Time to stick with it!!

Stupid cats!!! lol when I had my cat, he would always meow SOOOO loud in the morning, repeatedly for like an HOUR! they are crazy i tell ya!!!

So last night was an off night for you... but it's okay!!! We all need those nights sometimes :)

Great improvements with your measurements! I'm glad you are keeping track. It's so nice to see the change that way when sometimes you just can't see it in the mirror for yourself. Success is sweet!

Talk to ya in the morning :D
~ Sarah
 
:smilielol5: And that is why I refuse to get a pet. They can be such a pain in the butt.

So, was last night a full moon or something, b/c everyone I've talked to today had a horrible sleep... including myslelf. Weird!!

Bad day yesterday eh?? I really think we NEED the bad ones... makes the good ones even better :)

AWESOME measurements!!! Although I have to hate you now b/c your thighs are smaller than mine ;)

Keep up the great work :D
marie
 
thelast20 said:
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Bad day yesterday eh?? I really think we NEED the bad ones... makes the good ones even better :)

Keep up the great work :D
marie
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So true! I think I've realized in order to make this a lifestyle change I need one of these every couple weeks - keeps me sane.
 
I should have took off my earrings! 150.0!! So close - 140's I will see you next week I swear!:hurray:
Looks like I'm losing a pound a week and that's it but I am happy with that. I will get there! It will be so nice once I don't have to pay anymore! I think it's worth it though - for me anyway.
When I woke up this morning I didn't even get on my scale at home because I didn't want it to discourage me from weighing in today. And I went to the gym and did 3.2 miles in 40 min switching up between running and walking at incline 6. It felt great to get on the treadmill again because I hadn't been since Monday! I felt like I really slacked off on the workouts this week but I plan to do a lot over the weekend to make up for it!
Yesterday was a good day - I didn't have any groceries until I went before spinning. Here's how it looked:
Exercise - 25 min at home workout - lunges, squats, 5lb dumb bells, jumping jacks, jumping rope, abs, stretch
B - 2 scoops protein powder w 4 oz ff milk & 6 oz water
Snack - apple
L - 2 scoops protein powder w water
Snack - pear, 250 ml chocolate milk
Exercise - 1 hr spinning, 50 min bike, 5 min abs, 5 min stretch
D - big veggie salad - romaine lettuce, cherry tomatos, snap peas, yellow pepper, cucumber, red onion, 1 can tuna in water drained w olive oil & vinegar
Snack - sugar free chocolate pudding cup, 7 raspberries
I was a couple points under but not too bad - I needed to make up for Wed. night!
So my hunnie comes home tonight so no gym for me - that's why I made sure to go this morning! Tonight we will probably just relax and play a new Wii game we got - Super Mario brothers - so cool! Tomorrow morning I plan to go to Kettle Bell and I'm sucking it up and going alone because my friend already cancelled. I will just try my best and try not to get embarrased when I get partnered up. Saturday night we are going out for dinner with friends for my hunnie's bday and then bowling - I volunterred to be DD and I never do that! can't go back on my word now and I love bowling so I will have fun without the booze. Not sure what is planned Sunday but probably more cleaning - it never ends. So I'm in good spirits and looking forward to seeing my hunnie and making getting it on tonight! Here's to hoping!
140's I will see you next week!
Have a great weekend everyone - check you Monday! Be good!
 
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150, that's great!!! :D And uhhh I think your hunnie's birthday isn't til the 22nd..... so I think you can TOTALLY see 149 by then... even if it's just 0.1 lb you CAN!! So I'm just gonna say congrats right now cuz I know you met you're goal :p

Way to volunteer for DD this weekend! I have done this a few times (which I NEVER would have done if it weren't for me trying to lose weight!) and it feels really good!!! Sounds like it's gonna be a fun time! I wanna go bowling now!!!

Check ya later :waving:
~ Sarah
 
I just wanted to say hi. Great workout on the treadmill, I know it feels good to get going again. Oh and also Great job on your weight loss and measurements keep it up girl!
Kristie
 
Heyyy there I just wanted to stop by and say hello :) I think you're doing so great and I'm loving your attitude. It's easy to get discouraged when you have an off day but you just get right back on track. Hope to talk with you soon!
 
