Over 200 New Year New Me Part 19
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Wow, I had to read so much since i last logged on 4 hours ago.
I hope I remember everything...If I don't sorry..not intended.
Cris: I agree with the rest of these girls. have a talk with him and let him know that what he did was not called for...and THank GOD nothing happened. I forgot who mentioned this but i like the NO drinking while watching the baby rule. Good luck!
Momma: nice to see your around. About your daughter; she does have an unfair teacher...but all i can say is if all the student's are failing than the teacher is NOT teaching the material correctly. And about soap opera drama...hang in there girl...my daughter is in Middle school and this kind of stuff happen theire too. stupid silly stuff that girls fight and majority of the time it's about a boy..
jess: you ahve come a long way...CONGRATS girl! what an amazing accomplishment! :flowerforyou: And good luck on your 50 pound mark..
Miranda: Congrats on completing the Biggest loser compitition:flowerforyou:
I am starving, be back later0 -
Hello!
Just checking in before I jump back into my pile of research papers...
Calories : 1322 :-) & that included a piece of yummy carrot cake at lunch - but only had 1 chicken nugget & 2 glasses of wine for dinner :-(
Exercise: major hardcore elliptical time & crunches...I managed to punch out 1 1/2 miles in 30 minutes yesterday which is the best I have ever done! And I am super sore today too
Water: 64 ounces :-)
Ok back into the pile of 6th grader writing...yucky!0 -
9 Tips to get a flat belly!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Copied and Pasted these Tips to share with you!!!!!!
1. Calm down!!! Stress causes weight gain in the mid section
2. Skip the alcohol for a week or so. That glass of wine with dinner may be part of the reason your jeans are too tight. Alcohol also tends to raise cortisol levels, sending fat to your belly, Seidell says. (Don't be mad at me mstahl I did not make this up:laugh: )
3. Stop smoking. “It keeps me thin,” proclaim many smokers. But the truth is that smokers tend to have more abdominal fat than nonsmokers, says Seidell. (The stress hormone cortisol seems to be the culprit here too.) "When people stop smoking, the amount of abdominal fat actually decreases," he says.
4. Eat more fiber. Not only is fiber great for overall weight loss (it fills you up so you don't eat as much), but it also prevents constipation, which can cause your tummy to bulge, says Lawrence J. Cheskin, MD, a gastroenterologist and director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center in Baltimore. To stay regular, aim for 22 to 25 g of fiber a day by eating more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables
5. Drink up. For premenstrual bloating, drink lots and lots of water. This will actually help flush away bloating, not make it worse
6. Keep bones strong. Osteoporosis can lead to fractured bones in your spine, causing you to slump. That shortens your abdominal cavity, giving your belly no place to go but out, says Willibald Nagler, MD, physiatrist in chief emeritus at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in New York City. Be sure to get 1,000 mg of calcium every day from the foods you eat and/or from supplements.
7. Get your heart rate up. All the ab exercises in the world won't do a thing unless you get rid of the fat hiding your abdominal muscles. The best way is to do aerobic exercise for 45 to 60 minutes, 5 times a week.
8. Tuck your tummy. Imagine there's a magnet pulling your belly button back toward your spine. Practice the tuck until it becomes comfortable, and soon it will come naturally--like breathing. Do it every chance you get.
9. Get a bonus ab workout. Stand as much as possible when doing weight-lifting exercises. That way your abs work too. “They help to balance and stabilize your body,” says Tammy Strunk, an Emmaus, PA, fitness instructor. Concentrate on keeping your abs tight and maintaining good posture, but don't hold your breath0 -
Thanks Momma ! :-)0
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ugh, I have a lot of those to work on Momma (so happy to see you back and posting)
I forgot some important things that happened to my girls! HERE IT GOES:
Julie- nice comments from your partner is THE BEST! I am glad that your fiance can appreciate a nice piece of *kitten* :laugh:
Jess- like I said before your transformation has been amazing. I couldnt believe how different you look! It does seem though that you were always happy with who you were, always smiling and always looking cute, no matter what size you were wearing:flowerforyou: 0 -
Ahhh Momma - I'll forgive you - I won't "shoot the messenger"! And I do cut out alcohol when I need to cut extra calories I'm probably drinking my wine 3 nights a week now...
