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Feathers Plan & Chat Nov. 3 - 9
Morning all!
Hope those of us affected by daylight savings time are all enjoying an extra hour of sleep this morning! It's November! What has everyone got planned for this month? This week? Have a great week! Dagmar :sunny: |
Halloween's over thank goodness!
I am up 1.6 lbs. :tantrum: from the Halloween mini chocolate bars and from my niece's birthday (everyone had to have one piece of each cake and there's no dog to "share" it with).
Back to writing/counting the calories. Should be an interesting annual physical with the new doctor. I've been fasting since midnight and, since I woke up at 3:30 and couldn't get back to sleep, I'm gonna be a bit hungry and cranky by the time I get to the exam :(. Am taking a banana and a cup of low fat yogurt which I will devour as soon as I'm done. Have a great day all! Dagmar (it's pouring rain on a Monday - SIGH) |
Dagmar - hope the physical went well! Don't sweat the 1.6 - think of the big picture and how great you are doing. You will have that pound off by the end of the week!
November is a big health month for me... it's the month for me to reclaim my health, fitness, and healthy habits. Coaching field hockey is just so darned time consuming that I have not exercised much and there have been several late games where we have stopped for fast food. Granted, I usually have subway (not too bad), but still... yuck. I weighed yesterday - 144.6 -- not too much damage, but still... I am not a person who likes to be SO busy! I don't know how some people exist on schedules like this year after year ... I need time for myself. So, Nov. is going to be all about me time and health time. My last game will likely be tomorrow or later this week (we are in the regional tournament now). Have a healthy day, ladies! |
Hey all you feathers! Mind if I join in? :D
I'm just sitting still in my PJs after my morning South Beach bar and getting ready to jump into some work-out clothes and hit the gym! Since November is a new month and the elliptical isn't doing what it used to do for me, I'm trying out the ArcTrainer this morning! Wish me luck! This week is beginning to look fantastic. My professor gave us class off on Tuesday, which means I get to sleep in, and I only have one hour of orchestra practice as opposed to a usual three tonight! Have a marvelous Monday, ladies! |
Morning!
The weekend in Niagara did me NO good. I'm back in that horrible cycle of losing all week and gaining it back between Friday and Monday. What do you think they'll feed me next weekend when I'm an adult leader at a youth retreat? DH has been there and he says the food is very good. Oh dear ... |
Good morning! I got up early and did 20 minutes on the NordicTrak. I figure if my DH can do it 5 mornings a week, so can I! Plus, I'll still take in two days at the gym (so I can one-up him!!).
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Good morning all :wave:
So here we are with a new month and I'm ready to kick it into gear! I did some cleaning most of the morning and just got back from my 20 minute "brisk" walk :running:. I plan to try and increase my exercise this month and watch those portion sizes as I just don't want to go back to calorie counting right now. We'll see how it goes :crossed:. Hope everyone has a great day! |
:welcome2: MadelinRose Sounds like you'll have a great week!
SusanB Been there etc. re weekend gain back. As long as you're not gaining back more than you're losing you're a "maintainer in training" right? abbyin Sounds like you've got a good plan there for November. Allison Yeah! Gotta keep those men on their toes! Claire It sounds like you're really ready for some "me" time. Someone in maintainers was going to the election tomorrow and calling it "me" time because she wasn't taking her child along. We all do get too, too busy sometimes, don't we? And I had a good check up as I suspected I might. I really am quite healthy, despite the occasional indulgence. The doc was quite impressed by the sheer amount of exercise I do every day. He's quite the "hottie" - really fit and quite handsome (my other doctor just retired and really was an old man). I've never had a handsome doctor before. Kinda strange but nice strange. Just have to work on his sense of humour (couldn't seem to find it this morning). Staying OP tonite and I will kill DH if he shows up with 1/2 price Halloween candy (did you all know that, in Canada now, Halloween is apparently being referred to as "black and orange day" in the junior public schools). Is that not too, too silly? Apparently calling it Halloween offends the Wiccans or something like that. Dagmar :devil: (I celebrate Halloween, not b & o day) |
I need to bookmark this or something because I keep forgetting we have a featherweights thread again! =)
I moved to Arizona this summer, and I think we are the only US state that doesn't observe daylight savings, so no extra hour of sleep for me... bummer! Dagmar, I am in the hospital a lot (for school, I'm currently working on a master's in public health and applying for med school myself) and there are some REALLY nice looking young doctors walking the halls! My Dr. is a middle aged man with a bald spot... I really like him though. props to the morning workout ladies! I need to start doing that, today I skipped out on the gym because I was just too tired by the end of the day. If I could just drag my butt out of bed and do it first thing, I wouldn't have to worry about it later! |
hi all :wave:, i see a few names in here i remember from a longgg time ago when i used to frequent this site a lot. that makes me really happy :D
a quick rundown, i'm carey and i'm currently in my third year of university and hope to be a teacher. i find myself turning to food when i'm feeling down, particularly if i'm stressed or bored. i really enjoy exercise, especially riding my bike and going to classes at the gym but for some reason it still seems easier to be lazy some days. i still haven't quite figured out what a good weight goal is for myself so i usually go by measurements instead. i love nutrition and am pretty good at calorie counting. so, health wise, that's me in a nutshell. i hope you're all having a great week!! good luck with the :swim: exercise :lifter: |
Hey Dagmar - when I was pg with DD1 I had a totally hunky doctor - it was extremely distracting!!
