200+ Hot For Halloween!

I forgot to check in with my Thursday stats: 2314 calories burned/ 1308 calories eaten (a bit low, but I wasn't really home most of the day)/ 1006 calorie deficit.

OMG, I got my Um from Umbridge costume in the post today and it is AWESOME!!!! Now, I have to wait a month and a half until I can rock that thing. I'll admit that I "tried the costume on" and then pranced around the house for a bit before taking it off. Yay!!!

Hailie: My sweet girl, you may NOT slide back into your shell - we need your youthful exuberance around here. (he he, I originally typed wee rather than we - whole 'nother meaning there)

Victoria: Way to go with the logging and keeping a deficit going - you are doing awesome!!!!

Bobbie: I love you new pic.

Annette: I agree with what Victoria said. (she's so smart!)

Morning! I couldn't sleep well last ngith so I finaly decided to get up. I need to get G and myself in the shower here shortly, but figured I would reply to a few as I've got a bit a time to kill and I just can't stay away:flowerforyou:

Hailie - This is going to sound motherly and I kindof hate myself for it, but you could use a dose o self goodness. Next time one of the women in your family makes you feel bad, come in here and tell us about it because we definitely want to hear, but also say something nice about yourself too. You will feel better for it. You've got lots going for you, and you should recognize in yourself what we all see in you. YEAY for the loss, good job!!

Amy - hehehe about Gabe whistling. Did you see the weather for Paris? Mid to late 60's. THats like Oregon jeans and tshirts weather so my dresses and such should be good to go. Yeay! Congrats on the loss!!

Bobbie - love that pic!

Crystal - I'm trying to figure out what I am going to do with my dog too. He's got some major issues. He was up and down all night coughing and choking again. SIgh. I hope you feel better soon.

Victoria - there will be beer drinking. Also U of O duck picture taking all over Europe. HUGE Siiiigh about this, but Jeff asked me to do it. The bad thing is the stupid stuffed animal also plays their fight song so I have to be careful at how I hold it lol.

Nava I am so sorry I missed it yesterday, but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!:flowerforyou: :smooched: :drinker:

Katie - yeay for posting three times a week!

Jessie - thats great your pants are falling off.

MEgan and Crystal- do you or anyone you know have a Costco membership? I bought my bodymedia fit on there for $150 or $180 I think and it had a years free membership to their online thing with it. Its a great deal. I have to second what Victoria said about th cal burn...I have to set my activity level on mfp to highly active to even come close to the burn on my bmf on a daily basis..and I have a freaking desk job!

Hosanna - here in the US we are warned to not walk our dogs in heat that hot outside..it overheats them. Is it different in Australia because its always so hot there? SO glad to hear your fly issue is going to be resolved now, double yeay!


Okay thats enough. I'm going to chug one more cup of coffee and hit the shower.

I lost you all for a few days and am happy happy to find you again. I've lost enough weight to feel better and have some loose clothes (but still have 52 lbs to go...). Still it has been many years since I managed to lose this much and not feel deprived. Next month's goal is to explore some new exercise to add to my tried and true.

Hailie: Try to replace the negative family tapes with all the good things people say in this space. Easier said than done--but it will work if you keep at it--just like weight loss.

Crystal: feel better. It's awful enough to be sick, but sick with little kids is the worst.

Victoria: Best wishes for your race - enjoy. Thanks for the info re calories - and explained in a way that makes perfect sense to me - if I am going to exercise as well, can see I am going to need to keep a good track -

Lacey - when are you back? (see above!!!!)

Nava: hope you had a fab birthday. My mum has never liked my hubs - tried her best to keep me with someone who was abusive (all men are like that at times you know - wtf?)Have had lots of pain asociated with her over life - not so simple as just leaving and letting them get on with it - she is my mother. What I finally worked outy was that she has asolutely no idea (on the whole) of what she does. She does, genuinely love me and want the best for me but basically, has not got a clue what that is because we ar sooooooo very different. All her 'advice' therefore, is based on her value system and what she would consider best for her. If I tried to explain it to her/discuss, again, she just wouldn't get it but it really helps me to let her comments pass by, holding on to the thoughts that a) she does really love me and b) I'm grown up now and can make my own choices thank you. Prayers are with you.

Kristina: glad you posted again!!! Am with you on the 'overwhelmedness' of posts - love it but my brain is easily confused - am working on basis that I can answer some and knowing those who don't get an individual response each time aer tolerant. Also, ther is nothing wrong with being friends - things don't always have to progress to be fun.

qofsheba: missed your name somewhere - please share!

Got to go some housework - hubby not happy (and I must agree it is a bit of a mess!)

Oh, just for your amusement - I thought when you spoke of ideeli, it was an online shop - imagine my suprise when I logged on to see what they had to offer!!!!!

