200+ Sheddin' the Stuffin

Does anyone want to adopt me?

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.

While I agree with them in theory - well the ones that aren't homeless or wanderers that are just there because they have nowhere else to go and nothing else to do, I hope that they will be gone by January!!

I also agree with their message...when they had one. Unfortunately, it has been lost. It was a great idea poorly executed, for sure.

HEY REMEMBER ME? I'M ALIVE!!!!

Soooooooo sorry I've been MIA. I started falling off a bit because of school... then all the Halloween goodness... and then more school... I just relapsed and gained back a bunch and was too embarrassed and depressed to come back. But then I said the heck with it, I miss you girls!

So I return to the fold at... wait for it...
********* 214.8 lbs ****************

I hope you lovelies survived Halloween better than I did. I've got about a bajillion posts to catch up on so I'm going to start on that. It will take a few hours I think, so I probably won't finish before kickball. I have a playoff game tonight, wish me luck! :-D

xoxo
tash

Meatloaf cupcakes for dinner. They are adorable AND yummy. The kids are scarfing them down.

I thought I'd offer up a non-shopping website since I seem to offer too much temptation in that realm hehehe. Www.Thesaladgirlblog.com. I bought her cookbook at a home improvement store this weekend and there are so many fantastical salads in there that I can't wait to try them. Her blog doesn't seem to have too many recipes on it but you can get an idea of her book at least. There is one with roasted cocoa coated sweet potato that I want to try.

Sarah I've made meatloaf cupcakes with mashed frosting before, they are super cute.

I made traders joes mediterranean stuffed chicken with salad and asparagus. Meh. The salad was awesome but the chicken just bleh. I don't really care for it anyways. Tomorrow I'm making pizza, but will need to play with the recipe to keep the carbs down or keep them down at breakfast and lunch. Today I'm at 143. I haven't been subtracting the fiber from it, so not sure what the actual carb count is, but I want it lower. The ebil Halloween candy got me.

It's a Bailey's with some hot chocolate in it kind of night. Luckily, I have the calories left...because I don't think it would matter. Nothing I did to myself this time, just some CRAZY children and a iate night for the hubby. They are sound asleep at 7:40. Now, where did I put that bottle?

Checking in even though I am 7 calories over today. I noticed today at lunch I was famished and I think it was my body catching up with me from yesterday and all the extra walking and it just needed protein majorly!

Well, I am supposed to start my TOM this week but if Clomid working I might not. We shall definitely see how things go as the week progresses. I am not stressing about but I'm also not cramping like I normally would be during this time which is new.

Hailie- I will adopt you!

Ladies I will be back tomorrow and able to chat more. Gotta hit the hay now so I can be bright and bushy in the morning.

Good morning! Checking in for Monday: 2632 cals burned (not bad for a rest day)/ 1704 cals eaten/ 928 calorie deficit. My day did NOT start off all shiny and bright. It started off with the phone ringing at 6am. The Hubbs was quick and got it on the second ring (he was already awake & downstairs next to one of the phones). He talked to whoever for a minute and then made a phone call, I rolled over to go back to sleep. Then the friggin' phone rang 4 more times. There was no going to sleep after that. It turns out that The Hubbs' work was testing their recall roster to make sure everyone's info was current and everyone knew who they were responsible for calling (it's like a phone tree). Well, the way it SHOULD work is someone calls you and you call the next guy on the list and that's it. Is should NOT involve MY phone ringing 5 times at 6am. Grr. I'm also still in limbo about the dog. The lady from yesterday never replied to my texts, phone message or email so I'm pretty sure she's just blowing me off. I have 2 other people who said they are interested so we'll see which one pans out. I need to get the dog gone not just for my sanity but for The Kid's health too. He's been making himself sick to his stomach with worry over the dog for a week now.

Annette: Get back to the diary!

Jenn: 7 calories over is nothing!

Hosanna: I'm sorry that you lost a patient but I think it's really awesome that you were able to contact her family so they could see her before she passed.

Sarah: Bailey's in hot chocolate sounds yummy. I probably would have had that last night had I had any. I only had tequila and vodka and I wasn't really in the mood for hard drinking despite my stress level.

Katheryne: Bummer about your Wii going tits up - no me gusta. Yay for the new, smaller clothes!!!