So.... How was the birthday weekend?!?!

We've got some big goals this week. You - 149, Me - 139. I can hardly wait!!! Lets have a kick ass week :D:D:D

We got this!!!
marie
 
Ok so birthday weekend is done and it's a new week! Thank god!
I was pretty horrible but surprisingly I don't feel bad about it - we had a lot of fun and I really enjoyed everything I indulged in!
Friday night wasn't too bad and I think I was only over by 5 or 6 points. I went to the gym Saturday morning and chickened out of Kettle Bell. I ended up getting a really good work out in though! I did 1 mile on the treadmill and then went into the New Body class for one hour with 3 lb weights. After the class I still had lots of energy so I ran another mile on the treadmill and then did some abs, sides, back machines and then some abs on the mat and stretches. I went and got my hair done and it looks so much better - no more greys peaking through. We got dressed up and went to the Keg for dinner - I had French onion soup, bread, Thai chicken w garlic mashed potatoes and the waiter was cousins with our friends so we got free dessert - how do you turn it down when it's free! Me and my girlfriend split the cheesecake with strawberries and caramel on it! It was to die for! I was sooooo full and then we went bowling. We paid for 2 hours unlimited bowling and after two games I was done and ready for bed. I wasn't drinking because I offered to drive so I felt bad I was so tired and not much fun. Our friends had to pick their baby up for the sitters so we finished up and went home! We curled up on the couch and fell asleep to a movie.
Sunday morning I did lots of cleaning because my boyfriends family was coming over for cake. They brought a turtles ice cream cake and I had the biggest piece! We also had coffee with Bailey's and I had two cups almost half and half! I was feeling good! When the fam left I asked my hunnie what he wanted for dinner and all he wanted was Kraft dinner so that's what we had and snacked on some cheese, pickles and crackers after that!
So lots of bad food, not a ton of exercise but lots of fun and no guilt!
I wanted to go to the gym this morning but my boyfriend doesn't have a work truck this week and we only have one vehicle so I had to drive in with him and miss the gym - but my bag is packed to go after work. I'll just have to drive him home first. Sometimes I hate living in the country.
I feel really good about the week and I found out from my sisters they are planning a bachelorette party for me in January to go somewhere hot maybe so that is really exciting and motivating!
time to see how everyone made out this weekend! Hopefully better than me eating wise!
 
eagray_ said:
Heyyy there I just wanted to stop by and say hello :) I think you're doing so great and I'm loving your attitude. It's easy to get discouraged when you have an off day but you just get right back on track. Hope to talk with you soon!
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Hey thanks for stopping by! I see you've returned after some time away - good to have you back! I'll be sure to check out your journal soon and see how your doing! Thanks for the support!:waving:
 
gymfreak said:
I just wanted to say hi. Great workout on the treadmill, I know it feels good to get going again. Oh and also Great job on your weight loss and measurements keep it up girl!
Kristie
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Yes it does feel so good to get going again! Every Monday it seems. I like your user name - I feel like that sometimes too! Thanks for stopping by Kristie, I have been following your journal too although I'm not sure if I've commented - next time I'm your way I'll leave some love. Thanks for the support and stopping by!
 
thelast20 said:
So.... How was the birthday weekend?!?!

We've got some big goals this week. You - 149, Me - 139. I can hardly wait!!! Lets have a kick ass week :D:D:D

We got this!!!
marie
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I want 149 so bad and I'm really going to have to work for it! Time to really push it! Thanks for the support! i'm going to need it this week!
 
Glad to hear you had a fun weekend! It sounded like a good time! When you mentioned the bailey's and coffee I immediately thought of the holiday's... family, food, booze, snow, Christmas music... all that fun stuff :-D Can't wait for it!

Also happy to hear that I wasn't the only one who indulged a bit this weekend... and DIDN'T feel bad about it. I'm glad that you enjoyed yourself and enjoyed your time with family and friends instead of worrying about your diet as much. No way no how would I pass up free cheesecake!! LOL it's just really refreshing to come on here and see POSITIVE things... instead of... "Yeah this weekend sucked and I ate like crap and I hate myself and I probably gained 5 pounds." We are way past that now... we know what's okay and what's not okay, and we know how to get back on track when we need to! And that is just the best!!!

