200+ Fryin' the Fat

Hi all,

I don't have much time to post because I'm at work trying to catch up with what I missed by taking Friday off, but I wanted to just pop in to say that I hope you all had a great weekend. Congratulations to those of you who lost this week and to those of you who were able to eat sensibly and work out this weekend! I did fine with my eating on Friday, okay with my eating on Saturday, but then Sunday and Monday were not good. On top of that I haven't done Shred or my walk/run workout since Friday, since I had company all weekend and we were on the go constantly. I don't want to look at the scale, and I'm a little scared to find out how hard my run/walk will be tonight. I've got the bad eating/very little exercise post-holiday guilt. Ugh. Oh well, time to suck it up and get back on the horse, right?

I'm sure I'll feel better once I get a workout in.

Thank-you! Excellent quote, I will think about that as I go through my day.

Karen - I totally get you on the baby growing up thing. Gracie is almost completely done with her little toddler things that she used to do all the time. Like she always says her instead of she "what is her doing?" and a few other things I can't quite remember at the moment. Mostly speechisms I call them. Well now that she is starting kindergarten her summer camp teachers are really workinig with her and the other kids to speak properly. She came home SO excited the other day because she used the word she instead of her. I was happy that she was so proud of herself but a bit sad too. I never encouraged her to say those words, I just didn't enourage her to not say them. They are like the bastion of toddlerdom that is almost gone :sad:

She used to say "mooch over" too instead of move over when she was just learning to talk. So. Cute.

Now she wants hair down to her butt (and with curly hair, NO) and loves Justin Beber..wants to buy the movie so she can sing all the songs. Sigh.

Kendal - (((((((Big Hug))))))) I hope you find another way to save the house!!!

Okay girls, I am completely caught up on reading everyone's posts and I will let you know that YOU are all in my thoughts for many reasons. Seriously for the past few days when I have been out eating and making my choices, I would ask myself, "What would my Frying the Fat girls think if they were here?" TOTALLY HELPED ME!

I'm so freakin' tired of the move and ready for it to be over forever. My body is killing me so fast. Today I was loading laundry to take the to laundromat and my back was spasming from the constant bending over. I worked through it and then just kept pushing on. I know it was what my body needed. No pain, no gain right?

Thankfully all the extra sweating that I have been doing lately has kept me around the right number of calories lately. I do hope that by the end of the month I have hit my 25 lbs loss so I can start wearing a heart rate monitor. It's my reward and going to be totally worth it. I want to know EXACTLY how many calories my body burns in a day and make it correct when I enter it in to MFP, not just a guess based on what he system says. LOL!

I hope to be back to normal soon but we will be without internet for awhile. We found out on Friday that our property was never wired for internet. That means that they will be coming out and digging and putting in line for our land and it will take some serious time. The glories of living out in the country.

Also, I saw that some more of you were scrapbookers. Check out my blog at http://www.LiveTeachCreate.com. I just put up an amazing mini album that I finished and would love your comments on it as well.

Well I am off for the night so that my muscles can stop screaming at me.

Congrats on the all the losses this week! Especially Amy!

Victoria - Way to go on the 6 mile run!

Karen - Boo on the weight. Hopefully it's just TOM.

Kendal - I LOVE the photo!!! I know what you mean about the low number on the scale. I saw 236 for a nanosecond a few days ago and I'm back to 238. :ohwell: I'm sorry to hear about you not getting the job. Hopefully, you'll be able to come up with something to keep your house.

Megan - Way to go with the eating and staying active over the 3-day weekend!

Lacey - Great job getting back on the logging wagon. Sometimes I wish there was some magic pill to eliminate, or at least severely decrease TOM symptoms.

Kristina - I'm sorry to hear nothing is new on the dating front, but at least you've got the running back on track.

Pam - Let's keep each other motivated with working out this week. I've fallen off that wagon again.

Manda - Feel free to vent any time. I think we've all had at least a few while on here. I'm glad the dates are going well. I'm also with you wanting to be a different person. Every once in a while I start feeling stuck with my job and having to move back to my hometown, then I have to remind myself that my focus right now is on my mental and physical health.

Sarah (thes) - Love the new profile photo!

