Over 200 New Year New Me Part 24

So I just got my blood work results from the doctor and they aren't all that great. My triglycerides are WAY, WAY out of control. It is twice and then some of what it is suppose to be!! The thing that confuses me is that my cholestrol as a whole is okay but my good cholestrol is lower than it should be. I am so confused!! They have told me that I need to cut out the sugar and exercise more and then they will also give me a pill to take too. Cutting out the sugar is going to be EXTREMELY hard for me!!! :noway: :noway: I have the biggest sweet tooth known to man! I am trying to work on the exercising so that hopefully won't be too bad. I have got to get this under control so that I am healthy when I finally do get pregnant. Well and for myself in general. I am going to need lots of help with staying away from sugar and exercising!

Deb - Thanks! I have been taking the fish oil vitamins off and on now for 6 months and it hasn't been enough. It has apparently gone up since September. :grumble: They are prescribing a more concentrated Omega pill to see if that helps.

I'm proud of you ladies -- I have 4 pages of posts to read!

I'm not caught up yet. I'm home, the car is unloaded (but the suitcases aren't, bah) and all my dogs are back home.

You don't even want to know what I've eaten over the last 4 days. Holy moly. The good news is, it all contained so much fat, I'm pretty sure it just slid right through. TMI alert (what's new??), I have gotten rid of more "whatnot" over the last 4 days than in the last month, I swear. :laugh: RIDICULOUS! :embarassed: I'm retaining close to a ton of water, I'm sure, because my engagement/wedding ring is strangling my finger when it normally fits pretty loosely (even after I went down an entire size from my first ring). There have been a couple times this weekend when I've had to take it off it was so tight.

This morning I got to meet my 2nd mother in law (Scott's stepmother) and my sister in law (who is TWELVE!) for the first time. They had driven all night from a soccer tournament my SIL had in Pennsylvania (they live in VA near DC) and got in around 3am. I had only met his dad once before and only for a few minutes so it was good to see him again, too. They were all so nice. His stepmom was really interested in my weightloss (apparently Scott had shared -- and the last time his dad saw me I was probably around 270 so he complimented me). They invited us to come down to Hilton Head again for the 4th and for Thanksgiving and Christmas and basically told us we could use their house any time we wanted. The house was SO FREAKING NICE. I got spoiled really fast there but it took me forever to figure out how some of the fancy stuff worked. So many switches and knobs and buttons I could have done things the regular way about 20 times faster than it took me to figure out how to do it the lazy rich person way. :laugh: My family never had much when I was growing up and the house I own now is a 100 year old fixer-upper that has been about 80% fixered uppered and needs a bit more work so... a multi-million dollar house that's a 5 minute bike ride from the beach on a really nice golf-resort island was nearly culture shock for lower middle class me (only economically speaking -- as you can tell from my constant oversharing my bathroom habits, I'm a VERY classy lady otherwise :indifferent: ). :noway: :laugh:

It's good to be home, I guess (I'm not going to lie -- my house is a huge a disappointment to me now ) . I'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of eating healthy and exercising. My stomach is definitely ready. I may stick to 1200-1400 calories for a few days to jumpstart. I'm sure I did gain some fat because thinking about what I've eaten, there's pretty much no way I didn't even though we were very active all weekend biking and walking everywhere. Doesn't matter how much you bike, when you eat a pound of steak, 3 slices of cheesecake, and half a calzone in a day, you're bound to gain some weight.

Julie - I am glad you had a good time !! I know whatyou mean about the bad food and the "whatnot"

Pos - Congrats to your daugthter!!

hi girls!

Julie- Welcome back! Im so glad you had a good time! Knowing you, any weight gained will be shortly lived!! I missed your posts, glad you are back!