Well, we went to Paris last week and on Sunday it was mine and my dad's joint birthday party, so after a week of extravagance I was up yesterday from 138.2 to 141.6 - a gain of 3.4. However this morning I was back to 140.8. I tend to lose vacation weight gain fairly quickly, especially when it's been a vacation with lots of walking and sight-seeing rather than a lazing by the poll vacation. I also bought myself some running shoes and started C25K again yesterday after hurting my heel last time I tried it and having to have a few weeks off while it healed. |
Morning!
Hi Carey! There's Robsia! Have you posted pictures of your little ones lately? I'm dropping a bit of weekend fluff ... happily. |
Good morning everyone! Life has been crazy here. I don't know how the people with full-time jobs, kids, pets, spouses, friends, and other activities do it! DH and I are swamped just with our jobs and our dog. We did some political volunteering the past two weekends and had a Halloween party too so we're totally exhausted. We had to wait in line more than an hour to vote this morning!
Dagmar, LOL about black-and-orange day. DH used to work for a company that had a big Halloween party every year, until one of the employees sent out an email saying he was so offended by the celebration of "Satan himself!" The company stopped having parties after that. :P My weight's bouncing around as usual. Hopefully it will stabilize in a downward direction for my weigh-in friday. |
Hey Carey~I remember you! What are you planning on teaching? My DD is in her first semester of college working toward a degree in music education and computer science.
Iris~not having to switch back and forth with daylight savings time is lucky! I'm envious! Personally I don't think there is a valid reason we do this any more. At least a few years ago they agreed to prolong daylight savings time until after Halloween (it used to end before). It gives what few trick or treaters a little more twilight to go out in. |
hey all!
anyone else still have halloween candy floating around the house?? I want to get RID of it but it belongs to my roommate (who so graciously told me to help myself...). presently I am trying to deal with some body image issues... I posted on the 20-somethings how I gained back some weight and now I just feel disgusting. Rather than that encouraging me to stay on track, it often seems to have the opposite effect - but I AM promising myself to go to the gym tonight after my night class. I can watch election results while on the treadmill instead of sitting at my house (and likely eating). |
Do whatever it takes Iris! I'm in the same boat as you. I feel just horrible in the bigger clothing I had to buy. It really feels much better to be slim.
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Iris and SusanB It really is hard to get back on track. Distractions and unhealthy foods are everywhere in our face at all hours of the day.