Jenn (GonnaDoIt) - I hate being without Internet. Sometimes I wonder what I used to do without it. I hope you're able to finish up the move soon and that you back stops with the spasms. You can totally get down 25 by the end of the month!

Tanya - Way to go on the loss!


Check-in for Tuesday... 2031 burned / 1305 consumed / 726 deficit - No exercise.

Soooo.... I'm still having difficulty working out. I know a couple weeks ago we talked about coming up with weekend challenges since those two days seem to cause us all so much trouble, whether due to lack of exercise or excessive eating. I thought I'd bring it up and throw out some suggestions.... Activity ideas - Commit to at least 60 minutes of exercise or burn at least 500 calories doing exercise over the weekend. Eating ideas - Stay under your fat consumption goal for the weekend. Maybe those that have trouble with eating on the weekends could come up with better ideas as I'm not sure what things are problematic. Let's see if this helps.

It's so nice to come into work and realize you only have to work 3.5 hours because you completely forgot that you took the other 4.5 hours off today. WOOHOO!!!

But that means no mfp for me this morning so I can get some work done.

Hello hello hello ladies!

Kristina, I'm sorry I missed the weigh-in (or... am I? I'm not sure... to be honest, yesterday morning my scale said 180.5, last night it said 186.7, this morning it said 182.4. I'm at a loss. I did eat Qdoba for dinner last night, so that could seriously all be water weight). I'll weigh in on Friday fo sho.

I spent forever reading/catching up on everyone's posts, so I'm thinking about all of you, but no way I'm trying to respond to everyone. So here are the highlights that stuck out to me.

Kendall, I'm so sorry you didn't get the job. It seems like your head is in a good place about it - it sucks, but if you weren't all the excited about it, then maybe its a good thing. I tend to be a "if its meant to be, it will" kind of thinker, which makes it easier to stomach things like that. Because, if it was supposed to happen, it would have happened. Anyway... hugs to you!

Amy, yay, the cats home! I think you are in Italy right now! Both very awesome things!

Victoria, that was your trail race, right? I think its so awesome that you did it. Way to go! Your yard must be looking AMAZING!

Sarah, you are looking SO GOOD girl! Seriously, there is such a huge difference between your first profile pic and the newest one. AWESOME.

Katie, I agree that we should have a weekend challenge. If its going to be a "challenge," then it can't be something super easy.... .... ... can we agree to try to burn 400 calories in exercise each day? Or even 500??? That would help us stay under cals too... bike rides, walks, workout dvds, yard work... just get our butts moving!

Jenn, I tried to look at your scrapbooking sight but work blocked it. I'll try later.

Lacey, your post about G getting so much bigger made me a little sad too. My niece, Gillian, is 7 now, and she's completely just a little person now. No more cute kid things. And she has lost all that baby/toddler chubbiness in her face. She's just pretty now, not nearly so much cute. Its WEIRD and also makes me a little bummed, along with feeling super old. And G's hair is amazing. I'm jealous of it.

Okay, that's all I've got time for. As for me, my weekend ROCKED. We had way to much fun... hung out on the lake all day Saturday, got all kinds of sunburned. Bonfire and reubens in sandwich irons (we call 'em tonkas) on Saturday night. Sunday we drove up to Lake Superior and went canoeing down the Two Hearted River, then hung out on the lake, then did brats and corn on the cobb, then did fireworks - my dad came up with about $700 worth of fireworks from Indiana. The boys built a big launching pad in the lake... we seriously had fireworks to rival any actual firework display. It. was. awesome. Monday I finally convinced Chris to come out on the jetski with me, and I managed to throw us off the side of it. Chris' toe hit the side of the jetski when he launched off and now its broken. :embarassed: Yeah I suck. He's taking it pretty well, but that could be because I am babying him like crazy. Too funny.

I did get my run in on Saturday while we were up there... 2.5 miles, so yay. Sunday Chris and I biked around the lake, and Monday I took a rest day. Food was okay, not awesome. Really it was just beer. Lots and lots of beer. We'll see where I'm at on Friday and then I'll know the full damage report.

I finally get to go pick up our mower today. Its about freakin' time, since we took it in on Memorial Day weekend. We needed a new carborator, new blades, new blade bearings, an oil change, and some other random thing I think. $140. Not too shabby. I'm really just annoyed with how long it took. Anyway, I'm hoping I can leave work around 2 and go home and marathon mow the whole yard again. Calorie burn!

