Happy Friday everyone! (Gotta do a little ‘It’s the Weekend’ jig!)
I am so thankful that today is Friday –and we have made it through another week.
This weekend in S.E. Michigan the weather is supposed to be beautiful, but HOT. (I’ll take the heat…if it means lots of sunshine!)
What are everyone’s plans for the weekend? Anything exciting going on?
Tomorrow morning I am waking up early to go to the Eastern Market with my father. I need to pick up some fresh veggies & fruits, and see what other kinds of stuff they have. I may also stop at this Hispanic market – ‘E&L Market’, on the way home. They always have great prices on their meats, so I would like to pick up some chicken.
This morning I got to the gym at 5 a.m. and had a really nice workout!
I decided to change it up a bit, and did a 5 minute warm up on the treadmill, and somehow managed to do 10 minutes on the elliptical…(which is five minutes more than what I was able to do!) So I am well on my way to twenty minutes sometime soon! After my cardio workout – I worked on all of the other various machines.
Today will be my second weigh in since I started this plan. Last Monday (June 16th) I weighed 316 lbs – so hopefully today will have a decent reading. I am not expecting too much since half of the week wasn’t 100% OP. Once I weigh in, I will pop back on and let you all know what happened.
Yesterday was a wonderful OP day – and I felt so proud of myself. I made a menu of what I was going to eat, and I actually stuck to it! It made me feel so good, that I actually want to keep it up!
I have also been able to increase my calories a little bit. I am now getting between 1,400 & 1,500 calories per day instead of 1,200. I think it just took me a week to figure out my plan, and menu, and get things straight. I don’t want to eat too few of calories, and confuse my body. I am not trying to starve myself! Lol.
SueMarie301 – Thanks for the info on the Metabolic Rate. I never knew about that before – so for me – it was informative, and interesting.
And way to go on all those laps in the pool!
Sounds like you got one heck of a workout!!!
JuleeCeeS – I think that the guy you met in Florida was a real jerk! To say something like that is horrible, and can leave such a lasting impression! I have never had that type of situation happen to me before, but I always hear when people say how pretty I am, and that I would be gorgeous if I would just lose weight. It hurts, and yes, it most definitely gives you a complex. It sounds like all of that is history though, and you seem to have a wonderful man who loves you very much!
dogpal – I think many of us here can relate to people commenting on our weights while out in public. I’ve had that happen since I was a very young child…(I can remember from kindergarten!)
Because of all the comments that were made to me, I became very anxious, and for quite some time developed a social anxiety disorder. I never wanted to leave the house, go shopping, or anything that involved being around other people. I guess I was just afraid of being judged. Now that I am an adult, I know that it doesn’t matter what people think when they look at me. As long as I love myself. But way to go though on telling those guys a piece of your mind! You go girl!
AngieB – How horrible that your past BF would want you to not spend as much time with your siblings that you were raising! I always say… “Family First!” and “Bye-Bye” to anyone who doesn’t respect that.
lelesmom -
WELCOME aboard!!! Glad to have you here! This site is awesome! Are you following any type of plan for your weight loss journey, or are you just eating healthier? How long have you been trying to lose weight? I look forward to reading more of your posts!
Iwillbe – I feel for you completely when you say that the weekends are hard for you! I seem to think that weekends=free which ultimately =’s a binge. But I have been feeling REALLY positive over this last week, and I am going to try my HARDEST to stay OP the entire weekend.
We can do it!
Well – I have to run for now. When I get back from lunch – I will post my new weight, and change my ticker. I’m crossing my fingers that there’s been a loss!
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Take care, and have a wonderful weekend ladies!
- Kari
300+ And Ready To Try Again....#732
But I think it was because I swam around and chased the kid around first. This time I just went straight to laps. I didn’t use my legs to much when I was doing the arm work. I dunno why, but I see to get Charlie horses in my feet when I flap my legs when swimming…. Strange.
Good morning!
I can tell it is summer. I need Sue Maries pool to jump into. 
Every moment can mean a change to that..lol.
Life is good for me and mine. Hubby works away from home offten, but never out of reach. I thought I'd share our story to answere Julees questions. Here goes. 
The best guy ever. My mom accually picked him out for me a year before we started dating. He is VERY shy, but smiles alot. Mom just had a feeling about him. A year later I met him on my own. We went out a week later and have been together since. We were engaged 3 months after we met and lived together for 12 years and 2 children before I was sure he ment every word he'd been saying the whole time. Divorces run wild in my family and I swore I'd never have one, so I drug my feel till they were calused. 
He is average 150 to 165 and stands 5'8'' tall. If he gets an earge to loss 5 lbs...it's gone. I've been watching how he eats latley and trying some of the things he does naturally. Seems to be helping me .
He is always very helpful and loving and kind to me. But when he sees me trying to help myself, he jumps in with both feet to do every little thing he can think of to help. I can't stand for very long at atime, so food prep has been something he has always helped with. 
But he does things like prepare all differnt salad fixings he know I like and puts them in the fridge bagged up separetly and ready to go for a week at atime. He makes it so I dont hardly have to think about it. He knows me so well, that if I have to spend alot of time thinking, planning or preparing food, I'm going to eat what ever is fastest. He never ever has said anything hurtful or acted diccusted in me even when I'm talking crap about my self. He does have a sexy way he looks at me when he is proud of what I'm doing. Instead of a big cheering party when I have a loss 
I was 300lbs when we met. But over full of self confidence 
My hubby tried so hard to keep me positive and held down the day to day stuff and let me get through it all. I knows he's pleased to have me helping out with life again and he can't wait till I'm strong enough to walk the beaches again with him. Neither can I. 
Wow, this is making me miss him more than usual. Every one have a super fantasic weekend. I'll get to personal responses abit later. Thanks for listening 
Enjoy your lives.
