200+ Sheddin' the Stuffin

Pam and kendall- we r all around the same weight right now. Let's OWN this challenge and get to ONEderland!

Oh my gosh! The Kid has been out of sorts ALL day long and I am rapidly growing tired of it! I'm sure it's part lack of sleep from Saturday night (we DID stay out until 6 am but he conked out on the couch for a few hours during that time) and part that we're meeting someone who is interested in taking Loki (maybe). They sound perfect for him as the husband does part time work as a dog trainer and that's what Loki desperately needs. I'm crossing all my fingers and toes that they decide to take him home...soon. I'm slowly recovering from the weekend as well. I have a lingering headache that seems to stem from neck pain that will not go away no matter what I do. I have also been battling leg cramps in both legs since Sunday morning, but today is better than yesterday was so maybe that will resolve itself quickly.

Hosanna: I'm glad your friend is doing much better. I wish her a speedy recovery. I LOVE road trips (although they are decidedly more expensive here in Europe than they were in the US). We were just invited to spend Thanksgiving with some friends at a ski resort at the foot of the Alps and I'm excited about the road trip (the drive through Bavaria is absolutely gorgeous) and excited about trying my hand at skiing (I've never done it before).

Lacey: Good luck with the low carb thing. I've done it before, a long time ago and it DID work but I was such a raging mess of headaches and pissiness that it really wasn't worth it for me. Hopefully 100 grams of carbs a day will be enough to feed your brain (the brain runs on sugar and doesn't do well without them).

Bobbie: I never show a loss during my TOM, it drives me insane.

Pam: I'm with you on the TOM bloating. I've been bloated going on 2 weeks now and have no real reason for it as I've stayed under my cals (even on the Halloween party day). My body hates me.

Kendal: I saw your Halloween pics in facebook - super cute!!!

Keshia: Congrats on your loss this week!

Hailie: TOM sucks.

Sarah: That birthday party sounds like it was fabulous!!! I second what Lacey said about researching an anti-inflammatory diet.

Megan: As far as I know, Loki didn't have so much as a hiccup after eating all those cupcakes.

I know I missed people but that's all the time I have for now. I have to get my P90X in and carve a jack-o-lantern with The Kid before heading off to soccer practice and take the dog to meet his prospective new owners. Happy Halloween!!!!!:drinker:

happy halloween!

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Up one, but after this weekend.....I'm going to have to bust arce to lose or even maintain this week. The whole weekend was an epic fail on the eating, but lots of fun otherwise.

1. I kept my nephews Friday night and of course ordered pizza and hot wings. I try to be good with a thin crust veggy pizza, but when you basically eat the whole thing, it doesn't really matter whole g"good" it is.

2. GO BUCKS!! Sat, we went to an OSU party and watched the game. Lots of good friends, delish food, and of course beer!!

3. Sunday was a "family" day and we went to COSI in Columbus, Ohio. Super fun time!! We had Red Robin for lunch and I had the Bacon Guacamole burger and OMG, it was like a party in my mouth. Then after walking around all day, my foot is killing me and I think it is time to call the Dr. I'm soooo tired of going to the Dr. Dinner was another lazy option, Chipotle!!! I had chicken soft tacos, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the chips and guacamole. It seams I have been craving Guac the last few days.

So, today is a new day, and I must remember how far I have come. Oh yeah a little toot of my own horn:

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Kristina, I'm at 158 I think. You can use that.

Everyone else - hi, love and hugs to you, I am SWAMPED at work this morning so may not get a chance for a full post. My weekend was awesomely fun. I ate waaaaaaaaay too much food. I'm terrified to step on the scale again. Terrified. I also have woken up drenched in sweat now for 5 nights in a row. Before it was once a week. My mom says its probably something to do with hormones, but there's all kinds of things it could be linked to, so I made an appointment with my doctor, who wasn't available until NEXT Friday. Grr.

Happy Halloween!!

