Time to Stick With It – Part 2

Hey Lisa!

You're so right that texting can be a terrible way to commuincate sometimes, things can get taken completely out of context and can make the conversation go downhill really quickly. I'm really glad the two of you sorted it out, it sucks going to bed upset.

You did amazingly well yesterday, Great job not giving into your emotional eating monster -> :reddevil: and turning your whole night around and going to the gym!!! You are seriously amazing and motivational!! You made great snack choices. I'm happy you night turned around and I'm glad that you are feeling strong again! Have a wonderful Thursday!!
 
Girlllll...boy do I know how texting can create miscommunication. Do you remember with Tish going to Vegas? I told you that we had a massive pow wow driving down, because of lack of talking between us and pure texts. It made her feel like as if I almost didn't want to be her friend. That isn't how they do it in Florida. California people are weird. hahaha...and SO ON and SO ON.. And I was like "OMG!??!" Are you kidding me!?! And we kept going on back and forth ping ponging all the texts that were mis interpretted between us! Thank GOD we quickly got the drinks flowing and after that it was SMOOTH sailing!! :)

All in all, glad you got it worked out! The lovely part is that most often it settles over quite smoothly. I defintely see you as the one in the relationship who takes the precautions for your future. Your husband does sound more liberal with finances and thinks in the moment, and sometimes with his heart,..like the couch member? LOL! All in all,..you both make a great balance because of it! One saves it, one spends it. You are SUPER WOMAN for getting to the gym instead of eating!!! Those cookies sounded so good as I read them right now too :drool5:!! YUM!!!

And I will ask for a heart rate monitor for my birthday in December JUST LIKE YOU!!! It's actually 12-12, baby!! ;)! I might not wait that long though. :)

Way to stick with it, Lisa!! Sticking to your goals! :D!
 
Thanks for coming by friends and offering your support with the texting. Looking forward to him coming home tonight and talking to him face to face again. Even our phone calls have been short because he's always with his co-workers and it's hard to really talk with other people around. Not that we have anything important to talk about but I just miss his company.

Woohoo :hurray: I get to move my ticker down again!! I weighed in at 147.2 this morning! So pumped and totally motivated to keep going. I’m feeling great.:hurray:
Not much planned for this weekend. I plan to finish today out strong by going to the gym after work and cooking a healthy dinner for hubby’s return. We’ll probably rent a movie or two and spend the night on the couch. Tomorrow I plan to continue my spring cleaning. Last weekend I cleaned for 5 hours straight and I still have a lot to do to get rid of all the dust and pack up some stuff for my sister in laws yard sale. Tomorrow night we are going out with some friends so I plan to indulge in a couple drinks. We are going to a fundraiser for a couple’s wedding and there will be dancing so I’m looking forward to shaking my booty on the dance floor. Sunday will probably be a rest day as it usually is after a late night out.

Here’s how yesterday looked:
B – 1 cup frozen strawberries, 1/3 cup all bran buds, 1 ff activia yogurt, peppermint tea
Snack – peppermint tea
L - lettuce, green onion, red pepper, yellow pepper, black olives, celery, cucumber, dried cranberries & walnut mix (just a sprinkle), 1 can tuna drained in water, ff tomato, oregano dressing.
Exercise – 15 min power walk to post office (we normally get the mail lady to pick up our mail in the office but I have been volunteering to drop it off lately!)
Snack – apple
Exercise – 50 min treadmill – 4 miles (intervals of 5min running & 5 min steep incline), 58 squats and press ups (8lb dumbbells), 48 R & 48 L punch (8lb dumbbells), 20 walking out push-ups – I did intervals of these three exercises. 5 min various abs, stretch – 70 min, 750 calories burned.
D – garlic, pesto tortilla wrap, 3 ounces thin sliced turkey breast, lettuce, 6 thin slices cheddar cheese, pepper, mustard – made into a wrap.
Snack – s.f. butterscotch pudding – jello brand.

