200+ Summer Meltdown!

Ok my check in for Friday …I did Turbo Fire 30 Stretch 10 (I should say I do stretch 10 first and that is just how it is lol) and then did CLX Burn 2 burned about 845 calories…I did well on the eating..had all plans to deep clean my bathroom but husband got off of work way early and which that is great (I am horrible right) but felt like he tossed a kinky in my plans as he works so hard and wanted to come home, relax with me and I am like it is only noon not time to just sit around lol but I did and then we ended up falling asleep at like 7pm that is just too much for me we are only 32 and acting like we are 80 haha
I am getting mad at the scale it is not moving not a fraction of a lb its ok I am being positive but I am used to it moving I am still a chunky monkey should be coming off who knows maybe it’s being in my 30’s and I have messed up my metabolism lol
I started a book last night one of the freebee Kindles one Diary of a Mad Fat woman it is pretty good for a freebie for anyone that does not like bad language do not read it …I will update more when I finish

Kendal: Applause Applause for the weight loss (also can I have the recipe to the black bean quesadilla it sounds yummy lol)

Kerry (and anyone else lol) I am only a couple hours away from Chicago any tips on fun and exciting things to do I will take them we only have about a year left here before we move and we don’t want to leave here going man we should done this or that lol…our one year Anniversary is coming up on July 2nd and I want to try to do a little something we are going home to Texas on the 5th but want to do something lol

Karen (wow there are a lot of ladies with K names that’s kind of cool lol) Sorry about the mold and the bus driver no fun but go mr or mrs principal

Amy I understand your pain I have been doing this for a year or so before MFP and lost 100lbs I went off the wagon just for a couple of months due to moving and getting hitched lol and doing everything right also and that scale is not being friendly ….I am with Kendall have you thought about a nutrionist etc. I have actually thought about it …gone to the doctor once about it and he said try south beach literally and I got charged 200 bucks because weight loss is not covered in my insurance ummm ok yeah last time I went to that doctor lol

Welcome Sophjakesmom

Nova-I hope your hair turns out great I know I couldn’t do it I am with you also a daily hair washer but mine is straight as a board literally it is so straight that in the 90’s I got a perm and it fell out of my hair luckily my mom is grr and got a refund lol

Welcome Nini

Lacey—ok I am sorry I snorted so hard about the neti-pot I remember the first time I did it and umm yeah I wish I would have recorded it I could have been a youtube sensation lol…I am not addicted and even my doctor recommends it trying to have to have sinus surgery…for the eyes I use drops they rock but they are prescription …I hope your lil one feels better soon…and so what you are doing Monday to get your tushy in gear

Welcome Debbie—Congrats your wonderful weightloss already

Welcome Choirgirl and also congrats on your loss

Great goals Meg and welcome

Good morning everyone!!! We watched Little Foekers last night - cute. Today - if it stops raining , I plan to mow the grass. I'm a wimp since I use the tractor to mow the 2 acres. I should push mow it for the exercise but it would take for ever. Planned exercise is a 6 mile run with a friend at 9 this morning. Check-in for Fri 2323 burned and 2554 consumed. Exercise was 25 min of low impact aerobics.

Tae - great job on all the exercise. I hear you on the DH messing up your plans. I love it but hate it on days DH works from home. It just screws up my routine. Chicago is full of great things to do. Sears Tower, John Hancock building, the science museum, going to a ball game at Wrigley, the aquarium... I lived in the suburbs for 2 years but it was 18 years ago. My husband loves brewpubs and good beer so we always go to Goose Island Brewery and The Map Room to eat/drink.

Kristina - have a great time with your parents and tell them I said "hi"...

Meg - welcome!! You have great goals. I love closet shopping!!! The feeling of looking great in old clothes is awesome.

sarah - great job on the biking charity ride. I miss my bike and really need to pull it out of winter storage. Have a blast in Calgary. I've never been there but it sounds beautiful.

Crystal - I hear you on trying to keep up and read things. It's nice to have activity but harder to get to know everyone. Glad you found us... Good luck getting the jogging stroller. If I finished C25K, you can too.