Jess- there is no way to be good at the Olive Garden its just too delish

lildeb- good luck tomorrow, hope it goes well!

pos_me- missed you around today too! Congrats on your daughter's graduation...they grow up too fast

Istpaul- great news on the negative test!

raider- Im sorry about your bad results, hopefully we can help you turn it around! You know we are here for you!

checking in:
calories-1165 :drinker:
water- tonz...120+
sodium- 1925
excercise- elliptical and bike
cals burned: 620!! WHOOP! THERE IT IS!:noway:
Proud- That I am back on track, am motivated, and I stuck to the plan...here's hoping to be BACK out of the 200's AGAIN soon

I weighed in tonight and it was 209.?......It upset me because Im usually 3lbs heavier at night which puts me at 206 or so in the morning. My 204 this morning was prob a fluke...thinking I was dehydrated from all the beer and no water. Blah....I'll find out tomorrow cause Im surely hydrated today!!!

wow there's so much going on today, I'm a bit sad I have to leave again tomorrow because I want to know what happens next !!

Quick check in first......
Yesterday:
Calories - about 1400 ( 1/2 of exercise)
Water - good
exercise - 90 mins gardening

Today:
Calories - about 1350
Water - over
exercise - 30 mins walking

So, sorry to make you all jealous but I'm off tomorrow for a 1 week business trip to Waikiki. I should be able to check in a few times and I'll have a Mai Tai for each of you ( I wish !!!! too many calories :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: )

Elmox - you look fab girl and proud of it :drinker:
Raider Ape - Sorry about those test results but I suppose it's better to know so you can change your habits. I know you can do this. Remember last month when I was doing sugar free days before I went away??? Well, I would rival anyone in a sweetest tooth competition but I managed to do 3 days per week sugar free. Personally I find it easier to have none than to have a little. For me a little often leads to a lot:blushing: :grumble: My dad has had cholesterol issues for years (he's otherwise fit & healthy) and found that a low fat/high fiber diet worked so well that he could go off the medication. Might be worth a try
PosMe - congrats on your little one's graduation, so cute !!!!
Lildebbie - I hope that the appointment goes and Serena is not too upset. Stay strong and don't let those therapists out of the room until you get what you need out of them. Don't be afraid to ask the same question 10 times if that's what it takes. You can do this, I'm already so proud of you :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
LittleSpy - you married woman you, sounds like a dreamy house by the beach and now it's yours for the using....nice
Cris - WTG on the exercise - sounds like the old you. PUT DOWN THAT SCALE !!!!!!! step away from the scale girl, you are driving yourself bonkers with that thing :laugh:
Jess - cute outfit and good job on the manhunt, let us know about the date !!!
That's all I can remember.........xoxoxoxo to everyone else !!!

Hi friends,

Thanks for all the love today.

LittleSpy - Congrats you married woman! Sounds like you had a wonderful honeymoon. Hooray!
LilDeb - Thinking of you and Serena. I think the plan of taking her swimming after the appointment sounds great.
Pos_Me - Congrats on your daughter's graduation! And well done on staying close to calories while celebrating.
Raider - You're such a good encourager - we will encourage you through the test results and what you need to do.
Cris - So incredibly proud of you getting back on track and hard core. Nice work on the exercise!
Jess - You look crazy hot in your new skirt!

Checking in for today:
Cals - Just a little over, like 1332 total
Water - 96 oz
Exercise - None...sad. Too hot to run outside.
Proud: I walked by a celebration giving out free cake. FREE CAKE! Did you hear that? Now let's focus on the "walked by" part. Yup, walked right past it and didn't look back. Take that cake!

Today was a good day. I came in under my calorie allotment. Got all my water plus more. Got some exercise in. Feeling very confident that this will be the program that works.

Yea!! Hurray!!!

:happy:

meokk - So jealous!! You are going to all the places that I one day want to visit. I need your job, what is it that you do?

blue - Yea, on the new shape!!

Susan - WTG! You will start losing real soon!!

Thanks everyone for the prayers and thoughts. I am definitely going to need it. It is crazy because I have cut back on my sweets once I started but ever since I got that news yesterday all I have had is sweets. I had brownies AND ice cream last night and had a cinnamon roll for breakfast! My brain needs to stop this mess! Okay, I am really going to try for the rest of the day to not have any more sweets. It should be easy since I don't have any up here. And I need to make myself workout when I get home tonight. I have a blister on the back of heel from my shoes yesterday so that hurts but that is not an excuse! Sorry for rant all ready.

