200+ Sheddin' the Stuffin

Bobbie, congrats on the NSV! Its SO FUN to find clothes from the back of you closet that you couldn't wear and have them fit perfectly! I love that feeling! I also really love that you have your goals on your desktop. I might steal that idea and put them on my home page on my cell phone. That's awesome for you that you are not a dessert person. I wish I was not a (insert any kind of food or drink here) person. Seriously, I'm just a foodie. Sweet, savory, spicy, vegan, beer, wine, liquor. I just love it all. And I love trying it all.

Hailie, I'm a part computer, part phone logger. I usually sit down at my computer in the morning after working out to log my exercise, and then input what I'm having for dinner, so that I can plan the rest of my food after that. Like tonight, I'm making a shrimp fra diavolo, so I'm eating pasta AND having wine, so I know that I have to watch my calories throughout the day to allow for that. During the day, I usually hop on the actual website once or twice, but otherwise I log from my phone. On the weekends, its all on my phone.

Pam, I have never heard of Body Pump, but that sounds super fun. I'm stoked that you are doing a strenght training class and I hope you like it - I know you've been wanting to switch up your routine and find something for strength, so I have my fingers crossed that this new class does that for you. And its not that I didn't MEET any of my goals for the last challenge, I just didn't MAKE any apparently.... so I figure running the 1/2 counts as goal met.

Rain, I hope the start of a new challenge helps to kick you into gear and keep you going. I'm sorry you've been so stressed. That's not fun! (hugs) Also, HOLY CRAP THERE'S A PUMPKIN CLIF BAR!?!?!?!?!? I will be on a mad hunt for one today. I've never seen that. If I find them, I'll probably buy 20 of them. That sounds incredible. If I can't find them, I may have to try and order them online. Seriously, that sounds like the holy grail of morning snacks for me.

Victoria,

Check-in for Tues 2395 burned, 2397 consumed, exercise was 30 min low impact aerobics with mom... Not the other kind...

THIS CRACKED ME UP. I totally thought at first that you meant the "other" kind of low impact aerobics, and then I read "with mom" and was all confused. Too funny. Do you find yourself quoting Tony? Or repeating stuff back to him? I swear I have ab raper memorized at this point in time. "If you stuck with us, you just did 349 core/ab exercises!" "He's workin' hard, I know you are!" And I always name what soup I'm stirrin' up when I do the "world famous Karen potstirrer." (yup. I'm a dork)

Amy, do you speak Vietnamese? If you had your choice of where you guys would go next, where would that be? Just curious. Also, this weekend is my parents' pumpkin carving extravaganza. I think you should come. You should bring all the pumpkiny goodness you are making with you, and then you can hang with me and my awesome family and we'll do fall things and eat fall foods. My mom always makes some amazing pulled pork and chili, so the pumpkin cornbread would be great. Plus I'm making a caramel apple pecan pie which is INSANELY good. It will be fun! Oh and yeah, the gum chewing completely makes me gassy. Which is annoying and stupid and I need to stop. I've done so much better today, just once piece. And I'm going to not have anymore. It was a weird thing - 2 weeks ago I wasn't chewing gum like a fiend, and then I just started. And then I couldn't stop. Stupid.

Tasha, you are a posting machine and I love love LOVE it. The creepy customer visit actually wasn't so bad. I took a guy from work with me, and apparently the customer is one of those people who is only going to be a creep/jerk if he's alone with a girl. So he was nice as could be, and we got all the issues resolved. Really the issues were with his installer, since he didn't have us do the install. My designer didn't mess anything up. So that's good news. Thanks so much for filling us all in our you and your life - I feel like I know you so much better now! I'm also feeling like, compared to the things you do/what you are trying to accomplish, my life is kinda, well, small. what I'm saying is you impress me. If you figure out how to fix this country, I'll be the first to back you up!

Annette, congrats on the awesome losses in measurements! Looks like Jillian is really working for you! Keep it up!

Hosanna, holy house craziness! How did the open houses you went to go? Find anything you like? Be careful not to bite off too much! A stressed bride is not a fun one!

Kelsey, welcome! Create some goals, tell us about yourself, and jump in on the conversation! As you can see we are a very chatty and supportive group, and we're always looking for other people who are like-minded in this!

