Over 200 New Year New Me Part 18

cris20056

lol sounds like we had similar proposal experiences with the no ring and not really know it was happening...:laugh:

My brother was married for 3 years before his wife (ex wife now..) got drunk and told me. My family wasnt too fond of her but we were always friends. Anyways, I kept the secret another 2 years until my 21st bday where I proceeded to drink a bottle of crown royal for breakfast and met my mom for lunch to celebrate my bday but being as drunk as I was I told her that my brother had gotten married 5 years prior...ops

he is now remarried and has a 3 month old

lildebbie

Julie - That is great!!! can't wait to see your ring...I say eloping is the way to go...if i had to do it over again (which i am not by the way I would go to vegas or go to a beach or something.

My engagement was over jack in box...oh yes ...i had alreay picked out my ring and was on lay away so i knew it was coming. He got his tax refund and said i will be back i am going to get jack in box...like an hr later he came home and popped the question.

RedneckWmn

Good morning ladies. Might I just say that I love hearing your stories about being engaged! Makes me smile!

Well I ended up taking the day off from working out yesterday, probably a good thing. I feel a little better today but can still tell I have a lot of congestion in my chest. On another thread someone posted a link to a military website and it says that if you have pain from the neck down that you shouldn't be working out. Especially if you have chest congestion. That it could cause a mess of problems. I think I'm going to take today off too. I really don't want to make it worse. Tomorrow I'm going to do some type of workout probably just less intensity. The good news is the scale budged from yesterday. I lost .8 pounds. Pretty glad about that considering my sodium was over 2500 mg. I have 2.2 to go to be back to pre vacation weight. YAY!

Anywho. Be back later to check in. Hope everybody has a good day!

P.S. Cris-Sorry to hear the guy flaked out on you! Big bummer about your phone.

ColoradoGirl

Julie.. congrats!!! I am so happy for you! You deserve the best! You should be floating on cloud 9 right now and like Jess I too giggled when you mentioned that we were the first you told!

My hormones are going nuts.. I have been soooo very moody. Things that should not and normally do not matter are ticking me off. Grrr.. Any way.. I have a feeling it has to do with my weight loss / thyroid being off. I went off my thyroid medication on my own about 6 weeks ago. Seems like since I started it my weight plateaued and I really was not feeling much different. Long story short.. now that the meds. are out of my system outside of feeling moody.. I feel ok. mmm.. guess I will see what he blood tests tell me in a month. Meanwhile.. I got on the scale this morning to see a 2 lb loss.. Whoo hooo.. I am so happy finally 259.5.. now I just have to keep it going in that direction.

Well.. I am off for the morning.. got to take my son to work.. go to work myself and then come home and wait for the washer repair man.. He is suppose to be here between 1 and 5 today. I am so glad as it has been 2 weeks without a washer with a family of four and 2 teenagers..

HonestOmnivore

Julie - super happy for you two! I lose stuff all the time and I lost the diamond to my engagement ring about three years after I got it (I was only engaged for a couple of weeks before we got married). I lost the diamond when my ring rolled under (diamond no palm side) and the horse I was loading on a trailer yanked the lead rope through my hands. My current diamond is a family ring (dead relative's ring - small diamond but nice that its family) and it's in a much stronger setting than a Tiffany - not as delicate but then neither am I :embarassed: .

One thing I've learned is basically to get a ring you are comfortable wearing and just NEVER take it off. I take my wedding rings off to clean them, and I usually take them off when I am going to stuff a turkey or something like that, but I keep them on for gardening, cleaning, showers, exercise, etc... I make sure that they fit tight enough I don't have to worry about them falling off. That being said I haven't worn them for the first time in my marriage, for the last couple of months because they're lose and I want to wait until I'm down around 150 and then have them re-sized, or get a ring kozy I can trust until I'm to my final weight

Checking in for Friday:
Calories - way under. I had a migraine.
Water - low
Exercise - none

Proud - When I got home and got some pain medication and slept a bit, I could have really enjoyed a nice binge on pseudo healthy foods (rice cakes with peanut butter) or unhealthy foods (pretzels w/ chocolate) but I resisted and just went back to bed

Tonight we meet my sister and her wife at our favorite brewery pub in Cleveland - Great Lakes Brewery. I love their beer and I love their food!!! Even though we only go a few times a year now, the staff know us from back when I worked in downtown Cleveland and Ken and I used to go to their brew master dinners (paired beer with foods) once a month. So now it's a little like Cheer's only instead of NORM we hear MELINDA! It will be a nice, calorie high, dinner. I'm starting my day with an apple and rice cake, peanut butter and an apple for lunch, hard boiled egg for late afternoon snack and an apple right before the meal.