I’m really proud of myself this week because I’m only usually really motivated when there is a special occasion coming up or an event and besides trying to get pregnant in a few months there is nothing. I haven’t signed back up to WW either and if I can continue to do it on my own I’m not going to. I really feel like I have nothing stopping me from getting to my goal. I am going to flip the day I see 139 on the scale – I can’t even imagine the feeling. I’m going to get there though – I just know it!! If I can loose 1 pound a week for the next 7 weeks that will bring me up to the time that I want to start trying and to be honest I don’t imagine getting pregnant in the first few tries – it could take a year or years or who knows I might not even be able to have kids. But getting to my goal is really going to help with whatever happens.
I love Fridays!! Hope everyone has a great weekend – I plan to! Cheers friends!!!:cheers2:
 
Hey Lisa! Sorry I haven't had time to stop by in a while...

You had asked about vitamins and how long to wait after going off the pill... I was on a regular low dose pill for 9 1/2 years and when I went to see my doc to tell him I was planning to start a family, he told me that I should go off of them and wait 2 to 4 months before trying - basicly to check and see that my cycles were regular on their own without the hormones of the BC pill affecting them. If you have normal cycles, chances are better that your fertility is good. If they are wacky, there may be issues getting pregnant. He also told me to take prenatal vitamins, not just regular daily multi-vitamins because they usually have more iron and folic acid than regular ones, and would better prepare my body for pregnancy.

Be careful with sex immediately after going off the pill though - especially if you took the ones that allow you not to have a regular monthly period - I know 7 people already that got pregnant the first month after they quit - WITH TWINS! Apparently sometimes your body kind of goes wacky after coming off those hormones and releases multiple eggs at once.

If you are planning to wait a few months yet until you officially try, I highly recommend getting a basal thermometer and track your waking temp daily (before you get out of bed). That'll give you an idea of when you actually ovulate, so you'll know the best days to try when you are ready. There are actually only a few days a month when you can get pregnant, and if your hubby is gone for work a lot this summer, it might make conceiving a bit more challenging. There are TONS of websites with great information out there that will tell you how to use your body temp and other signs (like cervical mucus) to figure out exactly when it's baby making time!

I'm one of those people that has to know EVERYTHING about something before I do it - so I read everything I could get my hands on about getting pregnant before I actually went off the pill. Education is power, right? Maybe that's why we got pregnant the 2nd month that we tried?

Either that, or the fact that all the women in my family are FREAKISHLY fertile...

Anyway - I wish you the best of luck! Until it happens, keep chugging away on the weight loss - you're almost there!

OH! Keep in mind too that once you do get pregnant some women suffer from morning sickness and lose a ton of weight the first few months because they are constantly puking their guts out.
 
Thanks for the info Tig!! it was really helpful!
I want twins so bad so that makes me want to start trying right away! I'm still not going to though, lol. I do have a feeling my cycle is going to be wonky for a while because when I went off the pill I only had a period for 1 day so far - it used to last at least 5 days.
My water at home is high in iron and I'm taking an extra folic acid pill so that should be good till I run out of the multi vitamin and then I will buy some of those pre-natal ones. Hubby and I bought some condoms and he hates them so we haven't been getting busy much since the honeymoon.
He also told his boss he would prefer to work in town this summer because of the baby making so hopefully it's busy enough that he doesn't have to go away much.
That thermometer thing sounds interesting - my sister bought these test strips you can pee on that will tell you when you are ovulating so I might go that route as it sounds easier to me and I'm lazy when I first get up.
Ugh that will be horrible puking every morning - I hate puking! Not looking forward to that! Hopefully I luck out!
Thanks again and have a great weekend!
 
:hurray: WooHoo! Nice drop Lisa!! You worked hard this week you deserved it! You did so great with trowing yourself into eating well after all of that wonderful food on the cruise. I'm happy for you and you're progress and I'm really looking forward to you getting to your goal and I'm looking forward to getting to mine with you! Lets kick some serious ass next week!

