Over 200 new me part 53 (open group)
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Istpaul- I gained over 20+....just as reference I was 210lbs in March 2011 when I bought my dress...;gained some weight got up to mid 220's realized my dress wouldnt fit and got down to 218lbs in mid August...by the time I got married in September I was 230lbs....oy...gained 10lbs in a month...so ridiculous!
Anyways, besides me being upset with the wedding pics I had a fabulous day and Im married (FINALLY) to the man I love. I want him to be proud of me and the way I look....and I want to feel and look good for myself Im so tired of feeling tired and lazy ....I am NOT a lazy person0 -
Chris - we're running a half marathon in May so GET ON IT! (and by "we're" I mean YOU and US)0
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mstahl: I soooo relate.0
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Julie, I would be out without my baby and I would hear one cry and my milk would start leaking everywhere. I've had to leave work (with the first one) to change my shirt cause a baby cried then made my milk leaked and my "pads" did not soak it all up.:blushing: I am with ya though. I hope it gets easier. For me it wasn't too bad because my job was part time so I was only gone 4 hours at a time. So know that I am thinking about ya and know that it does get better:flowerforyou:0
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hey girls
Julie - hope your afternoon went good. And wtg on getting u and going to the gym.
Cris - Welcome back, glad you had an awesome day.
I feel like crud, i have some kinda head/sinus stuff, I just feel it going into my chest, seems that i always get bronchits when i get something in my head. I am hoping it gets better soon so i can breather
I went to the ortho today for my knees. They took 6 xrays. pretty much early arthrits he said, pluse something that i can't pronounce , basically my knee caps are to the side of my leg, causing the issue to be worse. H e told me some stretches to do and to take aleeve 2x a day , he said they could do a cortozone shot today, or can try the stretches and aleeve for a few weeks first. I opted to try the stretches, as a shot in my knee doesn't sound pleasant. The good thing is that he said they aren't in horrible shape.
Oh yeah and TOM showed up today.
So with the dr appt and feeling like crap i didn't workout today.
Cals - Over :sad:
water - none
exercise - none
proud - i didn't eat the house becaue i didn't feel good.0 -
Soooooooooo.. my official start weight is 236.0
Today, I did the Five Mile Walk DVD with Leslie Sansone...all five miles! Was pleseanty surprised! So I will do the same tomorrow.
I did pretty good with my alories today! Whew, thank god for the exercise calories. Plus I had no school work today. Tomorrow, not sure how things are going to go, as I have to pack for yet another residency for school. This time is it not so long. Getting ready to wind down for the night, as I have a buysy day with work, school, and yet another day of eating healthy!
Good night!0 -
Sounds like we're having some struggles across the board with eating and motivation. Anyone have a mini-challenge they can throw out until we have a biggest loser on Monday?
KDub: Wow, you're going to be in Onederland before you know it!
Sherry (Momma24): Aww, poor Ryan. I would have thought seeing Miranda would have helped him. It's great that he's so close to her that he misses her that much. Hopefully after the initial sadness, he'll realize that she's not gone forever.
Melinda (mstahl): Sorry you're having a rough time lately. We're here for you!
Cris: I agree with Melinda...sign up for the half marathon with us. If you're not up to that, there is also an 8k. We'd love for you to join us. Allison rallied the troops while you were gone and there are three of us signed up so far....
Annasgyal: Great job on the Leslie Sansone 5 miles! Those videos are a better workout than most would think. I have a few at home and sometimes go to them for my "easy" workout, then realize it wasn't quite as easy as I thought it should be.
Ape087: Welcome to the group!
Checking in for yesterday:
Calories: Probably over
Water: 120 oz.
Exercise: 2.16 mile run, 5 minutes warm up and cool down, and three games of bowling.
Proud: I went for a run even though I was limited on time. I knew I needed it and didn't let any excuses get in the way.
Not Proud: I wasn't very nice to the boyfriend at bowling last night. He was giving me unsolicited advice about my bowling and I said some snippy, rude things to him. I apologized and I think we're fine, but I still feel awful about it. We've agreed, though, that no more advice about my bowling unless I ask for it. It's the closest thing we've had to an argument/fight in almost two years.
For those of you on my friends list, this will be a repeat, so I apologize. Last night, I ran my normal two mile route and was super bummed by my slow running times (12:15 minute miles) but figured at least I got out there. When I entered everything into MapMyRun this morning, I found out that the route I thought was exactly 2 miles is actually 2.16 miles, so my pace was 11:03, which is closer to my normal leisurely, training run times. I've been running in the 10:30s during races, so I'm glad to see my pace isn't suffering that much after not running for a few weeks.
If any of the new ladies to the thread would like to add me as a friend, please feel free to do so. Just mention the Over 200 thread so I make sure to accept.
Have a great day,
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Hello ladies, I forgot to post an update on Blue. I was so happy to hear from her Sunday after stalking her for a while. Here is her message:
"Sorry for falling off the face of earth. School started and I had a student teacher so my life was upside down. Tomorrow is my first day of teaching my class since school began! I will write more later after things settle down."0 -
Momma -- Thankfully my nursing pads have been doing their jobs. :blushing:
Heather -- Great job fitting a run in despite limited time!
