200+ Fryin' the Fat

Amy - will definitely stick to Italy then

Hailie - WTF happened? That is insane!!!!


Well folks I'm not working out tonight. And I'm overeating. I have several excuses in my head - I'm tired, I'm sore, I'm a douche. But the fact of the matter is is that I am choosing to do it even though I saw the number go down on the scale this morning. Why do we continually do this I wonder? At any rate, I am not long for the world.
Tomorrow and Sunday I plan on doing double ups on the work outs - two P90X work outs per day...so please crack that whip at me and make me move this weekend!

lacey: great job on the work out! ive been wanting to try P90! and i know what you mean about why do we continue doing this to ourselves... idk! im sure over time it gets easier

pam: ive never heard of garlic scapes either.. are they the same as garlic cloves? O.o

katie: awesome that those pants are loose! wow! i hope you get to take them back and get the 18's

halie: what happened? why won't they give you your diploma? that's awful!!!

sarah: so sorry... i know how that is.. us women LOL... why do we have to have such a hard time with things like that? urgh!

Well, today was a much better day! weigh in is tomorrow.. hoping im down! i dont think i lost 2 lbs... but im pretty sure it's at least one.. urgh! it's so slow you know? But what is that quote from the tortoise and the hare? "slow and steady wins the race." haha! sure is slow... and hopefully i keep making the right choices to keep it steady

Hi my name is Coco and I would like to join. I have been holding on to these same pounds for the last 5 years. I am so glad that I found this sight. My goals sre as follow:

1. Feel better
2. Be able to jog
3. come off my blood pressure meds
4. Be able to shop at a non-plus size store (OMG, this would be sooooo good)
5. Add more years to my my life with a healthy life style.

This could be an endless list. I'm looking to have a life style transformation.
so, count me in. My starting weight is 250.06:(

Ok, for the day i"m 3066burned/1769consumed/1297deficit

My weight is 245.8

Katie: I have the same issue with bras. I usually end up buying a 40 or 42 C that is padded and shaped nicely and hope that no one notices. Haha. I can't wait to be able to go pick up a 34 or 36A or B (I really don't know what I'll be at that size) and fit into it. I'm totally cool with not having big boobs, but right now I'm seriously disproportional. I have a huge butt though, so that's good I guess...haha...


Night y'all

Ashley

Allie: don't be too hard on yourself or too focussed on teh scales. Yes, we all want to lose the weight but, overall this is a lie style change that we need to make - healthier choices of food, exercise becoming part of the routine of life, clothes being in more supply/variety. SO, don't get too hung up on the scales (they are mean) and think more about the better choices you have made - the exercises you have completed. Oh, and you can post as often as you like.

Crystal: sooooo pleased you are back - was beginning to worry about you!! One goal per cahlllenge is more than enough - be kind to yourself. Also 30lbs lost is massive - I am sure there is nothing wrong with consolidating that loss, maintaining the changes already made, relaxing with yourself abit, before moving forward. Hope things with the new guy go well - remember though, you are an individual, defined by yourself - and now your daughter - and love comes from within.

Katie: I am feeling sooo much better now. Didn't go for the jog this morning - my exercise partner dropped out and that was all the excuse I needed. Glad you doing so weel and with regards the drop - keep hold of the postivies that continue in your life - you get out of bed - yeah!!!!!!!

Coco: welcome. Awesome goals for long term life change. Sometimes it helps to break these down into simple/reachable in six weeks goals to help keep going. May be something to think about??

Lacey: Why do we do these things to ourselves. I'm beginning to estbalsih that when the choices like those you highlighted are made, there needs to be an almost 'so be it' about it, with each next choice being a whole new thing and eventually the choices improve. Taking out the guilt and self loathing for such 'weakness' is proving so the way to go. Good luck with your exercise over the weekend.

Ashley: love the fact that you are so willing to pray for us - thank you.

Karen: can't believe so many things being rubbish right now. Tomorrow is a new day and may it bring with it more positive 'vibes'.

Kendal: Glad to hear your co-worker not excessively poorly and still praying that your job option goes well.

Am aware I have missed out many people, but love to you all.