Lacey: I managed to lower the carbs and calorie content of my pizza crust by using whole wheat pastry flour (more fiber) and rolling the dough Uber thin. Oooh Kerygold butter is the bomb! You'll never go back to regular American butter. I gotta try that pasta sauce recipe, it looks good!

Annasgyal: Wow! 9 miles is super!

Tasha: Welcome back! Good luck on the kick ball.

Bobbie: What's a rat dog? (chihuahua?)

Hailie: I'll adopt you.

Jessi: I have fibromyalgia and my major trigger for a flare up is stress. Eating less chemicals and working out every day has my symptoms mostly under control but stress (like this stupid dog situation) makes me flare up like nobody's business.

Victoria: I'm glad you had a great time. I'm so drooling over pumpkin cheesecake.

Kerry: I'm so happy you are exploring Peas & Thank You. If you like the recipes you find there, it's definitely worth dropping the $15 for her cookbook - it's freaking fabulous!!!!!

Have a great day ladies!

Thanks Ladies. I know that quitting isn't really an option because that will only make me fatter.


Also, you all are cooking junkies! I love to cook, but feel I never have the time to really prepare or think out a meal. Plus it's usually just me and the kids. The hubby doesn't like new things or vegetables etc. So I'd have to scale everything down to a 2 portion meal. I don't have enough room for freezing left overs as our deep freezer just went out. BOO! That plus I'm kind of beat azz tired by the time I get home I don't want to cook. I try to cook on Sundays for the week, but then I get so tired of xyz by wednesday that I give up and end up throwing it out. So which one of you wants to come over and cook for me? I'll pay you in love, hugs, and wine.

i think a group would be awesome!!!! :drinker:

lacey-not sure what tortillas are your fave, but i make pizzas on those. just assemble and bake at 400-425 until done. the crust ends up being almost like a cracker. i love it. This would be another way to keep your carbs a little lower. I don't make doughs (or yeast breads) very well so I can't give advice on that. (Everytime i try to make a bread that involves yeast, it does NOT work.)

amy- don't you just HATE it when something disturbs your sleep in the morning?? i know i do. and sorry to hear about Loki stressing you and your family out. That's a bummer.

kendall- how is that going to work with the service being on an airplane!?

I was looking at how to make a group and I think we should definitely do that. I'll do it if Kristina, Victoria, Lacey or Kendal don't want to. We need a name and a badge image (Kendal: I'm looking at you for the badge image as you're really good with stuff like that).

This is definitely a quick post because today is extraordinarily busy!

Tasha- I totally understand about school being so busy. I have work up to my ears this week. It's like all of my professors got together and plotted to make this the week from........ Hang in there girlie! It's almost Thanksgiving

Annasgyal- We have essentially the same weight loss goals. I started at 240 and my goal for now is 150.... You're like my weight loss twin!

Katheryne- Congrats on the new clothing!!!!! I can't wait to love shopping again I have this really cute dress in my closet begging for me to wear it, but I wouldn't dare go out in public in that thing until I shed another 15-20 pounds.


Victoria- pumpkin cheesecake! I would show absolutely NO self-control lol. I hope you enjoyed it

Kendal- Married in a plane? That sounds amazing I love when I hear about unique wedding ceremonies because I know how special that must be for the bride and groom. And how fun will it be to tell there grandkids about a wedding in a plane?!

As for me, I'm super proud of myself this morning. I knew that I had a ton of work to do today, so last night I promised myself I would take advantage of fall back and wake up an hour earlier to work out. I went to the gym, stopped by the post office, dropped clothes off at the cleaners, ate breakfast, and started my laundry all before 9 am. That's HUGE for me because sleeping is quite possibly my favorite hobby lol. 5 months ago, I would have NEVER woken up an extra hour early just to hit the gym. *Happy Dance* I'm hoping my eating can stay on track this week so that I can finally shed the 210's!

Have a fantastic day

Keshia

Kendal ~ Awwwww, no it's not weird at all!! It just made my day for sure!! Thank you!

Okay I looked at the group - I'd like to add the verbage about if you stay through the first challenge you join THEN you will get added to the next challenges list. And it looks like we could start a new topic under that group for the 200+ sheddin the stuffin and just start a new topic for each challenge right?


EDIT: I added the verbage above to the group description.


I think once everyone finds this group from our thread we should start a new topic for the 200+ sheddin the stuffin.