The amazing shrinking woman (I hope!)
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Tigpuppy
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Just finished working out again and this time I feel like I'm going to puke. 
I tried to kick it up a notch, but it really wiped me out. I can't believe I used to do this for an HOUR 3 times a week! But that was a decade ago and before I had 4 kids running around. I wonder if I've been so tired this week because of working out after the kids go to bed? It's cutting into my sleep time, but I just don't know when else to fit it in. It's getting harder and harder to drag my sorry behind out of bed in the morning the last few mornings. I've been tossing around the idea of finding something that I can do with the kids so that I can do it while spending time with them in the evenings - sort of kill 2 birds with 1 stone type thing. All I can think of is going walking or biking with them. But will I get the same intensity of workout if I do that instead of step aerobics? Does it matter? Right now I don't know - guess I'll have to do some research....
Since I've been exercising the last few days I seem to have stalled in my weight loss for some reason. I was dropping weight pretty steadily just by counting calories - but now I seem to have come to a screeching halt. I've been eating between 1000 and 1200 calories, but I was about as active as a rock. Now that the weather is nicer and I'm out doing yard work and working out in the evenings I'm not sure if that's enough?
Anyway - food for today:
Breakfast - 1 cup wheat flakes, 1/4 cup dried craisons, 1/2 cup 2% milk.
Lunch - Smoked turkey breast on wheat with mustard, muenster cheese, mustard and spinach. Also about 1/2 cup of green, yellow, red, and orange bell pepper slices.
Supper - grilled talapia, small baked potato with sour cream (I managed to skip the butter!), grilled corn on the cob, salad and Robusto Italian salad dressing with the oil poured off.
I don't normally eat a snack, but I did today because I was dragging major butt after work tonight and still wanted to work out. I had almonds and dried apricots.
And now I'm going to bed since I'm so tired that I can hardly see straight enough to type this!
Stay active and healthy everyone!!!!!
I tried to kick it up a notch, but it really wiped me out. I can't believe I used to do this for an HOUR 3 times a week! But that was a decade ago and before I had 4 kids running around. I wonder if I've been so tired this week because of working out after the kids go to bed? It's cutting into my sleep time, but I just don't know when else to fit it in. It's getting harder and harder to drag my sorry behind out of bed in the morning the last few mornings. I've been tossing around the idea of finding something that I can do with the kids so that I can do it while spending time with them in the evenings - sort of kill 2 birds with 1 stone type thing. All I can think of is going walking or biking with them. But will I get the same intensity of workout if I do that instead of step aerobics? Does it matter? Right now I don't know - guess I'll have to do some research....Since I've been exercising the last few days I seem to have stalled in my weight loss for some reason. I was dropping weight pretty steadily just by counting calories - but now I seem to have come to a screeching halt. I've been eating between 1000 and 1200 calories, but I was about as active as a rock. Now that the weather is nicer and I'm out doing yard work and working out in the evenings I'm not sure if that's enough?
Anyway - food for today:
Breakfast - 1 cup wheat flakes, 1/4 cup dried craisons, 1/2 cup 2% milk.
Lunch - Smoked turkey breast on wheat with mustard, muenster cheese, mustard and spinach. Also about 1/2 cup of green, yellow, red, and orange bell pepper slices.
Supper - grilled talapia, small baked potato with sour cream (I managed to skip the butter!), grilled corn on the cob, salad and Robusto Italian salad dressing with the oil poured off.
I don't normally eat a snack, but I did today because I was dragging major butt after work tonight and still wanted to work out. I had almonds and dried apricots.
And now I'm going to bed since I'm so tired that I can hardly see straight enough to type this!
Stay active and healthy everyone!!!!!
Tigpuppy
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I put in a long day at work yesterday and didn't get time to post. I knew I had a conference call that was scheduled to run all the way up to lunch and was going to spend the afternoon locked in a conference room at an off site location with a group of people all working on the last phase of this year long project I've been on. Normally I would just go thru a drive thru on the way to the other location and grab a burger and fries. Instead I planned ahead and had packed one of my favorite sandwhiches lately (smoked turkey on wheat with muenster cheese, mustard, and tons of spinach) and a ziplock bag full of fresh veggies (carrots and red, green, yellow and orange sweet bell peppers). Well, my conference call ran late, so I inhaled my sandwhich while I drove to my meeting. I didn't have time to eat my veggies, so took them in with me. I was the first one there. I was amused to see what the other people brought - 1 lb bag of M & Ms, bag of cookies, chips, etc. and everyone else there had these HUGE containers of soft drinks from the corner gas station (like 40+ ounces). And here's me with my water and veggies. At first I must have made them feel self concious because everyone set their snacks aside. But after a while one lady (who was the heaviest in the room by the way) said she was sorry, but she needed a little pick me up and started chowing down. Everyone else dug into their snacks too. We all started offering to share - except -big surprise! No one wanted any of my veggies. All the more for me!
