200+ Sheddin' the Stuffin

Just to share - feeling ultra fed up. Have no idea what to eat, just want to go back to bed and hide. No idea why.

That's all I got xx

i had replies typed out for everyone, but the stupid "post reply" button wouldn't submit it and then the screen went blank. oh well.

i'll just say happy monday. It is currently 70 degrees outside for some reason and it's phenomenal!!!! I think this will be our last bit of nice weather because we start getting the really cold. talk to you all later!

I'm venting - be warned!

So Loki's new owner called me back right after my last post on here and said she was all set to pick Loki up at 4pm today. So I broke down his crate and packed all his junk together and stuck it in my car. I was 2 minutes from leaving to meet her when she texted me to say that she lost her oldest kid and had to go look for him (he's like 17, so I'm sure he just wandered off with friends or something) and since it is already getting dark and she doesn't drive in the dark...she can't pick Loki up today. Grrrrrrr......

Amy: You are doing all the right things. It WILL come off. You are working on a 1000+ deficit every day...your body will catch on. Soon. In other news, I bought my very first tofu ever (because of you) and I have NO idea what to do with it. Come on over and fix it for me?

Annette: I feel for you girl. That is a crappy place to be in. Don't you dare give up on me, girl.

Lacey: You hung onto your loss, sister!! I am so proud of you! i read that this morning and stood up at my computer and gave you a fist pump. Really. Wiggle was confused. :laugh:

Hallie: Great job on goin' back to C25K! You are going to rock it this time!! 4 minutes of running is nothing to balk at. I never did the C25K program, but when I started, I was running in 15 second intervals. 4 minutes felt like an eternity.

Kerry: Where ARRRRRRE YOOOOOOOOOU??!!!???

Well, I went running this morning for the first time in two weeks due to time constraints. It was awesome. I did 7.2 miles and I was strong to the end. I was a little afraid I'd lost it, not being out there for so long. I went to the Goodwill on Saturday with my mom and found some AWESOME cold-weather running gear. I bought two pair of UnderArmour pants, two Nike turtlenecks, a Pearl IZumi jacket, and three 'new' bras for $21. I was so excited. I was warm AND cute on my run this morning.

I have a whole day of nothin' planned for today. I have dinner in the crock pot (pumpkin chili) and my kitchen and bathrooms are clean. The bedrooms could use some attention, but I'm going to take my time and remove all the toys that aren't favorites for donation. They both just had birthdays and Christmas is coming. The four of us live in 1100 square feet right now...there is NO extra room. Speakin' of Christmas, I am decorated for Thanksgiving, but the music is all Christmas. I baked Sugar Cookie Cutouts on Friday with the kids and I have planned a Pinterest craft night with my girlfriends to do some Christmas projects on the day before Thanksgiving.

I feel way more normal. My heart is better. My soul is better. And I am not nearly as crazy as I was last week. I have started limiting my "helping" to one kid-sitting per week and one meal delivery per week. I am still going to my friends house and picking up a couple times a week, but she is coming home in two weeks and they have started installing new equipment to help her. Her MIL and Mom are coming in next week, so my involvement will be reduced greatly. I can focus on HER rather than her dishes and laundry.

I will weigh in a few minutes. I just logged on and saw Lacey's loss and got all excited.

Nava: Your Taste of the Town sounds pretty cool.

Sarah: Here's something you can do with tofu: http://peasandthankyou.com/2009/10/28/problem-solved/ Honestly, you can make any kind of marinade that floats your boat but definitely press the tofu and broil it the way outlined in the post so that it gets crispy and not all mushy and gross (mushy tofu is pretty freaking horrible).

Rikki: Sometimes it's hard to keep our goals in mind. On Saturday, Gabe's soccer team had a party after their last game and they had pizza and cheese sticks and cinnamon sticks. I ate a veggie burger and was happy with it but I sat across from a teeny tiny lady who wolfed down her pizza, her husband's leftovers AND one of her kid's leftovers before chowing down on 3 or 4 cinnamon sticks and I swear to you the woman is a size 4 (max). I was kind of blown away at how much that chick put down in one sitting. I'm pretty sure that being thin tastes pretty good for people like her. (yeah, I was a bit jealous - I admit - lthough watching her eat that much kind of made me sick)

Quick grumble grumble... My request for the base pay review was denied. How is it that people in Personnel never seem to say things in a nice way and always manage to make you feel like a maroon?

OFFICIAL WEIGH IN: 206.6!!! THis is actually .2 lbs up from the whole week, but considering I ate more carbs and cals the past three days I will totally take it! Not sure if it is the change in calorie intake or the change in the kinds of foods I am eating, or the 50 grams of protein first thing, or a combo of all three..but continuing on the path this week with the same thing.

This weeks goal is to walk twice for at minimum two miles. My butt hurts like I said and I need to get moving a bit..however my main focus through Christmas, and probably until I get back from Florida in January is to eat right. I will pick up P90X when I get back from FL with the rest of the girls doing it in the group. Some form of it anyways, probably the three strength training days.

