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*~~February Chat!~~*
Hey everyone!
Here's the chat thread for this month. For any newcomers, just pop in and say hello and tell us what you're up to/how your weight loss is going - anything you so desire! I'll post tomorrow with more details about my JET interview! |
Can I just say: February?? Already??
Figured I would just post here... Rainbow - glad you're feeling better. I feel ya on the sick bit, it sucks. You had a "cheat" day, I wouldn't worry too much about those calories either seeing as you're already back on track. I'm jealous of your second 3-day weekend coming up! Quiet - I love, love, love going to shows in general but NYC? Awesome! I weighed in at 182 this morning, yay! Lowest weight in almost a year. I was hovering around 190 this summer, up from 178 in January 2011. I'm happy it's going down at least. I'll be really happy to just get under 175 in the first half of the year. I haven't gone to the gym since Sunday but I have to get to bed early tonight and pack the gym bag before bed to avoid excuses. I told myself this morning that I would just go tonight, but I got home from the office at 7:30 and there was no way I could convince myself to go to back out in a snowstorm :lol: Happy hump day tomorrow everyone! |
Riestrella You've had the interview? Tell us how it went!!
teamcoco Congrats on the lowest weight in nearly a year, that is great! Don't feel too bad about the exercise, sometimes we need a bit of time off - but good on you for packing the gym bag in advance!! ~Woke up this morning and felt like my throat was barely open, have had difficulty eating all day (had to drink water after EVERY mouthful) so I sucked it up and went to the doctor. I have a fever and some sort of viral infection. Bleh. I have some gargle, some pain stuff and also some antibiotics. DUMB. Boyfriend and I are looking for a place to rent at the moment and it's difficult, everyone seems to be looking and people are showing up with bond money and such on the spot at the viewings to secure a place! I feel like it's going to be hard! Back on track with eating this week but can't really exercise with constricted shut up throat... so I'm just taking it easy and keeping calories low. |
coco: congrats! Awesome :D. And going to the gym in the morning would just not happen with me at all... lol. So goodluck on that!
rainbouwstripe: I hope you feel better soon! Where are you looking for a place to rent? I know nothing about New Zealand but I', sure you guys have a housing-crisis just like the rest of the world has? -- I have to work at 10pm tonight, and I have to figure out a way to still do all my exercise and save up my calories so I have some energy left bij then. So far my strategy has been to do near to nothing on days I have to work half a nightshift, but then I can barely exercise. Any tips are welcome! |
Hi everyone!
My interview went...meh. Honestly? I think I messed it up. When I get nervous I tend to get quite chatty and I missed a lot of things that I wanted to say. On the positive side I did get a lot of points in there, I feel that I communicated that I know enough about to Japan and have a really passion for it to live and work there. I messed up on bigging up England though, the questions about the UK I just failed at, I even waffled on so much I forgot the question I was supposed to be answering =(. Sometimes they would start scribbling away when I said something, and at one point I made them laugh when talking about my dissertation and how ridiculous American remakes of Japanese films can be - so I hope I made a good impression. The ex-JET who I spoke to before and after the interview said not to worry, they'll be looking for a variety of people since I said I was concerned maybe I didn't come across as professional enough. So I'm hoping he's right. I made sure I was really nice to him, since it wasn't technically the interview but he still would have had an opinion. So all in all, I think it just went ok. I could have done a lot better but I could have done a lot worse. It was all over in 15 minutes, which is nothing when you REALLY want to communicate how badly you want the job. Honestly I'm not keeping my hopes up, I've pretty much accepted that I haven't got it and I'm applying to Interac now. But who knows. I was quite upset when I came out, so I hung out with my friend in the evening. On the train ride home and after talking to her I realised I didn't do as badly as I initially thought, but still got angry at myself for certain things I missed out that I really wanted to say. Maybe I was just overly prepared? But she took me on a surprise trip to get ice cream, then since I hadn't had dinner I got a 6" from Subway with water (was good and didn't go for soda!) and this morning I actually lost weight! I'm down to 157 lbs =D. So that's something to be happy about. Right now while I do feel disappointed I'm trying to refocus my energies on getting back to the real world, I feel like I became a bit of a hermit while I was preparing for the interview and now I can look forward to my holiday to see the boyfriend! Just NINE DAYS TO GO! Also, on a bit of a side note, the boyfriend is quitting his job because he's fed up with it (long story but it's a good idea) and his last shift is the day before I get there. He said he wanted to go on a drinking spree, drink before, during and after his shift. I responded by saying I was a bit concerned that he might be hungover for when I get there, and I really didn't want him to be tired and sluggish since he'll be driving to get me and also I want him to be alive when I see him! I don't want to tell him not to drink or have fun, I just wanted him to be aware to not get absolutely wrecked so he's sick the next day. What do you guys think? I've not seen him in 7 months, I would hate for him to be all groggy and throwing up when I see him for the first time... Anywho, that was a big one! coco - Yes! February! Crazy sauce. Congrats on your loss! I love hitting those milestones =). And yes, you go to the gym and you rock it! rainbow - Go easy on yourself while your sick! I'm sorry you've got an infection =(. Yeah, house hunting is AWFUL. I've only had to do it once but I'm going to hate doing it again! I'm sure you'll find something =) philana - I'm not quite sure I understand your job/time restraints. I know there was a thread posted here not too long about about night time workers though, maybe you could look there? |
Hey Everyone Happy Tuesday!!!
So I woke up this morning all bloated and in immense pain... Yup TOM is here and im up to 220lbs this morning from 218 yesterday :( crappy but I joined the 90 day exercise challenge so I have to stay motivated... I went for my 2km walk this morning with my son and then took him to the park and we played for a half hour...l had to take advantage of the 50 degree weather we are having at the beginning of February :)) On a side note I kinda fell off the wagon in January after my birthday... I gained a couple lbs and never could get it back off so i got frustrated and angry and kinda gave up by the end of the month :( so heres to a new start this month and not giving up.... Riestrella Im sure you did better then you think... if you made them laugh thats a good sign... shows you have a sense of humor at least... and im sure they knew you were nervous and if you knew most of the information it shows your really trying and want it right?? Im sure everything will be fine.... and after reading your post it got me hungry for a sub!! hahaha I used to work at MR Sub before I went on maternity leave and I totally miss being able to have a sub whenever I want!!! im totally hungry now just thinking about it -_- but anyways im rambling great that your down! yay! Good for your bf if he was unhappy with his job... but ya perhaps drinking in moderation is key?? I wouldnt want a hungover or still drunk bf when i came to see him for the first time in 7 months either lol Maybe a compromise?? he can drink in moderation and when you get there you two can go out and have a couple drinks together??? just set aside calories for it?? rainbow hope your feeling better soon..... dont overdo yourself might make it worse if you push yourself... :hug: |
I cant believe January is gone and although I did not hit my goal, I still manage to lose 10 lbs. I booked our trip to Playa del Carmen for spring break so I have 41 days to lose as much as I can to look good on the beach.
I hope all you ladies hit your goals and remember take it one day at a time. have a wonderful and happy February! |
Riestrella: Thanks for starting the new chat! I'm sure the interview went better than you thought. I'll never forget the time I was interviewing and they wanted me to tell a joke...the ONLY joke I could think of was a dirty one! So embarrassing.