I was down to 174.8 this morning - nice to see that since I haven't seen 175 since Tuesday! I'm going to do some gardening this AM then clean up and work on pictures this afternoon (digital editing etc- very boring!)

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

raiderape

Hey ladies!!!

I have been running around all day and finally have a sec to check in. Sounds like everyone is having a GREAT weekend.

Julie - I think you should do what ever you want. It is your wedding and it should go how you want it to!! I've never known anyone that has actually eloped so if you do I can finally know someone that has. What ever you do you are going to love it!!

Colgirl- Hope your hormones start leveling out for you. Congrats on the 2 lbs lost today! I weighed this morning and lost 1 lb even after over eating yesterday!! Keep up the great work!

Well off again. Going with the husband to do an audit and then it is date night! Talk to you girls later!

bluenote

I am super busy today but I HAD to drop by to say congrats to our sister JULIE!!!!!!!!!!! WE KNEW IT, DIDN'T WE? LOL

C-O-N-G-R-A-T-U-L-A-T-I-O-N-S!!!!!!!!!!!

I love engagement stories! When my ex proposed, he put the ring on my cat's collar. She always came up on the bed to greet us in the morning. Well, I guess she didn't like the ring on there because instead of coming up on the bed, she ran down to the dirty basement! LOL That was my first red flag. :laugh:

I would love to tell you all that I've been really good and eating clean during the show, but I am not going to lie to you girls, or to myself. I have been eating very BAD things like cheetos, twizzlers, pizza, brown bread (LOL yes brown bread - an entire can in one sitting), potato chips, and pretzels. *sigh* I have not exercised nearly enough either. I look forward to coming back on here to you gals and being accountable. :ohwell: I am not going to dwell on the mistakes. I am going to push forward and get back to living my healthy life.

I miss you all! :brokenheart:

cris20056

Cant talk for too long, weekends are busy...but I did go to my mom's to go over some wedding details we got nothing done :laugh:

I had my 1yrs old with me and my brother brought my 3 month old niece so uhm yea...

Anyway, I had contacted another guy last night about an iphone and he works at a ATT store and had bought his wife the latest one so he was selling her old one. I bought it for $250...oh iphone how i missed thee (i know im pathetic) I felt really safe since we met at the store and he was pretty cool...so my first craigs list purchase went well!

Ok gotta go....I didnt eat healthy at my moms she had chicken thighs (tasted greasy even though she said she pan fried it with pam) and some beets and quiche...gonna go log that now to see the damage done..havent excercised since Thursday...ugh so much for being the BL at the gym I am still up 2lbs

Cris

ColoradoGirl

Cris...
Glad you got a Iphone. Funny how once we get use to the convenience of something like that, how nothing else will do! Don't be so hard on yourself.. You have managed to loose over 50 lbs since January.. AND you are only 1 lb from being half way there! I am so proud of you and can't wait to get there myself!

lildebbie

Chris - i am glad you found you an iphone. We want ones soo bad but we dont ahve the $$ and we don't get any upgrades till October.

elmox

Another graduation, another post!

Julie - Congrats on the engagement! Thanks so much for sharing your story and your news with us first!

Checking in from yesterday:
Cals - ate em all plus my exercise
Water - 88 oz
Exercise - gym with my momma = 715ish
Proud - gym time with my mom

For today;
Cals - I'm totally going to be over my calories (including exercise) by like 300-500 (we are going to a brewpub after graduation, and I'm sure I'll get a beer and maybe some eats).
Water - right at 64 oz
Exercise - 30 min this morning at the gym with my dad. Burned about 350 cals, not 700, but I didn't get up early enough to get enough exercise in for that. Oh well, sleep is good.
Proud - my dad has lost 21 lbs in the past 8 weeks and he says that I'm a big part of his motivation to do that. It's pretty awesome to know you are an inspiration to people you love.

