200+ Haulin' Off The Weight

grr coputer had a spaz and posted a half finished post!

Pam - $90??? Mine costs $35! You should move to australia! Glad you had fun at the wine tasting!!

RainSarah - Usually about two weeks before there's any noticable regrowth. It's recommended to do it every 3-5 weeks. If you get it done that regularly it actually hurts less! it's usually 6-7 weeks before it starts to look... well... like it was never 'groomed'! hahaha!

Ros - That's so awesome about the spreadsheet!! Great idea! Embrace the inner nerd Babyworms stems from when i was in utero, and i was a wriggly little thing, so my parents just referred to me as "wormy". It has, amazingly, stuck right up to now, my parents still call me Worms. When i was 13 and trying to come up with an email address, my mother suggested babyworms. So i used it. I still use that email address, and it's hilarious trying to use it for official grown-up purposes!

Jacquelin and Pax - Welcome!

Katie - I like hearing that this is a particularly chatty board this challenge. Chatty is the way to be! And thanks for the breakdown on the cool/uncool sides of being a lesbian! haha! I had a friend who i lived with for nearly three years, and our TOMs synched up, and it was not a happy house for about a week out of the month!

PHEW! I think that's nearly everything! Sorry if i missed anything!!

We had a LOVELY weekend away! We took our pups, and it was so much fun now that they don't need to be on leads and we know they'll stay with us. I'm pretty sure they enjoyed the weekend as much as we did! We went for good walks every day together and chilled out at the cottage we stayed at, played a lot of scrabble, ate awesome pizza at the pub, and drank plenty of wine, and gin and tonics. So as much as i DID try and be relatively good, i decided not to beat myself up over food choices. we took all our own food apart from dinner the night we had pizza, so we were able to watch what we were eating on that front.

Unfortunately i start night shift again on wednesday night. I hate night shift... not for the work - i actually LOVE working nights - but for the fact that the only way to get through a night shift without falling asleep is to eat. Everyone takes in yummy packs of chips and chocolate and stuff... last month i was pretty good, and just took mixed nuts, sugar-free chocolate and a proper meal of spaghetti bolognaise... all measured out and calorie counted. it worked pretty well, but it's SO hard to resist the yummies on the table! grrr!!

Anyway, gonna go and enjoy the rest of my afternoon with the Other Half now :ohwell:

Congrats to who lost. I survived my company. Today its back on the wagon. I'm not cut out for late nights and early mornings. We watched "Inception". Very different. I want to see it again before I mail it back. I think it's time to go back to bed. Enjoy your Sunday.

It's funny that our bodies are very adaptive. When we don't give it enough of what it needs through nutrition and water intake, it finds ways of getting those things from places already on our body. The fact that you've increased your water intake to near average levels could be making your body expect that direct intake, which stops it from stealing liquid from other places like your cells. You might try to add another glass or two to finish out the balancing process. It might also be a crave mechanism looking for whatever it is that you used to drink instead of water. I would say, though, that dry/cotton mouth is usually a sign of insufficient hydration.

rain: Congrats for staying the same even though you had a tough week. Sometimes maintaining is enough. I hope things ease up for you next week.

qofsheba: Dry mouth is not normally a sign of adequate water intake. There are a number of medical conditions that dry mouth is indicative of. It can also be a side effect of medication. If the condition persists, you should see your doctor so they can check it out.

Ros: Great loss this week!

Victoria: You really have to watch Inception more than once (but you still won't know if he's dreaming or not at the end no matter what you do - it was left ambiguous on purpose).

Hosanna: Your weekend sounds like it was super-fun!

Pam: I'm working on a Master's Degree in Nutrition. WTG working out despite not feeling like it!

Karen: Kettle bells are an awesome workout tool, you should totally try that workout!

Kristina: Your dinner sounds delish! You should TOTALLY hit Insanity again.

Hailie: How was girls' night?

I've spent all day at my computer working on my nutrition assignments. I hate the words 'critical analysis' - they equal a pain in the @ss waste of a day. I did make a Greek "meatball" recipe (from this month's Vegetarian Times) for dinner using homemade seitan and it was so meat-like it was creepy. The Hubbs and The Kid loved it. Well...back to work...take it easy, ya'll.

Hallie - Why I loved Hunger Games series... I'm a sucker for a love story esp if the lead is a strong female character. Plus the love triangle and devotion to family was great. The lead character just hit home with me and I dream of being like her... The underlying concept of fighting the government and triumphing is a plus. I just finished Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel and loved that too. I can't wait to finish that series. Why I haven't read it before is beyond me - my brother read the 1st book in high school (20 years ago)...