Kick some booty at the gym tonight! I'm missing the spinning class for the 3rd Monday in a row :-( Not that I WANT to but I have to go see a dance performance that I need to write about for my class... zzZZzz BORING!!!!

Ttyl :)
~ Sarah
 
Need to vent

:rant:Ok I'm having a bad day and it's making me really stressed and now I'm craving chocolate and going nuts! I need to get it out! Sometimes my hunnie drives me crazy!!!!!!! I'm a little bit of a perfectionist so I like things to go as plan and I like to know all my options and think things through before I act. Well my significant other is not the same way and instead of thinking he just does. We have a fundraiser for our wedding coming up on December 18th - they are called shag's here if you have heard of them and there is a lot of planning to do. We also have the wedding that isn't coming up as soon but things need to get done. So this morning we drove in to town together and he was going to be done early so I suggested he do some of my running around for the shag and wedding and then get some groceries because we have nothing and then come to my work and I would leave for lunch and drive him home so I could have the car after work to go to the gym. Well the one thing I asked him to do was get the pictures and magnets cut up so I could start assembling and putting in xmas cards and getting them in the mail - well when he picked me up he couldn't remember what size to cut the magnets and cut them all wrong! Instead of calling me to confirm he just guessed and now I have to go and buy all new magnets and go and get them cut again. I also asked him to pick up groceries but I assumed he would call to ask what we needed if he didn't know - nope. I asked him if he got stuff for salads and he said no - didn't even remember to get lettuce! I asked what he got for dinners and he said roast's - they were on buy one get one so he got two roasts! We barely ever make roasts and they aren't the healthiest because of the fat - I asked him what he got to eat with it - brussel sprouts, yams, potatoes - and he said he didn't get anything. So I have nothing for lunch and I'm having roast for dinner. So now I have to go grocery shopping after work too. I'm just so frustrated and annoyed. Those were just a couple of the things I wanted him to do and nothing else got done and now he is home sitting on the couch probably and I have a million things to do after work. I'm going to feel guilty going to the gym because I know I should be getting other things done. When I dropped him off at home I wanted to go through the McDonalds drive through on my way back to town because I was so crabby and that was my first thought to make me feel better - i didn't but I couldn't even have salad for lunch and had to make a can of tomato and rice soup and it just didn't do the trick. Now the vending machine is callling my name downstairs and I think I want chocolate but I know I don't - I'm going nuts and need to breathe and relax I think! I have a million things to do at work too and can't stop thinking about all the stuff I have to do after work and all I want to do is go to the gym.
 
Oh sweetie!!!! Been there, done that!! The trick is, when it comes to a man you ABSOLUTELY, CANNOT ASSUME ANYTHING!! If you want help with something, you have to leave them strick, detailed instuctions written down with the note "if you don't know... call me!" written on the bottom. And even then, there is still a good chance that they will f@ck it up ;) They are all the same and you are definately not alone in this one!!

STAY AWAY FROM THE VENDING MACHINE!!!! You know you'll feel worse after. And go to the gym after work. Grocery stores are open late, you have LOTS of time!! Forget about the magnets today, you'll get them done. It will all come together!

And most important you have to remember... YOU ARE WONDERWOMAN!!! We all are. We have to be to live with men ;) But we do love them for a reason... we can't always remember why!!


Breathe!!!! And just think how bad your going to kill it at the gym tonight. Use it as motivation... it works!

marie
 
I have to tell you about something I learned in my interpersonal communications class. We were talking about gender differences in communication. Here is the bottom line:

WOMEN have spaghetti brains.
MEN have waffle brains.

Meaning that women are all about multi-tasking, their thoughts and ideas intertwine and everything is connected and basically our brain is just a big bowl of spaghetti, everything just mushed together.

Men are all about single-tasking. They have specific places in their brains for specific bits of information. They have boxes. This box is for work, that box is for you, the other box is for sports, that one box is for... get this... NOTHING. Guys have a nothing box too! Research has found that they can literally sit there and think about NOTHING. Women are completely incapable of this... it is beyond me that any human can actually think of "nothing."

