200+ Pushin' For Less Cushion!

BTW... Planning ahead with a high fiber meal before a rich meal will decrease eating too much rich food And of course if we do go over our calorie goals we will just get back on track after that:) Have fun:)

Hi everyone and happy Easter!

I've been a scale addict this weekend and went with my lowest weight of the weekend, 221.0, as my official number for this week. That's -2.2 lbs since last week!

I celebrated by going out and buying $350 worth of clothes yesterday for just over $200... got some great discounts! And guess what? EVERYTHING is size 16/1X! I was in a 24/3X at Christmas!

Now, I'll be honest... some of the shirts are a little snug and I've got a bit of a muffin top in the pants and shorts. But that just means I'll get to wear them longer. My husband says no more clothes until I'm out of plus sizes, though... the regular stores are cheaper than the plus-sized stores so I'm inclined to agree with him! And this new stuff should fit til then! Woohoo!

Congrats everyone on such great jobs! It's so motivating to see others seeing such great progress and results.

Welcome Ariel!

Sarah - How exciting! I'm so happy for you!!! I can't wait for the day I can shrink down to my former size. It's sad to think that just 1 1/2-2 years ago I was a size 11. And I finally succumbed to buying something other than the sweats I lived in after my daughter was born and I'm now a size 18. But I know I'll make it back down! Even at an 11, I was at 200 lbs so maybe I could manage smaller than that!

Sorry it's so hard for me to keep up with all the crazy posting going on in here! I do read everyone's posts though and it definitely inspires me to keep going and I thank you all for that! I met with my personal trainer on Wednesday and Friday of last week and man was it brutal having those two days so close together. Because of my ankle we did upper body only on Wednesday and did whole-body on Friday (with a little less emphasis on legs because of the ankle issue obviously still being a problem). My arms were KILLING me when I went in on Friday but I still managed to push through! The pain now is a good one, especially the abs. It means that I'm making progress!!! Also, I managed to do 30 minutes on the elliptical before my personal training session which felt AMAZING. I spent all last week being SO crabby and I didn't realize until I spent that time on the elliptical, how much pent-up frustration was released on that equipment! Lol. I decided the elliptical would be the best choice, not only because it's my favorite due to the low impact, but also because of the foot pedals keeping my ankle stationary as opposed to having to worry about tweaking my ankle landing wrong on the treadmill. But it felt so amazing!!

Charlotte now has an ear infection, so I haven't done much of anything again. Yay sleep deprivation! Haha. It's like my specialty - somehow functioning on zero sleep. I hope she's better soon so I don't have to avoid the gym too much longer.

Happy Easter everyone! I wish mine was a little better. Charlotte's father (for those of you that remember my post about him deciding he was done trying to work things out with me) decided that he would rather be doing other things than spend Easter with us. Definitely rubbed me the wrong way and after a brief screaming match, I remembered what I've been trying to live my life by - the fact that I can only change ME. I can't change his mind, the way he thinks or feels, what he does... All I can do is whatever makes ME happy and do what I need to do in the best interest of my beautiful little girl. So I'm trying to stay on the bright side of things. I hope you all are doing well!

Kristina - I used match.com. I went on there just to kill time and have fun talking on the IM to guys around the world. I canceled three date before I went out with Jeff and that was only because he came into my work and met me or I wouldn't have seen him. I totally kept chickening out I hadn't dated in over four years because I was married for part of it and then decided go be single for a year after my divorce. It is scary but if you make it fun it will be. It was a HUGE ego booster because I spent a ton of time IMing guys and talking to some on the phone flirting. Yes there were definitely a few douches and one dude who was apparenty a voyuer but overall I think it was fun. My best advice I can give you is to take it all with a grain of salt because there are a ton of people out there just looking to kill time on those sites at night but you can also meet serious people on there too.
Two of my girlfriends used eharmony. One is in a long term relationship with her guy and the other is married and having a baby this summer. So remember, At the very least its a major ego boost and eveyone can use that!!


Saranthes - YEAY on weight loss! Congrats on the new clothes too.

Crystal - keep pushing forward girl! You will get back to where you were. It takes time and that's okay. Focus on what is good for you and for charlotte. If the ex comes around he does, it not pushing it only puts stress on you and your baby. I'm sorry you have go through that.

Victoria I hope your pie was good.

2lbs lost this week TOM. Will catch up next weekend baby in hospital with asthma. Current weight 215lbs x x

I'm still around. I have today off work for no reason. I do have an appointment with my lawyer at 4:30, but that was scheduled after I already had the day off. My sister gave me Animaniacs for my birthday so I watched the first dvd last night and am working on the 2nd one now. I think after breakfast I will take my camera out and take more pictures. I was happy about that yesterday.

Amy- thanks :bigsmile:

Kristina- I emailed my online dating advice to you :-) hope it helps. Don't settle...think of dates as test runs...just because it doesn't work out with a guy doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you (or necessarily him), it just means the two of you aren't compatible.

Ronnie- I hope your baby gets better! I know that has to be stressful!


and thats as far back as I can see right now....sorry!

Ronnie-hope the baby gets better! Nothing worse that sick little ones!

Kristina-not much help myself, I'm like Amy, I met my hubby at work. But I wish you the best of luck!

OK, I know there's more I should answer, but I'm at work with the boss at the next desk, so keeping it short! Friday night's tornado warning was the 1st! One hit Saturday afternoon while I was driving home, got to stop in a gas station w/3 kids for that one. And now my road is flooded, so we're all piled into my mother's 1 bedroom apt til the water goes down! And it's supposed to rain til Thursday, with more severe weather tonite! *sigh* Good thing mom & I get a long well & the hubby too! )

Weight is the same as on Thursday, so 234.8 is what I'm going with! )

Suzie- thanks for the recipe, I can't wait to make it.

Miss Woods- welcome, i'm a newbie too.

Sunday:

1275 CC/ 2765 CB/ -1490

worked in the yard for 8 hours yesterday, lovin it.

hope to post pics soon.

-Eve

Well the effing scale said 209 this morning, so I'm not counting it. I know I had a bad food incident but there is no possible way I gained almost 5 lbs over a week. It is frustrating to lose lose lose and then TOM hits and it starts all over. I don't know how to get past that...but I did put two reminders to ping at me on my phone telling me my tom is coming and to be careful. Maybe that will help.

Back to the grind today with food and exercise. I've got to figure something out for Thursday and Fridays since Jeff and I have afterwork activities both nights that prevents me from going to the gym. Maybe I need to think of those to days as my weekend and start pushing to either run/walk or get to the gym Saturday and Sunday. I think I will try that and see how it goes. Also I've got the major urge to get outside and get some exercise in..but the weather turned again.

I want to order the kettleworx but won't do it until after we get back from our vacation. Yesterday I didn't track calories but I am pretty sure it was an even stevens sort ogf day. I grazed while I cooked for hours on end yesterday, some of which were cookies, but I didn't eat big meals so I'm pretty sure it was okay...although I didn't track.

Goals for this week are to watch my food intake, get to the gym Mon, Tues, Wed, Sat & Sun or do some sort of exercise at home etc.

Amy I realized today that I brought in healthy food for my breafkast and lunch today and was so happy with myself considering last week. And then I realized that no way in hell was my smoothie, the stuffed tomato I made and the meatloaf going to be enough cals...FML. I have cookies and cheesecake at home. FML FML FML FML lol.