In search of my body...not the one I ate!

[MunkyMe13]

Oh, and as to you cold-ites... I guess I shouldn't mention that it was 75 here on Monday...

Food for today:
B: Coffee, 100-cal pack blueberry muffin
L: Smart Ones Chicken Santa Fe (140), salad (100), cottage cheese (90), apple (60)
D: 8 oz pork tenderloin (240), 1 cup sauerkraut (30), 2 3.5 oz glasses of white wine (140)
S (to be eaten at 9PM): 2/3 cup fiber cereal (80), 1/4 cup milk (20)
Total for the day, 1000. Exercise, 30 on arc trainer, 40 min weights. Water, 80 oz.

Hope everyone had a great day!

I love your menus! They give me so many ideas! Well I have good news! My gym supposedly canceled my contract! (we'll see when I get billed) The jerk from last night didn't do sh*t... Same old here we'll give you 4 free sessions... I told him thats like giving some suing a fast food company for obesity 4 free cheeseburgers... I felt like I was being punished for their errors! I told him that I was sure my state AG would love to hear about this and I would no longer be with LA Fitness. So I called back the lady in California who gave him my number and she said she'd call him. Well apparently my threat to call the AG got through because when she called me back she was very sorry to hear of my experiences and said she canceled my personal training. But then she asked if I had already gone to the AG and the BBB I told her not yet but I would if I didn't get what I wanted. So all in all it worked out... (I hope) We haven't decided if we are leaving LA Fitness yet. I like working out at a gym and don't want to pay enrollment fees again etc... but we haven't decided yet. But I WON!!! Technically 4 managers told me no and I still won!!!

 

[HockeyKat]

Sarah that's great news!! Good for you for sticking to them and not backing down.

I wound up eating another serving of fiber cereal, so I was more like 1100-1150 for the day, which is probably a more reasonable amount. Also, that pork mixture has a tendency to, umm, mess with my digestive cereal and the fiber cereal may help. It is Trader Joe's and tastes sort of like small sticks, but if you add sweet n low it isn't too bad.

I went out and looked at the lunar eclipse. Super cool.

 

[chbc]

Great news Sarah. !!

Kat-thanks for the eclipse reminder. Wehad forgotten about it. Thank you!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Did someone say DISNEY tupperware? Where is that catalogue?! DH is going to kill me but I want Disney tupperware...

On it's way...I was trying to send the March flyer with the Feb flyer...but my shipment is not here and thus...you will have to go to my website on March 1st to see the March flyer....but there is a lot of Disney Tupperware already in the Catalog!

Thanks!!



I just really want to shake this... I sound like a 12 year old boy going through puberty... loll I am going to DL next week and I'll be damned if I am sick...
When my oldest son was 12...he and I sounded exactly alike and my friend called....we had a tendency to reach each other right after one of us got out of the shower....she said..."are you neked?" being funny and cute. Treyner said, "No...you must want my mom."

Still waiting to hear from this guy... he did call at 10 but was supposed to call at 2 and I have yet to hear back from him...

Oh, and as to you cold-ites... I guess I shouldn't mention that it was 75 here on Monday...
No you should not say that as it is 3 degrees below today...it is a heat wave...
Food for today:
B: Coffee, 100-cal pack blueberry muffin
L: Smart Ones Chicken Santa Fe (140), salad (100), cottage cheese (90), apple (60)
D: 8 oz pork tenderloin (240), 1 cup sauerkraut (30), 2 3.5 oz glasses of white wine (140)
S (to be eaten at 9PM): 2/3 cup fiber cereal (80), 1/4 cup milk (20)
Total for the day, 1000. Exercise, 30 on arc trainer, 40 min weights. Water, 80 oz.

Hope everyone had a great day!

Great food choices!

I am sure that Grumpy will do a weight tally for tommorrow...I know he weighed yesterday...but we will still try and get all the posts from last week and this week in as a 2 for 1 week....we suck...between the Dr visits, laptop crashing and his vehicle driving all Mario Andrettiish in the ditch...it has been not a good week.... Sorry....

 

[3DisneyKids]

Way to go, Sarah--good news!

No need to apologize Dawn...sometimes life gets in the way!

I have come to a decision to switch from South Beach to WW. This is a drastic change for me, but one that I think is best in the long run. The reason I have never wanted to do WW is because I hate counting and tracking, etc....always having to figure out how much certain foods are worth--the thought of it drives me nuts.

