Over 200 New Year New Me Part 51

Good morning, ladies!

Still trying to reel everything in.... I feel so all over the place lately. MUST BREATHE!!

Julie - how is Maisie (so sorry if I misspelled that!!) We're going to the doctor on the 18th to see exactly how far along I am!

Goal for the week: Breathing.

I've been doing a lot of thinking about my journey and decided I'm not getting anything (not even motivation) from Weight Watchers, so I canceled. I'll go to the last three weeks of weigh-ins since they've been prepaid, but after that, I'm done. Even my boyfriend said the support I get from MFP is awesome and it's a better fit for me.

So, I'll finish out the last three weeks of WW and I have a plan for the month of September. It's pretty involved, but it might be the focus I need. Basically, I'm going to stop logging foods and focus on Intuitive Eating, set fitness goals, only weigh myself twice during the month (the 1st and last of the month) and take measurements the same time.

I'm really going to try to start getting up in the mornings to exercise before work, which won't be easy, but it's possible. August will be spent trying to train myself to be a morning person. For September, I want to do 30 Day Shred and increase running mileage, switching between the two, with one rest day per week (day to be determined).

We'll see how it goes and I'm going to try to give myself a new plan each month. I've already decided on two goals for 2012...to run a half marathon (yes, I'm nuts!) and complete a duathlon.

There's no reason I can't start pushing myself and holding myself to an even higher standard. From now on it's going to be about challenging myself for personal growth. This year has been amazing for many reasons and I'm going to keep it going by focusing on the things I can control (like my 5k time) and stop worrying about what I can't control (the number on the scale).

So, my awesome MFP friends, I have renewed motivation and a plan of attack.

Good morning, ladies!

This morning was a success with a 2.1 mile run on the treadmill done before 6am. Woot woot! How many days does it take to become habit? 28 days?

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Slightly over
Water: 119.1 oz.
Exercise: Cleaned up brush in my back yard
Proud: Had a healthy, delicious dinner, got some activity in (that really needed to be done) and had my delicious dessert.

Have a great day!

Get well soon, everyone!

Good morning!

Just want to take a moment to brag about my awesome boyfriend yet again. He hates mornings and hates running, but he got up at 5:10am this morning to go for a run with me. Yep, he loves me!

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Over
Water: 113.1 oz.
Exercise: Ran 2.1 miles, walked 0.5 miles for a burn of 393 calories.
Proud: That I got up at 5:15am to run before work!

Oh, and a lady I volunteer with told me that she and her sister signed up for the Iron Girl Duathlon in the Twin Cities. It's one I was considering, so I may have to do it. I'm going to give my bike a whirl this weekend to see if the hand still goes numb from riding and if it doesn't, I'm going to move my Duathlon goal from 2012 to 2011.

I am also planning to do a 1/4 marathon on Saturday morning. It will be my longest distance (just over a 10k distance) yet. I'm a little nervous but I *know* I can finish it and run the whole thing. The sweet thing is there's a pancake feed (free to runners!) afterward....now that's motivation!

Allison and Leann: Feel better soon!

Have a great day, ladies!

Everyone feel better !!

Momma - YOu can do it.

well we decided that we are just going to stick with what we got, just can't swring really to do a gym membership + my anytime fitness membership, and the day care at the gym is extra (where it wouldn't be).

I have been doing fairly good this week, TOM is still around the corner,

****************WARNING RAMBLING AND VENTING FROM A CRAZY MOTHER AHEAD***********************

Sorry I did not weigh in today. I think I am going to take a pass on the scale for a couple of weeks any way with all that is going on. My oldest daughter as you all know is moving next week to live on her college campus. She will be living nearly 2 hours away. I am a Californian and we measure distance by time not miles that would be me driving as fast as I could and hoping there is no traffic in the bay area time frame;) Back to the subject, she had a concerning mole we had it removed this week. Last night I got a call from her regular doctor who called to tell me that her routine blood work came back and she was wondering if my daughter bruises easily. I said Yes and she said I need her to re due her blood work and I will be requesting some more tests. Okay scare me half to death. NEVER NEVER look up possible reasons for your test results... I made that mistake and it scared me even further. I have taken 3 of my 4 children for physicals and each one has had some test result that requires a follow up, is it just to scare me or make me get grey hair? I am wondering how much more stress we can handle. My husband does not do well with stress and even though we are not "fighting" we are getting quite irritated with each other. I am not sure I have ever had to apologize to him as much in 18 years as I have in the last 2 weeks and same with him to me. My youngest daughter is NOT getting a physical until September I don't think I could handle another one right now. My son needs to go to the surgical center to get a bunch of dental work done. I NEVER let my children drink juice, eat fruit is my theory don't drink it. So this last year at school he was taking a lunch and it was easier to send him a juice box. Big mistake he is the only one of my children that had cavities and he is the only one who drank a juice box every day. STRESS is trying to get me. I won't let it..............I think!

Sorry for the vent I am going to relax, pray, and clean my house! Talk to you all later.

Thanks Heather, I thought I would share a story with you because I get the feeling you understand what a big deal this is.

