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Old 09-25-2016, 01:47 PM   #91  
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Nightowlrn: Sorry to hear that you're sick. Have you gone to see a doctor or specialist about it? It seems unusual to be sick for that long.
If you don't mind me asking, what unit do you work for and do you like it? I'm a student and trying to figure out where I want to start after I finish school. I'm thinking the ED would be a great place to start but I'll see how I feel about it after my rotation.

Munchey: I love soup! especially Vietnamese soup. Unfortunately I can't cook them so I always end up going out to eat. My boyfriend works from noon to 11pm so that's why I always end up eating really late (especially when I'm up studying).

Update: My half marathon training has been going well. I clocked in 7 miles yesterday. My pace was slow but I jogged the entire time. I'm not gunning for a fast time but rather endurance so I'm happy with the progress thus far. My eating has been OK. I ordered some of the idealshape powder which came yesterday so let's hope that will help in lowering my calorie intake
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Old 09-25-2016, 04:10 PM   #92  
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Hello Chub. Yes - I have been to the doc. I had H1N1 in 2009. Luckily I did not suffer the dire consequences many experienced, but since then my airway is very reactive to even minor assaults. Most colds now end with bronchitis, although this latest bought is definitely the most frustrating. I also have fall allergies, which I am sure are just adding to the problem.

Great career choice and good luck in your studies. I started in med-surg, then progressed to pediatrics. Next was adult ICU. Then, adult ED and then pediatric ED. My last patient care areas were adult and pediatric ED and trauma. I also taught certification for both. The last time I did direct patient care was 2004. I went on to get a JD and am involved now in overseeing and ensuring health care quality. I am not sure I would suggest ED first out of the gate, but many would disagree. I believe it takes a bit of experience to recognize "sick." Some symptoms are so subtle... Also, the pace is fast and decisions must be made faster. But, if that is where your heart leads you and you find you are a confident decision maker - go for it.

Good luck on the marathon training. I have never been a runner, but I LOVE cycling.
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I lost 2 more pounds this week, but I think I'm due for a slow-down. (ususally happens after a couple of weeks). We are having a heat wave, so it was close to 100 today. It get hottest in the late afternoon. At least with a Fall heatwave, it takes longer to heat up and it cools down better at night.

I got to the park to walk my dog both yesterday (finished at sunset), and today around 11:30. I got stuck at the park (5 miles from home), as my vehicle wouldn't start. I think it's a clogged fuel filter. Had to get a tow home. Thankfully, the tow truck driver let me and my dog ride in the cab of his truck. There was a tense moment, when the tow truck driver came out from under my vehicle (he tried banging on my fuel pump). He surprised my dog and my dog lunged and barked at him. Thankfully, we got passed that and he let my dog into the cab of his tow truck. For a few moments, I thought I might have to walk 5 miles with the dog to get home.



MorningGlory1950:
Congrats on your loss this week! I'm glad you like the Halloween Graphics.


Chub:
Good job on your marathon prep! I can see how someone working 2nd shift would want a late night meal. It can take some time to unwind and be ready for sleep. Maybe you can get him to join you in a protein shake.

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My weight went up this week instead of down, which is a little bit of a bummer.
My focus this week will be to cut out more carbs, and make sure I get some sort of exercise in every day.

I went jean shopping today, and any type of clothing shopping usually puts me in a sad mood. Today was no exception, but I actually got really emotional and cried. I was with my mother and my crying upset her. She said something that actually made it worse and better at the same time...she said "you use to be such a happy girl." She of course meant when I was much, much younger and didn't think about my weight. It made it worse because I again realized how unhappy I am a lot of the time. However, it also made it better because it inspired introspection and my new life goal is to be happy again.

Tomorrow is Monday, and work is stressful, but I am going to do my best to have a positive outlook no matter what happens.
Hope everyone has a marvelous Monday!

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Good Morning All - so it looks like my weight loss has finally even out. As usual it will be 1 lb a week which I am good with (sort of) of course I would like it to be more but it isn't. I am still happy. I did a 5 k on Friday (Run like a Diva) which was brutal and I wanted to die but it was fun and it was for a good cause which is the bonus. I am looking to incorporate more exercises this week to help with the fat loss, hope it works.

Well I guess I better get back to work. Have a great day everyone

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Munchy - great news on the loss. Bad news about your car. Glad you didn't have to walk all the way home in the heat.
MimeraMoo - I hope your Monday isn't too stressful and that you are able to find your happy place soon.
Terry - great about the 5K and the pound loss.
I am UP 0.4. This will be the first week I have not lost since May, but no complaining. I am still down 7 for September and wearing jeans I haven't worn since 2010.

