Featherweights Planning & Chat Dec 10-16
 

Oh good morning featherweights!

Dagmar must be busy so I'll pitch in. What's happening this week?

Seems to be pretty quiet around here lately - almost no posts yesterday either.

I weighed in this morning and... was up a pound. I refuse to update my ticker until tomorrow though, because I ate a lot of salt yesterday (close to 100% of my RDA, which is not typical for me), so maybe I'll be down a bit tomorrow. By down I just mean maintaining, but hey, that's better than gaining.

I ran 8.26 miles yesterday as part of a virtual run I saw on one of the fitness blogs I read (8 on the 8th). It was the first time I had run that far in a VERY long time, and I'm definitely pretty sore. However, I was hoping that running that far would negate the drinking I did on Saturday that put me way over my cals for the day. No dice :( But it's another week, and another chance to try to get on track. Hope everyone is having a great Monday!

I'm here....so busy! I got most of my Christmas shopping done yesterday, got the tree up and decorated (thanks to my in-laws) and now have to wrap presents tonight and get things ready to ship out. I have 2 birthday presents to buy first (I have 11 birthdays right around Christmas!).

Everyone is busy
 

And so am I. Helping find a home for a dog, attempting to return someone's wallet the young labs found in the park today, and Hey! isn't it almost Christmas?

I did not get on the scale this morning. :o :o :o 3 Cookie BINGES! Too scary to contemplate what that did to my weight. Try to lose some of that this week as the cookies are now over at my dad's - he thinks DH and I are very, very "undisciplined". Oh YEAH baby :devil:!

I am still planning on putting on the Christmas gear Sunday morning and getting DH to take a photo. Will then try to get it online @ 3FC. Probably will NOT be a "profile" shot - big belly right now :ink:.

Ho, ho, ho!

Dagmar :p

Holidays suck!
 

I'm back up to 133. I know I can lose it again blah, blah, blah but it's depressing just the same :(.

If you are a traditionalist please don't be offended by the following - it's meant to be funny in a bitter, dark, FAT way :p

T'was the night before Christmas
And all through the house
There were treats everywhere
To put in our mouths
The stockings were hung
By the chimney with care
In hopes that St. Cinnabon (best ever cinnamon buns)
Soon would be there.
We were all restless
Tight in our clothes
This is a dieter's nightmare
This Christmas thing blows!

There, I feel better already :dizzy:

Dagmar (the cookie monster ;))

Good morning!

Yup, that's funny Dagmar. ;)

Yeah, dieting this time of year is HARD! I really think a lot of it is the weather rather than the treats. I'm still really good about staying away from the treats, but salads just don't have any appeal when it's cold outside. I'm up, too. Don't even think my ticker is right. I'm just about ready to get rid of that darn thing all together!

Seems like we're all up! I weighed again this morning and was still up, so... :(

However, I found this fantastic recipe for chicken curry and dal that is... wait for... a little over 200 cals total!!! I made it last night and used chicken breasts instead of the whole chicken and margarine instead of butter. Also, I cut the recipe in half because I was hoping to make 2 servings instead of 4, but after I started eating, I realized it was still WAY too much to be 2 servings. I ate half, put the rest of that portion away for lunch today, and divided what was left in the pot into two more servings. So basically - the whole recipe actually makes 8 servings, not 4-6. The good thing was, even with the smaller portions, I was so full after dinner that I didn't even treat myself to the froyo I had been planning on having! Will definitely make this often.

Tonight is The Biggest Loser on TV (one week before the season finale!). I usually head down to the elliptical and get a great workout in while watching. Hopefully tonight will be inspiring :)

Froyo? And some ramblin' bout dogs
 

Laura I'm guessing frozen yogurt?

I'm cat sitting tonite so will check out the Biggest Loser while snuggling on the couch with the kitties. They all could use a couple of turns on the elliptical - all three are extra large size felines ;)

Have to say goodbye to one of "my" dogs next week - Nacho the big golden retriever. He's always been overweight and now his legs are giving out. He can't step in and out of my Toyota (clearance of about 5" from the ground) or walk even slowly with the group any more.