Bye for now x::flowerforyou:

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BOOM right out of the gate this first week! I hope I can maintain and I'll be at my 5% goal by next week.

Hallie- I'm about to come and beat some a s s up in there! I do not like mean, rude, bitter people. They are more than welcome to hate on themselves, but do not push your hatin on other people.

Dont remember who is was, but sorry about puttin the pooch down. It's only for the best. Sadly, I feel that we will have to put Husky down soon as well. He is 12 and acts like he's 2, but winter is hard on him and he's been getting large calcium lumps. They have come and gone, but still worrisome.

Everyone else......SLOW DOWN! I miss one day and now I'm all lost!

Took my kids to their first baseball game last night. Reds vs Cubs... (GOOOOO REDS!!!!!) They had a blast. Yesterday was also my 6 year anniversary with my dear esposo!! Too bad we dont get to see each other until Sunday then we are going to X-FEST! Whoot! Soccer in the AM, then hopefully some friend time. Have a great day ladies.

As far as toys kept.....I still have a baby doll that my daughter loves now and I have a few that my dad got me when I was little. I also have my baby bear *Pooky* but he stays at my moms for safe keeping.

Victoria: Awww, thank you! I am just me! FYI, you freakin' rock for your amazingness of running powers! Also, the article on HRM was very informative.

Lacey: Have a wonderful time! Thanks for the motherly advice, I appreciate it. From now on, I will do that and it will help!

Kerry: Hiya!

Nava: I hope your had a rockin' birthday! :flowerforyou: :happy: :flowerforyou: :happy: :flowerforyou:

Amy: 'Skinny vibes' is now my new favorite word. Ha. I won't disappear for 20 years, maybe 20 hours, or 20 minutes tops!? I loved your halloween costume on FB! :laugh: HAHAHHAHAHAHHA, wee. Enough said! Is being youthful good/bad? Hahaha,, with my raging teenageral hormonal moments!

Hosanna: This is like my "safe place" when the world is coming crashing down around me. What do you like about Zumba?

Katie: Welcome back!

Jessi: I like your advice a lot! You rock! Seriously!

Anyone who has FB: creep me up on facebook in the search box: hailie lee kallembach

Crystal: (((((hugs))))) for the family pet situation.

Annette: You are so right, I don't have a clue what the heck I'd do without ya'll!

Bobbie: Adorable picture!

Rikki: I agree 100%!

I have class in three minutes so I need to run! See ya'll later! Hahahha, I'll tell you about my naked crazy lady at work story too!

Anette - That's an excellent question. I worry about not eating enough sometimes, and it'd be nice to know I'm in a "safe" zone.... and then, than, you, Victoria, for the answer!

Nava - So sorry I missed saying Happy Birthday! I hope it was great!

Kristina - I hope you have a good "date". Things definitely can change - Nerd was my mortal enemy in the beginning (for no reason at all, actually), and we're getting married... probably next year.

Regina - Yay for feeling motivated!!

Rikki - What is X-Fest? O.o

Hallie - Glad I could help.

Started this morning off with a cappuccino. Not healthy, but geesh it's effing cold out there, and I don't do coffee really. Going to invest in sugar-free hot chocolate powder and a reusable cup tonight. Oh! Weight for today: 271.2 Apparently my scale didn't want to give me that number (or any) because it bounced back and forth between 266 and 274 and then just shut off the first time I tried. I also woke up half an hour earlier than normal thanks to Nerd's kitten stealing the sticky fly trap that was above the bird cage and getting it wrapped around herself. She's got it on all 4 legs and paws, her entire stomach, her back legs and hips and tail are TOTALLY covered. And, darling kitty scared the birds, so she's also covered in bird feathers and at one point had a piece of mail stuck to her tail. So glad it's non-toxic - Nerd's gonna have a GREAT time getting it out of her hair.... Now I'm off to a meeting, so yep. I'll catch up with you ladies at lunch.

OMG...It's finally FRIDAY!!! Can I just say that this has been the craziest week!! I wish people would really stop and think about how, why, and when they schedule meetings and trainings. I personally facilitate 12 meetings a week during the school day, which means preparing, facilitating, and follow-up. For some reason, some other people thought that I also needed to attend two other meetings this week and two days of trainings AFTER the school day. By the time I went to the gym, it was at least 9PM before I've gotten home every night! Yet they say that teachers are overpaid for the FEW hours they work a day! Ugh! Anyway, it's Friday, which means that at 3:30, I'm walking out of here and I'm going to the gym, and I will be home by 6, and I will sit down, relax and breathe for the first time this week. Anyone care to join me in a glass of wine, because I think I might just indulge tonight!

Hallie: Girl, if you don't stay out here and play with us, I'm going to sneak your turtle shell away when you're not looking...then where will you curl up??? Trust me that it is better to get that anger and resentment out than it is to hold on to it, so we will be your sounding board.