I had a big whoosh last week, which I suppose has something to do with not losing as my calorie intake and exercise was essentially no different than prior weeks .
I hope everyone is well.

ETA --Does anyone else use TrendWeight? It syncs to my fitbit information. It is great for weeks like mine where there isn't a loss. It averages the loss out and shows the trend over time. Encouraging to see if things are generally moving in the right direction.

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Old 09-26-2016, 12:57 PM   #97  
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MinervaMoo:
You can do this! Extra weight can really drag us down, but you have the power to make it better one day at a time. I'm an emotional eater and I've had the bad habit of using food to self-soothe. Finding healthy ways to deal with stress can be the key to success for the long run.


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I love the dancing skeleton. Congrats on fitting into the jeans - that's fantastic! Thanks for the Trendweight suggestion. It sounds like a good tool for tracking. I have a Fitbit One. It only tracks activity, so I'd probably need to enter weight manually (which is okay).


Terryc:
Congrats on finishing the 5K and averaging 1 pound a week. A pound a week adds up to 52 pounds a year!



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re Fitbit one. You have to enter your weight in the fitbit app with all the fitbits unless you have a fancy fitbit scale. Then, you tell trendweight your fitbit information and it automatically transfers the data.

So - even though I am the same weight as I was last week, this shows the trend line of my efforts


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Old 09-27-2016, 10:30 AM   #99  
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Week 3 Charts!

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Chicks up for a Challenge Chart:
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Old 09-27-2016, 06:22 PM   #100  
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Riestrella~ Thank you! I am glad we have 5 more weeks til Halloween! I hope to catch up, but am trusting the process!
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Old 09-28-2016, 01:32 AM   #101  
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Woohoo, I got lucky 7! Congrats, guys! I think this challenge is going well.

Thanks for the pretty charts, Rie.
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Congrats to everyone for their accomplishments last week. This week is sure going by fast. Hope everyone is having a good week. It has been hot in California, but thankfully it is cooling off a bit.

I got my vehicle back from the shop (new water pump). When I got it home, I noticed that I now have a big scrape on the front bumper that took the paint completely off. Guess I'll have to suck it up and get it fixed on my own. I don't need the frustration right now of bickering between two at fault individuals. I had 2 towes and then it was in a repair shop. I didn't notice any damage when it was towed from the park, so that means it happened during the 2nd tow to the shop or at the shop. I'd probably get finger pointing, with one blaming the other. I suspect it likely happened during the tow to the shop, (as they chain down the wheels). I was frustrated, after I got home and became aware of it, but I managed not to eat over it. I'm always so careful about where I park and go to great lengths to avoid shopping carts and park away from the maddening crowd and walk farther.


Chunkahlunkah: Congrats on making #7!

Nightowlrn: Thanks for sharing your chart. It looks like a good tool for motivation. Always a good idea to see your accomplishments and view where you are heading.

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Lots of people doing really well!

I slid out of the challenge but have slid back in again, and am dieting hard. Hope to get back into losses on the charts this week!!

Go, Halloweeners!
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Hope everyone has a great weekend! Good luck with your weigh-ins!

I've been going through closets and getting rid of things. I'm the queen of procrastination. Seems unbelievable that I still had a lot of short skirts in sizes 6 and 8. I, also, had a lot of small sizes of outfits that are no longer age appropriate. I've, also, started to weed out some of my largest sizes and get rid of them. I know that the best strategy is to not keep sizes that you shrink out of, because you have more of an incentive to remain at the smaller size.

In my mind, I sometimes feel like I'm a teenager. It can be a rude awaking to look in the mirror. Who is that person? Gosh, has it been that long since I last wore those clothes.

There are two charities that come through the neighborhood monthly to collect donations. I've put things out this month and plan to continue to force the issue of getting rid of things and simplify my life.

last week I got rid of some snow skis that I had and this week I donated ski clothing. I used to snow ski, but that is a sport that you need healthy knees for. It was time to embrace the fact that I won't snow ski again.

I had a set of 8 margarita glasses in a kitchen cupboard. I know I haven't used them in more than a decade. At first, I was going to give them all away. Then, I settled on saving 4 of them. I'll likely tuck them away somewhere in the garage (or store in an out-of-the way space in the kitchen). Definitely don't need to have them taking up prime space in the kitchen.
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Hey guys, sorry I've been quiet recently. I'm sending out a call to arms to give me a firm talking to. To be blunt - I really need some help. I felt like I'm usually the one giving other people a pep talk, so you'd think I'd be fine at giving myself one, but that isn't the case. I'd appreciate if you could read my post and send me some kind words, but tough love is always welcome.

