200+ (Week 31) Let's Get Moving in May!

makeitallsue

hello everyone, it was a crazy weekend and Friday and Saturday I didn't so so well with logging:ohwell:

Exercised everyday though, yesterday was a 7 mile loop with my husband, we ran the first 3 miles in 25 minutes, but the air was very muggy and we ended up walk/running the last 4 miles
2280 calories allowed/ 1576 eaten/652 left

The scale never did cooperate, the lightest reading from the weekend was 205.4...that is up a pound...but I was also up 4#'s, then 3#, then 6#, yesterday was the 205 # reading? I just can't figure it out, I burned almost 4000 calories last week...should be a soild pound gone...I know I didn't log Fri or Sat, but I think my eating was pretty normal, except for a late bowl of chili after the game Saturday night.....Not sure what approach I'm taking this week....

Are the cals left after you've logged exercise in?? Because it looks to me if you ran 3 miles, thats probly minimum 300 cals and then you walked another 4...My guess is that you need to eat more?

Good job on the 7 miles though. Wow!!

Hey Lacey...Thanks for asking, but that was just Sunday..(Actually my HRM said I burned over 1000 calories that morning for 90 minutes of walk/running) I have been really good about eating the exercise calories back now for about three weeks, almost 4 since I got my new heart rate monitor and know for sure what I have been burning, I have been eating them back...Sunday, I was just in a mood...my weight has been all over the place for the last week...mostly on the high side...and I just wonder if I am one of those people that might just have to "NOT EAT" more than 1200 calories a day to lose...because for the most part I am eating more than I have ever eaten before..and i seen results at first, but as you all know...I usually gain it back and then lose again.......I am considering looking into some type of local help...because I am getting really frustrated....

makeitallsue

Well, we are NOT a chatty bunch this week so far. haha.

I'm exhausted and don't know how long I'll be up, so I figured I would check in

2407 calories to maintain
1526/591/-1472/-4658

Didn't eat as many calories as I wanted to- wanted to be more around 1600ish, but as long as I don't stay at that number most of the time, I'll be okay, I think. BUT, I have to say, when I completed my entry for the day, and it said "if you eat like this every day, in 5 weeks you'll be..." it was 179 and I about pissed myself. I know that won't happen any time soon, but holy crap- I haven't seen a 170-anything on the horizon in probably 8-9 years, so wowsas. Still have a lot of work to do before I get there.

Today's exercise was running on the treadmill, which I did not particularly enjoy. Wish I could have been outside. Was on there for 55 minutes and my distance total was 4.17 miles. I ran the vast majority, but had a 5 min warm up and cool down and did a couple of one-two minute quick walks between running in order to catch my breath and drink some water. Ran most of it at 5.0 mph, with one 2 minute and one 3 minute runs at 5.5mph- which I never thought would feel comfortable, but it did, except for tiring me out, but the stride was good.

Hope everyone's day has gone well!!

great Job Kristina!!! You've really been bringing it with the exercise ...you'll see those 170's soon! I hope your trip back home this weekend is a safe and fun one!!!!!

akasullengal

I totally forgot there was a staff meeting at work today at 8 and totally rolled my butt into the clinic at 8:20. Oops? Lots of fresh fruit at the meeting though, which was good, as I forgot my banana I meant to take with me to compliment my breakfast, so was able to chow down on some strawberries and cherries. Yum!

Today should be okay at work. Nothing exciting to report. Have a meeting on campus again at 3:30ish, so my day will end early here, but will probably run late over there. Plan to hit up the rec center afterwards- elliptical time today, but even though the treadmill was painful yesterday, I'm hoping to grab one again either Wed or Thur (only 2 of them allow you to go over the 30 min limit- girls, I run way too slow to get enough mileage in in that amount of time!) in order to get my running goals in.

It's another hot one today! Hey, isn't BL finale tonight? I'll probably only catch part of it again, unless it's super bloated in time length, as Glee! is still a priority- Lady Gaga-themed episode tonight!

