200+ Summer Meltdown!

Hi Amy! :flowerforyou: I'm hopeless on jeans, my waist/hips/hiney are all the same size at the moment...too darn big! So I'm afraid I'm no help! LOL! Good luck on the hill! I did half of my walk last night sans kiddos, then on the 2nd loop picked 'em up & took the boys & they actually kept me going on that part where I'd probably slack off a bit! )

Kendal-you can do it! I'll root for you!

Lacey-I'm impressed with anybody that can DO a pushup! It's not my wrists, I'm just a wimp! LOL!

Hubby did't pass his typing test for dispatcher position. :grumble: But Dep Chief told me to have him apply for a part-time call taker that could eventually move up that doesn't require stupid tests! ) Yay! Here's hoping! B/C his current job stinks! But...Casey gets to go to Louisville to play his soccer game, so here's to a 2 hours drive with 3 kids in a car for soccer! Woo hoo! (Please let the 2yr old sleep!!) LOL!

Ok...it's official. I cannot have 100 calorie packs in my house. They actually make me eat worse. I just ate 3 100 calorie packs of pretzels. :grumble: Should have opted for the yummy strawberries that I bought today.

2001 is quickly turning into a year of bravery for me. (my cousin called me brave on fb when I mentioned Warrior Dash, that's where the word got into my head)

Boudoir pictures

Rode a Bull

Gonna do a Warrior Dash

I am woman! HEAR ME ROAR!

Just stopping by to let you gals know I just posted a recipe.... high in protein & yum:) Hope you like it.

Lean Turkey Kabobs with chopped spinach, lentil sprouts & onions - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/suzieqdiva

Check in for Tuesday: 2776 calories burned/ 2254 calories consumed/ 522 calorie deficit

megruder: I'm glad that looking back through your data has shown you your weight loss trends. That's valuable information that will keep you on plan during those 2 week "down" periods.

suzie: I Love kabobs!

psychohope: Bummer about the not-too-comfortable pants.

Kendal: I like what megruder (I'm sorry, I don't know your real name) dubbed you: Kendal the Brave, Slayer of Fat. Awesome!

Karen: It's probably best to stay away from a house with mold issues. I know you want a house but I think you are right that that one wasn't it. Keep the faith, you'll find it!

Laura: I stay away from 100 calorie packs like they are the devil. It's hard to be satisfied with just one and they are full of chemicals and crap that my body doesn't need. I generally go for fruit or cheese if I need a snack.

Today was our first day of hill sprints. I've run hill sprints in the past with The Kid but since the puppy is chubby, I figured she would benefit from sprinting up a hill a few times too. I wish someone was there to videotape us because we looked pretty ridiculous, I'm sure. I kept Sofie on the leash for the first one so she'd get an idea of what we were doing. BAD IDEA. She thought that since we were running like that, it'd be fun to try and play tug-of-war with the leash while we're sprinting up the hill. It took a good 5 minutes to get her to let the leash go (when a 105 pound dog doesn't want to let go of something, you really can't MAKE her). So I took her off the leash for the next one and hoped she figured out what we were doing. Well, she saw that we were running away from her...and she figured that catching us was the plan. She came up on me from behind and grabbed my left pant leg and tried to run off with it. I'm lucky that it hadn't occurred to her to actually TRY to take me down, cuz I'd have been down. She mostly just thought we were playing "tag" or something. Anyway, by the 5th sprint up the hill, she started to tire so she didn't catch me every time (catching me generally involved her jumping up on my arm or grabbing a pant leg- I guess that's how she decided to tell me that she'd "won"). She eventually laid down between the sprints and didn't get back up and start running until I was halfway up the hill. Then she'd sprint like hell and try to catch me. I was racing The Kid up the hill too. He hurt his ankle at soccer practice yesterday so he was on his scooter and you know what?? I beat him consistently up the hill!! Even with the dog trying to "catch" me, I was still faster than The Kid on his scooter! Until the 10th sprint. The 10th one was our last one and I went "balls out". This freaked my exhausted dog out completely (I don't know if she thought I was trying to ditch her out there in the woods or what) and she came charging up behind me like the devil was after her (she was barking and growling and I was fairly certain that I did NOT want her to catch me). I was beating The Kid by a fairly good margin and then my dog decided that she'd had enough, she lunged for me from behind, grabbed my shirt and pulled me off the road. The Kid came rolling up behind me cackling the whole way about how he "beat me". I tried to finish the last sprint but the dog wouldn't let go of my shirt until I stopped moving completely. When I stopped running, she plopped down on the road and grunted at me. Then we walked home. It was the most fun I've had running in a long time and I burned nearly 500 calories. I can't wait for next week!

Amy, it sounds like you had a blast on your run! LOL! And reading Katie's post reminded me that Fashion Bug also does the pants that are made for different body shapes. I'm not sure if it's only the plus sizes or not, as the store here in town is a Fashion Bug Plus.

Katie, I will do my best to remember that's your name & not use your screen name, but there are days where my brain just fails me completely, so...yeah, sorry when that happens! LOL! Those 2 weeks of nothing have to be frustrating but that overall loss looks good when you go back & see it! *high five* )

Kendal, you are awesome!! Kendal the Brave, I like it! Keep it up girl!

Psycho, comfy pants are important! Hope you get them back soon!

Well ladies, I managed to get on here while at home! ) Now I have to get my hiney in the car & get to work! Today should be fun on calories as I have errands to run on lunch, so eating out, and we're having "breakfast" for supper at church. Blah! Maybe I'll have time to go for a walk after church tonight, or some Zumba! At the least, TOM is gone, so I'll get some energy back! Even my iron & B vitamin can't keep me going sometimes! Blah, borderline anemic stinks! Off to work, TTYL!

