T.H.E. Team (Trying Hard Everyday) Week 38-Newbies Welcome
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I have a 17 month old girl. I know how you feel. It's hard for some to get motivated after having a baby... but I'm glad that you found us. When I first started I started slow. I started making changes to way that I eat. Little ones, and now my body is back to where it lets me know when I'm full. I don't over eat like I used to. I feel like I have re trained my tummy to take only what it needs to be full. I have more energy. It's taken me since June to lose 17 pounds.... but I feel like I'm on the right track now.
I wish you good luck and stay with us for support. There are some awesome gals here.
Energy is a huge problem for me, my daughter wakes up a lot through out the night, so I am usually really tired. Thanks for the support.0 -
Yesterday was the first day w/out Halloween candy or other junk being consumed. Trying very hard to get control over my life, and this is only one of the areas! Working on our finances, too, we suck at that. I need to get a parttime job to get us out of this hole so we can get even and I need to work from home, so if anyone has any "real" websites (I"ve checked out a lot of scams!) please let me know! Also looking into doing freelance writing. Gotta put that journalism degree to use some day! ha!
Did not exercise today as I'd wanted to, I'm all full of ideas at night and then in the morning have no motivation. But I might go later. At least I'm eating right so far today, although I did have a PBJ for lunch, at least it was on good for me bread.
Have to figure out what's for dinner. Thinking tuna casserole, something fast and easy. Probably not great on calories, but not bad either.
Have to go log my food for the past 2 days, before I forget.0 -
I logged my food on the weekend so I am feelng good about that. I got under one of those 10lb milestones. Only 1lb under but it feels good. Ive lost 13 lbs since I started my new meds on thursday so must have been carrying a lot of water. So this week might feel good on the weigh in day! Today I wore pants to work that were so tight i could barely breathe the last time I wore them and today I could actually put both my hands down in front of the waist band. If I lose anymore they will be too big to wear totally. I was so happy today about that.
On a peronal level my weekend sucked so bad . I got into it with so many people. My ex hurt my feelings and I got mad, My daughter got pissy with me and that made me mad and my best friend was such a ***** last night at dinner. She jumped on me for being on the computer ( I was logging my food) then she got such an attitude and was *****y over MILK, then she totally humilated me and hurt my feelings so bad I don't even want to have our dinners any more. We have them every other Sunday night. I am done with it.
I am praying for a better week cause I dont think I can handle anything worse. I could lose the only friend I have over this weekend.0 -
crazybee - sorry to hear your stressful weekend. Glad you were able to stay focussed on healthy eating. This week will be better - you are in control of your emotions.
adopt4 - :devil: HALLOWEEN CANDY IS EVIL! lol Hurray for controlling your life.
cc - my daughter is 3 and sleeps throught the night - you will get through this stage! :flowerforyou:
prayerfulmom - glad you checked in!
Last night I went to the gym for 60 minute work out on the treadmill. Starting to count the days until Christmas. Hope to be at my goal weight by then. Hubby is taking the kid swimming while I work out tomorrow. Nice for them to get some exercise too!0 -
crazybee, so sorry your friend doesn't understand. not to excuse her behavior, but is there something going on in her life where she felt that you should pay total attention to her? is she jealous of your success? is she feeling guilty that she doesn't eat right? or doesn't she understand what you were doing and that it would only take a few mins, and that if you didn't log it right away you'd forget...
i know i get my feelings hurt when hubby is reading his email on the phone when I'm trying to talk to him. he doesn't get it that i just need 30 secs of his time. that's a different situation, of course, he isn't logging food but reading work email (and he works so very much, i rarely get to talk to him) but i know i get pissy with him when i should really explain to him why i am so hurt. ya know?
first try to talk it out with her and see if you can resolve it. if u can't then decide whether u can emotionally deal with her not supporting u in this and still be friends, or if it will hurt u more to keep her around...
