Over 200 New Year New Me Part 49

It is me again. Here are the 10 yoga poses that increase metabolism...So they say

http://www.shape.com/fitness/workouts/stretch-flex-and-tone/yoga/top-10-yoga-poses-that-increase-metabolism

Sherry, you're the best! Thank you for the encouragement! It might be time to get our stalking on!

I KNOW we can get the group back together and chatty as usual. You all are the reason I was able to lose all the weight - the accountability that I found/find here is so incredibly important. We know we all go through different seasons, but I know we can remain a constant here.

It's been awhile since we've been posting our daily check-ins. I CHALLENGE everyone to check in daily. Even if it's ugly. Even if it's the only thing you post. But that might be how we get back to the awesome support provided here.

Sunday's check-in
Cals: Over....but I got SUPER sick at the end of the night and threw-up everything in my stomach. I wonder what that means...
Water: Not nearly enough. 16 oz!! NOT OK
Exercise: Walked 4.5 miles home from church. YEAH ME!! (This is the only reason I'm posting about Sunday....hahahaha)
Proud: Walked all the way home - 80 minutes straight!

Yesterday's check-in
Cals - Under! Partly because I was too busy to eat, but hey, whatever works! :laugh:
Water - 72 oz
Exercise - Walked 2 miles throughout the day total.
Proud - Had an amazing time last night with Jonathan at the Paul Simon concert. Was on my feet for 5 hours straight (which is a long time - even for a NYer!), but did some boogy-ing and had an overall GREAT time.

Here's my new haircut and color!

Cute

Thanks Momma for the great encouragement. I am finding it hard to get on here because as I consultant I am not sure if I should be on sites like this at work (though I am now). So mostly I try to get on at night - doesn't happen.

Anyway, for weekend, my hubby went all out to pack healthy food for our camper. For the first time 2011, I lost weight over the weekend!

I will be weighing on Friday this week.

This board is very encouraging - keep coming back!

Checking in for Monday!

First I would like to say that Monday was my first night at home without Meghan and Ken as they are at the cottage for Meghan's summer job. Our roommate, Beth, was home. Second I would like to say that it was "Margarita Monday" at our local Mexican restaurant.

Calories- Over by more than a day's worth
Water - good.
Exercise - nah-da
Proud- well... I didn't order the cheese dip? And we got the Shrimp quesadilla and nachos rather than the steak? And we had FUN on our first girls night out! (and the hot Mexican bar tender bought us a round!). $2 margaritas are dangerous.

Thanks Momma24 for all the motivational reminders! You all have definitely been part of my success so far ... we need to keep this board hopping!
Mstahl: OUCH!
Ladeb: I know what you mean, when I have time to check in at work I am on here more often - but if I have to rely on doing it at home I don't find the time as much as I should.
Elmox: I like your challenge to check in daily .... and I also love your haircut and color!
Lildeb: I probably shouldn't be offering advice since I don't know exactly what your daughter's GI problems are - (TMI to follow WARNING ****) but I have had bowel issues all my life - mostly constipation, and since January I have been able to stop taking metamucil (which I have taken for years) and nexium for acid reflux ... and I'm much more regular and comfortable. I take a magnesium supplement (Natural Calm - drink that tastes good) which is a stool softener, and a fiber supplement called Fiber Re:fresh, and also probiotics, and for awhile something called glutagenics which helps with stomach lining healing. Anyhow - it seems more natural and I feel SO much better than I did before. You might want to ask your doctor about magnesium or probiotics for your daughter.

checking in for yesterday:
calories: a little over - but ok
exercise: good - an hour of step at the Y
water: not so good ... and it was HOT here
proud: sticking with it!

checking in: Calories around 1800
exercise : YES< YES< YES because that is how many times I exercise today. Burned 697 calories
water: YEs108 ounces

Proud: Do I need to say....Just look up at what I did today:glasses: Stayed within cals and burned them calories


:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Thanks for the love girls:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Also wanted to say watch my ladybug in 2 weeks she is moving.......Even if I have to get out the vacuum cleaner and suck some inches off my HIPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That ladybug reaching that flower represents a smaller pants size (more like 2) but I want it and I want it bad...

Nice to see so many people checking in!

checking in for Tuesday:
Calories: good
exercise: squeezed in a 25 minute walk/run so I was happy with that
water: could have been better ... it was HOT
proud: that I found a way to exercise even though I was mucho busy, and I made mostly good food choices

My nutrition class last night was about how good protein is for our metabolism ... it is supposed to increase it 30% by eating my protein. That is a problem that I have ... I've never been a big protein lover ... but I'm really working on it.
They also talked about supplements to improve your metabolism ... Carnitine which is supposed to boost your fat burning, and CoQ10 which assists the Carnitine. I'm already taking CoQ10 since I'm on Lipitor and that inhibits the natural functions that CoQ10 helps with. I'm thinking about buying a carnitine supplement too - but it was more expensive and you can get carnitine from red meats - so I'm going to try and work on my red meat eating.
Here's a little more info on those supplements if you are interested.
http://www.betternutrition.com/carnitine-alpha-lipoic-acid-coq10/supplements/shopsmart/910

Jess - I keep my carbs at 45% (I don't always follow that, but it's the goal). Right now, my goal is to eat around 2000 calories a day and that puts my carb goal around 225g. But to be honest, I'm rarely staying under my calorie goal at this point, let alone my carb goal! :laugh:

I personally really don't think you should try to keep carbs under 100g/day. And quite honestly, if you're eating enough, I think a 150g/day carb goal is just fine. Maybe even more. Then again, I've never really felt like carbs are the enemy so I have no reason think I need to be on an excessively low carb type of diet (and for me, less than 100g/day is a bit excessive for a lifestyle change). I think 45% carbs and 30% protein is a perfectly fine balance for me, and I'm actually more sensitive to carbs (in terms of blood sugar) than most people. Some people may thrive with very few carbs but I really don't think it's an across the board kind of deal. I personally love to treat myself with fruit and dairy and both of those things are pretty carb heavy. It may not be the absolute healthiest I could possibly be, but I'm honestly not willing to maintain a lifestyle in which 100% of my focus is being as healthy as humanly possible. I don't feel a need to be totally consumed by it. I'll do what I want and what I comfortably can to be healthier, but I don't think it's appropriate or necessary to consider this an all or nothing kind of venture. I know, I'm getting soft.

