Over 200 New Year New Me Part 18

Happy to say that my latest plan is working well so far.
After my weekend of high calories/high exercise I was up 3 lbs on Monday :grumble:
Now I'm back down to last friday's weight and I might even see a small loss tomorrow. :happy:

The 1100 cals with 35% protein and no sugar seems to be working well at least in the very short term so maybe this is a good version of zig zagging for me. I may actually be getting more nutrition now at 1100 cals than when I was doing 1450 cals but using 350+ of those on chocolate and not paying so much attention to the foods I ate.
I'm in Vegas all weekend for a wedding so those days will be higher cals than normal then maybe I'll go back to 1100 on Monday for a few days.

Hope everyone has a great day!!!

Morning....I really dont know whats wrong with me. The last few days I've been really close to having a panic attack. I'm prone to them but havent had a really bad one for a long time, prob since college. My chest feels tight and I just feel really anxious. It all started when my phone was stolen (chest pains and anxious feeling) but I feel like there's more to it than that...I mean its really inconvenient that my phone is gone but its not THAT big of a deal (although I really miss it ALOT). I want to feel happy again why is this going on?!

Anyway, my scheduled excercise for yesterday was to run w7d3 but I was bummed about not having my app to do it with so I did what I had planned for Friday instead, which was 25 mins on the bike and a five minute run at 5.0 mph which is the fastest I've ever gone. I really need to find a way to get over this mental hurdle that I cant do my run without the app because thats what I feel like!! I know that the only thing that keeps me going sometimes is hearing the guy tell me "You are half way there" 10 mins to go, 5 mins to go, 2 mins to go....ugh. Ok pity party over (for now:sad: )

Pos_me- Congrats on doing your workout even though you didnt feel like it! Sometimes those are the biggest accomplishments!

Jess- holy cow girl! So proud of you for getting those 700 calories burned, and after being away so long! GREAT JOB!

Elmox- I want the compliments too, I dont think its selfish!!! You deserve every last one!

Miranda- mmmm panera....

Meook- I am jealous that your plan is working, mine certainly isnt. I am still holding on to 2lbs of my weekend weight :frown:

Scale was at 203.8 which is up from Saturday;s 201.8...lovely..really I just want to cry. I prob would have been in onderland if I hadnt tried to trick my body and jsut kept doing things the right way. Im just a big pile of dissapointment this week

ok i need to go before I throw pity party #2 in the same post

checking in for yesterday:

calories- 1130
water- yes
sodium- 1815
excercise- 25 mins on the bike and 5 min run with 3 mins of cooldown/warmup
proud- that I ran at 5.0mph and didnt quit even though I was in self-pity mode

mstahl- what was that laxative called? I need to go to walmart for new sports bra and a @#$#@% lock for my gym locker so I figure Ill pick up the laxative as well so I can give it a try on Sunday. I do feel backed up and fiber doesnt seem to be helping too much :grumble:

mstahl- looks like I dont need the laxative after all...I feel better now :blushing:

Littlespy: I'm with you on the fluctuations. I was 191 ALL weekend, when I'm usually my worst and now I've jumped back up to 193 this morning. I could blame last night's pizza but I was lower on my sodium yesterday than I am in a typical day! Oh, and regarding the attention thing, I totally like it and I'm not ashamed to admit it. At the bar on Friday night, I got hit on my a guy who I'd never be interested in even if I were single, but I had fun with it anyway! It's been a LONG time since I've gotten hit on from anyone other than my boyfriend! The funny thing is that I told my boyfriend about it because I wanted to remind him how lucky he is to have such a hot girlfriend! Haha.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I remember one time my BF and I were at the bar and I went up to get us two beers. This guy came up behind me after I had ordered and told the bartender he"d get that round for me. I smiled sweetly and chatted with him until my beers came. Then I said "Thank you for the beers, my BF and I will really enjoy it"...I thought my BF would think it was funny too but he was mad that I "let" someone hit on me :grumble: ...lol oh good times...

Cris-My suggestion to you is definitely meet somewhere public. Use the functions on the phone before you buy it. Call AT&T and see if there is a way to give them the serial number or anything and see if it's reported as stolen or anything. You may even have to call Apple for that. Call ahead of time and tell them what you are doing and how to go about being cautious about it. I would pay cash. Don't use a money order. Take your fiancee with you. Definitely meet somewhere public. You don't want to know the horror stories I have heard about Craig's List working at a bank. We're not going to go there. Just go with your gut. Female inutition has never steared me wrong. There are many of times I should of listened to it and didn't and ended up in a world of trouble. Did you see any on Ebay? I like Ebay more because they have a seller history. Can AT&T not sell you a refurbished one for cheaper?

good morning...