Love to hear how everyone's doing :flowerforyou:

KendalBeee

BL finale, Glee and Deadliest Catch tonight! Why do Tuesdays have to be so complicated??


Its a rainy day. I overslept. But I just took a nap on my break and then took an unofficial break and went outside with my friend. I'm all woke up now! (finally!)


I should have gone to the gym yesterday but was too tired when I got home. Decided to listen to my body for the night. Tonight is zumba. I need it to kick my butt.

Snack Day is this Friday. Participation has been down in recent months because the people who do pariticipate bring junk food (I'm guilty...I bring the less than $2 bag of Walmart brand cheese poofs). I sent out an email to the team reminding them that snack day is friday and a lady who sits beside me replied to all and suggested we try to have a healthier snack day. So I followed that up with an email of suggested healthy snacks to bring. Hopefully we will have a large variety of fruits and veggies and low fat dips. I could pig out on some fruits and veggies.

Laceylala

Deb- I know how you feel to eat perfectly and work your butt off and not see results. Very very frustrating. Do you think that if you gave it a couple more weeks of eating back the bulk of the cals your body would readjust and you'd possibly start seeing weight loss again?

Last night was my daughters spring play. It was so dern cute it isn't even funny. The theme was Noah and the ark. There were hillbiliies, animals (Gracie was a frog), Noah and his family, kids as rain, wind and clouds....dueling banjos, songs on the recorder, songs sung and signed at the same time, the macarena (Makaraina - they did the dance though!), the preschoolers did songs with drum sticks and jumping beans, acting, etc. It was really fantastic. All original and written and taught by the schools drama/music teacher. When I question paying for Gracie to attend a private school when she gets into elementary age I will remember these things and remember that it is worth it. SO CUTE!

ANyways, we ate mexican last night as we were short on time at a normally great restaurant. I've had the same dish there before and it totally SUCKED. Everyone said the food wasn't that great. So about 1000 cals of crap food. I hate paying for lame food like that. Bummer dude.

pinbotchick

Deb - I agree with Lacey that you need to eat more. You are very active around the house and you do some killer workouts. I don't do as much as you and I'm eating more than you. I think you should set your activity level to active and only scedule a 1/2 pound loss per week and then eat your exercise cal back. I'm really thinking you should be in the 2100 range with exercise cal. On days I exercise more, I'm coming in at 2200 cal. I know it's scary. Consulting a certified nutrionalist mat be a good idea. Have you tried wearing your HRM for an entire day to see how many cal you burn?

Sorry to MIA yesterday. The flight was tiring. I got home after 10pm and had to leave by 8 this morning for work (grumbles). Didn't have time to pack my lunch so Subway had to do.

akasullengal

Kendal- great job with the healthy snacking option at work. Hopefully there will be a good mix of it, so you know you have stuff you can snack on there. Work can be such a bad place for snacking!

Lacey- the play sounds adorable! And boo for crappy food. At least if you're going to eat a caloric meal, it better be darn good. Bummer!

Victoria- glad you made it back safe and sound! Sounds like you were still able to get some good exercise in during your trip, so that's fabulous! I don't expect to be able to get a lot in when I go home (especially with 2 full days of driving), so yay for you. Going back to work after a vacation SUCKS. Hang in there! It's short work week, right? haha.

bethcullen

Hi there,

Today is my second day on this site, and I look forward to this opportunity. I am a 34 year old widow. I have two beautiful (aren't everyone's?) children, and a chihuahua named Hercules.

I had gastric bypass surgery in 2005, and have lost about 250 pounds. This is good. Since the death of my husband, I have started eating really bad foods. This is bad.

It has been two years now, and I'm ready to move on. I want to feel better about myself, and keep up with the crazy activities of my children. Essentially, I am ready to enjoy life again.

