200+ (Week 42) Getting Fit For Fall!

Hey Super Pals - good morning!!! Mr Scale and I have a date today -eeeeeeekkkkkkkk!!! Not sure if I'll officially record it. It's been almost 2 weeks since I've dated him. Having kids in the house made it hard. At least I recorded food but was 900 cal over even after the 7 mile run. Bad beer, bad beer. But good evening. Bad BFF for leaving Klondike bars in freezer - bad choice to eat it and it wasn't very good (facepalm). Today not only am I going to record food but I'm sticking to my cal goal!!!

Welcome back Kim. We all have our ups and downs - that's just life. My goal is to have the good days out number the bad. Feeling healthier is truly what it's about. Weight loss is a bonus.

It is a great morning!!! Mr. Scale and I are on again. I actually maintained and was 182.75 this morning... I really expected a gain since my eating has not been good the last few weeks. I love having a standing date for exercise - otherwise I would have kept my tush in bed. 65 min bike ride - check - exercise done for the day. The time really flies by. It felt wonderful since it was only 50 outside!!! I live for the cool weather. I say that as I'm wrapped in a blanket typing. Maybe I'll grab a book and go in the hot tub for 20 min. I work 11 to 8 today...

Kristina - enjoy your visit with your mom... That weight will come off soon

Kendal and Lacey - I really like the Bitten from the Women of the Other World series by Kelly Armstrong. I've only read 2 in the series.

Morning everyone...I'll be weighin in Sunday...just wanted to pop in and cheer everyone on today!!!, looks like maintaining and keeping things real....love it!
It's been a recovery week for me with insanity....goodness I needed it, the worouts have still been a challenge, but not...leave your *kitten* laying on the floor...kinda workouts:laugh: :laugh: , I've had the grandkids this week and yesterday I worked out in the afternoon and they both worked out with me....to frickin cute, I tell ya...at first they just watched me....then little by little, they'd jump in and by the end they were running circles around me and all thru the house...screaming and yelling and acting all sorts of crazy...:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: , then we were in the pool most of the afternoon, all week really, it's been so hot here. We made 2 loaves of chocolate zuchinni bread,( which disappeared quick...hope it wasn't me )... my oldest grandson(3 1/2 years) helped with the whole thing and he's so adorable...when we were finished he gave me a big hug and said..."I'm really proud of you GG".....if you could just bottle that up and save it for a rainy day...and I just now realized...I never took a photo all week....man, what was I thinking???

I need to get busy....Lacey, I did good with logging calories all week....but yesterday, not so good...back at it today...TOM came today so hopefully SUnday's weigh in will be a good one, I'll be measuring again, so hopefully something will work out for me.

Have a great day everyone!

Okay ladies, I'm having a serious issue and i have told anyone bc i feel like **** for doing it. I binge eat but not all the tie but when i do i make my self vomit and i know it's bad. i havent done it in two days but it's making me feel sick. i feel like it's easy to lose control and i dont want it to get out of hand. I hate being over weight and i keep telling myself that this will help but i know that in the long run it will cause more damage then do good. I'm lost. bc i wanna eat alot and when i do i feel guilty and bring my food back up or just wont eat or only eat a little bit through out the day or eat one big meal and thats it. like yesterday i had a steak and that was it and some lemonade and i didnt eat anything else really. plz help

Hey everyone,

Well, I had a really good week finally! I lost more this week than I did all of last month. I am down 3 lbs this week which is a really nice change. The down side is that as of yesterday I'm sick :sick: My nose is completely stuffed my throat is sore and last night I had a horrible headache. So for the first time I had to skip the gym. And if later today doesn't get much better I'll have to do the same, although I REALLY don't want to.....maybe I can go and just do what I can do?

Anyways, I did post at the end of the last board but looks like most of you missed it because this bored came up right after I posted :ohwell: I do have some new pictures on my profile and the old ones are sill up for comparison.

This week my goals are to work as hard as I can at the gym a minimum of 4 days and to eat slightly more protein than I have been which seems to have really helped this week.

I am also excited because I have less than 100lbs to lose now finally! 99.5 to be exact, makes me feel better to know it's under a hundred to go. When it was 135 to lose it seemed so impossible, now I can see that slow and steady will get me there. My next important miles stone will be to get under 200 lbs....and I would really like to do that before my 10 year anniversary on Nov 30th. If I do I will be lighter than when I met my husband. He is excited to see how different I will look as I lose weight, he has always known me as fat but no matter what he has always loved me and supported me regardless, I love that about him. So if I can give him a treat just by changing myself for the better I'd feel so much better about all the nice comments he has always given me regardless of my size. BTW I'm gonna post my measurements later when I take them as well. Haven't done it in a while.

Ok, OK im gonna stop rambling now. I just feel really good this week. Like I really am changing. Thanks for listening.

Kim

wow Kim!! look at your face!! It has totally slimmed down! great job!

Happy Saturday!!! My day has been stressful. Just got back from taking 2 cats to the vets for yearly check-ups - screeching for 20 min each way.... Can you say headache and tension... But I felt sexy. I wore jeans and "tucked" my t-shirt in and wore my pumps from Phoenix. Both cats got healthy checkups but I'm concerned because my baby girl (she's 8) has lost another pound - she's too thin and has dropped from 7.5 to 6.3... I give her extra food all the time (*sighs*). The vet says she's still in a healthy range.

When I calm down, it's yard work time (yuck)... At least I'll get to listen to my book - I've started "the Hunger Games" - WOW... I'm only about 30 min into it and I'll never look at food the same again. Has anyone read it?

Kim - you do look great and much thinner!!!