I'm glad and you hubby worked everything out and it's nice that you have him back for the weekend. I agree with him, condoms are :icon_bs: lol, maybe you should try going to a sex store, they usually have a huge selection of individual condoms that are different brands, textures, flavours etc. You can maybe make it a fun night to buy a bunch of different ones and test them all out until he finds some he likes. That sounds like a pretty good weekend to me! I would trade my weekend of laying on the couch for that anyday :beating:!! lol

Have a wonderful weekend!! I'm looking forward to working hard with you on Monday! :seeya:
 
UGH...that's how I feel today and that's how I've been feeling the last two days. I'll start with the positives because I'll warn you now I'm going to get negative.
Friday was great - went to the gym after work and ran 4km - did some weights and ate healthy all day. Friends stopped by after our nice healthy dinner and brought us some booze - me champagne and hubby beer so we invited them in as nice people we are and opened the alcohol. Well 3 hours later I'm wasted and the champagne is gone (it was a huge bottle!). Luckily we didn't have any snacks to bring out so the eating was good.
Saturday woke up late feeling not so well and lied in bed drinking a lot of water and took some advil. Didn't get the house work done I was planning on. Around 6pm I started to feel better so I got on the treadmill and ran 4.5 miles before getting in the shower. Got ready for our night out and was feeling great. Had gone to the mall that day and bought some new jeans (size 29) and a new top (size small!!) to wear so that always helps. The drinks really started flowing and by 11pm I was wasted again. Had my dancing shoes on so burnt a new calories there. On the way home our DD wanted to go through McD's so I got a milkshake and mcnuggets - that's where things went down hill.
Sunday woke up feeling sooo sick and all I wanted was more grease. Hubby went out and bought a bunch of chocolate milk and while he was gone I ate a bunch of his granola bars I found in the cupboard. We ordered Chinese food for dinner and later that evening he had to go out of town for work again. I drove to the store and bought more chocolate milk and a chocolate bar and ate them by myself feeling really out of control.
Monday I woke up with a bad cold - my throat was sore, my nose was running and I couldn't stop sneezing - I felt so lazy and didn't even want to open a can of soup for myself. I picked up a bagel on my way to work and my boss ordered picked me up some soup for lunch- not healthy stuff though with a roll and butter too. On my way home I went to shoppers to pick up some cold medicine and bought some cookies which I managed to eat the whole bag and cool ranch doritos which I ate for dinner. I also drank a container of orange juice and a bottle of gingerale (so much unnecessary sugar!) No exercise - two days in a row:smash:
I still feel sick today but it's a new day and I can make better choices. I feel like a fat cow though and hope to stick to tea and healthy soup all day. I want to go home and rest but I don't have very many days left to take off for the year and it's only April!
I brought my gym bag but hubby just called and is coming home early so I might not be motivated to go and will just want to go home and see him. I took out turkey from the freezer so we will have that and some veggies for dinner. I know I can still turn things around and finish the week strong but I'm really disappointed in myself. I went back to my old ways and it was so easy for me to do. I was alone and comfort eating till I felt sick - why do I do that.:smash: I wish I could analyze why but I guess it could be a bunch of things - feeling sorry for myself for being sick, being alone and thinking no one would know what I'm doing, being so bored and lonely - I guess it could be all those factors. Oh well it's over and today is a new day.
 
Hey Lisa,

I'm sorry to hear that your weekend didn't go as planned and that you were feeling a little low and now sick. I know what you were going through, I have those nights where I raid the cupboards and eat anything and everything I can put my hands on and feel bad for myself during it and wonder why I do it. But it's a new day and you have come so far and you are so motivated that I know this past weekend is not going to stand in your way of you getting to where you want to be. You're going to kick ass with your workouts and turn the week around with your food and you'll feel great when you do. Keep pushing, it's only Tuesday and you already nipped it in the bud and can start today fresh! Feel better soon! :grouphug:
 
Hi, I was just browsing through the second half of your diary. You have come a long way!! Congratulations!! I noticed you are from a small town in Ontario. I am from Alberta. I used to live in Collingwood when I was a small boy. I still have family there and would like to go back to visit soon.

Looks like you are starting phase two off well. Sorry to hear you are sick. Get well soon!
 
Janvier said:
But it's a new day and you have come so far and you are so motivated that I know this past weekend is not going to stand in your way of you getting to where you want to be.
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Thanks Janvier! It seems easier to believe hearing it from someone else. I should have came by yesterday and confessed my sins and last night probably wouldn't have ended up so bad but I'm ready to turn it around today.

cowboy48 said:
I noticed you are from a small town in Ontario. I am from Alberta. I used to live in Collingwood when I was a small boy. I still have family there and would like to go back to visit soon.
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Thanks for stopping by cowboy. I've never heard of Collingwood so I'm assuming it's not close by. I live in Northern Ontario but I have sisters in Calgary so I like to go there and visit often.