Chris - SO HAPPY FOR YOU WINNING BL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:flowerforyou: :smooched: :smooched: :flowerforyou:
As for your man... I have a friend who's husband is a decorated military man and he's kinda a hero in her small community. He did the same thing when the Cleveland Cavs lost their last game. I'm not sure what happened that night but he passed out and their 3 year old got herself out of bed (there is a 1 yr old too) and I think the 3 yr old called my friend at work (nurse). I didn't ask for details but the outcome was that the county social workers got involved and she and her husband have to go to parenting class and if there is another event (like an injured child or what ever) they could lose custody. THANK GOD no one was injured but now they're basically a broken arm away from having to fight to keep their kids! And this is a very middle class, respected family with no criminal records etc... I think that there are some things our significant others can do that are dangerous enough that we're justified in staying angry for awhile. Some things we aren't supposed to "get over" right away.
Checking in for Wednesday -
Calories - over by about 450 (*coughWINEcough*)
Water - GREAT!
Exercise - not so much :frown:
Proud- I was off site for training with lots of cookies and sweets - I didn't do great but I did OK concidering! I'm also proud that when my husband had a little tantrum last night I let it go and ignored it because I get he's over-whelmed right now. Part of what set him off was that he went out on the deck and shut the sliding glass door - Mrs. Fig saw him and trotted out to say hello - head first into the glass door. She's fine - the door's fine - I was pee'ng myself laughing so hard :laugh: Ken was not amused and made some comment about her knocking over his Dad (who was asleep in bed) and stormed upstairs. I took Mrs. Fig outside and finished weeding the front garden.0 -
Ok have made it through about 5 papers since my last posting....
But I am becoming obessesd....all I can think about is figuring out what I can do to make sure I reach my mini goal in two weeks which is to loose at least 5lbs by June 3rd....
I have even been looking at heart rate monitors that also track calories...anything that will get me that extra edge...
I think i am totally stressing because I leave tomorrow to go to my grandmother's memorial service & stay at my family's lake cabin for a week...so I will totally be off my normal routine & really do not want this to back fire on me.
I also have a TON of work to do before i leave tomorrow afternoon like write sub plans & pack & all that...but all i think really think about is how to lose the weight fast & NOW....
I got on the scale this morning & was rather incessed at it dared to show I was almost 1/2 a ound heavier than Tuesday.0 -
Momma - Thanks for that. I definitely need to work on some of those.
KDub - You are working like a mad woman on those papers!! You are doing great and remember not to stress to much because that definitely won't help you lose weight. And now that Momma has posted things we need to do to help with our mid sections this will help get you there. :happy: I know that this is a very difficult time but you will make it through it. Hope your grandmother's memorial goes well this weekend.
mstahl : Great job on staying away from the sweets for the most part. As long as we remember portion control then having one or two occasionally can be okay.
It is much easier to keep up with all the posts when you read them more often!! :laugh: :laugh:0 -
Jess: Wow, your event is a bit expensive. The one at the Mall of America has a red carpet instead of pink, but is only $30 per person. I forgot to look at what the date is. I'll have to ask around to see if anyone would be interested in going with me because it sure sounds like fun and something a bit out of my normal routine.0
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Good job and awesome compliment! I just noticed Eugene Hutz in your ticker - party! I saw Gogol Bordello two years ago out here - best concert of my life!
Party! :laugh:
I'm going to see them August 1st. I'm driving 6-7 hours to see them because they haven't come anywhere near me in the 4-5 years I've loved them and I'm tired of waiting. :indifferent: At least my best friend lives like an hour away from where they're playing so I don't have to make the drive back the same day.0 -
I weighed myself for the first time since the weekend and my weight is WAY WAY up. I'm going to ignore it for now. I didn't gain six pounds.
nope.
didn't happen.
Tonight I get to host our regular Thursday Night Dinner (expecting 15 guests from as far away as MI and KY) AND have George there too! I also found out (via my housemates' twitter) that our cat that thinks he's a dog, Malcolm, released a chipmunk into our living room. Malcolm is now soundly sleeping on the floor by the fireplace and our housemate's cat is staring under various pieces of furniture in our living room. Should make for an interesting evening!0 -
Cris-I am one of those who almost always a smile on their face. Annoying huh? :laugh: But I just never realized how bad I got till I started losing and compare pics now. But I really do appreciate all the compliments. Y'all are all the best! :blushing: Week 7 is going to be in the dust tonight, right?
Heather-Yes it is quite spendy to go. Gotta love Dallas! But I really want to go! Happy 50 pounds lost me! Hopefully!! Cross your fingers!
