TOPIC: Over 200 New Year New Me Part 30

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  • LittleSpy
    LittleSpy Posts: 6,754 Member
    Oh my gosh. I just looked at my nutrition reports for the last 90 days and they're SCARY! Until I recommitted last Thursday, all of my daily values for *essential nutrients* were WAY WAY WAY low. No wonder I woke up last Monday with the worst cramp ever in my leg. I hadn't had more than 1400mg of potassium in who knows how long. Most days look like they're under 1200mg. :indifferent: Um... recommended potassium intake is like 2000mg/day. It looks like I've reached that amount 5 times in the last 90 DAYS. And the 2 highest intake days were were in the last 6 days.
    Wake up call!

    Lilspy, I used to worry about Potassium too but since NO food labels contain potassium amounts, most of the food in the databases has zero or NA for potassium even if the food contains lots. Annoying but not worth worrying about too much.

    Hmm, maybe you're right. Some of the foods I eat do have potassium on the nutrition label but I think that's mostly because they're salted with potassium chloride so it's labeled as a warning for people with kidney problems.
    Either way, I'll take it since I haven't gotten leg cramps since last Thursday! :drinker:
  • purpleprose
    purpleprose Posts: 650
    Welcome Purpleprose !!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    Love that you stalked us first :laugh: I suppose you know what to do then......check in every day with calories, water, exercise and something you are proud of. Weigh in on Fridays and the biggest loser for the week hands out a challenge.

    This is a great forum for motivation, all the women on here are the best.

    So now, sans gall bladder I suppose you are off bananas and avocados? a friend of mine had hers out and she can't go near the things. I'm with you on the running. I'm half way through week 2 of C25K right now and a couple of us on here are early on in the program, several others have finished or are nearly there.

    Bananas are totally fine - low in fat! No idea why your friend went off of them (avocados are somewhat fatty, in a good way, I guess), but I, thus far, have not discovered any new food intolerances.

    Thanks for the welcome!
  • Positively_Me
    Positively_Me Posts: 1,499 Member
    hey girls, a little update...5 hours until I have my coffee:sad:

    OMG, I hate the first couple days of fasting...it is torture:sad: :sad: :cry: :sad: :sad:

    OK, enough rambling back what I was doing...

    see ya later
  • HeatherMN
    HeatherMN Posts: 3,821 Member
    Purpleprose: Welcome, officially, to the group! I look forward to getting to know you. For starters, where are you from? Just my curiosity...

    So lunch didn't go quite as I expected. The Lean Cuisine meal I bought grossed me out because the food on the box did not match the food inside. Basically, the enchilada sauce on the box was white (sour cream) and yellow (cheese) but the food inside the box had a greenish tint. However, the expiration date was good and it's been frozen the whole time, but even if it was still good I couldn't get past the mental block. If the box showed green sauce, I would have been fine eating it. Weird. I threw away the LC, but ate left over pasta salad from yesterday, applesauce and a small ice cream dessert. Everything is accounted for in my log and all will be fine because even without exercise calories, I have 800 calories left for dinner.

    Okay, I really should find something work-like to do for a while.
  • RedneckWmn
    RedneckWmn Posts: 3,202 Member
    Purpleprose-Welcome to the group officially!!

    POS Me-Your in the home stretch! Almost coffee time.

    So I might of overdone it at lunch, a little bit. UGH! DAMNIT!! Gonna have to make up for that! Bring on the water!
  • purpleprose
    purpleprose Posts: 650
    I'm orginally from Pennsylvania, but currently live in Virginia while I attend grad school (I also did my undergrad here). Spent the last 5 years in NYC!

    Thanks for the welcome, everyone. :)
  • LittleSpy
    LittleSpy Posts: 6,754 Member
    I'm so sleepy. 5pm seems like an eternity away right now.

    Dh and I are going to try Boba/bubble tea tonight. Anyone ever try it?
  • LittleSpy
    LittleSpy Posts: 6,754 Member
    I'm orginally from Pennsylvania, but currently live in Virginia while I attend grad school (I also did my undergrad here). Spent the last 5 years in NYC!