But you're both here posting and that definitely is a step in the right direction. Get the brain back on track and the body will follow (isn't that brilliant :p?). Seriously though, you both have proven to yourselves that you can do this. Just start taking those steps forward again and gaining momentum. There will be steps back (did I mention my body is about 25% mini chocolate bars right now) but YOU CAN DO THIS! :cheer2: :cheer: Dagmar (:yay: for Indian summer) |
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Hey there Ladies! :wave:
I'm a long time Lurker, occassional poster who is feeling a little lonely in this journey. Nah, thats not right. It's more like... a one sided friendship. :^: Meaning I know all of you ( look at my join date! :lol: ) pretty intimately after all these years. And your WONDERFUL! :D I root for you :cheer: , I cheer for you :encore: , I give you mental hugs :hug: when need be. Truth be told... I've even given you ( Once or twice I swear ) one of these :kickbutt: . Thinking geeeez you know better, what are you doing??!!?? ;) It's time to step out of the shadows and give back what I am getting or get what I am giving! :lol3: A brief synop of who I am; I am an American from the Great Lakes State Michigan living in Austria once again. ( I bebop, more on that as you get to know me. ) I was doing WW but found Calorie Counting traveled better for me. My In-laws are the President's of the Austrian branch of Yad Vashem. I only bring that up because through out the year we are extremely active. Like this coming Saturday... LOL No worries there though. ( whew ) I am more worried about the mini vacation my Husband and I will be taking at this Wellness Resort from the 23rd to the 26th. I know it sounds extremely healthy and they are, for the most part. But they have a dark side. :yes: All you can eat breakfast buffet's, free coffee and cakes in the afternoon, followed by 5 course dinners in the evening. All inclusive of course. This one has the added bonus of tour & tasting of their Wine Museum. :faint: God love this place! I am going to thoroughly enjoy my stay! :D Thanksgiving won't be as grandiose this year due to the mini vacation right before hand. :^: So I will living it vicariously through all of you, while mentally planning my Christmas dinner to make up for missing my Thanksgiving. :lol: Oh what a tangled our minds weave, eh...:spin: Oh, I almost forgot, I had lost 70 pounds while living in the States. Gaining 10 back upon moving back to Austria. Flirted in the 160's and am back to losing again! :goodscale: I had pulled a tendon in my knee this past Sunday and I can alomost walk like a 44 year old again. That'll teach me not to jump right back into exercise mode from sloth mode again. :o Which is how I tweaked it, by doing jumping jacks. Yeeesh. Okies thats me in a nutshell. :rofl: I go from saying nothing at all to writing books. :write: I look forward to living, learning, and laughing along with you all as we go along this journey. Sincerely, Sassy |
:welcome3: Sassy Looking forward to getting to know you!
What I know about Austria - Arnold Schwartzenegger and some of the most delicious pastries know to (wo)mankind ae the two things that come to mind. You'll have to give us some brief "travelogues" about how it is to live there. Hope your knee is better soon. It's so much harder to get everything moving the older we get. I find yoga every other morning has saved me from a lot of pulls, tears, etc. Dagmar :cool: |
Oh Sassy, don't lurk! Participating is fun!
Morning Dagmar! I had a good day yesterday. Walked, did some bands, eating was fairly clean and within a reasonable calorie range. I really need to take a decent walk while the weather is so awesome. Where's abbyin???? Shall we walk today? |
:welcome: sassy!!
Whereabout in Austria are you? I have visited Vienna a couple of times - beautiful city! I am still at 140.8 this morning. I was hoping to get down by just sticking to the maintenance diet, but I may have to drop back to the 'losing' level for a week or so. *sigh* Doing W1D2 today. I am still a bit stiff from Monday but the only way out is through! |
Good morning everyone, I am a long time member at 3FC. Many of your names are familiar and your stories sure are. I'd been a yo yo dieter since I was 12. I would compulsively exercise and not eat one thing wrong and drop 30# for each spring and summer only to regain it all every fall and winter. When I turned 40 I said enough is enough I need to learn to love me. Over the course of the next year and a half or so I did a lot of journalling and praying and did not diet or exercise at all. I did learn why I am the way I am and have a great relationship with myself for the most part. I also gained more than 40# during that time and started to have some real back issues due to lack of exercise. In May 2006 I started getting healthy. I added good for me things. Fruits, veggies, water, exercise and tried not to take anything away or make it off limits. I have slowly lost 33#. That was 39# until I slipped into old habits in Sept and Oct. Eating what was easiest or maybe a couple glasses of wine to relax rather than a good walk. I've been back on track the past couple days. (Notice how "on track" started on a Monday!) Anyhoo, I came on looking for support and SusanB was kind enough to invite me here. Featherweights, me? So, here I am. I hope I can give and get support here. Thanks for listening.
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Lovnmom ... you're certainly more feathery than I am right now.