Everyone else/those I missed, hi to you all and welcome to the new folk.

Yesterday I had an awesome 4 mile run. My legs felt awesome and I was comfortable at 6.3 mph. After the 4 miles I did some walk/sprint intervals too. I still haven't put together a new schedule, and I'm hoping to do that today. I think I am going to alternate speed and distance weeks with running while integrating P90X. So maybe one week where I do a standard P90X week including their cardio workouts like plyo and kenpo, and then run on the strength days but keep the runs to 2-3 fast miles. Then the second week do P90X strength days but do 5 mile runs on the cardio days instead, with a longer run (6-8 miles) on Saturday. Then X stretch every.single.Sunday. Thoughts?

I have also had this really weird thing for about 6 weeks now, where about once a week I wake up in the middle of the night completely drenched in sweat. I'm talking hair soaked, clothes soaked, drenched. And I'm not hot (Chris and I hate paying for heat, so when it gets cold its usually between 58-62 in our house). Any one have any ideas? I should google it. OR I could go to the doctor. Googling it seems so much easier. lol.

I also finally bought a running headband/wrap thing from Nike for my poor little cold ears. Its hot pink and fantastic. My running shoes are lime green and hot pink, so I've decided all my running gear has to be either pink, lime green, gray, or black. My camelback is lime green and gray. Good stuff!

Ok, that's enough rambling from me.

Morning, ladies!

Tasha, Joe and I have already discussed that we will have many a skype date and that I need to get him a good webcam and mic! The other good thing is that when you're an expat, they pay for your visits home, so hopefully I can do that from time to time. Your poor brother with the giraffe! That's hilarious. The makeup my mom carries is called GloMinerals. I've yet to have an allergic reaction to any of it which is a miracle. One time I bought a super cute glittery eye shadow from Old Navy, only to wake up with my eyes nearly swollen shut!!!

Amy, I'm with you on the doing better this challenge!

Hallie, it's funny you'd ask for a baby giraffe. On Friday after the zoo, I "forced" Joe to watch Project Runway (he secretly loves the show) and I gave him the options of a baby giraffe or a Tim Gunn for Christmas.

Hi everyone - I'm a newbie and I hope its not too late to join this group! I've been on MFP off and on for about a year now and I'm really trying to make sure that this time I actually stick with it. In the past, I haven't tried to be active in the MFP community and I always fall off the wagon after a few weeks. This time, I'm trying to change that and am hoping that joining this group and just getting more involved on the boards will help keep me accountable.

A little about me -
I'm 29 years old and I live just outside Boston. I got engaged back in August (yay!) to a wonderful, amazing man and that is one of the reasons I'm determined to stay committed to MFP this time around. Not just for the wedding (whenever that ends up being) but for our future. My fiance and I are both in law school and I work part-time too - which means I'm really busy. BUT I'm determined not to let that get in the way of my health anymore.
I know that my check-ins on here aren't part of the 'official challenge' but hopefully I'll stick with it and they will be for the next time around!

Currently (as of Sunday) I'm at 231. For this six week challenge, my goals are:
1) lose 10 lbs.
2) finish the c25k (or at least work up to week 9) - just did week 3, day 2 yesterday so 6 weeks should give me just enough time unless I have to repeat any weeks
3) work out 5 days a week including the c25k
4) Incorporate yoga into my routine - 2x a week
5) Drink 2L water a day

Good Morning Everyone,

I am trying to read all the posts so I can figure out who is who and actually comment...but I am at work and my phone keeps ringing...darn work thing getting int he way lol.

Anyway, I decided just to jump in and say hey. I have a horrible head cold and want to just crawl in bed. I opened my journal up to friends...for some reason I did not want to do that..hmmm.


Anyway just saying hello, and wishing everyone a successful day.

Trina

Lacey, I hope the verdict is no news is good news :flowerforyou:

I'm in, my name is Tasha! I have my best friend's wedding in a few weeks, followed by Thanksgiving in Vegas, so I really need to stay focused. I weigh 283. Here goes...

Goals:
1. Get and stay in the 270s
2. Measure myself.
3. Workout 4-5xs/week.
4. Deep Tissue massage.
5. Run a lap around the track non-stop. (big one)

Wish me luck!

Yay! Woohoo, congrats Nava...long enough time coming!

