200+ Sheddin' the Stuffin

Hosanna, you got me sitting on pins and needles here waiting with you :-)

Lacey, I'm another NON-dreamer. I used to have nightmares all the time as a child, like vivid nightmares, so I started blocking them out. Even now, if I get caught where I remember a dream, they're never happy.

Happy Halloween, everyone! I just want to say that I am jealous of all of you with little ones...I miss my babies! :sad:

So im doing Sooooo good on the halloween candy tonight! What I have ate, I calculated it in so we r good to go!

Also, don't u love the "in 5 weeks" thing when u finish? Maybe im just in love with it bc it shows numbers below 200. Lol

The other day mine said I would lose over 30lbs in 5 weeks. I don't mind when it's 10-15lbs, but sometimes the thing is so unrealistic because the only thing it takes into account is calories in/calories out for the day.

OH, and I'm like two long chapters away from finishing the latest Game of Thrones book...and its been damn good..but WOW, talk about throwing me or a side loop there. And I have to wait till the new book comes out to find out what happens, and that could be forevvvveer from now the way he writes!

Minor update... Have not heard back from the owner of our house today. Apparently he's not particularly motivated to sell the house, so there's no reason for him really to take our offer (Which, even now, is almost 50k lower than his starting price),
We went and looked at another old place today. It's really cute and their asking price is what we've just offered on this house, so we could offer a great deal less. It's a deceased estate which has been on the market over a year, and no one has put in an offer yet!
We're putting in an offer tomorrow.

My head is starting to hurt...

Oh and somehow i've injured my arm at work today. Poo.

Hi there! Check in for Monday: 2786 cals burned/ 1864 cals eaten/ 922 calorie deficit. I have gotten in all my exercise and stayed under my calories every day for the past week and yet the scale is stuck at 193. I finally sucked it up and input that weight into my MFP weigh in page. It seriously pisses me off to do "everything right" and have the damned scale continue to show an increase. I'm just so frustrated as I haven't lost any weight in over a month.

Sheba: I have Zumba for the XBox Kinect and I LOVE it. I get way sweaty when I do it.

Hosanna: I hope you end up finding the perfect house for you.

Sarah: Hiya, hope you got some sleep.

Lacey: How are you feeling since cutting your carbs? No headaches or anything? I have had crazy dreams as far back as I can remember. When I was in high school, they were all nightmares that bordered on night terrors but now they are just weird and vivid. They tend to get even weirder if I use melatonin. I've managed to not buy anything from Ideeli for about a month now. I am so addicted to that site.

Bobbie: I hate that you'll-weigh-this-in-5-weeks-thing. It's been saying I'll weigh 177 in 5 weeks for the past couple of months but obviously that hasn't happened yet. Grr.

Megan: I gave in to the Halloween candy too, but I logged it and stayed under my cals so I consider it a victory. I get to go skiing for the first time later this month, I'm totally psyched!

Addi: Welcome to the group!

Lisa: I hope you are back on track this week.

Victoria: I hope you're feeling better today.

Kendal: I feel ya on the dog eating the people-food when you aren't looking thing. It's amazing how quickly they can get food down when they are motivated.

Pam: Yay for fitting into skinnier jeans right out of the dryer!!!

rain: I count tea as water.

Kerry: I hope you are doing ok, I definitely think a trip to the doc for tests is in order.

Rikki: It sounds like you had a fun weekend!

Kristina: I think that avoiding the scale might be a good thing while you are trying to get back on track. Maybe you should focus on logging and getting walks in with Emma and then weigh yourself after your clothes start feeling a bit looser. That's what I'd do.

Good morning! This board has been fairly quiet lately (compared to normal), so more time to catch up! Yay!

My morning has been a series of blunders, so I'm hoping it can only get better. Woke up with barely enough time to do Ripped in 30, got downstairs with the bf, and then couldn't find the DVD. It's normally right next to the TV! We looked everywhere, twice, and by the time we finally found it knocked on the ground and pushed under the cabinet (we're thinking the cats did that), it was too late for us to work out and be anywhere close to leaving on time. ARGH! Then I went upstairs to throw stuff in the crock pot for tonight's dinner and promptly sliced my finger with a lid on on of the cans I opened. Later, I couldn't find the shirt I wanted to wear (clean OR dirty), and next I couldn't find the pants I wanted to wear. I feel like I've been punked all morning long. So yeah, the rest of the day has GOT to get better. :grumble:

I have major guilt because I haven't done any formal exercise since Thursday. That's the longest I've gone without working out in a long time, and that's AFTER I made the goal to exercise 6 days a week. Yikes! My brother was visiting this weekend, but that's a lame excuse. That doesn't explain Sunday night or yesterday. Tonight it's on like donkey kong.