KDubMommy-You sound like you got a lot on your plate! Hang in there! You can get it all done. Hope the memorial goes smoothly for you. We will miss hearing from ya!
mstahl-Way to not go overboard with the cookies! Your miss fig sounds like quite the character!
Momma-Thanks for the info!
So...I'm going to be bad and skip my workout tonight to go shopping for a dress. My roommate is free and I want her to go with me to find something. She's good at dressing me up! :laugh: I'm like her barbie. She's fancy, I'm not! So I'm going to skip spin class tonight and shop and pack. I'm going to my parents right after work tomorrow to take all my crap and my dog out there, they live about 45 minutes away. We rented a 15 foot inflateable slide for my nieces 7th birthday party Saturday. So I'm going to be out there all weekend and so I'm just gonna stay there. Apparentley someone has big plans for me to assist them in drinking a bottle of Malibu Rum. It's okay to drink rum if it's with coke zero or something, right? :bigsmile: And I'm rambling and not sure if that made any sense but I think I may start week 8 in the morning or catch the 5:45 spin calss. We shall see!0 -
hey girls
If anyone is looking for a sports bra kohls has lots of sport bras ( makers: Filas, nike, tec gear) in the clearance rack/section for only (between) 6 -12 dollars. Some are seamless sport bra and others arepreformance tank. I just bought the preformance tank by Fila for only $6.40 and it fit perfectly.
Did i mention I love Kohls :-)0 -
Jess- honestly I almost didnt go to the gym myself...I literally had to drag myself..and when I say literally I mean literally...I threw myself off the sofa and said get your butt to the gym. Tonight is my usual spin class but Bobby is golfing with his buddies so I dont have anyone to watch the baby and daycare closes at 630 (class is from 6-7) I did week 7 instead, and it was rough...really rough. Worst day so far! But its DONE!!!!!! Have fun shopping!
Pos me- thanks for the nice comments on FB, it always cheers me up to see my MFP friends commenting on my posts all my freinds are prob like wow shes got a great support system!! who can fail under those circumstances!!! thanks again!
mstahl- of course you did NOT gain 6lbs! thats crazy talk! have fun tonight! you need some!
be back later to check in!
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Cris I'm so proud you forced yourself to the gym! Your always going to struggle if you have to force yourself I have learned. Don't sweat it. You will get your groove back. You've had a stressful week!0
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Everyone always says if you hate the excercise you wont stick to it...well I HATE running. I thought as I got better at it and able to do more Id grow to like it but nope. I am just going to finish c25k then prob do 10 mins runs as a workout but 30 mins is a little to long for me..I get bored.
On another note. I know my mini goal says differently but I am going to try to be 190 by June 30. Its my 6 year anniversary with Bobby. My original goal was to be at 200 by then but seeing as that was already met I want to shoot for 190! Its gonna take a lot of hard work but I can do it. It will make me keep up with my workout too so I hope I can reach it!0 -
Hey girls!
Cris: I love to comment because i know how it feels to have a support system (whether here or fb), and I know that by reading the comments it encourages/ motivates you to do more..well that might be me..LOL once again congrats on your c25k run! :flowerforyou:
Check in
calories: under, but not by much
exercise: 40 minutes treadmill ( 20 with incline and 20 minutes w/o incline), 30 minutes elliptical and 8 laps around my community park ( about 3 miles) about 40 minutes. Yes i am wiped out! But i considered today as my "last chance workout"
water: yup! 100oz.
600 burned: I burned 1100 calories but i only counted 778ish...
Proud: that i did one more lap to finish a 3 mile walk..I only planned on doing 7 laps but i said what the heck minds well do one more
sodium: 1057
fiber: 23g
Happy weigh in girls!!! Best of luck to ALL!!
