Over 200 New Year New Me Part 51

CHECKING IN FOR YESTERDAY:
calories: over - but not horrible
exercise: an hour mall walk
proud: that I got a lot of veggies in
August goals:
veggies: good
protein: not so good
water: UNDER

Hi ladies!

Getting back on track has proven a lot harder than I thought... but!! I went to the store Monday night and bought all kinds of fruits & vegetables... and (not surprisingly) I FEEL a lot better!!!

Looking forward to keeping up with all of you

Annnnd go!

mstahl - I will happily over-post with you ... I need to keep my focus and when I am posting here it helps too! I just had a really bad eating afternoon/evening ... over by 675 calories! I was starving all day, and finally gave in to the munchies ... and now I feel horrible. :mad:
Tomorrow is another day.

I hope you are feeling better tstout! With my daughter (18 years ago), I had a terrible time with any strong smells making me immediately vomit. I remember trying to go to the mall and just walking through the perfume department sent me running to the bathroom - which smelled even worse - so I just had to leave. With my son it wasn't smells but anything tight near my neck made me gag ... even my seatbelt so I had to keep pulling it down around my waist. I used to love turtle necks but I still haven't been able to get back into wearing them because they remind me of how nauseous I would get when I was last pregnant! Good luck!

I am so mad at myself ... the scale was showing up 3.5 pounds this morning ... I have just really lost my weightloss focus since my class ended and then I had 2 different weeks of vacation almost back to back in July. I was getting so close to the 210's and it seemed possible to get under 200 by the end of the year ... now I feel like I will never get into the 210's. I've got to start trying harder again.

checking in for yesterday:
calories: over by 675 ... WITH eating all my exercise calories (which was alot)!
exercise: good - an hour of step and some weight lifting
August goals:
water: not so good - didn't track
veggies: not good at all
protein: pretty good ... but waaaay too many carbs
weightloss goals - not looking like there is a chance I will meet my August weightloss goals ... I will be lucky to get back to where I was at the beginning of August!

Allison: Great Dismal Swamp sounds a bit like any oxymoron, don't you think? For some reason the name brings ominous Harry Potter images to my mind.

Melinda: I agree that getting out of wet swimsuits and sports bras SHOULD be exercise. This morning, I thought I pulled my elbow (is that possible?) getting out of my sports bra. Oh, and you'd better get on a horse...do it for your sanity and mental wellness.

Teresa: Oooh, we might have an engagement announcement soon? Exciting!

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: On target! Can't remember when this happened last.
Water: 111.7 oz.
Exercise: 30 minutes of 10 Minute Solutions Kickboxing Bootcamp and 90 minutes walking at volunteering. Total calorie burn approximately 628.
Proud: Was very active yesterday and did my morning workout again!

I ran on the treadmill again this morning before work. I really hate the treadmill, but better get used to it with winter just around the corner here in Minnesota...then again, winter is ALWAYS just around the corner in Minnesota!

Oh my! That is Dismal! And Harry Potter esc! *wanders off into HP dream world*

ANYWAY! - sorry to hear about your morning sickness - I hope it passes quickly! :flowerforyou:


Checking in for last yesterday:
Calories - under but only because of exercise calories
Water - excellent
Exercise - Day 2 Week 1 of the 5K101 and it felt pretty good! Plus I added 15 minutes of elliptical to that to make sure I was good and drenched - YUCK:grumble:

Proud - I went to the rec center THREE DAYS IN A ROW!!! I haven't done that since the spring of 2010 - way back when I was stalking this group and LOSING WEIGHT! :happy:

Hey ladies,

My daughter leaves tomorrow. No weighing in. I know I have gained weight anyway. Her mole was benign and her blood work has not come back yet. So still waiting and looking forward to my new normal. It is going to be very difficult for me not to see my 23rd birthday present EVERY DAY! But I am so excited for her......