On the other hand, I do believe that I need to have a better handle on what and how much I actually eat. SB has been good for me for now and I have definitely made good progress, but without really keeping track, I think I am likely eating too much. Additionally, WW allows me to have CARBS which I adore like no other! Seriously though, I can't imagine going through life never eating another bagel, etc. and WW teaches you to live in the world with real food and real choices and so on. I am willing to give it a shot.

Then there is that pesky issue of the scale... At WW I will have to weigh in once a week and can be assured that the scale is accurate. I stepped on the scale at the pool club the other day and it said 138! While I was excited, I knew that there was no way I had lost 5 pounds in 4 days...so I have no idea which scale is accurate (if either one!).

I have to go two towns over to get to the meetings, but that is ok as I really don't want to run into anyone I know at this point. It's not an embarrassed thing, it is a privacy thing. So, the next meeting is on Tuesday morning, so I think I will start then. A bad day for me to start since my week-end will be somewhat decadent due to DDs bday, HSM on Ice, Pizza Party, and so on.

Ok...off to log some miles...

 

[Dizneydawn]

Way to go, Sarah--good news!

No need to apologize Dawn...sometimes life gets in the way!
It does...but I am getting better....I hope!

I have come to a decision to switch from South Beach to WW. This is a drastic change for me, but one that I think is best in the long run. The reason I have never wanted to do WW is because I hate counting and tracking, etc....always having to figure out how much certain foods are worth--the thought of it drives me nuts.

You will do great....

At WW I will have to weigh in once a week and can be assured that the scale is accurate. I stepped on the scale at the pool club the other day and it said 138! While I was excited, I knew that there was no way I had lost 5 pounds in 4 days...so I have no idea which scale is accurate (if either one!).

Okay...where did you weigh in last week??? Can you do that again this week? I do believe it could be accurate...or close and that would be great for you!!

I have to go two towns over to get to the meetings, but that is ok as I really don't want to run into anyone I know at this point. It's not an embarrassed thing, it is a privacy thing. So, the next meeting is on Tuesday morning, so I think I will start then. A bad day for me to start since my week-end will be somewhat decadent due to DDs bday, HSM on Ice, Pizza Party, and so on.

Ok...off to log some miles...

Great job on heading to the gym....I do understand the privacy thing...coming to terms with a life choice you are not proud of takes time and then sharing it with others is also going to take time...plus it is nice to have a freeh start...w/out worrying over spying eyes...can you tell I tend to be a little paranoid and anxious!!!

Off to post office.....MAILING JANUARY REWARD PACKS AND CATALOGS...I AM SHOUTING THIS SO IT MAKES IT REAL!!!

*I had mailed them last week (reward Tupperware) and used a washable marker like an idiot and they all came back...washed out and unreadable!!! Can you say...."Dawn....is this thing you call a brain on??? McFly????"

 

[MunkyMe13]

Great food choices!

I am sure that Grumpy will do a weight tally for tommorrow...I know he weighed yesterday...but we will still try and get all the posts from last week and this week in as a 2 for 1 week....we suck...between the Dr visits, laptop crashing and his vehicle driving all Mario Andrettiish in the ditch...it has been not a good week.... Sorry....

I don't even know where I am weight wise for the week... So I guess so far for the month I've lost 5.6 lbs bringing my weight to 231.2... I am hoping that by next Friday I will be out of the 230s and closer to 225 because that will be 30 lbs lost! Not going to the gym due to their issues and my cold I've been dying... lol... I think I am going to try to go today and see what I can do... I don't want to over do it.

Oh and I love my co-workers but sometimes they are so mean! These ladies constantly complain about their weight and I've tried to be supportive... Brought fruit in at one point, enough salad to share etc... Yesterday they were dipping mini chocolate bars in peanut butter and showing me!! Honestly all I could think about was Grumpy's 40 lb curse... I would loved to have done that to one of them as she was the one kind of rubbing it in my face... She was just like look what we're doing... I REFRAINED! I went back to my office and drank my water... lol... but its just not very nice... lol...

Hope everyone has a magical day!
Sarah

 

[3DisneyKids]

Great job on heading to the gym....I do understand the privacy thing...coming to terms with a life choice you are not proud of takes time and then sharing it with others is also going to take time...plus it is nice to have a freeh start...w/out worrying over spying eyes...can you tell I tend to be a little paranoid and anxious!!!

Yeah, that is how I feel, too. Can you tell we are both from small towns? I truly do love my community, but as I have shared before, it can be a tough place...very much of a "keeping up with the Joneses" type of place. (And for the love of God, Kat, STOP buying so much stuff so we all can stop trying to keep up with you! It is exhausting! ) It can also be a very gossipy town, as all small towns can be, I guess. I am doing well and am really motivated, so I would hate for some hateful, catty person to start gossiping about me all over town and get me derailed. Honestly, I think I am so motivated right now that it would be REALLY hard to get me off track, but still...I feel fragile in my new found commitment to ME, so I am being somewhat protective.