Anyway, the rest of my food for the day:
Breakfast - peach non fat lite yogurt, a whole necatrine and 20 almonds.
Lunch - sandwhich and veggies as I said above
Supper - Running late, so grabbed a 6 inch western omlette sub on wheat from Subway on my way home
Today I had half the day off because I have too many overtime hours in for the week. My mother picked up my 2 oldest girls yesterday for the weekend, and will pick up my youngest 2 this afternoon (we didn't think they'd make it 2 nights away from home, so will try just 1 night) so it'll be just me and hubby tonight and most of tomorrow. He wants to go out for supper and then drinks with friends afterwards at our local bar (there's only 1 in the small town near our farm). I'm really worried about making good food choices - the local cafe doesn't have much of a selection - and 90% of the menu is fried. And what do I drink all night at the bar? I don't have a problem with a small glass of wine with supper, but out with friends for several hours? I'd feel really weird just drinking water all night. WHen I was pregnant or nursing I would just drink soda all night, but I don't drink that stuff any more. I'm thinking maybe I'll be drinking a lot of orange juice tonight. Or maybe V-8 if they have it. That's the problem with small town bars - very limited choices.
Weekends are always bad for me anyways and with the kids gone I think my husband wants to revert to our pre-kid diet. Which means cappachinos and caramel filled chocolate chip cookies for breakfast tomorrow morning. And I'm sure piles of pasta for lunch.
Today has started out good food wise.
Breakfast - 1 cup cheerios, 1/4 cup dried cranberries, 1/2 cup 2% milk
Lunch - spring salad mix with 2 eggs and 3 pieces of canadian bacon cut up, 2 tbs of Robusto Italian dressing with the oil poured off.
Snack - nectarine and 15 almonds
All the good eating for the firrst part of today may be blown out of the water by my evening. We'll see how things end up.
And tomorrow? Those caramel filled chocolate chip cookies sure sound good....
We'll see how much willpower I have in the morning.
Anyway, the rest of my food for the day:
Breakfast - peach non fat lite yogurt, a whole necatrine and 20 almonds.
Lunch - sandwhich and veggies as I said above
Supper - Running late, so grabbed a 6 inch western omlette sub on wheat from Subway on my way home
Today I had half the day off because I have too many overtime hours in for the week. My mother picked up my 2 oldest girls yesterday for the weekend, and will pick up my youngest 2 this afternoon (we didn't think they'd make it 2 nights away from home, so will try just 1 night) so it'll be just me and hubby tonight and most of tomorrow. He wants to go out for supper and then drinks with friends afterwards at our local bar (there's only 1 in the small town near our farm). I'm really worried about making good food choices - the local cafe doesn't have much of a selection - and 90% of the menu is fried. And what do I drink all night at the bar? I don't have a problem with a small glass of wine with supper, but out with friends for several hours? I'd feel really weird just drinking water all night. WHen I was pregnant or nursing I would just drink soda all night, but I don't drink that stuff any more. I'm thinking maybe I'll be drinking a lot of orange juice tonight. Or maybe V-8 if they have it. That's the problem with small town bars - very limited choices.
Weekends are always bad for me anyways and with the kids gone I think my husband wants to revert to our pre-kid diet. Which means cappachinos and caramel filled chocolate chip cookies for breakfast tomorrow morning. And I'm sure piles of pasta for lunch.
Today has started out good food wise.
Breakfast - 1 cup cheerios, 1/4 cup dried cranberries, 1/2 cup 2% milk
Lunch - spring salad mix with 2 eggs and 3 pieces of canadian bacon cut up, 2 tbs of Robusto Italian dressing with the oil poured off.
Snack - nectarine and 15 almonds
All the good eating for the firrst part of today may be blown out of the water by my evening. We'll see how things end up.
And tomorrow? Those caramel filled chocolate chip cookies sure sound good....
We'll see how much willpower I have in the morning.
Flumes
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Hey Tig!
Well done with the conference snacks! Thats awesome. Its tough changing old habits. (I hate our conferences/work lunches...never much healthy choices. Coffee with cookies and croissants?? wtf! Chicken wings and potatoe lunches?!?!? etc. So I lately, have something healthy with me and make the best choice with whats there. ie a few wings instead of 2 lbs....or a cookie instead of 2 croissants with cheese)
As for exercise...just play with the kids.....soccer, catch...bike ride.
I played catch with my boys the other day for the first time in a year....and before that it was maybe 2 years. (I actually pulled myself away from some chores and played with them. It felt great and they thought I was the best dad in the world!) Ya gotta love kids!!!
As for drinking/eating out...my opinion on this is do the best you can with what you got. If your gonna eat at the bar...have the burger without the bun and lotsa pickles...or just cut back and still enjoy the evening. Same with drinks...have a good time! If its not going to be an every nite thing, and you exercise control, let loose. But make it a conscious loose!
The whole point is lifestyle change....not go back to your old ways. (At least thats how I see it, but you do whatever you need to as its workin for you!)