Deb -- So glad you got semi-good news about your knees! I hope the stretches help you feel better.
I'm not enjoying being back at work at all. I'm feeling a bit like a negative Nancy today so I'll try to keep it to myself.
I'm actually proud of myself for *not* going to the gym this morning. I was exhausted and my quads are sore and it was an injury waiting to happen. I think my exercise goal was too aggressive for my current situation. My new goal is gym on Monday, Wednesday, Friday mornings and some outdoor exercise on the weekend.0 -
Does anyone know how many calories I can burn scrubbing walls and ceilings. I have NAGGED my husband to the point of divorce but I am getting the inside of my house painted this weekend. So I am going to start prep work. My husband works hard at his job but is not that willing to do things around our home. He looks at trying to remodel our home and gets over whelmed instead of just doing little things here and there that we can do to improve our home now. We don't have a landlord that is going to come and do this for us. So I have been harassing him so badly that he would not speak to me yesterday. But when he got home from work he was ready to get her all done. I knew he could not stay mad at me. He gets too hungry for that and he would starve without this good cook. Sorry but I am an good cook. I don't make fancy things so I am not gourmet by any means. But that man of mine likes his food and especially mine. So he won't stay mad and he will eventually give in to me. :devil:0
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Julie, vent away my friend. It has been a long time since I had a baby I had to leave home when I went to work. She is 18 now but I remember how it felt. Honestly, I still missed her every time I went to work but it did get a lot easier. Is she home with your dh?0
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Momma-- scrubbing walls is an excellent workout! Your arms will be jello for days after. I learned that the hard way while nesting this summer. :laugh:0
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Well off to a good start this morning !! I have only exercise 15 minutes but I think I will do another 30 a little bit later on in the day.I am glad to see everyone back and Cris I loved your photos of your wedding on facebook.I think you look beautiful in them glad your back.0
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Thanks Ann
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Checking in for yesterday!
Calories - Under my exercise calories by about 300
Water - great!
Exercise - 30 minutes of "running" (ok it's slow but still!)
Proud - we went to Trader Joe's after work and I was SO HUNGRY but I managed to find something for our "Meatless Monday" dinner that was delicious and still within my calorie goal. I bought ravioli in the refrigerated section, that was stuffed with goat cheese and sun-dried tomatoes. I sautéed them in a little butter with thinly sliced onions and crushed garlic - and minced fresh rosemary. YUM! I also steamed up some acorn squash with Quinao and sprinkled it with cinnamon for dessert! I added a dab of plain Greek yogurt to the acorn/quinao and it worked pretty well.
Now if I can just keep out of the chocolate covered almonds with sea salt sprinkles I'll be OK!0 -
checking in for yesterday:
calories: over by just a bit - that was a surprise because I thought I was well under until I logged everything
exercise: good - an hour of step
water: I think ok
proud: lost .6 at my weightloss challenge class so I didn't have to pay $1!
I'm struggling a bit today. I'm down to 240 calories, I'm going to have to be very good for dinner and bedtime snack!0 -
lstpaul - PUMPKIN! When I run short of calories I love having a few cans of pumpkin on hand because it tastes great either sweet or savory and it fills you up!
You can have a giant salad with a chicken breast on it for dinner - and low cal dressing. Then for dessert have some low fat cottage cheese or Greek yogurt mixed with half a can of pumpkin, and some cinnamon or cyan (or both!).
What are your favorite low cal snacks?0 -
Just got back from a 3.28 mile run...on a course I always thought was 3.1 miles. I keep running farther than intended on accident...guess I can't complain. Pace was the same as last night, even though it was farther. I'm feeling better and better about the 10 miler in a few weeks. Plus, I have a good idea for my Halloween costume that I can run in. Can't wait to go shopping and put it all together! Have I ever mentioned just how much I love costumes??
Hope you all have a great night!0 -
I want to join this join and I read through all the posts, but I don't see any of the challenges. Can someone tell me what this week's challenge is?0
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Today, stepped on the scale..... (I seriously think I am addicted), and it went up a pound! Ok....did I somehow miss the memo that if you eat right and exercise regularly that you weight goes up! Ughhhhhhhh.....Just last week, I was at 234.0, feeling great, yesterday I was at 236.0, and gosh darnit by today i am 237.0.....I can only imagine what I will be tomorrow!
But, tomorrow, I plan to get up, and exercise to Leslie, and make healthy choices again........sigh.....0 -
Today, stepped on the scale..... (I seriously think I am addicted), and it went up a pound! Ok....did I somehow miss the memo that if you eat right and exercise regularly that you weight goes up! Ughhhhhhhh.....Just last week, I was at 234.0, feeling great, yesterday I was at 236.0, and gosh darnit by today i am 237.0.....I can only imagine what I will be tomorrow!
But, tomorrow, I plan to get up, and exercise to Leslie, and make healthy choices again........sigh.....