But the new little cutie - Emmie - is a sweetie. I seem to always get these things in cycles. Some of the seniors pass away or just can't come out any more and then suddenly there are a bunch of puppies. I have about 4 more seniors who are at the 10-12 year old mark.

Hoping the diet and the Bowflex in the spring will give me the strength to deal with another generation of pups. Give me pugs people, give me pugs! But I know I will end up with even more labs (I take out 13 now).

Off to the cat sit!

Dagmar :cool:

Hello! Well, I haven't posted in forever, since October I think? I do still read usually once a week but I really think it helps to be accountable coming here every day. I'm going to try to do that.

I am still the SAME weight. It never changes (and I know thats a good thing that it doesn't go up either). I wanted to get down to 125 then I changed it to 130 and I am just stalled at 133 (and I'm short!). Oh well, I still feel so much better than when I weighed 168!

Not much else new with me. I am still working swings and I can't decide if I like it! It doesn't seem to give me much time to do anything but eat, sleep and work out. No matter because in January we change shifts again and I go back to nights which I really prefer anyway.

My youngest son has applied for colleges. He'll be my last to go :eek::fr:I won't know how to act! That will leave me more time for working out! :devil: (even though we barely ever seem him now anyway!).

Ok, talk to you all later. Hope everyone is doing well.

Jane :D

Hi gang, Hi Jane :wave: welcome back ,

I haven't posted in forever either and I've been bad, gained 6-8 lbs, depending on the day, since September ... I'm up to 154 Jane so don't feel so badly about your 133, 135 is my goal weight :lol: ... I'm also 5'3'' ....

Anyways, I'm going to really try to be more accountable even with the Holidays coming up so fast ....

Mudpie, with all that dog walking, I often wonder why you would need MORE cardio ? ....

Scenestealer -- That recipe sounds delish!

alinnell -- I agree, I think the weather has a LOT to do with eating the right things... Vegetable soups help me a LOT when I don't feel like salad...

Hello fellow featherweights!:wave:

I`m new to your group and was invited to come and post over in this thread. I spent most of the afternoon sitting on my living room floor, wrapping my grandson`s Christmas presents. Talk about tiring!:dz:

I did wake up to a nice surprise on the scale this morning. I dropped 1.5 pounds (.5 a few days back, also), for a total of 2 pounds this week. Yay! It has been quite a few weeks since the scale has moved downward, so I`m happy to be seeing some action again.

Oh, and thanks for mentioning the Biggest Loser..I totally forgot it was on tonight!:dizzy:

Welcome to Shelly,

Ok, I am here too and need to be here more. My weight is up so much, it's pretty embarrassing, but I need to do something to get back on track. I have been feeling blah - icky, tired, run down, coldish, etc. since...oh, probably since around my trip to San Fran the end of October. My weight was great then... by great I mean under 140. Anyway, I have virtually stopped exercising (no motivation/energy), and my weight has shot up. I was at the doctor yesterday and weighed in at 144! I know I need to change my weight on ticker/signature too. I have a 3.1 centimeter ovarian cyst. I only met with the PA yesterday, but I go back next wednesday for another ultrasound and consult with the doctor. Maybe I should make a goal to be under 144 (even 143.5) by my appt. next week? Yeah, I think that would be good. The holiday food, busyness, and just my general laziness are wreaking havoc on my weight/fitness.

Sorry to hear everyone else is struggling with the holiday food. Good luck with managing the rest of the week. I hope I snap out of my funk soon.

Welcome Shelly and hi everybody.

The days are filling up and speeding by, yes? We have our kids home on Saturday and by golly it's already almost Wednesday! I don't think I even have any wrapping paper.

Yesterday I bought a bowl of soup in the cafeteria and today I put my tuna back in my bag and had lasagna. Warm food just feels better.

I'm not making any squares or cookies until Friday. We have a dinner party that evening and then the kids can eat them the next day. And I'm not making very many. They'd better just eat them all in one day.