Keep up the great work and hope you have a great weekend!
Well done with the conference snacks! Thats awesome. Its tough changing old habits. (I hate our conferences/work lunches...never much healthy choices. Coffee with cookies and croissants?? wtf! Chicken wings and potatoe lunches?!?!? etc. So I lately, have something healthy with me and make the best choice with whats there. ie a few wings instead of 2 lbs....or a cookie instead of 2 croissants with cheese)
As for exercise...just play with the kids.....soccer, catch...bike ride.
I played catch with my boys the other day for the first time in a year....and before that it was maybe 2 years. (I actually pulled myself away from some chores and played with them. It felt great and they thought I was the best dad in the world!) Ya gotta love kids!!!
As for drinking/eating out...my opinion on this is do the best you can with what you got. If your gonna eat at the bar...have the burger without the bun and lotsa pickles...or just cut back and still enjoy the evening. Same with drinks...have a good time! If its not going to be an every nite thing, and you exercise control, let loose. But make it a conscious loose!
The whole point is lifestyle change....not go back to your old ways. (At least thats how I see it, but you do whatever you need to as its workin for you!)
Keep up the great work and hope you have a great weekend!
Tigpuppy
New member
WOO HOO!!! I'm so proud of myself! Instead of going out for supper last night I convinced hubby to have supper at home, then go out with friends afterwards. I made him a couple of grilled burgers and he asked for stovetop stuffing because he loves it and out kids hate it, so I don't make it very often because most of the time I'm just too tired to fight with them to eat it. I made myself a grilled talapia fish fillet and a pile of grilled mixed veggies. I also had some of his stuffing.
I didn't get my workout in (unless you count the no kids at home, grown-up-type activities that took place). I had decided that since it happens so very rarely that we get to go out for us time, that I would enjoy a few drinks with my husband. But then when I was getting ready to go out last night I was looking for something to wear. All of my jeans have gotten pretty baggy (I started out in a size 16 and had been wearing a size 12 lately, but even those are getting loose). I've never really gotten rid of any of my old clothes from back when I was skinnier, so I figured that there had to be something for me to wear packed away somewhere. I was looking for something in a size 10, but didn't find anything. I did however find a pair of size 8 jeans. I grabbed them thinking they would be good motivation for me to keep going until some day I fit into them again. Just for the heck of it I decided to try them on to see how far I could pull them up. I nearly fell over when not only get I get them pulled on, but I got them closed!!! AND I could even still breathe!! I was completely over the moon! I could not believe that I could fit into them!
So I went back and dug thru some more old clothes. I traded my size 38G granny bra for a sexy black 38DD bra. The strap around my chest was a bit loose, and the cups a teeny bit too small yet, but all in all it didn't look to bad! I also dug out a tight little red t-shirt that I stopped wearing because if I raised my arms, the shirt would go up, and my boobs would peek out the bottom. It no longer does that.
Fitting into my old clothes gave me such a confidence boost! And it made it easy for me to choose grapefruit juice and water to drink all night instead of my usual rum and coke.
This morning when I got up and weighed myself I was 160.4 - which is a couple of pounds down from earlier this week. But by tonight I was back up to 162. Hopefully that's just temporary.
Foods for today:
Breakfast - 1 cup whole grain cheerios, 1/2 cup 2% milk, with 1/4 cup of dried cranberries, a 6 oz container of peach nonfast light yogurt, and 10 almonds
Lunch - leftover grilled veggies and leftover italian grilled chicken pasta alphredo with brocolli
Supper - butter beans, a small baked potato with sour cream, mixed grilled veggies, homemade baked beans with country sausauge and bacon
I'm REALLY craving chocolate right now, but I'm trying to resist. I'm going to do a little weight training right now, and maybe if I do enough, I'll treat myself to a plain chocolate hersey bar.
I didn't get my workout in (unless you count the no kids at home, grown-up-type activities that took place). I had decided that since it happens so very rarely that we get to go out for us time, that I would enjoy a few drinks with my husband. But then when I was getting ready to go out last night I was looking for something to wear. All of my jeans have gotten pretty baggy (I started out in a size 16 and had been wearing a size 12 lately, but even those are getting loose). I've never really gotten rid of any of my old clothes from back when I was skinnier, so I figured that there had to be something for me to wear packed away somewhere. I was looking for something in a size 10, but didn't find anything. I did however find a pair of size 8 jeans. I grabbed them thinking they would be good motivation for me to keep going until some day I fit into them again. Just for the heck of it I decided to try them on to see how far I could pull them up. I nearly fell over when not only get I get them pulled on, but I got them closed!!! AND I could even still breathe!! I was completely over the moon! I could not believe that I could fit into them!
So I went back and dug thru some more old clothes. I traded my size 38G granny bra for a sexy black 38DD bra. The strap around my chest was a bit loose, and the cups a teeny bit too small yet, but all in all it didn't look to bad! I also dug out a tight little red t-shirt that I stopped wearing because if I raised my arms, the shirt would go up, and my boobs would peek out the bottom. It no longer does that.