Welcome chiorgirl!! Jump in and start posting away. Technically the new 6 week challenge started last weekend - if you have a weight for that time, post it as the start of the challenge. People can join anytime.

Welcome Debbie - if you are hungry, then eat. Try to aim for healthier foods with more protein. If you are burning more calories, you may need to eat more. Are you really hungry or is it stress eating? I tend to have a bottomless stomach when I'm bored or stressed. Airpopped popcorn is a low cal way to curb the need to munch.

Lacey - LOL. You crack me up. I haven't tried a netti pot but hear good things about them. If you and Jeff both have allergies, do you think Gracie's pneumonia could have started from allergies? My mom got pnuemonia and that's when she learned she had allergies. She now takes meds in spring and fall and hasn't had problems since. I'm hopping on your Monday bus - we'll kick it into gear together!!!

Suzie - I've missed you. Glad you'll be back with us soon!!

Welcome sophjakesmom, Nini and paulasue!!! Congrats on getting to onederland...

Nava - 2 slices is great. Remember this is a lifestyle change. I tell people that I'm not on a diet. I can eat anything but just need portion control. Now, I'm craving pizza. Thank goodness I live in an area that doesn't have pizza delivery!!! Hope your hair turned out great. I'd freak out at not washing mine everyday. There's never been a requirement for women only - I don't know why we don't have any men.

Karen - my tape measure is my friend too. Good luck with the house. Mold is not something to mess with esp with all your kids.

Kerry - have a wonderful weekend!!! Find a place to dance so you can burn some extra calories.

Amy - you are truly inspirational!!! You are a workout machine, an awesome mom, and super cook. We all have bad days. Is PMS around? I tend to think bluer then. Look at how many inches you've lost and how much muscle you've gained. You are shrinking!!! Aren't you in size 14s? How many others near 200 are in size 14s... We love you and you can rant to us all you want. (((((((((((big hug))))))))))))

Pyschohope - I love the suit. I've never seen one like it. I need to get out more but where I live, it's rarely warm enough for swimsuits.

Kendal - what kind of jewelery party? Is it Lady Remington? I love their stuff. I liked that profile pic with the window. It didn't look like anything that could get you in trouble. You are an adult, living on your own. You can have pics taken and feel great about it.

Annette - I hope your days goes well. 30 kids - EEEEKKKK!!!! at least with all the running around, you'll burn a few calories.

Laura - did you mow the grass? Thanks for putting your name in your post - with the group growing, it's hard to remember all the new names.

Well I've now taken an hour to get this far. Sorry to anyone I may have missed. An extra big welcome to any and all new faces:flowerforyou: :drinker: I'm motivated to get my bike out and give it a looksee, fill the tirese, etc in the hour I have left before my run. Maybe I'll even take a short ride. Have a super weekend!!!

Welcome Lisa-Marie!!! Most of us aren't very good at losing weight. That's how we got to be over 200 pounds... I really get the calories in vs calories out concept and it's the first things that's ever worked for me. These ladies are great for keeping me in check. My best advice, take it slow and easy aiming for a pound a week. Make small changes that you can stick with. When the change is easy, add another. In a year, you will be down 52 pounds and be more likely to keep it off. Changes could be - eating more fruits/veges, adding 30 min of exercise, cutting back on pop/coffee/alcohol, cooking a meal rather than processed food, sharing a meal at resteraunts, etc. Good luck.

Well my plans for the day are shot.. It's raining. So no bike ride and no mowing. If my friend shows up, I'll run in the rain. If not, mr tready and I may have a date. Then again, I could put it off until tomorrow and do some P90X and Zumba...

Soooo, the two slices of pizza weren't bad in hindsight. Went to a friend's, and while everyone else was drinking, I was munching on the doritos and cheetos sitting around. Whoopsie. First time I've really caved like that. But everyone deserves a cheat day once in a while.

Back on it this morning with a lovely bowl of cheerios with soy milk and a naner. I have to go to a graduation party tonight, so that might be a bit of a challenge, but I doubt it'll be a huge one. These people are health nuts and liable to have lots of things I can eat without feeling bad. Blarg.

Sitting around till I have to go get ready for that (wash my hair, yay!!!), and watching Supernatural all day. Gotta catch up! I is a nerd.

