when you see it and not the understudy! (Sorry, music geek here. ) You are so lucky! Enjoy! Jake Heggie is an up-and-coming great composer.
lstpaul - so glad to hear you're working on your MFP mojo!
heather - I want your job! I love to read how happy you are that you do what you do! It always makes me smile to read your happy posts about the kids.
raider - I will pray for you in the baby category!
miranda - yes, you will discover that the sodium at restaurants is HIGH, just like processed foods. I started tracking sodium on here and man, was I in for a big shocker! Since I started keeping it down I have begun losing steadily again.


OK, enough of this falling asleep at Phantom! LOL :laugh:


check in:
calories: good (used a lot on vodka - see "proud" below)
water: 96
exercise: PT today and he killed my legs; 40 mins moderate bike
proud: I went to PT today even though I had the absolute worst day of teaching today. :frown: My boss observed me during the worst class ever. These fourth graders are notorious for being disrespectful and horrible. I had to give 7 warnings and send one to a time out! :ohwell: THEN two third grade girls stole from my desk - the P.E. teacher caught them with the goods. THEN two second graders came in chasing each other and I sent them both out to a time out to calm down (was planning to get them in five minutes), and the little boy stomped his way up the stairs so loudly it disrupted two classrooms and my boss had to intervene to see what was going on (which he sided with the BOY and thought he did nothing wrong). THEN a third grader came in and did a fabulous break dance number in the middle of my circle without permission, so I had to reprimand him. Ugh. :explode: I drank most of my calories today! And it wasn't water, girls! :drinker: <---vodka

elmox

I drank most of my calories today! And it wasn't water, girls! :drinker: <---vodka

bluenote, I have definitely been there! When I was teaching (I taught high school English for two years), there were days that I felt I just couldn't win. I found that some of my students (12th grade boys) were truly just punks. They took pleasure in making my day horrible and pushing me. It's tough, but you push through. I'm thinking of you and hoping the vodka numbed some of the pain.

raiderape

bluenote - Sorry to hear about your horrible day! Everyone has one those type of days. Thanks for the prayers.

Check in 4/29

Calories - Over by 121 (Dang Smores!!!)
Sodium - Over
Water - 88 oz and counting
Exercise 15 mins of fast walking
Proud of getting my butt out of my chair for work and walking during my break!

Talk to you ladies tomorrow!:yawn:

elmox

Check in for today:

Calories: 1266, 14 to spare!
Water: 64 or 88. I can't remember if I had 2 or 3 bottles at work. Silly, I know
Exercise: None. Feeling so lazy lately...plans for the gym tomorrow morning
Proud: For sharing the beauty that is frozen grapes. :bigsmile:

jesyka

Hey everyone :happy: Sorry I went M.I.A for the week...Kinda lost all motivation and was completely stressed out with my kids.

Thanks for thinking of me though Means a lot and I have been keeping up with all the posts from this week, but when I'd go to reply I'd get side tracked and think "oh I'll just get to it later..." Until I got Jess's message today and realized I hadn't said anything all week!:noway: :ohwell:

So I'm back, Working on getting back on track [though really, REALLY not looking forward to weigh in tomorrow:grumble: ]

LittleSpy

Happy weigh-in day!

04.29.10
Calories: 1605 - like 14 over exercise
Exercise: 20 minutes stationary bike; 25 minute walk. Was supposed to run but was trying to hold out for my new shoes. They weren't delivered until 7.30pm! And dinner was already done by then, so decided to run today instead.
Water: 100oz
Proud: I broke that dumb plateau. Let's hope it stays broken for more than 2-3 weeks this time.

I'm feeling REALLY bloated & kind of crampy this morning. Methinks TOM will be here very soon (whew!). So, the bloated on weigh-in day sucks because even WITH the bloat, I'm at 202.4 this morning. That's down 1.6 from my previous lowest weight of 204.0. Without the bloat... I'm so freaking close! :happy: Being so close is really good motivation to work out harder.

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%

meokk

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Meokk............... -4.0 = 2.06%

Holy cannoli how did that happen!?!?!? I am loving 1450 calories!!!!!!

Positively_Me

Good morning girls

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Pos_me..............0 = 0%

I am down 3 pounds from what i saw yesterday ( 212 - 3 = 209) but it's not my last friday's low 207.9...so no loss for me..
i will check in after this post..

GOod luck to all

meokk

same time posting.......

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Pos_me..............0 = 0%
Meokk............... -4.0 = 2.06%

meokk

Happy weigh-in day!

04.29.10
Calories: 1605 - like 14 over exercise
Exercise: 20 minutes stationary bike; 25 minute walk. Was supposed to run but was trying to hold out for my new shoes. They weren't delivered until 7.30pm! And dinner was already done by then, so decided to run today instead.
Water: 100oz
Proud: I broke that dumb plateau. Let's hope it stays broken for more than 2-3 weeks this time.