Fitting into my old clothes gave me such a confidence boost! And it made it easy for me to choose grapefruit juice and water to drink all night instead of my usual rum and coke.
This morning when I got up and weighed myself I was 160.4 - which is a couple of pounds down from earlier this week. But by tonight I was back up to 162. Hopefully that's just temporary.
Foods for today:
Breakfast - 1 cup whole grain cheerios, 1/2 cup 2% milk, with 1/4 cup of dried cranberries, a 6 oz container of peach nonfast light yogurt, and 10 almonds
Lunch - leftover grilled veggies and leftover italian grilled chicken pasta alphredo with brocolli
Supper - butter beans, a small baked potato with sour cream, mixed grilled veggies, homemade baked beans with country sausauge and bacon
I'm REALLY craving chocolate right now, but I'm trying to resist. I'm going to do a little weight training right now, and maybe if I do enough, I'll treat myself to a plain chocolate hersey bar.
Tigpuppy
New member
Well, I caved and had the chocolate last night. At first I was just going to have a taste, but I ended up eating the whole thing. 
Oh well - nothing to do but get back up on the 'ol chuck wagon.
Today was so-so.
Breakfast - 6 oz container of nonfat light peach yogurt, nectarine, 1 cup of 2 % milk
Lunch - PB&J sandwhich and 1 1/2 cups of mixed melon chunks (honeydew, cantalope)
Snack - Cookie disaster
Supper - grilled flounder fillet, 1/2 cup uncooked (was about 1 cup after it was cooked) brown rice with minced onion, carrot, celery, and red pepper, 1 cup of raw carrots, 1 cup of raw cauliflower, 1 cup of celery.
The cookie disaster this afternoon involved my husband nagging me to make some Toll House caramel filled chocolate chip cookies. The kids got in on the nagging too, so I caved and made some. As I was taking them out of the oven I burned myself and dropped the pan on the floor. It landed on it's side and all the cookies slid off to land in a smashed heap on my dirty kitchen floor. I wondered if it was the diet gods trying to tell me something.
So I scraped up the mess and made a fresh batch. I wasn't going to have one. Really I wasn't!
Ok, I ate one. Man I hate weekends!
Oh well - nothing to do but get back up on the 'ol chuck wagon.Today was so-so.
Breakfast - 6 oz container of nonfat light peach yogurt, nectarine, 1 cup of 2 % milk
Lunch - PB&J sandwhich and 1 1/2 cups of mixed melon chunks (honeydew, cantalope)
Snack - Cookie disaster
Supper - grilled flounder fillet, 1/2 cup uncooked (was about 1 cup after it was cooked) brown rice with minced onion, carrot, celery, and red pepper, 1 cup of raw carrots, 1 cup of raw cauliflower, 1 cup of celery.
The cookie disaster this afternoon involved my husband nagging me to make some Toll House caramel filled chocolate chip cookies. The kids got in on the nagging too, so I caved and made some. As I was taking them out of the oven I burned myself and dropped the pan on the floor. It landed on it's side and all the cookies slid off to land in a smashed heap on my dirty kitchen floor. I wondered if it was the diet gods trying to tell me something.
So I scraped up the mess and made a fresh batch. I wasn't going to have one. Really I wasn't!
Ok, I ate one.
Man I hate weekends!
jjjay
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Just posting to say that you are doing so well Tigpuppy!! Especially in difficult circumstances where most of us slip up - nights out, long days at work etc... Ok, so a cookie now and again won't hurt, its the continuous choices that you are getting right. And dont' feel bad able taking veggies to a meeting - if it makes people feel embarrised that they are eating junk, well what the heck, they are eating junk!! Their choice!!
Wow. Size 8 jeans and a 38DD....that must have felt great!!
Wow. Size 8 jeans and a 38DD....that must have felt great!!
Tigpuppy
New member
Even after caving a couple of times this weekend I think I'm doing pretty good. My lovely scale was so nice to me today - it actually showed me a number under 160! I haven't been in the 150s since I don't know when! Granted it was only 159.8, but it was still under 160, so I think it counts! For the last week or so I keep bouncing around 163, give or take a lb or 2 (or more). Tomorrow is weigh in for the June challenge and I can 't wait to see how everyone is faring.
As for myself, I took some more measurements this morning. I'm still losing inches, even though my weight decline seems to have slowed down lately.
Thigh - 24"
Bicep - 13"
Waist - 31.5
Hips - 43
Ribcage - 31.5
Bust - 41
Foods today were pretty good:
Breakfast - 6 oz peach nonfat light yogurt, 20 almonds, 2 cups mixed cubed melon (honeydew and cantaloupe)
Lunch - 4 cups spring salad mix, 2 cut up egges, 3 slices canadian bacon sliced up, and 2 tbs of Robusto Italian dressing with the oil poured off.