Annette xx

Saturday weigh-in: 228.4. Boo. I hope to see a better loss next week!

Manda, from what I can tell, garlic scapes are apparently what you get before you get the garlic clove we're used to seeing. We're making some pesto with them today; I can't wait to try it!

So tired today for some reason...must...force...myself...to go Shred...right now...

Pam: Mmmm..pesto is my favorite!

Kendal: 9 hours of overtime on Saturday sucks (even though extra money is A-OK). YAY for True Blood!!! I'm so glad it's starting back up!!!!

Allie: Welcome! Many of us post every day (some of us several times a day) but you only HAVE to post your weight once a week.

Katie: I find it not useful to weigh in during my TOM as I retain so much water. So I still do it?? Yes - I'm a glutton for punishment but I don't "count" it.

Coco: Welcome! I've just started shopping in non-plus size stores and it feels AWESOME. You'll be there before you know it if you stick with it!!!

Crystal: I'm soooo glad you're back with us.

Lacey: Damn girl, you could have been in my head yesterday!!! I only did a walk with the dog for exercise and I ate pizza for both lunch & dinner (we ordered pizza at the bowling alley and then brought the leftovers home for dinner - normally The Hubbs would have been with us and the pizza never would have made it to dinner - he decimates pizza like it's his JOB). Then I ate s'mores with The Kid. I KNEW I shouldn't do it as my scale has been nice enough to move downward this week but I did it anyway. Did I do any exercise to make up for it? Hellz no. I suck. I'm over it though and doing better today.

Hailie: WTF is up with not getting your diploma? That's insane!! London is one of my favorite cities on EARTH!!! It's so cool! I keep planning on getting to Paris but I always seem to end up in Italy instead. I'll get there though, I gotta see the Lourve while I'm on this side of the Atlantic. When are you going to London and Paris?

This morning I woke up and took advantage of the temporary lack of rain and went mountain biking with The Kid. It was kind of a disaster at first. We got halfway down a big hill and then had to carry our bikes through a huge mud pit as a gi-freaking-normous tree had fallen down during the storm the other day and was blocking the path. We got past that and got almost down to the valley when one of my spokes broke. Now, I've had problems with this bike since we moved here as the movers seemed to bend my back wheel which ended up breaking spokes and I got the wheel replaced a month or so ago. This spoke broke on the OTHER wheel. So, I'm sure the wheel is bent like the other one was and I'll have to replace that one to fix the problem. Grrrrr. So, we walked our bikes back UP the hill and through the mud pit to get back to the house so I could switch my broken bike for The Hubbs' not-broken bike. (Ok, I'll be honest, if it was just me - I would have stayed home at that point but The Kid was soooo excited about getting to the lake in the valley and we hadn't made it there so I didn't just say "screw it" and stay at home like I wanted to). I'm glad I went though cuz I got some great pictures of waterlilies once we finally got to the lake. And I burned near 900 calories (although the first 200 were rage calories - LOL).

Amy- LOL for Rage Calories!!!

Why do I sabotage myself? Every time I see a good loss, I blow it in the following days and get stuck. I think I need therapy. Why am I so scared to lose weight now?? Freezing the Kit Kats did not help, btw. They are just as edible frozen as they are room temperature. I'm devouring them.

I normally drink tea at work and that's how I get my water intake (decaffeinated tea and I use 3 packets of Sweet N Low for every 32oz cup I fill). So I figured I needed to make tea at home or else I would drink soda all day.

I use the off brand of splenda....yeah, yeah, I know I shouldn't. That's not the point of this story. I bought some truvia cause I was told its better for me *its also WAY more expensive!! >:-( I had asked my mom about it and she said truvia measured the same as sugar. So I made a jug of tea and threw in a cup of truvia and a cup of splenda stuff. OMG TOO SWEET. Then I look at the truvia label and it says 3/4 tbsp is like 2 tbsp of sugar. I had to make another 2/3 jug of tea and blend it all together and its still sweeter than I'm used to. Lesson learned.