I'm not really sure how to join in with groups on this site. I've read many posts from different groups and I think I fit in best here. Please let me know how this thing works.

pinbotchick

Welcome bethcullen!!!! Just jump in and post any and everything to the group. Right now we are in the middle of an activity challenge for 60 min activity a day (ex, house cleaning, yard work, playing with the kids, etc) and posting our food intake calories. We look forward to getting to know you. Our group has been pretty sucessful with about 1/2 of us now under 200!!! On Fridays, we start a new thread for the week.

akasullengal

Welcome bethcullen! I hope you enjoy this thread! Every 6 weeks we have a new challenge- this one, as pinbot has said, we decided to focus more on exercise and less on an amount of weight lost, but everyone's goal is different. Mine isn't a 60 min goal, but to do at least 5 days of cardio a week for at least 30 min (high intensity cardio), and 2 of those being 3+ mile runs (several of us have taken up running since starting MPF).

I've found this group to be super supportive and great for advice. Good place to vent and check in- to know you're not alone in your struggles. Welcome!

Laceylala

Welcome Bethcullen!

I tracked all my cals, and was hungry feeling all day, but at the end of the day I am supposedly about 150 cals under goal. Good right? Why do I feel all paranoid that I am forgetting something?? LOL.

Again, I cannot wait to get back to the gym next Tuesday! Time to get the body moving again.

Very much looking forward to my girls weekend with my BF Sautrday. The bummer thing is that its supposed to rain.

makeitallsue

Welcome Beth...just a quick nighty night to everyone...a lot of my day was spent outdoors today...more pushmowing, garden work and getting the pool up and running...I should be able to turn it on tomorrow...which will be great...I'll be able to add some laps soon!
I did 3+ hours today, HRM said over 700 calories when I had it on.
Calories allowed 19??/18?? eaten/63 left...sorry guys I didn't write it down in my tablet...I just rememebr I ate most of my calories today only 63 left..

Pinbot, great idea of wearing my HRM for a day to check on calories...I thought of that while waiting for it to come, but I have never done that yet since I've had it....

Gosh I'm so tired when I sat down...it hit me...talk with you all tomorrow!!

akasullengal

Checking in from yesterday:

2407 calories to maintain
1924 eaten/339 burned/-822 day/-5480 week

Did get to the rec center, but it was a pretty wussy trip for me- only 30 min on the elliptical. Which isn't bad- just not as much as I usually do. Then again, I really didn't want to go, and the excuses I was giving myself would have stopped me before, so I'm proud of myself for even getting there. As long as a treadmill is open today, I'm hoping to get in some running again, but we'll see. Will head there, either way after work. It's supposed to be another hot one!

Anyone watch BL last night? Thoughts? Was happy to see my Ann Arbor guy almost win the at home prize. I KNEW he was looking pretty dang small when I saw him last. Winner really wasn't all that surprising or anything, I just love to see how the people at home do.

akasullengal

bump.

pinbotchick

Good afternoon everyone. Sure is quiet here today. I've been busy working. This muggy heat sucks. I still have 3 more clients to see today.

Good luck with your workout Kristina. Hopefully I'll get to watch BL tonight.

akasullengal

Victoria- nice to see you check in!

It's certainly been a quieter thread today (well, this week!). What's up with everyone? Just busy gals?

I've had a bit of a carb issue the past few nights- eating way too many of them late in the day. I'm not an anti-carb person, but I need to be pretty mindful of how much and when I eat them. I've found now that if I eat too much, I start craving them more, and if I eat a fair bit of them later in the day, the scale does not like me the next day. I was down about a pound from last week yesterday, but this morning was up 1.5 from last week. It's normal fluctuation, as I also ate some salty stuff last night, but I don't like to see that on the scale. I was flirting with the 180s- I'd like to keep it that way, so I need to be better about what I eat, especially in the evening these last 2 days of the week before weigh in. I don't imagine to lose much of anything (hopefully won't gain) next week as I'll be on my trip to NC, so I'm hoping for another decent week this week, even though I lost a fair chunk last week.