    Are you at UVA?

    Edit: Let me clarify -- I'm not being creepy. I'm only asking because I'm newly obsessed with Charlottesville. :laugh:
  • meokk
    meokk Posts: 787 Member
    TOM is not supposed to be here until next week but all I want to do today is EAT, perhaps I'll be getting an early visit :grumble:
  • purpleprose
    purpleprose Posts: 650
    I'm orginally from Pennsylvania, but currently live in Virginia while I attend grad school (I also did my undergrad here). Spent the last 5 years in NYC!

    Are you at UVA?

    Nope, I'm on the eastern side of the state!
  • meokk
    meokk Posts: 787 Member
    I'm so sleepy. 5pm seems like an eternity away right now.

    Dh and I are going to try Boba/bubble tea tonight. Anyone ever try it?

    I LOVE bubble tea !!!!!!!!!
    Usually I get the green tea and the little tapioca balls are the best. I even love the oversized straw they give you for sucking up the bubbles :bigsmile:
  • RedneckWmn
    RedneckWmn Posts: 3,202 Member
    TOM is not supposed to be here until next week but all I want to do today is EAT, perhaps I'll be getting an early visit :grumble:

    I know the feeling! I think I'm going to be getting an early visit too. BOO!! My own fault though.
  • LittleSpy
    LittleSpy Posts: 6,754 Member
    I'm orginally from Pennsylvania, but currently live in Virginia while I attend grad school (I also did my undergrad here). Spent the last 5 years in NYC!

    Are you at UVA?

    Nope, I'm on the eastern side of the state!

    Oh, that's cool, too. :tongue: I was just in VA a couple weeks ago (Fredericksburg & Charlottesville). It was my first time in Charlottesville and I loved loved loved it.
  • LittleSpy
    LittleSpy Posts: 6,754 Member
    Holy man. watch my downward spiral.
    I'm not even trying to do any work anymore.
    I just texted dh "TEA!!!" because I'm excited & I wanted to remind him to be ready (he takes FOREVER) to go.
    He replied, "T and A"

    :heart:
  • purpleprose
    purpleprose Posts: 650
    Charlottesville is gorgeous - I do love the mountains and UVA is so pretty. I haven't really spent any time in Fredericksburg, but I understand that the old downtown is really pretty. Too bad traffic on I-95 is always such a killer. It took 6 hours for my friends to come down from Annapolis last weekend....a drive that should take 3 hours at MOST.
  • louddownunder
    louddownunder Posts: 6
    Sheesh, I suppose you all realise what an overwhelming amount of motivation, support and KNOWLEDGE you all are?? Okay, have to run to the early morning gym session (I've been giggling over your "it's almost Friday" posts as it IS Friday morning already here in Australia).

    First off, I'll start playing around with the calories and deficit over the next few weeks - scale budged today - I'm down POINT ONE of a pound. Not exactly substantial loss, but heck, better than the not moving version. Julie - thanks for the insight on that.

    Cris - didn't realise that you could lose sizes without pounds - is that muscle gain vs weight loss or just redistribution? Either way, congrats!

    As a Canadian girl born and bred, you're all killing me with these too hot/too cold stories - after growing up in winter weather of minus flipping freezing every winter, moving to Melbourne was a revelation. It's "mid winter" here right now, and the coldest it ever gets is mid 40s F. Of course, having said that, we also get up to 115F in the summer on occaision - but no humidity (if you want humid, go to Sydney).

    My hubby's away on a conference until tomorrow night, so I just need to avoid the burning desire to graze eat. Have a ton of fruit and veggies in the house to relieve temptations.

    Okay, have a good day/evening all - I'm off to the gym and then a very long day at the office. But heck, It's FRIDAY!
  • LittleSpy
    LittleSpy Posts: 6,754 Member
    But heck, It's FRIDAY!

