Over 200 new me part 53 (open group)

Hello Again! Its been about 18months since I have been around this group. I got pregnant last summer & stopped tracking & participating. I had my 2nd son Feb 28th & have been trying to get back into the swing of things. The good news is that all the pregnancy weight came off pretty fast & i have been able to make some progress since then :-) Some on my own & some due to illness but weight loss is weight loss. I am now just trying to keep it off & keep on losing. My trainer has been harrassing me to start tracking again. I am finally fitting into pants that I havent worn in 4 years since before I got pregnant with my first son...its a good milestone but now i am having toruble finding professional looking tops in my closet because I realized that I have been wearing big baggy sloppy stuff since I got pregnant the first time. I am trying to look more professional so that I actually look like I could be an asst principal. I have been shadowing the asst. principal at my school to gain admin experience when I am not teaching.
I am currently 207...I am really hoping to break the 200 barrier by Nov 18th because my hubby & I leave for our 10 year anniversary trip to Costa Rica on Nov. 19th!

I am looking forward to getting back into this with everyone & to keep losing :-)

Jess - I'd go to the gym anyway and try it - if it wont work go get on a bike or elliptical machine!

KDubMommy! YAY!!! Nice to see you again!:flowerforyou:

Wait - Meroke AND Teresa expecting? I am SO confused. I keep thinking it might be contagious then I remember I've been spayed. :laugh:

Checking in for yesterday!

Calories - I came in with 64 to spare after eating all of my exercise calories. And of course 64 is well within the margin of error...
Water - GREAT! (Momma - I count diet sodas - I know I know but REALLY?:huh: I always count my green tea as water!)
Exercise - Day 1 Week 7 of the 5K101 Three sets of 12 minute jogs :bigsmile:

Proud: I missed last Friday and I didn't feel well but I STILL went to the gym and did the 5K101. I'm also proud that I didn't drink the glass of wine I was offered last night. Sure sure - hell may have frozen over while pigs were flying around in the sky... but hey - once in awhile saying no to wine can't hurt.

i'm definitely in!!! This is what i need to stay accountable!!:happy:

Great job Momma on getting back to tracking. I find its so easy to "forget" I ate something. Im way more honest with myself when I track it

Checking in for the day :-)

Calories came in at 1222 (1380 is my goal)
Exercise- Hmmm well not today, busy with the little one but did clean the house and made homemade split pea soup for dinner mmmmm!!
Water- Not so great on actual water. Today was cold out so it was a coffee & tea day. But Im plenty hydrated.

Proud: I made a pan of Caramelitas for dessert tonight and I usually eat 2-3 but stopped at one and Im TOTALLY ok with that.

Hope everyone has a great night!!

Kelly

Hump day! Whoot!

Checking in for Tuesday:
Calories - 1236 which means I didn't eat my exercise calories and that was by design
Water - I did fine but not much extra...
Exercise - 1 hour of swimming (and still whining about hating swimming!)

Proud - Last night was stressful. I came home to a stressed out sick teenager who (at the moment) doesn't WANT to go to college or do anything else after highschool, a husband who was cranky about money, a car load of groceries that stepped up the money stress AND I still made a healthy dinner! I smoked chicken sausages with spinach and fetta cheese in them, and served them on a bed of sauteed cabbage that I tossed with white quinoa.

checking in for yesterday:
calories: 1,778 (goal 1600) - so I was a little over on cals but not bad, carbs 125 (goal is under 150) so that was good
exercise: just a little walking
water: not good
proud: I really worked on more protein less carbs and I did well... PLUS I finally saw 219 on the scale this morning after being stuck between 220-222 for 2 months, yeah! Now if I can just keep it moving down!

Julie: Maisie is adorable! I so wish I could have figured out how to stay home with my kids. My husband did for a year with our first and I was very jealous.

Welcome to all of the new ladies! I look forward to getting to know you.

