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Okay time for personals.....
Danielle- Great job on the exercise...keep it up girl:) Laura- I've used the Daily Plate in the past, but for me I find that writing it down myself works better for me, I'm not to sure why? I us Calorie King though to help me find a lot of the food without labels. I do like how you can do everything at TDP though...I'll have to try it again in a few weeks. Melissa73- Fantastic job of being OP for 20 days in a row...that is great! Glad you got some good gym time in:) Andi- YAY!!! Down 2lbs. that is wonderful! I think you'll love the gym. I find I work so much harder at the gym then I do when I'm home alone. Cassie- Great job getting in your workout and staying within your calorie range...that's the way to do it;) Floann- Glad your food intake has been good. I'm sorry to hear about your cat...that must of been hard. Roni- AHHHH that is a beautiful creation...that man is FINE! OptimistK- I've tried that Bosu Ball and just about broke my neck...I have the worst balance though ever....something I really need to work on! Maybe that though I will do in the privacy of my house so if I do fall I don't have the whole gym looking at me:) Melissa- Good luck on your final today, and enjoy that 3 day weekend girl! Meech- Ohhh cheescake, that is not easy to resist! I love it! Karen- How are you feeling today hun, any better? I hope so:) As for the question of the day....my favorite comfort food would have to be chips, and nope I haven't found a way to make them healthier! Even when I buy the baked ones, if I need to be comforted I end up eating the whole bag, so kinda pointless;) I try to just not have any in my house! |
Ok, now that personals are out of the way :dizzy:, I'll post a little about me. I did my official weigh in and I was still at 180.5 so I had a 1.5 pound gain since the beginning. It's done and I'm moving on. I didn't exercise this morning because my ankle feels like I've twisted it. I may try to do some upper body stuff this evening when I get home.
I ordered the "Mindless Eating" book yesterday (thanks Laurie!) and am looking forward to reading it. I've read many different books on health and fitness. The are mostly common sense but for some reason I find them motivating so I'll keep at it. And I occasionally find a new tidbit or an old tidbit worded in a different way that really seems to click. Question of the day: I have way too many comfort foods. About a year and a half ago, my dog got hit by a car and I had to leave her at the vet over the weekend. When I got to bring her home Monday afternoon, she was still in a bad place (she's fine now - physically anyway) and I had a major panic attack. I ran to the store and loaded up a cart of any and all comfort foods I came across...Mac & Cheese, Cake mixes, Cookies, Brownies, Ice Cream. I could barely breathe while I was in the store and knew in my head that I shouldn't be doing that but I did it anyway. I guess those are most of my comfort foods. I do think ice cream and brownies (together or separate) are my main comfort foods. I have some sugar free fudgesicles in the freezer to fall back on. I am going to try to have them less frequently, but they are there if I get desperate. |
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Tina, I've been lurking and reading about your child and that bully. Congratz on getting it handled. I wish it worked out like that everywhere. In East TN where I live, it seems the bullies get all the protection and the bullied are the ones who are always in trouble for trying to defend themselves. It's so not fair and it's a very stressful battle I've gone through for about 6 yrs now. I have found not only the kids to be bullies, but also, teachers, staff, Faculty. I've pulled M out of more than one school here due to it. I won't go into the LONG drawn out story, but it's been hard. It seems these hillbillies do not like outsiders, much less outspoken outsiders such as myself. I was even told by one man, not to try and change anything or my whole family would be sorry... Thank goodness he's growing up and getting tall, and it seems to not be as much an issue this year, but I DREAD next year when it's his first yr in High School. Kids are so mean these days. I can't wait until we are done with the school yrs....Only problem with that is, M will be grown up and well, I am NOT ready for that empty nest thing....I don't even wanna think about it, lol!