My eating has been horrible since last Friday. For me, it's definitely the treats and not the weather. I've had day after day of all-day business events (even on Saturday) and the food has been terrible in terms of nutrition (it tasted great though). I have no idea what it's done to my weight because I am retaining so much water, but it can't be good. I should be able to get back on plan on Thursday, and then will hopefully be able to stay on plan until Dec 19, when I leave for Chicago, which I already know will be a food disaster. Clearly I am going to have some weight to lose in January.

Even more depressing is that I went to see my doctor about my knee, which hasn't recovered from when I injured it back in early October, and she basically she told me I can't run until it gets better. No stairs or jumping either, and it's freezing cold which makes swimming really unappealing, so it's been a struggle to find cardio exercise to do in place of the running. It's also the perfect time of year to run--I waited all summer for this--and I'm missing it. By the time my knee is recovered, it will be raining. I've been doing spinning, which works but it's such drudgery. My doctor gave me a bunch of leg exercises to do, but they are so laughably easy that I can't believe they are helping.

Mudpie: Since you mentioned last week that you like gingerbread, I thought I would point out that Cooking Light has a number of low calorie gingerbread recipes. My favorite is Gingerbread Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting (I skip the lemon curd).

Scenestealer: That chicken curry and dal recipe sounds great. Did you clarify the margarine (is it even possible to clarify margarine) or skip that step? That always seems like such a hassle to me. Also, it looks like the dal is a separate recipe--did both recipes combined come to only 200 calories? I love Indian food so I'm definitely going to try this.

Is binge weight "real' weight?
 

Welcome back everyone we haven't heard from in awhile :). It sounds like we will all be getting back on track in January :carrot:. I think I'm going to amend my ticker and be content with 130 - 132 maintenance for the holidays.

Has anyone noticed that, after binge eating and gaining 2-3 lbs all at once, it's so much easier to drop that weight? I think the body just can't use or store that many calories eaten so quickly so it just gets rid of them somehow. I think, in my case, I'm peeing them out ;). Not an easy thing with 4 layers of clothes on.

Barbara Hope your knee heals quickly :hug:. But you're in terrific shape because the exercises the doctor gave you are "so easy".

Exercise is wonderful! It can be tedious, painful, and it's never ending, but think how much better we all feel when we're in shape. I looked at the people on Biggest Loser (what a weird title) and, even though they all were still very heavy, they all had such confidence and a renewed interest in their lives.

Oops - cat fight gotta go

Dagmar :cool:

Barbara - didn't clarify the margarine; just used it as is. Both recipes combined came to 222 calories. Amazing, huh?

Jane~what schools did your DS apply to? All in state or out or both? DD has been accepted to 3 of the 6 she's applied to (still hoping she'll get into USC).

Dagmar~but Labs are the greatest dogs ever!!!

Everyone~we all need to stick to our guns! We're all complaining of either a gain or no loss or something. We have to just stop it and get back on the wagon. Ok, here I am talking, yet I can't seem to do it myself.

Good news, though, I put a big pot of black bean soup on in the crockpot this morning, so we'll have a great healthy dinner. But I don't even want to tell you what I had for breakfast....so embarrassing!

Hello everyone :wave:

It's good to see some old friends popping in. I haven't been popping in very much lately myself (although I've been lurking). I too, have put on the weight recently. I got on the scales this morning and I was at 150 lbs. :fr: That is the highest I have been in a long time and it is also the highest I intend to go. This is not good :no:

It's my fault as I'm the one who keeps telling myself to eat what ever I want for "just one more day" and then I'll get back on track. Well I think I have had too many "one more day(s)". Today it's time to get back on track! Sounds like a few of us will have some work to do in the new year :rolleyes:

I'm at work so I need to cut this short. Hope everyone is doing well and I'll pop back in later.

Have a great day!

I actually have been thinking since this morning about black bean soup and was planning on making it tonight... funny that you're doing the same, Allison!

Hmmm ... we haven't had black bean soup for a while either.

Wow! I'm definitely making this. How much chicken did you use?

