Over 200 Club New Year New Me Part 21

Quick report then off to bed!

Calories - under (unless I forgot something...) under by hundreds - no WONDER I'm hungry!
Exercise - garden work - frenzy of attempting to get some more plants in before the rain hit again - I was soaked with sweat so I'm assuming it should count!
Water - GREAT

Proud - I finally got my mega huge water jug made up with a very weak Green Chai sun tea and sweet leaf. Its just enough flavor that I can drink it by the pint! Maybe my low - water days when I'm not at work are over?

I'm nervous about starting my new job tomorrow! I probably won't be on until night time since I don't even know if I get a new laptop tomorrow!

ColoradoGirl - sending you good thoughts! I hope he feels better soon!!!!!

Good luck on your 1st day tomorrow !!!

mstahl - I'm sending positive thoughts your way for your first day at your new job! Good luck! Can't wait to hear all about it!
COGirl - I am praying for your son! Please let us know how he is doing!
lildeb - I am right there with you on the overeating, but tomorrow is a NEW day and we shall overcome! Oh, and WTG on hitting your memorial day goal!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
litspy - there will be many other occasions for you to wear your new dress. You'll wear it when you're ready, I am sure. You look amazing in it!
jess - YIKES! I hope your car is OK! I'm glad you survived the ghetto!
elmox - SUPER JOB on those inches, girl! WTG!!!

I had another food party tonight, but I did MUCH better. I did not drink. Man, I sure can resist food better when sober. I rode my bike for an extra 30 minutes earlier today just to make sure I'd be OK. I am looking forward to tomorrow and a normal eating routine! Wow, I have changed. LOL I used to hate a normal eating routine! :laugh:

check in:
cals: a wee bit under
water: 100
exercise: 110 mins bike, arms, PT exercises, 10 mins squats
proud: I did very well today with my eating. I am over in sodium big time (have been for four days), but I am drinking lots of water to help with that, I hope.

Happy Tuesday! Hope everybody is having a fantastic day back to work! I'm trying to be positive. Just talked to the car dealership. I'm sitting at over $500 so far to fix my car. That's before we find out if there are any suspension problems. Oh the joys of owning a car! I'm sick to my stomach at the cost to fix this. I don't even want to eat breakfast. :sick:

I am joining the club. Up 2 1/2 pounds this morning. Pretty normal for me after the weekends. I better see big 50 pounds lost this week. I'm trying not to stress. Glad to see everybody enjoyed their weekend to the fullest! :drinker:

Good Morning Ladies, I see I am not the only one who lost my weight loss mind over the weekend. :laugh: I have decided NOT to weigh myself. My ring is soooooooooo tight and it is usually very loose. So I am going to drown myself in water and wait and see what the damage was on Friday. I am so good at not facing things.

Jessyka, I am so happy to see you !!! I am glad things are getting better:flowerforyou:

I am thinking of taking the little ones on a walk. Here is my delimma, Ryan is a wanderer and the whole time I am walking I am saying "Catch Up" it is kinda hard to get a good work out in with him investigating everything he walks by. Don't get me wrong I that he is curious but I want to walk for exercise. Do I put my big ol hungous almost 5 year old in a stroller or let him explore and figure at least I am burning something?

Hello ladies!

I did not journal all weekend long, and this morning I was down 1.2 lb from Friday! :noway: I was definitely not good... I had a big roast beef sub on Friday, lambic beer on Saturday, cheeseburger and cole slaw and an ice cream cone (soft serve) and lambic beer on Sunday, and diner breakfast yesterday (western omelet with cheddar, red skin home fries, and wheat toast). Crazy! I did hit the gym for 30 min of cardio yesterday at least.

Today was my first day back with my trainer! One of the girls from my BL group and I are doing group training with our trainer. She could only squeeze us in for 30 min in between two other clients, but she still gave us quite a workout, then we did 30 min of cardio after it was over. We did stuff with kettlebells for the first time today, plus burpees and supermans, one sided pushups where one hand was on a kettlebell and the other on the floor, and lots of stepups and lunges using hand weights and one of those metal platform steps like they have on Biggest Loser. I always thought that they were so silly on the show for being scared to jump up on them, but they are TALL! There is no way I could jump up on them... I was a little scared to even step up on mine. We had a short one and a tall one, and since my workout buddy is 5'2" and I am 6'0", she got the short one. The tall one came up to almost my knees. :noway:

I feel like its been forever since I logged in!