I weighed myself this morning (which is actually my "official" weigh-in day) and I was back to 210.8. Hooray! So as it turns out, my weigh-in from yesterday is official after all, with no cheating the TOM salt bloat. It still amazes me that going over on salt can tack on an extra pound and a half (or more) worth of water weight on the the scale. Seems unfair.

The visit with my brother and his wife this weekend was tons of fun! I didn't exercise at all besides some Just Dance though, and my Saturday eating was horrific (hence the Sunday morning salt bloat). Back in the saddle today. Actually I think I'm going to be starving today due to lack of planning on my part...no time to make a good lunch so I just packed some homemade soup. It's low sodium and good for me, but it's under 100 calories and has very little protein. Something tells me that I'll be eating my afternoon snack of cottage cheese and pineapple with lunch.

Saturday was the day that the kids in our neighborhood trick-or-treated, so yesterday and today I've been facing a big bag of candy in my kitchen. Did I mention that TOM is coming any day? Ack! So far I haven't gone totally overboard, but think the bf should probably take that bag to work with him.

OH! A fun NSV -- I bought a pair of size 16 jeans last month and at that time I could wear them but they were super tight and gave me horrible muffin top. I'm wearing them today and they're only slightly tight at the waist (almost perfect, just a slight snugness) and they fit perfectly everywhere else. AND they fit that way after having just gotten them out of the drier this morning! WOOHOO!!


Megan (and Kendal & Hosanna), let's do it!

Lacey, I need to get all my levels checked too. This past winter my work had some people in who did free checks for employees....I'm hoping they do it again this winter and that my levels have improved. I never grew up around sports either, but I find myself getting more and more into them as I get older, oddly enough. I know some guys who just take it too far though -- the ones who post 70 million status updates while the games are on, stay home all Sunday to watch the games and refuse to go anywhere because they don't want to miss anything, can't talk about anything else -- I don't think I could deal if the bf was that into it.

Sarah, the party sounds like fun! Unfortunately I don't have any advice for the pain, but I hope you find something good and feel better soon!

Amy, glad you had a great time at the party. Eating less calories than you burned even while partying is fantastic! I hope you're feeling better soon.

Hosanna, I'm glad your friend is feeling better. I've been wanting to put a litte bird feeder out back of my house too, but I never got around to it and now it's getting colder out here, so it'll probably wait until next year.

Kristina, I had a pizza incident myself this weekend, but mine was a lunch incident followed with an Italian food incident for dinner. Yikes. Good plan in not passing out candy; I should've done the same thing! Leftovers are killer.

Kerry, I hate how long the wait always is for a doctor. Hopefully they will be able to tell you exactly what is wrong and how to fix it when you go.

Rain, I've heard other people say that if you drink plain tea with no cream or sugar that you can count it as water. I'm not sure if that's just for decaffeinated tea though...I would think if it's caffeinated that might actually dry you out a bit. Not sure how that works though.


Total case of the Mondays today. That's pretty much every Monday for me though.

I'll have to get my SO to walk on the treadmill (I don't want him to die by running! lol) and see how noisy it is upstairs with the door closed. I'm pretty sure it's just a really loud treadmill but it would be great if I could run after the kids are in bed... well... as soon as my feet are feeling better

I still must have been holding onto some massive water weight from the wedding cause the last couple days the weight has been falling off now that I'm back to my eating plan. I'm expecting to see it level off a bit so we'll see what the scale says on Saturday.

I gave SO instructions to buy candy to give out tonight... hopefully he doesn't buy too much... and if he does the kids that come to the door at the end of the night are going to get a wack load of candy thrown at them! lol But if we do have left overs I'll be sending SO to his car to keep it in there and he can take them to work and keep them out of my sight. For our two kids we will do a little bit of trick or treating but will only go to 5-6 houses - the close neighbours. Because my daughter is only 3.5 she gets 1 piece of candy a night after dinner so it'll last her quite a while anyways.... and my son is 1.5 so he'll get barely any! All things in moderation apply to my kids as well!