The raise is A LOT less than expected, but I suppose when you factor in that they cover housing, it's a hefty raise? lol

caramel (Tasha): Welcome, you are our Tasha #2 in the group. I've had deep tissue massage once and it was AMAZING (also I was sore the next day similar to a good workout).

Jessi: I am of the opinion that I was possessed by an alien when I was pregnant and I blamed the complete change in behavior (my husband seriously did not know who I was for 9 months) on the little one growing inside (who I affectionately called "the parasite"). This is why we have only one child.

Bobbie: the pumpkin cornbread recipe can be found here: http://tastykitchen.com/recipes/breads/pumpkin-cornbread/ The only change I made was to substitute whole wheat pastry flour for the all purpose flour called for in the recipe to up the fiber content a bit. It's freaking AWESOME!

Kiki: That's my calorie burn for the entire day, not just exercise. I wear a Body Media Fit (kind of like a Body Bugg) that monitors what I burn in a 24 hour period. I really only burn about 500-700 a day with exercise.

Trina: Most of us have our names in our signatures and I can't ever remember what I should be responding to, so I open up the message board in one window and the reply box in another window and flip back and forth between the two so I can respond to everyone. I hope your head cold gets better. I've had one for about a week now that is driving me crazy!

Lacey: You should call your doctor's office and see if they have the results in and just forgot to contact you.

Az: Welcome to the group! I found that this group has kept me on track when I've gotten lazy or complacent. I wouldn't be where I am without them!

rain: Drink up, lady!

Nava: hi! :flowerforyou:

Kendal: You ARE hot! I'm glad people are noticing. I totally giggled at your "small, repetitive movements". :laugh:

Kerry: I DO speak Vietnamese. It wasn't the language I wanted (I wanted Chinese) but I am very glad that it was the language I got because it introduced me to a culture I never would have known about otherwise (and to Vietnamese food- oh how I love Vietnamese food!). Also, I discovered that I'm pretty good at tonal languages. I also speak a bit of German and Spanish. I like languages. The Hubbs speaks Spanish, some Mandarin and Persian Farsi. So far, The Kid speaks English and understands when I yell at him in Vietnamese or German (cuz they are cool languages to yell in) but is only fluent in the English. If I had my choice of where we go next...hmm...that's a tough question because we NEVER really have a choice. I would probably choose to go back to Monterey, CA since that's kind of the place we all consider to be home. Although I am totally psyched about a chance to go to Chile (if that's how things work out). I would SO love to go to your pumpkin carving extravaganza! Some day, I hope to get to your neck of the woods just to meet you and Kristina and Victoria and Hailie.

Hailie: I log mostly on the computer but sometimes on my iPhone (I like the little barcode scanner thing). Yay for firming up the back!

Pam: Here's the base for the slow cooker chili recipe I use: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/grandmas-slow-cooker-vegetarian-chili/detail.aspx I add black beans and I don't use the spices he has listen and instead opt for one of those McCormick chili seasoning packets. It's very good (if you don't like a bit of sweetness, I'd omit the baked beans - but my family digs it and it's not overly sweet) and super simple. I'm probably not going to the doctor as it seems like I'm slowly getting better. I generally take a hands off approach to medicine (I had a "helpful" doctor nearly kill me a couple of years ago and it kind of ruined doctors in my eyes), so I'll just deal with it unless it starts getting worse.

Victoria: I love you!

Kristina: Don't disappear on us, if you can't respond to everyone - just pop in and say hi and how you're doing.

As for me, I made tissue paper ghosts for the Halloween party today and then me & The Hubbs did the P90X Legs & Back workout. My legs feel like JELLO!

This group is insanely active and I LOVE it

Amy- Thanks a million for the website rec. I'm addicted to trying new recipes because I get so bored eating the same things over and over again. I super excited to and will definitely let you know how they go!

Pancakes Tasha- You're absolutely right that this is a chatty group, but I'm thrilled! I also adore the fact that you're a plant killer like me. I got a lucky bamboo in college (which everyone says should be virtually unkillable) and mine was dead in a month. Hopefully I'll get my act together before I have kids. And your posts are hilarious.... I'm already starting to look forward to reading them!