Cris.. we have sold and bought things of of craigslist on a regular basis for several years now. I LOVE craigslist and actually check it a few times a day! Just got 5 bundles of FREE shingles the other day. Any way.. just be cautious.. and follow your instincts. It is always good to have someone else with you in the public place! We typicaly meet somewhere like walmart parking lot (there are cameras out there). As far as the stolen part.. here is another forum with some info for you.

http://m.slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1840343

And for you coupon gals.. Crystal Light just put up a new printable coupon today.. here is the link!

http://www.momsbyheart.net/2010/05/97-crystal-light-target.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/krGS+(Moms+By+Heart)&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher


Just got done working out and burned some serious calories... just over 700 again today! I feel so fabulous! Well.. my day will be a busy one again.. off to work this morning and then I am going to get a massage myself this afternoon! I can hardly wait!

Check back in later

Cris: We've bought some big items from craigslist (camper and pontoon) and not had any problems - but I do think you should be careful. Definitely don't go alone ... see if the guy will give you the serial# ahead of time so you can check it out with AT&T ... they should be able to tell you if it's been reported stolen. Definitely try it out before you pay for it. You might want to google the guys name just to see if it comes up in any police reports, etc. - probably kind of weird, but that's what I have done, and looked up where they live just to feel more comfortable about buying or selling. Good luck!
Having your phone stolen is stressful and upsetting - give yourself a break, you are having a tough week.

Kdub: I think we have all felt like you are feeling ... I know I have many times lately - but I know quitting is not an option, so I keep coming back and eventually I will start losing again. For now staying the same is better than gaining!

elmox: have a great vacation and enjoy the compliments! you deserve them!

teenager update: thanks for the comments and advice everyone about my 16 year old's meltdown. All seems to be better, she enjoyed her National Honor Society ceremony last night and I bought her a very nice (too expensive) card and gave her some cash for congratulations. I think you are right mstahl that she was mad because she is defensive - I think she knows she didn't handle something to do with her chemistry teacher and studying for the test well. I may never know what it was all about.
She did go to bed early last night - so that should help her crankiness, and she told me she plans to skip golf practice tonight to study hard for her geography AP test tomorrow .. so she seems to be trying to make up for whatever she did wrong with chemistry. I think her meltdown upset me so much because I just had no clue of how to handle it or help. It's not always easy being mom.

checking in for yesterday:
calories: over by one very large stupid 500 calorie muffin that I indulged in for lunch
exercise: none
water: not great - 56oz
proud: I had a light dinner to try to make up for my muffin mistake ... but was still over. I'm still not feeling 100% - had a bad headache again last night ... I think it's hard to focus on diet and exercise when I'm feeling blechy. I understand how you've been feeling lildeb!

Have a good day all!

Thanks girls, the guy I am talking to is in my areas so we will be doing the transaction in person with cash in public...so no wires or anything. I am about to ask him for info about the serial number and all that.

The add he posted only gave an email address there was no picture of the phone and no name and phone number. Although I looked at probably 20 more adds for phones and they were all the same with just a email address, I dont know if thats normal.

Im googling him and looking him up on FB now to see if I can find anything!

Hello All!

I am doing better than yesterday...still not the super motivated excited person I was a couple weeks ago but I am still going...It did help that the scale regisered 219 this morning after my bagel thin & coffee. I just really want to get very far away from the 220 number so that don't have to worry about hitting it again...getting below 220 was a mini goal for me & I want to stay below it

Checking in from yesterday
Calories: 1544 - about 200 over...ate 350 of my exercise calories
Water: hitting 64ounces consistently now :-) I honestly stop counting once I hit the 64 mark
Exercise: Did 25 minutes on the elliptical & had my trainer push me through 250 heinous crunches....my plan is to rush home after school & try to get in some ellitpical time before she shows up....

If I am reading right, the challenge this week is to burn 700 calories a day...& that mean not eating those exercise calories right?

Thank you for all the messages of support...I really don't know how I would manage this without you ladies. You are all my weight loss best friends which helps because you all know exactly how it feels to be like this & be working on a better life.
My friend took pictures of me at the beach on Mother's Day while I was playing with my son in the waves & I am still very disappointed in the way I look...I always think i look smaller than the pictures actually show...my mom saw a picture of me recently & she said I look like I have lost more than 12 pounds but I don't know. I just want to be able to have pictures taken of me that I am not embarrassed of.
I will be seeing my entire family in just over a week for my grandmother's memorial service & I am really nervous about if people are going to be able to notice a difference in how I look. I am also going to be attempting to water ski for the first time in about 3 years...the last time I skied was before i got pregnant with my son in 2007.