Annette: I don't know what the true relationship is, but I do know that at my weight, I can get away with a much higher deficit than others who are closer to their goals. For example, the most I eat in a day, even with eating out, is around 1900. MFP gives me 2020 for a daily goal. So, I'm already normally down at least 100 calories, but I work out HARD and burn between 1000 and 1500 a day. There is no way that I can make up for all of those burnt calories too. I'm currently losing 2-3lbs a week, and I'm happy with that, but I wouldn't begin to say that what I do will work for everyone else. I will say, though, that MFP never yells when my net is under 1200 calories, only when my intake is...so, whatever that's worth.

Amy (& Lacey): Today is Inspiration Friday, and those ladies holding me are definitely my inspiration :happy:

Lacey: I'm getting excited just hearing your excitement!

Megan: It seems that the rain always comes whenever we have something planned outdoors...never fails!

Kristina: I just want to say not to nocessarily designate anyone directly to the friend's zone right away. My story: I met this guy a couple of years ago, and we went out a few time. He had just moved here, had just ended a relationship, and still didn't have any set goals; I automatically put him in the friend's zone. I liked him, we had great conversation, and he was great to be around, but I wasn't sure if I was attracted to him or not, and I didn't want to deal with anyone who didn't know where they were on things. He started pushing for more, and I stopped talking to him completely, quickly falling for a guy that I was so attracted to in numerous ways. I thought he had been made for me. I felt this so deeply, that I didn't see the signs that his present and near-future goals were way different than mine were. Long story short, he picked up and moved to another state telling me to WAIT for him for an indefinite amount of time. So, I waited, for six months because I so felt that attraction. Fast forward again, I answered the phone one day about 2 months ago, and it was the other guy (the friend) and he wanted to get together. Being with and falling from that "this-is-perfection" dream I had, made me realize what it was that I really wanted in life and in a relationship. Funny thing is, I had to go through that pain to realize I already had someone who wanted to give me that. I will also say that passion grows, exponentially when you feel like everything else is in place. And now that all my rambling probably stopped making sense, I just wanted to say, don't give up on a possibility so quickly just because you don't "feel" he's the one yet.

Jessi: you needed to take a picture of the kitty...that is one for cyberspace with a nice caption about curiosity...lol

Ok, I'm done calling myself catching up because as I'm typing this, you all are still going, and then I'm confusing myself, and then, yep...I'm lost.

Jessie, I agree with everyone else, I hope you got a few pictures of the kitten. It sounds quite funny. Hopefully it wasn't too hard on the poor thing to get him untangled.

Hallie, We love you, don't run away.

Rikki, are you in the Ohio Valley? I used to go to Reds games all the time growing up.


-Katheryne

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My goals:
1. Lose 8 lbs in next six weeks. to get to 184 I think this is reasonable. I'm always insisting on 2 lbs a week and have never maintained that loss after the first two weeks.....so it becomes a reason to quit.

2. Add some new exercise. Do WII cardio and yoga and was walking at night before vacation. Need to find some new things for the WII.

3. WATER WATER WATER. I have a hard time getting in and rarely do.

4. Be out of 1X. Never thought I'd be happy to see XL or even XXL but I will be.

5. Sort though clothes stash to find things that I can fit back into over the next six weeks....do not want to buy clothes but do want clothes to fit.

Welcome new people! This is the first time I've written my real weight anyplace that others could read it!!!

I would love to join...my weight this morning was 237lbs....my goal is to have atleast another 20lbs off by Halloween. I have lost 11lbs so far.

My name is Heather and I'm a 27 year old single mom to a beautiful 6 year old daughter. I'm tired of being fat and just want to get healthy to be a live for a long time with my daughter. Oh and of course find a wonderful man to become my husband...seeking now LOL....
I need to make sure I drink my water everyday...I drink it somedays, but not everyday....

Jessi: Jumping without a rope TOTALLY counts, you could also do jumping jacks or squats.

sheba: You have some great goals for this challenge!

ember: Good luck on your exam!

Apryl: Great loss this week!

Bobbie: I like you "friend zone" story. Sometimes it's hard to see what's right in front of our faces.

Kendal: Great loss lady!!! Woohooo!!!!

Hailie: Being youthful is NEVER bad (when it's bad, it's called being childish).

Rikki: I love the idea of margarita flavored crystal light.

Kristina: Your date might not be "Mr. Right" for you, but you can still have friends, right? Ain't nothing wrong with getting to know him better.

So I was talking to The Hubbs about the menu he & The Kid want for when I leave next week (I'm doing the grocery shopping tomorrow) and I mentioned that he still hasn't gotten the dog sitter for the portion of the trip that he & The Kid meet us in Bruges and he said..."I thought YOU were doing that." No, I'm not. I told him MONTHS ago that I wasn't doing it and it was his ONLY job. Grrrrr.