    Shut up. :tongue:
  • RedneckWmn
    RedneckWmn Posts: 3,202 Member
    But heck, It's FRIDAY!

    Shut up. :tongue:

    No fair!
  • tlrue
    tlrue Posts: 567 Member
    I actually vote for it to be next Wednesday at 5:00 PM CST. YAY for vacation!

    Julie - HILARIOUS text from your dh. He sounds kind of like my boyfriend. Or most boys... come to think of it hahaha.

    I think some of the cleaning fumes have gone straight to my brain. Allow me to explain:

    I am sitting here at home and there have been jets screaming over the house most of the afternoon, shaking the windows. I didn't think much of it at first, but it kept going. Then the panic part of my brain starts thinking "Ohh what if [insert CNN worthy tragedy] is happening!"

    So I put on sneakers, filled up my Nalgene, and texted the boyfriend... he responded "It's the air and boat show, dear". (Note: We live a mile from Lake Michigan)

    Poo... :blushing:
  • RedneckWmn
    RedneckWmn Posts: 3,202 Member
    tstout-That's too funny girl! You were ready to see some serious CNN newsworth business! Maybe next time.

    So I need some advice. I feel absoultely bloated from lunch. Stupid On The Border. I feel so full. I guses at how much chips and salsa I ate and then my enchilada. I'm still showing like 400 calories left but I feel like I've eaten a million. Would it be bad of me to skip dinner and just eat some fruits and veggies?
  • meokk
    meokk Posts: 787 Member
    tstout-That's too funny girl! You were ready to see some serious CNN newsworth business! Maybe next time.

    So I need some advice. I feel absoultely bloated from lunch. Stupid On The Border. I feel so full. I guses at how much chips and salsa I ate and then my enchilada. I'm still showing like 400 calories left but I feel like I've eaten a million. Would it be bad of me to skip dinner and just eat some fruits and veggies?

    Hmmmmmm, maybe you could wait for a while, like until 7:30pm and see how you feel. If you still don't feel hungry, then go for the veggies, if you do, then eat a normal dinner ???
    I often don't trust some of the restaurant calorie counts so it could well be that you ate more calories than it says.
  • RedneckWmn
    RedneckWmn Posts: 3,202 Member
    tstout-That's too funny girl! You were ready to see some serious CNN newsworth business! Maybe next time.

    So I need some advice. I feel absoultely bloated from lunch. Stupid On The Border. I feel so full. I guses at how much chips and salsa I ate and then my enchilada. I'm still showing like 400 calories left but I feel like I've eaten a million. Would it be bad of me to skip dinner and just eat some fruits and veggies?

    Hmmmmmm, maybe you could wait for a while, like until 7:30pm and see how you feel. If you still don't feel hungry, then go for the veggies, if you do, then eat a normal dinner ???
    I often don't trust some of the restaurant calorie counts so it could well be that you ate more calories than it says.

    That's what I'm afraid of. Probably consumed more then I calculated. Guess we will see how hungry I am tonight. Thank you!
  • purpleprose
    purpleprose Posts: 650
    I agree - wait and see how you're feeling, then have a light snack if you are legit hungry.

    I'm getting ready to head out for the evening, so thought I'd post my first daily update...

    Calories: about 400 under
    Water: 60 oz
    Exercise: none....still not allowed to exercise until cleared by the surgeon
    Proud: I made it to 4PM at work today! I've only been able to do to 2 or 3 this week, so that was exciting. Plus, got great kudos from my boss on the project I've been working on!
  • cris20056
    cris20056 Posts: 1,355 Member
    Purple- Welcome!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    Tstout- lol, that literally made me laugh out loud:laugh:

    Jess- Drink lots of water and then eat a small dinner if you are hungry later on. Dont skip it you may wake up staring tomorrow and over eat

    Julie- haha, how cute of your DH. I cant share what my fiance says on here because he can be quite crude with his "loving comments" its usually like "get naked I wanna F@#%*^ you" ....lovely honey, lovely...:blushing: :devil: :smokin:

    checking in:
    calories- 1220
    water- yup should prob drink more so I still see 192 tomorrow...check out sodium below
    sodium- 3000 :explode: :mad: ...i swear as soon as the challenge became to watch sodium my intake like doubled...me and my stupid defiant attitude
    excercise- nothing...but for a good reason. I am hoping to be well rested for the gym tomorrow, will be re attempting day 2
    proud- that I listened to my MFP friends and am working on a game plan to slowly increase calories.