Kendal - enjoy the dog park.

Kristina - How's it going with mom?

Lacey - Have a nice time with your BFF.

Amy - I'd love to see the Black Forrest. Glad you had a great time and exercised.

Jadegem - Admitting the problem is the first step. I encourage you to talk to your doctor and seek professional help. There are medical issues to be concerned with as well from vomiting - the acid ruins your teeth and esophagus. Keep us posted on your progress.

I'm so glad I got up and went out today. Lexi and I walked 4 miles. Took an hour and 15 minutes but my hrm says I burned 1194 cals. :noway: Not sure if I honestly believe that. Lexi was absolutely EXHAUSTED. And then we went to the dog park lol. It was such a great trip. When we got there, there was a guy with a bulldog and he asked if Lexi was fixed. Apparently he's looking for someone to breed his dog. Then a couple with a beautiful big boxer came in. They were breeders too. And then the stupid idiots let both of their dogs off their leashes. UMMM HELLO?!? Two un-fixed male dogs are going to fight to establish dominance (and because of all that pent up sexual energy). So of course they fight. Lexi was chasing after them but didn't get involved in it. The owners broke apart their dogs and they both left. Am I the only one who watches the Dog Whisperer though?? Neither one made their dog submit to them (lay completely down on their sides until they relax and submit to their owners).

After they left everything was honky-dory though. Lexi was too tired to get up and incite a riot. There were 3 other dogs there. I could just dog-napped one of them. It was a beautiful little hound dog named Molly. She was the same color as Lexi and played with me for a long time. There was a white-ish dog that kept trying to jump on Lexi to get her to play but eventually left her alone. Lexi snarled and growled at him a couple times when he was bothering her but I intervened to keep the situation from escalating. It was funny cause I was sitting on a bench in the far corner of the park (it was the only one available in the shade) and all 3 dogs played around me most of the time. Then this man with his two 8-10 year old sons and their lab named Shaq came in. They threw the ball for their dog and came and hung out around me. Lexi got in one of the boys face and kept licking him. It was funny. Lexi sat in the front seat so she could have the air conditioning on her on the way home (top was down and she normally rides in the backseat cause there's more room). She is absolutely EXHAUSTED now and hardly moving. I'll have to give her a bath later today. Its time for her bug and heart worm stuff too.

anyways, I need to go dry my hair and get some laundry done....I'm seriously feeling a nap right now....

I love rain but not on long run days!!! I may have to run on the treadmill. Yesterday I had a bottomless pit of a stomach - must have been from my book - to much starvation and savoring of food. I'm hooked and bought the second book in the series.

Got my 8 miles in today!!! Pace slow at 14:30 but at least I did it...

I need to find a group to talk with and it seems like you're all in the same boat as me. Of course, I may be on the far end of this particular boat! I'm 272.7 lbs right now, just 7.3 lbs from the HEAVIEST I have ever been in my life. I need support to keep me checking in with my food and exercise. I want to just stick with eating heathy for an entire year and feel as though I can accomplish what I set my mind to.

Will you guys be my friends? haha

Morning ladies! Today started out with workers ringing my doorbell at 7:30 am to fix the heater. (Our landlord said someone would come by to fix it 2 MONTHS ago - I have no idea why it had to happen at the butt-crack of dawn today) I got the crock pot going with Chicken Tortilla Soup for dinner tonight after we get back from the gym. Now I am putting together a plan for strength training at the gym.

Scarlet: Hi there! We'll be your friends. This is a great group. Jump on in & start posting.

Kristina: It sounds like you had a great weekend with your mom. Good job on the run!

Victoria: You and your 8 miles are an inspiration!

Have a great day all!

I had japanese after my big day at the park with Lexi so I was up 1.5 pound yesterday. I forgot to weigh myself this morning. Its not a big deal though since most people say I shouldn't weigh myself everyday.

I finally heard from the "bad boy" this weekend and hadn't heard from him in like, 2 weeks (and it had been a week and a half prior to that that I heard from him). We were chatting online and he was like "brb" and never came back. I was cleaning and was periodically checking the computer but he hadn't returned 45 minutes later and I needed to go to another room so I signed off. He's got a lot of drama going on...like, court appointed paternity test. :huh: Yeah I'm not really digging that so much and considering how I haven't heard from him in so long, I think I'm just going to let this slide into the "friend zone" and keep it there.

And right now the "good guy" is at my house waiting for me to get home from work. :bigsmile: :devil: He finally got a couple days off from work and was able to come over last night. He'll stay through tomorrow morning. Lexi loves to play with him but hates sleeping in her crate lol She has gotten pretty spoiled in that aspect. He's getting to catch up on sleep and some paperwork for work....and he also has some shows recorded on my dvr to catch up on so I'm sure he'll be fine all day.

anyways, thats about it for now

Good Morning girls! Not a bad Monday and this will be a fast week I am sure. I'm only working half a day tomorrow as my husbands photographer friend has offered to take Gracie's picture free of charge if she can use some of the images for promotional materials. Thursday the Scandinavian Fest is going and all us girls and the owner of the place goes for the latter half of the day to eat meat pies and drink wine. Then Friday we are closed and going trout/stealhead fishing as a company for the day.
So, two high calorie days in a row...but it should be fun.

I got on mapmyrun.com this morning and figured out that the walk/run I'm doing tonight, with a pretty steep hill climb is 2.6 miles round trip, so that should be a d@mn good work out for me. Probably take me around 45-50 minutes or so. I'm excited to do it.

I will try to get back on here later in the day and respond to everyone. From the quick skim I did, sounds like everyone had a pretty good weekend!