300+ & Ready To Try Again! #1040
 

just wanted to say hello. Ammi i hope you are feeling better today?

HI friends!

I looked up the TOPS groups and was surprised - there are lots of meetings near me! I'm going to look into it, but not sure how it will work with my new job... which will hopefully start next week. I'm going for the road test on Thursday morning.

I'm also looking into a new gym. I have loved it at Curves, but I think I'm ready for more variety and challenge. I love my workout class, too, but with the new job, I'll be lucky if I could make class even 1 or 2 days a week, and that's just not enough. I called a local Fitness center and they're giving me a one week membership free. I'm sure I'll get the sales pitch, too, but it will give me a chance to really check out the facility and trainers, and by the end of the week I'll have a much better idea about my new job & hours. OH - and they have a POOL! So maybe I'll even get into that if I join.

Doing good today. I'm home alone with the cookie mix, but it's losing today. So far anyway.

I found something interesting on the NBC 'Loser' site under Diet Center - it's a calculator for BMR, Basal Metobolic Rate, or the rate of calories that you burn each day just by being alive. I burn 1908 according to the their calculator, without exercise. I found that interesting.

Well, I guess I'll keep on chugging away...

Heya Val

I just went and checked mine and apparently Im burning 2056.18 doing nothing rofl ... somehow I find that hard to believe .. still ... its encouraging to keep in mind for those days when I dont do any of my "official" exercise :)

Okee .. I have to ask you Val ... WHAT is a Popcorn Ball??? Obviously a temptation we dont have over here huh? I know its popcorn .. but what is holding it in the shape of a ball .. is it like Caramel Corn?? Do you HAVE caramel corn over there?? I hope that you can get past this and another question (maybe I missed it in another post) ... but why do you have cookie mix in your house tempting you?? Can in go in the freezer where it would break your teeth if you took a nibble??

Good luck on the gym and pool .. I hope you can fit something from there into your plan .. even if its there one or 2 days a week and then something at home the other days you want to exercise .. dont forget there are exercises you can do sitting down or whatever too... and if your new job (Im sorry if I missed what it was) has you on your feet a lot of the time then thats a good lot of exercise too.

Okee ... gonna be a busy day today .. well .. this afternoon anyway .. the weather is still miserable so its hard to get motivated to get dressed lol .. so much more cosy in my dressing gown and slippers! The lambs are baaaaing like crazy hoping to convince me to give them more milk (when they havent had any for over a week .... until last night when the weather was sooo miserable so I let them have a little warm milk before bed rofl .. good grief!)

I am starting to get my calories over the 1500 each day as at night for supper I have a couple of pieces of soft rye with a slice of low fat cheese and 98% fat free shaved chicken meat .. I find having that I sleep better and the scales seem to be nicer in the morning too rofl. Okee ,... so I have 2.6 pounds to lose in the next week to reach my mini target for the month to hit the 185 mark ... time to get off my butt and start dancing!! Friday is my weigh in ... so I will have to see how much more I have to lose by next Tuesday :)

Will write more later (boy I have been writing a lot lately!! Sorry about that ... I tend to go in spurts of writing a lot and often to not sayin anything for days rofl seems to be a habit over a lot of my daily life ... 100% or nothing rofl).

Oooh .. had to come in and tell you .. After Patti had found out that her starting weight was wrong I was thinking and wondering if I had calculated the conversion from Kilograms to Pounds correctly when I first started this .. so decided to use and online converter instead ... OMG .. I gotta learn my conversion calculations again .. I was 2 pounds out! 147.5kg actually works out to be just over 325 pounds! (by .18 over actually lol) .. soo .. I have updated my profile .. not that it affects my loss to date on there cos I didnt start this mini goal at the beginning of my journey ... but still ... it means that Im closer to my first 40 .. ohh .. 2.6 ... not only will that be my goal of hitting the 285 goal .. but I will also have the 40 pounds lost one too .. omg ... WHERE HAS IT COME OFF!!!!!!????????

