Over 200 New year New Me Part 34

Cogirl, the first thing I noticed was your profile pic. Look at those jaw bones all showing. WOW!!!! I actually came on here to brag and show off my profile pic. and yours blew me away!!!!!


Okay ladies, look at my profile pic. Isn't she lovely? Just ask her momma

Ann -- Thanks for the new thread! I know you're busy but I hope to see you here more often. I miss you and Momma terribly! You're the 2 here who welcomed me into this group and have been with me from the beginning so while I love all the ladies here, you 2 are definitely special to me. :flowerforyou:

Momma -- See above. And yes, your daughter is gorgeous! :happy: I know you're so proud of her (and rightly so).

Purple -- Way to go with W5D2! You're really rocking C25K! I'm super impressed. I didn't start C25K until I was around 250 and I definitely had to repeat week 4 before I could get through week 5!

CoGirl - WOW!!! I love your new profile picture! Your face looks SO THIN! You're doing such an amazing job, proving to all of us that it CAN be done even when your life is busy and overwhelming. Truly amazing.

CMellymel -- Welcome to this amazing group of ladies! I started here last September at over 270 pounds (I weigh in the low 190s now). My best advice is to read the posts at the top of the "General Diet and Weight Loss" section of the forums here and figure out a plan of action that will work for you. I think the keys to success are knowledge and determination.

Well ladies, for the first Saturday in a LONG time, I've completely controlled my eating. I'm sitting around 1100 calories right now and plan to get to around 1500 before the day is over. Tomorrow, dh and I are going to go to the zoo to get some exercise. I'm taking my new focus and running with it. I've decided to reevaluate my Halloween goal because I don't think 175 is doable anymore after I only maintained my weight for the last month. My new very ambitious goal is 180 for 10.31. I think I can, I think I can!

Bump to find later...

I will be back home later tonite ( sunday). We are all having so mucch fun, kids are in the pool most of the day. I did manage to take advantage of the exercise room burned 350 calories doing 30 minutes on the elliptical. But I also ate a lot of chinese food yesterday..today is a new day.

love and miss ya all,

be back tomorrow 100% of me!

have a great sunday!!

Thank you girls for the kind comments! I still have a ways to go as right now I am sitting at 238. I can't wait below 200 (that is what I weighed when we got married 8 years ago) With some hard work and perseverance I should be there next spring! As you know things have been chaotic and will continue to be for a while.

I actually slept until 8:15 this morning. I am normally up between 3 and 5. I guess I needed the extra sleep! Now I am trying to wake up which is taking me a bit today! I need COFFFFEEEE!

Last night my husband and I went to a cousins house to spend some more time with my extended family. (3rd and 4th cousins) It amazed me how when I was little we saw each other several times a year and now it took a funeral of one of the cousins for us all to make the effort to spend some time together. (it has been years). I guess the good part in all of it as we were able to just pick up where we left off!

The broncos play today at 11 so, my boys will be parked in front of the TV. I plan to get some laundry done and need to work in the yard a little. If I get real energetic I will work some more on my paper work. (did I mention I hate paper work)

Momma - wow, your daughter is gorgeous... something tells me she looks like you!

CMellyMel - I started my journey last October and met these girls in November. I would read what Julie said, it helped me a lot. I guess for me my best thing has been to get rid of all the processed foods. No more mac and cheese, and boxed stuff. By making things myself I am able to simplify and KNOW what is in it. Whole grains, fresh veggies and fruits, fat free cheese, milk and homemade yogurt. At 1st it was difficult, but as you gradually add and change things it becomes a lifestyle! One of my other big things is we hardly ever eat out anymore, (maybe 3 times a month). I know just learning how many calories in something really makes you make better decisions. I use to get a BIG slurpy 600 calories :noway: now I opt for crystal light with crushed ice at home! Sure adds up fast!

Julie - great job on your eating today! I am proud of you! Looks like you are back in the loosing mode!
Ann - I love your new goal.. It made me stop and think I need to hold myself accountable and make my own goal as well.
Blue - we all have those weeks! next week will be better. Look how far you have come! I am proud of you for holding yourself accountable!
Pos - Great job with the elliptical.. I really need to get back to working out. I pretty much have not worked out most of the summer due to the plantar F. but, it is getting better! So, soon I hope!

Well, I should get moving.. check back in later

blue-I find it hard to stay away from happy hour as well. Lets make a vowe to stay away!!

Momma-Your daughter is beautiful! You SHOULD be very proud.

CoGirl-Glad to see you still sticking around and I love your new pic. Your doing so great even with all the challenges life has thrown at your recently.

Julie-I love your new determination. Let's get back in this together. We know what it is to maintain. Lets get the losing bus going again! I'm ready!!

I ended up not going to the game last night. Couldn't find someone worth going with last minute. I didn't wanna take someone who doesn't like baseball. And what a game it was!! DANG! Rain delay and all. Oh well. Just woke up from a good 2 hour nap. LOL going up to Hooters to watch the boys play here in a bit. Spent Friday night with my family...my sister quit her job so we are celebrating. She works for the most annoying man on the planet. My Mom use to work there, I use to work there. This company sucks the life out of you. She turned into a person nobody wanted to be around so this is a good thing. She has a wonderful man to stand behind her in the decision. They have a rough road to finding her a job but he's willing to do what it takes to support them. Very excited for them!


