Over 200 New Year New Me Part 52

I'm just starting (AGAIN) but I need to make this work. I'm tired of starting over and over again.

Great job last week, Sherry and Deb! I was only down .2 from 2 weeks ago after having been down kuch more earlier in the week to a new post prego low. So I sulked instead of posting my pitiful results.

Welcome back, Ann!

Allison: I will add your blog to my subscription list. I'm a blog-aholic! I look forward to reading it. Maybe you'll keep me motivated for the half. Like you, I'm both excited and terrified!! Oh, and also hating the treadmill. I have a feeling my snowshoes will be getting a workout this winter!

Speaking of blogs, if anyone ever wants to take a gander at mine, it can be found at:

http://happierheather.com

Ann: Welcome back! Why would you ever think we wouldn't want you back?

I had an amazing weekend and am so sad it's Monday. Friday wasn't too exciting with running errands, but I did go to the barn and get my horse haltered so I wouldn't have to chase her around when others were at the barn. Saturday, I went to breakfast with a friend and then helped her look at horses at the auction. She ended up buying a yearling palomino Quarter Horse filly who is absolutely adorable! After the auction, I went to my barn where I took my horse through the obstacle course both on foot and in saddle; she did awesome! Then, we ate our potluck dinner, had some wine and had snacks around the bonfire. It was a gorgeous star-filled evening. Yesterday was a FULL day of trail riding. I'm a tiny bit sore, but not as bad as I thought I'd be. Guess I'm in better shape than at last year's trail ride. It will probably be worse tomorrow, though.

Anyway, it was amazing and it felt SO good to spend an entire weekend doing horsey things...with my own horse! Every time I trail ride her, I'm reminded why I don't sell her, even when she is hard to catch. She's just so awesome on the trail, even when all of the other horses are scared.

There was a big, scary incident at the bar where we stopped for lunch. Two horses pulled back on the hitching post and snapped the thing off. They took off, with this huge wooden rail dragging behind them. One horse had his lead rope snap, which freed him. The other kept running, with the wooden post hitting him. He went down on the ground and stopped moving. I feared broken leg, so I let those more qualified to help handle it and instead helped another girl round up her horse who had gotten loose in the tangle. The horse with the post went down because his lead rope was wrapped around his neck and it was cutting off his air. Luckily the lady who owns the stable I board at had a knife on her and was able to cut the rope and saddle off the horse. Once he was cut free, he got up and was fine; just minor scrapes and cuts. Scary stuff. The six horses in my group were tied at the opposite end of the ruckus, so they were fine, just a little scared. Well, all except my horse who stood calmly watching the commotion. I was SO proud of her for that.

Okay, sorry that got long!

Hope everyone else had a good weekend.

thanks for the wecome back ladies I really need help pushing this weight off.My husband was diagnosed with diabetes and seeing what I have to do for him each day ,pills,testing his sugar,etc I don't want that to be me in a few years or even months.So here I go again starting over but hopefully no more restarts just moving forward!

Checking in for Monday:
Calories - under (didn't eat my exercise calories)
Water - less than 64 :huh:
Exercise - Day 1 Week 6 5K101

Proud - my calves hurt like crazy from the weekend. I don't know if it was from walking around philly in my Vibrams or if it was from dancing but OH BOY are they TIGHT. None the less even though I had to hobble up and down steps today, I still did the 5K101 with the two 12 minute jogs. And just as I suspected, they hurt less after I got going. (then hurt way worse later but ya know... it's ok!

I am SO EXCITED to think that I might not only be able to run a 5K - but by May I'll be running half a marathon! OK there could be some walking involved... but I'm planning on being able to run it! WHOOT! :bigsmile:

Well, yet again I fell off the face of the Earth and off this board. Sorry ladies...Did a lot of searching and think I found my motivation again this weekend. I spent yesterday trying to make better food choices and get lots of water. I didn't want to work out mostly because I was scared to. I am going to step aerobics tonight though. I had a bit of an "episode" at the TCU football Saturday. I hadn't eaten much and hadn't had much water butI did have some beer. Long story short, I got over heated and had gone up into the concession area to get some shade because I wasn't feeling well at all. I paused to lean against a wall for everything to stop spinning and woke up on the ground surrounded by people. Yep. I passed out at the football game. Talk about humilating! But I'm lucky I didn't hit my head or hurt myself or anything. There was a grou of nice people who stopped to help me and get me help. But that's the reason why I was afraid to work out yesterday. I wanted to make sure my body had a full day of fuel before I started back at it. So tonight is step and tomorrow is kickboxing!! I've been beating myself up for too long about gaining the 20 pounds back and I need to quit throwing myself a pitty party. :drinker: MIss you all!! So proud of all of you that are doing the 1/2 marathon!

I may be going through St. Louis at the end of October - I may have to step up my stalking :bigsmile: Blue - if you are stalking these boards - please know we care about you and we miss you and if you've gone and gained back all the weight and then some? So what! We've been there and we'll be here for you no matter what. You know what I think? I think that one of the BEST gifts this group has given me is the knowledge that I CAN lose the weight. So what if I gained a bunch back - now I know I can lose it again and I will! :flowerforyou:

Jess - THAT'S the spirit! Lets get back on that proverbial horse and get going! :drinker:

Jess: So glad you're okay after your scary experience. Take care of yourself and don't feel bad about taking it slow. Baby steps add up. And stop beating yourself up over 20 lbs. You know how to get them back off and you'll do it!

