Over 200 New Year New Me Part 19

I got sidetracked at Belk after my eye doctor appt and I bought my very first dress!


I'm sure I'll still wear chucks with it, but... it's progress.

Very cute !!!!! YOU look awesome!!

I got sidetracked at Belk after my eye doctor appt and I bought my very first dress!


I'm sure I'll still wear chucks with it, but... it's progress.

I for some reason can't see the pictures but I'm sure it looks great!! :drinker:

Just wanted to stalk one more time before school ends! I will check in again but probably not til monday...
Miss you All!

Cute Dress Julie and you look great in it!!!!!!!!!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Julie: You look AMAZING in your dress:flowerforyou:

Kdub: way to go in grading your student's papers... hope you have a safe trip

Check in...it's not going to be good

calories: over by 600-700ish
exercise: evening walk with hubby ( 5 laps)..but then we went to the ice cream shop and i had a frozen yogurt ( chocolate wiht chocolate sprinkles and a cone)
water: 100+

600 calorie burn challenge...NOPE!!! I slacked off
Proud: that i lost all the weight i gained last weekend and 2 more pounds...6 - 7 pounds off my body..but i might have gained it all back with my careless eating.
fiber: 30g
sodium: 1890 ( bad I know)

Have a great evening girls

Im on like beer 6 or 7...who knows...dont worry baby is asleep. I can handle my booze and know my limit.. Just had enough this week and been stresing my self out so here I am.

julie- seriously you looks so good in that dress!

ok back to relaxation time with my fiance...Ill log these beers in the morning. I have a feeling ONEdarland wont last too long:sad:

Pos_me.......... -2..........0.96%
Lildebbie ........-3.2.......1.14%
Jess...................0...........0%
Miranda...........-1.2.........0.43%
Meokk.............-2.8.........1.49%
Littlespy............-3.0.......1.49%
Awestfall...........-1.0........0.45%
Cris20056.........-5.2.......2.56%
momma...........-4.6......1.75%
cogirl................. -4.0 .......1.54%
raiderape.........-1.0.......... 0.36%
elmox.................0.0...........0.0%
mstahl...............0.0............0.0%

Checking in for Thursday-
calories - over by 800+ (I had a bottle of wine -oops!):drinker:
Water- yes!
Exercise - we don't count chewing right?

Proud- we had 16 people for dinner - lots of fun, good mix of people and our last two guests didn't end up getting here until almost 10PM! I managed to eat about a lb of strawberries and only a little of the bread and stuff. Could have been much worse!

Checking in for today-
Calories - right at 1100 ish
Water - great!

Proud - I was going to really focus and get lots of work done today! But I didn't let my good intentions get in the way of taking a nice 45 minute walk after lunch :bigsmile:

I'm caught up on reading - I have a dog show (photography) this weekend so I'm not sure if I'll be checking back in much but I love you guys!!! You're the BEST!

My goal for THIS week is to actually do that last couple week's challenges. I didn't even come close to getting 7 hours sleep this week! Last night I went to bed around 2AM and was up at 6AM making those who slept over some breakfast!

George came out of his room last night around 10:30 and asked "Who are these people and when are they going home?" Ken introduced people who came after George had gone to bed and then explained that we were just sitting down for dinner. Poor George. Such a culture shock!

Thursday night I had a beer too (forgot to log that)... omg good beer is so worth the calories!

Check in -

Cals - 2000
Exercise - 590 ( 35 min arc trainer, 23 min bike , 15 (150 m ) swimming.
Water - 56 oz
Proud - I am very proud that i have logged my cals, exercised everyday (and stayed under my cals with my exercise calls) every day for 2 weeks now..okay 2 days shy...but you get the picture

Well ....i went back and looked at the nutritional information for the pizza place we are going to tomorrow and i was looking at the serving size and not cals :ohwell: :ohwell: So it will be more but it is okay. We are working out in the morning and I am soo looking forward to it...I might be going over tomorrow but all worth it.

Good morning!

Kdub: Congrats on getting through all of those papers with time to spare!

Momma: I guess I haven't seen any of the nastiness, but I have seen that a lot of the other threads just don't have the same degree of support that we do. I am so, so glad that I stumbled upon this thread!! I talk about you guys and my boyfriend says, "Who? Someone from online?" He doesn't quite get my obsession but I tell him that without you wonderful ladies, I wouldn't be as successful as I have been.

Spy: Yay on buying a dress and showing us! That's so exciting. Was your finace shocked or doesn't he know yet? My boyfriend's jaw about hit the ground when I showed up in a dress for my birthday dinner since I'm not girly, either.

mstahl: I love the idea of us going on a cruise when bluenote gets under 200!! Count me in! I really wanted to go on the Jillian Michael's wellness cruise this year in October but have too many things going on this year so my financials couldn't handle it. I may save up to do it next year if they do it again.

So last night at the races, I actually did okay on the eating. I wanted to eat the junk food so bad that I skipped the beer and opted for a diet soda instead, to save calories. I ate a pretzel with cheese (not very tasty), a corn dog (tasted pretty good) and some butter pecan ice cream (sooo worth it!). I'm proud of myself for not getting more food, because trust me, I wanted it! I'm also proud that I took the stairs whenever we went to the second level to look at the horses before betting and my friend took the escalator. I even jogged up the stairs and wasn't winded or anything. People sure looked at me funny because all night, I never saw another person go up the stairs, although everyone had to walk down the stairs. In the three hours we were there, I only spent $15 (the cost of the food, basically) because I won back enough to break even on the betting. It was really fun!