Kendal: You, Me & Lacey need to start a self-sabotager support group! I do the same thing as u do when I'm doing well and then I ef it all up. Bummer about ruining your sweet tea with too much "sweet". I did want to say that if Splenda was your sweetener of choice, you really don't need to change it. Artificial sweeteners act similarly in the body so you don't really need to pick one over the other and stevia (the sweetener in Truvia) isn't even legal as a sweetener in some countries. People seem to think it's healthier because it's plant based but it's been processed (you aren't eating a green leaf are u - that's what stevia looks like in plant form) so it isn't any different than the chemistry that developed Splenda. Just go with what works for you.

manda: TOM is time of the month and NSV is Non-scale victory. Congrats on your loss this week!

Victoria: Great run!!!!

Hey kids!

Whoa, I'm posting on Saturday... yeah, that's a first.

Too much beer at Festival of the Moon last night = lots of head pain today. But I just finished core synergistics in spite of it. (2 more days, 2 more days, 2 more days...)

Kendal, there is NO way I could have Kit-Kats in the house. Or any candy besides M&Ms. I can control myself with M&Ms or gummy candies, but you put a Twix or a Milky Way bucket in front of me? I'm eating the whole bucket for sho.

Amy, RAGE calories crack me up. Good stuff. I'm sorry about the pizza/s'mores fiasco - trouble.

Kristina, thanks for posting the link to your blog!

Everyone else - HI! Its Saturday and I'm too lazy to full on post!

I did forget to weigh in with you guys yesterday, so KRISTINA! I'm at 182.3. Sometimes, I really love my scale.

Every now and then I think that maybe I'm on to something with allowing myself higher calories on the weekends. Maybe I'm calorie cycling and making my body work harder? LOL - no, pretty sure I'm just eating because food is incredible. Imagine a world where the more you ate, the skinnier you got... that's the kind of world I want to live in.

I totally RAN a 5k yesterday. No run/walk combo. Just ran. I walked for 5 minutes to start, and then walked another 10 at the end, so I went a total of 4.3 miles, but 3.2 of those miles were straight up running. It felt amazing. I sort of didn't want to stop. I just wanted to run and run and run. Except for the freaking hills in my neighborhood start to get kind of daunting. I would like to find a relatively flat area to run distance on soon, just to see how much further I could go without spending 30% of my run going uphill.

Sorry this is so scattered and random. I think we are gonna rock a big old bike ride this afternoon since its sunny and 70 out. Perfect! Happy weekend ladies!

Check in for yesterday: 2582/2145/427 deficit. Its actually less than that. There are some more m&m's I should log.
I got 11 1/2 hours of sleep at 85% last night which isn't bad. My effing dogs keep licking and licking and licking and licking in the middle of the night. They sleep on a dog bed on the floor in our room. Tonight they are moving out for a night. Its an every night occurence and when I'm sleeping okay its not such a big deal, butt when I'm lacking energy and sleep and cranky, OMG I could seriously have killed them both last night.
And my daughter is crowding me this morning. 99% of the time I don't mind it...but I had to put a pillow in between us on the couch so she would just give me a bit of room this morning lol.

My upper body is SO SORE from w1d1 P90x!! Why do they not have a second leg/back work out, you do the whole one all the way through...weird.

(SOB I hit the wrong button and two responses GONE)

Kerry - yeay for running and YEAY for weight loss! I think calorie cycling with P90X makes perfect sense.

Kendal and Amy - if I could keep up with a third thread, I'd totally start a "day after weighing in support group" since so many people seem to do the same thing. Its freaking ridiculous. At least I stopped myself yesterday at m&m's. I have a cherry pie and vanilla icecream I'd bought and planned on having a slice of too.

Victoria - yeay for running! Have fun doing yard work.

Amy - this is way back on the thread - my nips hurt thinking about piercing them lol. I've taken several friends to get various piercings and I have to totally look away when its being done. It almost makes me throw up. Which is weird. I've got 8 tattoos, one of which is fairly big, and my nose is pierced lol.
Rage calories - yeah!! Thats awesome about the bike ride! I'd love to go to the Louvre.

Pam - Shred girl! Shred!!