Don't worry! One pound fluctuation is completely normal. You could be holding some water weight or maybe you weighed yourself on an empty stomach and then today when you still had food in your belly. I'd weigh myself once a week in the morning without any clothes on right after you wake up. This way you don't have to worry so much about the little fluctuations your body has. I've been know to go up and down two pounds in 3 days. It all depends on what's in your body and your salt consumption (makes you hold water).
However, It sounds like this might be a motivator for you...so maybe keep on doing what your doing!0 -
Good morning gals! I'm usually not the first person to post in the morning, where is everybody?
snowtrain: welcome! I don't think we got a challenge for this week, usually the biggest loser from Friday's weigh-in makes up a challenge if they want to. But it has been awhile since we've had a challenge. Any ideas? I know that I have been slacking in the weight training part of my exercise schedule ... maybe this week's challenge can be that we all do at least 60 minutes of weight training this week? Muscle burns more calories than fat, so the more muscle we have the better our metabolism is!
annasgyal: my scale totally goes up and down every day, could be hormones, could be salty foods, could be not enough water, lots of things. Just keep exercising and eating right and the scale will go back down. The scale can be a great motivator, but don't let it get you down if it fluctuates a bit. Have you taken any measurements? Sometimes when the scale isn't moving you may actually still be losing inches.
checking in for yesterday:
calories: OVER by 900 .... I totally failed to eat light last night.
exercise: none - day off
water: probably not so great - didn't track
proud: hmmm ... I guess I could have done even worse with the mood I was in
Mstahl - I wish I had seen your post before I left work because it might have helped me make a plan. I had actually just bought a can of pumpkin yesterday too because I've heard people suggest it as a good low cal option. I had no plan, and just grazed on everything all night long. I wasn't even hungry! Just a total mental thing. I'm feeling a little sick, just tired and stuffy and I always have a harder time with food when I'm under the weather. Plus I was sad yesterday because my daughter's swim team had a big meet last night with a rival school - that in the past she always did well at - but she was just there as manager last night because of her injury (and her lack of desire to try to get back to swimming after her injury) - so I didn't go to the meet at all. I'm still bummed about her missing out on most of her senior season. It seems dumb, but it's going to take me a bit to get over being dissappointed.
Back on track today.0 -
Welcome newcomers,
lstpaul, you have had a rough couple of weeks. I am proud of you that you are still chugging a long. Teenagers are a challenge and can be destructive to any diet and you are not letting it happen:laugh: :sad: :indifferent: :sick: :mad:
:explode: :laugh: 
:flowerforyou: That is for how they tend to make you feel at times.
I love the challenge 60 minutes of weight training. I think since this week is almost over we should let this slide over into next week as well.0 -
Wow Momma! You captured the adolescent female pretty well! LOL! :laugh: I mean :sad: :huh:
lstPaul - I'm sorry about your disappointment with the swim team! I know a little how you feel.. it's not that we want to relive our high school days (shudder) but we have such hope for them and want them to feel good about themselves and experience the joy and satisfaction:drinker: of accomplishing something that's hard... :frown:
Checking in for Tuesday:
Calories - 1050 low but on average I'm still on target. I think it's OK to go under once in a while...
Water - 80 oz.
Exercise - nope :grumble: totally over-slept
Proud- I made a pretty healthy dinner with what we had on hand in the house - brown rice with quinoa, I sautéed previously frozen red peppers and onions, browned some extra firm tofu and made up a curry sauce. YUM! Everyone loved it and I had some calories to spare! I thought I'd have a small dessert but I (shockingly) wasn't that hungry so I skipped it!0 -
I'm about 3 pages behind, but wanted to pop in and say hello! Was out of town for work last week, then was just feeling kind of icky and depressed. Finally snapped myself out of it yesterday by making myself go running. I hit the pavement and practically FLEW through town, doing 2+ miles at a pace under 11 minutes, which I haven't ever hit before.
For those of you running or are interested in the half marathon, I ran part of the route yesterday at dusk and it was gorgeous. :happy:
If you're thinking about doing it or the 8K with us in May, here are some of the highlights from last night's run (filched from flickr)...
Colonial Williamsburg by speckerj, on Flickr
Colonial Williamsburg - Governor's Palace by paperspaints, on Flickr
Colonial Williamsburg by SkylineScenes, on Flickr0 -
OHHHH Allison I would love to do that. But the financial front wont allow such things for me. That is so beautiful. I am still sitting around waiting for one of the Parent Loans for college to show up so I can start paying on it. With only one income things are tight. Oh how much fun that would be. Glad you are back though I have missed you.0
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getting better but still not feeling 100%, but getting there. Trying really hard to make good food choices today .0
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time for some exercise see you guys in a bit0
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Anne (AWestfall) and lstPaul - you two are working out fools today! WAY TO GO! :flowerforyou:
I've had a few to many mini dark Hershey krisps dipped in peanut butter :grumble: thanks to my "run" this AM I'm still OK on calories but I really need to break this chocolate habit I've developed!0
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