Here we go! A diary for 'the last 20'!!
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I am sitting here stuffing as much salad into my face as I possibly can b/c I was out numbered and hubbie is bringing home pizza 
I figure the fuller I am, the less tempted I will be to gorge myself. I'll allow myself 1 SMALL piece. I looked online and 1 piece is 350cals. I put 1/2 a small ckn breast and a handful of mixed nuts on my salad and fig balsamic dressing so it's probably around 200cals... half a piece of pizza will be just fine.
Wish me luck... please
iggy:
I figure the fuller I am, the less tempted I will be to gorge myself. I'll allow myself 1 SMALL piece. I looked online and 1 piece is 350cals. I put 1/2 a small ckn breast and a handful of mixed nuts on my salad and fig balsamic dressing so it's probably around 200cals... half a piece of pizza will be just fine.Wish me luck... please
iggy:
chubbygirl
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Aww don't get down - you must be feeling so much better! You are the one always telling us not to focus on what the scale says. Look how good you are doing at the gym! I think now that you have a new routine and your increasing your food intake the pounds will come off more quickly. The last couple weeks you said it yourself you were starving yourself so your body probably went into starvation mood and I have always been told that is not good for weight loss. Plus that pizza was probably really salty - try taking the B6 vitamin the day before weigh-in, it always works for me. Are you drinking lots of water? Keep it up - one day at a time remember. Some people lose weight at different rates and 2 pounds in one month is better than none at all. I know Sarah is kicking all our butts with her numbers she is pulling but she is also younger and probably has a much faster metabolism. Yours will get there! I hate seeing you sad - it's Friday, that has to put a smile on your face! Have a good weekend - I hope you cheer up and remember that you are awesome and kicking butt and getting tighter and feeling better! 
skkroll
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141.4lbs
I was 143.6 a whole mth ago... only 2lbs in a whole mth... SUCKS!!!
I`m sorry, I don`t think I should be on here today...
Hey you! I will have none of this suckyness on here!
Guess what... you stayed in the 141's... that's great!!! Do not feel discouraged!!! Remember how I didn't lose any weight for 2 weeks and just gained? And you told me to not be upset... well... now I'm gonna tell you not to be upset! And you did GREAT this week... I agree with Lisa, if you had some pizza it could just be salt or something. I know how it feels seeing the numbers go up... but the thing is it really didn't go up that much. I think that if someone saw you they wouldn't be like, "WOW MARIE YOU LOOK LIKE YOU GAINED 0.4 POUNDS!!" lol so don't beat yourself up over it!!! Stay on track, you're on the right path now and you WILL see the weight come off soon! It takes time some times, just gotta have a lil patience
Have a FABULOUS day!
~ Sarah
Don't beat yourself up. You are doing all the right stuff and the weight will come off. Look how hard you are working out, you are doing so great! Just because you are not seeing big changes on the scale doesn't mean you are not getting smaller. You are still losing inches even if the scale doesn't show it. Try measuring your chest, abdomen and hips and then waiting a while and doing it again, you will see how toned you are getting.
Just hold your head high and keep doing all the right things and great things will happen.
Kristie
Just hold your head high and keep doing all the right things and great things will happen.