NINE days?!?!?! Oh.my.goodness I am so excited for you! Hope the trip is wonderful and everything you want it to be. I think you bring up really good points as to why the boyfriend shouldn't get plastered just before you arrive. Also...drinking at work? Doesn't seem like the best idea, even if he is quitting. Kawaii Sorry you were bothered by the lack of personals, and that you've been having a rough time. Will make it a February goal to do better with personals. ;) Are things any better? teamcoco Ohmygosh I know! Can't believe it's already Feb! Yes, I'm excited about NYC. It's just a train ride away for me. I have a hard time exercising at night too. When i get home I just want to slip into PJs and get cozy! :) rainbow Oh no! Feel better. I'm sorry you're so sick! Apartment hunting is difficult. Good luck searching! philana would an afternoon nap help with the evening shift? Followed by a short burst of cardio? candice Eww....TOM is awful. Mine is coming up soon and my weight is jumping around like crazy. They say exercise helps with the pain, so hopefully the walk and playground time will help you out! dulo 10 pounds is awesome! Congrats! Don't beat yourself up on the past. Just move forward. :) I was able to leave work early yesterday AND I get to come in a little late tomorrow! :carrot: So that rocks. It was a huge perk yesterday because that extra 45minutes meant I could go to the grocery store before class started. |
Rie ~ Well done on the JET interview. We're always the hardest on ourselves and you may just have done brilliantly, even though you don't feel that you did. You have a love and passion for the country and I'm sure that shines through. I agree w. former JET-ter: they're looking for all different types.
Re: seeing the bf - Yay! for a holiday AND getting to see the boy!!! At this point, maybe just communicate how much you care about him and his feelings. You're supportive about him taking this step in his life and just want to be present for him however you can. If he feels like he has your unconditional support, then maybe he will feel less of a need to drink? Just throwing it out there. |
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Ahh Feb already!
I'm always nervous to jump into these chats because I usually don't have a lot of spare time on here to get into everyones personals. Riestrella If you're anything like me you're freaking out over the littlest things! I'm sure it wasn't that bad, because what I perceive to be bad someone else has told me it went wonderfully. Fingers crossed for you still! rainbow I'm sorry your'e sick! Hope you feel better soon Quiet I'm with you! I got out of school early today, and don't have to go in till 12:30 tomorrow so I have lots of time to go to the gym! I love it. Though I probably should spend it studying for midterms... shhh. candice I'm sorry to hear about TOM! I used to get really bad cramps when I was younger. My doctor put me on the pill just to help them a little. They can still get fairly bad and it's hard to get myself up and moving but once I do I feel a lot better. I feel like I don't have anything new and exciting going on in my life. I just go to school, and the gym. My mom has been in the hospital for 2 weeks, and just got out today so that took a lot of stress away because I wasn't getting any homework done because I was spending all my free time at the hospital. My friend that I posted about before is still ignoring me - actually she won't even acknowledge my existence anymore... which is uncomfortable because our lockers are beside each other. She said I'm too negative. Which I was upset about, but then I realized a best friend would have been supportive during my "negative" period when I had temporary custody of a 6 year old, and dealing with 8 classes. /end rant! |
torito im on the pill and it helps a little bit but its still unbearable some days... glad I have the T3s.... :)
Sorry to hear about your mom... I hope everything is okay now? and that really sucks about your friend...your right she should have been there for you in your hard time... sometimes friends just suck and dont know how to be good friends... :( Dont let her get you down stressing over someone who cant give you the time of day isnt healthy for you and could be keeping the lbs on or at least explain any fluctuations... i know it does for me... when I stress out hardcore my weight goes back and forth 20lbs!!! Hopefully one day shell come around and see what she did wrong and will want to be friends and appologize to you :) |
Life is crazy in Indianapolis right now with all of the Super Bowl madness! Pretty cool to be a part of it all but driving has been a bit tricky.
I finally got my New Rules of Lifting for Women book in the mail and just started reading it! I just want to get through it all so I can give the program a try. I have an infection on my left temple. It almost looks like an infected blemish. It is casuing the underneath of my left eye to swell. Hideous. I went to the doc today for meds. PLEASE let them work ASAP. I took the day off work to rest. Hopefully I'll be good to go now! Promise to catch up on personals later :) |
stronger: hey! isn’t it weird how our bodies react to sugar after eating healthy for a while?! it’s nuts! hope you feel better though… when is school ending for you? hang in there! and 9lbs?! you go girl!!! yeah, I didn’t really think of it as “falling off”… I try to not beat myself up if I eat off plan and just keep going. I realize now this is a long journey and I better take it slow and not beat myself up… it’s hard to stop thinking in terms off “falling off the wagon” and “getting back on” though… Hmm… that sounds interesting! for some reason I really enjoy reading those kinda “self-help” books…. although now I think I probably need one called “how to not be a pushy and paranoid girlfriend”… but that’s another matter all together… lol.
teamcoco: yes! February! omg! I can’t believe in 2 months I won’t live here anymore… insanity! good luck on getting yourself back in the gym… and congrats on that loss! we’re around the same weight range, so I’m also hopping to see 175 for spring! :) Rainbow: feel better! I hope you could take time off from work… good luck on the apartment-hunting! I know firsthand how tough that can be! Rie: aww… well, JET interviewers are notorious for making you feel stressed out (and just being generally horrible) so keep your hopes up!! they scribble a lot because they are grading you… you get points for every question you answer, and basically, they add up your points at the end. them scribbling a lot means nothing good or bad. talking to the ex-JET before and after was definitely a plus! did they ask you to do a demo lesson? anyhoo… congrats on the loss, and yay for icecream! (shouldn’t say that in here though… lol.) and omg, 9 days! ^_^ oh and I think it’s totally fair to ask him to not completely wreck himself the day before you show up. tell him you guys can celebrate and get smashed together when you get there! that’s a nice compromise, no? :p Candice: well done getting your walk in even with TOM around! I can’t believe it’s so warm over there! here it’s freezing and it even snowed today!! and it almost never snows where I live so the kids were freaking out in class and it was impossible to get them to do anything! lol. here’s to a new start! we’re with you! Dulo: 10lbs is an awesome loss for a month! and yay, trip!! ^_^ Ballerina: eheh, that was just my little 5y.o. rant… have attention issues… and these days the boyfriend hasn’t been addressing them as well as he normally does, so I was cranky! lol. also I’d had a pretty **** day… things are ok now ;) how bout you? yay for time off work! how did that come about? Torito: hiya! sorry to hear about your friend :( but yay for your mom being out of the hospital! :cheer: now you can focus on yourself! what are you studying? Linds: how’s the book? aww… sucks about your eye! hope it goes away soon! Heyooo~! Here I am! I’m super busy today, but I got a lot of news so I really wanted to come post here! first of all, I worked out last night (did 30DS) for the first time in, legit, over 6 months… and GOD IT WAS PAINFUL!!! omg… I don’t think I ever did so badly… at one point, it hurt to even just bend my legs! that’s never happened before! I guess it shows how out of shape I am… BUT! I did it! my second thing is that I weighed in this morning, and after two weeks of unmoving 82.0kg… I got 81.2!!! which is 179.something! omg! under 180! *does a little dance*. pretty happy about that. my third thing is that I ordered some make-up palettes from Coastal Scents and they came in yesterday! and omg, so many colors!!! I was like a kid in a candy store! you shoulda seen my face… oh and things are going underway for me and the boy to buy our tix to Canada so I’m excited!! we found some that were cheaper than expected too, so that’s really good. the only thing is, like I mentioned before, I’m a bit cranky at him atm cuz he seems to be replying to me more carelessly these days. I dunno. maybe he’s just busy or tired… I know… or maybe it’s just that after 3 months together he feels like he doesn’t have to try that hard, but it makes me kinda sad cuz he was always the king of adorable “I miss you” text messages… meh. I guess I’m a dork. I’m also cranky he’s not coming over this weekend when he said he would… I know it’s not his fault he has to work, but still. aaah, anyways, you guys don’t need to hear about my (non-diet-related) insecurities! hope everyone’s having a good Thursday. week’s almost over!! |
philana I'm in the biggest city in New Zealand, Auckland, which apparently is having a rental "crisis" at the moment. Everyone wants a place but they all want to live centrally and there aren't enough places centrally. I have my fingers and toes crossed though! I hope you worked out the schedule of your day, sounds like you're super busy!