Would any of you agree that featherweights seem to be those who can and have lost weight but struggle for the final pounds -or- to maintain? It seems to me that that is what we have in common. |
I thought I would never lose those final ten pounds and almost settled for a higher goal weight, but I persevered and was rewarded with reaching goal. I was actually surprised the day I stepped on the scale and saw I was at goal. I am now working to maintain my loss, and that takes perseverance, too.
It is all worth it !!!! |
SusanB, Feathery is not how I would ever describe myself. I've come a long way, but still don't think of myself as thin. My body image isn't all morphed or anything. It's just thin isn't a word I would use in connection to Kristi. I hope some day to. I've read so many of your posts over the years. You always give such good advise and seem to be available to your on-line buddies. I really admire that. The whole struggling for the last pounds and troubles maintaining certainly describes me. I think this time I'm actually afraid to hit goal. Every time I've hit goal and decided to maintain it goes well for about the first month. I start walking or riding my bike for the little errands and eating mostly good foods and my weight does stay pretty level, but then about the 5th week the wheels come off. I find myself jumping in the car no matter how close my destination. Sure enough it becomes allright to have cake and coffee for brkfst and the kids can't be home for supper? I guess I'll just have some cheese and a glass of wine instead of cooking. Then of course the wine activates my hunger and I end up having chocolate and chips and salsa or even worse chips and sour cream dip!!! Being 44 the good night's sleep goes right out the door if I'm not exercising....just a viscious cycle. Thankfully, I have you all to turn to before the bus is actually sunk in the ditch!
bargoo, I've read your posts all over 3FC in the past years. You have done so well and are a terrific inspiration. |
I suppose I should have been thankful, but instead I was a bit miffed. DS had a munch fest Monday night and ate all the rest of the Halloween candy (3 mini bars) which included my Tuesday night's designated dessert (the last Butterfinger mini bar). Instead I had 10 Trader Joe's espresso pillows. While they are wonderful (and fewer calories) I really had my tastebuds set on that Butterfinger!
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Feathers, I have gained 5.5 pounds in one week. Now, yes, some of that is water retention but quite a bit of that is real poundage.
Here's my deal (this is a highly abridged (sp?) version): I reached goal in August and continued to follow weight loss cal. level with weekend splurge/treat meals and exercise and found myself going below goal. - which was very ok with me! :woohoo: I felt great about everything. Although, I must admit to a good deal of panic regarding maintenance. :fr: This past Friday, yup- Halloween, I ate some pizza. I ate it in front of certain people who have been doing quite a bit of :gossip: about me. Not nec. mean spirited talk but verbal discourse regarding my weight loss. And... everyone likes a drama, y'know?... is she too thin.....that sort of thing. So, I wanted to prove that there is no trouble here. (Keep in mind I do have a long history of trouble and this is the ONLY time I have ever lost weight w/o meds or hurting myself) :goodvibes: No prob, right? I can eat one slice of pizza. And I did. Then out to dinner Sat night, much sodium. Then craved hot and sour soup on Monday-- had 1.5 quarts :dizzy: and then started in on the kids Halloween candy. Out to dinner last night, made poor choices....onto the candy. I literally felt like I was spiralling out of control. I crafted help me posts in my head as I was driving around last night (I took candy with me for the ride :bomb:) trying to find on sale clothing for my boys. (;), I did- at least there's that) Now, it's today. I had a nice run this am. I came to featherweights trying to put together a thread that will allow me some accountability in getting myself back on track. Maintenance forum doesn't feel right for this. Maintaining is a foreign feeling to me right now. Can you beleive this is a shortened version??:p :wave: everyone. thanks for :listen: |
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Hey Allison, I want to be an elementary school teacher probably grades 1-3 but I'm not sure yet...Wow, music education and computer science, that's an interesting pair hey? And ughhhh butterfingers are hard to beat, was it a blessing or a curse?
