Beyond 200

May 28

Total calories for Wednesday, May 23rd was 2027

Spent Thursday & Friday hiking & relaxing at Starved Rock State Park. Saturday we were back home - relaxed and washed everything from our trip (we were filthy!) Saturday night out to a nice dinner with friends from out of town. Sunday, popped Frank in the baby jogger and walk/jogged to gym - over 50 minutes in my target zone. Today, not sure what the plan will be. I haven't been counting calories during this busy holiday weekend but I've been careful about my intake overall and eating more fruit.

Counting calories 3 days last week was really helpful.
 
May 29

Breakfast:
small bowl cereal, 1/2 cheerios 1/2 shredded wheat, 1% milk & banana
coffee w/ 2% milk

11 a.m. snack cottage cheese w/ pineapple 130 calories

1:15 lunch, black bean wrap w/ lettuce, tomatos, avacado slices & chipotle mayo, chips w/ @ 2 T guacamole

plan for the rest of the day:
@ 4pm baby carrots
6 pm apple

1.5-2 mile run/walk with Frank in baby jogger

dinner: 1 chicken drumstick w/ greenbeans. no wine! no ice cream b/c of big lunch!
 
May 29 evening

slimmom said:
Breakfast:
plan for the rest of the day:
@ 4pm baby carrots
6 pm apple

1.5-2 mile run/walk with Frank in baby jogger

dinner: 1 chicken drumstick w/ greenbeans. no wine! no ice cream b/c of big lunch!
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I was pretty true to my plan for the rest of the day. I didn't have the apple or green beans - intstead I had a yobaby yogurt and lots of milk. My walk/jog with Frank was 2.5 miles, 38 minutes in my target heartrate zone. Not too shabby. I also tracked everything I ate today on fitday. Here are the stats:

grams cals %total
Total: 1617
Fat: 56 506 32%
Sat: 15 139 9%
Poly: 10 90 6%
Mono: 22 194 12%
Carbs: 206 726 46%
Fiber: 25 0 0%
Protein: 84 334 21%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%
 
May 30

one hour of pilates this morning, 1/3 of a banana beforehand

breakfast:
1/2 c. shredded wheat, 3/4 c. cheerios, the rest of the banana and @1 c. 1% milk. I measured the cereal for the first time today. Tomorrow I'll measure the cereal and the milk.
coffee w/ 1% milk

morning snacks:
large apple & 4 oz cottage cheese

plan for the rest of the day:
maybe a black bean burrito from chipotle, depending on what the internet tells me about its nutritional value. otherwise, small soup (without bread!)

afternoon snack:
baby carrots, maybe 2 fig newtons

dinner:
1 chicken drumstick w/ greenbeans, milk to drink

I am amazed by how little I ate yesterday (1617 calories as opposed to my typical 2000, 1 drumstick as opposed to 4) and that I still was not hungry! Even with a solid jog/walk with Frank in the early evening. I need less food to meet my needs than I thought.
 
Vanessa,

I remember thinking the same thing about the 300 lb mark.

Very scary.

I've made it back down to 200 and got pregnant again and went back up to 225. Right now 200 sounds good to me.

I know you can reach your goals though.

I can definitly relate about the husband thing too.

Mine dosen't gain weight and he eats chocolate bars and icecream on a daily basis. Makes me so frustrated.

Why do men loose it so much easier?>:mad: :mad:

Well I know we can do it. Keep up the good work and we will make it.
 
you guys are great!

gettinskinny said:
Vanessa,

I remember thinking the same thing about the 300 lb mark.

Very scary.

I've made it back down to 200 and got pregnant again and went back up to 225. Right now 200 sounds good to me.

I know you can reach your goals though.

I can definitly relate about the husband thing too.

Mine dosen't gain weight and he eats chocolate bars and icecream on a daily basis. Makes me so frustrated.

Why do men loose it so much easier?>:mad: :mad:

Well I know we can do it. Keep up the good work and we will make it.
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Nice to meet you gettinskinny! I'm so impressed and inspired that you got yourself from over 300 back to 200. I know you can go back down again, one step/day at a time! My secret inspiration for all this work now is that I'd like to get pregnant again and I want to start from at least where I was the first time (186) or, even better, a really healthy weight for me (at 5'8" tall, that's 162). Oh, the I-can-eat-anything husbands! Grrrrr! Just this morning I was looking at my husband & how great he's looking because I've got us eating less - I'm ready to see more of a difference on myself, too! I'm getting there, though. Thanks so much for your support. We can do it!

And thanks Mal!!
 
I did it! I did it! I did it!

199.2! :eek2: I'm actually tearing up - I'm so suprised, and relieved, I guess. Deep down there was a doubter in me that thought it wouldn't happen - not that I wasn't capable, but that somehow it still wouldn't happen. Thank you guys for getting me on the calorie-counting track. That's absolutely how this worked. Wow.
 
I'm not sure of that show is still on - but on Extreme Makeover Home Edition - Ty would always say -Busdriver Move that bus - So I say unto you...

MOVE THAT TICKER!!!!

::Stands and applauds!!:::

That's so awesome - yay for you :D
 
Looking at your BMI - it looks like you're about a pound or two away from being overweight instead of obese :) That'll be another great milestone to reach :D
 
Im glad you start tracking your cals at first I wasnt sure if I wanted to either butit really helped smarten me up and it also helped me notice in places were I could cut down or eliminate those unneccessary foods...Your cals have totally decreased and your exercise is looking great and CONGRATS on Onederland baby!!!:D:D:D
 
May 31

maleficent said:
Looking at your BMI - it looks like you're about a pound or two away from being overweight instead of obese :) That'll be another great milestone to reach :D
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This is my next mini-goal: get to the overweight BMI range. I was thinking it's more like 3-4 pounds away, I'll check after I log in here. The calories from yesterday were not too low, 2026, so I was suprised by the scale this morning. I'll have the calories back down today.

