Over 200 New Year New Me Part 27

jess, cris - I'm considering starting the C25K. What iphone app do you use?

Hi this seems like a really fun but focused group, could I join your group. I am Belfast northern ireland and weight 274lb at the minute, my goal weight is about 140lb. I am getting married sept 2011 so am aiming at 3lbs a week untill January whn I go dress shopping.

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sidenote, Elmox you need to try this place, they gave me a big bowl with greens and falafel balls the you get to load up from their salad bar with all sorts of goodies, carrots, beets, coleslaw, picked mini eggplants, taboleh, borccoli, chickpeas, etc and yogurt sauce, it was really yummy)
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Meokk: they have one in Philadelphia too, but beware of how many falafel balls you eat...they are so good...ask a middle eastern girl who is rased on this kinda stuff.

Hi this seems like a really fun but focused group, could I join your group. I am Belfast northern ireland and weight 274lb at the minute, my goal weight is about 140lb. I am getting married sept 2011 so am aiming at 3lbs a week untill January whn I go dress shopping.

Fuffylove, welcome to this amazing group!

We check in daily with calorie intake, water ( how much cups or oz), exercise ( type or amount in minutes), and something we are proud of. We weight in on Friday morning and after everyone has done so we pick the Biggest loser of the week (how much weight lost by percentage) and that person chooses the challenge for the beginning of the next week.

Jump right into our thread and become part of this amazing chatty group of gals!

Good morning all~
lstpaul -Thank you for the welcome.

Alot to catch up on.Staying on track with the food,but exercise is not hapening yet till back doctor says different.Waiting on insurance and to begin PT and two more tests.The MRI of my middle back now and neck-oh joy-
BUT-am doing small light stretching and I do walk around the store with a cart and little things light cleaning etc.

Be good to yourselves all and the rest will follow~

have a great day
Molly

Pos_Me: Way to go on avoiding the turtle cake your hubby brought home! You're back full-force!

Jess: Ah, yes, the high school food. We had Domino's pizza and an a la cart FULL of junk food such as nachos, cheese fries, etc. My junior year of high school, I had a slice of pizza, a side salad and Metabolife for lunch every day. My senior year I had either pizza OR a bagel with cream cheese and sometimes ice cream for lunch every day. I was actually thin in high school, but all of the crap built up in my system and caught up as soon as I went to college. Ugh!

Cris: Nice job on completing W9D1! I'm glad I'm done with C25K...less pressure now that I just run when I feel like it for the amount of time I feel like. Just think back on how amazing this is that someone who really struggled with even the 60 seconds of jogging is now running for 30 minutes!

fluffylove: Welcome to the group! One other thing to mention is that we start a new thread weekly because we accumulate so many posts each week. Awestfall (Ann) will post the link at the end of this thread on Sunday or Monday, so it should be easy to find. Also, I saw you said you were looking to lose 3 lbs/week until January; hopefully you've realized that there will be plateaus during that time, so make sure your goal is realistic and that you won't disappoint yourself if it doesn't happen as quickly as you'd like. Now tell us more about you!

I'm really proud of myself today, gals! My mom and I worked out to the Ali/Leonard boxing DVD and she loved it! I'm going to have to leave that DVD at home so that she does it. It's her favorite workout so far. Secondly, I broke down and bought some Kemps Black Jack Cherry frozen yogurt last night...1/2 gallon but after my workout, I measured out a 1/2 cup serving and placed it in these tiny glass bowls we have at home. It was the PERFECT treat...delicious. I heard somewhere that the first few bites of any meal or snack are the most satisfying and I'm starting to agree. If I say so myself, I've done awesome this week with the food and exercise, but don't feel like I'm over-doing the exercise and killing myself. So refreshing. Oh, and I can't be too frustrated at the scale this week because TOM arrived this morning. Mystery solved.

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: 250 under
Sodium: over by 553 (pizza)
Water: 67.6 oz.
Exercise: Boxing DVD with mom, burned 309 calories
Proud: See frozen yogurt comment above!

blue-I'm glad to hear you didn't go over your calories for the day. Just drink lots of water today to flush out that sodium. Hope today is a better one for you sister!

POS Me-Way to go on passing up the cake!!

meokk-Haha, you made me laugh with the getting protective of me. Yes he apologized, several times. And then apologized some more last night. Promised to never let it happen again. Said he understands that this is important to me and if it's important to me it's important to him...awww..lol...That's so exciting you get the free teeth whitening! Hope your dentist visit was better then mine. 1 cavity. UGH! I like your idea on the going out to eat too! Thanks!