Is anyone friends with Nancy on Facebook or anywhere else?

Thanks for all the welcome wishes! Y'all are the best!

It says she hasn't logged on in over a month. So she hasn't even been signing on. Momma if you want to PM her email I can look and see if she has fb. Is she not responding to personel email either?

I'm trying to be here as much as I can Momma. I feel like I'm commited like I use to be. My problem before was that I just didn't care anymore.

Hi gals!
Redneckwmn ... scary stuff at the football game! Lucky you were around nice people who helped you.

Momma24: I hope things went well today with the tests for your daughter.

I didn't have a great day yesterday. I had done well most of the day, then didn't eat supper to go to my weightloss challenge class and then was starving when I got home - so went after a bag of chips that my in-laws sent home with us on Sunday. Now I know that I still can't handle chips in the house - I had to throw the rest of the bag away this morning. Today I was home with a bad cold and it didn't stop me from eating too much. I'm going to have to be very, very good the rest of the night.
My weightloss challenge class was a disappointment so far. I should have thought beforehand that it might not be for me because everyone there wants to lose weight fast to win the challenge (duh), and my intentions are to lose more slowly but steadily. And the women doing the class are selling herbalife - so I really hope that isn't the whole focus of the class - they said they will only talk about it before and after class, we'll see. So far not too motivating - except we have to pay $1 per pound gained ... so I am a little afraid of being embarrassed having to pay any money, so hopefully that will motivate me. My friend felt the same way I did about the class so we are going to try to just challenge each other - this week's challenge is to get in 3 vegetables a day (which I have not been doing).
My daughter has been benched from swim team with a knee injury the last week. I took her to the doctor and she does have a bone bruise, but the physical therapist cleared her to swim freestyle - just not breastroke. But since breastroke is her best stroke she is even more discouraged and wants to quit the team. I decided that it isn't an option, she made a commitment and she needs to stick with it. There is only a month left - but of course to her it seems like an eternity. We'll see how it goes. Tonight she is at their meet but not swimming ... it makes me a little sad that her senior season is turning out so poorly - I guess I was really looking forward to watching her have fun and have a great season and now I'm not even going to the meets since she isn't swimming in them. Oh well, things don't always go the way we want them to. Maybe she will heal enough to swim in a few more meets and end the season strong - but it may not happen.

lstPaul - Sorry about your daughter and the swim team :ohwell: I hope she feels better soon and decides to go out with splash! I would totally rid your house of chips and find something fun to have on hand. When I'm following my prescribed eating pattern, I find that ANYTHING is fun to eat LOL! seriously - my green apple is AMAZING when I'm running low on calories! I use it as a reality check. If I'm hungry and want a snack I ask myself if I want an apple. If it doesn't sound good I'm not really all that hungry.

Momma - if we can figure out how to get Julie on the boards even half as much as she used to be... and then get Chris and Blue back here... that would be fabulous!

Jess - COME RUN WITH US! I'm only on week six of the 5K101 so you can totally start over like I did and be ready by May! DO IT! :bigsmile:

LilDebbie - COME RUN WITH US! Try the Chi Running and see if that keeps you from hurting. I LOVE IT. :bigsmile:

LaDeb - COME RUN WITH US (just sayin) :drinker:

I'm stuck at work trying to avoid finishing up a difficult task. And trying to block out the chatter of my chocolate jar...

I had a huge NSV yesterday - conquered my fear of jumping! For some reason I've been completely paralyzed at the idea of jumping onto a step or a little plyo box, but yesterday I plowed through it and DID IT! I have an amazing trainer, who just sat on one of the taller steps and basically said he'd sit there until I jumped, because he knew I could do it and that I just needed to work through it on my end. By the end of the hour, I was a jumping maniac. It's so amazing how these seemingly small, inconsequential things can be huge mental barriers and breaking through them is one of the most satisfying experiences/feelings I've ever had.

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH HEATHER - SIGN UP FOR THE EVENTS ON MAY 20th!!! I have tons of training plans that I've used to get me from being a total non-runner to running races. It will be so much fun, especially if there are a lot of us doing it!

Allison-Great job on facing your fear! Those are hard to do! Kudos to you!

Heather-I'm so anxious to see what the scale says for you!

Cris did get married this passed weekend. I haven't talked to her much. She has friends in town from another country and they are spending time together. She looked beautiful!! I think she said she's hoping to start back in October. I hope she pops her head in!

As far as the 1/2 marathon. Let me get a 5k down and depending how that goes I might consider doing the 8k. Plus I have to see if I have the money. I'm planning on going to Minnesota for the Warrior Dash and that's in June so 2 trips so close together might be hard for me to fund.

Yesterday I had a victory. I sat in traffic FOREVER trying to get to the gym for my step class. I haven't been to the class since the first time I went and I was sooo excited to go!! There was a wreck on the HWY which backed traffic up and the class had already started when I got there. I knew I wasn't going to make it. I kept trying to talk myself into just going home and calling it a night and I even called my Mom and told her I wasn't going. But I sucked it up and went anyways. I did c25k w1d1. I actually enjoyed the running. I didn't enjoy the treadmill shaking out of control from my big butt running on it but I enjoyed the runs. So I'm giving c25k another go!! :drinker: :flowerforyou: I so badly WANT to be a runner.