Anywho, count your blessing gf. It's not like that everywhere. This place completely sucks and it really blows not having any family or friends here I can count on. We've gone through a vehicle drama this week and I haven't been able to get M to school due to the brakes going out in the truck Wednesday afternoon, which was a very scary experience. I just knew I was toast and thank goodness it FINALLY stopped before another truck slammed right into me. We live on a VERY dangerous road where everyone speeds and drive like maniacs. I kept him home yesterday. The school is 3 miles up a very hilly road and I can't walk on it when it's cold because it's an asthma attack waiting to hapen. So I called the school yesterday asking for some temp help getting him to school. (no buses or taxi's here) and I am told that they can't transport students, and perhaps I should put M back into the school he was in last yr. Well the school he was in last yr was filled full of incompitent teachers & faculty that made him think he was stupid and did their very best to try and remove him from our home after HE was sent to court for defending himself against a BULLY! I ended up pulling him and he lived with my Mom for 6 weeks in GA (last yr) before she got ill and he had to come back. When he came back I put him in the uppdity school that do not have buses and ya have to pay tuition to go there. Sorry, I got off track.... I asked her why is it then that she transported Earl, a friend of M's for a while at the beginning of the yr. How is THAT any different and she had no answer other than to suggest the other school again. I told her NO WAY, that this is a temp situation and we'd figure somthing out. So I am REALLY not wanting Matt to walk these 3 miles to school on the dangerous road in the cold, so I called a neighbor and asked her, and of course she told me no, KNOWING he would have to walk and the witch had the NERVE to be staring out the window as he left this morning. Well I worried the entire time and had a complete meltdown this morning. I cried for 30 minutes straight. The animals didn't know what to do.... So anyways, that's my wonderful life right now... I hate living in a place where I have NO family or friends I can rely on. I feel so loney, stressed, and depressed right now. Sorry to be a downer.... |
Roni - :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that since I started this challenge at my bumper number, my weight gain this week ticks me off even more. Oh well. NOW I'm done and moving on! :D
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Oh Roni! I'm so sorry for what you are going through right now.
When your son gets home from school, give him a great big hug and kiss. I can't imagine sending my kids off like that. You're making me really grateful that we homeschool. It's so hard to live in a place where you are lonely. Are you interested in attending a church or some kind of charitable organization? I know when I moved across the country to a place where I knew no one, it was getting involved with my church and helping others that really helped me. I hated my job and was very lonely, but I made a lot of friends through my church. You might want to check the library too. Our library has book groups and knitting groups you can join. Maybe your library might have some groups where you could meet some NICE people. (((((Roni))))) |
Happy Friday Red Team! Got another great Jillian workout in last night, the gym was really busy so I had to do some of my circuits a little differently. Tonight will be 1 hour of cardio, let's see if I have enough steam left by the end of the day to get through it.
Thanks for the support yesterday with the scale being up. Got back on it this morning and it was back down. Weird or what? Anyway, I am really trying not to live and die by that silly number, but some days it's really tough... Karen - I see that we are in the same boat this week. It's really frustrating when you put so much effort into something and the results aren't there. I am just trying to constantly remind myself that what I am doing is good and that all of this hard work will payoff eventually. Melissa - I have a WW stirfry cookbook - lots of great Chinese inspired recipes in there! Let me know what your favourite dishes are and I'll see if there is anything that might satisfy when your Chinese cravings kick in. Hope everyone has a terrific Friday! |
Karen-- You'll break through that bumper number. I know you can do it. Just give yourself time. We have 12 weeks to change. Just let it go! :hug:
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Good morning ladies! I weighed myself this morning and I show a good loss. However, tomorrow is my official WI so we'll see how it looks then.
Roni~ I am so sorry to hear about all that! How horrible it must be. I am sure he made it to school fine. I hope everyone has a great day, no time for personals right now, sorry ladies. |
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Actually, I do have an ice cream maker so I can make my own, but it's a lot of work and still is a lot of calories. Right now, I'm just keeping the ice cream out of the house and I'm eating Healthy Choice Fudge bars instead. I wouldn't call them healthier, but they are only 100 calories. I do make my own pizza and Chinese food at home and they are much lower in calories than takeout (less fat too). We actually have a great Japanese restaurant that we get takeout from too. Unfortunately, they don't have any nutritional information, but I know they are healthier than other takeout place because their food is not greasy. |
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I just saw that you're in Lacey. Are you stationed at Ft. Lewis? We were and lived in Roy for 3yrs. Had my youngest at Madigan. |
Thanks everybody for the Hugs and encouragement. He did get there fine. After I sat here worrying and crying for 30 minutes I gathered myself and called the school 15 mintes later and his teacher said he got there fine and that one of the police officers I pass on a daily basis saw Matt walking and gave him a ride. So that was cool, but he still has to walk home this afternoon, but I worry a little less during the day because it's not so cold and he has friends that would walk with him.