Is it just me or am I missing something?? I see those ads on tv for Jenny Craig and the like and they say "I lost 9 kilos and 2 dress sizes" or "I lost 15kg and 5 dress sizes" Bah Humbug ... I havent really lost any of that ... gawd .. how much fluid was I retaining???? I know my old jeans are fitting now when they werent before .. and my lovely new nightgowns are a little baggy all over .. but I bought them that way rofl ... my socks still leave marks where the elastic pinches a little .. oh .. ok .. must be the boobs .. I have lost weight there .. Im sure of it ... my cup no longer runneth over so maybe I will be able to look for an E instead of a G :) Boy that would be lovely! Also the straps dont sink in by the end of the day rofl. Im thinking out loud (as such) hope you dont mind .. but it is annoying to see those ads where they say all that about kilos lost and dress sizes too .. cos I have almost lost twice as much as those little ones who lose 9kg and 2 dress sizes .. and I have lost more that those losing 15kg n 4 dress sizes .. but I dont see me in a size 18/20 which is what losing 4 would have taken me down to rofl.

Okee .. me getting frustrated now .. Katt gotta listen to own advice .. dont compare dont compare dont compare ... does anyone else do that on here?? Compare their advances etc to others on here and find themselves lacking somehow?? Never mind the fact that I am going to do over 900 min of exercise this month when 3 months ago I didnt even do 90 min a month .. or that I have luckily had a consistent loss of weight every week but one since my journey started (and that week was a very stressful one so I was amazed I didnt go up!) ... its just bugging me that with all this weight lost .. Im still the same dress size ... albiet a little loser rofl ... gawd .. I dont ask for much do I??

Anyway .. sorry for the ramble....

Huggies

KATT, a popcorn ball is held together by pure corn syrup. At home we used to heat clear Karo cornsyrup to a certain point, perhaps add food coloring, and slowly poor it over popped corn in a huge kettle. As soon as it had BARELY cooled enough to touch (or not) you cover your hands in butter to keep it from sticking and pack the hot, sticky popcorn into balls before the sugar hardens. They're made commercially now, but homemade was always better, and it was a warm family tradition when I was young to make the stuff this time of year. It's rather similar to caramel popcorn, but usually made with clear corn syrup instead of with molasses like I believe caramel corn is. Often our caramel corn has peanuts in it, too. At the mall there's a stand that makes various popcorn flavors - fruity, chocolate, cinnamon... all kinds. I tend to stay away from that mall! * As to the cookie mix, it's a powdered mix - just add water, that I bought a long time ago. I just don't bring that crap-ola into the house anymore. I had forgotten that I even had it until the day I went prowling. I was SO sure that there was nothing like that in those cupboards that I felt almost smug letting myself go thru them... but there it was, waiting for me like a snake! sigh. You're right of course, I have to throw the last of it away. I suppose the mini-chocolate chips have to go with it?

......OK - DONE! It's gone. I even shook it out of the bag. Mini-chips, cookie mix & all. Why do I feel like standing over the garbage can and mourning, instead of jumping up and down for victory over the infernal cookie demon? Thank you for making me do that. Even if I didn't make another cookie, those chips were just too easy to sneak... at 80 empty calories per little handful - yeah, I already checked, and yeah, I've been periodically sneaking. You know me too well... lucky for me!

So, here I sit, eating my baked squash. I like it, but somehow it's just not going down like a cookie.

Bill has a run from up in Cleveland to over in Illinois. He forgot a bunch of stuff, so I've gotta run it up there ('bout an hour away) and get back for my 6-week Challenge @ Curves meeting tonight.

C-ya!