Truer words were never spoken abbyin
 

"It's my fault as I'm the one who keeps telling myself to eat what ever I want for "just one more day" and then I'll get back on track. Well I think I have had too many "one more day(s)". Today it's time to get back on track! Sounds like a few of us will have some work to do in the new year "

I'm using the excuse that I'm working every night and having to do all of the Christmas stuff and house stuff because DH is studying for his exam.

:o :o :o Bought another fruitcake on the way home from work last night. Can't begin to describe how sick I feel today. And I have to walk from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today and then do another walk and two cat feeds in the evening. It's a long enough day without feeling like I'm going to :barf:

I'm not booking any extra night stuff next week as my Christmas dogsit starts next Wed. night. I have to stop sulking today. No more Christmas treats until Christmas!!!

Dagmar :tired:

I used one humongous (really, about the size of two) chicken breasts for the whole recipe, so it worked out to 1/2 breast in each serving.

Ok! I didn't actually make it in here 2 days in a row but that is my GOAL!:D

Allison-the only out of state school he applied to is Arizona State. He really wants to go to SDSU but I think that is more because he has friends there than any other reason! He applied to UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside (where my other sons went) and some other Cal State Schools.

Well, I ate like an idiot yesterday. (Yesterday was my birthday and today is my son's 17th so we went out just last night because I didn't want to go out both nights :devil: and surprise, surprise my son has other plans tonight). I guess I didn't go as hog wild as I could have but I didn't really keep it in check either.
One good thing though is that I really have learned to like the foods I eat on a more regular basis and I feel so much better when I eat those. I can't believe the way I used to eat :dizzy:

I am going to make my son some cookies and cupcakes today but I'm not really worried about those.

Hope everyone has a great day. Jane

Happy belated birthday Jane!

I did Ok yesterday until I got into some popcorn after work. I'll go estimate the damage in a few minutes here.

Happy Belated Birthday Jane and Happy Birthday to your son!!!

How funny, my DD just turned 17 2 weeks ago AND she also applied to ASU. I think she'll be going to the University of Redlands, though. USC is her "dream" school and she's pretty sure she won't get into it--her grades just aren't good enough.

Okay, my black bean soup was wonderful! I think I added more ham than it needed, but I had to get rid of the leftovers. Having it all in the crockpot all day sure made the ham tender and added so much flavor. I still need a different recipe though. Has anyone ever had the black bean soup at Chili's? It is so yummy.

"just one more day"~wow. I need to stop that, too! I must get back on the wagon. I keep thinking it's the holidays that are doing it to me BUT--think about it--there's no holiday TODAY! I have to quite celebrating!!!

Happy Birthday Jane :cheers:

Well I have been officially back "on" since Monday and I am proud :D:D:D:D ... I ran this morning and so far today food is very good... I go in a few minutes for a cholesterol test at a clinic with DH I hope my numbers are better than last time... :crossed:

Hope everyone is doing well (better than I am!)

I'm glad Dagmar quoted Abby -- I am 100% guilty of "I'll keep eating what I want and not exercising... I can start losing tomorrow (next week, after Christmas, etc). Meanwhile the pounds are creeping up, I am very SOFT and mushy, and I feel crappy. It was good for me to read that and have it directly pointed out to me!

Good evening ladies!

Well I had a good day yesterday but today wasn't good at all. I wasn't saying that "one more day" thing, I just have so much to do to get ready for Christmas that I seem to be short changing myself of good food. I keep trying to finish my shopping on my lunch hour (which I pretty much did today) but then I ran through the fast food drive-thru on my way back to work. Bad, Bad, Bad :tantrum:

My daughter is coming home for Christmas next week. She and her husband live in Florida and I havn't seen her in 2 years. I'm so excited to see her and I just want everything to be perfect . My son lives here in Indy, so I see him all the time and we celebrate Christmas together every year but this year (next Friday evening in fact) is special since it's the first Christmas in many years that both my children will be at the house together to celebrate Christmas. I can't wait, but I'm working myself to death :faint: and I am way over my gift budget :o.

After our get together next Friday, DH and I leave for Wisconsin on Sunday to spend Christmas with his family. I'm a stressed mess :crazy:.