Speaking of books, Audible is having a great buy 3 for the price of 2 on some series books. I will be getting the Jim Butcher Dresden Series that Lacey has talked about. Can anyone give me some other good series that they've read (esp if for sale on the list)?

Bobbie -congrats on meeting and resetting your goals!!! You are doing FANTASTIC with your weight loss!!!

Karen - love the new profile pic!!!

Amy - so glad you are healing well.

Kerry - 160s OMG you ROCK!!! Shorts is one of our favorite places to go. Have a Humma-luppa-licous for me.

Pam - your weekend sounds fantastic. Glad you got to enjoy yourself.

Kristina - are you giving up on the Detroit 1/2? My mom really wants me to go with her on an Eagle's vacation the next weekend - to the Saginaw area and I'd rather be with her so I've decided not to train for it. After my Sept 18th race, I'm dropping my runs back to 6 miles for the winter.

Kendal - glad to hear things are going so well with Mr. Reunion... You DESERVE it!!!

Hugs and my thoughts are with the rest of you. I wish we could add an hour a day just to be on MFP but real life interferes. I will be more active and supportive when winter sets in:) Unfortunately, it's right around the corner up here.

My check-ins the last few days 2726 burned Friday and 2356 burned Sat. I'm charging the Bugg so today won't be accurate. Eating way over all weekend. I'll be back on track tomorrow.

I'll full on post tomorrow hopefully, but I just wanted ya'll to know that today I ran 6.1 miles in 62 minutes. ALMOST 6 miles an hour. Woot! My new shoes (or just not running whilst hungover) has sped me up! Plus, I ran for over an hour straight.

I am happy and feel awesome. Love you all!

arg. my crappy lap top just deleated my entire post....

sigh....here's an abreviated verstion, since I don't want to type it all out again.

I love reading. I'll read just about anything I can get my hands on:

Favorite authors/Suggestions

Horror: early Stephen King

Mystery/crime: anything by Kay Hooper (Hunting fear is my fav)
OR: Tess Gerristen (start with The Surgeon, and then The Apprentence)
OR: Kathy Reichs
OR Erica Spindler

Historical Romance: Stephanie Laurens

Paranormal Romance: any Christine Feehan

Science/Science Fiction: Early James Rollins (especially Amazonia and Deep Fathom)

Historical Fiction: Carlos Luis Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind (Absolutely one of the best books I have EVER EVER read)

Fantasy: The Kvothe Series by Patrick Rothfus (1st book is The Name of the Wind)--think Harry Potter meets Lord of the Rings--epically excellent.

I could go on and on, I have a big thing for biographies/histories too.




ANYWAY-- This weeks weigh in is 280.8 UP .4. Not bad for a crappy eating week.

Checking in really quick. I weighed in on Friday at 308.9 which was down 2.6 lbs last week! I was PUMPED and even did my little happy dance!

Well, then I had a retreat that I was at this weekend and didn't get to "choose" what I ate as it was provided. All of it was HEAVY in cream, oil, butter,etc. I did my best to watch the serving size and I even got some exercise in by swimming 45 laps on Saturday and then spending an hour in the pool the day before doing some treading water.

I am going to weigh tomorrow morning and see where I am at so I can see what damage I did. I am going to work extremely hard this week to lose another 1.8 so that I can hit the 30lb loss mark!

I'm working hard to NOT eat the ice cream that is currently in the freezer. It is sugar free but I don't need anymore calories, fat, sugar or ANYTHING today!

Hope that everyone is doing well and that your weekends were great!

Good Monday morning, ya'll. I am stitch-free. I love that the Army health clinic makes a five minute procedure into an hour-long ordeal. Sheesh.

Jenn: Great loss!

Lacey: I'm sorry your period is attacking you. This is probably TMI but I often have GI issues along with the cramping so I am a nasty *kitten* during my TOM.

Kristina: I hope those ideeli dresses work out for you, they're super-cute!

Katheryne: I haven't read a single thing on your list, I'll have to look into them! Thanks.

Hosanna: I'm glad you got to enjoy a morning walk with your man.

Kerry: Way to run your butt off!!!!!

Victoria: You'll enjoy the Dresden books, they're awesome.

Kendal: Hiya!!! :flowerforyou:

Not much to report on my end. Spent all weekend finishing up my nutrition class coursework and now I have finals in 2 weeks. Yay.