I will stalk ya'll some more later :-)

Kdeb: I am so happy you are feeling better today Stay positive

The challenge for this week is not burn 700 calories a day...i am not going to be so brutal..that is another challenge some girls want to participate to lose those extra pounds they gain over the weekend.

here is the challenged i made up for this week. Good luck!

This week's challenge will be to find a body part that need toning...for me that would be my upper arms...bat wings...lol.

http://realwomensfitness.com/upper-body-exercises/womens-beginner-arm-toning-workout/

you don't have to do Arm toning - what ever you want to do...just try it once this week. that is all i ask

I'll be back later to stalk..I have one more 40 minute session ( the stepper) and i am offically done (exercise wise) for today...now i have to stay focused on my eating...I ate way too much (yesterday) so today i want to keep it low @ around 1200 calories. Hope I can do that..I will, I will, stay focused!

Have a nice day girls!

Major work-related vent ahead --

So, I'm sitting here this morning, doing my usual work which is generally pretty low volume right now (which is why I have so much time to stalk -- my busy time at work is really October-Feb). And then the payroll manager comes into my office & starts talking about something she wants me to do for her (we're about to go through a HUGE software switch at work and we're scrambling to prepare for that). I was already irritated by what I have to do for that because it's a huge undertaking and the insurance company royally screwed up their accounting system LAST NOVEMBER and still haven't gotten around to being functional. Well, the insurnace premium accounting is pretty much a huge part of my normal job, which I haven't really been able to do since.. yeah -- november because of the accounting problems at the ins. co. So it's a humongous mess and I have no way to straighten it out without starting from square one and putting in probably thousands of hours of research (no exaggeration). And they want me to get everything completely straight there in like a week which is just.. well, it's impossible. Because when I took this job and started working here & got the insurance accounting shoved on me because no one else was doing it (for the last 5 effing years!!! :noway:), it was a huge monster. But I took it on head on & was probably 80% finished with it when the ins. co's accounting system collapsed 6 months ago (6 EFFING MONTHS ago and it's sitll not up again). Yeah, that was 80% finished over 12 months time. But since then, there's still that 20% of crap out there to be dealt with as well as 6 months of new crap that I can't see because of the problems with the insurance company's accounting department.
I want to cry.
Anyway, so while I was being told I had to straighten years and years worth of other peoples' screw ups in a week's time, my supervisor's supervisor walks into my office & says she needs another project completed by "Friday." I said "tomorrow Friday?!" She said "yeah -- that's why I gave it to you ahead of time" (like 9.30am this morning was "ahead of time" for a tomorrow deadline or something). I was like "umm... okay I'll try." And I began working furiously. FURIOUSLY. The hardest I've ever worked at this job. :laugh: EVER. I didn't pee, I didn't drink water, I just busted my brain doing hundreds of calculations & developing the most beautiful spreadsheet ever. I was *so close* to being finished after almost 4 hours. I thought I may actually even be able to finish before I left at 1.45 today. My phone rings -- I plan to ignore it (like I had been all morning) but then I recognized my boss's cell phone # so I answered it. She said "Don't worry about that project my supervisor gave you earlier today." :noway: I said "Well, um.. I'm almost done with it." And there was a long pause... And then she said "Are you really? Oh my god, I'm SOOOOOOO SORRY."
*deep breath*
"All those numbers are going to change, so we're going to have to redo it Monday"
*another very very deep breath*

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!?!

Okay I'm done.

Thanks for reading my long winded (every possible detail) vent. I know some of you were screaming in your heads for me to get to the point the whole time you were reading it.

jlb- I think I would have burst out crying on the phone..either that or I would have been fired for some choice words I would have had with my boss

Im so sorry you had to deal with that today!

LittleSpy-WOW!! You are having a brutal day! I really hope you get it all figured out girl!

Cris-I'm definitely in for the 600 calorie burn 4 days a week. I need something to push me harder. I was barley getting to 400 calories burned everytime I worked out. Count me in!!

awestfall-Hope your knee gets better! Take care of yourself.

I have a rant of my own. So my Mom is on my facebook and I've been posting my workouts and stuff on there. I also talk to my Mom about my workouts and what all I'm doing. She's starting to freak out on me. She thinks I'm "overdoing" it. I told her about the 700 calorie challenge and she nearly wet herself. I told her I'm still eating at least 1400-1500 calories a day. I tried telling her that I'm listening to my body and what it needs but that didn't seem good enough. Any thoughts on this matter? Am I overdoing it? What can I tell her to let her know I'm okay?

HELP!