Over 200 New Year New Me Part 27

Good Afternoon gals,

I am not caught up on posts since Saturday. I have a busy day, plus hubby is home. He hurt his calf yesterday saving my son (4 y/o) from drowning in the lake...it became too steep for him to swim ( the water went from walking on rocks to not touching to bottom in a matter of seconds) thank god everyone is safe!

On a happier note, I tried on a pair of junior size jeans (size 13) and they fit. I bought them a year ago ( but didn't fit at the time) so I tried them on to see if maybe they fit and they did and I wore them yesterday. they were so comfy...yea

I will chat some more tomorrow when everything is somewhat back ot normal.

Have a great day gals!!!

Laila

Pos_Me: I'm so glad to hear that everyone is safe...that must have been so scary!

Julie: I can actually SEE when I'm bloated now, too, especially in my lower stomach. It's pretty flat most of the time but it pooches out when TOM is here or I've gone WAY over on the sodium.

Hi ladies,
I donn't have time to completely catch up ... but I did notice that Blue had a birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUE :drinker: !
I'm just stopping in to let you know I probably won't be posting much this week. I am super busy at work, and I also have those spinal tests - the icky one is tomorrow (myelogram) ... I'm a bit nervous about that one and I'm supposed to lay down the rest of the day so that makes me nervouse about how I'm going to be feeling afterwards. I also have an EMG on Friday ... so in between I will be trying to get all my work done.
I didn't track over the weekend, but think I did ok. I am happy to report that I lost another pound so I am back to where I was before I started having all this neck/arm trouble.
Have a great week everyone!

pos_me - So glad to hear that everyone is okay except for some minor bumps! Congrats on the Junior 13's!!! I don't think I have ever fit into a size that small!:sad: But maybe one day!

Meokk - I so know what you mean on the eating everything in sight. Shockingly mine was like a week before TOM popped his head in for a visit. Right now I am cramping but nothing too terrible. Hopefully yours get better soon!

Miranda - I also do a lot of online shopping. Most stores have great return policies!

So I know it isn't the healthiest option (mainly the sodium) but I brought a lunchable for lunch and apparently didn't even think to look at the sugars and they are WAY HIGH!!! Like 32g of sugar for this lunch combo thing! Holy moly that made we WAY over on sugar today. Guess there will be no more of that!

Hi ladies,
I donn't have time to completely catch up ... but I did notice that Blue had a birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUE :drinker: !
I'm just stopping in to let you know I probably won't be posting much this week. I am super busy at work, and I also have those spinal tests - the icky one is tomorrow (myelogram) ... I'm a bit nervous about that one and I'm supposed to lay down the rest of the day so that makes me nervouse about how I'm going to be feeling afterwards. I also have an EMG on Friday ... so in between I will be trying to get all my work done.
I didn't track over the weekend, but think I did ok. I am happy to report that I lost another pound so I am back to where I was before I started having all this neck/arm trouble.
Have a great week everyone!

Hope everything goes well! Let us know how it all goes.

raider - I'm right with you on wearing the black. I do know I look much better in colors, but I don't want a lot of attention drawn to me. Does that make sense? I have been wearing bright tops this summer, but the pants...only black!
cris - congrats on the toilet conquest. :laugh:
heather - thank goodness for the inadequate Denny's service, eh? Speaking of daring us to wear brights, what is our challenge this week and who gives it? That would be a great challenge, actually.
Julie - you are right! LOL I love coral! It looks great on me on the top! Also, I still kind of smile when I see you write "husband." I love it! :happy:
Miranda - wow, the bad luck of your plus size stores is sad! Where do you shop that LB is closed? I hate LB, btw - when I was small enough to fit into it, that is.
Pos - Oh my word I am so happy your son is safe! That is so frightening! I'm sorry your hubby got hurt. Congrats on the juniors!!! Is your name Laila? That is SO beautiful! :flowerforyou:
meokk - I am sorry about your bad day. You are always here for me when to lift me when I have a bad one. Put it in the past, like you always tell me, and think only forward.
lstpaul - I am praying for you. Did they mention to you to drink a LOT of water after the tests? Ask them if you should. I know I had to so that I would not get a migraine (something about the spinal fluid...?).