Speaking of dogs eating food... my parents had a dog who would eat anything and everything! My dad just about had a fit one thanksgiving when 3/4 of a pumpkin pie went missing. He also stole a beef roast - nobody got 2nds except for the dog. And he even ate a bowl of ceasar salad once too. The list is practically endless! lol

Happy Halloween all!

Okay, not a lot of individual responses...

Hosanna, heard anything on the current house offer?

Keshia, I don't yet know where in London I'll be living. I think once I know what my allowance will be, I can get a better idea of where to start looking. The office is actually in Gatwick, so I have to live somewhere with good train access. A lot of employees apparently live in Clapham, so I'll probably look there and Battersea. I'd love to live in Greenwich. That's my ideal. But I don't think the train access is too great and I'd probably have a rather obnoxious commute.

Amy, re: exercise and "activity." I always notice Joe is more active when he's working out regularly. I'm sure it's to do with energy levels.

Kerry, that's so bizarre about your sister's soon to be ex-hubs coming to family functions. Wouldn't he know there would probably be a lot of angst radiating off you guys? Odd.

Lacey, did I miss out on the plus size jeans on ideeli? I just looked and don't see them.

This weekend, I saw a girl wearing the cutest Lulumon Athletica outfit ever. it made me want to lose weight just so I could wear it working out. Blarg. Not the most exciting weekend to report. My official weighin is from Friday. I'm going back to Friday weighins as they're the most accurate. I still mess up on the weekends, so Mondays I'm always full of excess water.

Friday, we went to my friend's for his annual pumpkin carving party. I did a Linus in the pumpkin patch stencil, which was not so easy. There were lots of tiny pieces to cut out, so there was a lot of "UGH" and "ARGH" and f-words flying out of my mouth. Joe did a totally awesome Shaun of the Dead stencil that I found for him. It turned out really great. Saturday, Joe and I woke up SUPER LATE and took Marlee to the dog park as the weather was perfect. Later that evening, went to dinner with the fam for my brother's birthday and followed that up by driving to the other side of town to go to a birthday gathering with Joe for one of our friends. He said we weren't dressing up, so I was all mentally prepared for just going all casual, but then he changed his mind at the last minute. So I dressed in all black, leggins and a long tunic-like top, my bright red peep-toe heels, put on a TON of makeup and plopped my new blue wig on my head. I looked like some manner of futuristic slut. Oh well.

Nava - look at this Plus Sized Chic one. they are there!

Nava - I'm supposed to go out for Italian some time this week for lunch.. I feel your pain. They do have some super cute dresses that would work for casual and professional wear. I love that site. I also bought a pair of black suede wedge heels with a beige strap and buckle that I am looking forward to getting.

Ok, I'm new. Both to MFP and this group, but both are somthing I need. My husband and I are in the process of adopting, and I just don't want to be the "Fat mom". I want to be young and beautiful for my husband, for my future children...and for myself...and I realize I'm not getting any younger! I have "staying on the wagon" issues, but accountability is really helpful for me. I also have a really hard time, getting back on track after getting off. ie this weekend I was sick....having a really hard time getting my focus back today... So that's me in a nutshell. I have over 100 pounds to lose and can't weight until I can say I only have 10 to lose...or none!

i just found out i'm going to winter park, colorado in january!! best part is....my work is paying for it since i'm planning the trip for the managers!!!

woohoo! i've never been skiing so this should be interesting.

be back to read later

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-Katheryne

Ughhhh, just got to work for my sixth straight shift to find I'm doing a nurse special today. That means I sit and watch every move a patient makes for the next eight hours. Boring as anything. Oh well.

We got a counter offer for the house, so we're countering again today.

wibs is doing great around on the surgical ward, she was up and about and giving the students grief yesterday, so she's obviously feeling much better!

Ohhh I just got that pretty shiny red dress in from ideeli in a 14. I hope it fits, it is PERFECT for our Christmas party! I definitely need some nude pumps to go with it..