Amy, tonight's dinner is that slow cooker chili recipe you posted, along with some of that pumpkin cornbread. Yumyumyum! I can't wait! The bf and I have been eating so much better since you came into our lives. Your Halloween pics are great! Love your costume; adorable AND hot!

Qofsheba, I've been trying hard to get more protein in too. I never used to use powdered protein, but I just can't seem to get high numbers regularly without it so I've added that in sometimes. I think it's been helping me lose too.

Hosanna, I'm crossing my fingers for you! If this one doesn't work out I'm sure you'll find another charmer though.

Sarah, I hope you're feeling better and well rested today!

Lacey, I've only read the first Game of Thrones book and started the second so far, so no spoilers. I keep meaning to try a salmon salad for lunch to get some more protein in, but it hasn't happened yet. On the dream thing, I seem to have about a million dreams a night, all super weird, but most of them vanish from my head right after I wake up. Not sure why some nights they're more vivid than others, and why some vanish more quickly than others though. Yay for a shiny new red dress, and yay for size 14!!

Megan/Bobbie, sometimes that "in 5 weeks" thing makes me smile. On Saturday it told me that if every day was like that one then in 5 weeks I'd be 2 pounds heavier. Ha! I had to laugh. You know you've had a bad day when...

Victoria, I hear ya on the TOM feeling like crud. Right there with ya. It's really making the Halloween candy harder to resist too. Enjoy your vacation!

Kiki, it looks like there's a couple of us doing Ripped in 30 now, so we can all whine together. I'm still on week 1 right now too. So far it's not SO bad...not worse than Shred, anyway. I have a feeling it's going to get much, much worse though.

Megan, awesome about a trip to Colorado! I've never been skiing either, even though I used to live in New Hampshire and I now only live 30 min from a big ski resort. I'm a little scared to try it, but it looks like fun!

Kendal, I hope you got to eat some lunch even though your dog ate most of yours. It's Dogs Gone Wild up in this thread!

Nava, I saw your pumpkin on Facebook -- super cute! It did look like it would take a lot of work.

Pam, I hope your day has improved since this morning. That sounds like the kind of start to a day where you are better off just getting back in bed!

Amy, nice pics! You look smokin' hot in that dress, woman! On the dogs eating food topic, my best friend has a spaniel/greyhound/mutt that they got from the humane society that is a total spaz. My best friend had went to the local farmer's market and bought about $70 worth of amazing cheese for a party she was throwing. We all went outside for about a minute, and when we came back in, Zelda (the dog) had eaten the ENTIRE cheese platter. Yeah. Ridiculous. On another note, I am also frustrated that you haven't lost any weight in a month. It just doesn't make sense and I wish I had some sort of advice, but by my standards you are doing EVERYTHING right. So I just don't get it. More food? Less food? H if I know. I do know I'd like to beat the crap out of your scale.

Sheba, I'm happy to hear you are losing again. I think water is a big key to success in all of this, so way to go on getting more water in. I'm jealous that you have gotten rid of all your Halloween candy. I still have a massive bowl of it at home. I'm sure in a couple of days I'll just bring it to work and be done with it.

Hosanna, my head is spinning trying to keep up with all the house madness you have going on! I hope that it all works out just the way it should and you guys are homeowners sooner than later.

Sarah, HI! Hugs to you, I miss you. Get some sleep, girlie.

Lacey, I just finally bought the Game of Thrones books, but I haven't started reading them yet. I'm pretty excited about it, though. Sorry your phone is being such a booger.

Megan, I agree with everyone else, I kinda HATE that "in 5 weeks you will weigh" button. I hate it when I eat too little and it tells me a number that gets my hopes up, I hate when I eat too much and it tells me how much I'll gain. It just irks me. That is really exciting about Colorado. Have fun!

Victoria, I hope your week isn't too busy and that TOM doesn't dominate your mood all week!

Kiki, good luck with Ripped in 30... there are a bunch of people doing it on this thread, so you guys can all push each other through it.

Kendall, hiya! I hope the little bit of grilled cheese and soup that you got was enjoyable!

So... after work today Chris wants to do 30 day shred with me. (!!!!) He just upped and asked on a whim. He said he'd like to start getting in a 1/2 hour of exercise at least 5 days a week just so he can work on toning. Say wha?!?! Yeah... ... I'm shocked and super super super excited about this. I didn't push it on him at all, I haven't ever even suggested it. He just decided he was going to do it for him. I'm pumped about this. I need to find a more manly 1/2 hour workout for us to do so that he doesn't lose interest, but Jillian will kick his butt just fine to start.

