Over 200 Club New Year New Body-Part 8

Hey everyone! Sorry I have been MIA all weekend but I have been completely busy! But productive! We got my dress and the majority of the decorations. We met with the caterer and have that set up. He is letting me borrow some decorations for tables that he has so thats less money we have to spend. I picked up flowers and made the bridesmaids bouquets. I still have no idea what I am going to do about mine... maybe I will figure out that next weekend. I still need to order my cake.. but the cake lady didnt call me back. Im glad my job is so relaxed bc Im hoping I can sneak off tomorrow to take care of it.

Check in 2/27
calories: under
water: way under
exercise: Can I count all the walking I did?

Check in 2/28
cals: under but only be we went walkign since it was pretty!
water: under
exercise: walking for about an hr

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Wow it's been quite a weekend for everybody!

Checking in
2/27
Calories: Under
Water: 8 Glasses
Exercise: Yep. Did my upper and lower body sculpt for Last Chance Workout

2/28
Calories: Honestly didn't track calories today. Was so busy running around all day but I think I did okay!
Water: Under :-(
Exercise: Last Chance Workout after I finish this post! :-D Not to mention running around with 5 kids all day!

Hope everybody had a fantastic weekend!

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quick check in for Sunday -

Calories - Over (Jenny's Ice cream in Columbus OH) by a couple hundred
Water - pretty good!
Exercise - steps

Proud - I made the main course for a family meal in Columbus (about 2.5 hours away) Venison Stroganoff, with egg noodles which I skipped, and we took fresh baby greens for the salad! I put the Greek yogurt on my bread (yum) and a dollop on my stroganoff.

Not Proud - I had wine. My sisters had a bottle they opened for me and I didn't want to be the bummer - although I really know in my heart they would have understood and been supportive:frown:

My weight is dropping off right now! Not sure except maybe my gut is empty without having a lot of fiber in it. I took my vitamins and fiber pills this morning so we'll see if I get a bit bounce back up today! I'm not going to change my ticker for the third day in a row but my morning weigh in had me at 183.9 which is a beautiful number LOL! :laugh:

Checking in for the weekend:
Saturday -
Calories - right at the mark, but I didn't enter my yardwork marathon
Water - Under
Exercise - lots of yard work - I scrubbed our deck with soap and water and a long handled push broom.

Sunday
Calories - a little over, damn the icecream cake!
Water - under
Exercise - a little yard work

This weeks challenge makes me happy. I usually drink hot tea or coffee in the morning, but won't be sad to give up any incidental soda or juice otherwise.

Awestfall -- I love that you love your wii! I'm so excited for you to see so much progress!
Bluenote -- congrats on that salad! Treat yourself to a homemade burger with 96% lean beef or 99% lean ground chicken or turkey to satisfy a serious burger craving. I make 'em often and they're delicious! Especially if you put stuff in the burgers like -- mix spinach, onion, and feta into 99% lean ground chicken or mix onions and shredded cheddar into the beef. I found some whole wheat hamburger buns that only have 80 calories each! That makes it easy to have a whole burger with *cheese* for under 300 calories! Add some baked fries to that and you're all set.
Stephanie -- so glad to see you back!


I'm home from work today because my hives came back last night... along with an asthma attack. :noway: I haven't had an asthma attack in 2 years! I had no idea where a rescue inhaler was but thankfully my bf found one. It was expired, but it worked. It wasn't a bad asthma attack and I realized it was about to happen and pretty much prevented it with the inhaler but it was a wake up call that I *need* to figure out what I'm so allergic to in my house. I haven't changed anything that I can recall so I must be developing a new allergy. :sad:

02.28.10
Calories: 1242
Exercise: none -- I was so sore and so hivey itchy :ohwell:
Water: not enough!
Proud: I'm going to go out on a limb and say that plateau is officially over and I'm heading downhill at a steady pace again (I hope). Super proud to have stuck it out.

Cris -- if you feel tired and sore I'd take the day off C25k. Eat some extra protein, it'll help pick you up.
As for week 4 of C25k, it was the hardest for me BY FAR. I thought it took me so long to get passed it because it was right around the holidays but then I heard it's the breaking point for a lot of people. I eventually kind of gave up & decided to just give week 5 a try & I was able to move on even though I was never comfortable with week 4. You can do this. :flowerforyou:

checking in ...

calories--way over.....damn brownies!!!
water--spot on
exercise--no, but sundays i take off!! (although, does packing and moving boxes up and down stairs count?)

My focus this week is on keeping my calories around the same level each day (not going way under)

Good morning, ladies!

So this weekend was a terrible eating weekend and after Olive Garden and the casino buffet, I was up two pounds even though I know I didn't eat enough surplus calories for two pounds. I'm thinking TOM and extra sodium had a hand in this.

Yesterday, I had a sinus cold that seems to have subsided some this morning (thank you, Nyquil), but it left me not wanting to eat since I couldn't taste much anyway. Because of the cold, I didn't ride my horse this weekend, either, but at least spring is in the air and I should be able to get some riding done this week.

This morning, when I did my daily weigh-in, it said I have lost the two pounds gained over the weekend so I'm back where I was on Friday morning. It was like hitting the reset button for the week! Yay! I didn't log my food this weekend and probably won't since I'm now back where I need to be.

Last night when I was getting ready for bed, I was able to wiggle my size 12 jeans off without unbuttoning or unzipping them, so I'm thinking it's time to go to the store and try on a size 10. The weird thing is that I will be able to get into an 8 within the next few months. I never thought I'd be able to wear single digit sizes!! If I've lost two jean sizes by losing 27 lbs and I have another 42 lbs. to lose, I could realistically wear a *gasp* 6 someday?? That's just unreal to me but exciting and motivating. I know I shouldn't be jumping ahead of myself here since I'm not sure I fully fit into a 10 yet...but, I"m thinking that way anyway! When I graduated high school, I was wearing size 10s.

The best thing is that some friends want to go to dinner in the next week or so and they haven't seen my boyfriend or me since November; since then, we've lost a combined 50+ lbs, so it will be really fun to see what they have to say. If I can wear a size 10 jean, I will be where I was when I graduated high school and my boyfriend is now wearing jeans smaller than when he graduated high school. Woot woot!

Tonight, my boyfriend and I have plans to go snowshoeing for about an hour after work. With the warm weather (30-40 degrees) we're having, our snow is quickly leaving us!! We'd better enjoy it while we can.

Woops, sorry for the long post. Happy March!
Heather