Good nite :-)0 -
litspy - I get so excited to read your posts because I can feel the happiness of you oozing out. Congrats on getting the ring and for having a nice butt! :laugh:
jesyka - I meant to tell you a long time ago that your profile pic of your two kids is adorable!
miranda - good luck with your BL results!
elmox - I am glad you went to the event with your hubby. Life is what we make it, and you made memories and a happy hubby!
jess - LOL on your pants keep falling down! OK seriously, which one is you in the pic? You look like the one on the right, but I don't see what's so God-awful about it...? OK, after reading everyone's posts, I am assuming the one on the left is you. NO WAY! It doesn't look like you at all! :noway:
pos_me - way to go on the exercise today!
cris - sorry to hear of the fight with your man. I went through that with my husband. It seems that losing your job can really make you depressed and sort of "shut down" for awhile. I would have been just as mad about the baby situation! I am glad he came to his senses and realized he was an idiot!
momma - Oy, I remember the teenage drama, too. I hope things work out for Miranda. How much longer does she have class with the grinch?
snowflakes - I miss you! Yeah, *sigh*, I knew it would only be a matter of time before the real world caught on to MFP and started posting rude pics. I am glad they got on that immediately.
heather - congrats on staying low on the sodium! That is the hardest thing for me to do. :grumble:
KDub - isn't "6th grader writing" an oxymoron?
Take deep breaths - it's going to be OK, sweetie.
raider - you're right - much easier to keep up when you read the posts more often! Unfortunately, I only come on once a day and so I read like five pages in one sitting! :laugh:
mstahl - never a dull moment in your house! ROFL You should write a book - I mean it!
meokk - Friday is almost here! Hang in there, kid!
openheaven - way to go on those jacks!
velvet - I, too, had the rude awakening about my sodium. I can tell you that once I got that better in line I started losing steadily.
heather and litspy - Thank you for telling me that you'll still be on here after goal weight, but it's really OK if you are not. I am starting to see why people "hang" with people around the same weight - they can all get to goal together. I love you all dearly and I know that the reality is, I will be seeing you all go on with your lives much sooner than I. But that's a reality I chose when I decided to "hang" with you 200 girls. Just sometimes it makes me sad. And I DON'T want you hanging around for me. You came here to be with people near to your weight - you didn't expect to find someone who is two times the size of Jess's old pic. I want you girls to get to your goals and get on with life! We'll still keep in touch somehow.
check in:
everything is good. It's all good. 0 -
Blue- absolutely not we will not leave ANYONE behind, I for one would miss your comedy! We will stick together until everyone crosses that finish line!!! This is a lifetime journey...and we are all in it together
WE LOVE YOU!:flowerforyou: 0 -
Blue- absolutely not we will not leave ANYONE behind, I for one would miss your comedy! We will stick together until everyone crosses that finish line!!! This is a lifetime journey...and we are all in it together
WE LOVE YOU!:flowerforyou:
Couldn't have said it better myself Cris. We are in this journey together no matter what! Through thick and thin we are all working towards our goals but some might take longer than others and that is ok. We are here to help each other out on this journey.:flowerforyou: 0 -
Good Evening Ladies!!
Blue - We are all in this together!! I am just being and don't have any plans to go anywhere until I meet my goal (which will be quite a while). So sorry to tell you that you are stuck with me, sister!!
Cris - Great job on getting up and running. I feel you with the running. I HATE running!!! I have never been good at it and haven't ever planned on starting. I don't mind fast paced walking but no running. I know crazy!
Jess - Go shopping girl!! It is always fun to get something that makes you feel gorgeous! Sounds like your Sex in the City event is going to be lots of fun!!
Good Luck on weigh ins tomorrow ladies! I can see that we will have several new members of ONEderland! Congrats Julie and Cris!!
Check In
Calories: Over
Water: 100 oz or so
Exercise : None :grumble:
Proud: That I didn't over indulge in the root beer floats today at work. I don't like root beer so that helped and then I only had about 1/2 a cup of ice cream. I LOVE Ice cream so that is a definite accomplishment.0 -
Blue- absolutely not we will not leave ANYONE behind, I for one would miss your comedy! We will stick together until everyone crosses that finish line!!! This is a lifetime journey...and we are all in it together
WE LOVE YOU!:flowerforyou:
Ditto!
Sweet potato enchiladas are in the oven. Yeah, they're going to be amazing. I'll post the recipe later. Yes, I'm totally sabotaging my weigh-in tomorrow by eating an insane amount of sodium like 10 hours before weigh-in time. :laugh: I don't even care. I was too busy to make dinner earlier with the running and the explaining to the people next door that I don't appreciate them YELLING obscenities for several hours every night. Especially in front of my other neighbor's kids who were playing about 100 feet away. :noway: So classless and inconsiderate. 
I feel a lot better now that I've let them know how I feel. Unfortunately there's now a new group of people hanging out there who didn't hear my plea earlier so they're back at it (yes, at 10pm). Ugh. 0 -
blue, we will stick it out together. You can count on us!!!!!!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :smooched: :flowerforyou: 0
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Checking in for today
Calories - Over by 47cals. Not the end of the world, it's my mother's birthday so we did dinner/dessert.