I added a tsp of chia seed to my smoothie this morning in the effort to get more fiber to flush that cholesterol out. That is my second goal this week - to increase my fiber intake.



Kristina - YEAY for no pizza ordering. We brought home half a pizza yesterday and it was complete and utter torture when my daughter got it out and ate a piece in front of me. I ate one piece and then walked out of the livign room while they ate the rest of it straight out of the box.

Sarah - thanks for the fist pump! I gave myself one, well two, this morning too! And yes, at least you are holding out..if you see this one more week what are you going to do?? Change your diet somehow or your exercise? Yeay fo rmore sane times to come. Hey...I'm going to be up to Portland in January to see West Side Story with a girlfriend of mine....hint hint.

Nava - one word - LAME. I've been to a few Taste Of festivals, they are fun.

Pam - I think it is so unbelievably COOL that you are trying all these new exercise classes and such. That takes guts and effort to seek them out. And as for sugar, I gav e up on tracking it. It will make me crazy since I get tons of natural sugars from fruit and dairy.

Rikki - I've said that SO many times..that I am just destined to live in this body and this weight. And for a long time it was true and I was totally okay with that. And I definitely have times where I just eat whatever the F I want and Eff The World who gets in my way. You weren't here for what I have dubbed The Cakester Incident...well about four months ago now, i was all sorts of hormonal and such. There are times I have to stay out of Target because no matter what I do I can't stay away from the Oreo Cakesters. Well I'd had a bad day and was hungry and blah blah and went to Target on a mission to buy these things. They had moved them. I was like about to freak the F out and had crazy eyes and my mind was going nuts and I was so pissed that they weren't there anymore and what the F and on and on, texting my girlfriends all this stuff. I went up and down the aisle and end caps looking for them. I even had a clerk back away when they asked if I wanted help,,probably because I looked nuts. Well I finally foun them FIVE rows away!! I ate three packages of them in the car on the way home. Its a 20 minute drive. Sometimes we just go nuts. The thing is to get back to it and don't let the day or two days get to you and ruin you for a week. You CAN do this! You HAVE been doing this!!

Amy - That totally sucks about the woman and the dog. She sounds flighty. Hopefully she isn't and was just worried about her kid. I always wonder about the poeple who never gain a pound and eat like they are a horse too. You are SO close to 180's!!!

Hailie - good job on the C25K girlie! Keep it uP! I've had extractions done around my nose when I get facials...they HURT but man its so good when its done isn't it! Have you ever looked up The Oil Cleansing Method?? Talk about making my skin clear.

Annette - I'm sorry you are feeling fed up. Maybe allow yourself a couple hours to grovel and then be done? Everyone needs to let them selves feel like *kitten* once in a while. Chia seeds are these little black seeds that if you soak them in water they turn into this gel and you can use it to replace the fat in your baking, etc. I quite like them.

Jessi - hehe, there is a HUGE difference in what is runway fashion and practical fashion isn't there?? LOL. YEAY For C25k!!! Keep at it girl.

Ami - the sweet potato black bean salsa combo...I could see that as working in my mouth.

Jenn - puppies are cute, I love them. Even though they are a ton of work I love them. Good job walking around like that!!

Kendal - I hope you are feeling better girl.





Ookay I gots ta get to work here..

Weighing in at 212.8.

I hope everyone had an excellent weekend! Hopping right along on Ripped in 30, started week 2 and WOW! It really is a killer, but it's doable and I WILL do it

It's finally getting cold over here in Boise, my poor kiddo does not like it! She's really into her outdoor playtime, but does not like being all bundled up since that makes it harder to play We went to a local playground yesterday and the traction on her boots made it impossible to go quickly down the slide, lol.

Thanksgiving is creeping up on us. My favorite side dish is stuffing, I need to try and find a lower cal recipe for it! Anyone have anything tried and true?

weigh in ........... 232.6.............

So, the scale definitely went up but I was expecting it. Last week the scale was at 229 unofficially - I can't resist weighing myself several times a week - but only record the Monday weight. The 220s may have been fleeting but I'm gonna try and drink lots of water, eat well this week, and hopefully get meet 229 again very soon.

For those of you who thought the sweet potato/black beans combo sounded good - I got the base recipe here: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/black_bean_smothered_sweet_potatoes.html

and then I tweaked it a bit by using canned diced tomatoes, greek yogurt instead of sour cream, and cumin seeds instead of ground cumin, and just increasing the spices a bit to taste. Yum. I'm tempted to have it for dinner again tonight.

week 4 day 2 complete! I struggled the last 2 minutes or so and some might say that what I was doing couldn't technically be called "jogging" since it was set at 4.3 (down from 5.0)...but whatever... I was moving and didn't stop so I'm happy for now. I'm definitely going to have to repeat this week... but at least I have hope that its going to get easier and that I might just be able to do this!

Hallie - looks like we are on the same c25k schedule. Week 4 is really kicking my butt! (literally, my butt hurts after this morning!) When I did D1 I couldn't even get myself to modify it... I just gave up. Good luck trying it again!