i'm thinking of distancing one of my few friends too, she complains about being broke all the time, then goes out and spends tons of money whenever she has a penny on stuff that isn't important and necessary, then the next minute complains that she can't feed her kid. which i'm thinking, did u really need that pair of shoes when you have 95 pairs (i counted once)? did u really need that "pretty " collar for your cat? did ur daughter really need that $95 pink tutu when she's not even in dance classes? just makes me want to smack her upside the head sometimes. and she's gettting child support, so in reality her mortgage is covered, and all her job has to cover is utilities and food (how easy it that to earn with a fulltime job?) and she makes good money... then the next week i hear how she got a babysitter and went out to dinner with her friends at newport bay... drives me crazy. cuz we really are broke and we dont' get child support or anything besides hubby's salary, and have lots of bills. we have some luxuries like cable but that's soon to go. internet we have to have for hubby's work (whew) so that won't go away. just frustrates me to no end to talk to her. good thing she doesn't live close so i can always claim a kid emergency to get off the phone with her, and I don't have to see her. but then i think, can i afford to lose any friends when i have so few?0 -
Adopt: my friend ASSUMED I was playing farmtown on the computer when she jumped on me but either way what I do in my own home is my business I am not a child. The whole story is I had 12 people for dinner. I made 9 lbs of pork roast, 3 boxes of rice a roni and 3 cans of beans. Two of the kids eating were gonna be late, one after work and one after church. So I said to make sure to leave them some food. So we all got dinner and as we were about to be finished my friends daughter and boyfriend asked if they could have milk. I said yes but make sure there is some for my son for breakast. She had a fit about me saying that. But the kids usually get the biggest glass and will drink 2 glasses if you don't say something. Then just as my son needed pickup up from church, she left at the same time Ashley did to go get him and she told those who were leaving that there were kids inside who still were hungry and there wasn't enough food so she went and got her, her daughter and her boyfriend Burger King and came back and they ate in the livingroom. There was plenty of food, they each had a large plate full. Yes there wasn't enough for seconds but they weren't starving. It isn't necessary for everyone to try to eat a pound of meat and a box of rice apiece!! That was just totally embarrassing and humiliating to me. I didn't even talk the rest of the night. We watched a movie and when we were sitting in the dark I sat there crying and trying not to let anyone know. The proper thing to do would have been to get Burger King on their way home if they were still hungry. Those kids just inhale large plate of food and get more before their stomach tells them it has food! I just can't get over feeling so embarrased. I don't even want to do our "family night" dinners anymore and we have done this for 9 yrs now0
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Aww so sorry you went through that Crazybee ... that was totally uncalled for from your friend... I don't even know what I would do in that situation... probably never cook again! I hope it all works out for you :flowerforyou:
So for myself... day two of actually eating right, drinking my water and back to walking... was even able to get up early this morning to walk... first time in 3 week for that
But wow am I tired now lol I think I'm hitting the hay early tonight.
I still haven't been able to join the gym... something always seems to come up (financially) but I'm not giving up... hoping within the next month... that is if Hubby gets back to work soon... he's a taxi driver and last week some lady hit him... he wasn't hurt but his vehicle was totaled ... gonna be a while before they get a new cab... and that means no income until he's back to work :frown:
Well that's it for me... I'm off to bed... starting to see double, must mean I'm tired :laugh: have a great night everyone!!0 -
Just checking in -
Only two more days til my doc and nutrition appointment. I'm really hoping they can help me with my level of frustration
Sorry, I'm pouty and NOT good company right now concerning exercise, foods, emotions and all the other mess that goes into weight loss. It's like I'm in "hunker down" mode and I only have the attention it takes to concentrate on me. I just don't have any words of wisdom or even encouragement ~ I know this will change soon, when I get my second wind but in the meantime, I'm not hanging out much on MFP. I'm the kind of person that goes away when they have nothing productive to offer - nothing personal and I promise when I am able to adjust my attitude, I'll be back full throttle.... cuz I love youse guys. Just wanted you to know...
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Update:
Starting Weight- 149 lbs as of 10/23
Starting Waist- 33" as of 10/23
Today I did a practice fitness test and did better than I thought I would.