Kristie
LOL!! Thanks girls... for throwing all my FABULOUS advice back in my face Your the best and also very right!! My clothes are starting to fall off (back into my size 8 jeans... and they're big 
). I catch glimpses of myself in the mirror and smile. I don't EVER remember smiling at my reflection, even when I was 135lbs. I took my measurments Kristie, and I've lost an inch everywhere but my thighs, making them slightly more 'thunderous' then they were before but it'll come. I know my body is adjusting and I know I'll be seeing 13.. by... soon... next week maybe
I'm sorry for my little meltdown this morning and thankyou so much for helping me out of it (or should I say, kicking me out of it )
No official workout today, but I spent the morning cleaning house and washing floors... and lucky me it snowed so I got to shovel this afternoon My body is really enjoying this day off which makes me extremely happy b/c I'll really be able to kick it at the gym tomorrow morning
Don't know what I would do without you guys
marie
Your the best and also very right!! My clothes are starting to fall off (back into my size 8 jeans... and they're big ). I catch glimpses of myself in the mirror and smile. I don't EVER remember smiling at my reflection, even when I was 135lbs. I took my measurments Kristie, and I've lost an inch everywhere but my thighs, making them slightly more 'thunderous' then they were before but it'll come. I know my body is adjusting and I know I'll be seeing 13.. by... soon... next week maybe I'm sorry for my little meltdown this morning and thankyou so much for helping me out of it (or should I say, kicking me out of it
)No official workout today, but I spent the morning cleaning house and washing floors... and lucky me it snowed so I got to shovel this afternoon
My body is really enjoying this day off which makes me extremely happy b/c I'll really be able to kick it at the gym tomorrow morning Don't know what I would do without you guys
marie
skkroll
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LOL!! Thanks girls... for throwing all my FABULOUS advice back in my face
I'm sorry for my little meltdown this morning and thankyou so much for helping me out of it (or should I say, kicking me out of it
No official workout today, but I spent the morning cleaning house and washing floors... and lucky me it snowed so I got to shovel this afternoon
Don't know what I would do without you guys
marie
Ok..... MUCH BETTER!!
And you don't have to apologize for the little meltdown earlier... we all do it! And that's why we're here for each other
Keep smilin'
~ Sarah
Marie,
I am happy to see you are back in the game! See you are losing even if the scale is not showing it right now and positive things will continue to happen you just have to hang in there. You can do it!
We do seem to have a lot of the same goals and I think that is so cool. Oh and thank you for your support!
Talk to you tomorrow and keep smiling!
Kristie
I am happy to see you are back in the game! See you are losing even if the scale is not showing it right now and positive things will continue to happen you just have to hang in there. You can do it!
We do seem to have a lot of the same goals and I think that is so cool. Oh and thank you for your support!
Talk to you tomorrow and keep smiling!
Kristie
So, I think I figured out what was going on yesterday. By last night I had horrible bloating cramps and started bleeding... no ovary pain though. No idea what that was all about but it explains my mood for sure. I don't get my period for another 10days so I'm confussed at whats going on. But like I said, no ovary pain so I'm not really concerned.
I did make it to the gym this morning. I was so tired and still bloated so I wasn't able to go as hard as I have been. And the treadmill I was on was in miles which really through me (not so bright in the am ) I did 2miles in 30min. I couldn't push myself to run for more than a min at first so I did 1min intervals - 1min run @ 6.0mph - 1min walk @ 4.0mph at incline 2.5 for 5min. Then walked @ 4.0mph at incline 10 w/ 30sec runs @ 6.0mph and then just made stuff up till 30min was up. I got up to 3mins at a jog (5.5). Like I said... not up to what I've been doing, but the best I could today so I guess you could say I still pushed alittle. Then I did lower body weights so I can do upper body and abs tomorrow w/ 40min cardio.
I am finding it so hard to get my cals in the morning. I didn't realize how many days I go w/o eating untill mid morning. I had an orange and ff yogart at 8am,dropped little one at dance, then hubby at gym... picked little one up, switch w/ hubby at gym... had a granola bar at 11:30am when done at gym... drove around x-mas shopping and didn't get home till 3pm and made fried eggs sandwichs for lunch. The only way I would have gotten more in was if I had let hubby/kids talk me into MD's.
