Over 200 Club Fit For The Holidays (Open Group)

Check in so far:

Calories: under yesterday. Didn't feel too hot.
Exercise: was mostly a little stretching, a very few belly dance drills and vocal warmups
Water: I was a wee bit under again...
Proud: proud to be under calories. Proud that today I have my entire recording "studio" set up with me to take to vocal lesson, my vocal lesson book and bag, my clothes for Banquet (in case i don't get time to go home and change) and my work stuff. Proud that i am going to work a part day and make up the time this weekend. proud that I am handling the situation with my friend well and that I am trusing my Higher Power to help me transition between lesson and Banquet well (that's the most dicey part of my day) and bring in the new year with lots of fun with friends and a cute guy.

Oh I have a really gorgeous dress. It has a little black dress under it and it has a filmly see through dress on top but it has lines of satiny animal print ribbon through it so it makes it a little more hiding of the bad stuff, a little more modest and yet teasing at the same time. I got it for cheap at Ross. I want to wear my knee high boots with it, but I had left them in the front room when I went for Christmas and the cats had decided they would make a good bed so they have cat hair. I also have alternately some bronze nearly flat pumps that are cute and comfy to wear if I decide I can't clean the boots well enough to wear. I have an overshirt that is also see through black to go with it so it will also hide my many sins and my hair looks good today so with a little make up and a cute dress and cute shoes I shall feel cute. And that is about half the battle....:glasses:

Todays food plan -
Had a Reeds Ginger Ale for breakfast to help with tummy. Tummy feeling better.
Having zicam all day augmented with green/yerba mate tea, water, zinc, C and unfortunately I am out of D3 (it's not regular D, it's D3)
For lunch Tofu Scramble I couldn't eat yesterday because I felt sick with Chalula hot sauce to help my sinuses
For snackie as needed - cashews and still have some trail mix
For dinner is banquet no desert -- if I miss banquet food by being too late I will have a protein bar or two with me to make it through the night
Possibly will stay up super late and if I do I am allowed to eat breakfast in the middle of the a.m. (2ish) with friends if we do that thing, if not will just go home and crash after the dance.
Exercise will be, of course, shaking my groove thing like a maniac with 1000 of my closest friends.

I was just catching up on everyone.

mstahl, YOU BETTER STAY!!!!! We want you here.

jlb123, glad you found your jaw:laugh: and it wasn't something more serious!!!!! Great Job on your weight loss so far.

Rororosie, dress sounds nice, I bet you are pretty cute!!!

Positively_Me, it was nice to see you today. Enjoy those kids of yours

Okay tomorrow is weigh in day. I am weighing in today because not too sure I will be getting to the computer until after I eat breakfast and all that good stuff. I have decided not to participate in the biggest loser competition because I gained a lot of weight last week. I knew that it would be water weight because all though I ate a lot I did not eat this much. So I will post my weight loss here today.

I have lost 11 pounds this week. Yes eleven!!! I told you it was water weight.

So for those of you who do not know we are posting our weight loss then the percentage of weight loss next to our names. The next person copies and pastes the list to their post adds there name and percentage and so on.



Whoever is next copies and pastes my numbers and adds their name to the list. Here is you calculator
http://menshealth.about.com/library/blpercentage.htm

Momma 0% weight loss (really it is 4.3% of water)

Hi Ladies - I wanted to post a question for fun. As we enter into the year of 2010 (can you belive it's been 10 years already since 1999), what were you doing 10 years ago tonight to ring in the new millennium? I spent it with my parents at a party thrown by my aunt and uncle. I had just quit smoking about 3 months prior and as I drank Sam Adams Winterfest beers, I was jonesing for a cigarette. Luckily my mom was driving home (she doesn't drink) and my parents basically poured me into my bed I guess it's better than waking up not knowing where or who I was with :embarassed: BTW - I've been smoke free for 10+ years

Calories-totally messed up again and hate to admit it, but I did.
water-32 oz right now
Exercise- shopping for over an hour, but no more but that yet
proud- that I logged in here even though I have to admit that I messed up.

Congrats on being smoke free Stephanie.. that is a HUGE accomplishment.. You should be proud of yourself!
10 years ago.. mmm I think I have slept since then. Actually... I was a worry wart (and I still am). I was a single mom of two young children. My oldest was 6 and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2008 so, I was a worried mama not knowing what the new millennium would bring. I know I went to bed before midnight (as we usually do). Nothing too spectacular.

Now I am happily married to the man of my dreams with two teenagers at home, one step teenager that visits and a step son and daughter in law who we see when their schedule allows and we have 4 little woofties, 3 min pins and 1 puggle.

Ten years ago we got talked into leaving our vacation early so we could hang out with my family at my parents farm, to ring in the new year. My Dad was so EXCITED because the two daughters that lived on the West coast were coming home! My high maintenance sister decided at 11:45 that she was too tired to stay up 15 minutes and she and her husband and son all went to bed. Or at least into the biggest bedroom and shut the door.:huh:

My other sisters and I were pretty much :noway: WTF? but none the less it was nice.

I was working for Kent State University at the time, in networking and my boss wanted me to be on site for the fail over - make sure all the systems worked. I knew it would be fine and was finally able to convince her that I would be an hour away and if I couldn't ping the system I'd come in to work :ohwell:

We had our first mastiff, Maestro, and he was only 2! My oldest (step) granddaughter was 7 (WOW) and my youngest wasn't even imagined as his parents had separated just before the new year. 10 years ago I didn't realize that I would one day not be able to survive without access to google

Welcome kspear! :flowerforyou:

Today -
Calories OVER but I haven't had dinner so it could get worse! :embarassed:
Water - under I'll drink a bunch now that I'm home!
Exercise - found out that it's REALLY HARD to walk up and down stairs in high heals! YIKES! So less than I should have :frown:

Proud - I'm proud that I didn't eat any of the rice, and that each time I've messed up I haven't given up for the day. My next meal will be smarter and I'll make these calories count!

Was just curious how much we have all lost together...and just off people's tickers this is what i got. Mine is a little more cause I lost some before coming to MFP . If anyone else has lost more than on the ticker please update it (of if that wasn't this year or such). Fun to see that we have lost a whole lot as a whole.

Momma 40
colorado 32
lildebbie 29
momoftwo 31
stephani 7
zora 37
mstahl 12
jib 41
rosie ?
positvlhy 1
snowflakes 27
awestfall 25


282 lbs as a group.

Hey everyone...remember me? Boy did I have to do some detective work to find you gals. LOL Well I'm back...been gone for about a month. I guess life kinda got in the way. I missed my Jan 1st goal. But, on the bright side, I haven't gained any weight. I managed to maintain my 29 lbs weight loss. At any rate, I'm back for good hopefully this time.

mscocoa: glad to see you back!

Snowflakes: glad you are starting to feel better.. hang in there.

check in
calories.. actually did good even though I had pizza tonight
water... great
exercise. did not do much.. a little sore from PT yesterday
Proud: that I am ending 2009 healthier than I started it!

I am a little bummed tonight... all of my neighbors (good friends) as well as my family are over next door. I stayed as long as I could but, I am allergic to cats and could not breath after 90 minutes. So, now I am home alone with my woofties. I guess I will just take a antihistamine, a neb treatment and go to bed!

Good night all and Happy New Year!:flowerforyou:

So i didn't loose any weight, but was time to do my measurements, and I have lost 3.5 from everywhere since last month . I take measurements and record 1st friday of the month.

That is a total of 13 inches from everywhere...I have lost over a foot Wish all that could be like in my hips and gut, but guess it got to come off all over.