Sunflower said:
Sorry you've not had a good few days hun, hope tomorrow will be better xxx
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Thanks Hana - today is already better!

So this morning was really hard resisting my cravings and even at lunch I thought about going out and getting pizza instead of making my soup but I've stuck to it and already feel so much better for resisting. I'm going to work out at home as soon as I get in the door and then I'm going to start on dinner for hubby's return. I focused on my goals today and I need to keep them at the front of my mind. I read a lot about preparing your body for pregnancy and making sure you have good nutrients and are taking your vitamins and that has really helped too. I'm ready to completely quit drinking from here on out unless in 6 months time I find out I'm still not preggers I might need a drink :biggrinjester:.
Tig I bought one of those thermometers because those test strips were so expensive - I don't know how my sister affords them every month. I've even contemplated starting to try right away with the thoughts of increasing my odds of having twins - hubby would be excited to ditch the condoms. I'm still thinking about it though and even if we did start trying I know my cycle is messed up so I highly doubt I would get pregnant in the first few months. It will make trying fun though. Lots to think about still but one thing is clearer today - healthy food and no more booze from here on out!
 
Hello buttercup!! :grouphug:!!! Ahhh, the weekend splurge!! Damn those weekends & Damn being alone in the house with FOOD! Ugh!! No worries, though. You definitely balanced the little splurges here and there with that exercise.

I think, that sometimes, those moments of spiraling are what re ignite DESIRE! It's ok to fall off the boat! The main thing is getting back on!! You ALWAYS do that! ;) I know you will pull in strong for your weigh in! :)

I have the same weekends, with the bf. We both get cravings, and when he sees that I am flexible with my eating, or just "talks dirty food" to me. :smilielol5: Then we both break! ...If he sees me "focused" strong, he follows the yellow brick road too! It's hilarious. :D It's almost like I'm in charge of the health aspect of our lives! I constantly motivate him indirectly by talking about how GREAT I feel after a workout and after drinking shakes! So he went out and bought shakes. The other day, he said he wants to do p90x too! I'm glad that he is home again.

GIRL!!! It would be SO AMAZING if you moved to CALIFORNIA!! You would have to move to LA, though!! :jump:!!! Just SAYIN' it's the SHIT here!!!! Yes!! Then we could beachbody together!!! ...I'm actually sigining up to be a Free ONLINE Beachbody coach. Every person that goes onto Beachbody can sign up for a free coach/accountability partner without buying anything! So as a coach, Beachbody would assign me a Coaching site, that people can click on ME TO BE THAT PERSON FOR THEM! Then what happens, is that if in fact you want to buy a program or shakeology meal replacement/recovery drink I have them available on my free coaching site!! :) How cool is that!! ONLINE FREE BEACHBODY COACH/ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER!!!! It's great!!! I'm excited!! :) So many people are asking me where to buy p90x and Slim in 6, that it seemed like a no brainer to sign up as a coach, and if they do happen to buy it from my link from beachbody they get ME as a coach/accountability partner instead of someone random. :)

So, get it girl!!! Look for those jobs and move your ASS DOWN HERE!!! :cheers2:!!
 
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Hey Lisa!! Sorry to hear about the weekend :( I think you and I may be somewhat virtually in sync, because I skipped a Monday workout and ate a WHOLE PINT of ice cream (shhhh, don't tell anyone, haha). I felt awful the rest of the night and the next day, but tried to remind myself that I used to do that before I was running at all.... and even then, one or two days of mistakes isn't what made me unhappy with my body. Hopefully you're feeling healthy and happy again!! Did last night's workout and dinner go as planned?
 
Thanks Alta! My hubby and I are the same on the weekend. If I go into it telling him I'm going to be good he won't let us buy things we wouldn't normally but if I start off the bad eating he jumps in full swing! I just need to be more focused more often and he will follow suit.
I always forget that you are in LA - so cool. Well the moving plans won't be decided for a few years anyway unless I find out right away my body can't have babies. For now I'm staying positive that I'm going to get lucky within the next year.