First of all, the Black Bean Quesadilla recipe:

1 lb. ground turkey
two 15oz cans of black beans (drained and rinsed)
one 11oz can of mexicorn (drained)
one 10oz can of Rotel
sixteen 8inch flour tortillas
2tbsp of reduced fat sour cream (or to taste)
1 tbsp cumin (or to taste)
1 tbsp cayenne/red pepper (or to taste)
reduced fat cheddar cheese (you can use 1/2 cup for the entire recipe, but my nutrition calculations use 1 slice of Deli Fresh Reduced Fat Sharp Cheddar cheese per quesadilla....it was what I had the first time I made it, now I just use regular mild cheddar cheese. What can I say? I'm a girl who likes her cheese)
additional salsa (not included in the nutrition calculations)


Cook meat in non-stick skillet. When turkey is half pink/half brown, add the cumin and cayenne pepper. This allows it to cook into the meat better. I sprinkled enough to lightly cover all the turkey. Stir in beans, mexicorn and Rotel and cook till heated through (about 5 minutes on medium high).

Place a tortilla in a second skillet that is lightly coated in non-stick cooking spray and place a layer of the turkey mixture on half of it. Add the cheese (if using shredded cheese, do this before you but the meat on it). Fold tortilla over filling. Cook on medium heat, using spatula to check underside to make sure it doesn't burn. (This only takes about 2-3 minutes.) Flip over to cook other side of tortilla. It is done when the cheese it melted and the tortilla is toasted but not burned.

Once tortilla is on plate, open it up and add the sour cream and additional salsa if desired. Unless you have a VERY LARGE FAMILY, this will make several meals for you. (btw, I can get 16 quesadillas out of this and 1 quesadilla fills me up)

Nutritional Info:
1 Serving = 1 Tortilla
378 Calories
14.5 Fat
41 Carbs
638 Sodium
21g Protein

Victoria- I forget the name of the jewelry, but it wasn't Lady Remington. Alls I knows is it was expensive crap, I didn't buy anything, the bff only holds these parties so she can get the free *kitten* and I'm tired of feeling obligated to go to these parties. ...and thanks for your opinion on the picture. You're right. Part of the problem was the photographer didn't want his mother-in-law (my aunt) finding out about his boudoir work. But, I saw on fb where he mentioned taking boudoir photo shoots so I'm guessing that's his way of letting his mother-in-law know about it. I don't know. Its a pretty picture of me and its not like its all that revealing. Plus mom hasn't signed on mfp in 5 days.

However, at the end of the party, the bff was like "hey, we're going out to the bar after this, wanna go?" so I said YES. We danced our BUTTS off. Well, I did. The dj was playing some really crappy stuff when we got there but he has a request bucket so I went over there and put in at least 6-7 songs in. And he played all but one of them. The dance floor was PACKED. songs were: "pony" by ginuwine, Cupid Shuffle, Booty Call, Boot Scootin' Boogie (some dude asked me to write that one down lol), Copperhead Rd, ....I can't remember what else. I had a BLAST! and my thighs were KILLING ME. and I was SWEATING LIKE A PIG. It was glorious. I also hadn't eaten since about 6pm so the alcohol REAAAALLLLY hit me lol.

So then my friends wanted to sit down for a while. There were 4 of us so 2 were sitting, and me and another girl were standing in front. And of course I'm still booty dancing for them and we're laughing and having a good time. Then the guy next to us started talking and though I couldn't hear everything he said, he gave us $4 and told us that even though his girlfriend was around here somewhere, he wanted to buy us all a drink (Miller Lights were $1).

So the girls decided that since it was $5 to ride the bull instead of $2 like at the other bar we go to, they gave me $1 to go get a Miller Light (ew) and used the other $3 to make up the price difference so that I could ride the bull.

I freaking rode the bull last night. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


the video evidence is on facebook

hey all, well having a crappy week food wise this week so have stayed the same weight wise, tho will weigh myself in the morning and average it out to see if its any different.