On the whole not being consumed by weight loss subject, this whole pregnancy thing has really put the "eat more" thing in perspective for me. Even more than before. I will NEVER be eating 1200 calories a day AND exercising EVER again. I was such an idiot.

I actually don't see myself ever eating less than 1700-1800 calories or so on a daily basis. Then again, I do see myself exercising quite a bit as soon as this baby pops out. I am sooooo itching to get a half-marathon under my belt! I can hardly wait to put that jogging stroller to good use!

I was eating like 1500-1600 calories a day and exercising a LOT and not losing any weight at 192lbs. Now I quite honestly (and embarrassingly) probably average 2500+ calories a day or maybe even more than that and I'm not doing much at all in terms of exercise (really just gardening & housework, honestly) and I'm gaining less than 1/2 pound per week (which is mostly, if not entirely, baby's gain at this point)! I was gaining weight like crazy for about 6 months straight. Now I'm eating more than I was but gaining less. I guess I have finally kicked my metabolism into gear. It's really very nice and I refuse to screw it up so royally ever again. :laugh:

Hello gals , i know i haven't been around lately and i can feel it:sad: seems it is a cycle, i eat bad, then i don't feel like working out then i don't feel like working so i eat more again, then just feel like crap and don't come here :sad:

I have eaten everything in sight the last few days.

I have a vent I am sorry >>>

so we are looking to take a mini vacation, we have never really taken a family vacation, us and the girls, we have gone to see family but i don't count that really. So we were just throwing out some idea . One idea was to go down to the coast. my bil lives threre, my other sil was going down for the week over 4th july , so we knew we couldn't stay there but we were thinking we could get a hotel and then during the day we could see them. This seems a reasonable thought right....wrong. So my sil the one that is going down there calls my hubby screaming at him , on why would he even think of infringing on her vacation , it was "HER " time with them. Give you that she is going to spend a week with them and we were going to be down maybe 2 days, and she "NEVER " comes to spend time with my girls, but it was her time with my twin nieces. So hubby said that is fine, it was just an idea, then she goes on to rant to him how he ruins every holiday and brings up that we ruined christmas cause we came down 1 day late, the reason we were 1 day late, was cause abby was throwing up for 12 hrs straight. And that he ruins every other holiday because he doesn't come up there (oklahoma). We have christmas with our girls that is "our" family. Yes i spend it with my mom and sister because they live here. So this went on for at least 30 minutes of her screaming.

She is certifiable nuts!!!! Well most of his family is. I mean in a normal person's head is like more the merrier right. They all treat my hubby like the red headed step child, they are alll close and then he is usally the one that gets bumped. Made me soo mad. She is freaking crazy, but when she wants something like to do her taxes (they are like super easy she could do them herself) she is all nice., she gives us these Christmas presents way more than we ever would spend on her. We never buy her anything but was forced to since she would get us stuff, but then this year felt ackward cause all the other siblings and spouses exchanged gifts but we weren't all included in that.

I am just done with her.

Okay vent over

okay now that my vent is over, i have moved on and screw her, she wants to be nasty and mean she doesn't have a place in my life. If i have to be with her i will be civil but i am not going out of my way to try to be nice to the crazy biotch.

now on to the good things in my life.

We did plan a vacation woohoo. We got in 3 1/2 weeks. We are going down to Schlitterbahn it is a water park and then we have some other stuff to plan.

Now would i loved to be smaller heck ya, but not going to let that ruin my trip. I am hoping to be in low 260's by the time we go.

lstpaul (or at least i think it was you) - thanks for the advise on the gi issues. I will bring that up on her next visit. We did the cleanout and she said her tummy feels better, ****TMI**** she is still pooping liquid, if that isn't changing soon i will be calling them back*****tmi over

She had a rough 1st day at day care , but yesterday was better hopefully today will be too.

We decided to go ahead and have her a pool party, not sure who will come but hopefully a few people will come.

Hello friends!

lildeb, I think it's perfectly acceptable to be upset. That's ridiculous! Anyway, Schlitterbahn is going to be super fun!!
Momma, nice workout and good attitude!
mstahl, way to control those cravings! AND make your treats last longer!
Jess, glad you lost those 3 lbs of water retention! Keep at it girlie!
Julie, always good to hear your wise words.

Wednesday Check-in:
Cals - Over by 20 cals if I include my commute as exercise cals! :bigsmile:
Water - 64 oz
Exercise - Lame, but my mile roundtrip commute.
Proud - Got lots of fruit in yesterday!

LET'S ADD THIS TO OUR POSTS!!
OK, Wednesday Check-In Roll Call:
Lauren - Check
Momma - Check
Deb - ??
Jess - ??
Pos - ??
Mstahl - ??
tstout - ??
lstpaul - ??
Heather - ??