As always, THANKS to my awesome support group here! I SO want us to get together for a party! We just have to find a way to make it happen! :

Sarah--GOOD FOR YOU that you resisted the evil choco-peanut butter combo! YOU RULE! You are strong and they are WEAK! They will be sooooo jealous of you as you work toward goal and they add more cellulite dimples to their thighs! (Oh yeah, I can dish it out.... )

 

[goofyfan-12]

Oh, and as to you cold-ites... I guess I shouldn't mention that it was 75 here on Monday...

ummm, could you keep that kind of news to yourself please.... some of us are dealing with temps in the teens and windchills in the single digits at the moment.....

Way to go, Sarah--good news!

No need to apologize Dawn...sometimes life gets in the way!

It most certainly does....

I have come to a decision to switch from South Beach to WW. This is a drastic change for me, but one that I think is best in the long run. The reason I have never wanted to do WW is because I hate counting and tracking, etc....always having to figure out how much certain foods are worth--the thought of it drives me nuts.

Good luck with WW... you will do awesome on it I'm sure...

Then there is that pesky issue of the scale... At WW I will have to weigh in once a week and can be assured that the scale is accurate. I stepped on the scale at the pool club the other day and it said 138! While I was excited, I knew that there was no way I had lost 5 pounds in 4 days...so I have no idea which scale is accurate (if either one!).

I have to go two towns over to get to the meetings, but that is ok as I really don't want to run into anyone I know at this point. It's not an embarrassed thing, it is a privacy thing. So, the next meeting is on Tuesday morning, so I think I will start then. A bad day for me to start since my week-end will be somewhat decadent due to DDs bday, HSM on Ice, Pizza Party, and so on.

Ok...off to log some miles...

3DK - I know what you mean about wanting your privacy. There is something to be said for not wanting the world to know every detail of your life.... If you want to check your scale at home vs. the one at the WW center, weigh yourself at home just before you leave for your WW weigh in. The difference in the numbers will be the difference in how the two scales are calibrated... I can pretty much guarantee that they will be a pound or two off from each other. Once you know what the difference is, you can take that into consideration when you weigh yourself at home...[/QUOTE]

Hi everyone... Well, one trip down, one more to go and I am already sooooo tired..... I did all right yesterday with my eating. I ate breakfast before I left, packed some healthy snacks for the trip, ate a salad with some grilled chicken for lunch and then had a smaller serving of beef and broccoli with about 1/3rd cup of white rice for dinner (I even tried to eat mostly broccoli and a little of the beef to control my serving sizes...). I ate my veggie sticks on the way home so I think I made it through yesterday unscathed. No exercise though...

I am meeting my friend tonight for dinner and we are going to a mexican place... I am craving fajitas which I can have two of and still fit within the guidelines so I am pretty excited about that...

Tomorrow - I am off to Providence, RI.... in a snow storm.... should be fun...

I'll catch up with everyone over the weekend, but you are all doing great...

Paula

 

[3DisneyKids]

Thanks for checking in, Paula! The storm is supposed to be more on Saturday than on Friday, so you may be able to get in before it hits. We are going to be driving right into the thick of it on Saturday...tix to HSM on Ice for DDs birthday...and they won't cancel the show, don't give refunds or exchanges, and I am NOT flushing that kind of money down the drain! We're Mainers....we deal with snow....we'll get there.

And Kat.....shuddup already about the weather down there!

Just had a great run at the gym...and this was a victory for me for another reason. It is school vacation week here so I have the kids home. My parents live in town, so when I need to go to the gym during a vacation week, I can usually just drop the kiddos with my parents for an hour while go for my run. Well, mom and dad are out for the day (as they often remind me...the DO have lives of their own and cannot be at my beck and call 24/7! The nerve! ).

This would normally be the perfect excuse for me not to work out ("I can't...I have the kids..."). Well, I called the gym to see if the childcare woman was in today (it is really for babies and toddlers), and she said no but since my kids are school age, just bring 'em and let them hang out in the kid care room...she'll go in and check on them every once in a while. So I loaded them up and off the the gym I went with all 3 kids in tow! I should mention that our gym is a tiny little thing, so I could see into the kid care room right from the TM the whole time...no issues. They all brought a book and just hung out and read! So I got my workout in! No more excused for me!