Back to the waffle thing... men can only take in so much information at once. He WAS listening to you. But all that he got was to cut out the pictures and go to the grocery store. Exactly what you told him to do. And I also learned that men HATE asking questions because it shows incompetence. They want to take charge.

Unfortunately guys will always be like that. We tend to think, "why couldn't they just do this?" and, "they should've known what I meant!" and all that stuff. But they really just DON'T! I know you are angry with your man but cut him a little slack - he didn't mess up all the pictures on purpose, and he didn't go to the grocery store thinking, "I'm going to buy a roast because it's bad for Lisa and I'm not going to buy anything else to go along with it so she gets angry at me for not buying anything else even though we need other stuff in the house." No - he did not think that way. Men are just like, uhDUH! Really!!!!

It's really quite entertaining how different men and women are. I know it can be frustrating and quite upsetting... but you will get it all figured out.

And you have time! Try not to stress too much. I hope you have cooled off since this happened... and if you went for the vending machine, hey, it's OK! You're going to go to the gym tonight :) DON'T skip it! Tonight is NOT the only night that you have time to get everything done! There is still tomorrow!

Have a good night Lisa!
~ Sarah
 
Thanks Marie and Sarah! - wish I had a computer at home so I could have read that last night - oh well I'm feeling better today!
So yesterday after work I went and did a bunch of running around and got lots of stuff checked off for the shag and wedding. I got the liquor licenses, flowers booked, decorator booked, picked up some shag prizes, dropped off some shag tickets and went grocery shopping - didnt make it to the gym but I felt so much better by the time I got home. At home last night I got lots done too - pics and magnets fixed - assembly done and almost all my Christmas cards done - well for my family anyway. I'm still waiting for his mom's wedding list. It felt good to get some things cleared up but I did feel guilty about not making it to the gym. Eating wasn't horrible yesterday, here's how it looked;
B- ff yogurt & all bran buds
Snack- 1 cup mint green tea, mandarin orange
L - 1 can tomato & rice soup
D - Smart spagetti w 1 cup shredded cabbage w home made sauce - lean ground chicken, crushed tomatos, peppers, onions, 1 can tomato sauce. I mixed the shredded cabbage with it so it was more filling and I didn't need to go back for seconds!
Snack - s.f. pudding cup, 1 point P.B. bar, 2 kiwi fruit
I stayed away from the vending machine and McDonalds so that was a relief!
I also made it to the gym this morning!! My hunnie doesn't have to work today so I got to take the car. I really needed to make sure and get there today although I really wanted to go back to sleep. It was awesome. I did 4 miles in 45 min switching between 5.5 mph & 6 mph on an incline of 2.5. I only had to take two small breaks and drop the speed to 4 mph. It felt so great and it was really what I needed to kick this week off! I'm looking forward to my healthy eating today and spinning tonight! I will see 149 by Friday!
Ok so back to my message yesterday and Marie and Sarah responses - it is so funny you mentioned needing to write a note with detailed instructions because my sister and mom both told me the same thing last night. So this morning I wrote a list of things he could do today while he is at home! I can't wait to see his reaction when he wakes up - although I won't get to see it but I'm sure he will call me and say "what's this". I'll say "you said you wanted to help so that's how you can help" and I think he will like the idea. He does like to help so I just need to be more detailed in telling him how to help. One of the things I didn't put on the list but I know he will do is make that roast - so I guess I'm having roast for dinner. I picked up some carrots, yams, celery, green beans so I'm going to call him later and make sure he makes some of that too!
Sarah I loved the post about the waffle brains - don't you love learning about stuff like that in school - sounds interesting and I would want to keep reading more.
i'm feeling so much better today - sorry for the long rant yesterday.
I'm getting things done today at work too so that is also helping!
take care everyone!
 
Skkroll thats great advice! Men have one track minds no matter how intelligent they. I've been married for over 7 years and I have learned the hard way. If I want something done right usually I have to do it my self. But it will be ok. Today will be a better day for you.
 
Way to kick it back today... Your run this morning ROCKED!! Sooooo glad your feeling better.

149/139 HERE WE COME!!!!

ps: I too LOVED the speghetti/waffle brains too. So true ;)
 
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