Julie- Hope you hada fantastic bday! Minus the getting drunk and the stupid guys in the middle of the road

Jess- I am sorry the concert wasnt up to par, how dissapointing! I'm sorry about your car too...seesh girl tough weekend for you!

Cogirl- Hope your son is ok, please update us when you can! Its horrible when the lil ones are sick

Lildeb- Congrats on hitting your memorial day goal, you worked so hard!

Mstahl- good luck today!

Jesyka- glad to hear the meds are working!

I was over in calories all weekend (3 days!) and under in water...this morning I am only showing a 1.4lbs gain but I may also be dehydrated...so anyway...back to the grind this week! I am lookingforward to being more regimented, I felt awful after eating all that crap!

Friday weight- 195.2
Monday weight- 196.6
Target weight for the week- 193.5

700 calorie burns here I come...like julie said, my body should be ready to release some fat stores now for sure!

LittleSpy-I do use the muscle milk light. Out of the three flavors I have tried I love the strawberry creme! Would work out good for you since it doesn't have to be refrigrated. Could drink it on your way home or to work. Glad to hear you got some very interested buyers!

Jesyka-So glad you are starting to feel better! We have missed you! :flowerforyou:

Cris-1.4 pounds isn't too shabby! Good job!!


Thank you for the well wishes on my car. I know it could of been worse. I'm thankful that so far it's not more damage. The guy was baffeled that I blew 2 tires and don't know what I hit. He seems to think there was possibly some kind of trap or something set in the street to purposely blow my tires to prey on innocent women. The part of town I was in, I wouldn't doubt it! We sat with the doors locked because we were surrounded by abandon buildings. Luckily it only took our friends about 15 minutes to show up and wait for the two truck with us. Nobody is going to mess with a 300 pound man! I'm trying to not let the whole situation get me down. I'M TRYING! :bigsmile:

Hello Girls.. things are going better here. yesterday I had to take my son (now 17) to the ER for a SEVERE Migraine. At least that is what they told me. About 5 years ago we had 3 different episodes in a 2 week time frame where my son lost the ability to use the right side of his body, lost continence and could not talk. Scared the hell out of me. After many trips to the ER, cat-scans, sleep tests and a MRI of his head they determined it was a concussion that was not taken care of (got hit in football). We never had any more episodes.. until yesterday. My son and husband were working on the exhaust on Ryan's 71Nova and Ryan hit his head. (nothing severe) Within a hour Ryan could not talk and had so much pain and his blood sugars were 42 (very low). Ended up taking him to the ER yet again and they did another cat-scan (came back normal), they gave him nausea meds, and a couple doses of morphine and sent him home. Scares the hell out of me when stuff like this happens. They told him he was severely dehydrated from all those stupid energy drinks, coffee, diet sodas and not enough water that has been going on for the past week. It took the Dr. telling him to fix all those things and to be more careful with his head for him to do anything. I have been preaching for months and trying to limit what I could. Heck I don't even buy soda or keep it in the house. Well.. he is feeling better today and went to work. So, I am just crossing my fingers that he does not have any more episode.

Outside of all that my weekend was busy like the rest of you! It is good to get back to work today but, it is also the beginning of the month so, I have a ton of paper work, bills, emails, web updating and well work to do. I will check back in a little later this afternoon.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!

I bought a protein drink called AdvantEDGE (lol). Walmart didn't have Light Muscle Milk. Plus this stuff was a lot cheaper (which I know is probably not a good thing in terms of taste, but, eh, worth a shot). I mean, I used to think slimfast tastes alright mixed with *water* so I'm pretty sure I'll think it's drinkable. It has a couple grams more protein, and a couple grams fewer carbs and fat than the Muscle Milk Light, according to the MFP database. Yeah, like I said, I'll give it a shot.

Lildebbie, there was this stuff in a vile by BodyFortress at Walmart. It was only like 3oz and had 26g of protein and was fruit punch flavored. It had 110 cals. 110 cals for 26g protein is pretty awesome, but I can only imagine how disgusting it is. :laugh: I almost bought some, but then I stopped & thought "Why the eff do I need to drink 26g of protein in one gulp?" It just sounded like a bad idea to me. :laugh: