200+ Sheddin' the Stuffin

Karen - Good luck with the job!! Definitely keep us updated!

KiKi - What is an ezekiel tortilla? And your breaking up lunch sounds like a good plan, really - maybe I should try something like that.

It's midnight. I FINALLY finished knitting my diaper cover, and am started on hopefully what'll be the last test. Unfortunately, as awesome as the yarn is, it's quite splitty so I think it's going to take a while.

Monday, I start C25K! Yay! I have a friend who's starting it with me, even though she's in California. I was kind of hesitant to commit at first, because the definition of "jog" is difficult for me to grasp. Same friend enlightened me: "Jog" is for leisure. "Run" is for zombies. YES! And now, I feel confident in my ability.

Amy: slam - pack of cards, half to each of two players, each turn two to face up (four upturned cards between two downturned piles, between two players). Each player takes two cards from their own pile and can place on upturned cards if same colour and number or same colour and number each side (i.e. 5 diamonds up turned could place 4, 5, 6 of diamonds or hearts on top). If neither can place turn single card from down turned pile onto each upturned pile. Each player always has two cards in their hand to be trying to place. When someone places their last card both players have opportunity (to the cry of 'slam') to cover two of the upturned piles which will make their new starting 'pack'. Aim, therefore, to slam onto the smallest piles on the table, cards get fewer, more likely to be able to 'slam' first at the end of the next turn.
As numbers decrease end up with only two cards in hand which are gone when starting the new round (i.e. when placing cards upturned to make initial four upturned piles), therefore have no cards to 'play' with so are the winner.
Well - that made sense in my head as I wrote it - hope there is some clarity when you read it!!!!! Feeling very jealous about your probable christmas present - I am angling for a pair of walking trainers for when I walk (and train for) my 26 miles!!! (no comparison in that then):laugh:

Pam: not heard of banish fat, boost metabolism - is that a Jillian one too?

Time to go already - will come back to reply more later

Have a great day xxx

All morning i've had that song that starts off with "Can i get a witnessssss?" because when i stepped on the scale this morning it said ********************************************************* 207.5 *****************************************

Today is going to be a great day because of that number! I gained weight in the last challenge so this is the first time in over 8 weeks that I have shown a loss!

*****************231.0*****************************

HOW. AMAZING. IS. THAT?!

Finally, I'm over that dang 232.1 plateau I seemed to hit. I was gaining and losing the same two pounds for weeks and was almost convinced I would never weigh less than 232.1. This morning, I had planned to step on the scale and just get it the heck over with. Its TOM. I had pizza on Wednesday...you know the drill. Thank. Goodness. I lost! I did get to the gym last night as well, so I at least got 2 days of running in. I know that makes me sound like a total lazy a s s, but I promise you girls I am literally that busy. I quite honestly have no down time unless I'm sleeping, which is rare in itself.

On the topic of my trip to the gym last night...It was an absolute train wreck. I took my sister with me. Got all the way to the gym before I realized I forgot my phone. I really wanted to be able to log my run in my c25k app, so I turned around and went home for my phone.

Got on the treadmill, start the warmup, walk for like 3 minutes before realizing I never started the timer on the app. I finally get my times synced and start my run. I increased my speed on my warmup and my run to try to gain some ground. 10 minutes into the running portion I accidentally hit the stop button on the treadmill with my flailing arms. Lovely. I lost all my progress and became so frazzled. I quickly tried to read the outputs for my calorie burn and distance. I restarted the treadmill and resynced the app and started running again. At this point I was so frazzled, I couldn't focus on running. I took a quick walk break to compose my self the jogged some more. I was still fuming angry over this ( a bit overboard, I know), so I slowed down again. Then I busted into a 5.0 run for the last 5 minutes. Then I did a cool down. It felt like the most disjointed, ineffective workout of my life. I still burned 390 calories and covered 2.3 miles, but I felt like a huge failure and was so stressed about the whole thing. No bueno. Oh well. I will continue doing my re-do of week 7 throughout the weekend.

In other news...I'm uber excited for NEXT Friday. Hubs and I are going on a 3 day weekend getaway for our anniversary. Its on Friday (Veteran's Day), and this year is our 5 year wedding anniversary (8 years of being together) and it falls on 11-11-11. We are going to a couples resort that has lots of in house activities, comedy shows, etc. Our room is a huge suite complete with a round bed, in room private heated swimming pool, dry sauna, heart shaped whirlpool tub to name a few. It should be a really good time and we are both so excited. We never went on a honeymoon, and not that this is super extravagant but it will be nice. Its only about an hour away from where we live, which is perfect, as we didn't want to go far if we were leaving the baby behind. So anyway...I'm stoked for these next 7 days to fly by!!

I don't have much to say as far as replies except:

Sarah: Rest girl. Rest. Even God took a day to rest. You are a wonderful and kind person, but you need to take care of you, okay?

Megan - Thanks for remembering! Yes, I have not had a cigarette since September 30th so that puts me at 35 days smoke-free today. :happy: Congrats on the loss this morning!!! That's so exciting, especially after being stuck for a while.

Amy - I try to tell myself the same thing. The problem is, when I "lose it" and start straying from my diet/exercise, I don't even wanna own up to it to myself, much less anyone else. I gotta get over that. Everyone screws up sometimes and you ladies have been the biggest help so if I want this, I just gotta do it.

To everyone else, HI! I'm slowly reading everything from the Hot for Halloween thread that I missed to catch back up to this point... :laugh:

While it isn't my official weigh in, I'm still holding out at 206.4. yeay! I will get back on here later.

FM....my poor dad. He took a new job at a new trucking company like three weeks ago at the most. Monday he was in a hurry and he knocked the "b!tch" bar off the bumper of a guys ford F150. And now apparently he got into a pretty bad wreck last night in his big rig but must be okay...but probably won't have his job when he gets back to the office. I feel so bad for him.

Grrr.....the scale is stuck at 255... I know it's from stress so I can't wait till I leave tomorrow for a much needed vacation with my hubby. My goal will be to maintain my weight while out of town and then push through this blah attitude and get the scale moving again. I hope you all have a great week!
:smooched: Marie

KiKi-- What i do to make a pizza roll is: take one container of pillsbury pizza dough (it comes out in a rectangle) and roll it out onto a cookie sheet. Tap the dough with a fork five or six times to add holes so it doesn't bubble (not that i'm sure it will even bubble, but that's why my mom said she did it, and i'm not willing to waste a pizza to see if she's right). Then I put some pizza sauce (I use Ragu pizza sauce) and some Tillamook Italian Cheese blend and all of my fav pizza toppings evenly over it. Then I roll the whole thing up Jelly Roll style and wrap it with aluminum foil and bake at 400. When it's done i slice it.

I had a friend in high school whose mother did something similar in a bundt pan. I tried it that way once, but after i ruined my mom's bundt pan she was a little miffed. I think I was about 16 at the time. I haven't tried that one again.

-Katheryne

Katheryne- your pizza rolls sound awesome! Friday is pizza day here and I made my pizza with red sauce, feta cheese, bell peppers of all colors, marinated artichoke hearts and broccoli and it was freaking fantastic! We don't have "stay home" snow here in Germany either.

Kiki: I found that weighing in the day after a rest day can be good for my numbers but either way, I'm crossing my fingers for you!

Marie: Enjoy your vacay, where are you going?

Lacey: I'm so sorry about your dad's accidents but I'm glad he wasn't injured.

Sarah: I'm glad you're getting some family time and some rest. Keep at it!

Kendal: Feel better soon! Drinks lots of water to help flush the funk out and make sure to snuggle up next to Mr. Reunion (I'm sure it will help you heal faster).

rain: Congrats on breaking your plateau! Also, you anniversary vacation sounds super-fun!!!

Pam: I made this butternut squash casserole today and I totally thought of you while I was eating it (straight from the casserole dish) http://www.evilshenanigans.com/2010/11/roasted-butternut-squash-casserole/. It was freaking fantastic and you can lower the fat by using cooking spray when you roast the squash and you could probably cut the amount of butter down too (but I didn't).

I am so proud of me (and grateful to Ms. Lacey) for not running to the kitchen to inhale some leftover Halloween candy when I was confronted with a messed up and stressful situation with my mom and brother. Instead, I vented to Lacey and I eventually got over the need to stuff my face with junk. So - thank you Lacey for being there and yay me for not eating crap I don't need!!!

Amy - They sound delicious. My effors on wrap-ish things that aren't too high in carbs, I stick with the low-carb version of the FlatOut! Flatbreads... love them! As far as knitting goes, I taught myself a few years ago, and it took me a while to get decent at it, but I have taught other people through picture messaging, skype, all sorts of stuff.

Megan - AWESOME! Nice job, lady!

Rain - Excellent! Glad you're over that plateau. Sounds like a pretty terrible night at the gym though. I hope you have a good anniversary!

Kendal - I'm glad he's taking good care of you, at least! I hope you feel better soon.

Crystal - HI!

Katheryne - We're supposed to have our first snow tomorrow. Our high is 37. I guess I should get around to pulling coats out of the closet sometime soon. For anything pizza-y? Yes, you do have to poke them with a fork. You can actually get a roller that does it if you make them often enough, and it's SO quick.

Lacey - Sorry to hear about your dad.

Kiki - I'm pretty set in my tortilla ways (I'm SO picky about tortillas), but if I can find them, English muffins I will do, definitely I love a good English muffin!

I hate my first paycheck of the month, so badly, because that's when most of my bills have to get paid. The lady with my storage unit called me to be a b*tch this morning and tell me she needs paid by the 10th. I consistently pay her around the 5th, so I don't know where that came from, but yeah. On the plus side, I did find an awesome sale on cloth diapers today (B1G1 sale on one-size-fits-all covers with prefolds (which I have never used, but I can learn if need be) for $9.95, $14.95 including shipping), so I bought 2 diapers. Cloth diapers are NOT cheap, but definitely are worth it in the long run, so as long as we're planning on kids, we've taken the time to get a head start and have some awesome diapers already, including a Batman diaper that is superawesome.

Time to go put in a ton of orders and get the logs for the weekend done.

Don't forget to set your clocks back Sunday (if that applies to you)!!!

Bra shopping...

Starting size: 40DD

Current size: 34C

YES!!!!! *fist pump*

Yikes, I haven't posted all day and now I'm horribly behind! Let's see, what do I have...

Some of you saw my status today about my jeans practically falling off of me at work today (yay!), so I went shopping tonight to find some more because I am officially retiring 3 pairs of my jeans for being too big (double yay!). The bad news is that I only found 1 pair I liked that was fairly reasonably priced, so I'm 3 pairs down and one pair up. The good news is that in 2 different stores tonight I was trying on size 16 jeans! 16!! When I started on these challenges with you all in June, I was wearing a size 20!! Thank you all for helping me get to a size 16. :happy:

I didn't make it to zumba on Thursday night, but I did some Kinect zumba....tomorrow morning I'm planning on trying a spin class for the first time in 3 years. Cross your fingers for me that this time I don't come home with my whole business downstairs bruised like it was after the only other time I tried spinning. I bought some padded bike shorts, so I'm hoping that helps.

Amy, you always know exactly what I need! I was just making out my grocery list and I have about 5 butternut squashes left over from my CSA. I've already made the curried butternut squash fries in Peas and I plan to make some soup, but I was on the lookout for another good squash recipe. That looks DELICIOUS, and I will be trying it this week for sure! Also, great job with staying away from the Halloween candy! I've had a rough time with that too.

Sarah, that's so awesome about the bra size! You'll have a much easier time finding cute bras now, I'm sure.

Lacey, I'm sorry about your dad. :frown: Tim's brother Steven runs a pretty popular magazine for truck drivers called Large Car Mag, and while they don't really posts jobs on their website they do have a pretty active message board...if your dad winds up looking for a new job, maybe he could find some connections there? The link is: http://www.largecarmag.com/board/phpBB2/index.php

Katheryne, your pizza roll sounds a lot like something that is really big here in West Virginia -- people here make "pepperoni rolls." They are so popular around here that you can even buy them at gas stations! I've heard they're delicious, but as a vegetarian I've never tried them...I've almost thought about not being vegetarian for a few seconds so I could try one, but I haven't done that yet. :laugh: I have thought about making them with fake pepperoni at home though.

Jessi, I always hate our pay period when most of the bills get paid too. The money is in there for such a short time before it all goes to bills, yuck. Keep us posted on how you like c25K!

Kerry, hi! :flowerforyou:

Kiki, I didn't lose very well when I was doing Shred either. This week did not go as planned for me with doing Ripped; I only did it twice. Not good. I'm on the ball next week though!

Sarah, yay for a well balanced life!

Crystal, congrats on 35 days smoke-free!!

Kendal, I hope you feel better soon. :frown:

Rain, yaaaaaaaaay for getting over the plateau! Great job with getting running done too, even if it wasn't how you'd planned. Your vacation sounds awesome; no wonder you can't wait!

Megan, super crazy fantastic loss!!

Hosanna, hope you're loving the 5 star hotel and your newly vigorous man.

Annette, yes, Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism is another Jillian workout. I haven't tried it yet, but I've heard good things about it. I think Sarah may have done it...

Karen, good luck on applying for the new job! Fingers crossed that everything goes well for you with your doctor's appointment too.


I think that sort of catches me up for now. I'll keep you guys posted on how the spin class goes. Here's hoping I don't lose my nerve and/or oversleep. :ohwell:

Shoot! I just looked online and found out that the spin class isn't happening tomorrow. The gym is close to the university football stadium and there's a game tomorrow, so no classes at the gym. Boo! I guess spinning will have to wait until next week.

I had the best meal tonight. All natural and local and health but WAY over cals and carbs. Must redeem with two days straight of perfectness so I can keep this 3 lbs loss.

Also since I'm not working out right now my yass hurts. Like when you sit on a plane for ten hours. I need to do some walking. Even if it's just a mile a few times next week. Damn.

Welcome annasgyal.

Pam thanks for the link. I'm hoping dad will look for something local that he can be home at night as that is what he needs but I will definitely take a look at it for him. YEAY for pants falling off and boo for no spinning.

Karen good luck with the job, raises are nice! I want to see pics, I've seen post ones on fb from a month or more ago.

Sarah double fist pump coming from me. That's a huge boob loss rght there!

Jessie diapers were the one thing I spent good money on. Huggies and nothing else. But good for you for going natural if you can. My only advice is to limit what all you buy because you will find you have way way more than you will ever need at the end of it. I just saw that happen to two of my girlfriends and talk about a waste. Not to say that you will do that of course . Your knitting is super cute, I've looked at your fb pics of the booties.

Amy YEAY for staying away from said candy. I so wanted to do the Jimmie Kimmel thing to Gracie tonight and when I tried she just looked at me and went "huh". Too tired from gymnastics I guess lol.

Kiki and Katheryne you can also make breakfast rolls that way with egg cheese and sausage. I spread mustard on the bread when I do that before I cook them.

Crystal you can do this girl.. You came back so that's a huge step in the right direction.

Kendall I hope you feel better girl.

Rain the three day post wedding baby trip sounds fantastical!!! And at least you didn't just fall OFF the treadmill when you did that.. I've done that. In a gym. Just flew right off the back lol.

Okay that mostly catches me up. I'm gonna watch the rest of Chuck and as much of Grimm as I can before i pass out.