Supper - 1/2 cup homemade potatoe salad (with eggs, mayo, mustard, onions, pickles) and 1/2 cup canned black eyed peas that I had to doctor up to get to taste decent enough to choke down. Also had a TON of carrots, celery, peppers, and cauliflower.
I'm getting sick of fresh veggies. I think it's time to change things up a bit. The whole time I was eating them I was trying to tell myself that they tasted as good as a bag of chocolates.
HA! Yea, I didn't believe myself either!
Later this week I'm expecting company from Auntie Flow and it's messing with my mood. I feel like a cranky wench today. I did NOT feel like eating healthy or working out. I really had to force myself, but I DID IT!!!
This weekend my hometown (16 miles away) is having it's centennial celebration and an all school reunion is planned. I had planned to avoid most of the festivities, but my husband thinks I should go and get my hair cut since I've pretty much made it to my half way point now, then go have fun at the celebration. I was really hoping to have lost more weight by now, but oh well. The all school reunion is not the reason I started all this. I guess I just got sick of catching sight of myself in pictures or in store windows and being shocked/repulsed at how I look.
I used to attract a lot of attention with my sexy legs, really short skirts, high heels, and long blonde hair. But no one has looked twice in the last decade or so, except to look thru me. I now wear pants or long ankle length skirts and comfortable shoes. My legs are still pretty thin from the knee down, but my thighs are huge and look like they have hail damage, so I think it's my contribution to humanity to keep it covered. My hair is still long (waist length) but I've let it go back to my natural color of reddish brown.
My 2nd oldest daughter was practicing braiding my hair a few months back and she said "MOM! You're turning into a princess! You are starting to get golden hairs!" The hairs she was talking about were actually silver, not golden. And every time I turn my back I think they multiply. I've been debating wheather I should color it again or not to cover the gray (or silver - they are really shiny and obnoxiously reflect light).
Speaking of hair - since I've started losing weight I've noticed that I'm shedding a LOT more than normal. I comb my hair out after my shower and pull off and handful to throw in the garbage can each time. Might have to do some research on why that's happening...
Until tomorrow - bed time. Looks like I'll be getting about 4 hrs tonight.
As for myself, I took some more measurements this morning. I'm still losing inches, even though my weight decline seems to have slowed down lately.
Thigh - 24"
Bicep - 13"
Waist - 31.5
Hips - 43
Ribcage - 31.5
Bust - 41
Foods today were pretty good:
Breakfast - 6 oz peach nonfat light yogurt, 20 almonds, 2 cups mixed cubed melon (honeydew and cantaloupe)
Lunch - 4 cups spring salad mix, 2 cut up egges, 3 slices canadian bacon sliced up, and 2 tbs of Robusto Italian dressing with the oil poured off.
Supper - 1/2 cup homemade potatoe salad (with eggs, mayo, mustard, onions, pickles) and 1/2 cup canned black eyed peas that I had to doctor up to get to taste decent enough to choke down. Also had a TON of carrots, celery, peppers, and cauliflower.
I'm getting sick of fresh veggies. I think it's time to change things up a bit. The whole time I was eating them I was trying to tell myself that they tasted as good as a bag of chocolates.
HA! Yea, I didn't believe myself either!
Later this week I'm expecting company from Auntie Flow and it's messing with my mood. I feel like a cranky wench today. I did NOT feel like eating healthy or working out. I really had to force myself, but I DID IT!!!
This weekend my hometown (16 miles away) is having it's centennial celebration and an all school reunion is planned. I had planned to avoid most of the festivities, but my husband thinks I should go and get my hair cut since I've pretty much made it to my half way point now, then go have fun at the celebration. I was really hoping to have lost more weight by now, but oh well. The all school reunion is not the reason I started all this. I guess I just got sick of catching sight of myself in pictures or in store windows and being shocked/repulsed at how I look.
I used to attract a lot of attention with my sexy legs, really short skirts, high heels, and long blonde hair. But no one has looked twice in the last decade or so, except to look thru me. I now wear pants or long ankle length skirts and comfortable shoes. My legs are still pretty thin from the knee down, but my thighs are huge and look like they have hail damage, so I think it's my contribution to humanity to keep it covered. My hair is still long (waist length) but I've let it go back to my natural color of reddish brown.
My 2nd oldest daughter was practicing braiding my hair a few months back and she said "MOM! You're turning into a princess! You are starting to get golden hairs!" The hairs she was talking about were actually silver, not golden. And every time I turn my back I think they multiply. I've been debating wheather I should color it again or not to cover the gray (or silver - they are really shiny and obnoxiously reflect light).
Speaking of hair - since I've started losing weight I've noticed that I'm shedding a LOT more than normal. I comb my hair out after my shower and pull off and handful to throw in the garbage can each time. Might have to do some research on why that's happening...