Hopefully, I will be back full force next week

you guys

lilspy, I LOVE LOVE that pic of Maisie she is the cutest little baby!!!! She even looks like a little girl you can just tell even if she did not have a big flower in her hair:laugh: :laugh:

I've been MIA for awhile...sorry ladies...I'm still trucking along. Slowly but surely!! I'mb ack down to 220...hope I can get back into the 21? by next week!! I'd really love to see my all time low of 207 in the very near future! Trying a different approach to losing weight. Trying to not focus so much on tracking calories and weighing but listening to my body and getting in a regular routine of working out. Not trying to get the biggest burn but still push myself. I want to enjoy working out like I use to. It became too much of a chore for me.

In some happy news I won the biggest loser competition at work!! WHEW!! This girl needed the money bad!! I had to fix the A/C in my car yesterday and today I have to get the transmission flushed...goodbye $700+!!


Happy Friady ladies!!

Jessica - it's wonderful to see you back here!!! I have to say that given the current climate on here when you said "In some happy news" I thought "BABY?" LOL! I'm sure you'll be in the 21?s soon!

Allison...............-0.8.............0.39%
Heather.............-2.2.............0.00% (re-loss)
Melinda..............0.................0.00%

I thought I'd gain a little due the workouts but nothing yet. Next week I bet I'll see a couple pounds up - it seems to always go up before heading down.

I made it to the rec center AGAIN today. I can't believe it! I finished the third day of the 5K101 and I feel great! I love my Vibram shoes!!!

No baby for this girl anytime soon!! LOL

Allison...............-0.8.............0.39%
Heather.............-2.2.............0.00% (re-loss)
Melinda..............0.................0.00%
lstpaul................+1..............0.00%

Well I was ok with only being up one pound for my weigh-in on Friday because I've been seeing higher numbers. I really hope I can get my weightloss mojo back and get my eating under control again.

momma: I'm sorry about your daughter's blood test results, I hope they get it figured out and can take care of it. Having that going on at the same time that she is moving out must be stressfull.
mstahl: Good for you on getting to the rec center!
heathermn & allison - congrats on the weight losses!
redneckwmn: Yeah on winning the biggest loser contest!

Good morning, ladies!

I hope you all had a good weekend. Nate and I were active with over three hours of hiking this weekend.

This morning, he was sitting on the floor putting on his shoes for our 5:30 am run. He had this pouty look on his face and as he pulled on his shoe he says, "I can't even put my shoe on this morning. I don't wanna go. You're evil." He looked so darn adorable, like a little kid, that I couldn't help but laugh at him.

He really struggled with the run this morning because he said his legs were tired from hiking this weekend. I think part of it was that he wasn't in the right mind set. He went as far as he could, then turned around while I finished my 2 mile route. I feel really good and am on 8 days of activity in a row! I even saw my lowest number this weekend of 176.0...less than 1 lb. away from being at a 45 lb. loss.

Checking in for this weekend:
Friday:
Calories: Over
Water: 98 oz.
Exercise: 30 Day Shred, Level 1
Proud: Completed an entire week of 5:30 am workouts!

Saturday:
Calories: Over
Water: 32 oz.
Exercise: Hiking for 1 hour, 28 minutes
Proud: We were on the trails for a hike by 10:30am, so we'd have a nice long hike done before going to Alex's soccer game.

Sunday:
Calories: Over
Water: 48 oz.
Exercise: Hiking for 1 hour, 46 minutes on hilly terrain with our hydration packs. We had planned on taking it easy, but then found a harder, more scenic trail the park ranger told us about. We ended up doing the harder train and THEN the easier trail. The scenery was beautiful! So glad we did the harder trail.
Proud: We chose to do a harder trail than we planned because it looked more interesting. Pics are posted on Facebook!

Checking in for the weekend -

We had another farm weekend planned but every one is so poor - and I've been so busy with life that we didn't really spread the word much this time. Even Ken and Meghan skipped it since Meghan is working a summer job at the cottage and Ken didn't want to drive 3 hrs each way.