Pam- Just Dance is the greatest! I plan to make my entire family do it with me over the holidays which will be beyond words entertaining. That's awesome that you've been veggie for 14 years. This makes my 10th year as a pescatarian and I so don't miss meat. I just moved to Va, so I'm still exploring and looking forward to roaming around the east coast. I've heard that Va is one of the most beautiful states in the fall, so I'm excited to see all of the leaves change and autumn things happen.

Kerry- I love that I'm not the only one without kids/pets/plants :flowerforyou: I struggle sometimes to make sure I eat and bathe in grad school, I wouldn't dare do that to another living thing.

Jessi- I do eat dairy (I LOVE ice cream and pizza), but I'm not a huge egg fan. I sometimes forget that I don't like eggs and mistakenly make/order an omelet and I always hate it. I guess I just keep hoping that everytime I eat eggs they'll get better tasting (but it never happens for me). Oh! I'm soo excited for you and to hear the results of the pregnancy test Babies are so cute!

Caramel Tasha- A deep tissue massage sounds phenomenal! My 50 pound loss goal is a massage and somedays it's the only thing that makes me wanna get on the elliptical Enjoy it enough for me too!

Nava- Congrats on the move and raise! It'll be nice to have extra money lining your pockets. Treat yourself to something nice

As for me, 2 workouts done this week, at least 1 more to go. I forgot who's idea it was to post their goals on a sticky on their computer, but I totally stole it and now my goals are staring me in the face. They're keeping me from consuming a mass amount of chocolate and/or other delicious sweets! I have a pair of mini-goal weight jeans that I'm attempting to fit into. I'm soooo close (past the thighs, barely over the bum, able to close but only if I give up breathing). Hopefully by the end of this challenge I'll be able to post a pic in my new jeans!

Jessi - if you're prego, it won't matter if you do the test this morning or tomorrow..the whatever it is is already there dude. But you can wait! I will anxiously wait to haer!

Amy - Santiago is where that enormous earthquake was last year. But they do have one of the biggest mining shows in the world that I am pushing to go to so yeay for maybe seeing you in another part of the world! LOL. (Seattle is still my vote, lol)


Nava - YEAY!!! Free housing, kindof can't complain about that girl!

Welcome to all the newbies and sorry to the rest I can't repsond to. Maybe tonight. Iam reading though.

Hi everyone! My name is Lisa and I am 40 years old. I am married to my very best friend and have 3 girls (18, 17 & 10). I’ve been on MFP for a while, but have not been really active in the communities. I long to have friendships with people that are on the same fitness path that I am – to become healthy. If it’s not too late, I’d love to join your group. You ladies seem like a great group of “friends”.

My beginning weight is 256 and my six week goals are:

1) To loose 12-15 lbs
2) To begin the C25K
3) To build more MFP friendships and post more often
4) To continue my lunchtime walk, but incorporate different evening and weekend exercise as well.

Well, I think that’s it. I look forward to getting to know each one of you.

Amy - Ooooooh yeah I think the only people that speak Spanish in Hawai’i are already in the military hehe. You should try for it anyway, just for kicks. Man DC is incredible though, I wouldn’t mind living there either. I went for a week while Marcus had training in Quantico; every day I would drop him off at the base at 6 and park my car at the rail station, take the train in and wander around exploring all the free stuff til my iPhone ran out of battery haha. Wait you speak Vietnamese??? That’s so awesome!!! I’m going to Ho Chi Minh City next May for a business field study… well we’re going to Tokyo, Shanghai, and Kuala Lumpur too… I’m super excited because I’ve never been to Asia before. My friend is getting me a copy of beginner Rosetta stone and I’d like to be able to speak at least ONE of the languages at a conversational level before I leave. It should probably be Japanese, but I wish I could learn them all. What is a “tonal” language? Haha I’m glad you don’t mind my super long posts… my brain is fried from school and I seem to ramble a lot now. Anyway Chile would be sooo fun! Have you guys been to South America already? Lol at “the parasite”.

Victoria – Hahaha “not the other kind” with mom. This made me crack up. I can’t believe we’re turning “low impact aerobics” into a dirty word hehe.