LilDebbie-OH MY GOD I love Fuddruckers!! I'm so jealous. But I couldn't control myself. Their burgers are the best!

Cris-Way to go on c25k!! When are you thinking of doing day 2? I say we do the last 2 days together! Let's do it!! YAY for meeting your exercise quota for the week!!

fluffylove-Welcome to this wonderful group of ladies!

tstout-I died laughing on your comment about finding the inner skinny girl. That's what I should tell him.

Heahter-You have been doing so great this week. So proud to see you back in full force but not killing yourself! I gotta remember to go get that kickboxing DVD you were talking about!! I'm with you on the not killing yourself bit. I've been happy with my lower intensity workouts.


Well, Jillian kicked my butt this morning. I haven't done much strength training in a month or so, how awful, and so I did Last Chance Workout. I had a big protein shake afterwards because I was soooo sore! But it's a good sore. I feel like I'm getting back in the swing of things. 1 more day of exercise and I will have met my goal for the week. I may even throw in a Saturday morning spin class if I'm feeling it! And the scale read 213 again this morning. YAY! This post is long enough so I'm going to shut up now. Be back later!

LilDeb -- Mmmmmm, Fuddruckers. I haven't been there in like 10 years! I'd never be able to be good there. Burger with pump cheese and pump cheese all over my fries and they have the best cookies. I think I may actually be drooling.

meokk -- I love that you have so much left to do for your wedding. That's probably where I would be in your shoes, too. There's a reason I didn't have one. My mom stressed me out plenty planning the stupid get together for my family this weekend. :laugh: If I had to plan a wedding with her I think I would have a complete mental breakdown.

Blue -- glad you're feeling better now!

fluffy -- Welcome! 3 pounds a week is VERY aggressive. Shoot for it, but realize that *any* pounds per week is a great thing! All signs point to slower weight loss equaling easier and more likely maintenance. I originally planned on 10 pounds a month and let's just say that has NOT happened -- though it did for the first 4-5 months!

Heather -- I totally get the first few bites thing now, too. It seems like a huge waste to sit and eat a whole pint of ice cream now. I always think "Okay, so this ice cream can be good now... or it can be good now and like 7 other times"

High school food -- I ate a Little Debbie cake, bag of Doritos, and a cherry coke nearly every day for lunch. Yeah...

Mmmmm, falafel. After reading that discussion I'm really happy I put chick peas on to soak before I left the house this morning! It's not often I think clearly enough to make such a great decision that early. Bought pitas & greek yogurt for tzatziki last night, too. Great minds...


07.14.10
Calories: 1475
Exercise: 45 minutes elliptical; 12 minutes running (which was done after the 45 minutes elliptical. Apparently running is how I cool down. )
Water: 14 cups
Proud: I got off work at 8.45 and I made it to the gym. And not for the half-assed 30 minutes I did last week. It was hard since I haven't been pushing myself for a few weeks but it felt so good (and bad).

So, in just a couple of days of really being back on track, I'm almost back down to my lowest weigh-in weight (I'm up one pound which I honestly believe is water retention and "whatnot" ).

Also, I found some awesome popsicles! 45 calories each. They're like creamcicles but not as creamy. They have a regular fruity popsicle outside and the then vanilla creamy stuff in the middle. I bought the store brand because they were B1G1 and you guys know I love a bargain. Anyway, dh has requested I get like 2 more boxes of them (the "best by" date is like July 2011 so I think it's okay to stock up :laugh:). I may take a picture of my freezer for you guys. It's out of control. :indifferent:

I would love to get a big cheeseburger and fries smothered in cheese suace...butttt...since i am barely loosing anything this month that will be a bad idea. I have decided i am getting a chicken sandwich (no bun...freaking bun 240 calories), with a side salad). The chicken breast itself is less than 200 (i am sure loaded in sodium though) . So hopefully i will be sitting at under 500 cals...I am soo tempted to bring a container of my own dressing than to chance that the don't have low cal dressing...

I am sitting at 1lb loss from 2 weeks ago, i would like more but i really don't want less.

Julie - I found these popsicles (okay serena wanted them), but they are like 2 for 80 calories, they are target brand not sure how they taste may have to try them out.

Deb: Jillian Michaels actually suggests that people bring their own condiments to restaurants to ensure you're following your eating plan. I say go for it!

Jess: Great job with the chili and your moment with your mom! I agree that a little planning goes a long way. I've planned out my meals for today and will need to find extra calories even with two servings of frozen yogurt worked in!