Riestrella I'm sure you did better than you think. The problem with interviews, regardless of what they're for, is you always think of the best things that you want to say before and after the interview, and then nerves and excitement get in the way during. If you came off as positive, I think that's the main thing. Sorry you felt you didn't do as well but you did your best at the time and I'm sure it's ok! If it's meant to be it will happen, and I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you!! candice Sorry to hear about the wagon-falling! It's good that you're back and ready to go though. Dumb TOM stuff, hopefully it passes soon. Thanks for the well wishes! quietballerina Thanks for the luck and the well wishes! Yay for finishing early and starting late - lucky!! torito I hope your mom is doing better now. Sorry to hear about your friend problem - sounds like she might be a little oblivious to the stuff you've got going on. Is there any way that you can organise something fun for yourself? Even if it's just something small, just some time to yourself that isn't class or the gym? Sounds like you may need it :) Linds Infection sounds annoying!! My sister is planning a Superbowl lunch - which is ridiculous, given the country that we live in and the fact it may not even be showing on tv.... haha. Kawaii Congrats on being below 180!! Go you! Also your makeup excites me.. I keep wanting buy new things, I have been thinking about making an order from ASOS...clothes, shoes, bags - but I can't really afford to (or at least shouldn't be frivolously spending money!). Yay for trip to Canada too. Also with the boy thing, I think that's (unfortunately) how it usually goes mostly, people get comfortable and they don't do the same things they did in the initial stages of the relationship. Bleh. Silly boys. But he still sounds like a good one. ~Super quick from me. Throat is feeling a bit better, still trying to decide whether or not I should start the antibiotics. Doing well with calories but still no loss. Tomorrow my whole office is getting fish and chips for lunch - I can't really say no because it's a team activity, so I'm just going to have to cope. Tonight I'm just relaxing a bit as I have a feeling the weekend could be pretty full on. We have another holiday here on Monday, so it's another 3 day weekend. I am SO glad it's Friday tomorrow! This week has been stressful at work, so much to do!! |
rainbow: haha, thanks for commenting on my boy issues. actually, that makes me feel better cuz i'm hugely insecure and always paranoid that they're gonna dump me. if it's just him getting comfortable, than i can deal with that ;) and yes, he still is a good one :) oh and the makeup! girl... it's like this big huge palette with 88 colors... 88!!! :flow1: :flow1: :flow1: also, if the doctor gave you antibiotics, take them!! good luck with the fish&chips... maybe you can deal by eating only half or something? i am also very much looking forward to friday! XD soooo tired from work and lack of sleep... geh.
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Kawaii Just basing that on experience - most guys I know kind of get comfortable around that 3 month time slot! Oh man, jealous of the makeup haha. The doctor gave me the antibiotics but told me to wait one-two days before starting the course to see if I felt better. Some doctors are a bit weird about prescribing stuff sometimes, and he seemed to be one of them - but at least he gave me the prescription... but now I just dunno whether to take them!
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Hey everyone!
First of all, thank you all SO MUCH for all your kind comments about my interview. They've all seriously made me feel so much better about the whole thing. I've been having flash backs to the interview since it happened, sometimes I quite literally have to tell myself to shut up! I'm slowly but surely moving forward and pushing it out of my mind and waiting to see what happens. I've got in contact with Interac, another company that hires ALT's to work in Japan (although it's not as well paid as JET which is why I went there first), and they've looked at my application and are going to do a phone interview with me soon hopefully. I'll get to Japan one way or another! But thank you all again, I figured I would say a big collective thank you here instead of repeating it over and over in personals! Also, another collective message for those who asked about my boyfriend drinking the night before I arrive, he understood completely and said he wouldn't go crazy. He said he knew that I was arriving the next day and knows how important it is. So that's all fine now too =). I can't believe I'll be leaving in 8 days! It feels like yesterday it was something like 54 days. It's funny, because I have these really paranoid dreams that the boyfriend is going to see me and not be bothered about me, and today I got an email saying he had a similar dream! Our meeting is going to be SO STRANGE. It feels like I haven't seen him in years. I failed at my exercise yesterday because of the stressful couple of days I had before. I just wanted to slob out! But today is a new day, and even though the blob is here, I will do Insanity! It's also fareezzzing here, so it will warm me up! candice - TOM is here for me too! But dayum, I do not get it as bad as you seem to! I'm sorry it causes you so much pain, but it's nice to see you get motivated about getting up and about! Don't get disheartened when you stall, you have to keep pushing forward! You can do it! I love subs too, I used to have them all the time at Uni, which was bad because I got the BMT which is like the fattiest of them all haha. But now I've started making compromises, I get a 6" instead of the footlong and get water with it now instead of pop. Once in a while treat won't do me any harm! Dulo - A holiday is a great source of motivation for weight loss, you can do it! QB - Well he works at a sushi restaurant so they give out free drinks to all the staff during the shift in case they want them. It is very strange, I agree, but hey ho! I know, I'm so freakin' excited too. I'm actually at the stage now where I can't actually believe it's happening...so I don't actually feel anything at all! I'm so weird, haha. Alexis - Thank you for the support, I really appreciate it :hug: torito - I must admit, being apart of these chats does take some time, but it feels like a second family now so I enjoy it! But don't be nervous =). I'm sorry you're having a hard time in life right now. Just try and communicate with your friend, just ask her that you want to talk to her and just tell her what's going on. Just say you're having a really hard time and you're sorry if you seemed really down and negative but to understand it was really hard on you and you really could use the support. If that doesn't work then she wasn't really a good friend to begin with. Glad your Mum's out of hospital now! :hug: LindsB - Ouch, that sounds painful! I hope the meds work too! Kawaii - No, thank god I was not asked to do the demo lesson! Maybe I should be extra thankful!! WELL DONE ON EXERCISING!!! WOOHOO! 30DS is really hard when you first start out. I remember starting it and thinking "oh my goose I'm in so much pain" but now I'm rocking up Insanity so it's definitely a good place to build up some strength and fitness!! CONGRATUMALATIONSSS ON REACHING THE 170s!!! Wow, you're just being super awesome lately aren't you? Haha, you should have taken a picture of your makeup experimentation! Hey now, this is a chat thread, chat about anything you so desire, it's not all about weight loss in here, girl! Unfortunately, that cute stage is really just a stage...it does fade away. Hopefully it means that he's just becoming more secure and relaxed in your relationship, just make sure you tell him not to take you for granted and still show you he cares. I used to get all sorts of crazy cute stuff directed at me, it's gone now, and trust me I was cranky for a while too...but I started to appreciate the small things and the bigger picture - that we are together and that's something incredible =). rainbow - Thank you, and you're absolutely right - nerves definitely got in the way!! I'm glad your throat is feeling better, why wouldn't you take the antibiotics? Surely it would help? Just be sure to keep drinking water and try exercising as soon as you can to start seeing a weight change. Oh dear...the chippy! My advice would be portion size, portion size, portion size. Try your best to pick the healthiest option! Would they really shun you for not having it though? I looked in my diary and it said it's Waitangi day Monday, what's that?? |
KawaiiCandie:
Yes its been gorgeous here! I love it!!! 45-50degree weather for awhile now… which don’t get me wrong I like snow especially now with my son …id like to bring him out to play in it… on the other hand I don’t drive so we walk everywhere…doctors, pharmacy, grocery store, dollar store, park etc. so when it snows I usually have to keep checking the weather and go grab stuff while I can… I also hate sitting indoors all the time L Congrats on reaching 179lbs!!!! Yahoo!!! I can totally relate when you’ve been stuck at a number for SOOO LONG and you finally see the number I think my face looks like the grinch with a grin ear to ear! Haha And no we don’t mind hearing bout your “nondiet insecurites” lol anyway we can help!! Where abouts you going in Canada?? And im sure everythings fine its probably like you said hes tired or busy… try sending him those adorable little text messages… or maybe mention it to him… “I used to love when you sent me little messages like that….” Your def not a dork… you’re a girl :P hahah Rainbowstripe: Glad to hear your throat is getting better… my recommendation would be, and im not a doctor, but if your almost over it then I wouldn’t take the antibiotics…. I myself don’t take anything when I get sick… sore throat bad ear runny nose etc I take nothing and im usually over it in a couple days… here in Canada we actually have a couple doctors that when you come in like that wont give you medicine ever…. They just don’t write prescriptions and they send us to the store and say get this vitamin and drink this tea blah blah… it works trust me… try drinking some peppermint tea and rub vicks on your throat and chest J Fish and Chips eh? Ive been craving fish and chips for soooo long…. Mmm maybe just eat half the portion they give you? Or fill up on something else throughout the day that way your not as hungry and tempted to eat the whole thing. A relaxing night sounds good!! Which Holiday do you have right now? Have a great weekend! Riestrella: Im excited for you!!!! I don’t know how you can go that long without seeing your bf… I would go nuts!!! I miss Aidens dad when he hasn’t come over for a couple days!!! Haha as for the dreams your probably just both feeling the same way… nervous about seeing each other, its been so long so it could be awkward but don’t let be…. Just pretend like you saw him yesterday…. Act comfortable and **** jump on board and then itll be a great experience. Everyones entitled to a SLOB OUT day lmao once in while…. Glad the stress