Joined the gym yesterday so hoping to for the first time after work on wednsday, it has a 25metre pool so even if i just swim 3/4 times a week for the first few weeks it will be a start. 3 weeks on monday till the mini marathon i signed up for:ohwell: really need to up the walking distance for the next few weeks to make sure i get around it

Forgot to add - d@mn DH!! He (nicely) went shopping in "the big city" for bulk paper products but also came home with frozen pizza with cookie dough in the box. WHY? WTF? Does he realize the cals in that stuff not to mention the sodium? I limited it to 2 pizza slices at 425 cal and 2 cookies 180 cals paired with acorn squash, baby carrots and celery. Not the end of the world but we still have 1/2 a pizza and 8 cookies left over!!! DH did kinda freak when I mentioned cal. He said "really in each cookie and that little bit of pizza?" I noticed he stopped at 2 cookies and 2 slices of pizza too... At least with the run, I have the cals to spare today!!!

Victoria-I did actually get the lawn mowed. Our yard is very hilly and I used a push mower. It took me a good 75 minutes to get done. It was a great workout! I've actually not had to mow the lawn in nearly 4 years as we've just gotten back to the US from living in Australia for 3 years. I might just have to volunteer to mow the lawn more often.

This weekend has been a challenge for my eating. We had friends over last night for dinner, drinks and board games [yes, a wild and crazy life I lead ;-) ]. Today we went to a BBQ and birthday party. I managed to pass on the cake and only had one bite of a cookie, but still will need to get a good workout in so that I can eat a decent dinner tonight.

The weather is really rainy here today so I may have to do something on the kinect.

As a little funny note, we have all of our movies on a computer based system that plays through our tv. I was scanning though the movies to find Tinkerbell for my 2 1/2 year old and the cover art for 30 Day Shred popped up. My daughter got so excited and exclaimed, "my exercise video, my exercise video!" She watched me do the shred once and then she wanted to try it herself. I sure wish I could get as excited about it as she does. lol.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Laura - I loved your 30 day shred story. I like Jillian but really hate 30-day shred. When I started 20 months ago I was too out of shape to do it - it really bothered my knees. I can do it now but hate jumping jacks - I actually get the same burn doing 30 min of Leslie Sansone walking videos and will gladly give the extra 10 min to save on my joints. At 40, high impact is very hard on me. (*sighs*) thanks for the laugh. You should try Zumba or Dancing to the Oldies - then I bet she would dance away with you as you do it...

Psychohope - the mini-marathon sounds like fun. Someday, I'll get to Ireland. I really want to try fresh draft Guinness.

I think I have way to much time to be on here during the weekends. I'm going downstairs to watch a movie and then off to bed. I might do some low impact aerobics during the movie. I want to reach a 3000 cal burn for the day to offset some of my bad eating this week.

*Sigh* I can't keep up with y'all, it's crazy! Lol. I'll do my best to catch up but no promises,:laugh:

Kendal - I *love * your pics, they are ADORABLE! I'd love to see the rest if you're willing to share. You should be so proud of yourself! Also, congrats on the weight loss! You showed that scale!! (And cracked me up with the girl at a Justin Bieber concert comment, lol!) So, I noticed your profile pic changed...then changed again...then changed back. Did you decide to unfriend your mom? Lol. :laugh:

Lacey - I'm still here... barely! Lol. I love all the new faces but only being on once maybe twice a day, the mere thought of making an attempt to reply to anything is overwhelming! I hope Gracie is still improving. And I thought an ear infection was bad! You'll have to let me know how P90X goes too. I've heard great things about it (although those things coming from my best friend who is SUPER TINY to begin with so...yea...lol).

Victoria - I'm so jealous of your new shoes!! I was asking my personal trainer the other day about my shin splints since I started running and she said it was probably related to my crappy shoes. Too bad I'm a broke single mom so new shoes have no choice but to wait.

Laura - Welcome and I totally know what you mean about the kiddos. My 8 month old is into EVERYTHING (in fact she's already almost the computer junkie her mommy is ). Honestly, I've been trying to spend less time on the computer because it takes my attention away from her and because she doesn't need to learn these same behaviors, so I'm trying to change mine. In doing so though, it's darn near impossible to keep up around here! :laugh:

Sarah - Thanks! If I'm able to get a jogging stroller (and possibly new shoes) I'll definitely be taking up the C25K. I really want to get more of my exercise outside! If I manage it this challenge (may have to wait 'til next, but we'll see) then I'll let you know how it goes!!