Kendal - yeay for Mr Reunion meeting your bff. I turned on HBO this week but haven't been paying much attn. Does TB start this weekend right? YEAY! I used to work at VS so I have a whole laundry basket full of brand new undies and bras that I can't fit into. I am patiently waiting and am NOT getting rid of them. I never understood the whole deal about wearing nice underclothes until I worked there and now I cannot wait to be able to fit back into the stuff.

Annette - I agree with you totally - you just have to make sure that the decision to eat bad food one meal or day doesn't turn into the decision to give up.

Allie - take it easy on the back..you definitely don't want to prolong the recovery. My lower back is super sensitive and sometime i worry about doing push ups in P90X because I don't use my core as much as I need to and can feel it giving a bit. Post as much as you want!!

Katie - Once I'm done posting this I am pushing play....have you worked out yet??
Coco - Welcome!! Dont' be upset about your weight, you are here now..its time to focus on the goals you listed. YOU can do it!!

Crystal - this whole thing takes time. Hell I've been trying to lose the same 10 lbs for over a year now. Never give up on yourself. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with some rebounditis, play girl! Play!

Manda - slow and steady and consistent does win the race!

Sarah - yeay for getting closer to being done with the audit! Boo for water weight. I too need to focus on changing up how i eat food too I think.


And with that I am for the most part caught up!!

Time to get dressed and knock out some Kenpo...and maybe the third day of week 5 as well. If not, I will do that tonight!

Okay ladies I need some suggestions.....Gracie can't really drink cow milk or eat all that much cheese as we think she is slightly allergic to it. She doesn't like rice milk anymore and she doesn't really like almond or soy milk. I'm worried about calcium and bones growing strong. I don't want brittle bones for her later in life.

Any suggestions??

Just checking in really quick to say I am down 1.4 lbs to 316.1! I've passed the 20 lb mark! Happy Dance All Around!

I will go back and read later !:)

Ahh, thank you to everyone for the advice. I'm considering changing my schedule as much as possible. ^__^

I got my bike, but I was a little too optimistic that it would go well so didn't order a bike seat to accommodate my fabulous badunkadunk. >___< Ah, well. Hindsight and all that.

But in better news, I'm down to 347.2! Wooohoo.

Good job, Jenn! Keep up the good work, it's inspiring to see people making their goals.

Ashley - Haha! I actually tried that when we went shopping the other day. Um, no, it didn't work. Basically, I have to find a demi B for it to even remotely fit well. Oh well. I'm with you though, I'm TOTALLY ok with being small boobed. All of the women in my mom's family going back 3 or 4 generation and down all the tree branches are either SERIOUSLY big boobed or age REALLY well. I'm happy with the straw I drew. :bigsmile:

Allie - Welcome! It is frustrating when you put the weight back on, I've done it few times since I started in January. It's important to say lesson learned and strive to move forward with a clean slate. Easier said than done, but trust me when I say this group of women is great for moral support.

Annette - Thanks for being my cheerleader!

Kendal - Sorry you're missing out on a beautiful day. I hate when it's nice out and I have to sleep through it. After a good loss, I sometimes find myself thinking 'just a little more junk wont hurt.' It is hard to break that cycle and I know that some days I do feel scared that I'm losing weight. I worry that I'll just gain it all back plus more, or that the wife will feel self-conscious about her weight (that one really gets me sometimes and I KNOW has slowed my progress recently), or any number of other things. I've mentioned some of it to my therapist and it has helped. If this continues to be a pattern for you, it might be worth seeing someone. Your company might even have an Employee Assistance Program that offers a few free sessions with a counselor to see if that helps, check with HR.

Pam - Mmmm... homemade pesto sounds good.

Tammy - Yay for the loss!

Amy - I think I'm a glutton for punishment as well. Although I think I also do it to confirm that I'm feeling bloated and to see if it's gone down at all. I know, just excuses, still a glutton. Way to go on the bike ride. I know I would've given up after all that.

Manda - 1.5 lbs is great!


Ok, just looked at the clock and need to stop if I'm going to make it to the gym in time to do everything I want to do before they close at 6p. I woke up this morning and I'm back into the 230s, just barely. And, that has me motivated to get back to the gym. I'll finish reading and responding when I get back.