is somewhat over for you… Sucks about TOM… yea I don’t know why I got picked for the crappy TOMS lol today is a little better still a little tender, especially in the area were my incision is from my c-section. But omg like I never really paid attention to it but when I swell that little pocket of “fat” I guess you could call it from the surgery gets huge!!!! Its so gross and bothers me a lot actually cuz in sweats it looks really bad… Thanks I try not to get disheartened but a whole weekend of cake and great dinners I havent had in awhile and I just missed having the old “good” food :S It was hard to get back on but Im doing good so far .. On target for exercise and calories J I havent had a sub since I left my shop back in March of last year … I wish they had a place near my house I would totally walk and get one for lunch everyday…. Haha I sound like Jared :P As for me everyone, another beautiful day prob wont hit 50 but theyre talking 46 so gonna go for my walk with Aiden and maybe go a little further today instead of the park... come home hopefully do my workout today since i didnt do the whole things yesterday... well see how the pain is when I get home. Swellings gone done and im down a lb since yesterday thank god... I hate gaining so much during TOM... its like you take all week to lose 3lbs and then gain it in one day ugh :( anyways not much going on here today probably have a chilaxing day with the boy... his dads coming over tomorrow and Saturday for the whole day so itll be nice to him and Aiden be able to spend lots of time with him. :) Other then that I guess Im just really happy... my 17 year old brother and his girlfriend had a baby just around the same time as me (two weeks apart) and he was having a hard time in school before but had gone back today!!!! I couldnt be more proud of him... he has had plenty of struggles with learning growing up in grade school and this is just so great... his girlfriend also went back today after being off since like april just before she had the baby.... I know this sounds like something that they should be doing and not really a big deal but in my family is a big accomplishment... myself being the only one to have finished high school and gone to uni not just out of my family but out of extended family as well.... My other sister who is 23 dropped out in grade 10 and just stopped going... after some talking to she started going to pass and doing the work on her own but dropped out again with only like 4 classes needed to graduate. And my younger sister 14 just started high school and already hates it.... I know this is a lot because theyre lazy and dont wanns go but our school systems have gone down so much I cant even begin to describe how Sh*** the teachers are, and the rules are crap... its just rediculous... I dont blame them at all for not wanting to be there. So anyways Im babling but Im just glad that him and his girlfriend are gone back and doing this for my neice.... well Im going to get my butt in gear and head out!!! 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torito I'm sorry your mom wasn't doing well. :( Good that she's out of the hospital though!! You're right about your friend. The ones that stick around when you're cranky/impossible/moody (uhm, not saying you were. I meant that as a general "you") ;) are the ones worth sticking with.
LindsB how's the infection? Hopefully the medicine does the job. Did they tell you to put a warm (or cold?) wet wash cloth on your eye to help with the swelling? Kawaii :( Days like that aren't any fun. Well, with work, if the dad comes home early (really rare, but it does happen sometimes) I get to leave. He was going to have me stay, but since the baby had just gone down for a nap she was probably going to stay asleep. So I zoomed out of there before he had a chance to wake her up! (Sometimes he talks on the phone too loud, or walks too loud, and it wakes her). And I got to come in a little late because the baby had an appointment. So the mom didn't need me at my normal starting time. Which was awesome! An extra 30 minutes of sleep. Under 180?! Congratulations!! in my experience: boys are horrible at understanding how much it means to us when we get cute little texts like that during the day. OH.MY.GOODNESS. So, since I only have 1 baby this week, the parents have given me permission to take her out and about all over (within reason, of course) and to even run some errands if I want (woo!). Today she and I were at a gas station, because they have a hand-held car washer thing that I've seen people use and I wanted to try and use it to wash my car. Well, I couldn't get it to work (haha I'm a spaz) but....I am SO glad I didn't get it to work! This is why: I was moving my car, driving around to where the cashier girl was so I could ask how to use the washer. Well, as I get close to the cashier, I see this woman almost get knocked over by a car speeding off!! My first thought was "ohmygosh I hope she's ok!" and then it hit me: someone had just stolen her car! So I put my car into park and rolled down the window to call out to her. She was in shock in a huge way. Didn't even see the guy that got in (but I saw him as he was driving off). So I called the police for her, told the operator where we were. Handed my cell to her so that she could give a description of the car, then she gave it back to me so I could describe the guy that took her car. And then they sent out a police car to us so I had to wait for him to come....and once he arrived I gave the description of the guy again (trying to remember as much of the guy as I could) and gave the cop all of my information if he needed to get in touch with me. Thank goodness the baby was happily munching on crackers in her car seat! :) Anyway...this poor woman. She left her key in the ignition, and got out for just a minute to walk around her car and remove the gas pump (she had been sitting in her car while the gas was pumping). All it took was that minute or two for this JERK to jump into her car in the middle of the day and drive off. Her cell phone, credit cards, everything was inside the car. I really hope they catch him. I know none of my story is about my weight. But I just couldn't believe that happened! |
hello all!
I'm soooo pooped right now. I barely got any sleep last night but I still got up at 5 and went to the gym. I've been feeling discouraged lately because I've been exercising and following my daily caloric intake religiously, and I have not shed a pound. That day that I was at 143? yeah, back up to 145 the next day and I've been teetering between 144 and 145. GRRR. TOM totally ripped me off with my woosh. :( I had a physical today, and the doctor told me I'm underweight? My BMI is 22...which is in the healthy range, but I have more fat than muscle. I definitely need to step up the weight training more. My boyfriend wants to go out to dinner tomorrow. We have a gift certificate to a legit irish restaurant we love, and they have live music on friday nights. I haven't cheated at all, but it's difficult to get any healthy dish there, so I guess I'll count this as my monthly treat. It's SO tempting to have fish and chips, but I'll stick to something better and just pick a couple bites from his dish. I know I'll feel sick if I order that. As long as I have my guiness, I'm happy :) reistrella: I'm sure you did fine on the interview. I've always heard that employers prefer someone with some actual personality rather than someone who just sits there and spews out the expected answers to questions. You haven't seen your boyfriend in 7 months? WOW! I've done the long distance relationship for 6 years, but we've never gone past a month without seeing each other (we had a 2 hour distance between us so it wasn't bad, but with school and work it was a pain!) Quiet Ballerina: That story is NUTS!! I honestly can't believe people sometimes, and it's a shame how much you really can't trust society anymore. I'm so paranoid about those things. If I'm filling my car, I lock the doors because I remember hearing on Oprah that a creeper could sneak into your car. If I drop a movie off at blockbuster, I lock the door even if I'm 2 feet from the car. rainbow: hope you're feeling better! Try eating soft foods like applesauce, yogurt, and pudding. They're not great, but at least you get some nutrition and they're easier to swallow! A sore throat is no fun! |
Ack! Already so behind lol
Linds Let me know how the book is! I’ve read so much about it and have been thinking of picking it up. Kawaii I’m studying radiography (x-rays). I’m soo close to being done (well not really… not done until May) but I like to say that I’m close because it makes me feel better haha. The program is really tough, and they condensed it into two years so I’ve been going for a year and a half nonstop. And right now I have 11 classes. And as soon as I graduate I’m probably gonna go right back to get my CAT scan ticket. Congrats on actually doing 30ds and getting under 180! I’m sure it’s around somewhere.. but where are you going in Canada? I’m sorry you’re having boyish troubles, they can be so stupid sometimes. candice That’s so good that they’re going back to school! I know what it’s like, my brother’s gf dropped out when she got pregnant and she always talked about getting her GED but never did. I don’t know if she has even gotten it now, but she’s in a post secondary so at least she’s doing something! I am happy to hear you get to enjoy the weather, walks on those types of days are the best. quiet haha don’t worry I didn’t think you were calling me any of those things ;) That is a CRAZY story!! Good for you for helping out and calling the police. It’s so scary that stuff like that can happen anytime. I usually leave my key in the ignition when I go into the gas station, you just don’t expect anything to happen. Would be a good time though, the car is full of gas. samma I hate when TOM rips you off. I’m sure it’ll come off, maybe going out will help that out. We all deserve a little treat now and then. I agree with you, that try and make the best choices you can and still enjoy it. Definitely enjoy the beer! reistrella I feel you on the long distance thing. Me and my ex did it for a few years, and it was the biggest hassle (and now it was the biggest waste of my time and money… but that’s because he was a loser) It’s hard but it is possible! I hated when everyone said it would never last because we were doing long distance. |
Riestrella Glad to hear you've tried to stop worrying about the interview, and good to hear you contacted another place as well! Having options is a good thing! Hope the next 8 days don't stress you out too much. How long has it been since you saw your bf? It might be a bit weird at first but I'm sure it will be fine! With the antibiotics, he said to wait to see if I felt better in a day or so or then start them if I didn't.. and since I feel better, I'm not. Waitangi day is a national holiday here, to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. I'd go into it, but it's pretty detailed - if you're interested, go on Wikipedia haha - I'm sure there's heaps of info, but it might not be that interesting!