When I weighed myself this morning I was, of course, buck nekkid. When the scale STILL read 199.2 after the 3rd or 4th weighing, I of course did a happiness dance in front of the bathroom mirror. Needless to say there was A LOT of jiggling going on during the happiness dance. It was pretty funny, and very motivating - I've got to keep going to say goodby to some of that jiggling!

Food so far today:
breakfast
1/2 c. shredded wheat, 3/4 c. cheerios w/ 1 c. 1% milk and container Dole peaches (drained of light syrup). coffee w/ 1% milk

mid-morning snack: baby carrots

lunch: salad w/ grilled chicken

mid afternoon snacks: 4 oz cottage cheese, maybe 2 fig newtons, skim milk

dinner: 6-8 oz skirt steak w/ salad

out with a friend: martini! (maybe 2?)
 
BMI goals (and confessions)

At 5'8", I will be overweight (max bmi 29.9) at 196 pounds
I will be normal weight (max bmi 24.9) at 163.5 pounds.

As for my goal of 162 - it's my goal because I've been there before and I know it looked good on me. I was 162 during the summer of '03 and I looked great but was totally miserable. I got to 162, unfortunately, because of a terribly traumatic break-up which left me with no appetite and an inability, sometimes, to keep down what I ate. My situation led quickly to a bout of depression which thank god I sought help for and got out of within a few months. Later I began dating my husband (well, dating him again, we'd dated for about 3 years a decade earlier). Our time together involved lots and lots of yummy dinners out and within a few months I'd gotten myself up to 196. Around the time we got married I worked with a nutritionist and lost ten pounds, getting down to 186. Then I got pregnant right away . . . and here I am now. This time I'm going to get to 162 as a healthy person and I'm going to stay there (sort of, except for my hoped-for future pregnancies).

In addition to officially getting under 200 pounds today, I also became a "junior member" of WLF with my 100th post. Hooray for me!
 
June 1

I took Frank out in the baby jogger last night after dinner - we were out for about 45 minutes, 38 minutes in my target heart rate zone. I really like this new routine - thank goodness for warmer weather! It was a big deal for me to go out again last night because I'd already worked out four days this week, Sun, Mon, Tues & Weds. Normally by Thursday I would definately take the day off. But I felt strong and energized so I did it.

I was totally in line with my meal plan for yesterday.
Fitday info from yesterday:

Calories Eaten Today
grams cals %total
Total: 1625
Fat: 21 193 12%
Sat: 13 114 7%
Poly: 1 9 1%
Mono: 4 33 2%
Carbs: 203 738 46%
Fiber: 18 0 0%
Protein: 63 253 16%
Alcohol: 62 435 27%
 
June 4

I had a really nice weekend. It was supposed to rain all weekend in Chicago but instead we got lots of sun and only a little rain. It was great. I was outside with my family for most of the weekend, and my eating was pretty good, although I'm beating myself up for having 2 slim-a-bear klondike bars on Sunday, one after lunch and one after dinner. We're out of them now, so I won't buy them again till I get a grip.

I've upped my fruit intake and I exercised every single day last week. It was a good week. Right now my ticker is at 198, which I'm worried was a bit of a fluke last week. I'm confident that I'm under 200 for real now, but 198 seems like a big dip - silly to be fussing over 2 pounds but I've been exercising regularly since Thanksgiving and a lot since January and I never saw the scale move till I joined WLF & started counting calories.

Here's to another good week. Thank you guys out there for supporting me.
 
Way to go on getting into ONEderland!!! You go girl.

mmm, klondike bars.... yum!!

Great job so far. You are ahead of me already, the race is on. Reving engines..... lol
 
June 6

Hi Miss JB! Race you to 196! I'm going to get there by June 15th. Eating yesterday was good, and I went out in with the baby jogger in the evening. I took Frank, a blanket, & his dinner to a not-so-nearby park where a band was playing (god love Chicago in the summer - tuesday evening concerts in a neighbor park). I just mapquested it & the park was 1.73 miles from my house, so it was just shy of a 3.5 mile trip. And, it was fun!

This morning I had an appointment at the gym to have my resting metabolic rate tested. The results:

RMR: 1548 cal
lifestyle: 619 cal
TOTAL caloric needs w/o added exercise: 2167

Eating yesterday was good:

breakfast:
peach, 1egg1eggwhite omlette w/ brocolli & 1 oz cheddar cheese, coffee w/ 2% milk, 1 slice wheat toast w/ butter

lunch: small chicken & pasta soup from cosi

snacks (am & pm):
small soy cafe au lait, 4 oz cottage cheese, baby carrots, apple, 3/4 c. skim milk, 3/4 c. 2% milk

dinner:
@ 3 oz grilled chicken w/ dill rice, 1 big slice pita w/ 3T baba gonouch. 3/4 c. ice cream w/ dark chocolate chips, 4.5 oz red wine

Fitday stats:
Calories Eaten Today
grams cals %total
Total: 1810
Fat: 69 617 35%
Sat: 25 226 13%
Poly: 14 124 7%
Mono: 24 215 12%
Carbs: 221 796 45%
Fiber: 22 0 0%
Protein: 69 276 16%
Alcohol: 12 87 5%
 
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June 7

Quick check-in, food yesterday was pretty good even though I went out for lunch. I didn't exercise for the first time in 10 days and went to bed at 8:30 instead :) I've been very very grumpy with my husband the last few days so an early bedtime was needed. I won't write out my food plan for today since it's almost the same as most other days. I'll try to log in my food in fitday and post it tomorrow.
 
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