(KATT.... You're so mean.... but I really love you for it!!!)(OH! And Don't Compare, Don't Compare, Don't Compare!!! You're far lovelier than those hired models to begin with!!!)
:cookie:

Katt -- It absolutely makes sense your body burns over 2000 calories doing nothing. While those calculators are an estimate, go back and plug in numbers as if you weighed less. I'll wait, go ahead......

See -- when you weigh less, you burn fewer calories! It's estimated at my weight (183) that my BMR is 1568. Then there are my daily activities and then my exercise. BMR is what you burn just keeping yourself alive.

Thusly, people who weigh more need more calories JUST TO STAY ALIVE, much less do things like dance, drive a car and brush their teeth. So, when a person who burns 2000 calories doing nothing eats only 1200 calories/day (or less), they are really not giving themselves much to work with.

This is why it's recommended people who weigh more eat more. Their bodies need it.

As for those amazing claims on Jenny Craig, part of it may be that people who need to lose dress drop dress sizes quicker. From what I've been told, plus size clothes have 2 inches between sizes, while smaller sizes are just 1 inch. Plus, when people are smaller, the same amount of weight is a bigger percentage of their body. At 300 pounds, I had to lose 30 pounds to lose 10% of me. At my current weight, 10% less is only 18 pounds or so...

Val -- I was howling about your cookies and chips! Good for you!!!

OK going to *attempt* to catch up here....

ANDIE~The 24 hour darkness will start around November. And it lasts about 4 months. Not all of Alaska is like this. Only really the cities above the arctic circle. And yes it gets really cold here! It can get to -100 with the windchill! Still want to trade homes?:lol: :)

JEN~Well right now I do try to open the blinds and go outside to get sunlight. But pretty soon there will be none for 4 months. So we buy those full spectrum lights. They really help! Good luck on weigh in! Hope you see a loss!:goodluck:

Misti~Well I won't wish away the over time! That is great you are making extra $$! :)

KATT~I know what you mean about the cold/bad weather making you not want to work out. I feel like that a lot up here! Its annoying! Oh and what a funny joke!:lol:

ANDIE~WOW 95 minutes! That is awesome! Keep up the good work!:cheer:

Kayley~Congrats on your anniversary!:congrat:

LORI~I am happy you had a good weigh in! Congrats on losing 3 pounds!:cheer2: I would be dancing too! :lol:

VALERIE~Good luck on your road test Thursday!:goodluck: The new gym sounds nice! I wish we had a gym up here. If we don't move soon I will proably just buy a treadmill. Thanks for sharing the NBC site stuff! I will go have a look at it. And good for you getting rid of the cookies! I love cookies...I can't have them in the house!:lol:

KATT~Totally understand the whole comparing thing. I try to catch myself doing it and stop it! Its hard not to compare. :hug:


Well last night we had take out chineese food. We decided about once every two weeks to eat out ONE meal! We used to have *free* days where we would eat anything we wanted. I am sure you all know *free* days turn in *free* months/years!:lol:That is how I have stayed so fat. The only bad thing is I got soooooo sick!:( My body was not used to having that sort of food. I was sick most of the night! I may have to think twice before eating out again. I guess that may be a good thing? The nice thing is I didn't really gain any weight from eating the bad stuff. Anyways enough about that. I am not sure if I am going to workout today or not. I have been working out either two days in a row or every other day. I may try to get some walking in. I have been doing so good with getting exercising in! Ok enough rambling. I hope you all have a great day! :)

Ammi~Hope you are doing alright!:hug:
And has anyone heard from AMY? I haven't really seen her post since her cat passed away. I hope she is ok!

gotta go!

Michelle

MICHELLE - Thankies hun .. and you MUST think of that reaction to the Chinese as a BIG NSV!!! Your body has told you clearly now that its enjoyed the journey so far on the new road and isnt willing to add any of that old stuff back into the system .. not that Chinese is necessarily a bad food (there are some lovely low cal options with the ranges at most over here) ... but its like when Scoot (my hunny) offered to get us Fish & Chips one weekend when I had a really good week .. just the THOUGHT of them made me feel like being sick! And we used to have them 2-3 times a week!! Misti had a similar reaction when she had her Chicken Wings.

