200+ Sheddin' the Stuffin

Hosanna - Generally, I'm pretty good at the levelheadedness thing. :P Good luck on your house offer!!

I. Desperately. Need. Some. Sanity. People in my life are nuts, end of story. -sigh- Need new friends, asap....

Also, I MUST make this bread this winter:
http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2011/10/povitica-october-2011-daring-bakers.html



I so seriously foodgawker.

Hey Friends Happy Almost Friday!

Julie- Where in IL are you from? I grew up in IL in the suburbs just south of Chicago. I miss it terribly and can't wait for the holiday season, so that I have time off to come home!

Pam- The sore muscle feeling is the best!! I crave feeling that way when I leave the gym because it makes me feel like I accomplished something lol. You should definitely make your bother play Just Dance with you this weekend! It will be the perfect family bonding time or at the very least entertaining. I'm inviting friends over this Saturday to rock it out and eat sweets..... maybe the Just Dance will balance out the sweets? Probably not and I'll need to double my time at the gym this weekend :ohwell:

Lacey-I'm interested to hear more about your paelo/primal experience. You seem like such an adventurous cook. I'm pretty basic in my combinations of ingredients/foods. I feel like I'm going to learn a ton from you about yummy combos.

Nava- Do you know where in London you'll be living? I lived in Central London (South Kensington) for about 6 months and I LOVED it. London is by far my favorite city and I'm sure you'll have an amazing time. I'm totally jealous And I think it's fabulous that you asked for more money. That's one of the reasons women in the same position as men get paid less.... we just don't ask as often. Way to stick up for yourself!

Victoria- I love that you went power shopping. I'm so indecisive that power shopping is practically impossible. I get distracted too easily and can never seem to make up my mind (unless it's really important). Like you, having sweets/candy around is horrible. I have the worst sweet tooth. Pretty much anything with chocolate and some kind of nut (especially almonds) is my downfall. Or, anything with Pumpkin. yum!

Jessie- Egglands Best are on my grocery list for this weekend and I'll let you know how it goes! My fingers and toes are still crossed for you and the test. Hopefully things will be a bit more conclusive in a few days

I've also been on the hunt for the pumpkin cliff bars. I'm sure I'd purchase close to a million if I could find them. I love this time of year because of all the pumpkin goodness. Then when winter comes it'll be time for peppermint.... (mmmm.... keep me away from the peppermint bark chocolate!)

Until next time :flowerforyou:

Keshia

Somehow I totally missed Rain's work on the water...wtg! Start off slowly and build it up!

Lacey, I now want waffles, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Megan, slow down, woman! Glad to see you streak through!

Hosanna, good luck on the house...I hope you get what you want for a price you can live with! You don't need any more stress to add to the pre-wedding stuff!

Made it to the gym tonight, which was a good thing because it became a chinese food night. :ohwell:

Yeah for Friday!!! Check-in for Thursday 2374 consumed, 2939 burned, exercise 4 mile walk/jog and housework for tonight's party... I'm seriously swollen and cranky from pre-TOM... I'm dreading the scale but seeing as I'm out of town next weekend, I need to take what it shows...

Have I told you the reason for my vacay? We are going to see the Pumpkin Chunkin contest!!! I'm really excited. I'll check back after my weigh-in and doing Plyo...

Hosanna - listening to Sarah's friends story and now your friend - it makes me feel blessed for all that I do have.

Amy - is your brother still doing well with his better eating?

It's official - I'm breaking up with Mr. Scale!!! _________________________195.5__________________________:sad:

I will continue to log and take things one day at a time!!!

Victoria: Yea Pumkin' Chunkin. We went several years ago--me as a favor to my husband. It was lots of fun and now we are discussing what we could build to enter. We won't really but the plans are fun.

Weigh in: 189. Don't think it will ever be less. BUT I think I'm eating too many carbs and not enough protein. I'm under calories most days.