candice Sounds like some good things are happening with you and your family at the moment! Thanks for the advice - I've been drinking peppermint tea and just taking the odd paracetamol for the throat pain. Antibiotics are still untouched and I am feeling better! quietballerina What a story! That must have been pretty surreal! sammalamma I hope you enjoy the dinner! ~I did ok today I think! I only had one piece of fish, picked a smaller one, and had a small portion of chips. It was really delicious, really well made and not super greasy like you find a lot of the time. My throat is feeling better as well, which is a positive, and I have the next three days off so that is also great! We've got a few places to look at in the next couple of days (to live) which is good... but so far most have been disappointing or not right for us, so it gets disheartening looking at place after place. I just hope one of them is right. Weight was still the same. Urgh. I guess I should be happy I am maintaining and not gaining anymore... but... I'm not. Hah. Oh well, another food filled challenging weekend ahead, so I must remember to pace myself and not eat too much!! |
rainbow glad to hear you're feeling a bit better and enjoyed fish and chips. I hate house hunting! I feel your pain
I went to give blood tonight. My dad has always gone (he's almost up to his 100th time lol) and I've always wanted to give being in the health field. So I go, and there was a huge group of first timers that were friends, I happened to be sitting beside one of them while giving blood and he's like "oh starting to feel a little light headed" and I watch his eyes roll into the back of his head and tell my nurse. Then he has a friggen seizure and it takes them a long time to get him back, all the while my heart starts beating so hard. He fights when he comes to, then pukes so I'm trying to just look away. Then he passes out again so 911 is called. (Normally I would be totally fine with this situation, but my arm was feeling light and my heart was beating abnormally fast). I decide I would like a glass of water and ask my nurse and she says she cant give me any, and being thirsty is usually a sign that you're gonna be sick. I was like "no no I'm fine just thirsty" but then I yawn and she like freaks out and pulls the needle out of my arm (apparently yawning is bad when giving blood...) So I'm a little disappointed, I don't know how much I gave, and if I'll be allowed to give in the future. But I'm pretty sure I just did that because of the dude. |
ok, first off, thanks to everyone who said they don’t mind hearing about my bf rants!! that means a lot!
rainbow: hope you’re right… didn’t hear from him at all last night, and since I know he got home in the morning, he’s probably still sleeping it off… I really hope he’ll have the mind to mail me before he goes to work (at 5pm) but I have a feeling he might just sleep til it’s time to wake up for work, where he’s not allowed a cellphone. geh. anyways… so did you start the antibiotics? if it was me I would just have taken them right away :p good luck for this weekend! both with the food, and with the apartment-hunting! Rie: aww, I’m glad the situation was righted with your man! haha, and I know what you mean about meeting up being strange… ages ago, when my bf had to go back to Japan cuz his visa was up (yes, another Japanese man, although that’s just a coincidence! lol), we had to spend about 3 months apart, and I remember feeling so weird when I picked him up at the airport thinking “who is this person? am I allowed to touch him?” lol. well it lasted only about a day and things went back to normal after :p and thanks for all the congratulatory words! I especially liked the “you are being awesome lately” part, eheh. but yeah, hope it keeps up!! :) and I’ll take pics of the makeup next time. not all the colors come off great, but I’m wearing this insanely bright pink today and it still hasn’t faded even though it’s the middle of the afternoon! (I’m wearing MAC primer under though…) and about the boy… my boy… yeah. :( how do you deal with it? you guys are way more long-distance than me, but I figure some things are similar… how often do you guys talk or mail to each other, usually? Candice: you’re so lucky! I’m freezing my butt here!! lol. and thanks. ;) I’m going home to Montreal! I dunno if you caught it before but I live in Japan… I’m also supposed to be dragging the bf along, but we’ll see whether or not that happens… wow about your brother having a kid… that’s really young! good for them for going back to school! ballerina: oh right, forgot you were a nanny :p that sounds cool though! and yay for the free time! yup, boys are just really thick, aren’t they? omg!! that situation is so crazy!! that was really nice of you to help her out! Samantha: well done for getting up early to work out even though you were tired! I really admire that cuz I’d never have the strength to do it myself!! don’t feel down you’re working hard and not loosing… you’re smaller, and the smaller you are, the more difficult it gets to shed pounds off. maybe you should check about what you are eating as well as the caloric intake… some people’s bodies work differently and I know that, if I eat sweet stuff or carbs, even if I’m under my calorie limit for the day, I just don’t lose weight… so maybe shaking up your diet a bit would work. good luck! for the restaurant, don’t make yourself feel guilty, but just try to be reasonable, and it should be fine! torito: radiography?! wow! good luck… studying sucks, haha, I’m so glad I’m done with it! but you’ll be happy when you get a good job cuz of it ;) omg, 11 classes!!! I would die! like I told Candice, I’m from Montreal and I’m going back home to visit for a bit. I haven’t been back for over a year so I’m looking forward to it! wow, that’s nuts about the blood thing!! I went to give blood one time, and they did some kind of preliminary test on me and then I was told that I couldn’t do it cuz I don’t have enough iron in my blood… :/ maybe that guy had something like that and they didn’t test him before? either way… at least you’re alright! hey guys! It’s Friday here for me, and I’ve got about 1 hour of work left. I’m not too looking forward to the weekend though since I’ve got no money to spend, diet says I can’t drink, and boy is not coming over. so I’m probably gonna alternate between packing boxes and feeling sorry for myself. sounds fun, eh? :p sorry, I’ve been in a pretty gloomy mood. I’m actually feeling better than I did, but still kinda meh. as a follow-up to my complaints of yesterday, I have now not heard from my boy for a whole day. I know he was going out all night with friends last night, and that he’s probably still sleeping it off, but I was really offended that he didn’t reply to me at all. usually he’ll write me when he gets home and stuff. *sigh* so anyways, I am trying not to freak out and tell myself that there is a logical explanation for all of this… in the meantime, it sucks. I weighed myself this morning and it was a bit up from yesterday, but not by much so I don’t mind. I didn’t work out last night cuz my legs hurt too much and it was seriously too cold in my apartment to do anything. I was basically wearing 3 layers of clothes and shivering under my blanket in front of the computer… Japan does NOT have central heating… it’s ridiculous. oh and I was so stressed about the boy situation that I made myself go to bed so that I wouldn’t call him and embarrass him in front of his friend like a crazy gf… meh. I’m planning on working out tonight though, so wish me luck! |
Not much to report over here! Just counting down the days, working and trying to see friends before I leave!! 7 DAYS TO GO!!