I have actually tried going to church and fitting in here and I just can't seem to click with anyone. The county over from here, people are much nicer, but this county people are just strange and all the other counties will tell you that, lol! Jess says he is going to fix the brakes (the right way this time) and he'll drive that awful truck to work and I can have my car back so hopefully that's how it'll work out and starting Monday all will be well again. I guess it all just came down on my this morning. A HUGE build up of a lot of little things going wrong. I am homesick and miss my family and I HATE TN. It all got me this morning. Anywho, I'll be fine and the weird thing, I usually head for the fridge when I am like this and eating is the LAST thing I feel like doing...How weird, lol!:dizzy: |
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I'm glad everything worked out okay today with your son. It's a great accomplishment that you didn't turn to food. Way to go! |
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Roni- No wonder your having a meltdown girl, that is a lot of *hit to be going through on your own!! I don't know if this is being to personal, but is there a specific reason you have to live there? I would hate being away from my family...I don't know that I could do it! I just couldn't imagine not having anyone to turn to when I was down, happy, whatever...just nobody to share stuff with! People in the south can be very set in their ways...I should know my grandparents are from KY, and they are very set in their ways. When we go there it is like a totally different world to me, not bad just different. Your neighbor sounds like a real witch...some people have no hearts, and you know what you wouldn't want your son in a car with a person like that anyway! Hopefully your truck will be fixed soon, and then things will start going back to normal for you. ((((HUGS GIRL))))) Hang in there! Not turning to food is a big step, focus on that! Hang tight hun~
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I actually do use a bosu ball to do bosu squats. It's VERY effective b/c not only do you have to activate those muscles to do the moves, you have to have GOOD balance or you're bust your bum! I do mine at the gym, and I do them standing in front of the massage table so if I feel like i'm going to fall I can immediately catch myself.
For beginners it's easier to turn the ball on the flat side and squat on the bulbed portion, but I like to do them with the bulbed part on the ground b/c they're more challenging!!! |
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Tina,
Back in 2000 I was in a very abusive relationship, and going through all the stero-typical stuff women go through in that situation. My parents basically disowned me and we didn't speak for years. That guy made us homeless in 2000 and then again for 6 months in 2001 before I finally had enough (after 911) and got rid of him. I ended up in TN because of him. You are right, I am Southern and a lot of the Old timers are very set in their ways, and I thought it was bad where I am from (GA) but it's WAY worse here. It's almost like a different planet, lol! The guy I am with now is from PA and we had planned on saving and moving to the mountains up there but he got a job that he REALLY loves, so I guess we are here. Plus it takes money to move and we are struggling right now. Sigh... I really do try and make the best of it because the smoky mountains are really very beautiful, it's just the people, yanno? The parents and I are back to talking as of the last couple of yrs, but it'll never be the same...I have abandonment issues as it is, and well, I just don't think it was right what they did. You DON'T close the door on your child. Mom's family didn't shut the door on HER when SHE hooked up with my abusive, child molesting step father...Nuff said. I have some anger and resentment and as much as I get homesick, I don't really want to move back to GA. The heat and the cock-roaches are anther reason! I HATE them things. It gets hot here but not as bad as in Savannah. So, I am stuck here. Things are fine as long as we have everything we need but Lord, let something go wrong and us ask for help and it's like doors are slammed in our faces. BTW, PA was a different world to me too, but I liked it. I hate to diss my own, but I find Northern people a lot more open minded and welcoming, yanno? |
meech....OOOH MY GAWD!! I'd be in **** too LOL! I love baileys and I love cheesecake...ugh! They probably taste like dirt anyway, all mealy and nasty, you dont want any of that!
WOOOOHOOO Tina!! Way to go on that loss lady!! Excellent work! I'm glad to hear things are working out at school. I've had to go rounds with school and someone cyber bullying my dd. Congrats on a very successful week! Karen...you CAN do this and I know you will succeed! The good thing is you've still got that determination and you are strong so I know you'll muster through this hump in the road! Just keep remembering those goals! You can do it!! I hope you get alot of good info from the book! Andi...I gotta ask my partner first if its okay to share. I'll be checking out your page as soon as I'm done here!! Thanks so much for sharing! Diva I am SHOCKED that the schools response to you is to put him in a different school, what a bunch of stuck up snobs! They can transport a student they choose not to! Gimme a break wtf do they think permission slips are for? Tell that man to get your car fixed pronto! |
LOL Karen if you need to vent and cuss about that darn bumper number you just go right on ahead...we'll listen!