Kerry - Thanks for the congrats! It's still hard to believe how much I've lost on my own... And in a healthy way! The healthy way, to be honest, is something totally unfamiliar to me but it's actually working! Lol.

Karen - as much as I believe the Zumba DVDs work as well as the classes, I have a few DVD's at home that I "meant" to start and it just never happened... I don't trust myself to keep myself going and accountable that's why classes would be so much better. The ONE attempt I made with 30 Day Shred, I gave up about halfway through 'cuz I was tired. Think I'd try to pull that with my personal trainer or in the middle of a class?? Heck no, lmao. Who knows, it might just do the trick to keep me going. We'll see I suppose!

Amy - Given I'm mostly new to all of this, I wish I had suggestions on ways to jump start the weight loss again, but from the sounds of it you're still headed in the right direction, even if the numbers on the scale aren't changing! I remember my first meeting with my personal trainer, I told her that I don't care what the scale says - I just want to look good, feel good, and have my self-confidence back. If that means I have a toned, flat tummy at 190 so be it, I don't care (unlikely but trying to get my point across). Same goes for you! If you've dropped pants sizes, then you're on the right path.

I second Amy's post and am so happy to have all the new faces, just give me a little time to get the names straight! I'm so horrible with that. Welcome again to all the newcomers!!!

Sorry I suck to much and am so behind in replying to everyone, and to whomever I missed, I'll catch you the next time around, promise! Craziness on here lately!

The me front: Uh... I don't even know where to start? Lol. Things are going ok... I guess. Baby's better, I've been doing well getting out or to the gym, making my appointments with my personal trainer, etc. The downside is Tim (said ex mentioned in previous thread). So the complicated stuff... When he ended things the way he did a couple months ago, I was an idiot and continued sleeping with him, blah blah blah. I realize that it's different because I'm still in love with him, he's the father of my daughter, but I realize that it's still not right. Well, it'd been a while since *that* has happened and this last weekend he was over and although that didn't happen, we do still kiss (totally messed up, I know) and I happened to find out that his ex before me (whom he was cheating on me with the first few months of our relationship) and him got together last week and although they didn't sleep together, he kissed her and WANTED things to happen. She shut him down. UGH! So I totally bottled it up, trying to decide if I was even going to say anything but I was so freakin' angry. Eventually I did and we talked (kinda) and as I was leaving I told him to kiss me because I never wanted to kiss him again. He freaked out and then I explained to him that I don't want to kiss him until/if he decides that he wants ALL of me...not just the convenient or "fun" parts. I don't freakin' know. I'm ok but I'm a mental mess going back and forth about whether or not I made a mistake saying that. I can promise you that between him and me, I have ZERO balls in that relationship because I love him so much that I don't want to screw up any possibilities that could arise when he gets his *kitten* straight. After all he is the father of my daughter, and I love him, and it's messy, and ARGH. But I'm (kinda) realizing that even though I HATE that I said what I did to him, maybe it'll get my point across. And in turn give me the upper hand. After all, men want what they can't have and if I don't let him have it anymore, maybe he'll be a bit quicker to figure things out. And it's better for me anyways. I don't deserve that. Regardless of what I think or how things do turn out, it's a pushing motivator for me to keep going and losing weight. I want him to see me and be like "damn...wtf did I do letting her go??" I realize that's not the only factor relationships are based on, but having the additional self-esteem would DEFINITELY help in situations like this.

AND I can tell you that I have ABSOLUTELY NO idea what I just typed above. I let my fingers run wild and got all of that out of my head. Felt really good to just throw that out there in word vomit form, but I suppose now I will stop, post, and read what on earth I just wrote with no edits.

I guess I should start off with letting everyone know my name is Katie, not really clear by my username and forgot to mention that in my first post. I'm going to try to get names, so here goes.

Welcome, Debbie!

Tae - that books sounds good, I just sent myself a sample to my Kindle. It's not free anymore. I know it's only 99 cents, but I get tired of those adding up.