    On wedding news- Saturday we may be going to our first "cake tasting" for the wedding. I am so excited but scared of all the calories. I mean they are small pieces just to taste but there will be A LOT of them. We choose three different cakes and 5 differnet fillings so im thinking at least 10 samples? Plus, I wont have time to work out that day because step son has a football game early that morning then we go directly to the cake tasting, then we have a housewarming party, and THEN my beloved Steelers will be playing football and sorry but football= beer. So Saturday will be a very HIGH calorie day :sad:


    DAMN IT I JUST WANT TO SEE MY 190!!!
  • cris20056
    cris20056 Posts: 1,355 Member
    I meant "starving" not staring...I can spell I swear
  • Positively_Me
    Positively_Me Posts: 1,499 Member
    less than a hour away before I eat...can't wait.

    making homemade pizza with whole wheat bread..yum!!
  • Danielle_81
    Danielle_81 Posts: 166
    Julie- haha, how cute of your DH. I cant share what my fiance says on here because he can be quite crude with his "loving comments" its usually like "get naked I wanna F@#%*^ you" ....lovely honey, lovely...:blushing: :devil: :smokin:

    Cris- I had to lol at this, Tuesday night while laying in bed trying to sleep DH says to me 'I only have 1 plan for tomorrow.' I say 'what's that' he says to drag you to the corner and....(bleep)' :noway: :blushing: I respond with 'does this mean I get paid for it?' :laugh: :laugh:

    We were very tired after being at the amusement park all day with the kids in the 90 degree heat!

    So I have not logged at all the last 3 days, I think I started on Monday and never finished the day. Tuesday it was impossible with the park for my daughter's birthday. And yesterday we went to the mall, no eating just walking for 3.5 hours! I am very terrified to get on the scale tomorrow. I was up on Monday when I weighed and I haven't followed anything at all since then :embarassed: I am terrified, I want to see a loss 2 weeks in a row, I haven't yet and I keep telling myself at least I am keeping with it. This is still a new process for me, and July is an awful month to start the change! But I've kept it up throughout all of our summer activities and I plan to keep going I just can't wait to see that loss 2 weeks in a row, unfortunately it won't be tomorrow :cry:
  • Danielle_81
    Danielle_81 Posts: 166
    July is an awful month to start the change!

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    I re-read my post and this makes it sound like I'm starting menopause in July! when actually I meant my "lifestyle change"
  • lildebbie
    lildebbie Posts: 2,068 Member
    YOu girls were super super busy today !!!!



    Jess - I will keep your friend in my thoughts..that is awful...very sad.

    COngrats on going down on the scale.

    I am with you on the hot and cold ...i like in the middle...60-70 is perfect for me.

    Every time i have mexican i feel ike that...ugg...i like it but then after not soo good.


    Cris - You are going to see 190 I just know it. Glad to hear even thought the sacle hasn't moved you are getting a HOT body !!!! I think everyone right...try eating more. I know i was trying to not eat and i ate more and it helpted me.


    @)

    Julie - Love the story about the manager!!! YOu are HOT


    You girls are way way way smaller than me...but even at 255 i am getting a lot of confience ..i always wear shorts and bathing suites and stuff, just figure people can stare at my big *kitten* if they want to...but starting to not feel like i am the good year blimp.
  • bluenote
    bluenote Posts: 2,930
    I'm too tired and in too much back pain to read the posts, but know I am thinking of you all. Good night! :heart:
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