Alright, you are now caught up on my life. As you were.

Morning!

Pam - good job getting right back on the wagon!!

Kerry - bonfire, running, bbq and fireworks sound rad. I'd love to do that sort of stuff once in a while. We need a boat.

Karen and Katie - I am totally down for the weekend challenge. Perhaps Fridays we should each set a goal, post it, and post Sunday night or Monday morning regarding how we are doing..and as usual the rest of us will support and nag to see that its gone!

Kendal - I love random time off.

Victoria - thats a pretty decent burn for only light yard work girl!

Tanya - congrats on the loss.

Jenn - I kind of live in the country and am limited on my cable and internet options. It sucks. Are you going to get a heart rate monitor that you wear for exercising, or something like the bodymedia fit or bodybugg?

Sarah - loves the new pic!!

Manda - its hard to live up to your own expectations, lord knows..but the good thing is that step by tiny step will get you there and nothing has to happen over night. The longer you work at it the more it becomes a habit. Sometimes I have to remind myself to choose to be happy, when I'd rather be pissy and a b!tch. Exercise really helps with that for me.

Kristina - Pre Gracie and Jeff I used to do trivia nights..they are So fun!


As for me...I tried to push myself further last night with Chest/Shoulders/Triceps. I did push ups off the knees for a few and then when I moved to knees tried to get deeper in the move. I cant do the one arm moves at all, I skip them. Its too much pressure on a sensitive back and sometimes iffy shoulder. But other than that...I could hold my arms above my head last night and not have them shake so much I wanted to tear them off, so that means I am getting better at that particular dvd. I am most definitely feeling the exercise today in a good way.
I've decided that how I am going to continue P90X three or four more weeks until I leave for my trip is to do the Lean version until I go. It will be a good swtich up for my body, more cardio than strength training and should work to keep the muscle confusion going.

Any of you ever have days when all you can do is think about food? I'm normally fine focusing on each meal when it happens, but I've been looking forward to what I plan to have for dinner all day! On top of that, I keep wanting to snack on stuff....ugh, it's going to be a loooooooong afternoon.

I feel your pain. My biggest hobby is baking and cooking!!! I've learned I can still get great joy out of these things...i just bake things I don't like to eat so that I have to give it away! (For instance, I made a dessert that I will NOT even touch for the 4th, just so I wouldn't be tempted to eat it! But I love baking and cooking meals that I can't just stop doing it.)
-Megan

I've had a lovely afternoon. Pigged out on some homemade sweet potato fries. Edited, posted and ordered pictures. Read. Slept. Mr. Reunion will be here later. yeah. a good day!

Oh, wow, tired doesn't BEGIN to cover it! And the week isn't over! This getting up to be at work at 6, and then being at VBS til 830...which at least 90 minutes of includes jumping around & chasing kids (including my own!) yeah, I love the kids, and I love being the one who gets those songs stuck in their heads...but my body is just tired. TOM isn't helping either. I'm borderline anemic on a good day...TOM does not equate to a good day! I'm going to crash now. Melodie's diaper rash is back too. FUN! Sorry to not respond to anyone! *hugs* to all! And to think I thought I was gonna have the energy to do a 2K pushing a stroller this Saturday...oh well, I've already paid for it! *sigh*

Cardio X done. I kindof whimped my way through it..wasn't feeling it at all but got it done. Congestion hit again and it kind of takes it out of me. I'm trying not to take all the allergy medicine buut I might need to take the zyrtec again tomorrow. I have shoulders/biceps tomorrow and want to do a good job! I'm getting bored with some of the work outs. I am okay for now, but might be needing some pushing in the month to come to keep at it. I know I will keep going, I have a goal to get it done, but its the intensity I am needing help with.

Brandie - welcome!! Our challenge ends sometime this month I think... let us know more about yo'self!

Karen - you go girl! Doing things like VBS and having fun exercise make it go by so fast and make this process much easier.

Crystal - its so fun to see kids experience the beach and the ocean! Are you still seeing Mr. New?? Glad to see you back here

Kendal - having time off like that can be great...just relaxing is awesomeness.