I hate the scale. I was back up 5 pounds again this morning. I'm guessing my co worker who made chicken and dumplings LOADED it down with salt so I'm going to be retaining water for like a week. I can normally fit my fingers around my wrist and overlap them, they barley touch. So I'm trying to drink some water. Hope you are all enjoying the weekend!

Hello ladies!

I should've gone to Krispy Kreme & eaten the doughnut I was craving and taken my being over 200 cals and called it a night. Instead I stayed home and ate stupid stuff trying to satisfy the craving so now I'm about 200 cals over anyway and I'm STILL craving a doughnut. :laugh: Oh well. I should have about a 300 calorie deficit anyway though my sodium intake was kind of out of control.

I saw a 192.8 this morning, so that's awesome. :bigsmile: 1 pound from lowest weight ever, 0.6 under lowest weigh-in ever. So yay!

Hello girls !!

Julie - wtg on saturday keeping on your cals, but sorry about last night...they closed the krispy kreme near me, and it is probably a good thing!!!

Jess - Sorry about the gain you know it is water and will come off

blue - NO more happy hour...no more happy hour...its the one thing i don't get tempted from since i work from home unless i want to go drink by myself after i get off

MOmma - your daugter is beautiful..

ANn - Sounds like a plan...my goal is to be to 100 lbs lost by new years, of course that is about 30 lbs so we will see...if i can get close i will be estatic.

COlorodo - your pic is beautiful, you are looking soo great.

hello to anyone else i forgot.....

okay i had a weekend full of very very stupid eating...i think i lost my freaking mind...i didn't log 1 calorie all weekend i know it was alot over and even more sodium over, as of thsi morning i was like 4 lbs up of course back over 250, but all what i ate i know i should be :sad: HOpefully i got it all out of my system.

But we did got to the mall last night...Hubby fit into 36 jeans...he and i were both shocked. We knew he was in 38's and he has 1 pair he was wearing, but when the sales guy said the 38's he put on were too big, we both were thinking a 36 is going to be too tight...nope they fit in a few different store...we didn't buy any as we didn't really have the $$ but still a 36 from a 42 a year ago i am soo proud of him :blushing:

Okay now me So i go to lane bryant and try on some 22 jeans and a 14/16 shirt...not sure what was going to come out of either, as the lanebyrant 24 jeans i have at home fit just right....welll the 22's were tight...but they buttoned and zipped...and the 14/16 shirt fit !!! I now wear the smallest size at lane bryant (in a top at least). Then we went to j.c.penny's. I was wondering if i could actually where like a XL in the "normal" secion, so i found one i would try on and then i tried on a 22 pair of jeans there. They both fit!! THe jeans much better than LB. THey were a little stretchier though, the top fit, it was a little snug but not like not going out in public tight...THen i saw a dress...they had a 24, 18, and 14...so i am thinking 24 going to be too big, i will just grab the 18 knowing it wouldn't fit at all...and it did i zipped up and all..So of course being the dork i am i took pictures of me in the dressing room. I didn't get anything , but having these pics made me happy ...i spent soo many years upset that 24's were soo tight whenever i tried them on unless they were super stretchy ones from avenue...anyway i will quit rambling now.

Here are the pics from the dressing room, sorry they are soo fuzzy, they were with my cell phone, they didn't come out that way but when i uploaded them they did.



Here is one of me and me and dh





And for comparison, me and him december 2007, when my little one was only 1 year old.

after 1000 times...finally got the pictures posted...tell me whatcha think...

This seems like a great goal. I am unsure if I could personally really, but I'd like to try to see how close I could get to 200 by the new year. :-)

LilDeb - You ook amazing - in that top photo especially, it's actually hard to believe that you are still in the 240's. I think I looked like that top photo when I was in the 220s - Way to Go you losing machine !!!!
Love that Serena had such a good week :flowerforyou:

Thank you well after this weekend the 250's :sad: but thank you. I have a little top, i think that sometimes makes me look smaller than i am...but my waist down very large :sad: but i am getting there...Thank you for your kind words !!

Well to top off the sodiumfest 2010 that i had this weekend and eatint everything thing in sight...TOM started last night...i wasn't expecting it..of course then i looked at the calendar and i was like yep right on time...ugg...so i am sure some of my 4-5 lb gain is from that too...i am going to need to drown in water today...hoping by friday i am at least back to where i was last friday.

I had one of those major kind of realizations this morning when I was walking behind a woman I figured was pretty close to my current size. As we walked by a window, I looked at our reflections... and she didn't have one -- vampire!

Wow, sorry, I watched too much Buffy the Vampire Slayer this weekend. I looked at our reflections and I was quite seriously HALF her size. :noway: Now, I know I'm really not in any way but for the first time in my life, I saw myself as LITTLE (gotta love relativity). It was bizarre.

Deb -- You truly look amazing!! I remember the last picture you posted about 30 pounds ago and you have come SO far! So proud of you. :happy:

I was back up to 193.6 this morning. I lost my brain last night and ended up around maintenance cals (guessing). That's okay. If my crazy eating weekend day equals maintenance calories, that's an awesome improvement over the last 4-5 months! And if my upswing-bloated-after-a-day-of-not-the-greatest-eating weight is 193.6, then I'm thrilled.

Okay i know i am picture happy, one more and i will stop

Jess - sorry to hear you aren't feeling well..hopefully it was a just one time thing and doesn't keep on. Try to get some rest today an feel better.