Ok--off to log my miles with my DIS WISH team. (I joined Walt's Warriors here on the WISH boards to keep me focused on my runs, etc. Anyone who want information on how to join any of the exercise teams, PM me. It really helps me with accountability, plus it is a great resource for questions and advice. Really fun!)

 

[MunkyMe13]

Sarah--GOOD FOR YOU that you resisted the evil choco-peanut butter combo! YOU RULE! You are strong and they are WEAK! They will be sooooo jealous of you as you work toward goal and they add more cellulite dimples to their thighs! (Oh yeah, I can dish it out.... )

LOL! I am the one who's lost almost 30 lbs in 2 months... they just keep packin it on... bwa ha ha!!!

 

[HockeyKat]

Geebus, one comment and you become the devil! Although today it only made it into the high 30s, and we are supposed to have freezing rain tonight. There, is that better??

I did my 25 years worth of time in the cold north (well, not as north as some of you all), and I really never want to go back.

Paula, way to go on sticking to it even while traveling!!

Erika, I think you will do great on WW. It is a great program. I do calorie counting mostly because I am too cheap to join it. Plus I like sparkpeople.

Sarah, good for you for resisting the choco-peanut butter attack. I have a veritable garden on my desk at any given time, and have actually inspired a few people around here to start the gym and eat a little healthier. They all know my commitment and I don't usually get much crap. Then again, I work with mostly guys who are usually a bit more forgiving on most issues.

Unfortunately, I had training this morning that ran long, so I didn't make it to the gym at lunch. I am hoping to get my cardio in on my mini-stepper tonight since Mr Kat works until 10.

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[chbc]

Hi all. So proud of everyone. I visited allearsnet.com last night and checked on Deb's donation site, a message I had left for her was posted on the Avon page. Deb and I both lost our Mom's to ovarian cancer. Deb is a breast cancer survivor. I need to do that walk next year.
So, check out allearsnet.com and read about Deb's dedication to this cause.
If interested go to the donation page where my message is, it is real easy to make a pledge.
Schedule that mammagram, do your monthly or weekly checks and know that losing this weight benefits you in more ways than we know.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Hi all. So proud of everyone. I visited allearsnet.com last night and checked on Deb's donation site, a message I had left for her was posted on the Avon page. Deb and I both lost our Mom's to ovarian cancer. Deb is a breast cancer survivor. I need to do that walk next year.
So, check out allearsnet.com and read about Deb's dedication to this cause.
If interested go to the donation page where my message is, it is real easy to make a pledge.
Schedule that mammagram, do your monthly or weekly checks and know that losing this weight benefits you in more ways than we know.

I love when people use their connections to do something good! I have walked for years, and so does my cousin. Her mom died after a 10 year struggle; my mom is on her 4th diagnosis and nearing 12 years. The chemo is going really well, btw. They headed down yesterday to Central FL for a month, where she will get 2 more chemo treatments - they bumped it from 4 to 5. So we will be going down next month to see them at Easter. No idea how she's going to do WDW after chemo, but if we have to we'll rent her an EVC and let her loose!

I am considering being part of a relay team for the Danskin Triathalon in September. We would raise money for breast cancer research in my mom's name. I'd have to run 3.1 miles and I don't run now - but what a motivation, huh?

Thanks for letting us know about this - it's so close to my heart, and I love to see people support the research we know has kept my mom alive.

 

[chbc]

Sept.- You can do it! Some of us could cyber train with you. I know I would. Take a look at the CT5K plan, Couch to 5K. Running in your Mom's name, for your Mom will be a gift to both of you from the heart. Send the link at I'll most certainly pledge. I am so proud of you for your weight loss. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family .

Hi all- off to the Y. I think today is the day to try the eliptical (the one where you don't need to use arms.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

I am considering being part of a relay team for the Danskin Triathalon in September. We would raise money for breast cancer research in my mom's name. I'd have to run 3.1 miles and I don't run now - but what a motivation, huh?

Such a great cause. And the Danskin events have a reputation for being really well done. My sister and I are supposed to be running several local events this spring - her idea ....I'm the runner of the family, she's the...well...the non-runner
Only problem is....I have a foot *issue* and the Dr. today has referred me to an orthopedic in an effort to pin-point the problem (and hopefully rule out a stress fracture!)

Hope you are enjoying your WARM WEATHER Kat! Our forecast calls for upwards of 10" of snow tomorrow....

 

[Dizneydawn]

I wish we had the snow you guys in the East Coast have...we just have bitter cold...no blizzard here for a loooong...time....

So I just survived a hard day...emotionally doing some testing that was difficult...I have a splitting headache and heading to bed...