43 push ups in one minute
42 situps in one minute
32.5" waist
Weight 147
12:53 mile and a half run
My goal for January's fitness test is below, so I am getting there.
Fitness Test Goal (January 2010):
Run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes flat or less
30” waist or less
47 push ups in one minute
54 sit ups in one minute
Weight 140lbs
HealthyMOM2009- Thanks for the encouragement. Last night was a rough night. I laid her down at 7:30 and she refused to lay down on her own. So after rocking, back rubs, lots of bedtime songs she fell asleep at 9:00. In the past I used the book "Good Night Sleep Tight" and she was sleeping on her own with in a week. It was amazing. So I am going to try it again. For some reason the last few days she hasn't wanted to go to sleep on her own. Thanks again for the support!0 -
Hi there,
I'm looking for a group to join - maybe this one is it?
I'm at weight maintenance, but yo-yoing, so I need some way to be accountable to stick to my calorie goal, and posting it would help.
Also, I have a fitness goal. I just finished one leg of a Triathalon, 26 km cycling through mountains, but had to push my bike up the hill. I want to be able to do it in May, the entire way, with a respectable time. I'm not really an athlete, so any tips on how I can get this fit would be appreciated.0 -
Hey, gang, sorry I have been MIA for a minute. My internet at home was down over the weekend, then it snowed here yesterday and I needed to get the yard and garden ready for that, so today is the first time in a while I have to sit down to the computer. How are you all?? I will catch up on posts later. Just wanted to say hi and let you know I am still on track. water drinking is my challenged this week. Am getting back on track from TOM last week. Take care and be safe!0
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crazyb - are you kidding me???? i cannot believe how rude some people are? i thought she was just you know, a little hurt or something about the one thing, not a totally rude person like that! it's not polite to go to someone's house and eat and eat everything in sight, particularly when you didn't provide that food! i totally understand why you'd want to NOT go thru that again. sheesh. what a *&$**% *&*###)& *^^@)#$
I'm so sorry that your "friend" was SOOO rude. OH my gosh I still can't believe that. Yes there have been plenty of times we've eaten at someone's house and gotten BK on the way home, because they weren't really "serving" food but showing it off, LOL. But so what? We were a guest at their house.
Sounds like your "friend" is more like - you're a friend to her, she's not a friend to you. Got plenty of those. They're easy to find. This doesn't sound like a "one off" situation but that she's totally wrapped up herself and you're supposed to be there "for" her whenever she wants. Not cool. Maybe not invite HER anymore? Or anyone else that is rude, and just have the nice giving people over? Or maybe ya wanna drive on down here for a big Sunday dinner, we'll get losingits and my families together and have a big ole time.
Went off track a little yesterday but only because I didn't figure out what the calories were gonna be BEFORE I ate the casserole. Oh well. Only drank half my water so need to get back on track with that. Boys are home from school for 3 days so I'm not at my computer much!!0 -
Hello! I am a newbie to this board, but am so very glad I found you guys! I'm starting today 1 anew, shedding off the past and beginning a new start. My starting weight is 196. I will complete weekly weigh ins on Sunday and post the results here (hopefully I won't forget!)
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yay leedabeeda!!! welcome!!! Glad to have you with us! Hope you enjoy THE team! I have just a minute today, I am going to a conference for work today and tomorrow and have to be there in about 30 mintues. I am very proud that I got up early and went for a 30 minute walk. Whew! HRM said I burned 612 calories. This has been a great workout week for me. On the other hand, like you, LULU, my weight is doing something weird. Yesterday, I was down three pounds for the week, today I am up four, so a seven pound swing in a 24 hour period. Thats very frustrating, and I am not sure what it is all about. Anyway, no more time today. Take care, drink your water, love you guys!
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Hey,
Things get so busy this time of year! I thought I had my calendar under control and now Nov looks like I beld ink all over it. Its all good stuff (choir, yoga retrea, writing workshops) but man it piles up. And on top of the my hubbie is complaining that he doesn't see me enough That really hurt so we tried to talk about where there are holes in the schedual and where we can make some. It really difficult to balence work, Husban, work outs, obligations and interests. I know that I'm not healthy when I give up on the workouts and interests, but my marriage is not happy when I don't make time for the husband too. Looks like its time to list all the crap I do and cut some. I promise myself every year that I will get better about not over loading myself and some how it always happens anyway.