Until tomorrow - bed time. Looks like I'll be getting about 4 hrs tonight.
jjjay
New member
Hey Tigpuppy - I've posted an answer to your question about starting running on my journal, but wanted to stop in here to say hi too! I know what you mean about "used to attract attention" and then "turned invisible!" - you get caught up in a memory of how it used to be....I used to have to swat men away LOL like wasps round a hunny jar...what fun!! But I'm happy now with just being flirted with now and then!! Go to your school reunion and be really proud of how far you have come in the last few months - half way there is SUCH and achievement!
Tigpuppy
New member
Oh boy do I remember those days! I ran off and eloped with a man 12 years older than myself at the beginning of my senior year of high school, so I was definately 'off the market'. But I put myself thru college after high school and lived on campus during the week. And while there, I went out with with friends all the time during the week and HAD SO MUCH FUN!!! But I loved my husband and was committed to our marriage, so I set some ground rules for myself so that things would never get out of control (he never even knew about these until someone told him some time after I graduated). 1.) I ALWAYS drove. 2.) I NEVER accepted drinks from guys. 3.) I NEVER danced with anyone but my husband. I was the one that stayed at our table to hold it from evil table snitchers and babysat all the purses and drinks. And yet I seemed to be the one that attracted the most attention from guys. What an ego trip to turn all those guys down or pawn them off on my single friends! Of course I was always very nice about it!
My friends and I developed a theory that when you are in a relationship, something about your aura must change and you attract more guys. When you are single, they must be able to smell the desperation or something because they seemed to stay away more.
Anyway, I've been happily married for almost 19 years now. But I still wouldn't mind attracting that kind of attention again.
Maybe someday....
Tigpuppy
New member
I should really be working out right now, but instead I'm reading posts/diaries and posting on my own. I figured out how to copy my food log from my insurance company's web site on here, so I don't have to enter it twice. And it shows calories and totals for me! Gotta love that!
So for today....
Morning:
1/2 each apple 36
6 oz Blue Bunny Lite 85, yogurt, key lime pie 80
20 each nuts, almonds, ea 140
Total 256
Afternoon:
2 cup Campbell's, Soup, Mexican Style Chicken Tortilla Soup 260
1/2 c carrots, baby 26
2 stalk celery, raw, stalk 40
1/2 c cauliflower 16
1/2 cup pepper, green, red, or yellow, chopped 14
Total 356
Evening:
1 McDonald's, Apple Dippers w/ low fat caramel dip 100
4 piece(s) McDonald's, Chicken McNuggets, 4 piece 190
1 pckt(s) McDonald's, hot mustard sauce 60
Total 350
Snack:
2 c coffee, brewed, prepared 8
8 tbsp Coffee Mate creamer, 10 calories 80
Total 88
Daily total: 1050
The web site also shows me what food groups I've eaten from and indicates if I've met the minimum requirement or not, and also will flag areas that I'm getting too many servings in. I've really been low on the dairy lately, so today I picked up some skim milk (YUCK!) We are a whole milk family around these parts. Heck, I could drink heavy whipping cream! YUM! We'll see how the skim milk goes over. To me it tastes like watered down milk. But maybe I'll learn to like it like I've learned to like unsweetened cereals and such.
Got home late from work (had to drive in to the home office 73 miles away - hence the McDonald's for supper) then when I got home had to help co-teach an archery class (I'm a certified archery instructor as of this last January), with a 4-H meeting afterwards. Got home a little bit ago, but wanted to post quick, do a few weights (if I'm not too pooped to pump - iron that is!) then need to get to bed. Only getting 4 hrs of sleep last night is catching up to me. But unless I hit the hay now, I may end up getting only 4 hrs again tonight. One of these days I'm gonna just crack from all this lack of sleep I think!
G'night everyone!
So for today....
Morning:
1/2 each apple 36
6 oz Blue Bunny Lite 85, yogurt, key lime pie 80
20 each nuts, almonds, ea 140
Total 256
Afternoon:
2 cup Campbell's, Soup, Mexican Style Chicken Tortilla Soup 260
1/2 c carrots, baby 26
2 stalk celery, raw, stalk 40
1/2 c cauliflower 16
1/2 cup pepper, green, red, or yellow, chopped 14
Total 356
Evening:
1 McDonald's, Apple Dippers w/ low fat caramel dip 100
4 piece(s) McDonald's, Chicken McNuggets, 4 piece 190
1 pckt(s) McDonald's, hot mustard sauce 60
Total 350
Snack:
2 c coffee, brewed, prepared 8
8 tbsp Coffee Mate creamer, 10 calories 80
Total 88
Daily total: 1050
The web site also shows me what food groups I've eaten from and indicates if I've met the minimum requirement or not, and also will flag areas that I'm getting too many servings in. I've really been low on the dairy lately, so today I picked up some skim milk (YUCK!) We are a whole milk family around these parts. Heck, I could drink heavy whipping cream! YUM! We'll see how the skim milk goes over. To me it tastes like watered down milk. But maybe I'll learn to like it like I've learned to like unsweetened cereals and such.