The day has gone well so far. Had a couple of no show appointments which irk me. I have no problems when they call and cancel, but to not tell me pisses me off. I know it's the nature of the population I work with, but still :grumble:

Still plan to workout tonight. Priority : running, but if one of those treadmills aren't open, hop on the elliptical and do the full hour. No excuses!

Tonight's tv: glee from last night, maybe doctor who from last week. I need to try and get to bed early tonight. Tomorrow is the rescheduled birthday breakfast at a house of pancake place. Eep for last day before weigh in!

makeitallsue

Hello everyone, I'm here just been busy outdoors, got the pool up and running and all of my strawberries weeded thru....they are loaded this year in an other week or so...YUM!!
I need to get on dinner, we have baseball this evening....Hugs everyone...I'll check in later...

Kristina...I love my carbs too, I read where it is better to have them in the morning or early part of the day...but sometimes nthat's just hard to do!

I hear ya on the mugginess...it's like that here too Victoria.....I am hoping that with all the sweating I've been doing the last couple of days outdoors...thatit will help with the scale this week...but I am finding myself retaining water, especially when we ran od Sunday...and really I have been all week

bethcullen

Hi there gals,

Thank you everyone for the welcome. It's so nice to have people to keep me honest.

I had a good day today, I'm supposed to get under 1300 cals and I've got about 70 left after my evening snack. I got down the mountain today and walked around town, so that's all the exercise I got today besides normal household stuff.

Oh...here's a good thing, I have a date on Saturday night! WooooHOOOOO...sorry I just had to get that out. LOL. I haven't dated since I was 17, when I married my hubby. I have no clue what the rules are but I'm muddling through. You should see the kinds of guys they have on these sites...spooky. This guy seems un-medicated. We'll see.

Have a great night, I'll talk to ya'll tomorrow.

pinbotchick

Oh, a date - how exciting!!! Good luck and have fun Beth...

Time just seems to be flying. Where has May gone? Check-in for today consumed 2042 and over by 197 with 37 min walk in the woods with mom and her dog plus 30 more min of mowing. I feel my yard is never ending - why do we mow 1.5 acres??? I still need to work on my flower beds and weed - not to mention the garden... I'm not sure I'll even plant one this year.

Kristina - drive carefully and have a safe trip home. Bring your bike back for some cross training.

akasullengal

Checking in for the day
2407 calories to maintain
1638 eaten /597 burned/-1366 day/-6846 week

Did 55 minutes on the treadmill, totaling 4.21 miles. Did run one mile at one time, but otherwise, I did intervals of walking for 1-2 minutes and running for 3-5, depending on the speed. got up to 5.5mph again. was sweating like whoa. it was pretty hot at the gym even with the fans going, so I was getting pretty overheated at the end. But I did it and reached my running goal for the week, even without being able to venture outside. Calves are a little tight this evening.

Tomorrow morning- breakfast out with the coworkers. Eep for being last day before weigh in. Work day should be okay though. Have to clean my room, do some laundry and pack for my roadtrip home.

Oh, saw at the rec center that the 2 Ann Arbor peeps from the Biggest Loser are going to be there in a couple weeks doing a meet and greet. Don't imagine I'll go, but it's semi tempting.

Beth- how exciting! I hope the date goes well. You'll have to let us know how it went. Wouldn't mind having a date myself, but I try not to dwell on it. Congrats to you!

Victoria- you're a little outdoor queen! My coworker went to some BeerFest thing and I totes thought of you.

Laceylala

Beth I met my husband on match.com and most of my other friends have met their husbands and significant others on either match or harmony. So it can be done! Just remember to enjoy yourself and you will have a great time. Let us know how it went!

Well my poor baby girl has the stomach flu, along with at least 5 others from her school. Well that was the count when I picked her up. Somehow I think by morning time that will increase significantly. It's a small school with about 40 kids max and when a virus hits it is a mess!

I made enchiladas so my cals are over tonight. Again I cannot wait to get back to the gym next week and really get this weight loss train going again!

pinbotchick

Lacey - hope your angel feels better soon!!! Her frog play sounded wonderful.