I'm feeling REALLY bloated & kind of crampy this morning. Methinks TOM will be here very soon (whew!). So, the bloated on weigh-in day sucks because even WITH the bloat, I'm at 202.4 this morning. That's down 1.6 from my previous lowest weight of 204.0. Without the bloat... I'm so freaking close! :happy: Being so close is really good motivation to work out harder.

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%

littlespy, with the bloating and all right now and you are so close, I just know you will be 199.9 by next Friday. I'm so excited for you :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

meokk

Good morning girls

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Pos_me..............0 = 0%

I am down 3 pounds from what i saw yesterday ( 212 - 3 = 209) but it's not my last friday's low 207.9...so no loss for me..
i will check in after this post..

GOod luck to all

Look at that.....3 lbs in one day!!!! Maybe it's just a funny old water retention sodium thing. You'll be seeing that 207 again before you know it . Have a great day !!!!!:flowerforyou:

Positively_Me

litspy: WOW!!! what an accomplishment...you lost a million pounds
Jess: how did you like the Oprea...I've only been to an oprea show long time ago...when i was in 4th grade..so i don't really remember who was playing..I hope you liked it
Bluenote: sorry you had a rough day, yesterday, but hopefully today will be better...and tomorrow is relax time:bigsmile:
Elmox: I have never tried frozen grapes...maybe when the weather get better like this weekend...it suppose to be like 90 degrees on Saturday...from cold nighs to soon to be sticky nights...
Jeskya: Nice to see you're back...

Check in for yesterday
Calories: 1329
Exercise: 35 minutes walking in the park
Water: 12 cups
proud: I ate all my calories..even though i was scared of what the scale would say the next day...

be back later

Positively_Me

Good morning girls

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Pos_me..............0 = 0%

I am down 3 pounds from what i saw yesterday ( 212 - 3 = 209) but it's not my last friday's low 207.9...so no loss for me..
i will check in after this post..

GOod luck to all

Look at that.....3 lbs in one day!!!! Maybe it's just a funny old water retention sodium thing. You'll be seeing that 207 again before you know it . Have a great day !!!!!:flowerforyou:

Thanks Meokk I am happy that i saw a loss...but i was so scare to step on the scale...of fear of seeing 213...I might have been retaining a lot of water from the sodium...but yesterday all i did was focus of measuring EVERYTHING out...Back to basics..

Congrates on your 4 pound loss..and you ate 1400 calores...

question: when did you start eating 1400? and did you see a loss right away or a gain? do you eat your exercise calories too?

sorry for all the questions but i want to be prepare for the scale when i up my calories...maybe i will start gradually..

RedneckWmn

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Pos_me..............0 = 0%
Jess.....................-1.4=.65%

I haven't read all the posts but really quick..

Jesyka-So glad to see you are okay! I saw your faceboko updates so I knew you were alive! We just missed hearing from ya!

POS Me-I am going to the Opera tonight. I had no idea it was such a big deal to bluenote said something and I asked my friend so now I'm kinda excited! WORLD PREMIER! HAHA!

Heather-I forgot to answer your question yesterday but the guy who sings Lover, Lover is Jerrod Niemann...he looks hott! :bigsmile: I only see his picture that's on the cover when I downloaded it on iTunes! I may have to look him up!! Let me know if you listen to it! I am hooked on it now! Gotta go back and catch up after we open the bank!

meokk

Oh yeah, I need to check in and catch up from yesterday......

Bluenote - I am so sorry about those horrible children but it's so much worse when you don't get the support you need from your superiors. That really blows :explode: :mad: :explode:

Jesyka - once you are in, there's no getting out, we will hunt you down and bring you back :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Glad to have you back though, keep your head up and lean on us. You can do this:flowerforyou:

Check in yesterday:

Calories - 1430ish
Water - 100+oz
Exercise - 20mins gardening
Proud that I've come this far and I'm still amazed that I'm down 4 lbs this week

meokk

Good morning girls

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Pos_me..............0 = 0%

I am down 3 pounds from what i saw yesterday ( 212 - 3 = 209) but it's not my last friday's low 207.9...so no loss for me..
i will check in after this post..

GOod luck to all

Look at that.....3 lbs in one day!!!! Maybe it's just a funny old water retention sodium thing. You'll be seeing that 207 again before you know it . Have a great day !!!!!:flowerforyou:

Thanks Meokk I am happy that i saw a loss...but i was so scare to step on the scale...of fear of seeing 213...I might have been retaining a lot of water from the sodium...but yesterday all i did was focus of measuring EVERYTHING out...Back to basics..

Congrates on your 4 pound loss..and you ate 1400 calores...

question: when did you start eating 1400? and did you see a loss right away or a gain? do you eat your exercise calories too?

sorry for all the questions but i want to be prepare for the scale when i up my calories...maybe i will start gradually..

Hi Pos Me,
I started eating 1450 2 weeks ago after I had a doing everything right at 1200 calories week with a zero loss.
So the first week I lost 1.6 lbs which I was very happy with, I'm all for slow and steady, but this week I was really shocked and happy to see the 4lb loss. There is nothing else I changed this week, just the calories.
Like you I have been thinking about doing the zigzagging that Cris talked about but after this week I think I will stick with 1450 as long as I am seeing a good loss and I'll switch back down to 1200 again if I stop losing.