candice - That's crazy that you're the only one in your family who's finished high school and gone to Uni! Such an amazing accomplishment. I can't imagine dropping out of high school, I hated it and most of the teachers were shite but I just wouldn't have thought of dropping out. My parents would actually kill me! Thank youuu! At first it REALLY sucked being away. We did long distance when he was still at Uni in England but we could text and call each other...but when he moved back to the US it got a lot harder because of the time difference and not being able to contact by mobile phone since it would be too expensive. It took some time, but we both learnt to adjust to it. The sooner you try and get used to the change the better, because if you start just missing the way things were that's when problems come up. I've honestly got so used to not seeing him and not (this might sound weird but it's not sexual!) touching him that it can feel like he's not quite real. It sounds like a negative but we still love each other and care about each other, it's just without seeing each other the dynamic really changes! I can't believe that we'll actually be together again soon! QB - Oh my goose that's awful! You know when I've been to America sometimes I'm really surprised when people do that sort of thing, just leave their keys in the car and just pop out to get something thinking "it'll just be a minute." I would ALWAYS lock my car and never leave the keys in! It really is a shame that it happened to her, since she was just going around to the other side of the car, but again - never ever leave your keys on show! It was really nice of you to help her, so you should be proud you're a very kind person =) samma - How many calories are you eating? How much exercise do you do? And how much water do you drink? If you're not eating enough to compensate for your exercise then you won't see a change. There's a great tool here: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/myplate/index.aspx that shows you what you should be eating and how much. It might seem like a lot, but exercise should be a very important factor to how much you eat. When I ate more since I was exercising 6 times a week for more than 30 minutes I saw a big difference in my loss! Just something to think about! Thank you, I'm hoping they liked my personality too! Fingers crossed! And yeah, this has been the longest we've been apart for 3 years. The longest we'd been apart was 2 months, but that seems like nothing now after not seeing him for 7! It sounds like it's a long time, but honestly once I got used to the fact I wasn't going to see him for a while we both started to just focus on the future and not dwell on it. The more you wish it was another way the higher the chance of problems happening. It's going to be awesome to be around each other again, because we just have so much fun together!! torito - I do get the sense that some people don't think it will last, or that he's cheating on me, but I know what the score is and I know he wouldn't do that to me. We've known each other 10 years, he wouldn't throw away all that time and friendship. But people at work like to wind me up about the lack of sex in my life! Haha! Holy cow, that sounds like a NIGHTMARE blood giving session! I can't believe he had a seizure!! Why is yawning bad while giving blood? rainbow - It's been 7 months since I last saw him! It will be super weird when I see him, but I can't wait! I'm glad you enjoying your chippy meal, and well done on portion control! Maintaining is sooo much better than gaining, but you know now that to lose you really need to step it up a gear! You can do it! Kawaii - Hahaha, it's funny what you said about the touching thing, because I KNOW that's how I'm going to feel! Like "so....can I have sex with you or...?" It's going to be very strange, like meeting him for the first time again! But I'm sure after a day we'll be back to our ordinary stupid selves! We email each other when, honestly, there's something to talk about. We have very ordinary lives but if there's a day where we don't do anything worth talking about then we don't email. But I'd say we email once every 2 days, it rarely goes up to 3-4. We used to email each other every day but it got to be a bit tedious, it lost it's soul because we were just talking about boring crap...it felt like we were just writing diaries to each other. There wasn't much meaning or purpose to it other than to try and find SOMETHING to say. So we stopped doing that. We Skype probably once or twice a week. Sometimes it's gone a lot longer without Skype, because of the time difference. At first there was a lot of talk of missing each other, it not being the same, but eventually we got used to being apart. We used to send each other flirtatious emails too...but those stopped because honestly it was just frustrating to hear all this sexy stuff and then not being able to do anything about it with each other! I'm sure leading up to me going over there'll be some filth heading it's way into my inbox, haha! The thing with distance that you have to remember is that he can't see or sense your emotions. It's frustrating, because in your mind you're thinking "Well he SHOULD be texting me because ___" but to him he's just getting on with things not knowing how you're feeling! Communication is really important in distance, if you let things boil and then explode on him then he's just going to be SO confused and might potentially just get angry that you've called him to yell at him. You just need to be honest, say what you need from him and just be calm about it. Use the last couple of days as an example to say "the last few days has made me feel like you don't think about me because you're not texting or calling like you normally do" (I'm assuming that's how it feels because I've felt it too!) and then go from there. Or even just ask him if everything is ok because he's not been contacting you. Maybe he's getting nervous about the move and your trip to Canada? You just need to be reassuring and clear. Even 7 months into our long distance we still have communication flaws. For example, he would pop up on IM and not say hello to me. His reason turned out to be because he was leaving soon and he thought I would get angry if he just said hello and then left. I said it's not fair to assume I would get mad, just hearing anything from you means a lot to me; I compared it to living together and having different jobs - if one of us got home while the other was leaving and we saw each other we would still say hello quickly. He understood and tries harder now. |
Hola girlies! Finally Friday! I am a bit depressed because I want to go downtown to party today for the Super Bowl, but instead I get to go downtown to work :( All my friends are being SO lame and don't want to go down this weekend! Hubby said he would go with me if I wanted, but we've already been twice.
Rainbow- The fish and chips sounds delish. When i visited NZ I had such a hard time eating anything other than fish and chips because the food is so different than in the US! I LOVE NZ! I hope I get to come back some day! Kawaii- HAng in there sweetie! Try not to stress over the boy just yet. If he keeps not responding and being lackadasical about you, then I would def. confont him! You deserve the best :) Ballerina- MY EYE IS BETTER! Woohoo! Today is the first day in 3 days that I have had no swelling! The actual infection site is nearly gone! I am relieved! Torito- I will def. let you know about the book! I am a little more than 1/2 way through. I am hoping to finish the book this weekend so I can get started with the workouts on Monday. It is definitely an interesting concept and very different than what we, as women, have been taught about working out traditionally. |
Good morning all,
It's been an interesting on the namaste roller coaster. Yesterday I finally got my butt in gear and did a pretty intense workout. I went with the bf, who played tennis for years and is still ridiculously thin and in shape even though he claims not to be. ;) Needless to say, I got my butt handed to me. Still, it felt good to work out and I was in a great mood the rest of the day. I also met with my mom, whom I haven't talked to in about a week after she totally lost it with me. My dad has been saying we need to talk it out anyhoo so we dont lose communication and become angry with each other. She took me to lunch, and I finally just told her everything I was feeling. I'll spare you the gruesome details but let's just say there was a lot on my mind. So she listened, and tried to hear my point of view, and we seemed to resolve a lot of things. She and I went to the bookstore and bought me a couple of books that have become my Bible(s) for the last few months, both by Jillian Michaels. And everything seems to be okay for now. I have also discovered the vet tech school I was going to was going to be over 30K to attend, and I had to pay it back relatively quick. So obviously that idea went right out the window. I thought long and hard of what else I could possibly do, and I decided to continue with my registered dietician program. (I had a brief detour into another major for awhile and learned very quickly it wasnt for me.) I think it will give me motivation to keep working out and learning about how to be more aware of eating sensibly. It's a huge risk but I think I can do it. So, that's all that is happening with me. I will try to do personals later on today if I have time. :) |
Rainbowstripe: Yes im very happy with my brother and his girlfriend thanks J Glad to hear your doing much better.