Sarah (rain) – Hang in there girly! You are one of the busiest people I know! You are right to be proud that even if the loss wasn’t as big as you’d planned, it is STILL a loss I think Kerry’s earlier advice to Kristina is right on for you too… if you can’t do all that other stuff… at the very least watch what goes into your mouth to start. Although that skinny Elvis sounds pretty tasty haha. Do you carry a bottle of water with you during your crazy schedule? I find that if I carry one of those big liter bottles, I end up drinking it sometimes only for the fact that it lightens the weight of my bag haha. The change from cream and sugar to powdered creamer is a win! Great job on getting those first two cups of water down. As soon as you read this, drink another cup please!!!

Pam – They teach BodyPump at my gym here but I’ve never taken it. I’m a little intimidated to work with weights around other people. What do you like so much about it? I’m so glad I’m not the only one to try and measure low impact aerobics hahaha. The story about how you and your boyfriend first met is crazy - you already knew then

Hailie – I added you!!! Logging – I usually log from my iPhone because it’s fast and I can just use the barcode rather than search. If I’m doing a new food, I’ll wait til I get to my desktop because I think it’s easier to find a correct match or input a whole new one. Yay for new swimsuits and NSVs!

Bobbie – Wooooooohooooo I love your NSV! Yay for new/old clothes! I am so stoked for you!

Kerry – I’m with you girl, I love all food. My friend’s restaurant does this special dinner/cocktail pairing once a month called “Munch” and this month the theme is “Belly of the Beast” and I would looooove to go but it would absolutely destroy my chances of hitting 210 by Halloween.
Check out this menu: Amuse Bouche. First course - Crispy Pork Belly Salad (Crispy fried pork belly, green papaya, roasted garlic, WOW farms tomato, whole grain mustard vinaigrette) Second course - Pan Seared Ahi Belly (Pan seared Ahi Belly, Chimichuri relish, fingerling potatoes) Third course - Zinfandel Braised Short Ribs (Zinfandel braised short ribs, polenta, roasted Hamakua mushrooms, tomato chutney) Fourth Course - The Elvis (A grilled peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwich)
Aaaaaah I die. Your color coordinated running gear sounds super cute! Having never done P90x OR much running, your plan sounds logical. And the stretching every Sunday is important. Anyway lady, I’m glad you don’t mind my superlong posts haha. Please please please don’t say that your life is small – you are doing so much and are such an impressive inspiration yourself! A few years ago I was the least politically/economically interested person and was a whole lot happier for it. I have all these thoughts and ideas but people who are waaaay smarter than me have been arguing about these things for a much longer time. My point is kinda like I feel that the people in power aren’t doing a good job looking out for us, so I felt the need to try and understand for myself what is really going on, and not just by watching CNN or Fox news. I think if a whole lot of small somebodies (even somebodies like me who hadn’t the slightest clue) can learn and understand more of what needs to change, then we can spread the knowledge and change the power structure. Somehow. That’s the hope anyway. Otherwise I’m just wasting a good chunk of time that I could be using to work out or make money to go buy a horse

Kendal – Yay NSVs! Way to go hot mama! And you’ll have to let us know how HRM during LIA (low impact aerobics) works for you heehee.

Nava – Congrats on your letter yay!!! That is awesome that they’ll pay for visits home, I hope you get lots of them! Yay for Skype and Glominerals, boo for allergic reactions. Penguins in sweaters and baby giraffes and Tim Gunn – yup, I love your posts

AZ82 – Welcome! What is your name? Congrats on your engagement! Those are great goals, it seems as though we have a bunch of C25Kers in here at various stages so hopefully you can all support one another! I’ve only visited Boston once but I loved it!

Trina – Haha yeah silly work, always taking up too much time in our lives! We take a bit to get used to because the thread moves so fast, but you can always remind yourself of who said what when you click the number next to “Posts” under their avatar. It will bring up all of their previous posts so you can refresh yourself. I can never remember everyone I’m replying to so I open up a separate window to reply and type them in as I read each post. Hope that helps and hope your head cold gets better

Kiki – Hi! Have fun at class

Jessi – Okay now the deer thing makes sense! I grew up pretty far away from wildlife, so when I think deer I only think “Aww Bambi” Your day sounds rough, hope it gets better soon. Boo to needy coworkers and tech-challenged bosses. Crossing my fingers for your preggo test

Tasha – Welcome! My name is Tasha too Diggin your goals; I looooove massages but not deep tissue, I think I’m too much of a wimp haha.