Oh well, It's Sat night... only 3 hours till the girls go to bed and then we can sit, relax and enjoy the evening
Happy weekend,
Marie
I did make it to the gym this morning. I was so tired and still bloated so I wasn't able to go as hard as I have been. And the treadmill I was on was in miles which really through me (not so bright in the am
) I did 2miles in 30min. I couldn't push myself to run for more than a min at first so I did 1min intervals - 1min run @ 6.0mph - 1min walk @ 4.0mph at incline 2.5 for 5min. Then walked @ 4.0mph at incline 10 w/ 30sec runs @ 6.0mph and then just made stuff up till 30min was up. I got up to 3mins at a jog (5.5). Like I said... not up to what I've been doing, but the best I could today so I guess you could say I still pushed alittle. Then I did lower body weights so I can do upper body and abs tomorrow w/ 40min cardio.I am finding it so hard to get my cals in the morning. I didn't realize how many days I go w/o eating untill mid morning. I had an orange and ff yogart at 8am,dropped little one at dance, then hubby at gym... picked little one up, switch w/ hubby at gym... had a granola bar at 11:30am when done at gym... drove around x-mas shopping and didn't get home till 3pm and made fried eggs sandwichs for lunch. The only way I would have gotten more in was if I had let hubby/kids talk me into MD's.
Oh well, It's Sat night... only 3 hours till the girls go to bed and then we can sit, relax and enjoy the evening
Happy weekend,
Marie
Good morning everyone!!! Well, the weekend is over and I am ready to get this week started!!! I was 140.8 on the scale yesterday and I am very confident I can see 139 by Friday. I can't believe we're only 41/2 wks till x-mas.... crazy!!
I did not get to the gym yesterday (tried to poison myself making hollandaise sauce), but we had a 1hr dance rehearsal so I'm not too worried about it. I want to go this morning though to make up for it. Kids have been healthy so it shouldn't be a problem. We're going to be eating out on Tues b/c of scheduling (x-mas shows are starting) and hubby and I have a date night Sat night so I have to work around 2 eating out nights. But other than that, meals are all planned out. I will take pics and measurements at the end of the week once I've officially hit 10lbs lost (so excited for that
)I hope everyone has a fabulous week!!
marie
skkroll
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Well, the weekend is over and I am ready to get this week started!!! I was 140.8 on the scale yesterday and I am very confident I can see 139 by Friday. I can't believe we're only 41/2 wks till x-mas.... crazy!!
I did not get to the gym yesterday (tried to poison myself making hollandaise sauce), but we had a 1hr dance rehearsal so I'm not too worried about it. I want to go this morning though to make up for it. Kids have been healthy so it shouldn't be a problem. We're going to be eating out on Tues b/c of scheduling (x-mas shows are starting) and hubby and I have a date night Sat night so I have to work around 2 eating out nights. But other than that, meals are all planned out. I will take pics and measurements at the end of the week once I've officially hit 10lbs lost (so excited for that
I hope everyone has a fabulous week!!
marie
Yay!!! No doubt you'll be seein' 139 this weekend
That is so awesome! I can't wait to see pics too! I should plan all of my meals also... and Thanksgiving is this week already... oh boy!!! I can't believe it's almost Christmas either!!! I thought it was just summer like a week ago? Jeez, time sure flies!~ Sarah
chubbygirl
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Well, the weekend is over and I am ready to get this week started!!! I was 140.8 on the scale yesterday and I am very confident I can see 139 by Friday. I can't believe we're only 41/2 wks till x-mas.... crazy!!
I did not get to the gym yesterday (tried to poison myself making hollandaise sauce), but we had a 1hr dance rehearsal so I'm not too worried about it. I want to go this morning though to make up for it. Kids have been healthy so it shouldn't be a problem. We're going to be eating out on Tues b/c of scheduling (x-mas shows are starting) and hubby and I have a date night Sat night so I have to work around 2 eating out nights. But other than that, meals are all planned out. I will take pics and measurements at the end of the week once I've officially hit 10lbs lost (so excited for that
I hope everyone has a fabulous week!!
marie
Glad you had a good weekend and are feeling better - I can't wait to hear the news 13... i'm going to weigh-in Friday again because I know I won't be in the 140's by Wednesday but Friday is a few days away so I have more hope.