Torito: Sorry you had such a horrible experience with blood donating…. That is absolutely horrible what happened to that man… I hope he is doing better now. I am a little curious why yawning while giving blood is bad as well?? Ive never heard of this…. Maybe it was just a bad time… hopefully you can give again in the future J KawaiiCandie: Yes I am absolutely taking advantage of the weather while I can… its beautiful again today sun is shining a little colder but still do-able for a walk with the little guy… I did see that you live in Japan… ive always wanted to go there and see things… my cousin lived there for two years to teach English and she used to send me pics and souvenirs and stuff J so much fun!! Hopefully the stuff with your bf works out and he can go. Ya theyre really young but great parents… You should be able to do something fun on the weekend…. Maybe pack boxes and instead of feeling sorry for yourself invite a couple friends over and have a movie night?? Lol sounds cheesy but always works for me J Don’t worry about the boy… us girls tend to over exaggerate everything when it comes to boys… and we always freak out over something that’s probably nothing. J sucks that they don’t have central heating… keep warm!!! Don’t stress about the boy!!! Itll get better…. Good luck! Riestrella: Thanks I love school if I could go back and not have to pay haha I def would… I loved University more then High School tho. My mom would have been disappointed if I dropped out because sounds stupid but everyone holds me up to higher standards then the others I think because Ive always got the good grades and stuff… But if I had I know she would have understood because she herself dropped out in grade 10... She had me when she was 17 going on 18 and then went back to school just before I graduated from grade 8 and got her diploma so ya she would understand. Sounds really hard the long distance I give you credit for keeping with it… So happy for you tho!!!! LindsB: I know the feeling I wanted to at least celebrate with a superbowl party but my sons Dad is going to a buddys house now to watch the super bowl and play poker leaving me at home with the baby… L shitty especially since I only got into football this year and because of him. Oh well Ill make up some healthy party snacks and my son and I will sit in our jerseys and watch ourselves I guess…. Going downtown with the hubby is better then nothing right?? |
The past two times I've calorie counted and exercised, I've had 1200-1300 calories. I use an app on my phone to count, so even when I exercise, it gives me those calories back for eating. I generally get an hour of exercise in every day. Even if it's too much, I just feel better when I do an hour. I'm going to switch it up and do 30 minutes strength, and 30 minutes cardio, along with bumping up my caloric intake to 1400 a day. I'm going to try it out for 2ish weeks and see how I do. I know your metabolism kicks into high gear with strength training so I hope it'll help. I've been doing the same thing that I've done before to lose weight, but I guess my body is changing again.
riestrella: that site is telling me I should eat 2400 calories a day.....is that just for maintenance, or for weight loss??? That seems like A LOT!!! Holy moly I don't think I could eat that much in a day! sorry, no time for personals. I just got home from my internship and I'm pooped!! I'm going to take a nap before I head out for the night. I decided I'm getting the fish and chips because it's rare that I ever go to this restaurant, and it's the only time I get fish and chips...so why not? |
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2400 does sound like a lot, but maybe start by eating 1900 of healthy food. The great thing about that food plan is it tells you what you should be getting of each food group a day. If you can, eat 5 meals a day, the more your body gets used to being fed the metabolism will just keep on going and you'll also be fuelled up for your exercise. I'm 5'5" and I've been eating around 1900-2000 calories a day since July last year and I've continued to lose weight. I exercise up to 1 hour 6 days a week so my body needs the food to keep up! I was in the Sarge's No Excuses Boot Camp thread over in the Chicks Up For A Challenge sub forum and they were all hardcore fitness people who swore down by eating more. Well, they were right, I just kept dropping week after week once I started eating more! Obviously everyone likes to lose weight differently, but losing weight is a big lifestyle change and I'm happy eating what I eat now and could happily do it for the rest of my life. When you look at RDA for calories, they don't tend to be below 1800, but again I'm fully aware we all have different ways of losing weight. It's just something for you to think about since you are exercising so much, and with strength training thrown in there too eating more might be something you want to consider to improve your performance. It always helps if the body is stalling to change things up a bit, so perhaps it might work for you? |
kawaii Yea 11 classes is a stressful amount, but I decided this semester if I had to spend more time at the gym and have my grades suffer a little I’m ok with that. First semester I wanted as good as I could get grades… but I realized they really don’t mean anything so may as well spend more time doing something that will really benefit me. I’ve always wanted to go to Montreal! I hear it’s so pretty.
They test your blood for iron every time you go, so if you really wanted to you could eat a protein rich diet for the day then go and try again. And it’s a stupid amount of testing before they’ll take your blood. First you get your finger pricked and tested for hemoglobin (iron) if it’s under 125 they will deny you right there. Then a billion questionnaire thing, then a nurse takes your blood pressure, temperature and pulse rate to make sure you are “fit” to give blood. So there’s no way he wasn’t tested appropriately, some people just have reactions from losing so much blood. BUT I did lose .8 of a lb since yesterday so that's a plus lol ries I was in the same boat, I completely trusted him and we ended up doing long distance for 2 years. And we didn’t break up because of the distance, or cheating so there is always hope! I hated when people would doubt it, like just be happy for me who cares if we’re apart right now. I assumed that yawning is bad because I think yawning is your body trying to get more oxygen, and if all your oxygen rich blood cells are going out your arm… it’s not a good sign. I asked one of my nursing instructors today and she said that I was right, and they probably were scared I was going anemic. namaste984 It’s good that you worked things out with your mom. It can be a hard relationship to manage. I know what you mean about tuition, I just had to bite the nail and take the expensive program I wanted to. But I think the dietician would be fun too! If you enjoy it, and it’ll help keep you motivated that’s awesome (because really who wants to take advice from a ‘fat’ dietician haha) candice it was a pretty scary first experience. I already have my next appointment booked so hopefully it was just the excitement going on and I will be able to give again. |
Hey guys!
I've been on the job application blitz with my best friend and boyfriend. I picked up somewhere around 15 to 20 of them and I've been filling them out tonight. It has definitely lit a fire under my bum, so to speak, because a lot of the people who work in retail are very skinny. I have a similar personality to most people in retail, I am very bubbly and energetic, but I've often wondered if people who work in retail who are overweight and not in a plus-size shop are taken less seriously. Regardless of that, I have decided I'm going to bite the bullet and really lose the weight. It was just the motivation I needed. torito- Exactly! I actually got a job application at a nutrition supplement shop and the guy at the register looked at me like I was crazy. After I explained that I was a nutritionist-in-training and I had lost 30 lbs already, he looked much more receptive and willing to give me time of day. :) It was pretty cool but I don't want that look at every nutritionist job, like, what are you DOING here? type of look. I will be back tomorrow at my usual time. I will keep you updated on the job app blitz. Wish me luck! :) |
Ok, so I wrote this in the morning before I left, but then googled f-ed up and wouldn’t let me log into 3fc again… First of all, thanks to everyone who gave me advice about my boy! It’s much appreciated!! And guess what? Over what everyone said to me and all the speculations (mom, friends…) you guys were the one who were right!! There’s nothing wrong, he still wants to come to Canada and is ready to buy the tix, and it’s probably just the 3 months thing and he’s getting more bored of mailing often! I found out that he didn’t even stay up all night on Thursday, so there was like ZERO reason for him to not mail me before work cuz he was definitely awake, and I was just stressing for NOTHING!!! Grrr! Men!!! I told him “you know I was REALLY worried!!!” and he made this sheepish face and was like “sorry…..” gah!! Ah well… all is good anyhow… Rie: I want to thank you especially for your really good advice! I feel like a lot that you said applies to our situation lot… even if the distance is not as great as you two, it feels a bit like that sometimes… like the daily mails were just becoming saying the same thing over and over… so maybe I should back off. Haha. oooh, I would be pissed off about the IM thing too!! But sounds like you guys have a really good thing going on ;) I’m happy for you that you’ll be able to see him real soon! Linds: thanks! Aww… I hope you got to enjoy your Friday night nonetheless! I hate it when you wanna party and your friends don’t… pooh! Namaste: wow, sounds like things have been hectic for you! But I’m glad to hear you patched things up with your mom. And good for you for working out with your man!! I would be waaaay too embarrassed to do that with mine, haha. what did you guys do? Candice: that’s what I’m doing too! Teaching English here.. I really love the place although it can be soooo frustrating! The Japanese are a really stubborn people! Let me know if you want a souvenir, I’ll send you something! :p that goes for any of you too! Well, as long as it’s within my means! Haha… yeah, thanks, I am definitely the queen of over-reacting… and today I’m gonna dress cute, go out to karaoke with my gurlfriend and take purikura! Should be fun. Then I’ll come home and pack. Lol. having a movie night sounds fun, but there is actually no movie-rental place near where I live, which is sooooo lame. I live in the city center of my town, so yeah… Samma: yeah, your body always adapts to what you’re doing so after a while it’s good to change things up! good luck! Rie: hey, what’s that website you’re telling Samma about?? Torito: oh, I see! (about the blood thing) how weird that guy got sick even after all that… yeah, Montreal is a really nice place! You should definitely go! It’s nicer in the summer than now though! So much snow! Lol. I think my boy will freak out when we go… he doesn’t even own a “real” winter jacket! Mwahaha… Hey girls!! So like I said, all is well again and I am the queen of making drama out of nothing… lol. I couldn’t work out last night, cuz obviously I was so stressed out, and I had a friend come over, and then FINALLY he mailed me at like 10:30 after work… sheesh. Silly boys… well anyways, I worked out just now for the 2nd time and it was still pretty hard, but now as bad as the first time, so I guess that’s good! Today I plan on getting dressed up and going out and about on the town with my friend! I’ma show you pics of my new make-up cuz rainbow wanted to see, eheh… oh and, get this! When I weighed myself this morning, the scale said 79.8kg… that’s like 176lbs… I just couldn’t believe it and it makes zeeero sense… so I’m not updating my ticker cuz… I don’t believe it! lol. plus today is my cheat day so it’ll probably go up again.. but that would mean I lost like 3lbs in a day!! Wtf!! http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...up_palette.jpg Holler! This is me and my makeup camwhoring! :p (wow, my expression looks really stupid on there... lol!) |
riestrella: yeesh...that just seems like a lot to me. Although I work out a lot, if I eat that much, I do gain. My body is weird that way. The funny thing is, I'm not hungry when I have only 1200 calories...I'm not starving. But thanks for the advice, and I'll take it into consideration!