Question: is there a way to reset the counter so it assigns the calories differently--more to Protein for example?

I'm pretty sure I need to eat more protein and fewer carbs. Challenging as I can't eat any fish.

Goal for the week: change to high protein, hit the water. Purchased Zumba for Wii fit. Oh my. Not sure I'll ever master it but it was fun to start.

************************** weigh in is 212 *************************************

i HAVE to start losing.

Amy, I would never complain about extra low-impact aerobics...lol I have never "worked out" with a SO, but I did have one who was into martial arts and had a leg-stretch contraption that helps them do the splits. Whenever I would mess around with it, I'd get a lot of extra attention from him

Hosanna, sorry about the house, but it may be a blessing. I got turned down on my first bid when I was shopping for a house, and then fell in love with my house and they too my first bid, no counter, and paid all closing costs. And cancer totally SUCKS!!!

QoS, if you go to your home page and click goals, you can change your goals to anything you want them to be.

WoWmama, call me naive, but I never actually realized that those people asked to be IN someone else's wedding incur great costs too! That was totally foreign to me until one of my cousins was in another's wedding and started talking about how much she was spending on a dress she didn't even like and what not. Ugh!

Annette, I totally made it to the gym and did a crazy workout, which probably added to the 4lb gain I'm showing this morning...ugh!

So, I'm going to meet some of the teachers from my previous school for lunch today at one of my favorite Mexican restaurants. It'll be a lot of fun, but I really need to stop eating out again for a while and get my sodium back in check. I haven't been majorly over, like I was when I first started, but it's really too easy to stay under to let it just go!

The boyfriend's birthday is on Sunday, and I don't even know whether to prepare his cheesecake and b-day cake for Sunday or his day off on Tuesday. He said he was going to ask for half the day on Sunday, but I doubt he did it. Men can sometimes be annoying!

Happy Friday ladies!

I am SO excited for this weekend. I should be out of work by 3 at the absolute latest (woot!), and then I've gotta get home and prep the filling and the streusal topping for my caramel apple pecan pie. I made the crust last night. I'm going to take all of the fixins to my parents' house and bake it there so its nice and fresh. I also finally made the pumpkin dip that Victoria had posted a while back and YUM. So good! Then its a 4 1/2 hour road trip (yay! I love road trips!) and we'll be at Mom and Dad's where there will be chili and pulled pork and peach popcorn balls and crab dip and stuffed grape leaves and, and, and... ... ! I'm going to do my absolute best to practice moderation. I gotta figure out how to do the holidays now... maintain traditions and such but not become my prior self- glutenous and lazy will never be used to describe me again! I'm taking my running gear so I can get in a 6-7 mile run tomorrow morning. Otherwise, it will be fun. I'm interested to see how the dynamic will be with my sister and her (soon to be) ex husband, since apparently he's still attending all family functions, even though she's told him its over. Weird? Weird.

Sheba, yes, you can change the settings for your protein/carb/fat/etc breakdown.If you click on "goals" underneath "my home" and select custom instead of guided, you can update it. Don't quote me, but I think you are supposed to get at least 1/2 your body weight in grams of protein. I usually try to get in at least 90-100.

Amy, I'm glad to hear your brother is sticking with it! That's awesome to hear. Good luck with your day of crazy cooking ahead of you, I really really wish I was going to get to sample all the delicious goodness you are putting together. You just might be the best party guest ever! As far as the workouts/low impact aerobics, Chris is not working out with me... ... ... yet. I'm gonna get him. I think he's finally at the point where he wants to do some strength stuff, but he's not really wanting to commit the time to P90X. Doesn't Tony have one that's a half hour? Power Half Hour or something? I will say that it doesn't suprise me that LIA (can we please start abbreviating it?!) has increased with you guys working out together. That's a lot of endorphins coming out of both of you at the same time. Plus I'd imagine watching your hubbs be all tough and badass would be pretty sexy.