Keshia – Oh haha I can’t believe you killed a bamboo. Oh wait I CAN, because one of the plants I killed was one of those super sturdy plants that grows in ROCKS and survives VOLCANOES and I STILL ended up killing it. So happy we can bond under our anti-green thumbs I have a number of friends who are pescatarians too – I see the benefits of the lifestyle but man I just really love meat. One of my girlfriends has a strange criteria… she won’t eat anything with four legs. So poultry and fish are in, but beef, pork, buffalo, alligator – all out. Your egg thing cracks me up. Keep ordering til you like it eh?

Lacey – Glad you heard back from them! Catch up when you can!

Lisa – Welcome! You will love these girls! Keep checking in with us to stay on track Sarah (rain), Hailie, Hosanna, Julie and AZ82 are all doing C25K now too, at various stages

Alright ladies I have to own up to something. I have been really, really bad about exercising since I’ve been back from Kauai. I think the last time I posted about exercising WAS the last time I exercised, except for kickball. Taking Bobbie’s idea a little further, I am printing up a calendar to stick on my desktop with my health goals on it so it will be staring me in the face. I have just been feeling overwhelmed with school and with my husband being away… bleh. The last couple days of cramming for my econ midterm my eating went to crap too. Especially since I pretty much failed it. Maaaaaybe scraped by with a C. More likely a D or F though. Ugh.

Anyway, last night at school the Yard House provided our dinner. Freakin phenomenal I love Yard House. But I pretty much ate my calories for the day by the time I got to school. I was reeeally craving meat (maybe my iron is off?) and the selection was mostly a bunch of pasta dishes, avo-swiss burgers, and top sirloin. There were salads but with all the crap on them I figured they’d be just as many calories, and I really wanted some meat. I was a little iffy on choosing a top sirloin that was delivered, so I went with the burger. I didn’t eat any of the fries or anything else, but when I got home I looked up the nutrition facts. 1325 CALORIES!!! YIKES!!! I was honestly expecting like 6-700 calories, maybe 800 tops. WTH 1325!!!! Jeez that thing must have been soaked in oil then deep fried. Sad thing was that it wasn’t even that good Yardhouse apparently doesn’t travel too well.

I am about to get off right now and do a short workout. We have our last regular season kickball game tonight so I expect to burn a lot, but I feel that I reeeally need to make up for the last few days of crappy eating. Oh speaking of kickball, we made the playoffs! Last week we played the undefeated defending league champions, and man it was close. Even with this loss, our record was still good enough to secure a spot. The last regular season tonight is against the 3rd place team in our division. If we beat them, we don’t have to play the defending champs again for two weeks; but if we lose, we have to accept that our season might be over after next week. I think we’ll win though

On that positive note – I’m outtie! Hope you ladies have a happy hump day

Lacey, sometimes I don't understand Drs offices...so nonchalant about the things that don't matter to them but could mean the world or whatever to us.

Jessi, I'm so with you on the nap thing...I was so unproductive at work today and then totally wanted to fall asleep. I get home, and I can't ever force myself to lie down...this weekend cannot come fast enough!

Tasha, I need you to think positively about your grades, at least until they come in. No use worrying about what you don't know when there's always plenty of other stuff to worry about.

I'm so not feeling the trip to the gym tonight, but I will so feel worse about it tomorrow if I don't go...hmmm...decisions decisions decision

Amy--I too got a kick out of your "Parasite" . My best friend, her name is also Amy, was told since she was 18 that she wouldn't be able to have children. About a month after her 30th birthday she started getting violently sick with swelling in her belly. After three months and multiple Dr. appointments (complete with labs, and ultrasounds) the Dr. told her that she most likely had some sort of fast growing cancer (there is a huge family history of it), and based on the rate of growth--that the prognosis wasn't good, and they ran some more tests (all inconclusive). Another couple of weeks go by and vomiting got so bad that she ended up in the ER with dehydration issues. The ER doctor took one look at her and did a preg. test. She was about 4.5 months preg. She was so sick the entire time. I joked that if she could have held out a couple of more months we could have put her on that "I didn't know I was Preg" show :happy:

She didn't find me funny. Of course, she didn't find much funny at the time...

Her tumor is now a beautiful and rotten two year old.

-Katheryne