I'm OK with being over on my cals. I'm planning on working out with my sister tomorrow night, probably a run/walk. Hope everyone had a great Saturday!

lildebbie

Check in -

Cals 2100 ...but not over my exercise cals
Exersise - Burned 539 cals - 30 min trainer thingy...15 min bike and 15 min weights.
Water - not nearly enough , probably only 24 oz.
Proud - I got up this morning and kicked but in the gym for an hour...We went out and i ate about over 1000 cals dinner ...so good thing i worked out And we are going to work out in the morning......and after my work out out i was back under 280 woohoo...hopefully it will stick and go down and down and down.

HonestOmnivore

Checking in!

CALORIES - BAD :mad: :devil: :mad: Brew pub. nuff said. (cept for "bread pudding") now nuff said!
Water - horrid
Exercise - chewing :embarassed:

Proud - I TRIED ON THOSE SIZE 14 GAP JEANS AND THEY FIT!!! I haven't lost inches or much weight in over a month but the jeans now fit! That really makes the 174.8 I saw this morning seem MUCH more REAL. I'm sitting here typing while I'm still wearing them :bigsmile: Yeah I have a bit of a muffin top but these could (and will) be worn in public!

I wore size 12 slacks to work this week, and I have some size 14 dress pants that are too big for me to wear - but these jeans are old school early 90s with a button fly and ZERO Lycra and they were on a few weeks ago but it WAS NOT pretty and not comfortable. I CAN REALLY WEAR THEM!!!! :bigsmile: :laugh: :happy: :bigsmile:

I stopped at the Verizon store yesterday and looked at a Droid. Too much money... I'm thinking of looking for a used iTouch instead... Hmmmm

lildebbie

mstahl - WTG on the size 14's that is awesome.

We went shopping today..not that we have any money and shouldn't of :sad:

I got me 3 sports bra's (i haven't had any and been wearing my normal ones)...man are these comfy
GOt me some new tennis shoes. my other ones hurt my feet, i haven't tried these new ones on with socks so i am going to try them on and walk around and see if they fit okay. New balance have always fit pretty good (my gigantic feet are really hard to find shoes that fit good), they were 40.00 so not bank breaker but hope they don't make my feet go numb like my other ones.

Got me a new bathing suit that i won't show my goods in the water aerboics class i am thinking of going. It is the same size as the one i have now but i think i stretched the top out and now it is too big, pluse it has a clasp that comes out and don't want to show all the old men in the water aerobics the girls.:laugh: :laugh: I was getting very depressed though..I can't wear one pieces because they are just not long enough..so this is 2 piece but the top pretty much goes down to the bottom.

Got me some socks!! I had like 2 pairs of atheltic types of socks and i was wearing hubby's (but they are really too big)...yes i have big feet but he has bigger ones.:laugh: :laugh:

jesyka

Mstahl-YAY on the size 14 gap jeans!!

LilDeb-Sounds like you made out pretty good on your shopping expedition All much needed items!

So this week was pretty bad exercise wise...So I'm making it a goal to join that 700 calorie a day burn...I really need to kick my own butt, see a loss that will bring back my motivation tenfold [and Hey, I'm only 2lbs away from Onederland!!] I need to do this, I need to feel the excitement I first felt when I started my change for a healthier lifestyle...So heres to a new week, wish me luck :laugh:

cris20056

Jesyka- I'm stuck 2lbs away from onederland too! Let's do our best to get there by friday!

Melinda- congrats on the 14s!!!!!!

lildebbie

Jesyka - HOpe you get to onderland this week.!!!

as for me i am still flirting with 270' land. back and forth between like 280.2 and 278.8 this morning...i can't wait till i get out of 280's for good.

I am hitting the gym again this morning....8 days in a row...go me !!!!