Usually we take the mastiff and leave the setter home to guard the place - but due to recent events I took Simon the setter (who's 7 yrs old and mostly white with red speckles) with me and left Figgy at home with the chickens. When ever I leave the chickens out with the dogs I am always half expecting to come home to a back yard full of feathers and no chickens but once again it all worked out fine! (we have sitters who will stop by and feed the dogs and check on them).

Simon and I got to the farm around 11:30 PM and we were the only ones there! I realized as I sat in the driveway and looked up at the dark empty house on the hill, that I probably should have checked the Facebook page before I left! I haven't been to the farm over night by myself since I was in college! I will admit here that for a few seconds I even kinda wondered if there was a surprise party for me since this was my birthday weekend (but not a significant year). :embarassed:

The weather was beautiful, mid 70s, bright harvest half moon, and partly cloudy so the clouds would sweep across the star filled sky and when they covered the moon it would get crazy dark! The farm is about 20 miles from the nearest town - so there is no "light pollution" to worry about and the stars always look ridiculously bright!

Simon and I made up my bed and unpacked and then I found a cold diet coke in the refrigerator and I baked a pizza - and we sat on the porch. I lit a bunch of tea lights and put them in water glasses along the porch railing - it was a beautiful night and I don't remember the last time I just sat out on a dark porch and enjoyed the cacophony of frogs and cicadas for a few hours! Simon would do a run down to the barn and back but otherwise stayed dry and basically snoozed on the porch. I went to bed around 2 AM. I'm happy to report that I must be all grown up because I didn't get freaked out in the old empty house on the hill in the middle of nowhere :glasses:

Friends started arriving mid day Saturday and it turned out to be just a nice small group of us, along with my sister and her wife, and their two dogs. My little baby sister is expecting her first in November!

SO here we go:
Saturday:
Calories - pretty close
Water - good
Exercise - two hours in the garden helping with potatoes and onions!
Proud - considering the amount of food and I made mostly smart choices (maximum bang for the calorie!)

Sunday:
Calories WAY over (three crab cakes for lunch!)
Water - awesome (finished off the tea which I count as water)
Exercise - as I could barely move after the potato harvest (yeah - one little row with four of us working on it) no exercise for me!
Proud - When I got home I ate a spoon full of peanut butter and a banana for dinner which is far better than normal!

mstahl-Your night at the farm sounds amazing!! Can I borrow it for a night!? ha!!
lstpaul-You will get your groove back. Are you still taking your nutrition classes?
heather-You hiking machine!! I loved looking at your pictures on facebook
Allison-I hate those days where no matter what you want to eat everything in sight!!

My weekend was so great..until yesterday. I spent the weekend with the guy I WAS dating and we had a great time. We were together from Friday evening till yesterday afternoon. I broke up with him last night. I wish I could tell you what happened but I'm pretty unsure myself. A long story short he told me he felt like he has to "check in" with me allt he time. I didn't even realize that this had happened or that's how he felt. He just kept on and kept on about it and finally told me he needed to focus on getting his divorce final. They've been sepearted for 8 months but not divorced yet. Telling me he needed space. Something wasn't sitting right. He spent all Friday night telling my friend about how much he cares about me and I'm the best thing that's ever happened to him etc etc etc...so I got online cause I had a bad feeling. He had created a new dating profile on the website we met on. So I dumped him. He hung up on me when I confronted him. I haven't gotten any answers. I'm very confused and left with wheels in my head turning trying to figure out what happened. I'll probably never know. I get to go do the dreaded pick up my things on Wednesday. I'm trying to be positive and stay motivated to continue losing weight. The scale is finally moving in the right direction. I'm struggling friends....struggling.

Keep your head up, Jess!!! WONDERFUL for you to know to get out when you had the bad feeling (A long time ago, I was victim to not trusting my instincts and paid dearly in the end).


Monday's been busy as usual today... but I'm thinking of all of you!

I have an appointment with a nutritionist tonight! Looking forward to getting a grip on my pants size!! hahah (I realize I have a pretty good reason for the weight gain... but I need to make sure I'm gaining it properly!)