Oh my Lord you are all babies! THE SMURFS? Those were popular when I started teaching!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
You are all babies or I am WAY OLD!!!! :noway: :noway: :noway:

OK, I've come up with a good challenge I think......
So when you go to add a food in the diary and you select add food, you can then show "favorites for all meals".
Well do that and then scour the list for anything unhealthy or processed. These are the unhealthy and/or processed food that you eat the most so the challenge is to NOT EAT ANY OF THOSE this week.

back up challenge:
If you are an absolute angel ( We have those in this group ??:laugh: :devil: ) and don't have any unhealthy or processed foods in your favorites list then your challenge is to go one day SUGAR free, no added sugar in any form in any food for a whole day.

Best of luck everyone :drinker:

1stPaul - hope our tests go well, we are all thinking of you, xoxoxo:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

As far as the clothes and shopping..i do think i have a lot of dark too...well i have colorfull stuff but it is all stuff that i fit into now (not 55 lbs ago), i love coral too, and greens ...I put a shirt on yesterday it fit (which hadn't in years), but then i am wearing it (it was coral by the way with flowers on it) and i am like dang this shirt is ugly.

I have for the last several year bought most of my clothes at Avenue, the jeans fit me good (they are really stretchy), and to me didn't seem as expensive as lane bryant, i really haven't bought new clothes for me in a while though...especially i got 2 trashbags of clothes from jess yesterday woohoo...was quite surprised the 22 were almost fitting and the 24's fit but on the road to being too big...

lstpaul - good luck with your tests.

went to lunch , applebees had the salad like 300 something cals...so that is good...no exercise thought :sad: but my arm hurts sooo badd, i think i tore a msucle or something going to try some heat pads on it later.

Alright, ladies, these are my no-no foods this week (I actually have been REALLY trying to avoid extra processed foods the last week or so because I feel that's part of my problem. Except I've been bad to pack a frozen meal for lunch. But this week I'll only have leftovers! Putting my foot down. ):
1. Vanilla protein powder
2. Peanut Butter Company - Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut butter ("All natural" my *kitten*. Peanuts, evaporated cane juice, cocoa, cocoa butter, organic palm oil, vanilla, lecithin, salt. Does that sound "natural" to you? Luckily I won't let myself buy it anymore because it gets me into mega stand-in-the-kitchen-with-my-finger-in-the-jar trouble -- hence the being very high up on my favorites list thing)
3. Land O Lakes light butter w/ canola oil (DONE!) I've been using very tiny amounts of regular butter instead
4. Peanut Butter Company - The Bee's Knees (yeah... see #2. I do indeed have 2 processed peanut butters on my favs list.... along with 1 actually natural peanut butter that is nothing but peanuts & salt)
5. Protein bars. NO more of these. Seriously.
6. Is it okay for me to eat Arnold's Double Protein Bread? Pretty please? Definitely processed... but at least no HFCS which is more than I can say for most sliced breads. I only eat 1 slice a day, if that. :flowerforyou:

I guess I'm just a little confused about what we're considering "processed." For example, natural peanut butter is definitely processed, but it's just peanuts and salt. Some things are inarguably "processed" like protein bars and "light" butter. But, when it comes to things like bread or dairy it's not like you can have UNprocessed bread and cheese (or even milk as far as most of us are concerned). So, that's where I start getting lost on the clean eating thing. :huh: Sorry I'm slow, I just don't know where the line should be drawn.

Errrrrrrrrk.
I emailed my resume to someone for an HR/Payroll job this morning and they called me this afternoon. I'm afraid to call her back. O_o

I don't know why I apply for jobs like that (ones I can get but don't want). :laugh: It's with a private staffing/headhunting/outsourced HR company. I was just super surprised to even be getting a call. I probably send at least 2-3 resumes/applications EVERY WEEK and NEVER hear from anyone! *sigh* I guess I'll call back. But now I'm nervous for no reason (because I don't even really want the job!). I just want more money. And it sure would be nice not to work in a cube next to old mr. jerkface...