Over 200 Club New Year New Me Part 12

Happy April!

With all this talk about weather, I feel I have to pipe in. It's been in the 70s all week, sunny and breezy. It's been perfect for the hours I've been spending outside with my horse. We typically do not see weather this warm until May here in Minnesota, so we're enjoying it before Mother Nature decides to play a nasty trick on us. It's supposed to rain this weekend but stay fairly warm. I'm just dreading it getting colder again. We also can experience every season in one day and the mantra, "If you don't like the weather, wait a few minutes" is often true. It's really hard to pack for being away from home, even for a weekend!

Littlespy: Congrats on fitting into those kids/juniors clothes. I would never have thought about trying them on but from now on, I will! I think it's awesome that you've gotten such wonderful compliments. We never see our own progress as much as others see it, so keep up the awesome work. It must be all of the fidgeting you do!

Bluenote: I WISH my horse would come to me if I whistled for her. She's a stubborn one who doesn't like the lead rope, so it takes a while to halter her and bring her in from the pasture. I blame the Mustang in her! Oh, and I'm glad the tea worked for you.

Lildebbie: Congrats to your hubby for getting the job! Yay! I'm glad you found a dog that won't upset your allergies. They're a nice breed; I had a coworker that had two and they were such funny critters. She got them because of them being hypoallergenic. Her son had allergies and they lived in a small townhome.

Jesyka: Way to go on spending time outside at the park with your daughter. I'm so glad you have more energy to keep up with her! Remember that if you ever get frustrated with the numbers on the scale...the quality of life is so much more important than the numbers!

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Over by 260
Water: 24 oz.
Exercise: Walking in the pasture with my horse for an hour (didn't count the calories because it was such slow walking)
Proud: I went to bed early when I wanted to stay up late and read.

Have a fantastic day!
Heather

Cris: Way to go on your Biggest Loser placing for the week. You should be acknowledged for the hard work and I'm glad you called and had them fix their mistake. Don't feel bad about it because it earned it!

Hello ladies...

Oh how i could use a nap right about now...Little puppy doesn't sleep when we do haha...He did pretty good, got up about midnight then at 5.

I am on track eating today so far, i feel like crud so don't know if i am getting any exercise or not...i am going to try to get lots of water in this afternoon though.

Sorry i am really behind on reading all the posts

Jib - WTG on fitting on the little girls and junior sizes
Chris - WTG on biggest looser

Jesyka - good for you on your lost inches.
LilDebbie - I need a nap too ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Cris - good for you on your BL 7th place ... and for making them correct it!

I have had a bad week. I have only tracked my calories and exercise sporadically all week ... I am exercising the bare minimum ... and eating horribly (binges and 'treats').
I mentioned before that I have been dealing with a stressfull work issue - it is on hold right now but not fixed - so still going on but at least I have a few minutes to catch up on some other things.
We had to apply for renewing a line of credit that we haven't been able to pay off in the 3 years it was set up for - it was at a great interest rate so I just kept using that money whenever we owed somewhere else. I was told that the requirements for qualifying for this line of credit are much harder now, and we have more debt ... so I've been back and forth to the bank every day this week with more info and copies of all our stuff - but luckily we have a good credit rating (even if we have too much of it) so after a very stressful week of wondering what we were going to do - they finally agreed to renew the line of credit (but at a worse rate since they aren't offering that great rate anymore ... but still not bad). But I did have to pay some of the line of credit down for them to agree to renew ... plus we owe mega taxes - I had borrowed money from my parents for that but ended up using it for the line of credit, and my husband's car broke down Tuesday and needs a new engine. Luckily my daughter has a junker car that has been sitting on the street (because she is afraid to do the necessary practice driving that she needs to get her license) ... so for now my husband can drive that until we figure out if we will replace the engine or try to figure out how to get a new car.
Whew ... anyhow I've been stressed. I can't even think about buying my Aunt's farm right now ... I just have to get through April and see how our finances survive.
Unfortunately all this stress has been making it very hard for me to be motivated to exercise (which is probably exactly what I should be doing). When I have exercised it has been torture and I really had to force myself to do it ... but I did. I've been doing a lot of binge eating ... for example last night I got home and totally stuffed myself with everything I could find - chips, pretzels, cheese, bagel, chocolate ... until my stomach hurt and I had to stop.:sick: At least I didn't also eat supper with my kids ... but it was still bad.
BUT I'M STILL HERE ... I just logged my calories for so far today, and I am taking a breath and getting back my focus. I'm so glad you guys are here!

lstpaul: I'm sorry to hear that you've been having such a stressful time lately. I'm proud of you for logging your food today and for realizing you need to take a breather. Financial stresses are hard, but you'll get through it somehow. Just watch the eating as much as you can and try exercising to kick the stress. I recommend kickboxing for relieving stress!! In the meantime, we're here for you.

lstpaul, what a stressful week!!!! :flowerforyou: I know this will all work out. :flowerforyou: I am proud of you for logging today.:flowerforyou:

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Holy crap. I can not wait to weigh in tomorrow! I think I've made up for 3 weeks of losing nothing in 1 week!