Hosanna, I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. Cancer is seriously the worst thing ever. I hope you get good news with the offer on the house you are already in. That would be super convenient!

Victoria, have so much fun at Pumpkin Chunkin! That's awesome that you are going! I hope the scale is nicer to you in a couple of days!

Bobbie, mmm Chinese. That made me think... do any of you have P.F. Chang's? Its like upscale Chinese food. All of my friends LOVE it, and I just don't care for it. If I'm eating Chinese food, I don't want it to "fancy." I want want awesome Chinese take out that's a litty dirty.

Megan, hi stranger! I hope you are feeling better!

Keshia, I can't imagine not liking eggs! One of my favorite meals in the whole world is served at a local breakfast joint- eggs benedict with housemade chorizo, avocados, fresh tomatoes, and some housemade salsa verde. I do agree that Eggland's Best are better than regular eggs. I hope you like them. Let me know if you find pumpkin Clif Bars anywhere! And I also LOVE peppermint. Yum!

Lisa, good luck getting back into a routine!

Lacey, quit making me hungry. Or, come over and cook for me.

Jessi, enjoy your couple of days without the crazies at work. Fingers are still crossed for you with the pregnancy test!

Pam, how is your quilt? That sounds like so much fun! Pumpkin carving at mom and dad's is insanely fun. If I get a chance to take a pic or two of the madness that is my parent's house at Halloween, I will and I'll post it. My mom totally goes crazy with decorations. Its adorable.

Sarah, HI! I miss you!

Julie, whereabouts in Illinois are you originally from? My parents and my sister live in the Champaign-Urbana area, and my parents used to live on the southwest side of Chicago.

Jenn, yay for old/new bra fitting!

Katheryne, I completely agree on movie prices. I LOVE LOVE LOVE movies, but Chris and I only ever go to Saturday or Sunday matinees, and I still pull out my college ID for a student discount. Even then, it still costs me $5 or $6 a ticket. Ridiculous!

Nava, I think you did the right thing by asking for more money. You are making a huge change in your life and you don't want to get over there and then be like "crap, I'm broke all the time. I wish I would have asked for more money."

Rikki, how is your foot? Getting any better? Congrats on the big loss last challenge!!!

Rain, heck yeah you got your water in! Nice work!

WoWmama, glad you had fun at the wedding. They are usually an expensive endeavor, but its so fun!

Annette, if you want to send that shepard's pie my way, I'd be happy to eat it for you. YUM!

Kiki, good luck with revamping your eating schedule. My body is on such a set timeline now for food that I can't imagine switching it up!

Okay, I think I got caught up, and just in time because I have to go fix a water heater problem for a customer.

MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR NSV: Yesterday, for the first time in like forever I burned 695 calories, I DIDN'T use my stupid wrist watch calorie counter, AND I was UNDER calories!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah, ok now back to psychology and watching the Milgrim Experiment. Yayyyyyy for school!

QofS - I've heard the Pumpkin Chunckin is awesome. Our friends in Maryland have been getting all kinds of info in it for us. We've watched the finals for the last few years. I can't wait. We have a good friend with a master's in physics that every time we see her, we discuss what kind to build. If the contest is as fun as it looks, we may make one...

Annette - the Pumkin Chunkin is a contest where people make machines (air cannons, catapults, human powered, etc) to toss pumpkins as far as they can. The finals are aired on TV Thanksgiving weekend. It's how we got hooked on wanting to go. The finals are in Delaware, about 2.5 hours from my friends home...

Amy - glad to hear your brother is doing well.

Kerry - adorable cat pic. I love the thread too. I haven't seen that before...

As to me - plyo done but the top of my left foot was aching so I didn't do as much jumping as I wanted too. I have 30 min until I have to leave for work. Sighs. Enjoy your weekends.