Sherry (Momma24): Thanks for starting the new thread and sending me a message about it. You've really become the leader and glue of this group and I appreciate it. You're awesome!

Theresa (tstout): Congrats on the engagement! Busy, exciting times for you. Hopefully your puppy is doing okay after his surgery.

Allison (purple): I feel your frustrations on the plateau. I've been on one since about April now. Boo! You'll rock the 10k on October 29th. If I can come up with the registration money, there's a 10 miler I want very badly to do. If not, I may volunteer with the running club to man one of the water stations. Volunteering for the water stations gives you money of future race registrations, so that would be nice, too.

lstpaul: I felt the same way about the weight loss challenge I did with Herbalife a while back. I knew for a fact that most of those in the challenge were doing unhealthy, dangerous things to win the challenge. That wasn't the type of weight loss I wanted, so I lost interest and will not be doing one again.

Lauren (elmox): Congrats on the promotion!

Last night, I went for a run to pound out some anger and bad mood. I don't know where the foul mood came from, but I've been in a bit of a funk off and on for the past two weeks. Anyway, on my way walking to the path I run on, I was annoyed by the fact that no one stops for crosswalks, which is required by state law here in Minnesota. Finally, a guy in a Cadillac stopped for me, but the driver in the car behind him locked up the breaks and laid on the horn. When that drive passed me, I yelled, "It was a crosswalk, *kitten*" (see the anger I was talking about?). Well, this punk teenager circled the block to come past me again and yelled, "You can't talk to me like that, you putz." Then he flipped me off and yelled, "Suck my C*ck." Being a smartass, I yelled back, "It's too small!"

I"m not real proud of the whole exchange, but at least I got the last funny word in. I realize it was a bad idea after yelling the first time, to smart off to someone when I was going for a solo run on a somewhat lonely path with no cell phone. But, we all make dumb choices sometimes. Luckily, no more came of it. I wish I had gotten the license plate and tracked down the kid to tell his parents what an A-hole driver the kid was. It was obviously daddy's car he was driving.

My run was the most difficult one I've had in a while. My calf muscles were super tight and it was screwing with my normal running form, I couldn't get into a rhythm and my foot started going numb because I had tied my shoes too tight. I was hoping to get six miles in, but only ended up doing 4-4.5. But, the run served it's purpose because it wore me out and put me in a much better mood.

Afterward, I went to the store for a few groceries I needed and then went out to dinner with my mom. I ate half what I normally would because I just honestly wasn't that hungry. No idea how that happened after burning 536 calories from the run, but I'm okay with that. I think part of it is the filling breakfast and lunch sandwiches I've been eating this week. It's cut down on the snacking and I feel better physically. And everything has full, delicious fat. Yum!

Tonight, the boyfriend and I are going to Cavalia (think Cirque du Soleil with horses)!

Checking in for yesterday:
Calories:??
Water: 96 oz.
Exercise: 44 minutes running, 10 minutes walking
Proud: That I turned to running outside to cure a bad mood instead of junk food and the television.

Sorry this got long! Have a great day!

Hi All!

I haven't checked in in a few days...
Tuesday
Calories: 1257 (goal 1300)
Water: 50 ounces
Exercise: nothing much other than running around teaching at school...I figured that has to be good for at least 20 mins

Wednesday
Calories: 1700 WAY OVER! I feel gross...it wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't have the super yummy spinach dip at the candle party I went to last night
Water: 56 ounces
Exercise: just teaching again.

Today will be much better for exercising! My trainer is coming to kick my butt for an hour of circuit training.

