Mishi's adventures!

Yay Mishi is here!!!

That's fun about the new school, but it does sound like a lot of work. Just think of moving as exercise :)

I love imitation crab. I love real crab better, but at 10 cents on the dollar imitation is hard to resist.

hehe, if you're at 178 this morning then I did overtake you: I'm at 177.2 this morning. Nothing like a little friendly competition to drive the numbers down, eh?

I hope the doctor scheduling goes well. Let us know how it went.
 
Wooo hooo :)

So day two of being back and I have noticed something... that I may have noticed before but keeps coming back to me at times like this. It seems that when I binge like I did this weekend that my cravings start to spiral out of control. Last night I had finished dinner and ended at a respectable 1300 calories and I HAD TO HAVE SOMETHING!!! I was good and had five small pieces of chocolate but the cravings made me mad! I have worked so hard to keep the cravings at bay and here I go and screw it up.
sigh
So in good news I jumped on the scale and I am back to 176. If I can get to 175 by Friday that means a consistant 1lb a week for February. Not too bad. So here I am dealing with cravings but happy:)
 
My wife's a teacher as well -- 3rd grade -- so I have an idea how difficult it is to fit everything in. She works about 10 hours a day. The only thing that saves her is getting up at 5:30 am every morning and going swimming for 30 minutes, 7 days a week.

Don't beat yourself up too much about giving in to cravings now and then. That's all part of the ball game. And one pound a week is very good! My goal is far more modest - 2.5 lbs. a month - so I couldn't even imagine what it would be like to drop 4 lbs. in a month.

Every Friday night, my wife and I go to the most expensive chocolatier in town, and get just 2 bon bons. They cost $1.50 each, but they are really good. Somehow, knowing I have that to look forward to each Friday helps me with cravings for junk during the week.
 
Howdy Mish,
Wow girl you are doing amazing you gotta be loving 170's!!
I can't wait girl that will be a whole new exsperence for me I havening seen that since freshman year of highschool lol! Your doing awesome keep up the hard work and don't sweat a treat here and there!;) Tammy
 
it sounds like your doing okay. dont worry about the cravings, it will pass soon. keep up the good work. hope you reach your goal.
 
I entirely know what you mean about bringing back the cravings. It's not so much the falling to the cravings - that will happen and we can work that in. It's that I get worse cravings after I've given in. It doesn't satisfy the craving for me.
 
weigh day!

It was a good weigh day today. 175!! I had been hoping to get to 175:) only 10 more pounds until my second mini-goal. It is so funny I have so many goals and mini-goals.. 145 ultimate goal, 180 was a mini goal, 170 end of March goal, 160 end of May goal, there are just so many numbers floating around in my head. So I lost 2 lbs last week and have started March off with a bang:D the only thing is that my cravings are still killing me!!! It is so hard and I am doing well controlling them but I wish they would just go away. Is this just something that I will have to deal with as I am losing and maintaining? I have cheesecake in the fridge and it calls my name every day. It is only 1/2 a piece but for those of you who are familiar with the caloritic downfalls of cheesecake (37 calories in each tiny bite!!!) it si something I don't feel like I can indulge in! So I had a bite yesterday... and was good just a bite but I wanted more!!! I am out of my 100 calorie snack packs and I am so loving snacky things. I got paid today so one of my big buys will be snacky things. I didn't get to the gym yesterday... I am so bad. i was tired and making excuses but I really want to not have to fight to get working out into my schedule. So today I have extra time and it is Friday so I will be going today... unless I break something:p
But it is a good day and Friday to boot so don't have to go to bed early tonight. I am hoping to go see a movie but with so little money it is hard to spare the expense. Poor poor starving teachers! I tell you!!
 
for your snacky things - get yourself some ziplock snack size bags and create your own snack packs -it'll be the third the price of the 100 calorie packs...
 
Sometimes I make my own snack packs, but I really like the wafer oreos and the 100 calorie pack variety of some things. Resses has one with chocolaty cereal and chocolate chips and such and it is delicious.

Hooray for 175! I have a million little milestones too and it's easy to forget some of them ;-)
 
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I saw this and trhought it was cuite wanted to share it,Tammy
 
mishi said:
I have cheesecake in the fridge and it calls my name every day.
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Wow, I couldn't imagine having a piece of cheesecake in the fridge. The reason - it wouldn't be. That's why I had to get my wife to clear all her "stashes" out of the house.

Kudos to you for such restraint!

And yes, teachers are not paid enough!!
 
A Small triumph!