I cannot even express how pissed off I am right now. I spent ALL FREAKING DAY baking and cooking for this party tomorrow. I was finally done for the day when Sofie barked at me to let me know she needed to go out to pee. I was outside for about a minute and a half (seriously...no longer than 2 minutes - max). Loki was sitting at the back door waiting for his turn to pee (like he normally does) - when I walked back in the house that mother$%@&#% had eaten EIGHT pumpkin spice cupcakes (wrapper and all). He friggin' INHALED them at the speed of light. I'm so mad, I can't see straight!! I'll be back to comment on the stuff you guys have said when my head is back on straight.

Happy Friday morning everyone...

Amy--all that food sounds yummy, have fun at your party. --apparently your dog ate the cupcakes while I was typing...hope things get better.

Bobbie--Now I'm curious about what the "leg-stretch contraption" is. You shouldn't leave things like that up to MY imagination.

Kerry--I love the cat picture. Good luck with the ex-in-law thing. My sister ditched her fiance back at the end of August; and even though they have both started dating other people (he had a new girlfriend within a week) he still insists on being friends, calling her up to chat, and even calling me up to chat. I want to tell him "dude, I didn't really like you to begin with. In fact the family had been placing bets on when you would divorce. So NO, I don't want to be your friend, and NO, I don't want to talk." Yesterday's phone call had him talking about seeing us at Thanksgiving when I go down to visit. Now that will be strange. Dinner with the ex i didn't like, AND with the new boyfriend, who I actually think is a great match for my sis. --shudder--

As for the LIA increasing after exercise. Um...I've been married almost ten years and am just as active now as when we were newlyweds. let's just say we exceed that national weekly average :blushing: sooooooooo, I couldn't say as far as quanity goes. I could; however, see an improvement in quality...if I were to hazard a guess i would think it is from the increased blood flow and the sweat pheromones.

-Katheryne

Morning! Happy Friday!

Total good NSV for me this morning...two years ago I bought this tshirt at Target. Its light red with these waves across it. It is a Mossimo XL from the junior section and I bought it to start working out in. It wasn't a stretchy kind of t shirt, just one that either fits or doesn't. It was so freaking tight I couldn't even get it over my head without feeling like the stayed puff guy and it hurt. I put it on this morning just for giggles and it fit. IT FIT. I could have worn it to work today, it fit with room to breath in the chest and arms and everything. I couldn't believe it. So even though I hardcore struggle to stay on task with all this and can't seem to figure it out most days, and the scale hasn't showed a drop in a year or more, I am slimming down. That is awesomeness for me.

Now has anyone ever heard of doing a leptin reset? I've only read one site from a nuerosurgeon regarding it..but it sounds like it might be something for me to consider doing. The crap thing is it is essentially the Atkins diet for 6-8 weeks until you start seeing what you need to be seeing..eating at minimum 50 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking and under 50 carbs a day. How does one do that?? But if it worked and essentially reset my mitchondria and metabolism it might be worth it. You essentially follow the paleo or primal diet plan to make it work, so its not like I wouldn't be getting enough veggies and fruit. Maybe I can do a modified version of it. There is something about eeating that 50 grams of protein right off the bat that puts your biochemistry in line for the rest of the day. I'm not one for fad diets, etc. so I am hesitant, but this dude is a neurosurgeon and knows what he's talking about in so far as bodily biochem etc. Its somethiing he's had success with in his own life and with his patients whom he operates on. And he's mentioned that once you get your leptin levels reset that it should essentially be a one time thing. It will take some more research but its in the running for me right now. Oh and the other thing that kind of sucks about it...no aerobic exercise until your body is reset - you would have to read about it to learn why, because its hard for me to explain but it does make sense. Now would be a good time to do it consideirng how busy I will be during the next two months.

ANYways..


Kendal - COME BACK GIRL!

Amy - yeay for getting the food done, boo for Loki being crazy and eating them. Some dogs are just mischevious no matter what I think.

Victoria and QofSheeba - I LOVE watching Punkin Chunkin on tv when it airs! How fun and I am so jealous!!



Thats all I got time for...work is calling.