Its sad that I am almost wishing to get sick again because being sick means I am not hungry & not eat so therefore losing wieght. I had a nasty kidney infection 2 weeks ago & lost 5 pounds in 7 days. I was doing really well with not eating or at least not eating as much. I really REALLY want to break the 200 marker soon.
I am really bad at getting out & exercising on my own...I wish I could figure out to fix that. I have the eating thing mostly down its just the exercising that is a struggle for me. I have an elliptical at home but honestly the only time I get on it is when my trainer is around.
I am thinking about trying Roller Derby. My son's nanny who happens to be a close friend does roller derby & I have watched it. It looks freakin' awesome! I am a little intimidated because I haven't been on skates in close to 20 years but Jenn (the nanny) said it would be easy to get back to it. Practice is twice a week at night for 2 hours. I know i would burn some major calories. I just have to get the guts up to go...
I am going to a bout (Roller Derby game) on Saturday in Huntington Beach. I will get to meet some of the girls on the team & hopefully get some courage to go to a practice.
Ok time to get back to work....

Momma24 (Sherry): Haha, love the reprimand you gave the kid. Hilarious and probably nicer than my exchange. Too funny.

KDub: Go for the Roller Derby! I think it looks like a blast, but I haven't been on rollerskates in about 23 years. Rollerblade, I could probably do because it's only been about a year since I've been on those.

Tstout (Theresa): Ooh, a boy! Now we'll get both little girl and little boy talk between you and Julie! Exciting!

RedNeckWmn(Jess): I tend to have outbursts, but usually in my car where the other people can't hear what I'm saying to them. I just couldn't stand that only 1 in every 10-15 cars in my town actually stop for pedestrians in the designated cross walks. I wish I could take down all of their license plates and have them ticketed. How rude. The lady who almost hit me on the way home was in a huge hurry to get her kid to the playground. I almost walked over and reprimanded her and asked how she'd like it if someone treated her kid that way, but since I was in a better mood I skipped it.

Oh, and if anyone is interested, I posted more insight about yesterday's run on my blog:
http://happierheather.com

There are some other new posts on there as well. I've been busy writing lately. My sweet boyfriend just became my first official blog subscriber. Isn't he sweet?

Hey Ladies hope all is going good. Cold rainy gloomy day here and its sure making me sleepy :-(

Check in for yesterday.

Calories - 1221
Exercise - 30DS level 1, 30 minutes on the treadmill at a 7% incline(work that booty :-) and it was our kids school Walk or Roll day. It encourages everyone to walk or bike to school. So we walked them. It was alot of fun and an hour walk!! So 115 minutes of exercise and burned 1032 calories!!! YAY
Water- Did good

Proud: Well we bought donuts for the kids and grandma for breakfast. I really wanted one but stuck to my greek yogurt. There was 2 left this morning and after the kids left to school I threw them away so I would be tempted.

Good afternoon everyone! Welcome everyone who is new!

checking in for yesterday:
calories: good (can't remember how many exactly because I used some exercise calories but not all)
exercise: good - an hour of step
water: not so good ... need to concentrate on this again
proud: it was a hectic night but I made the effort to make a roast instead of fast food

heathermn: Thanks for sharing that you did an herbalife weightloss challenge before and didn't like it either, I was feeling a bit odd for signing up for the challenge but then not liking how fast everyone is losing weight. It is weird.
That is a little scary that the guy you yelled at came back ... at least that was the end of the exchange. Momma - I love that you shamed that boy that flipped you off! He probably will think twice or at least look at the passenger before he does it again!

Have a good night all, I'm on my way to the physical therapist with my daughter. I think we may be done fighting about her wanting to quit swim team - she finally has a valid reason in that her knee injury isn't healing. I still want her to stay on as manager or something so that she isn't just 'quitting' midseason. It's tough because I know she didn't really WANT her knee to heal since she wanted to quit the team due to the fight she is having with the captain (an ex-friend) ... and I had told her that wasn't a good reason to quit. But I don't want to keep pushing her to swim with an injury that isn't healing either. So I guess I am probably going to give in. Hopefully she will find a way to get over her petty grudge and learn to deal with conflict in a better way - but I think I have talked myself blue about it all and I'm done (at least for the moment).

looks like everyone is doing great!! I am still here going to go run on my elliptical for at least 30 minutes