If I was ever on the wagon, then my wagon hit a boulder in the road and sent me hurling through the sky before crashing to the ground in a heaping, bloody mess. It's not as dramatic as I make out, but it made me chuckle thinking of that imagery.

I've gone from 168 lbs to 173 lbs. I'm actually IN the 170's (as opposed to dangerously close to) for the first time since 2011. I'm closer to OBESITY than I am to healthy. How did it happen? I've spent the summer literally inactive, in a state of hibernation ironically enough, because I hate humidity and I just moved to a humid climate. I didn't exercise, but my food intake was relatively good. Then the boyfriend gets contractor work which means he works 2 weeks in Colorado and then gets 2 weeks home in Georgia. Something interesting that I've discovered about myself all too well as of late - I eat more when I'm alone. My boyfriend is almost this silent, unknowing pillar of support that stops me from eating myself into a stupor. When he's not around, I go overboard. I wouldn't say I binge eat, because I think that would be unfair to say considering some people have a huge problem with that, but I can definitely say with confidence that I eat way too much. More than a person needs and at night time, worse of all.

Also, my boyfriends company was willing to pay for my flight to and from Colorado if I wanted to visit him while he was away. A free weekend to Colorado? Awesome! Oh, he also gets a daily meal allowance that's far too generous which means we can eat out all the time for free? Alllrrriiight! (Said in the tone of Linda from Bob's Burgers). So last weekend I had sushi, Thai food, junk food, a burger...nothing really of nutritional merit (bar the sushi, but not the amount I eat).

I returned to Georgia and thought I would face the music, I stepped on the scale and saw 173 lbs and it's been around that weight for the last couple of days.

I can't do this anymore! I'm so TIRED of being overweight, of feeling so uncomfortable in my own skin, of not looking after my body - my vessel through life. I shouldn't be abusing it with terrible food, I should be feeding it with all the goodness that comes from the earth and keeping it strong for the years to come. Over the past 4 years I've gained 24 lbs...I know it could be SO much worse but that is such a huge deal to me! My clothes are starting to get snug, I'm starting to see my face get rounder and rounder and what am I doing about it? Stuffing my face and not exercising. I'm so sick of the way I live, I don't WANT this yet this is all I know...does that make sense?

I didn't post on here because I felt ashamed in all honesty. I run these challenges and see so many awesome people lose weight and here I am - challenge master who can't even succeed in her own challenges. It's not the reason I do them, of course, but for once I would love to see myself be successful at one of these things. I'd love to see my name on top one of these days. But I can't keep dreaming it, I have to change my life to make it happen.

If anything good has come from this realisation it's that I need to change. Being obese is something that honestly scares the crap out of me. I know I'm being dramatic here, but I'm scared of having some sort of heart attack or becoming diabetic or something related to being obese. I want to live a really long, healthy life if I can help it. I want to be able to still walk, swim, run, hike when I'm 60. My boyfriends dad is in his late 50's and he just did the Triple Bypass bike race (120 mile bike ride over THREE mountains) so it's not an impossible dream.

I've sat and done some thinking and I'm starting to come to the conclusion that perhaps counting calories isn't for me and that's ok!! It works for so many people, but it doesn't have to work for everyone. I'm going to have to sit myself down and do the "serving size" plan that I did sometime in 2015. I lost 4 lbs in a week and it felt so effortless - except the part where I had to plan every little meal and snack in the day. But once I had figured that out it was smooth sailing. The idea is is to consume the right amount of servings per food group. I can't remember off the top of my head how many, but it emphasized protein and vegetables, with some grains, fruit, dairy and fats and little of anything else.
Despite my stupid brain trying to talk me out of it, I'm going to enter a 5K for the end of October. I'm going to do a C25K 4 week plan and get out there and do it. I think I've mentioned this previously. I work best with a exercise goal that has costed me money, as weird as it sounds. The weather is finally starting to cool here, which makes me so insanely happy because I can feel myself getting excited to start running again.

If you've managed to make it through this post and you feel like you'd like to send me some words of encouragement, please do. Any sort of "just DO IT already" would be awesome. I need you guys for support!

Sorry for the lack of personals - I will keep up with them from here, I'm positive.
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