Crazybee: I can't believe how your friend treated you. You should be allowed to do anything you want in your own home and I would never dream of being to unkind to someone that I have know so long and has cooked for me. If she has a problem maybe she can do all the cooking next time. Maybe you should go to her house. Than she will have nothing to complain about. But honestly I have spent too much of my own short life putting up with people who wanted things from me and not just my company. You don't have to keep abusive negative people in your life. Much as it hurts at times to let them go it is what needs to be done. If she really is someone that you love nad that is not a option be painfully honest with her. If she is really your friend she will listen.0 -
Okay, so I'm not a big fan of pre-packaged foods. But, my favorite grocery store is having an awesome sale on lean cuisines so I bought 5 just to eat for dinner on my occasional 13-14 hour work days when I don't have anything else prepared or when I don't have an leftovers for lunch at work, etc. This morning was an "oh, crap I don't have enough time to even make a sandwich for lunch" kind of morning so I grabbed a Lean Cuisine for lunch. It's been a long time since I've had one. It was so much better than I thought it would be. The chicken was *real chicken,* not pressed chicken, real actual white meat chicken tenderloin. The potatoes weren't the watery flavorless mess I thought they would be, they were respectable, and the cornbread stuffing was pretty much just delicious. I'm really glad I tried it. 240 calories, no artificial ingredients or preservatives, and just 610mg sodium (which isn't so bad considering it's a frozen dinner).
Anyway, I'm going to buy more this evening (the sale makes them $1.49 each). It's at Kroger in case anyone is interested. They're on sale for $1.99 each but if you buy 10 items included in another sale (the lean cuisines are included), you get an additional $5.00 off. So you could buy 10 LCs for $14.90 which I think is a great price. Add some green veggies to most of the meals and you've got a decently well-rounded ~300 calorie meal for whenever you're in a pinch (the occasional pinch. Again, I don't think eating them every day is a very good idea, but that's just my opinion).
I normally would never endorse a frozen dinner, but the real chicken thing and the quality of the food kind of changed my mind about Lean Cuisine. I wouldn't eat them every day... or even several times a week. But when your other options are fast food or not eating at all, I now think they may be a decent choice.0 -
Hey All! Newbie here. Well to the site anyway. I have been on my journey since January. 97 lbs down so far. I would say my Holiday challenge is to reach my 100 lb loss before Thanksgiving.
Anyone scared about the holidays coming up? i am a little nervous. I thought about letting myself endulge in the Turkey, stuffing, etc. But I am so scared that it will cause me to fall way off track. I have this issue. As long as I stay on track I am good. but the minute I fall off, it takes me a while to get back on. I always do make it back on . my results are proof of that, but it gets harder to resist those urges more and more. I think a lot of it has to do with coming this far. I catch myself trying to use the excuse "Well I have done so good that I deserve a cheat day". 1 cheat day turns into 2, then 3,4,5,6 before I know it the whole week is ruined. :mad: As they say though "There's always tomorrow".0 -
Hi gang, I just wanted to let you all know I found another free site that is more compatible to use on my phone. I need to be able to log my food throught the day and this program doesn't allow me to do that on my cell phone. I'll miss you all. :flowerforyou:0
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Morning everyone!
jlb123 SW: 270 GW: 150 CW: 246.6 = -1.2 pounds
I'm happy with that. Especially since I've been weighing in at 249.8 all week until yesterday due to the water weight from heavier exercise.
I kicked my Halloween goal's butt. And I'm only 6.6 pounds away from my Thanksgiving goal! :drinker:0 -
good job jlb !! Looks like no one started a new thread. I'll check back later0
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Here it is gang - follow us to this week's new thread:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/69858-t-h-e-team-trying-hard-everyday-week-39-newbies-welcome0
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