Got home late from work (had to drive in to the home office 73 miles away - hence the McDonald's for supper) then when I got home had to help co-teach an archery class (I'm a certified archery instructor as of this last January), with a 4-H meeting afterwards. Got home a little bit ago, but wanted to post quick, do a few weights (if I'm not too pooped to pump - iron that is!) then need to get to bed. Only getting 4 hrs of sleep last night is catching up to me. But unless I hit the hay now, I may end up getting only 4 hrs again tonight. One of these days I'm gonna just crack from all this lack of sleep I think!
G'night everyone!
Tigpuppy
New member
I'm so VERY tired tonight and not feeling too well. My tummy hasn't been too happy this afternoon and evening. My father in law has had a stomach bug all week and I'm wondering if he has passed it on to me? It's really making me not want to work out tonight. Maybe I'll take the night off...
Foods today:
Morning
1 c Cheerios 90
1 c Milk, skim, fat-free 88
1/8 c Oceanspray, craisins 49
10 each nuts, almonds, ea 70
Total 297
Afternoon
2 ea Bread, whole wheat, slice 138
2 tsp Jelly 19
2 Tbsp peanut butter, creamy smooth 190
1/2 c honeydew melon 27
Total 374
Evening
1 c pasta, macaroni, elbows 198
1 oz beef, ground, lean 79
1/2 c Campbell's, soup, cream of mushroom 130
1/4 cup corn, yellow/white, cooked 44
Total 451
Snack
1/2 c carrots, baby 26
1/2 c cauliflower 16
1/2 cup pepper, green, red, or yellow, chopped 14
2 c coffee, brewed, prepared 8
8 tbsp Coffee Mate creamer, 10 calories 80
Total 144
Daily total: 1266
According to the exercise plan on my insurance website I'm supposed to do my hard night of cardio tonight. I think maybe I'll at least try to go for a walk. Maybe the fresh air will make my stomach settle down.
Be healthy!
Foods today:
Morning
1 c Cheerios 90
1 c Milk, skim, fat-free 88
1/8 c Oceanspray, craisins 49
10 each nuts, almonds, ea 70
Total 297
Afternoon
2 ea Bread, whole wheat, slice 138
2 tsp Jelly 19
2 Tbsp peanut butter, creamy smooth 190
1/2 c honeydew melon 27
Total 374
Evening
1 c pasta, macaroni, elbows 198
1 oz beef, ground, lean 79
1/2 c Campbell's, soup, cream of mushroom 130
1/4 cup corn, yellow/white, cooked 44
Total 451
Snack
1/2 c carrots, baby 26
1/2 c cauliflower 16
1/2 cup pepper, green, red, or yellow, chopped 14
2 c coffee, brewed, prepared 8
8 tbsp Coffee Mate creamer, 10 calories 80
Total 144
Daily total: 1266
According to the exercise plan on my insurance website I'm supposed to do my hard night of cardio tonight. I think maybe I'll at least try to go for a walk. Maybe the fresh air will make my stomach settle down.
Be healthy!
Tigpuppy
New member
I AM SO FREAKIN' PROUD OF MYSELF!!!! 
I signed off after my last post, put my tennies on, and walked out the door intending to go for a nice brisk walk. Well, I walked for about 2 mintues and just decided what the heck - and started running! I had my kitchen timer with me so I would know how long I walked, so I used it to time alternating walk/run. At first I ran for 1 minute, then walked for 1 minute. Then I switched to running for 1 minute, walking for 30 seconds. Then the last few cycles I would run 1 1/2 minutes and walk for 30 seconds. At the end I walked for about 3 minutes and did some stretches for 2 minutes. All total it took me about half an hour.
When I got back I asked my husband what the distance was from our driveway to the corner - I was shocked to find out it was 1 1/4 miles! WOO HOO!!!! I ran/walked over a freakin' mile!!!!!
Note to self: MUST go sports bra shopping before pulling something like this again. My boobs feel like they are half ripped off and my shoulders have the skin rubbed off where my bra straps go. OWIE! OWIE! OWIE!!!
But I actually RAN!
I signed off after my last post, put my tennies on, and walked out the door intending to go for a nice brisk walk. Well, I walked for about 2 mintues and just decided what the heck - and started running! I had my kitchen timer with me so I would know how long I walked, so I used it to time alternating walk/run. At first I ran for 1 minute, then walked for 1 minute. Then I switched to running for 1 minute, walking for 30 seconds. Then the last few cycles I would run 1 1/2 minutes and walk for 30 seconds. At the end I walked for about 3 minutes and did some stretches for 2 minutes. All total it took me about half an hour.
When I got back I asked my husband what the distance was from our driveway to the corner - I was shocked to find out it was 1 1/4 miles! WOO HOO!!!! I ran/walked over a freakin' mile!!!!!
Note to self: MUST go sports bra shopping before pulling something like this again. My boobs feel like they are half ripped off and my shoulders have the skin rubbed off where my bra straps go. OWIE! OWIE! OWIE!!!