Lisa-Marie - Welcome and don't worry we all have to learn how our unique bodies respond to different weight loss methods.

Psychohope - Congrats on joining the gym! I would encourage you to try everything. I've tried almost all of the class offered, except water since I don't have a suit yet, and was quite surprised at what I ended enjoying.

Laura (Hope I got the right name) - I can totally relate to the act of just letting words flow through the fingers to the computer and feel that it can be quite cathartic. As for your situation, I don't know that I have any advice other than everyone deserves to have someone that loves them and treats them like a queen/king. I know it is easier said that done, but take care of yourself and respect your right to be loved by someone that deserves you.

As for my check-in, on Saturday I burned 3024 cal (I have a BodyMedia so that's for the full 24 hrs) and consumed 2113 for a 911 cal deficit. I did a 45min Spin class, 45 min Zumba, and did my weightlifting routine. I don't usually do 2 cardio classes in one day, but my partner and I were suppose to take my mom out for a belated mother's day dinner and were probably going to go to Texas Roadhouse (ah, that sounded SO good too). However, mom was having a bad headache from allergies, so I had trouble catching up on the calories. Wife and I went to Ruby Tuesday instead, so I had a decent deficit instead of a small overage!

On a goal related note, I have an appt with a trainer on Monday to begin working with free weights and moving away from the machine weights. Since I put that goal in writing I've been thinking about my high school weightlifting days and thinking that I mind look into amateur competitive lifting competitions. I never competed in high school, it was just a special PE class that I took, but it was an idea I had thought about then. When I get done trolling here, I think I'm going to start doing some internet research.

I'm debating getting off the couch to exercise but Marty is sleeping on my lap. It's hard to believe it's only been 3 weeks since we got the kittens. Greyson is still pretty skittish and let us pet him but not pick him up. Check-in for Sat 3149 burned and 2753 consumed!!! I did do 3 sets of 10 min of low impact aerobics during the movie.

Katie - the weight lifting sounds fun. It's like riding a bike and you'll get back into without any problems.

Crystal - oh hun... My heart goes out to you. All of your hopes and dreams will not change him. The chances are high that if you get back toghether with him, he will cheat on you again. I think you deserve better. You deserve to be with someone that treasures you for being you and is faithful to you. Your daughter will be better off in the long run if you find a better man and are happy than to suffer through years of you being miserable and finally getting a divorce. If you chose to continue being with him, I'd take sex out of the equation and make him show you respect and how he's going to change. And that involved more kissing/sex/flirting/texting of other women. Several friends have recently gotten divorced due to cheating spouses - they all discovered the spouse did much more than they admitted to. My guess is it didn't stop with kissing the other lady.

Amy - enjoy your lazy Sunday.

Hi there Ladies!

I'm still here. I don't know what happened this week, but I missed the first 6 pages of the new thread. I'm here now.

I'm weighing in this week at 194. One more pound down. That's 19 so far. About 25 more to go.

I'm really seeing the difference in my body. I have retired one pair of jeans. I couldn't keep them up anymore. And my other pair are super comfortable now. Love IT! I have found a new pair of capris at our consignment shop in town. Which is a great place to shop if you have one near you. I think I got them for 6 bucks. And hopefully they will be falling off by the end of the summer. But they were only 6 bucks.

My mom is spending the weekend with us which is so nice. Usually, we go to her house and i want to eat the whole time there. So now I get the visit and the control of cooking at my house.

I need to get ready for church. Have a great Sunday.

Have I mentioned how thankful I am to have this thread. I don't write much when I'm on here but I love reading your thoughts and stories.

Congrats Noelle on getting to buy some new pants. It is always a good feeling to get to retire a bigger pair! Have a great visit with your mom!

For me a small NSV, while I'm not quite able to retire any of my current pants, I can tell a difference in they way they are fitting. I'm also able to fit into and zip up the smaller sizes I have....just need to lose some more in the middle to get rid of the muffin top. lol.

Tomorrow is my weigh in day and I'm kinda dreading it as, I unofficially weigh every day and haven't seen much, if any change on the scale.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!