Are you on 1200 now?
I'm 5'4" and my CW is 189.8

meokk

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Pos_me..............0 = 0%
Meokk............... -4.0 = 2.06%
Jess.....................-1.4=.65%


I just noticed Meokk had been left off the list. She totally ROCKED IT this week!

Thanks for going back for me LittleSPy!!!!! :bigsmile:

Edit: Wow, it seems one of my powers this week is the ability to go back in time and reply to LittleSpy before she speaks!!!!

RedneckWmn

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Pos_me..............0 = 0%
Meokk............... -4.0 = 2.06%
Jess.....................-1.4=.65%


I just noticed Meokk had been left off the list. She totally ROCKED IT this week!

I was just going back to add her in! We can't leave that awesome loss out!! You beat me to it!

Momma2four

Fri 04/30/10 06:49 AMLittlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Pos_me.......................................................0 = 0%
Meokk........................................................ -4.0 = 2.06%
Jess.............................................................-1.4=.65%
momma.......................................................0%



WOW Meokk, Big Loss this week. Congrats to the rest of you. 0 for me. Kinda knew that would happen, but at least even with all the stress my weight is exactly what my ticker says. No lying tickers for me!!!!!

Positively_Me

I noticed the same thing...I though i had did something wrong...sorry if i did..i was going to correct it but LIttlespy's quick fingers beat all of us to it..Thanks spy.. and sorry Meokk:flowerforyou: Your four pounds needs to stand out because that was all hard work

LittleSpy

Haha, the timestamps have gone bonkers!

Or... maybe I've figured out time travel! I can post from the future!

LittleSpy

Littlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Pos_me..............0 = 0%
Meokk............... -4.0 = 2.06%
Jess.....................-1.4=.65%


I just noticed Meokk had been left off the list. She totally ROCKED IT this week!

Momma2four

Weired. How is everyone quoting a post from Littlespy before it is posted?

RedneckWmn

Must be a glitch.

meokk

thanks Spy and Jess for getting me back in !!!
Check out my post above yours....I can time travel now. I love my new superpower!!!:laugh: :laugh:

Positively_Me

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Hi Pos Me,
I started eating 1450 2 weeks ago after I had a doing everything right at 1200 calories week with a zero loss.
So the first week I lost 1.6 lbs which I was very happy with, I'm all for slow and steady, but this week I was really shocked and happy to see the 4lb loss. There is nothing else I changed this week, just the calories.
Like you I have been thinking about doing the zigzagging that Cris talked about but after this week I think I will stick with 1450 as long as I am seeing a good loss and I'll switch back down to 1200 again if I stop losing.

Are you on 1200 now?
I'm 5'4" and my CW is 189.8
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Meokk:No, I up my calories to 1300 yesterday, from my norm of 1200..but i don't want to go all drastic too soon. I was going to do the Zig-Zag thing ( that Cris and Jess is doing) but i don't want to do so many thing all at once...So this week i will just focus on eating 1300 -1400 calories and exercising between 45 - 60 minutes 5 to 6 days a week...( I have not changed my exercise routine because like i said too much to soon might hinder my weigh and i don't want that)

I'm 5'7" and my CW is 209...

Thanks for all your help:bigsmile:

meokk

Anyone heard from LilDebbie??
She is usually one of the early risers

Positively_Me

Anyone heard from LilDebbie??
She is usually one of the early risers

I have not heard from her in a week or so....I hope she is dong well.
It is very unusual for her not to post for a whole week...Maybe we need to stalk her down...lol...

Momma2four

one more time

Fri 04/30/10 06:49 AMLittlespy............. -1.6 = 0.78%
Pos_me.......................................................0 = 0%
Meokk........................................................ -4.0 = 2.06%
Jess.............................................................-1.4=.65%
momma.......................................................0%

tiger12gal

OMG.. I need to really keep up on this blog... I am so bad at it. When I first started it I was on it like 3 or 4 times a day and now it is more like 3 times a week. And there is just too much to catch up on!

I actually weighted myself for the first time in awhile and scale said 198.2 which isnt too bad for being off track for so long. It has been going btw 196 and 199 so I guess that is a good average. Hopefully next week I will be back down to 196. I havnt done as well on my water intake so Im hoping the 2lb difference is just water weight.

So much has gone on in the last few days it is crazy! I registarted my oldest son for school. He will be attending one of the magnet schools since he tested a high score. :drinker: I am so proud of him!

Then my husband and I decided to take the kids on our first family vacation. :happy: We are going to New Orleans... next weekend. Which means I have to get everything done this weekend bc we are leaving Thursday! :noway: It doesnt help that I am on call this weekend too. We are going to take them to the aquarium, zoo, and stuff like that. It should be a lot of fun but I have a feeling mommy is going to be WAY tired. :yawn: (William 5, Olivia 3, Zach 1 in June) Its not a big trip but I would rather wait for a big trip when they can all remember it.

Congrats to all of you for your lose this week! Keep up the good work!