200+ Pushin' For Less Cushion!

Hello!

I've been reading everyone's posts and it always puts a smile on my face. :happy: Sorry if this is a bit on the short side but I have a grumpy and PMSing teacher walking around like a mad woman while we're on the computers. Hahaha, she even admitted to us she has TOM. (Graduation is June 12th, June 12th, June 12th-I can do this!)

I went to a country music singer's concert, Tracey Lawrence to be exact. No exactly my taste of music but he was playing at a casino the week of my mother's birthday. Therefore, I surprised her with tickets since he is her FAVORITE singer.

I started MFP January of this year, I weighed in at 271/272ish. (Different scales kept giving different weights, now I have one I use for my "official" weigh ins.) Since I work at an athletic club, I try to work out EVERY time I step foot inside of that place. It really does help. Now, in terms of food, I LOVE food! I've learned that proportions are KEY! Drinking lots of water does help me too. At our athletic club we have t.v.'s attached to each cardiovascular machine and may I say it helps time fly! I'm a Gilmore Girl addict! Every day at 4 o'clock before work I turn on abcfamily and I'm watching that show! My mom lost her job so my part-time job is the "bread winnings" for our family. Side note, my parents are divorced and my father is a total A $ $!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully, I'll be able to save up enough money to buy the bodybugg one day. I could write so much more on here but I think I should get back to writing this TWELVE PAGE PAPER PLUS WORKS CITED PAGES! Can you say "major headache!?"

On my MFP app diary this is what it says:

Goal: 2250/Food:3055;Exercise:806/Net:2249/Remaining:1

Hahaha, that takes major skill to have 1 calorie remaining!

Anyways, I want to keep writing to reply to everyone's post (for a second I put everyone's paper instead of post, oh gosh) but I'm just avoiding my paper at all cost. I need to get back to typing it. Woooooooooooooo Hooooooooooooooo! *sarcastic*

Replies to posts will be coming!

Have a wonderful Wednesday ya'll! :flowerforyou:

Check in for yesterday: 2728 cals burned/2227 eaten/501 deficit. Yeay! Wore the thing on my leg again today. The scale is moving in my favor..the .2 I gained over the weekend is now gone. Hoping it will continue to move downward with some exercise tonight!

Thank you Amy, really needed to hear that from someone. Hoping I'll sleep better tonight now x x

Ronnie, my hubby has 9 tattoos...I'm still saving for my 1st one...but I'll get it! And I know for a fact we're both pretty darn smart! So I'd imagine you are too! ) I hear ya on the parents..but it's MY parents that do this to me, so I have to be the one to tell them no. It's hard, but eventually, they did get past it, b/c they wanted to see their grandchildren. Just hang in there. It is your child! There's a good site..circleofmoms.com that has a lot of groups & advice on that stuff too. I enjoy it for getting ideas, or for venting to others with similar situations. Definitely give the group a try! You may find your next best friend there! The C-section thing is something I'm going to have to work on too. Hoping I can figure out how. I had my 2nd child as emergency one, and my youngest had to also be a vertical cut, so yippee! No muscle there now. I've been trying to tighten & loosen the muscles as I sit at the computer, or while reading, and I sit on my exercise ball a lot, so I'm hoping it helps. And my zumba dvd's work that middle part of my body quite a bit, which is where most of my weight is, so here's hoping!


I'm still hanging in on my calories! Haven't managed to get in any more exercise this week. I'm hoping during soccer practice tomorrow that I'll get a chance! If not, won't be til Saturday! Running off with my 9yr old to a Newsboys/Kutless/Disciple concert Friday night, then off to a hotel in a nearby city since that's where his soccer games are the next morning. Just me & my mama's boy! I'm so excited! I know I don't have many years left that he'll still want to hang out with mom, so I'm gonna take it while I can! ) OK, off to bed, 430 comes way too early!!


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Hi everyone I'm new to this group, although I may have posted once or twice randomly in the past. I started MFP on January 24th at 282lbs and at day 80 I've already lost 37lbs which I'm super happy about. I haven't even been exercising much, which is cool for now until the time comes when just the change in diet won't be enough. (not looking forward to that day...) what works best for me is eating as much raw veggies and natural food as possible and the weight comes off super fast. Processed foods and eating out, even if I stay within my calorie goal, makes me gain or stay the same. I'm actually enjoying the new healthy lifestyle and learning about food and what I put into my body. I rarely feel the need to cheat, and if I do, i would cheat with "healthy calories" rather than potato chips or candy. The biggest challenge isn't the diet itself, but the cost of heathy groceries. My bank account is really suffering

Anyway, I look forward to being a part of this group and getting to know members with similar weight loss goals. (all the people who weigh 130 and need to lose 5 lbs are really starting to get on my nerves lol)

I'll be back on Friday morning to post my weight have a good night everyone!!