Jen...:wave: Deb...scales are for fish!!!! not to mention they are evil! My favorite chinese dishes are chicken lomein and either Generals chicken or Szechuan chicken. Love me some eggrolls too! Its not so much the chicken but the sauces and of course those noodles! Let me know if you've got an alternative I'd be willing to try! Kari...cant wait to see the official loss numbers...way to go!!! Cathy(cat)...:wave: Has anyone ever told you how amazing you guys are? Well you are...Red team rocks sox...thats my dd's saying LOL! |
:hug::hug::hug: Roni :hug::hug::hug: I'm sorry you've got to deal with that BS.
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Hi all~ got caught up on the posts, not real good on doing personals, yet. ;) It's so :censored: cold here!! I've only stuck my nose out to feed the birds today. The sun is out but man that wind is gusty!
My comfort food is cereal. I like to have a bowl in the evenings. My favorite right now is Fiber One Honey clusters. It's sweet and has 13gms of fiber! I do keep Special K chocolatey delight on hand for when I crave chocolate. Well gotta go finish my domestic goddess duties, I'll check in later. |
Thanks Cat. :hug:
I made a couple more Banners if anyone wants to snag'em. :) http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...redBanner5.gif http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t...redBanner4.gif |
Knitsforfive, I googled Only 8 for a while to try to find a place to get some in NYC, and I found one (31st and Lex, if anyone else is from here)! It's a bit out of the way for me, but I'll stop by at some point. My favorite is Tasti D-Lite (www.tastidlite.com), which has similar nutritional content and is all-natural, but comes in 100 flavors. I am constantly walking WAY out of my way to find a Tasti D. One time I walked 50 blocks just to get some! The nearest Tasti D to my apartment is about 3/4 mile away, so sometimes I throw on my sweats, run there and grab a to-go cup, then run back and enjoy (it works well now that it's cold, but I don't know about once summer hits). Still, the run is more than burning off the calories I eat from the froyo! :)
Jen, Ben & Jerry's makes some lighter versions of certain flavors that aren't too bad (at least if you don't eat the whole container! I'm bad at that too...) Roni, it's SO hard to move to a new place. I studied abroad in Denmark for a summer, and I was living on my own, with unfriendly neighbors, in a strange country - not fun! I still regret now that I spent a lot of time miserable and online with my friends/family from home instead of doing something. Last summer, I was in Florida for an internship where it was the same thing - I didn't know anyone in the whole state! (True, it was still in the USA, but sometimes it didn't seem like it - it was so different from home!) I coped by teaching myself how to cook, reading a lot, and hitting the beach a lot to get a tan (I know that last one isn't healthy, but it was also my chance to be around other people and try to get up the nerve to start a conversation). In the end, I was happy with that summer. I'm very much a people person and very unhappy when I'm alone, so it was a big achievement for me to get through it. And now I'm much better about alone time, and less prone to just get depressed. Are there any new hobbies you can take up? I know those don't help you meet people but sometimes it's good just to be busy, because as someone else said, making friends takes time. |
Roni- You've been through a lot girl...I hope things start to look up for you:) Whenever you need to vent though, we'll be here for you!
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Hi everyone -
I managed to sprain/strain one of my calf muscles about two days ago... doing guess what? Crossing the street. Aren't I talented? It is very frustrating because as you might remember I've been learning to run. Taking it slowly and not overdoing it and then I hurt myself doing a mundane task. Serves me right for trying to sprint across. I had to limp home. At first I thought it might be a tear, but after two days I can mostly walk on it with just a minor pain when it's stretched out all the way so I have to walk slower. I'm hoping it will clear up in a few more days. I was pretty sad about it when it first happened. So I've had to be more careful about my calories which kinda sucks, and I'll probably have to start over my running program too. Hope everyone else is having a better week! -muse |
Thanks girls. :) And Laura, I think like 15 to 20 minute's a day in the sun is good for you, hehe!