But I actually RAN!
size32someday
Active member
that is so awesome Tig that you ran. running is so hard. maybe next time you could slowly extend it longer.
Tigpuppy
New member
Thanks everyone!
I think this is such a huge deal for me because I have always HATED running. HATE IT! HATE IT! HATE IT! I think it all started way back in middle school where they used running laps in the school gym as punishment for talking in class, along with other minor infractions. I always seemed to be in trouble for talking and I really learned to detest running.
But as I've learned over the last few months, there are lots of things I thought I hated that I've learned to like as part of this lifestyle change I've got going on. There are lots of foods that I always avoided because I didn't like them that I have now learned to like a lot. I figured running might be the same way, but how will I ever know if I don't try it, right?
I can't remember who said it, but there is a saying that goes something like: You can never succeed if you aren't willing to at least try.
I think this is such a huge deal for me because I have always HATED running. HATE IT! HATE IT! HATE IT! I think it all started way back in middle school where they used running laps in the school gym as punishment for talking in class, along with other minor infractions. I always seemed to be in trouble for talking and I really learned to detest running.
But as I've learned over the last few months, there are lots of things I thought I hated that I've learned to like as part of this lifestyle change I've got going on. There are lots of foods that I always avoided because I didn't like them that I have now learned to like a lot. I figured running might be the same way, but how will I ever know if I don't try it, right?
I can't remember who said it, but there is a saying that goes something like: You can never succeed if you aren't willing to at least try.
jjjay
New member
I AM SO FREAKIN' PROUD OF MYSELF!!!!
I signed off after my last post, put my tennies on, and walked out the door intending to go for a nice brisk walk. Well, I walked for about 2 mintues and just decided what the heck - and started running! I had my kitchen timer with me so I would know how long I walked, so I used it to time alternating walk/run. At first I ran for 1 minute, then walked for 1 minute. Then I switched to running for 1 minute, walking for 30 seconds. Then the last few cycles I would run 1 1/2 minutes and walk for 30 seconds. At the end I walked for about 3 minutes and did some stretches for 2 minutes. All total it took me about half an hour.
When I got back I asked my husband what the distance was from our driveway to the corner - I was shocked to find out it was 1 1/4 miles! WOO HOO!!!! I ran/walked over a freakin' mile!!!!!
Note to self: MUST go sports bra shopping before pulling something like this again. My boobs feel like they are half ripped off and my shoulders have the skin rubbed off where my bra straps go. OWIE! OWIE! OWIE!!!
But I actually RAN!
W00 H000000000000000000!!!!!!
Well done!!! Its such an achievement to start off like that...just "sod it I'll do it" sort of thing. AND what did you find out?!?! That YOU CAN DO IT!!!! How liberating is that feelign?!! YOU made your body do that and what was stopping it before? Your MIND saying that you can't!
Seriously, the next time you'll do the same thing and find it easier. The next time you'll run for 2 mins and walk for 1 min...then the next time it will be 3 mins...and before you know it....you'll be RUNNY like me!!
Really proud of you - I know what a huge thing it is to do this when you don't run. I've been there!
AngelWings
New member
Hi! I'm wondering how I could convince you to post some photos!
I'm starting to reform my health at 185lbs. I stepped on the scale this morning and it said 180! I'm pleased about that. Its been hard though, I've never been thin so this is all new to me. I was looking at your measurements and I still find fascination how the body literally shrinks. You do sound like the amazing shrinking woman!!!!
This is highly motivating seeing how its working for you it MUST be able to work for me!
I'm new here but it sure is cool to look at the diaries, and helpful for ideas for food and what not, as well as encouragment. maybe I'll start one soon!
I'm starting to reform my health at 185lbs. I stepped on the scale this morning and it said 180! I'm pleased about that. Its been hard though, I've never been thin so this is all new to me. I was looking at your measurements and I still find fascination how the body literally shrinks. You do sound like the amazing shrinking woman!!!!
This is highly motivating seeing how its working for you it MUST be able to work for me!
I'm new here but it sure is cool to look at the diaries, and helpful for ideas for food and what not, as well as encouragment. maybe I'll start one soon!
Flumes
New member
Hey TP. Just wanted to comment you on a great start to running!
The above quote would be exactly the same if I were to write it....from hating it to running being used as punishment.
Thanks sooo much for sharing. I think you nailed why I hate it too!
Coach Jjjjay Jjjjay has me on a plan to start running too. I'm nervous but pumped. Hopefully it goes as well for me as it did you!
Keep up the great work!
Tigpuppy
New member
I've been debating about this for a long time. The internet is forever after all! But after looking thru so many other brave people's pictures and gaining so much inspiration from them, I've decided to take the plunge and do it!
Left side was me at 185.8 lbs on 03/01/2010. Right side is me in the same clothes at 165.1 lbs on 06/01/2010. So basicly this is what a 20 lb loss looks like.