Sandra

Check in for Wed: 2818 cals burned/ 1889 cals eaten/ 929 deficit. Somehow, even with maintaining a deficit all week, my scale thinks I've gained a pound. I've been watching that pound for the past few days and it really seems to want to stay there. It pisses me off because I've been hovering right at the 200 mark for a few weeks now and it doesn't look like I'm breaking through any time soon. I don't know how to push through it.

Lacey: That carrot cake sounds really yummy! I might have to try it this weekend. I get my Under Armour undies from the Under Armour website. http://www.underarmour.com/shop/us/en/womens/apparel/underwear-and-socks/underwear/pid1208013-Women-s-Mesh-Boy-Short/1208013-109 I have both the mesh boy short and the active boy short and I really like them for both Insanity workouts (lots of jumping around) and running. I think that giving your shins time to recover is probably the best way to prevent injuring them more. Keep working out, just do something else until they are 100%. BTW - nut off is a fabulous phrase!

Sandra: Hi there! Welcome to the group!

Sarah: Yay for sore abs!!!

Yocum: What will your first tattoo be of? My first tattoo was my name in Chinese that a friend of mine drew for me and it is still my favorite tattoo. I have plans for my 4th tattoo of a hibiscus flower on my right foot. I tattoos.

So i have an Insanity Recovery workout, Kettleworx and I was thinking of doing some belly dancing. I got this great belly dancing drills DVD and it is hard. (I find most belly dancing DVDs to be too easy and kind of boring and/or lame) This one is mostly drills so you do the same move (hip shimmy or whatever) for a few minutes and by the end of the segment, your calves are kind of on fire. Of course, I'm not a huge fan of watching myself do the workout because all I see is my belly "dancing" all on it's own (think: jello). Have a great day ladies!

Wow. I only missed a day and the posts are huge. Not time top reply to all so picked a few:

Ronnie: to be honest, if people are going to judge you by ''looks'', it is going to be their loss; however, if you have not tried the group yet, it would be sad to judge them on previous expriences - although very understandable. Good luck when you go. I'm not the most sociable of people - find it hard to put myself out there - so will be thinking of you.
With regard to the inlaws - mine are so laid back we rarely see them, which is like the other end of the scale. However, my parents are overbearing. Always have been and always think they are right. As their child I have rarely been able t ostand up to them BUT as the mother of my daughter, it has been a totally different story. I am like this whole new being and what I say goes. They certainly did not like it at first but thre was no budging me. Her needs were foremost in my mind and they now get that. I still get loads of grief from them and constant undermining but they do not do it in front of my daughter which keeps her safe/protected. Grandparents (and everyone else) need to get the idea that as parents we are going to do the best we can for our children and our decisions are final. You stick to your guns girl - smoking around a babe is just awful.

Kendal: what a rot time you are having - and with your TOM piled on top. I left someone (many years ago now) and among the reasons for that was I knew I wanted a child and that he was just not the right person to be the father. Primeaval instinct I suppose but one that needed to be adhered to. I just hope life starts looking up soon. Roll on more happy lawn mower experiences.

Kristina: I am intrigued as to what you do for a living and yes six hours of calls urgggh.........

Out of time - daughter leaning over my shoulder wanting attention

Annette x

Thanks for all the support ladies. I really love you guys. I've decided to give Joey a couple weeks and if I don't hear anything, then I will have my attorney present him with 2 options. Option 1) Joey files the papers again and pays the filing fees because he is the reason our case was thrown out in the first place. Option 2) I will file papers here (he filed them 3 hours away). He will not like that option though because since this is starting over, I will have my attorney include alimony in my papers. After all the crap Joey has pulled, I'm sure my attorney would LOVE to take him down in every way possible and since Joey doesn't have an attorney, he'd be pretty defenseless in court (plus his temper would probably flare up again and maybe next time the judge would throw him in comtempt :laugh: ). I have already paid more in attorney fees than what Joey would pay for filing twice so that's another reason I have NO problem making him pay filing fees again.

As far as Taylor, I asked my bff for her opinion. She said she liked Taylor, but she and her hubby had both thought Taylor said and did things to control me when they were around. I'll chalk the tears up to TOM and loneliness and move on. I have a date tomorrow night anyways

ONWARD AND UPWARDS! lol

I love when this thread is super busy!

Kristina, I'm stoked that you are back in the 170s... we all knew you'd be there in no time! I can't believe you had 6 hours of conference calls - YUCK. I really hope you're getting sick, that would totally cramp your workout regime.

Ronnie, try not to stress about the crap with your inlaws. Remember that you are the parent, not them. You have to do what's best for your family all the time, and the rest will work itself out. That still sucks though. I think we can all relate to crappy family situations. And I agree that you need to give the group a try - make light of your tatoos! Most of the time people are just curious about them, in my opinion. Just look at this thread! Practically everyone on here has a tatoo. I don't, but I did have my nose pierced for a while. I actually miss it like crazy.

Lacey, yay for the scale moving the right way! It seems like you've really figured out what will work best for you, and that's awesome! I'm sorry to hear you don't have a support group nearby.