On Thursday Ryan forgot his lunch box at school and he was upset. It took forever to get out of him where it was. I would say where is your lunchbox at school or on the bus. His answer "its gone" so after going through this at least 6 or 7 times he finally said it was at school. His teacher sent home a conversation starter to help explain to him that he will eat with or without his lunchbox. She actually sent it last year but just so happens I needed it on Friday. So Friday I explain that he will eat food from the cafeteria. We get that all down and we Velcro the picture of the cafeteria onto his "where am I eating today" page and he went to school. When he got off the bus I ask how was lunch at school? what did you eat?. With his adorable toothless grin he says " I ate pizza, lettuce, pineapple and I drank milk" I was so excited, it is like pulling teeth when you ask him a question just to get an answer and he just spilled it all out. He has been out for 1 month for the summer (I put him in extended year just to keep him on track) The teacher emailed me Wed. and said, " He is talking so much, we were all so happy to hear him he even gave all of us a big hug. Some of the kids were having adjustment issues but not him he just went about his day happily talking and doing work" I am so proud of him he has been so good through out this whole experience of school. They kept telling me to expect him to get violent when things got too rough. Now they say "Not Ryan even when he is frustrated he seems to have the ability to keep a good attitude about everything" Can you imagine a little guy with autism in a class with 32 children who were all speaking and singing and chaotic. You could not understand everything they were doing and yet everyone is trying to push you to do it. That was Ry in kindergarten. He is my little hero he had some bad days but he always tried so hard to get through. I can't even express how proud I am of him. I know that he is going to go very far in life. When he was first diagnosed I was offered "grief counseling" and I know that I grieved but they were thinking I would grieve my hopes and dreams for him. I am so full of hope for that little guy. You all watch and see he will go far.

Hi girls ... I was MIA over the weekend (with a lot of other people it looks like!) ... it seems like a lot of us need to get back our focus!
I gained 2 lbs on Friday, so wasn't excited to log in and do a check-in ... in fact I'm going to wait until Friday and hope it motivates me to lose those 2 lbs before then so that I don't have to see my number of pounds lost go down. I know why I gained, and why I am continuing to struggle - I've been losing focus and letting myself eat things that I had avoided since January when I started my nutrition class. I need to get back to being serious about losing weight and changing my eating habits. I almost broke down and bought potato chips and dip, and a diet pepsi this weekend! Those were the two biggest habits I had to break and it would have been a big setback for me to give in and get them ... so at least I didn't do that ... but I did over-indulge on carbs all weekend. On the positive side - I had a challenge with a friend to eat at least 3 veggies a day and I did work really hard to do that... so I'm going to continue to concentrate on having veggies this week and getting back on track.

momma24: I hope all is well with your daughter's blood results and her mole removal. Congrats on the huge gains that Ryan has made! I completely understand what you are saying about arguing with your husband when you are stressed ... I have been doing a lot of that lately too. I have no patience with him and I think it's because I just don't want to deal with any more than I already am, but it isn't fair to him and I have to try to remember that.

Have a good evening all, I will check in tomorrow.

Melinda: Nice job getting up to go to the gym at 5am! It's tough, but worth it.

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Over...as usual
Water: 112 oz.
Exercise: 30 Day Shred, Level 1
Proud: I was able to find a dress to wear to the wedding I'm attending next week in 20 minutes. Everything I tried on fit, so it was just a matter of picking which one I liked best. I spent the rest of the evening shopping for fun, but not actually buying anything.

I tried on pants at Ann Taylor for the first time and can wear a 12 there, maybe a 10 in some styles. Exciting!

I'm going to brag about my awesome boyfriend for a second. He got up at 5:15am with me again to go for a run. He made it farther than last time, so that was great. He said he's going to buy running shoes because I'm evil...which is his way of saying he wants to run but doesn't want anyone to know that he wants to. He's so adorable.

OMG! I'm two for two! I managed to get into the rec center again this morning and I even got into the pool! I'm keeping my goals very basic. I have a goal to get there by 6:30 and to shower and get ready for work. This way if I don't feel well, or I have a hurt knee or any other of the five billion excuses I think of at 5:30 AM - I just remember that I don't have to actually work out - I just need to have gotten to the gym and change for work. I can always come into work early!

So far no one has been interested in going in with me

We had a pot-luck at work today - and I've managed to keep my intake to a couple of deviled eggs, some watermelon and one meat ball! Of course that's only because I ate a full lunch downstairs in our cafeteria (beef ragu on broccoli).

Today was the first time I've gone swimming since the mastectomy stuff started. I was really happy with my general ability to swim normally which is amazing when you think how much you use your pecs when you swim! I am super out of shape so I could only swim "normal" a little bit then I'd have to go to my side or back to recover. I decided to try the breast stroke for a lap since I've always like it but I couldn't figure out how to do that! My legs kept kicking out of the water and I kept struggling to lift my mouth above the water! THEN I REALIZED... My previous flotation devices were removed and replaced with heavier than water weights! I'm all top heavy and my lower half still has plenty of fat to float with! :laugh: :sad: :laugh: :sad:

I'm going to check in now for tonight -
Calories - just under if I have my planned dinner!
Water - should be good
Exercise - Swimming and getting in to and out of that evil bathing suit!

Proud - that I got the the rec center and that I got into the pool!

Mstahl: Good for you with the swimming! p.s. I've gone to work with gym hair before - I always forget to fill up my shampoo bottle and have to use various available body washes from my bag or gym body wash... just doesn't work like shampoo!
Lilspy: You've got a lot going on at the moment, you'll be able to get back into running and losing very soon! give yourself a bit of a break ... you don't want to overdo it right now.
HeatherMN: I am sooo jealous of your size12/10 pants ... it is hard to imagine every getting there myself ... good for you!