ColoradoGirl

lildebbie.. don't know how "big" your feet are but mine are just as big if not bigger and I wear new balance shoes as well. I wear a 13 in womens and buy my shoes online because of it. One place I have found with great deals is

http://www.joesnewbalanceoutlet.com/

check it out the next time you need shoes!

raiderape

Morning Ladies!!

mstahl - Congrats on getting into those size 14 "old school" jeans!! :flowerforyou:

jesyka & Cris - Ya'll will get there! I see it happening this next week!!

lildeb - Sounds like you had a good shopping trip!

Check in for 5/15:
Calories - Way over!!! :mad:
Water: 96 oz or so. Had more sodas than normal.
Exercise: none
Proud: Nothing :frown:

Going to try and be much better in the calories and exercising today.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday!!

RedneckWmn

Bluenote-Can't wait till things are back to normal for you! We miss you and your posts! They always brighten my day.

Cris-Sounds like this deal worked out way better for you! So glad you were able to get another iPhone. I'd be in the same boat if I lost mine! I know you can hit onderland by next Friday. Sounds like a great goal for you and Jesyka!

lildebbie-8 days in a row at the gym!? GO GIRL!!

Jesyka-We have missed you! Good luck on your onederland goal by Friday! I know you can do it. 700 calorie burn week here we come!!

ColoradoGirl-Hope you are feeling better today!

Meokk-Sounds like you have had a fanstasic weekend!

mstahl-Congrats on the size 14's!!

raiderape-Hope today is a better day for you calorie and exercise wise!

I think I missed a few but my memory sucks this morning! I read 'em all though I promise!!

As far as my cruddy allergies. STILL coughging a lot. I feel like I'm living on Mucinex trying to break it all up! Not sure if I'm going to workout or not today. So afraid of pushing myself too hard and making it worse. Might wait till tomorrow and start my 600 calorie challenge with a bang!

Yesterday I spent the day shopping with my sister and my Mom. We had a BLAST!!! It's been so long since we have gotten to do that. We use to go every weekend and then my sister got engaged around Christmas and well.....we haven't seen her without her fiancee! Which is okay, he's a great guy and she deserves a great guy! We got a lot of shopping for my nieces 7th birthday party done. We rented one of those 15 foot inflatable water slides with a pool at the bottom! So I needed a swimsuit for the occassion. I was soooooo excited yesterady shopping for a swimsuit. Wow, how long has it been that I have been exited for that!? YEARS! I think last summer I was in a 20 or a 22 suit..I bought a 16!! I was jumping up and down in the fitting room at Kohl's! I haven't lost any weight since I bought my 18's before my vacation but they are definitely lose in the waist. I need to wear a belt now. Last night I grilled dinner for everyone since my Dad was out fishing. My sister and her fiancee and his 3 kids were over. The neighbors came over. We sat and talked all night. I love nights like that! According to Mom's scale I'm down another pound. 1.2 pounds to go for pre vacation weight. YAY!! Anywho, I will stop rambling. Off to Sam's today with my Mom to buy food for Jayden's party next weekend! Hope everybody has a great Sunday! :bigsmile:

RedneckWmn

I forgot to share my awesome blonde moment of yesterday. Went to go pick up my bran new glasses from the eye doctor yesterday. The ones I spent a pretty penny on. Go to get in the car and apparentley forgot how to get IN my car. Getting in my car smacked the side of my head against the door frame....Yep...almost jacked up my bran new glasses. Not to mention I have had a pounding headache every since and HUGE knot on the side of my eye. I look pretty now! :laugh: Anyways. I posted a pic of my new glasses, I love them!

OpenHeaven

Hey everyone!!! I'm new, and I would LOVE to join all of you if you don't mind!

Jess41684 - I just have to tell you that your blonde moment from yesterday made my morning!! LOL so funny!!! Very sure that I have done the same thing in the past!!! LOL!!! Your glasses are VERY VERY cute by the way!!!