Someone needs to push me today. I have the muggy heat blahs. The majority of my clients do not have air conditioning. All of my joints are stiff and swollen. I don't even have the energy to run - I know that's a shock. I have an early day so I'll check back later. Hopefully, I pick up some energy by then!!!

akasullengal

Victoria- what about doing a dvd workout in the air conditioning? You'll feel much better about yourself if you get at least some form of exercise in today. I'm dragging as well from the muggyness. Not appreciating it whatsoever, but we do what we must! Maybe go for a long walk in the evening when it might cool off a bit? Get it together woman!!

Lacey- I hope your little one feels better soon. Poor thing. Schools are such a breeding ground for sickness. I remember when I was living with 2 roommates- one a nurse and one an elementary school teacher- UGH. I don't get sick very often, but that time I was lving there I was sick more than I was probably in the three years previous to that!

Breakfast was a bit out of control- my choices could have been a lot worse. They had all these sweet pancake extravaganzas, but I ended up going with an egg white vegetarian omelette. It did have cheddar cheese in there, but the rest were veggies, so it wasn't terribly bad. I did eat the whole omelette, as I wanted to focus on the more nutritious aspect of the breakfast. Only ate about half of my portion of hashbrowns and only one bite of the toast (so not worth those extra calories, so put them off to the side). Clearly, it was a much bigger breakfast I normally would have had, but it wasn't quite the catastrophe it could have been.

Will hit the rec center after work to probably elliptical it up for an hour to try and work off some of that and hoping for a good weigh in tomorrow. Unless I drop considerable poundage in a day (unlikely), I'll be right around where I was last week, which sort of pertrubs me as I've had a really good cardio week, but I have been carbing it up a bit this week, so it's not surprising, AND i dropped a bunch of weight last week so I can't really complain. It's a process, right?

Laceylala

Victoria - I like Kristinas suggestion...change it up a bit in this heat with a dvd or indoor work out! It is also good for your body too because it will trick it. Oh! Something new!

Kristina - you made good food choices in the face of tons of sweet delicious pancakes! Good for you!

I had icecream last night. We all did. We were so thankful that G wanted to eat something that I didn't care what it was. It looks like she's holding food down. Knock on wood. If she stays good through the morning I think I will pack her up and hit Costco to get all that taken care of.

KendalBeee

I feel like such a ghost lately. Been reading all yall's posts but not really doing much posting myself. Work is full of BS this week and I'm ready for it to be over. Plus my right wrist has been bothering me....I'm wondering if these are the starting signs of arthritis or carpal tunnel. Its a shooting pain that goes from my wrist up into the middle of my palm. And it becomes a LITTLE painful when I click the mouse with my right index finger. Overusage I'm sure....

Someone stole my scissors off my desk and left me a different pair. Those were MY scissors that I brought from home. It pissed me off. Today I noticed someone also stole a post it notepad from my desk. I don't care about the notepad, I'm just pissed that someone keeps coming to my desk and messing with my *kitten*. MFers need to get their own d@mn office supplies!

A lady came to look at the house earlier this week but I haven't heard anything back. Well, I was told she liked the house/thought it was really cute but she was going to look at a couple more houses still. At least it got shown though. That was the first time since we put it up for sale at the end of January that someone actually came inside to look at it. Although its only been 2 weeks since we signed with a realtor, so thats good.

Wish I could go to the gym tonight but my brother has a chorus thing tonight that my mom wants me to go to. Dad can't go and they want me to record it for them. (Logan is in 5th grade.)


No plans for the weekend....just dinner with the family on Sunday to celebrate my mom's birthday. My parents' anniversary is on Monday so we'll probably celebrate that at the same time.

kimmrdodge

Hey everyone, I have been around but not posting either. Usually when I get quiet and stop posting (well im quiet anyways but I mean reallly quiet) it means I have not been doing so hot. I'm pretty sure I wont see a loss this week I had a couple days where I went out to eat and ate not only wayyy too much but made really bad choices. Most of the week I was up 3 pounds but today seem to be back to what I was at last week. So I am hoping for a slight improvement tomorrow morning when I weigh in but not counting on it due to this weeks lack of activity and poor food choices.