I'm feeling better just venting today so thanks for allowing that. I'm not even on this team this time around, lol! I just feel more comfy here. Once Matt gets home this afternoon I'll be better. I am jsut very over protective. I'm actually a pretty upbeat person and try to see the positives in everything, but a girl can only take so much, lol! Better to do it here alone than in front of my man or child. I hate crying in front of peoples. I do have a couple of wonderful online friends, and keep in touch with my Mom and best friend from back home on the aim thingy, but yanno, it's not the same as hanging out in REAL life. Anywho, I hope we all have a great and OP weekend! They are saying we are getting snow...We'll see. :) |
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Roni, we live in the Dallas area. We picked this area because of the schools in our district.....they are awesome! We moved out of Florida because our house was in an area where the gangs were progressively taking over. Now, we live in a more rural area of Georgia where kids are still expected to show respect and manners....and, no thugs allowed! I love it here. Come home, Girlfriend! |
Hey everyone! I am gone for a couple of days and the thread doubles in size lol. I have a bit of a confession but ending with great news.
So, me and my boyfriend pull up to the gym (front row parking) and then leave. We dont go inside nothing. I have a migraine and he is just not feeling well (yes I know excuses). Me - honestly, I dread going to the gym because of all the skinney girls and also I need look at more then just a tv screen or walls and machines around me. So, I caught my second wind (and 3rd, 4th and some of 5th) lol because I call my friend and said lets go walking. (i LOVE walking). We talked about so much, the drama at my job (i walked out crying lol quite the story) and her love life, my love life and anything else we can think of. By the time we got to her car it was 4AM!! We walked for 4 hours!!!! OMG, and let me tell you I AM SOOOOOORRREEEEE!!! I have laundry, and apartment hunting and recycling and cleaning and stuff to do that involve movement but I cant move haha my legs are on strike! hahah but let me tell you I feeeeel good. Wasnt too hungry this morning and had a yogurt so yay!!!! I say if your tired of the same ol view at the gym, take it to the streets and just walk until you have nothing more to say ...it works!! |
HA! That's funny! Gf they are ALL over the place in Savannah, especially in the Historic district. I hated them! seriously, when I was 15 my parents had to relocate us because the house we lived in had them so bad I refused to sleep, lol! That's great that you haven't seen any. Thats' one thing i do love about it up here, I haven't seen 1 cockroach or any roaches for that matter. I LOVE it! The ants are bad and wasp in the spring and summer, but I'd take them over a roach anyday.
I also spent about 10 yrs of my life in FL, and I know exactly what you are talking about with them palmetto ones. They chase you! :dizzy: BTW, I LOVE this site and all of you girls. :) |
All this talk of cock-roaches is making me itch...YUCK! I would freak out if I saw one of those things, and to see it in my house I think I'd faint!LOL! For real I can hardly handle daddy-long-legs!
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Glad your feeling better Roni...you come over and chat with us whenever you want girl...we love ya!
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Holy crap Nicoya! :running: I think you exercise more in one exercise session than I do in a week! :rofl:
I love walking and chatting with a friend. You really do lose track to time! |
OMG a 4 hour walk! Nicoya you keep these kinds of activities up and you are gonna be skinny! LOL! Way to go!
Eww cockroaches...we dealt with those nasty buggers in Phoenix! YUCK! And those disgusting buggers that are 4 inches long and fly at you! Good riddence! No roaches in Montana! I was thinking I should wait and ask my partner if I can share our site but then I got to thinking...its out there for anyone and everyone to see anyway so I'm sure she's okay with it. Here it is! |
Tina we have daddy long legs, but worse are earwigs!
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Roaches . . . EWWW! That is one thing I don't miss from living in Virginia. In the West, we get ants (lots of them) and silverfish (yucky), but no more roaches!
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Melissa- I'm confused...who's site is it were looking at? I think I must of missed something...when I click it goes to what looks to be Kai's site???? Have I lost my mind or what:)
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Muse-- Sorry to hear about your sprain! I hope it heals quickly!
Laura and knitsforfive-- I'm going to see if I can get Only 8 or Tasti D-lite out here. I do enjoy the B&J's frozen yogurt too! Nicoya-- When you exercise, you go all out girl! I love walking too! Melissa & Andi-- I'm going to take a look at your Million Pound match-up sites (if you don't mind). I think it cool that you are both involved! Roni & Rhonda-- I'm glad you two peek in here from time to time. I know I haven't been on 3FC that long, but I already miss chatting with you! |
Okay sorry about that, I fixed the link but here it is again!!
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