Kiki - while not tried and true - I saw a recipe for chicken sausage, brown rice stuffing on skinnytaste.com yesterday that I'm thinking about trying. I LOVE bread stuffing though and am not sure that a rice recipe will be a good alternative but I figure it's worth at try.

Pam - awesome job on the loses - I'm excited for you! As for spinning class, I've tried it twice, but they were a year apart. Both times were great but I woke up so sore "down there" that I couldn't bring myself to go back. It's so awesome that you tracked down a class even across town. Its no wonder you've been seeing such great loses!

Amy - sounds like Loki's new owner is pretty inconsiderate! I can imagine how frustrating that must be. Hopefully she'll follow through tomorrow.

Rikki - I'm coming back from quite a few days of horrible food choices myself. I know what you mean about feeling like I'm just "meant for this body." Of course we are going to fall back into old habits along the way and eat junk. But today is a new day and that means a day to make better choices and work towards not just having the body that I'm meant to have but having the body that I want to have. If it was easy, I wouldn't be in this mess in the first place, right?

Jessi - yay for starting c25k!

Ok, I'm definitely out of time. Sorry if I missed anyone!

Hailie - That extractor looks both terrifying and confusing. Wow.

Amy - I'm going to be running. In my house. Because it's icy. It works, though, so whatever. She... LOST... her kid? O.o I hope she gets Loki soon....

Rikki - I think feeling lonely is pretty understandable. Sorry you're having to deal with that. Spinach dip is pretty awesome. As for the "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels" stuff - I was skinny once. Like, 117 pounds, really unhealthy skinny. I prefer being chunky (but not fat, like now) because I feel human then. Thin is overrated.

Sarah - Glad you found some good cold-weather running stuff!

Pam - Nope, no treadmill. Neighbor flaked on me about 30 minutes before I got off work so I could pay her. So... braving the cold is the plan for now.

Lacey - What exactly is chia seed... and how does it affect flavor? And honestly, I'm not much for practical fashion, either. :P I kinda suck at being a girl.

I woke up in an awesome mood this morning, well rested, got to work earlier than I thought I would considering I was walking on ice... and then everyone started being a pain in the *kitten*. "Do more! But no! Do less! But... DO SOMETHING!" Um, yeah. You're annoying me. Go away now? Kthxbye.

I've got our high school's Madrigal Dinner tonight at 7, and I'm pretty excited about that (other than the apple cider, since I'm allergic to apples). C25K tonight, too.

Oh, and omg! I actually remembered both to take my temp when I woke up for my cycle charting, ANDDDDD I remembered to weigh myself!

261.9! A little loss, but a loss is a loss!!!

Kerry & Lacey: Boys and their robo-metabolisms suck. 'Nuff said!

Jessi: Yeah, she texted me saying should lost her kid. Then she never texted me again. I'm thinking I'm gonna take the other offer I got for Loki. I need to get the dog out of the house so that I can go back to being mostly sane and so Gabe can stop upsetting himself over the whole thing (every day he wakes up asking if today is the day that we get rid of Loki).

Ami: I remember Week 4 being the hardest one for me when I did C25K.

Kiki: my inlaws live in Boise and they always call us when the snow starts falling (they LOVE snow).

annasgyal: Great walk today!

Lacey: Great weigh in!!!

Katheryne: I bet your gain goes away with some water and time.

I'm in a super-pissy mood so I'll just say hiya and have a great rest of the day. I'm gonna take my evil-self to bed and hope everything looks better in the morning.

Oye - I've spent the last 3 hours reading to catch up with you ladies. Our flight was delayed by 5 hours. Gotta love airports. We won't be home until midnight. Not sure when I'll find the time to reply. Too much to remember with the iPhone. We had all kinds of great crab food, pumpkin cheese cake (yummy) and a pumpkin beer (not my fav)... Many brewpubs were visited. It will be nice to get home and be back on a normal schedule. I now need a staycation to recover from the vacation but work is too busy for that. Thinking of you all... Keep up the great work.

Lacey - I really probably /should/ dress better for work, and once in a while I feel like playing dress-up and being girly, but for the most part, jeans and a t-shirt it is. Dressy, adorable shoes always win, though, except when it's icy.

Amy - I don't blame you for taking the other offer. I'm rather pessimistic when it comes to my faith in other people, so if something like that happened I'd assume they were flaking on me. BTW, I love that you said you'd just say "hiya" - because it brought to mind little kids shouting "hi-YA!" while kicking and karate chopping. Maybe that's what you need to do to eliminate evil-you. :P

Victoria - Glad you had a good time! Can't wait to have you officially back.

I've had a bit of a wonky upset stomach today, but I think it's just from stress. It seems to subside a bit when the stress levels drop. I've made a point of being more active in the office alone today, cleaning white boards and carrying things to where they belong (mostly, we're all lazy around here and will let the box of printer paper sit on our couch until it's empty, things like that), and just being generally productive in an attempt to keep the stress in check. So far, so good, mostly.

Lacey: Let's do it. Drinks and apps in Portland? I won't go DT because of the Occupy crowd, but I'll meet you almost anywhere else.