Also I am going on vacation next week for 17 days so I probably won't be around much other than when I can find a connection on my ipod. I'm kinda nervous, we are going to CA and I know there is a lot of good food there that I have missed so much since we moved away 2 years ago. I'm going to try and make really good choices when we are not treating ourselves to a meal I am really excited about. I will be happy if I don't gain any weight while I'm gone even if I don't lose, but am expecting a slight gain. Who knows, maybe all the walking we will be doing will make up for what I am pretty sure I'm gonna eat. I will try to make some good choices even when I am at places I know the menu at, it is going to take extraordinary will power, lol.

Anyways, good luck to you all over the next couple of weeks just incase I don't get a chance to post. Hmmmm thinking about what I just wrote it seems I'm planning on not doing well. That can't be good.....

KendalBeee

Kimmer- I know vacation makes it VERY difficult to lose weight, but do your best to earn the cals you are going to eat! Even if you don't track the calories, try to exercise at least once a day, even if 20 minutes is all you can squeeze in. Keep some healthy snacks around that are just for you. I don't want you to come home and get incredibly discouraged because you let yourself slack off and gained weight back.

But otherwise...Have a great vacation!!! :flowerforyou:

kimmrdodge

Blombie, thanks for the tips, I will do my best on the exercise. Funny you should suggest packing things to eat that are healthy I just finished doing that

I too am worried about getting discouraged when I get back...should I pack my scale? Its a car trip so it doesn't really take up much room. I do worry that if I go crazy and eat all my favorite foods when I get back I may have trouble getting back into things. I might be a bit needy support wise when I return, hehe.

pinbotchick

Good evening Gang!!! I am feeling much better. It only got to 81 today and we used "Michigan" air conditioning (open all the windows in the evening and close the house up as soon as you get up)... So the house stayed cooler. Mom and I did do 30 min of DVD this evening. I still may run later but I doubt that I get that much energy. I did make it to the local nursery and got $110 dollars worth of plants for yard and garden and porch - that cheered me up. This afternoon, I trimmed and watered all the house plants getting them ready for summer. Now I've got to repot the herbs and some of the plants I got. This weekend I'll till the garden and the plant it. I want to buy fertilizer and hummingbird food - I'm too lazy to mix up the the food with sugar. The little birds are just begging for food.

I just downloaded John Sanford's newest book and am off to listen and play in the dirt.

Kim - have a great vacation. I found I did better if I started with a low calorie good breakfast like greek yogurt or cottage cheese with some fresh fruit. That way I had more calories for lunch and dinner splurges. Don't take the scale. See if someone will share a meal with you (1/2 of a bad meal is much better than eating all the bad meal calories - most of today's menu choices are enough calories for 2 meals). If either of you are still hungry then get soup, salad or an appetizer. I've been doing this and don't feel as guilty with getting a taste of the bad food. I know people say take 1/2 home but on vacation - you just end up at another restaurant... Remember - most of the weight you gain will be water weight and should come off in the first week home. Being gone 17 days could add up if you are over by 500 more than your daily deficit. Good luck and have FUN!!!!

Kendal - good luck with the house.

Lacey - glad to hear your daughter is somewhat better.

Kristina - Enjoy your vacation and drive carefully!!!

pinbotchick

Check-in for today 1775 consumed and over by a whopping 23!!! I think that's pretty good... I skipped the run and did more yard work - mowing (why did we chose to mow 1.5 acres of our yard??), repotting and watering outside plants. This weekend we are having a yard sale - set up is tomorrow night. It amazes me what people will buy. I love to drink beer and be entertained by what the neighbors will buy. I'm off to feed the cats and then to bed.