Anyway, I will do better on my food choices tomorrow, I promise.

Ilene - Good to see your getting back on track quickly. You go girl! :cheer2:

Hope everyone else is doing well (or the best we can right now). Hang in there - these holidays will be over soon (I hope). :dizzy:

:snowglo:

Right again abbyin!
 

Everyone
"Hope everyone else is doing well (or the best we can right now). Hang in there - these holidays will be over soon (I hope)."

abbyin Don't get so worked up trying to make everything "perfect" for your daughter. I'm sure she misses you as much as you do her and just being with you will make her Christmas a special one.

Ilene Good luck with the cholesterol test.

Jane :bday2:

My DH is now sneaking bags of cookies into the house and gobbling them while I'm out doing my evening dog walks :devil:. How do I know this? Because I caught him last night and demanded the remaining 6 cookies. Ate 'em right in front of him :o. That'll show him what willpower I've got :p

Dagmar :eek:

I too ate some cookies last night. One kind, of squares I made, didn't turn out right ... so I ate some. Makes sense don't it?

I understand about cookies, oh, too well. I bought 4 cookies the other day , they were'nt very good but I ate em anyway!

mmmmm - cookies! (did I say that out loud? :o)

Good morning ladies :wave:

Dagmar, you are right. I know I need to chill out and I'm going to work on that. Everything will be great, I'm sure. :coolsnow:

Well I had an odd thing happen this morning. I stepped on the scale and weighed 148 - two pounds lighter than Wednesday. Now I know it has to be water weight because you can't loose 2 lbs. in 2 days but it did make me feel a little better though. Two pounds less I have to lose, right :D.

I'll wait a couple of days to change the ticker.

Hope everyone has a great day!

I stepped on my scale this morning and was two pounds HEAVIER than yesterday. Especially bizarre because I went out and had a few drinks last night, and usually the next day I'm lighter (due to dehydration from alcohol). I really have no idea what my official weigh-in on Monday will be like; my weight has been very up and down all week.

Well I have nothing new to report! I did so-so on the eating yesterday but I'm back at it full force today. Journaling everything I eat seems to be the key for me. That just keeps me in check.

I am almost done with all my shopping but my SIL wants to do a gift exchange with everyone, the kind where you pick and then someone can steal it and you pick again, etc. Anyone have any ideas for generic gifts? I'm having trouble thinking of things that everyone would like (male, female, ages 25-60?). The limit is $50.

My car is in for a major service today and they gave me a free rental car! I didn't even know that was an option. Much better than waiting around or having them shuttle you home and back.

Allison-University of Redlands is beautiful! They had CIF tennis there last year and the campus is gorgeous. I'm sure you've already been there. But fingers crossed she still gets in to USC. You never know!

Hope everyone has a great day. Jane

Jane, I'd do a basket of cooking stuff--something with a theme. Like an Italian basket--include pasta, wine, pasta sauce or Italian spices and an Italian cookbook. Another basket idea would be a page of stamps, some basic greeting cards and some stationery and thank you notes and a couple nice pens.

I'm up to my eyeballs at work and don't seem to have the time to check in here as often as I used to. I guess that's good (work being busy and all).

Jane--Generic gifts are hard! How about a movie-themed basket? You could get microwave popcorn, hot chocolate, and a one or two month subscription to Netflix.

I am going to suggest the generic gift exchange next year on my DH's side of the family, it sounds like it would be fun... Let us know how it goes Jane...

Today was a good day food wise, Friday is usually my day off workouts :D ... We have a party tomorrow night but I'm not worried about it at all...

Tonight it's shopping with DD ...

Hi everyone -
Abby- great job on the loss. Sure wish I could say the same, but I am just trying now to hold steady and not GAIN. I'm not too worried about losing right now because I've realized I'm just not in the mind frame for it. Too many parties, cookies, drinks, etc. and too little willpower and motivation!

Gift exchange sounds fun. All the suggestions are good. Maybe a cool game would be another option (of the Trivial Pursuit sort)?

Have a great day girls!