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: under by 6!
Sodium: over by 1365
Water: Fail!
Exercise: The stairs at the racetrack
Proud: I didn't lose any money betting on the races and stayed within my calories!

Raider: Congrats on being an aunt!! I love the name Addison May...I bet she's beautiful!

raider - Congrats on your niece !!!!

So i started thinking and decided to change my starting weight...my "real" starting weight was 318 last memorial day, we started working on loosing weight lost some then got off july 4th and not back on track till October. I keep saying well i lost soo much since october, and soo much since may...so decided just to change it since my journey started back in may when i hit my high !!! So i really haven't lost like 8 lbs in 2 days :laugh: :laugh: Makes me feel good i am close to a total loss of 50 lbs!!! once I hit that i will change my ticket to the next 50 lbs makes me feel better .

Mstahl - Thanks hubby kept telling me that.. So were you showing dogs or just there as a spectator.

Checking - 1800 cals
Exercise - 33 min on arc trainer, 30 min on bike, 10 min strength training (533 cals total )
Water - not very much just at gym and at lunch.
Proud - That even though I was "splurging" i still only hit a net around 1200 cals, i fore sure thought i would be over today...!!!

Thank you all for your kind words of support. I don't expect you to be around when I finally hit the finish line, but I know that we will still be in touch - that means a lot to me! :flowerforyou:

Been busy singing Friday and Saturday, so not much time to read all the posts. Litspy - both dresses are very cute and look great on you! Congrats on the contacts. Contacts kill me, so I rarely wear them anymore. I always seem to get eye infections with them.
I posted a new pic of me, and the one on my ticker is from December, so you guys can see the difference. Not a huge diff, but I can see it in my face and neck. Plus, I picked the pic with me wearing my SEATBELT just for you girls!

Whoever said something about the Muscle Milk, thank you! I bought a few of the bars and the shakes, and today I ate half of one of the bars for lunch before my bike riding - it made a HUGE difference in my stamina on the bike! And it tasted REALLY good! And it was big, so I didn't feel like I was being cheated! :laugh: I ate the other half after the workout - I wasn't hungry again for three hours! All this time I thought I was supposed to eat carbs before & after working out - well, the protein kept me full a LOT longer!

check in:
cals: almost to half of exercise cals
water: 100!
exercise: 50 mins bike, arms, PT exercises
proud: I went to a friend's house after my gig and I didn't pig out! I only ate three lemon pepper chicken wings and veggies! No alcohol, either! I am very proud of myself! It was the first time I controlled myself in front of my faves! (I LOVE lemon pepper wings, and, well, you all know about the goldfish!) I'm also proud that I got the nerve to take a pic and post it. I love you girls!

blunote - Love the new picture !!!! YOU look great!!! Believe me i will be here for a long time. One of my "get skinny goals" is next time i fly on a air plane to sit in the seat my big butt fit in the seat without overflowing onto hubbies and to buckle the seat belt without the extention...i really hate asking for one sometims i suck it in so hard to squeeze it on just so i don't have to ask :sad: to be able to actually sit down and pull some slack on it is such a goal for me.

Mstahl - That is cool...

Julie - you had me in dress mode yesteday. I had to go to the store to take back and exchange stuff my mom got me for my bday. they had these dresses , i don't go anywhere i could think to wear it and they were way out of my budget :sad: so i didn't get them.

Blue- this is the first time I've seen your smiling face and Im so happy you put a pic up!

I've been horrible all weekend...not jsut bad...horrible. I dont know whats wrong with me but I've def lost my focus. Getting under 200 was such a huge goal for me and now that I am there I feel so ...aimless? Yea, I want to be at 150, but I dont have that same drive...I dont know if any of this makes sense. I am not quitting, and I sure as hell am not going back to 255lbs. So I need to refocus and get some kind of meaningful goal in my head to keep me going.

Cris, I agree with everything you just said!! Blue, you look FAB and can totally tell the difference. Cris, I'm also at a bit of a blah moment. I have less motivation to work out and feel more eh about eating right. I'm still tracking all my food, but I'm having a hard time getting motivated to keep on keeping on to reach the 180s. However, I haven't been in the 180s in almost 6 years, so I would LOVE to get back there.

Checking in for Friday and Saturday:

Friday
Cals - OVER. Went out to celebrate a friend passing all her tests and becoming an registered architect. Went to a beer garden (only 2 beers...) and then to Katz's (where Sally faked "it" in When Harry Met Sally) for some of the best pastrami in the world. Total cals = 1723
Water - 64 oz
Exercise - none
Proud - that I logged everything, even though I was less than thrilled about my intake

Saturday
Cals - OVER. I was doing OK until I decided I needed ice cream at the end of the evening. Total cals = 1728
Water - not so good, like 36 oz
Exercise - helping my brother and sister in law move, walked about a mile
Proud - no beer for me. I had a white wine spritzer and that's all the alcohol, even though those around me were guzzling.

Today we're taking some friends in from out of town to brunch and then to walk around Central Park. With all the walking, I'll probably walk between 3-4 miles, not bad, but not awesome.

Talk to you later!