Amy, those empanadas look delicious! I love how you are always finding amazing and new things to cook. I don't know how or why you could possibly be stuck above 200 - you are a machine with working out and eating right. Maybe you should look into calorie cycling or something? I've heard that has helped people break plateaus. Belly dancing sounds fun and interesting, except and I just about the most uncoordinated person on the planet, so the thought of trying to dance at all as a form of working out kind of terrifies me.

Yocum, I hope you have SO MUCH FUN on your night out with your son. You're right, you gotta cherish those times while he still wants to do it.

Sarah, you know I live in Michigan right? Obviously I'm a Red Wings fan through and through... so we'll just see what the playoffs bring, shall we?

Sandra, welcome! I've only been with the group for about 2 months but I can't imagine doing this without them now! They are so helpful and awesome! I agree with your frustration on people who need to lose 5 pounds... mostly just because I'm jealous. I know this is tough for everyone at every weight.

Victoria, I totally feel your salt pain! Did you see my post about weighing 208? Yeah - salt. I drank on obscene amount of water and today the scale is back at 204.6. TOM is next week too so I'm sure that will play into my numbers.

Kendall, I do not envy you for vacuuming dog hair out of a car. I hate that. I'm a little OCD when it comes to cleaning, and every time we have my parent's dog I freak out at the hair in the car, and its such a pain to get out! I hope this doesn't sound weird, but I'm really proud of you for making all those decisions about the divorce and Taylor. I think sometimes with that really hard stuff the hardest part is not having a plan and being strong enough to make one. Not to say the hard part is over, but you're on your way. :flowerforyou:

Suzie, thanks for all the positive energy you are always bringing to this thread! That's awesome that you are getting a chance to help a NPO that you support. Stuff like that does so much to "feed the soul" as they say. Good for you.

Thanks to Amy, Kristina, and Suzie for reminding me not to spaz out over a stupid number on the scale. Thanks to everyone for listening to me vent.

Today was arms/shoulders/abs. I really felt like I "brought it" :laugh: this morning. It was awesome. I snuck in a walk/run too... went about 2.5 miles overall, and ran about 1.4 of that (straight through... I started walking and ended walking which seems to work well for me for warming up and cooling down). Good times.

Yesterday is was GORGEOUS out here... Chris and I finally got the leaves cleaned up in our yard and got this prepped for planting, which is awesome. I think its supposed to be kinda chilly and rainy this weekend so who knows if yard work will happen. I'd like it to. I'm sending good vibes for awesome weather for the weekend to all of you. :laugh:

omg Lacey! thats a day from hell!! good to know that you are at the point of laughing at it all though.

Since I'm a pain and do my weigh-ins on Thursday, here goes :

235 mark today, which means I made my goal. I'll say since things are slowing down (water weight maybe?) that my new goal is 232 for next week.

Things are going ok. I'm starting to lose some motivation mostly out of sheer exhaustion. Who wants to go to the gym when they haven't slept more than 6 or 7 hours (not in any sort of consecutive nature) in 2 or 3 days? Not I. Anywho, good thing I have that first personal training session tomorrow. I went to the gym last night for like, 15 minutes, haha. The rest of the time there was spent half-asleep in the shower WITHOUT the screaming baby.

I remember the newborn to one plus year phase so well I am done with one. Lack of sleep is a killer. Maybe on the days you aren't meeting your PT you can do something mindless, like just cardio. Take the "think" out of it. Also, have you tried meal planning for one week at a time? I LOVE to do that because it takes the daily "think" aka worry about eating out of it. I know what I'm eating for breakfast and lunch because I generally eat the same things for a week and then only dinner is different.

Good going on the loss!! You are doing great!

When I talked about Bobs Yogs workout, I was referring to what HR did on BL. I just re-watched it with DH and it was brutal!!!

hi ladies. im alive i promise. i have a problem. i am depressed. i dont want to take medicine so im trying find ways to keep my self from dwelling on negative things for too long. sometimes it works but times when im at work, for example, and im alone with my thoughts i get kind of down and in a general icky mood. i know that most of it has to do with my dad and his illness, knowing that i may not have much time with him, but i think other things that i cant pin down are affecting me too. *sigh* is exercising more the key to possibly keeping me off meds for now? i dont know. i did however find a yoga work out designed to help with depression. i am going to try it and see how it goes

kendal- im sorry to hear about your divorce. i have a friend that has been trying to divorce her husband for over 2 years now. the reason it is taking her so long to get it is because her idiot husband decided, about a few months into the proceedings, to shoot himself in the head. well he missed and now she cant get the judge to sign off on the divorce because is is no longer mentally stable. men are idiots sometimes. and thank you for posting that there were workouts on netflix. that mats getting some of the videos i have been wanting to try alot easier. i never knew they were there

i cant remember who else posted or what the posted but i hope all is well in everyone Else's world. good night ladies and good luck on your weigh ins