Thanks girls!! Friday is going to be a great day
I had the best/worst motivation for my workout this morning. I decided to drive Emma to school this morning so we could just go straight to the gym. I drop her off at a catwalk behind the school... as do many others, therefore it's quite busy. Anyway, knowing that I shouldn't, I park infront of a driveway right beside the catwalk (I see people do it all the time)... get out, grab Emma, give her a big hug and kiss and shoo her off to the catwalk. So the woman who owns the house is at the far end of the catwalk screaming at me to get out of the way b/c her husband is coming home and needs to get into the driveway. I yell back, "yes, sorry, I'm moving right now". She continues screaming at me, "HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU, GET OUT OF THE WAY". I go to jump back in the van and there are 2 women standing there looking at me, "everybody knows you never park infront of peoples driveways, jeez". I am now mortified, jump in the van, drive away and burst into sobbing tears. I felt like such an idiot. I cried all the way to the gym, got myself together and decided I would release my frustration and emotions on the treadmill.
It was so awesome!! I did 3K in 25min and am so proud to say I ran (at 8.0k/hr) for a whole kilometer!!!! I felt so good. The first 2K I did more interval stuff on incline... no rhyme or reason just whatever I felt like changing it too. Then I did upper body machines at max weight for 3sets of 10reps, push ups on the ball, abs on the ball and good stretch and then my hour was up.
So stupid though, the whole day now I've been worried that I'm in peoples way... not being conciderate at the gym, on the road... right back to my old thinking. BUT... life is too short to let some cranky woman (who probably hasn't been laid in mths) ruin my day
marie
I had the best/worst motivation for my workout this morning. I decided to drive Emma to school this morning so we could just go straight to the gym. I drop her off at a catwalk behind the school... as do many others, therefore it's quite busy. Anyway, knowing that I shouldn't, I park infront of a driveway right beside the catwalk (I see people do it all the time)... get out, grab Emma, give her a big hug and kiss and shoo her off to the catwalk. So the woman who owns the house is at the far end of the catwalk screaming at me to get out of the way b/c her husband is coming home and needs to get into the driveway. I yell back, "yes, sorry, I'm moving right now". She continues screaming at me, "HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU, GET OUT OF THE WAY". I go to jump back in the van and there are 2 women standing there looking at me, "everybody knows you never park infront of peoples driveways, jeez". I am now mortified, jump in the van, drive away and burst into sobbing tears. I felt like such an idiot. I cried all the way to the gym, got myself together and decided I would release my frustration and emotions on the treadmill.
It was so awesome!! I did 3K in 25min and am so proud to say I ran (at 8.0k/hr) for a whole kilometer!!!! I felt so good. The first 2K I did more interval stuff on incline... no rhyme or reason just whatever I felt like changing it too. Then I did upper body machines at max weight for 3sets of 10reps, push ups on the ball, abs on the ball and good stretch and then my hour was up.
So stupid though, the whole day now I've been worried that I'm in peoples way... not being conciderate at the gym, on the road... right back to my old thinking. BUT... life is too short to let some cranky woman (who probably hasn't been laid in mths) ruin my day
marie
skkroll
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LOL LOL LOL oh my gosh... too funny. SCREW HER!!! I hate those kind of situations. Except for that I just get real feisty back so at least you handled it a little better by just gettin' the hell out of there before things got out of hand!! And of course, nice way to turn your frusteration into a workout session! Nice job!!! Running on incline... oh boy. I give you credit. I haven't tried that yet, but I have also heard that running with some incline is better for you as it is more like running outside. Way to hit the gym hard! Nice start to the week :-DBUT... life is too short to let some cranky woman (who probably hasn't been laid in mths) ruin my day
~ Sarah
I can get very feisty as well, but with all the kids and parents around (plus my own kids) I thought getting out fast was a much better option
You have to try running on the incline... it's sooo much harder. I find it works for me b/c I start on the incline (can only go for 2-3min MAX) and then when I put it back down for a longer run it seems so much easier!! Gets the HR up in a hurry too
It's so odd to me that "I" would be a motivation to someone on the treadmill. I've hated it for so long and now I LOVE it and can hardly wait to get on it.