Iris and Susan, I definitely know the feeling of having the temptations that other people bring into the house around...It's so much easier to stay on track without the option of eating poorly. Hi Sassy!! I'm glad you're coming out of lurkdom haha that place you're going sounds amazing. And very hard to diet at. And of course you had a lot to say, you're just making up for lost time :) Good luck with the exercise, I hope you don't hurt anything again!! Robsia, what's W1D2? Lovnmom, 33 pounds is great!!! I'm glad Susan invited you in, I have always really liked this little board in here. Once you reach where you want to be sometimes it's hard not to think you can cheat all the time, but then the weight starts coming back.... SusanB, I definitely think that most featherweights fall into that category. Because while I wasn't posting for quite awhile I got down to 128 and now here I am back at 136. Not trying to suggest that every pound isn't hard to lose, but the last few seem the most stubborn to me. Bargoo, congrats :cp: every once in a while I think, I should just settle with this, and then I think......nooooo what i want isn't unrealistic or unattainable, I'm just being lazy. Kittycat, drama is exhausting I'm glad you can prove to those people that it doesn't get to you. Maintenance is such a struggle, just keep posting, we're all glad to lend an ear. I have two midterms tomorrow and convinced myself that playing around with my fitday custom foods was a better thing to do than study :faint: have a lovely day girls!! |
Carey~well my DD doesn't want to teach anything lower than high school, and the way things are with the arts, it's probably a good thing that she's doing a double major. She can always divide her time between teaching music and computers! But she really wants to just teach music. The computer science was because she thinks she might work at that for a while to make some good money and then teach music (her true love) when she can afford to. We'll see how it all works out.
And the Butterfingers? Well, I only got 3 fun sized bars, so it was nothing bad--I just wanted that 4th! |
That's a good strategy. Does she play instruments? I wish I could. I know a girl who is an engineering and music major who is doing really interesting things combining her two majors. I was thinking whether Butterfingers in general are a blessing or a curse, because they're so good but definitely not on my list of things to eat. Lately when I want some chocolate I eat some Craisins.
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Does she play instruments? Let's see:
clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, percussion (her main focus), guitar, bass guitar. She is pretty much self-taught on all of those. She can play sax, but doesn't own one. She's not too good at the brass instruments. Her big instrument is the marimba which she plays with four mallets and two different techniques (she's so far the only one in her percussion class who can do the second technique). (((yeah, I'm a little jealous of her--and extremely proud, too!!!))) |
Wow!!!!!!! I would love to have a music teacher like that. :)
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Carey - W1D2 is Week 1 Day 2 of the C25K program.
I started it a couple of months ago and got to the end of Week 2 but I did some damage to my heel so I have just started it again. I never thought I would enjoy running - but it's great! |
Well, I think I've licked the anti-salad monster I was becoming.
It has been a beautiful day today so I went off to a nice big grocer with lovely produce. Between that and a trip to the dollar store for containers ... I have a gorgeous fridge full of Susan's Salad Bar Fixin's. Mixed lettuce, chopped carrot, celery, green onions, mushrooms, sunflower and pumpkin seeds, almonds .... All I have to do is make a protein (tonight is pork tenderloin) and set out all my containers and VOILA dinner. The boys will probably have a slice of whole grain bread too. And that provides handy snacks and a good start on tomorrows meals too! And I can add some things if I feel like walking to the grocer tomorrow. That feels more like being in control of my health. |
Allison, It's hard to be thankful when someone eats your planned chocolate treat! thanks for the welcome.
kittycat, I've so been where you are. Great job reaching out for help! Carey, God luck with your tests. Too bad it's not a test on "how many calories is in that!" SusanB, Great job! It feels so good when the frig is full of good for me things. I did that on Monday too. It really does make life easier. I did a 5 mile hike with the Boy Scouts. It was the most rewarding exercise I had done in a long time. I'm the Cub Master for Cub Scouts, the little guys, the boys I took today are older and in the Troop now, but were in my pack years back. It was a lot of fun reconnecting with them. It's always great to her, "Kristi you rock." The other leaders had cancelled the hike twice before, but they may think I rock just because I bought them ice cream when we were done??? Whichever, it was fun :) |
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stopping in... feeling kind of crappy. tomorrow I am going to stop by the mall and maybe by some new clothes that fit. Depressing. But having nothing that looks nice anymore is NOT encouraging me, it just upsets me. |
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OK, second time to post tonight, lost first..
popping in to say good night. Susan B- even tho weather here was rainy I had a beautiful day getting some control back. luvnmom- getting kudos from a bunch of boys takes some very strong momming, cub or otherwise Allison and Carey- ever since reading about the goals of teaching I have been thinking what a wise career choice it is. Robsia- long time no see, glad to run into you again! Iris- I am no stranger to feeling total yuck. Justing staying with 3fc is a very good thing. hey feathers!! sweet dreams, catch you in the daytime :) |
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