I think its a case of when you change your eating habits to something more healthy your body does a comparison and decides what it likes so if you put something bad back in there it revolts and makes you remember the next time what happened lol ....

I read some of the things on here and I am just IN AWE of you .. giving up things .. like soda, chocolate, sugar ... completely I mean .. I have tried that in the past (giving up sweets .. esp chocolate) and I KNOW that is why I have failed at past attempts because I just missed the chocolate so much ... so now I DO have it .. almost every day! I make sure to calculate it into my calories ... and now when I go out and see the chocolate bars or whatever I dont want to get one cos I know that for supper or dessert I have a sweet coming that I really like and if I cheat by getting something from a store I will miss out on it lol .. again its a case of bribing myself I think hehehe

Val .. IM SOOOO PROUD OF YOU!! WTG girl on gettin that cookie mix out of the house .. and oh heck yes those choc chips had to go too. I am terrible with things like that .. throwing out perfectly good food lol .. its that money part of me that thinks oh but it cost me this much .. maybe I can just put it back in there .. but I have found a solution (we got a gift basket when we bought this house Im in now .. omg .. sooo many naughty things!).. I take the majority of it round to my sisters lol .. she isnt happy with me doing that .. but she has a couple of kids that just never sit still so they burn off everything .. and I also give stuff to my dad .. if he doesnt eat it I know he will give it to someone who would... omg ...actually .. I have one of those cake mixes in my cupboard .. I just found it the other day when I was cleaning up my cupboards .... Devils Chocolate Cake ... humm .. I think thats gonna go to my sisters .. dad never does baking from a box mix rofl.

Thank you hunny for the compliment .. I was telling my hunny what I wrote and he says its goin ... just in little bitty bits from everywhere .. esp my face ... I still say that 1cm that I shrunk was pretty darn heavy! rofl.

Okee .. I have been naughty again today .. havent done my exercises and dad will be here soon to take me up town .. I really got to get a knee brace the darn thing is annoyin the heck out of me. Me gonna go get dressed lol . here it is almost midday and Im not even dressed!! (shock) what would my mama say rofl ... and would I listen anyway??? Probably not he he he he).

Thankies Wyllen .. that has helped to put it into perspective for me ... I suppose looking at it that way does make a lot more sense really ... just worked it out ... I have lost just over 13% of my body weight .. I think I worked that out right?? Wow .. thats not bad lol .. huggies.

Love the jokes girls!!!

Kayley. I am so glad I could give you some info that helped. It actually made my whole day!! And hooray for the new size clothes! I can't wait til I can buy smaller bras. I hate my current size.

Valerie, I have the same issue with sweet carbs. They totally kill me and then it's like I can't stay out of them.....next week, on Halloween at work we're having a snacky day carry in. You know it'll only be junk food and tons of chocolate. I just dread it!! I have to have a plan and I don't have one yet.
That's great news about Gabriel. I can only imagine how exciting it must be.
I'm very proud of you for doing so well on the driving. I'm sure you'll pass the test EASILY!
It sounds like you're getting your life together and all the pieces are coming together.
:hug:

Lori Congrats on the ticker move!!!

Katt, I'm with you. Can't compare ourselves to anyone. We do what we can do!!!!
And do our BEST at it. Hang tough, Chickie!

I did just a smidgin of exercise today. Not anything I feel like I can count.
The parts for my Gazelle came.....and guess what! Part of it is the wrong parts. Of course it's the most important parts.....the screws that hold everything together. URGH!!
I've emailed the company AGAIN! Hopefully it won't take another week.
I am OP today and I'm gonna weigh in when I get blood work done on Friday. It's at a different location.....I hope the scales are balanced the same way.

Gotta get the littlest one in bed. Her homework still isn't done!
Take care, Ladies!