You guys are awsome! I have to say. I have had so little time to come by here recently and whenever I do I have comments that just make me smile:) Thank you!!
So I hit a milestone this weekend. On Saturday I went shopping with a friend because for some reason I am always low on shirts. So we go to Target because both of us have baby showers to shop for... btw I am never mixing pleasure shopping with baby shower shopping... so much time to pick stuff out and then your all tired and just want to get out!!! lol
However we were trying on some cloths and I noticed the little hoodie jackets. I has been cold recenlty and my only hoodie that is right for this weather is pink and it gets dirty really easily so I checked some black ones out. I found one that was size L and so I tried it on... comfy... happy sweet.. this is it. My friend (bless her) said that I should try the next size down because if you get hoodies that fit instead of being loose they look better. I looked around for a M but I couldn't find one. "Try a small" she says. HA! a small... yeah right! So I tried it on and for final move zip it up expecting to say "see I look like a marshmellow in a rubber band!".. but lo and behold IT FITS!!!!!!!!!! holy crap I am wearing a small!!! @#$@%#$^$ I don't think I have worn a small since I was in baby cloths!!! lol
I am so excited:) and I lost a pound this weekend. Things are going so well.
I just read in my Shape magazine about a 3 day walk for breast cancer. The closest are Dallas and Arizona next fall but I am thinking it would be a fun thing to sign up for. 60 miles over 3 days of walking... any takers:)?
I hope you all are having a wonderful day!
Tom- Yes the cheesecake is finally gone. Tooke me like 4 days to eat 1/2 piece but I loved every bite! Now I have a bar of chocolate I am working on. I read in my magazine about the 3 bite rule: if you want something totally indulgent then have it but only have 3 bites (not sure if that is spoon bites or spatula bites ;) he he he) but after that send it away or share it... that way you can indulge but not go overboard. I thought it was a neat rule.. now just being able to follow it... I don't like paying for food that will go in the trash!
Happy- thank you:) I like that "lots of fight" makes me feel all Rocky Balboa style! (punch, jab, kick- die calories :D ) lol
Nia- thank you for that:) what a beautiful thought and I am so glad to have met so many of you here <3
Ashely and Maleficent- I need to start packing my own. That is really a good idea. I am just lazy and if I can pull it off the shelf then I am good to go. Maybe I will get some bulk stuff and try it:) Thanks
I think that gets it all. Have a great week! Seriously: if anyone wants to join me for the 3 day walk in the fall email me: acanthusbloom@yahoo.com and we can work out some logistics. Maybe we can get a good group together and raise some money! What a fantastic cause! Raise money for breast cancer research!
xo
 
A surprise!

Yesterday was a good day. We are testing at school and so I only had to be there until 11. Looonnnnngggg booorrrrinnnnggg test. Poor kids. So I had an appt with the tax guy that I need to go to to get my taxes done. I sold a house last year and I have no idea how to handle the capitol gains tax. It was amazing to sit in front of him and watch him tear through my paperwork and actually understand it all. "Did you take your educator's credit?", he says. "My what?" I say. lol. So we are going back to amend the back taxes because, apparently, I have missed a few things. He can do whatever he wants as long as I can get out of a capitol gains tax!! ;) Lol.
So afterward I was supposed to meet my friend at the gym at 4 so I had a few hours to kill and i go to the mall. I love walking around window shopping. I popped into Macy's and tore through the sale racks and take a stack of stuff to the dressing room. In an odd moment I picked a pair of size 10 jeans off the wall because I wanted to try them on to see how far I had to go. They had white roses embroidered on the front pocket and a wierd little leather belt thingy. I tried them on first to get it over with and ..... they fit... tight but comfy. I don't know who invented spandex but thank you!!! So of course I bought them:) and lucky for me they were only $23!!! lol I hate paying full price for stuff! So now I have a small jacket and a size 10 pair of jeans! Don't let it fool you. I am wearing my size 14's and they are tight... I don't know if it was a labeling problem (I checked inside and out just in case) or what but those jeans fit and I can say I have a size 10 in my closet. I made my goal feel more achievable than ever.
However, in the bad news I missed the gym... my son was with his dad and so we had the night to ourselves. My friend had cancelled and time at the gym meant time away from him on our alone night:rolleyes: so I caved and didn't go. Futher more we went out for East Indian food! So yummy and normally I stuff myself. I stuffed myself last night but the stuffing myself lastnight was so different then stuffing myself the last time we went.
I was proud of how I stopped myself from inhaling my whole plate and I was still full:
1/2 c chicken soup
.6 c rice
3 tBsp lamb curry
one meat sausage thing
1/2 chicen leg
1/2 piece chicken shish kabob
1 big shrimp
4 tBsp curried veggies
1 piece garlic naan
1/4 c of mango and pistaccio ice cream- oh my god pistaccio ice cream is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good! Topped with heavy cream! yummy
So last time I got this dinner I ate double everything I put on here. I have a whole to go box full of food:)
I haven't put it in fitday yet but I am estimating my daily calories to be around 1200... if not a bit lower... we shall see. And I woke up at 174 today so I must have done something right.:)
So to the gym today with my friend (no cancelling today) and let's see if I can get to 170 by the end of the month:)
 
Wow Mishi! Talk about a good clothes shopping couple of days! Dang!
How tall are you?

I wanted to do the breast cancer three day, but I'm really bad at fundraising and you have to raise $2200 minimum :-( I'm pretty sure I could hit up everybody I know and get about $100 - which would just cover the registration fee.

But hey - if you happen to raise $4400 and want to go to the one in Arizona I'll go with you. Where abouts do you live?
 
Hi Ashley:) I live in NM so I can go to either AZ or TX. I am 5' 3". a shorty:) Also if you are interested in fundraising talk to business's. See if they will match what you can raise. I am a bad fund raiser but a good group person so I am going to see if I can get some business's involved:) It would be awsome!!
 
hmmm wondering if I should put a post in general and see if I can get people involved.....
what do you guys think?
 
I just checked out the dates for the three day and it's not going to work for me :-( I have another convention too close that will eat up the last of my vacation days. However, I am going to do the half marathon in phoenix on Jan 13 if you want to join me.
 
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