I also survived 3 hours at Khols dept store with Carsyn. She found a bunch of clearance shirts for her trip...and a swimsuit. Guess who picked it out? Me...stole it off the maniquin and left her neked for the world to see since it was the right size for Carsyn. I was informed it was not cool...then she settled on it.

She wants her breasts to be smushed together and that is not how her breasts are...morewider set so they do not have that squished cleavage look she wants. I told her she is built like me and unless she spends $200 or more on one with side padding and a made to fit look...it aint happening. She was honest about her weight concerns...I said trying on clothes in a full mirror is sometimes the reality of where your body is and motivation for where you want it to be....she said..
We need to go shopping every day then!

Honestly..watching this beautiful 14 year old try on suits and shirts and not like what she saw...made me sad for her but instead of crying or feeling guilty....I just said...it is your mouth and your responsibility to control what goes in it as much as you control what comes out of it.

It made feel really good that she is becoming aware of choices that she makes as a young adult and the consequences for those choices. I never had a weight issue at all at her age....maybe it is better she realizes now she is 20 pounds too heavy because...when it hits you as an adult who never had a battle...you do not know how to handle it. It's like going to a battle un-prepared.

My mom never talked to me about my weight...she was obese and I was 112 pounds as a Sr in high school. I was allowed to eat anything and never educated about the long term ramifiacations and what would happen when my metabolism shifted, my exersize output changed and my body had babies. I just one day looked in the mirror..and knew I had not changed anything...and here I was...overweight and full of excuses.

I love Carsyn. She is really a funny girl and I am proud to call her my daughter. She makes good choices about her grades, drinking, boys and moral ethics that have long term consequences...I now need to instill in her the healthy eating ones.

I had tried before...but she took it as a control issue...not a concern issue...

So I am sorry for the rant...it was just a great ending to a stressfull day and I needed it to end on a positive note...and it did...just with my daughter and I...and knowing she is okay...both inside and out...and she is understanding that I am her best friend...always will be....even when the mirror isn't hugging her....I will.

Good night guys...I hope you all feel the love for yourselves tonight you deserve...regardless from where it is derived from.

 

[HockeyKat]

Awww Dawn.

I was at least 20 lbs too heavy at her age too. I spent all my teen years chubby. It is a hard thing. I lost it in college but have battled it ever since.

I am proud of myself tonight because I got up off my butt and did the mini stepper for 30 min, at 11PM. I was going to skip and chalk it up to an "off" day but managed to motivate somehow.

Right now I am snuggled up on the chaise lounge with a sleeping kitty on my lap, purring under a blanket.

Food for today:
B: Coffee, 100-cal pack blueberry muffins
L: South Beach Grilled Chicken Caesar Wrap Kit (230), salad w/ cucum ber, onion, bacon and reduced fat blue cheese + 2 Tbsp light three cheese ranch (140), 6 medium strawberries (20), cottage cheese (90)
D: 8 oz leftover pork (120) wrapped in a pita (60), 1 cup raw cauliflower (25) and 1 serving ff pringles (70) w/ dip made of 8 Tbsp ff sour cream + 1 serving onion soup mix (100)
S: 1 cup trader joe fiber cereal (100) + 1/4 cup milk (20)
Total for the day, ~1100. Water, 80-100 oz (not really sure? at least 80). Exercise, 30 min on mini-stepper, 50 crunches on floor, 50 crunches on ball.

Hope everyone had a great day!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi,
I am up and off early today as my sister needed a fill in for her baby to watch...and I say..pick me!!

My nieces name is Skyler Renee and she is sooooo cute. 4 months old and just a doll. I get to dress her all day! Seriously...my kids had a bib around them if they were spitters...my sister doesn't believe in that or changing her id=f she spits up on herself...so once in a while....she smells like urp....and nothing gives me waves of nauesea like baby urp.

Plus.....she has tons of clothes...most myself and my other sister bought (can you say I am having urges???) and Karen does not think she should try clothes on her. I keep saying...you never know when they will fit...no 2 sizes are the same...and Skyler laughs when she changes clothes....what more could a sick and twisted Aunt want than a live doll who is just soo....cute!

Okay....so I sound depraved...but she is so fun...I don't get to spend as much time with her as I want....and I will send out pics tonight of her...so you can see her too! Loves that kid like no other.

I will check in today...she still naps a lot!

Here is to a great day and good eats and excersize!!!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Yes...I have just attacked from underneath and got #1100!!!

I usually don't think through ahead of the game to seize a little milemarker like that...but today....I am on the ball!

I am really excited for weigh in today....Please everyone pm me your numbers so I can get the tally to grumps and we can get the chart out...TODAY!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!