namaste: atta girl with the applications!!! Just gotta get your foot in the door :) kawaii: hey, take the weight loss! and LOVE the make up kit! I love eye make up, but I have absolutely no skill with putting it on! haha! Well dinner was great last night! The fish and chips were delicious, even though my stomach was not happy this morning and I am clearly the most bloated woman on the planet today. We were sat right in front of the performing stage, so we were the ones that the performers paid attention to. It was fun at first, but started getting a little uncomfortable. I'm not a fan of having a lot of attention on me. The performers thought we were married, so when we said no, they assumed that it was a first date, so we had to clarify that we've been together for 8.5 years. With that, the whole restaurant said "oohh!" and the performer was like "WOAH. 8 years? dude, you need to get on that!!" (that's been the running theme for 2 years now. everyone is waiting for us to get engaged. hahah!) So my boyfriend got his taste of reality last night hahaa. My mom has a stomach virus that's been going around....so I SO can't wait to catch it. Though....maybe it'll give me a jump start with my weight loss! HAH! (TOTALLY KIDDING) But prior to the stomach bug festivities, I'll be going to the gym today, then out to lunch with my good friend that I haven't seen since June, and then getting my hair trimmed..so I'm going to be a happy camper today! Have a good day everyone! |
Torito: well good for you for not getting discouraged from the last one!!
Namaste: Good for you for getting out there… I wouldn’t worry to much about that…. The majority of them may be skinny but theyre also bi*****!!! I hate going to the mall…. They look at me like im crap because theyre skinny and it makes shopping very uncomfortable…. Frankly id rather have someone with a little more meat and bubbly helping me then a snobby skinny chick… I usually don’t end up buying anything when I go into stores like that L but good for you for grabbing on to that motivation to lose the weight… im sure once you lose it you wont turn into one of them women. :P KawaiiCandie: glad to hear everything is great with the beau … men can be so weird sometimes… they just don’t get us haha I so wanted to do that one day go teach English somewhere but itll be awhile now that I have my baby lol…. Id love a souvenir!! Omg that would be awesome… you really don’t have to … id be cool with like a piece of paper with my name written in Japanese or a really cool saying in Japanese!! Thank you!!! <3 hmmm Sucks about not having a chance to rent movies…. Perhaps you can download one online and burn to a disc?? But good for you karaoke night sounds fun!!! J your scale is probably right… sometimes mine does that too I just lose 3lbs overnight even tho I probably should have gained…. Tomorrow if it’s the same you better change your ticker gurl! :P I love your makeup youre such a beautiful girl omg!! Gorgeous! Not much going on for me today went for my walk this morning with Aiden already still beautiful out here little chillier then yesterday.... now were back home and waiting for his dad to come over and spend the day with us :D were making homemade whole wheat pizza tonight with all the fresh veggies and homemade pizza sauce yumm.... :D just finished making a gigantic salad to go with it... so should be a good night... It turns out he might not be going to his friends tomorrow for a superbowl party and might just come here afterall and watch with us so im pretty excited about that.. Aiden and I will get in our football duds (even tho our team is out we will wear them lol) and have some snacks (healthy of course) maybe some cheese and crackers and veggies and dip and i bought the stuff to make some potato skins for dad.... Just found out my cousin is pregnant again (she had a little boy about 11 months ago), and another cousin of mines son is having triplets with his wife.... and there is a couple other cousins already pregnant and having babies that I knew about so my grandmother is off to Michaels to get wool and were going to start knitting up those blankets for all the babies... (shes more the knitter im more the creative one telling her which colours and patterns to do to mix it up :P) I got a little bored last night and decided that the tattoo i want to get on my shoulder blade was just to plain so I upgraded it and ill post it on here so everyone can see.... :) but thats about it for me! Happy Saturday everyone!! :D Let me know if the link works everyone! http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...32180130_n.jpg |
GOOD Morning, all! Wow, you all have been chatty! I don't know how I'm going to catch up. Student teaching is definitely keeping me busy during the week. On the plus side, since I'm gone all day, I'm not snacking all the time like I was before when I was staying at home. I have been packing my lunch and counting calories and I lost 4lbs. last week!! Woohoo! Also, I'm up moving all the time in the classroom. With that being said, I'm finally officially in a 16 pant size! I have 4 pairs of 16s that I can wear comfortably! And I bought my first top from a store that doesn't sell plus-size clothes! It's the biggest size they make, but still it isn't plus size!
Kawaii - CUTE picture! I am horrible with makeup...I have no clue. LOL! Glad you got your bf troubles resolved. :dizzy: That's why we have the chat thread...to talk about other things BESIDES weight loss...there's more to life than losing weight and getting healthy. ;) Namaste - Good luck finding work!! Torito - that's CRAZY! I have given blood several times and never have had an experience like that. I would be scared to even try it again if the person besides me had a seizure. I have never even heard of that happening to someone. 11 classes....eeeeek!!!! How many hours is that?? Rie - Woohoo...not long now until you are USA bound! I'm excited for you. I really don't think it will be strange when you see each other. It will be great! :) |
Candice - looove the tattoo drawing! Where are you gonna put it? My hubby is supposed to be getting one today of our son's initials. :)
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Literally just popping in. This weekend is proving to be pretty busy, but I think I'm managing ok with food and stuff.
I'm looking into buying an iPod nano because I CANNOT run without music and my new workout pants don't have a pocket that fits my ipod like my old ones did. I have some money from Christmas so I think it's a pretty good investment if it keeps me exercising! Just a quick note to kawaii, I AM JEALOUS of your makeup. Haha I had to capitalise it because I am super jealous. All that colour! Also you look cute. As usual. Glad to hear things with the boy are good!! Heading off now, gotta figure out dinner. |
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