So yesterday was a good day. It was almost a great day but right before bed I decided to have a few handfuls of the left over cool ranch doritos - I knew I should have thrown them out the night before.
Here's how the day went:
B - 1 cup frozen strawberries, 1/2 cup all bran buds, 1 ff activia yogurt, peppermint tea
Snack - peppermint tea
L - 1 can Campbell's chicken and brown rice soup
Snack - home made cookie a co-worker offered me (I was having a weak moment and they were oatmeal)
Exercise - 85 min treadmill - 7.7 miles (I would have kept going but hubby surprised me and once I got off to kiss him and I didn't want to get back on) - 950 calories burned, stretch.
D - turkey breast stirfry - celery, red, yellow & orange pepper, carrots, califlower, broccoli, baby corn, red onion, slivered almonds, soy sauce, vegetable broth & honey garlic sauce. (so yummy - I have left overs for lunch today)
Snack - 3 big handfuls cool ranch doritos.

I feel more focused today except I'm focused on having a baby - not weight loss but I think the two will work together until I miss my period that is. I know last week I was ranting about how I was so excited to get to my goal before trying but my mind has changed and I'm ready to start trying now. Knowing that I could be pregnant will help me eat healthier and I still plan to keep up my exercise so if I don't get pregnant I imagine I will still lose weight at a healthy pace.
I'm looking forward to taking that TAC Physique class again tonight and rounded up a friend to join me so I don't back out. Eating will be good today too! I should be getting some extra exercise with hubby too because we are going to be getting busy every 36 to 48 hours for the next little while until I figure out my schedule for ovulation.
 
Baby making! So excited for you--A few of my friends are close to their due-dates and they are just glowing! Would you like a boy or a girl? xx
 
Hey Laura,
we must have been posting at the same time because I missed your post earlier. That is funny how we are virtually in sync. You are right about a couple days of falling off is not going to bring back the overweight girl I used to be and realizing how bad it made me feel always helps in letting me not carry on that way any longer.
Getting back on the treadmill and getting a good run in always helps remind me where I've come and how I want to continue down the right path. There's just nothing like it.

Hana in an ideal world I would like one of each - at the same time so I don't have to go through it twice but twins don't run in my family so the chances are pretty low. If I could choose I would want a girl but hubby really wants a boy so either way I will be happy.
 
Hi Lisa,

You had a great day yesterday, don't worry about the chips, you definitely burned them off with your run, 950 calories burned?? You were on fire! Great job! Oooh baby making sounds fun, you should wear your HMR to see how many calories that burns lol, all of the this baby making will definitley be a nice added workout to your schedule! I think wheather you're working out to get to your goal or to have a healthy body for your future baby is a great goal to work towards and I think you will get there. You're going to be a great mama! Keep up the hard work!
 
Hi Lisa

When I was trying to get pregnante I used the fertility calendar on Ivillage.com 3 mo later I was expecting...you in put the data like temperature or when you got busy...when you had your last period it's really simple to use and from the data you input it will let you get a better idee of when you are ovulating and also your cycle....help me a lot and it used to be free I haven't been on there in a while!

You are doing great keep it up!
 
Thanks Janvier and Veronique - I'll have to check out that site when I get a chance.

Work is busy today so I don’t have much time.
Yesterday was another alright day. Here’s how it looked:
B – 1 cup frozen strawberries, 1/3 cup all bran buds, 1 ff activia yogurt, peppermint tea
Snack - apple
L – 2 cups left over turkey stir-fry
Snack – mandarin orange
D – home made chicken burgers – lean ground chicken, sweet pickles, onion, egg, corn flakes (all mashed together to make burgers), 1 ff cheese slice, 1 whole wheat bun, home made coleslaw – shredded cabbage, chopped apple, slivered almonds, chopped celery, ff dressing
Exercise – 1 hr TAC Physique class, 40 min treadmill – 2.7 miles, high incline – pace between 3.8 – 4.2
Snack – 4 handfuls kettle cooked chips, 1 cup left over coleslaw

So I think calories were a little high today – just can’t get into it this week like I normally do. I was happy I made plans to meet my friend at the gym or else I probably wouldn’t have gone. I was so sleepy when I got home and just wanted to do nothing. I did get groceries after work and made a few salads for the rest of the week.
Not sure what I’m going to do for exercise tonight but eating has been on track and I bought some nice chicken to make tonight with sweet potatoes maybe – I heard sweet potatoes aid in having twins – I know I’m a nut!
 
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