Water - goal met and exceeded
Exercise - just a negligible amount of work with the resistance bands and a 15minute fast paced walk with the baby
Something I'm proud of - Even though I went over my calories, it wasn't by much, and I was under calories the past two days, so there we have it. I wouldn't normally eat like I did this evening, but I'll be more mindful in the future anyway. Hope all you lovely ladies have had a good one!0 -
blue - Definetly we are all here till the end..
Check in -
Cals - 1561 - right on target
Exercise - 33 min on arc trainer - 1 mile bike ride - 310 cals
Water - 46 oz
Proud - That i made my goal this week of getting at least 1200 every day, and seems to be paying off...either the exercise thing started kicking in or both..
HOping that the scale is still nice to me in the morning 0 -
bluenote, it looks like you are stuck with all of us! And I need my STL love!
Cris, I am SO proud of you for going to the gym and feel you on the loss of your exercise mojo. Mine has been MIA since Tuesday. I'm hoping I can find it quick!
Oh and for my beer lovers, the beer release party was held at Brooklyn Brewery and it was all you care to drink. They were celebrating the release of two new beers, a saison and a braggot (which my husband tells me is a beer brewed with honey). My hubby is a huge beer geek and really wants to move into the beer distribution/brewing world. He made some good contacts last night, so other than just having fun with me :bigsmile: , he found a lead on a new job. :drinker: :drinker: Thanks to all for the support of my fun night and being there for Jonathan.
Checking in:
Cals: Under, with some exercise left over.
Water: 72 oz
Exercise: 1 hour of yoga in Bryant Park. It was so cool! Lululemon sponsors a free yoga class every Thursday evening from 6-7. I went with friends and we really loved it. I was so mellow afterwards. I didn't even rush to the subway. I just took my time, how pleasant. Not a lot of cals, but a good feeling afterwards.
Proud: I ate on plan today after the all the beer and tacos last night and it feels good.0 -
Bluenote-I agree you are stuck with us all! We are all here for each other! Even when I meet my goal I don't plan on leaving this site. I'm going to need it to maintain. We love you and we aren't leaving you behind! You made me laugh, yes I am the one on the left. Like I said before, I never thought of myself as hideous or ugly or anything cruel like that, just comparing pictures now it is quite a drastic change and I love the way I am looking now. The person on the right is my roommate, she's lost about 20 or 30 pounds since that picture...but she's always sucking her gut in during pictures.:laugh: I could suck in and still look big. :laugh:
Elmox-All you can drink!? That's freaking amazing!! I would of definitely been an avid participant.
LittleSpy-Can't wait to hear how your dinner turned out! I'm drooling over here! Sounds like you have quite interesting characters as neighbors!
I'm in a rush so I know I missed a few people, I will try and check back in later. I need to pack still. Just wanted to tell y'all I went shopping and found the perfect dress.. It was so nice to go buy something tonight that I felt comfortable in and looked great in. I didn't have to settle for the one option that "fit". It's a fuisha dress....don't really know how to explain the rest because I'm not fancy like that. You know me I will most definitely post pictures. I had to drop it off at Liz (my roommate) parents house for her mom to stitch up a little bit so my bra is not hanging out for God and everybody to see. Anywho. Off to pack! Happy weigh in tomorrow!!:drinker:0 -
Good Morning girls!
Hapy news to report. I lost the 4/5 pounds i gain over the weekend AND 2 more pounds. I am offically 205.4.. I also noticed that I only need 1/2 lb to have lost 40 pounds. I think I got the hang of things.
Pos_me.......... -2..........0.96%
Good luck girls:happy:0 -
Happy friday all !!!
I am proud to say this morning that I am down to 276.9 !!! that is 3.2 #!!!!!!
Pos_me.......... -2..........0.96%
Lildebbie ........-3.2.......1.14%0 -
Well, not a good weigh in morning for me yet again. Another big fat zero! Trying to not beat myself up over it but I'm quite frustrated right now.
Congrats to POS Me And LilDebbie on both of your great losses this morning! I know you have both been working VERY hard this week! :drinker: :flowerforyou:
Pos_me.......... -2..........0.96%
Lildebbie ........-3.2.......1.14%
Jess...................0...........0%0
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