On our way home from the pumpkin extravaganza at mom and dad's we stopped in Sawyer (12 miles from the Indiana border) and went a brewery that just opened over the summer called Greenbush. OMG Victoria, if you ever are that far south in our state, you HAVE to go. Their beers are amazing and the place is SO cute. We bought a growler and intend to stop every time we drive to my parents house. My favorite beer was called Anger, its a Black IPA and it was incredible. That's what we drank last night while handing out candy to the munchkins. Yum.

I'm still having the great marathon debate. I've looked at training schedules and its just SO.MUCH.RUNNING. Seriously, like 6 hours a week devoted to just running? At least? Eek. I'm not sure if I'm up for it. Chris is in the "dude, I think being able to run 13 miles is good enough. Just keep running 1/2 marathons" camp, and he might be right. But I just can't decide.... I think I just want to be able to say I've conquered the marathon distance, you know? In the meantime, I've decided on a new workout schedule, which consists of me doing a standard week of P90X one week, with a 2 mile run added on to the strength days, and then do my hybrid schedule the second week, so replace the cardio days of P90X with longer runs. So it looks like this:

Week 1,3:
M-Chest/Back/Ab Ripper X w/2 mile run
T-Plyo
W- Shoulders/Arms/Ab Ripper X w/2 mile run
Th- Yoga
F- Legs/Back/Ab Ripper X w/2 mile run
Sat- Kenpo X
Sun- 2 mile run and X stretch

Week 2.4:
M- Chest/Shoulders/Tris/Ab Ripper X
T- 5 mile run
W- Back/Biceps/Ab Ripper X
Th- 5 mile run
F- Core Synergistics
Sat- 7-10 mile run
Sun- X Stretch or Yoga X

I'm trying to figure out if I should throw in a week 5 recovery week before I start over. Thoughts?

Okay, that's all the rambling from yours truly for now.

(oh, except I got on my scale this morning and it said 161.5. I almost cried. Stupid mom and dad's house and all the awesome food. Stupid peanut butter pie. Stupid pumpkin cheescake. Stupid peach popcorn balls. Stupid, stupid, stupid)

Hosanna - when we bought our house we looked at a TON of them. I am of the opinion that when you find The House you will know and it will work out. However, getting there is such a major PIA isn't it?

QofS - yeay for losing agian!

Amy - this is only the second day I've done this, so so far so good. Eating within half a nhour of waking up is super hard though. ugh. You do do everything perfectly to lose weight, so not sure whats up wtih that either..the only thing I see is that maybe your deficits are way too big right now? I wonder if you keep around 500 or so for a month if you would start to see a loss again? What a pain..sorry girl! The fam looks fantastic in the photos!

Pam - I have mornings like that. They blow. I am sure the rest of the day will be much better.

Kerry - WOW that is quite the work out plan you've got! You rock for always sticking to it and gettign it done.


Well looking at the weight loss chart, at least I maintained. Again. And without tracking food. I am excited to see if things change this week.

Here is the hubby and I last night. I'm down 37 lbs and he is down 17 lbs.

Erin - I have the same issue with things not having long enough sleeves.

Sarah - Pumpkin Bowling sounds AWESOME! I'm glad the party was such a success.

I read more, was going to reply, but my coworker is being a pain in the *kitten* today, so I keep getting distracted and forgetting where I'm at, sorry! Also, sorry for my mini absence there, I was battling an eternal headache and oddly busy.

Took a pregnancy test yesterday and it was definitely negative. Sucks, but I guess that means I'm off to yet another doctor to see if I can find someone who will actually help me out in this lack-of-a-period crap.

Missed posting a weigh-in yesterday, too, because I was donating blood then dead tired, but it was 262.2. Sadly, I don't know what my last was, but I know it was close. Anyhow, just a quick hello, off to try to appease the b*tchy coworker some more.

Amy- I have those same Alice in Wonderland Shoes!!! Kudos to you for wearing them for more than 5 minutes! lol

Pam- I hope your day gets better.

Rain- sounds good to repeat that week of c25k (it is c25k, right?). I'm thinking that's what I should start sometime soon to start getting in shape for my Warrior Dash.