Amy- I love your dog. She's hilarious. And so are you.


I'm up to 217.4 this morning. I'm pretty sure its water retention in my muslces as I have been seriously tracking calories (except the cantelope and salsa....didn't log those as they shouldn't make a HUGE difference in my totals for the day).

I decided that to get ready for the warrior dash, I'm going to do c25k on Mon, Wed and Fridays and some p90x workout on Tues/Thurs. And it depends on the weather and my schedule for Sat and Sun. Well, last night I decided to throw in kenpoX since I haven't done it in MONTHS. (its not a part of the month 2 schedule for the lean version) Yeah. It's so frustrating when you think of yourself as "athletic" and you can walk/jog for 45 minutes and not be exhausted, but you change up your workout and in 45 minutes your body feels like complete jelly.

I was going to have my cereal this morning, but something tasted funny and the milk didn't look right, so I trashed it. Instead I'm having a breakfast burrito from the cafe downstairs.

I still hurt from last night's workout.

Thank you.

That is all.

Morning. I hope some time this week I will be able to respond to everyone...sheesh.

I read through both the P90X booklets last night. Well, I stopped looking at the breakdown of each work out after the first two and just read the synopsis lol. Wow. I did the calorie calculator in the food book, and it tells me I should be eating 3120 cals on the program!!!!
I think what I am going to do is 2500 cals and attempt to hit the fat burning 50% protein/30%carbs/20%fat ratio for the first few weeks until my energy level gets too low and then like the book advises swtich to the next level which is 40/40/20. It will be hard to get that much protein and so little fat, they seem to come one and one, so I am going to play with my food diary on a day in 2015 and try to come up with a meal plan for one week that would work for me.

Are all of you doing the Lean version or the....C...something version? The regular one? I think either program would work to slim down a body that is probably 30% fat, and I'd prefer to do more strength training than cardio so I think I am going to try the C....version.


I bought a chin up bar that came with push up holder things and a resistance strap last night at Target.

I find it interesting that 8-10 reps will bulk you up whereas 12-15 will slim you down!! For some reason my peabrain isn't getting it. Is it because the more you do the more cardio it becomes? Oxidizing that fat and all?


Anyways....those are my P90x ramblings for the moment. I've got a major visitor coming in a few hours and need to get cracking to get some work done before I'm in a conference room for a long meeting.

My gosh, Tae! Any time you need to talk or unload, we're here for you! I'm sorry to hear about your mom. I hope it was caught early enough and recovery won't be complicated. Keep us posted. I know this might sound stupid, and I've never done one of these, but instead of chocolate, maybe look into a breast cancer awareness walk and train for that to distract from the outlet of eating. I'm a stress/emotional eater too, I understand that aspect of it.

Men never understand. They're very much a "don't freak out until there's something to freak out about" mentality. You can come to us whenever you need! *hugs*

Amy- ha! Thanks for the reminder...we will have to show that one to G. We've already got her HOOKED on all the Star Wars movies, she knows more about the characters than I do now. And Indiana Jones..Goonies. ET is next. Space Jam, I liked that movie lol.

Hi, everyone

I feel a little late to the game here, but would love to participate in this challenge!

A little about me- I'm an event producer and work from home and then travel to my gigs. I'm getting to the end of my busy "season", thank goodness! Since joining the site almost two months ago I've only lost around 5 lbs due to heavy work and travel schedules, but I'm ready to kick it into high gear now that I have more time.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you all and finally reaching "one" derland

Jenn

So I was walking up the stairs to put The Kid to bed when The Hubbs called me a "droopy butt". He said that the seat of my jeans is too baggy and I need to move on to the next size down. I've been wearing my Seven Jeans Size 16's with a belt cuz I really like the style but since my butt is drooping, I guess that won't work anymore. So I dipped into my jeans drawer for the 2 size 14's that I had hidden in there and they fit perfectly but I also found a pair of size 12's that I thought "what the hell, let's see how tight they are." The 12's not only went on easily but they zipped and buttoned up!!! I think they are a bit tighter in the thighs than I'd like but I was SOOO happy!!! 12's!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tae-will pray for you & your family! Breast cancer is a battle! My grandmother just beat it at 73 (now 74) years old! One of the many factors that got me off my couch & moving to lose weight! You are more than free to vent to us any time! That's what we're here for! *HUGS*

Amy-your movie choices sound like mine growing up as well! I must've been a dork too, b/c he WAS hot! ROFL!! I even have all of those movies at home now! ) And the cartoons...well, my kids watch what DVD's I can find! Congrats on the 12's!! You're just my hero!!! Seriously! I think if we get any more alike, we get to be officially twins! ROFL!! I blame it on the birthday! Libras are weird like that! ;-) If you haven't read any, some of the Star Wars books are kinda neat too, if you can ever get the list straight! :-)

Jenn-welcome! It's never too late! We're only one week in, so 5 more to go & we always just move onto the next challenge when this one is done! :-) This is a lifestyle change with little challenges in between to keep us motivated!

OK, I have to get some more work done. Already found a house to go look at next week!! Keep your fingers crossed for me!

I've offically lost track of time and missed getting on here. Bookclub starts in 20 min and I still have to drive there.

Tae - my heart goes out to you and your family. 2 people in my bookclub have had good results with chemo/radiation following breast cancer. Hopefully things go well for your mom. I'll keep all of you in my prayers.