I weigh 3 pounds less this afternoon (after breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, 72oz water and 20oz diet coke) than I did last Friday morning! I think this may be my biggest loss since my first couple of weeks! I must've caught whatever awesomeness Cris had last week!

Istpaul - so sorry you're so stressed. I'm so proud of you for being here, though!

Jess -- You're going to rock week 4! I know I definitely didn't complete it on my first attempt. But try, try again, right?

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Holy crap. I can not wait to weigh in tomorrow! I think I've made up for 3 weeks of losing nothing in 1 week!

I weigh 3 pounds less this afternoon (after breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, 72oz water and 20oz diet coke) than I did last Friday morning! I think this may be my biggest loss since my first couple of weeks! I must've caught whatever awesomeness Cris had last week!

Istpaul - so sorry you're so stressed. I'm so proud of you for being here, though!

Jess -- You're going to rock week 4! I know I definitely didn't complete it on my first attempt. But try, try again, right?

That is so awesome!! Cant wait to see what the scale says in the morning! Send whatever you and Cris have down to Texas!

Hello all my lovely ladies! I told yall I would be back this week... I have been doing really well on my calories and water intake all week but I havent been able to get on here much! I log most of my food on my phone with the application for Iphone... Im a little nervous to weigh in tomorrow. I was up a lb from the last time I logged weight.. which has been about 3 weeks because of all the wedding stress. I guess I will find out in the morning! I hope all you ladies are doing well and I cant wait to be able to have time to keep up with everyone again!

It's an exciting morning for me!! I started week 4 of c25k and owned the 5 minute runs!! And I am finally out of the 220's!!!! I weighed in at 219.8!! So here is my weigh in for today...

Jess......-1.6=1.17% (I THINK!)



Will be back later to see how everybody did! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:laugh: Well, I sort of ruined my weigh in by eating dinner (cheese stuffed manicotti, no less) way too late last night... so I'm carrying a little extra weight this morning. Or not, who knows. Definitely my lowest weight EVER (well, since I was a kid, at least) either way!

2-0-6!! Down 3.8 from last Friday. I don't think I've lost that much in a week for several months (I'm thinking since maybe last November) so I'm VERY VERY VERY happy about it. From now on, I will be happy with pretty much ANY loss. Especially any loss over 1 pound. :bigsmile:

Jess -- way to rock C25K! That's awesome! Week 4 was DEFINITELY the thorn in my side. It's smooth sailing (haha, yeah right... but relatively!) from here on out, girl!

Bluenote -- 65 pounds!! That's so awesome! You're truly an inspiration.

Jess......-1.6= .72% (don't worry Jess, I've got your back ~_^)
bluenote..... -3.5 = .82%
LittleSpy.... -3.8 = 1.81%

Holy cow, ladies.
I just did the math. I've lost 1/4 of me!!! 24% since September 8, 2009!

Awestfall - I'm so happy for you! You're living proof that dedication & persistance pays off.

Holy cow, ladies.
I just did the math. I've lost 1/4 of me!!! 24% since September 8, 2009!

Awestfall - I'm so happy for you! You're living proof that dedication & persistance pays off.

That's amazing! I'm at 13% since November and it feels great!

Heather - I have been underwhelmed by most of Kashi's stuff. :ohwell: I do really like adding their high protein & fiber cereal to my yogurt though. I usually use 1/2 cup & it has 70 calories with 7 grams of protein & 5 grams of fiber. It's extremely bland tasting -- I just like it for crunch!
I have a free sample of one of their granola bars coming (I requested it like 5 weeks ago & got an email earlier this week that it's on the way). I think it's the kind with the chocolate & coconut on top? I don't even remember it's been so long. I will report back (if I ever get it, that is). SOMETHING they make has to taste really good, right? :laugh:

One would hope so, especially since it was $0.10 more for the Kashi bars over the Nature Valley ones I usually buy that have great flavor. Granted, the nutritional value on Kashi is better, but if I don't like the lack of flavor what's the point? I'm glad I haven't paid the extra $1.00 for their frozen dinners!

On a side note, does anyone remember who had the awesome calculation for figuring out ideal body weight?

On a side note, does anyone remember who had the awesome calculation for figuring out ideal body weight?

It was Mari.
If you know your body fat percentage (I'll pretend mine is 32% in my example) you can multiply that by your weight to find out how many pounds of fat you have. Then you can subtract that from your current weight to find your lean weight (how much your bones & muscles & organs, etc, weigh).

Then you can add back on a healthy amount of fat to find your ideal body weight.

So, say I have 32% body fat at 206. 206 x .32 = 65.92 pounds of fat (ew)
Then 206 - 65.92 = 140.08 (this is my lean weight)
Well, 20% is an acceptable amount of body fat for a girl my age so (and this isn't exact, but it's close) 140.08 x 20% (0.2) = ~28

So, I want to add 28 pounds back to my lean weight to include a healthy amount of body fat. So, in this example, my ideal weight would be around 165-170 (140+28= 168).

I'm not sure if that's exactly what Mari was doing, but I think the gist of it is the same.