To contribute to the "you'd weigh XXX in 5 weeks" conversation- my sister's friend posted this on fb today (yesterday was his birthday) "Updated my calories from yesterday on myfitnesspal and when I was done it told me that if every day were my birthday, in five weeks I'd gain 60lbs. #Oneyearclosertoaheartattack" LOL

Kendal: I LOVED those shoes. The DO have quite a tall heel but I have a really high arch so I can stand high heels for a decent amount of time. The host of the party has a HUGE house and split us all into groups to do a scavenger hunt all around the four levels of the house so I totally ditched the shoes for tromping up and down all those stairs.

Keshia: The Wii remote weirdness is the reason I switched over to the XBox Kinect. No remote = a lot more time playing the game rather than having the stupid game tell you "it looks like you're having trouble with this move."

Jessi: I hope you feel better. I definitely think going to the doctor to figure out what's up is a good idea.

Katheryne: My hubbs can fix all electronical weirdness in 5 seconds and I can't ever fix them at all. It sucks.

Jenn: Cute pic! I loved re-discovering my collar bones too.

Lacey: You're probably right, I should probably eat more. It's tough though.

Kerry: I like your schedule. I think you should throw in a recovery week though, just to give your body a bit of a break from the pounding you're going to give it.You're gonna have to stand in line to beat the crap out of my scale though - I got dibbs!

Pam: I so LOVE that you like the recipes I've posted here. I hope you enjoy the chili. I also hope you day improved.

So my Dance Central 2 game for the XBox Kinect came today and I spent an hour playing with it. It is a SERIOUS workout. I have already decided that I like it better than my Zumba game (which I like a lot) because there is a bigger variety of music and dance moves. It also has a dance battle mode so I have battled (and beat) both The Kid and The Hubbs. Super-fun!

Kiki, I have the exact same problem with lunges! Like you, I'm fine with squats, but no matter what I try I just can't get my knee close to the floor on lunges. It's like you said, it seems like my knee just won't bend that way or something. I'm really flexible normally too; I can bend over and put my palms on the ground without bending my knees, I can get pretty twisty during yoga, etc., but that stupid lunge...I don't know what's up! Jillian says something like "Your knee is about 2 inches from the ground on this one" and I always say "No it is not!"

Kendal, holy cow, what did your friend eat for it to say he'd gain 60 pounds in 5 weeks? I ate horribly on Saturday and it only said I'd gain 2...he must've had a really good birthday.

Keshia, you're close enough to onederland that you could be there by Christmas too! That's my goal...

Jessi, glad to see you back! Sorry about the negative test...hopefully the doctors can tell you what's going on with the no periods thing. Good luck with the b*tchy co-worker too.

Katheryne, your night last night sounds as good (ha!) as my morning this morning! Hopefully today is better for you. I think I would've eaten my furniture if it got to be 5pm and all I'd had to eat so far was string cheese.

Jenn, great job on the loss and great picture! You've gotten me thinking about when I might notice my collar bones.

Kerry, $70 worth of cheese?! Man, your friend must've been LIVID! So cool that Chris wants to do Shred with you! Shred was much better having Tim's support when I did it. Plus watching him workout is fun. Your workout schedule is a beast! That's dedication right there.

Rain, great run!

Lacey, I fondly remember going out dancing with my girls, but I wouldn't want to be doing it now. Sleezeball guys trying to grind all over you, wearing shoes that you want to throw in the garbage by the time you're done, your once cute hair plastered to your head like a helmet....I love to dance though, except now I'm doing it in my basement and liking it even more than I did when I used to go out. I think this might mean that I'm getting old. :laugh:

Amy, I'm with you on the Kinect. We've got Wii and Kinect both now and I love Wii, but if games come out where I have the choice I will pick Kinect every time. I'm going to have to get Dance Central 2, and I want to find that zombie game you were talking about!


Speaking of zombies, Tim & I started watching season 1 of Walking Dead. Wow! They don't shy away from showing the gross stuff, do they? We've only watched the first two episodes and we're totally hooked.

The day has gotten better than it was for me this morning (how could it not), but it sure is going slooooooooooowly. I want to get home to chili and pumpkin cornbread!

My new profile pic is one Amy took me of me outside the Moulin Rouge our first night in Paris. No makeup that night. I was exhausted lol.


I had a piece of black licoric with lunch. And I'm still under where I want to be for carbs for the day. yeay. I love black licorice.

Now to stay away form the candy tonight...I think iwill have to have Jeff hide it like last year.

Nava, I was going to mention that about the fun size candy too. 40 - 90 calories for something not even as long as my index finger? WTF is that? I say that after having eaten 3 1/2 pieces of "fun" today.