RedneckWmn

OpenaHeaven-You are more then welcome to join our group! It's a great goup of very chatty ladies. We check in daily with our calories, water, exercise, and one thing we are proud of. The one thing we are proud of does not have to be weigh loss related. Every Friday we weigh in and whoever lost the highest percentage of weight sets a challenge for the week. We sometimes have other challenges amongst each other as well. Several of us have decided to kick it up a notch this week and have at least 3-4 days of a 600 min calorie burn for exercise, as a example. Welcome to the group! You will love it here! Glad I made your morning! I try and humor myself at my blonde moments! I am naturally a blonde. Thanks for the compliment on the glasses by the way!

raiderape

Jess - Love the glasses!! They look great on you! I have definitely had my share of blonde moments too! :laugh:

OpenHeaven - Welcome to the group!! :flowerforyou: We are definitely a chatty bunch but it is a great way to connect to people that are going through the same way. I love all of the girls on here!!!

So far so good on the calories. Haven't done any exercising yet but I will because we are having steaks for dinner! Check back in a while!!

bluenote

I'm back! Phew! That show just about killed me! :laugh: I was working 15 body microphones, 4 hand held mics, three floor mics, and three stage mics. I couldn't blink or I'd miss a cue! Anyhoo, glad that is over. If you want to see a small part of the show, it is up on their school's website, but I think it is going to be taken off either tonight or tomorrow:

http://www.stjosephacademy.org/arts/musical.asp

My brothers are the directors, Eugene and David. It went very well!
The show went well, but my eating? An entire different drama! :grumble:

Jess - thank you for missing me! That meant a lot to me. And you are so beautiful! I love your new glasses, too! They look really good on you.
Jessyka - You can do it! You can get to onederland! I am rooting for you and cris!
mstahl - way to go on those jeans!
lildeb - you are a workout machine! Let me stand next to you and get some of that exercise mojo, because I need it badly right now!
openheaven - welcome! You will love it here. :flowerforyou:

OK, girls, I am having serious stomach pains. They are sharp, and come and go at will. Do you think they are a result of the high fat foods I have been eati....er...devouring? They began a few days into the week of bad eating.

check in:
entire last week: Rated "R" for Ridiculous!
today:
cals: all plus most of my exercise cals (some of the post-show food was after midnight so I counted it for today! I know, pathetic! :embarassed: )
water: 90
exercise: everything you can think of. And it's still not enough.
proud: I admitted my sins of the past week. And I did climb that ladder every single night with both legs!!!!!!! :bigsmile:

jesyka

Cris-We've totally got this! We can do it Onderland is ours this week!!:laugh: :drinker:

LilDeb-8 gym days in a row! Girl you are awesome!! 280's are going to be a thing of the past for you in NO time!:flowerforyou:

Jess- Sorry you're still battling your allergies, hopefully they decide to disappear soon! It sounds like you had an incredible weekend YAY for the size 16 bathing suit!!:flowerforyou: P.S you're rocking the new glasses :happy:

OpenHeaven-Welcome to this fabulous group :happy:

cris20056

Jess those glasses look great! and your face even looks much thinner than the last time you put a pic up!!!

lildebbie

Jess - glasses look great !!!!

This weekend went by soo freaking fast!!! I have been non stop since this morning.

Looks like i have to take my shoes back to the store :sad: with my socks on they don't fit.

Colorodo - I will have to look at that website. I wear like an 11 , really like a 11 wide..I hate having big feet...the ones i have fit they just sometimes hurt my feet on the sides..oh well i will find some , i really need to try them on.

lildebbie

cals - 1875 , over but under my exersise...hit my 1200 net calories 2 days in a row ...woohooo.
Exercise - 595
Water - not too good, just the 40 oz at the gym
Proud - i hit the gym again...i think i am becoming a gym junkie:laugh: :laugh: Okay maybe not , it has only been a week but 8 days and going...will go back to short workouts during lunch this week...really can only do longer workouts at night or weekends...not seeing too much of going to gym at night this week, maybe the water aerobics class on wed..we will see..

Really hoping to see good ## this week...I hope we do all !!!!

RedneckWmn

Thank you for the compliments! I am diggin the new glasses as well.

LilDebbie-I am loving your dedication! And I use to have really wide feet as well. I have noticed they have slimed down during my journey. Crazy huh? I have shoes that are too wide now and fly off my feet. Maybe the same thing will happen with you.

bluenote-Glad to hear this week you will be back on track. I'm sure you are ready. This is a lifestyle change and we gotta take it as it comes right? RIGHT!

Hope everybody had a good Sunday!