Hey all! I ran across this on a different website. Thought you might find it interesting. http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2587819&page=1

Thats great Lilion .. thank you for the link! I have forwarded it to my hunny and my daughter in the hopes that they will stop grabbing the largest plate rofl And I just bought some new glasses too .. for some reason I chose the tall narrow ones... yippee ... me on the right track and I didnt even know it! lol.

Katt~you are right I guess it is a NSV. Sure makes me not want to eat out! *lol* Its not worth being so sick! Thanks for pointing that out!

Sandy~Oh I hate it when I get things and the parts are missing! I hope you can get them soon! Good luck at the WI.

Lilion~Thanks for posting that story! I need to get smaller plates!

Well I had an ok day. I didn't get exercise in. Which is ok...I was thinking about taking about 2 days a week off. We had lasanga for dinner. It was so good and I only had ONE portion. I used to eat 3 portions at least. I really like my attitude about losing weight this time around. It has been slow losses. But I am really making changes. I am chaning the way I think. If i eat something I shouldn't I don't beat myself up. But I try to do better. It amazes me how much I would just give up after day 2. Anyways...I hope you all had a great evening! Have a great day tommorow.

Well, I tried out the new gym. Even had my first go at an elliptical - 5 minutes. I've been doing enough on the TM that I should have done better on the elliptical, but that thing is HARD! As soon as I got it going, it just took off with me like a runaway horse - only I know how to stop the horse, but this thing didn't have a WHOA! button!!! The second time I got it going, it took off - BACKwards!!! I'm telling you, I think it was haunted and out to get me.

After my 5 minutes of panting terror, I got help and started on a few of the circuit machines. There's one that works your lower back that was really fun... it's counterpart that crunches the abs is a pure monster, tho! The elliptical must have whispered in it's ear. I also did some work on arm/chest/back machines, and those were good. It's cool to really be able to load the muscles and wwwwWooooooOOOOOORK those muscles.

Of course, I remember now why I was so attracted to Curves in the first place - NO men! At this new place, they're everywhere - yuck! And you know that look - the one we're scared to see? The "What's the fat girl doing here?" look? Yup, I got that. BUt it's OK, because when I'm working on a machine, all I've got is FOCUS on the task at hand. Everything is in the motion, the breathing, the power that I'm building on the inside of ME! ....of course, walking back to the locker room, I still don't like getting 'the look', but ew-scre 'em! Wait till they see me in the spring! Besides, if they don't appreciate my fine full figured physique.... well, I don't either, but that's not the point. Progress is the point. Like I said, ew-scre 'em!

Besides, when I got back from playing at the new playground.... I mean gym.... the last thing on my mind was another cookie. It was on my mind... but it was the last thing - HA! :lol3:

Also, with all this talk of changing tickers and goal weights, I decided to change my goal weight for the moment. I don't really believe I could ever get down to 146, which is where I had it set. I think 165 is more realistic.... and I reserve the right to change my mind in the future, as the mood strikes me. :snooty: So there!

Val: So proud of you for going to the gym with "boys". I did that for a while and got really intimidated that's why I still am at curves. Good for you. I'm proud of you for doing the elliptical for 5 minutes too. It has taken me so long to get up to 5 minutes!

Ammi: Hope you are okay. Quite worried about you. Maybe you are having fun with Sharon (vodoo) I hope so much that is it.

Amy: IF you are lurking just want to say hi and we all miss and love you.

NiteKat: I love all the positive things you write. You are so sweet.

Pati and Misti: Big congrats to have your scales move after such a stall. Happy for you.

As for me. My Dr. prescribed some pain meds today for my back. They make me so doppy. I don't see how my brother can be addicted to these puppies. Yuck. I guess I'm just old fashioned and not liking feeling out of control. They make me cry. I don't understand that. They make me sleepy and weepy. Hee hee.
Blessings to you all,
Annie