As for turning neg into positive... well, I lived in a very negative place for too long, and when I feel those emotions creeping back I look for anything to push them away. I NEVER want to go back to that place. It's taken some time, and I've definately still got a long way to go but I've made the decision that I'd rather be happy!!!
As for today... the snacking monster is trying to take over my life... HELP!!! I think I'm ok now, but in total I've had a Ferrero Rondnoir (I love them so), 2 bites of cheese cake, small handfull of salt and vinegar chips, and 2 mint chocolate girl guide cookies. Most of this was this afternoon, but 1bite of cake and the cookies were after supper. On a positive note... the cravings seem to be gone so I'll be good for the night now. I forgot I get my period next Monday( hense the emotional meltdown this morning), so this week might be tougher than I thought.
I found some size 30 jeans in my closet and was trying them on tonight. They fit really well, but b/c my thighs are still the same size they still don't look good... yet
I'll take some pics tomorrow and you guys can let me know if it's all in my head.Have a good night. See you in the am
Marie
So, I took some pics but the site isn't working properly and won't let me upload them. (can't get any smiles either) Oh well. Looking at them though, I'll think I better stick with the size 8's for a while longer... just need a belt.
Workout this morning was great.
25min on the treadmill 3K total. Jogged first 5min on 3.0 incline; intervals for 10min; ran for 1K - 8.0k/hr - incline 0 - 7:30min; more intervals 3 1/2min
15min on the bike at resistance 10 - 3.50miles
Full body weights at max weight for 3sets of 10reps. Very beefy guy came and corrected my form on the triceps cable pull downs... maybe I was being hit on... LMAO!! Most likely NOT!!
I'm still on eating enough though:
B - homemade oatmeal muffin (w/ pumpkin and banana puree, apple sauce and extra oatmeal in the mix), and manderin orange, cup coffee w/ half and half cream
S - none
L - taco meat (half beef, half ground round) on half ww kiaser bun, 2 sm pieces dark chocolate dipped in my green tea (favorite treat!!)
and that is it.
Oh well. Looking at them though, I'll think I better stick with the size 8's for a while longer... just need a belt.Workout this morning was great.
25min on the treadmill 3K total. Jogged first 5min on 3.0 incline; intervals for 10min; ran for 1K - 8.0k/hr - incline 0 - 7:30min; more intervals 3 1/2min
15min on the bike at resistance 10 - 3.50miles
Full body weights at max weight for 3sets of 10reps. Very beefy guy came and corrected my form on the triceps cable pull downs... maybe I was being hit on... LMAO!! Most likely NOT!!
I'm still on eating enough though:
B - homemade oatmeal muffin (w/ pumpkin and banana puree, apple sauce and extra oatmeal in the mix), and manderin orange, cup coffee w/ half and half cream
S - none
L - taco meat (half beef, half ground round) on half ww kiaser bun, 2 sm pieces dark chocolate dipped in my green tea (favorite treat!!)
and that is it.
skkroll
New member
LOL! I think you were haFull body weights at max weight for 3sets of 10reps. Very beefy guy came and corrected my form on the triceps cable pull downs... maybe I was being hit on... LMAO!! Most likely NOT!!
My smiley's aren't poppin' up either :-( and I use them so much! haha so now I'm making the smiley faces so they come up but not as images.
Great workout this morning! And nice food log too! I wish mine looked a little better :-/ I just can't seem to get a good food log anymore. I was looking at my logs from when I first started out and I was NOT eating this much!!!! I don't know why I can't eat just a little less... ugh.
Well, ttyl!
~ Sarah