Oh and I weighed myself this morning and I am back to 264. :sad: My Saturday weight must have been a fluke of 262. :grumble:

Water and Sugar Free here I come today!!

Jess - Have fun at Hurricane Harbor! Well this new guy sounds better already!

elmox - I must have missed that part about walking by free cake!! HOLY SCHMOLY!! You are a freakin' machine if you can do that! That is awesome!!!

Heather - I haven't seen her in a while. Was she going somewhere?

Jess:
I'm assuming the hurricaine harbor is a water park....sounds like so fun. I am in awe of your bravery as I'm so not ready for a swimsuit in public yet. Have a great time.
If it makes you feel any better, I'll be spending my days in Waikiki in a windowless construction site !!!
At least I can have dinner by the ocean though....I am DEFINITELY NOT complaining.
I am all for boy #2, forget #1 as you are already wisely doing....too much drama !! Maybe if you are still single in 6 months his life will be less complicated.

Raider - I do store design and actually rarely get to travel for work, this is just a fluke month with an awesome business trip back to back with a vacation/hobby course.

Elmox - you did what !11!! that is some willpower. I'm going to bet it was not a magnolia cupcake but if you walked past one of those then you are my new idol :laugh:

Cris - I knew it, you just can't stay off that scale :bigsmile: :laugh: well at least this morning it is playing nice.

Leaving for the airport in an hour so talk soon xoxoxoxo

This morning the scale was at 201.8, which is 2.6 less than yesterday...so hooray!

Today I plan on doing maybe a 300-400 work out day...trying not to burn myself out this time. I need to finish c25k ...gotta squeeze that in somewhere..Im scared!:embarassed:

WTG!! You are losin it fast!!!

Good morning!

I'm still not caught up on posts. Work is insane and I don't want to be here. :frown:

Cris -- My FIL married rich, not me. :laugh: Congrats of being back on track.
Jess -- New guy does sound good. It was definitely nice that recent guy was considerate enough to give you an explanation.
Lildeb -- I'm with you on the drowning yourself in water thing today. I was so bloated this morning I seriously *could not* get my ring on. It's fitting now, thank goodness!

So, for the rest of this week it's going to be water water water, 1200-1400 calories, and exercise as usual. I think Saturday I'll go back to my usual routine. We'll see.

Look at me in full stalker mode! :laugh: :laugh:

Deb - I know what you mean with everything hitting at one time. It keeps happening to me too. The biggest one this last year was we put our $1000 earnest money down on our house and then the next night my engine blows in my car!! There was no way to back out of the house since we put that money down since it was a foreclosure. It really stunk! It will get better! For Serena's bday party you will figure something out. I wouldn't think you would have to invite everyone for summer camp just a few of her friends but keep it small if you can't afford it. I know that is what I would have to do.

Julie - Drink Mrs!!! You, Deb and me are going to be floating at some point with all of our water! But if it makes all the lbs drop off that works for me!! Sorry your job is not going well. Have you heard anything from the other job yet? I am sure it is early but you never know with some places.

Jess - Have a blast! My dh wants us to go to Schlitterbahn but I never want to go because I can't see myself even getting into a swimsuit! I have to go buy a swimsuit so that I can participate in GNO at the hot tub this week. I am not really looking forward to it because my friends are all skinny Minnie's!

Well, so far 40 oz down so much more to go!

Okay...i feel like at least 1 weight is lifted off of my shoulders !!!!

I have scheduled her party!!! YAY!!! July 17th, so 3 weeks (hard to believe my baby will be 7 in 3 weeks) ...not just getting people to come...hopefully we will have a good turn out.. They do everything but the cake..so we will need to bring that, they get to play for like an hour then party room for an hour, pizza, cake, and presents, then they can play as long as they want afterwards...I am sure i won't get serena too much stuff for her actual bday ,as the party is part of it...but i will get her some stuff, she gets soo much stuff, from aunts, uncles, grandparents that she doesn't actually know...

I was thinking of getting her this little thing that is like password journal maybe it will get her writing in it everyday and be cool about it so she won't know she is doing what i say of course she wasn'ts these stupid little silly bands appeaerntly it is the rage, good thing 4.99 for like a big pack..they kids trade them and such ..