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I'm noticing a gaining trend in our weight ins ladies! What is it about this time of year that likes to slap you in the face! Good luck everyone. My TOM has arrived and I feel a bit more in control of food and my desire to snack on everything. Working towards a good week, hopefully down to a nice weight before I leave town on Sunday morning to celebrate Christmas with my boyfriends family. His dad is kind of a food pusher but the last time I ended up with indigestion so bad I thought my appendix burst. I ended up at urgent care. I WILL NOT be doing that again!
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Count me in on the weight gain club...115.8 today! Good thing I waited a day to weigh-in. It didn't help that DH moved the scale and MY TAPE! WTH? LOL!
I'm digging deep this week to stay OP...food was everywhere at work today (people dumping their weekend leftover treats), but I didn't touch anything. Made a healthy lunch (my 3 small meals) but ate it all by 1:00 p.m. Should have lasted me till 4:00 p.m. So I came home starving...scarfed down some cheese and jerky. YUM...sodium! Ate a healthy dinner but crashed on energy. Planned on skipping my workout but I dug hard and worked out at 8 tonight. I'm so ready for a break! I'll do personal tomorrow...so tired! |
Krampus, you are so right on... it was way cooler seeing 132 on the way down then it was today. Yay for a Christmas tree though... have fun trimming it with your roomie!
mottainai, glad your trip is going so well! How long will you be in Japan? Joss, a hot stone massage sounds heavenly. I'm 28 years old and have never had a professional massage in my life... not even while pregnant! I may have to remedy that in 2013! I know what you mean about looking back at your former heavy self and being embarassed that you let things get so bad. Isn't it a great feeling though to know that your husband loves you at your best AND worst? It makes me love mine even more knowing that he never made me feel bad about myself, even at my heaviest. As for old clothes... I donated everything except for a pair of my biggest work pants... a size 14... They are so ridiculously huge at this point, but I pull them out sometimes when I'm having a bad day to remember how far I've come. :) Turbo, Peanut Butter and Rice Krispies balls sound freaking fantastic though! Alexistrophic, good luck with your jewelry buying decision! It sounds like a really nice sentiment! The walk of shame seems to be a common theme today! (breaking out my best Michael Jackson voice, "You are not aloooone, I am here with yooou!") I woke up bloated and was up 2 lbs on the scale. I've been drinking water like mad... it's just been a crappy day despite a great workout this morning at the gym. Tomorrow starts my work week. Ugh. |
olehcat ~ I tend to do the exact same thing -- The (faulty) line of thinking goes: "If it can't be "perfect", might as well throw the whole thing away."
Dom ~ Let's reverse that gaining trend now! Group effort!!! Bayzee ~ Good for you for digging in deep! ~~~ Back from volleyball and about to take a bath and get to bed. Just posting in for accountability. And a correction on my weekend recap (it matters because 3fc determines reality :thup:) We had hot chocolate in little cups... (cioccolata). Amaaaazing! I'm not normally a chocolate kinda girl (actually don't like it at all) but something about hot chocolate in tiny cups just does it for me... Yum. And with that, it's off to bed! Do not stop in the kitchen. Pass go. Collect $200. Done! |
Ohtheplaces ~ posted at the same time. Happy YOUR Monday and I just caught that line in your siggy "...break the yo-yo pattern once and for all." Count me in, chica!
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Good morning! Today is a new day. I have decided that today will be awesome for me. I will not have time to exercise much, aside from maybe some squats and push-ups at home in the late evening, but I can eat clean, one day at a time. I'm not going to worry that next week everything will be out the window for a few days. I'm not going to think about our holiday luncheon on Thursday at work or a holiday party that I may go to on Saturday evening. I am only going to think about today and what I can do today. That's my new challenge.
@alexistrophic - yes, that perfection thing has probably ironically been the cause of lack of weight loss over the years for me! oh yum, hot chocolate! @bayzee - this time of year is SO HARD - food and parties everywhere, cookies, off plan schedules! I think I'll be very happy if I don't gain 5 pounds over this time, much less try to lose! @domlacha - good luck with the food pushers! That's tough -- I have a few of those in my family, too! |
It's Tuesday and I've dropped 2 lbs of bloat overnight, feels good to be out of the "oh shhhhhhhhhhhhh-" range for now. Yesterday I wasn't even hungry until about 4 PM!
My boyfriend is sick so I'm probably gonna get it just in time for my birthday party on Saturday. BUT last night my roommate and I put up our Christmas tree and it is the best: https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...90036210_n.jpg Before the tree trimming we went to the holiday concert at my high school. I sought out my violin teacher and he didn't recognize me and mistook me for a 19 year old Chinese former student. I will choose to be flattered. I guess I look a lot better! olehcat Good morning! Nothing ever HAS to be out the window but it's ok to relax sometimes. What are holiday lunches at your work like? I am in a two person office and my boss is male so there is no annoying female food pushing to be had, but he subsists on Doritos and Coke. OhThePlaces Sorry you're all bloated, but I find it falls off once the work week starts (unless youre having cupcake parties with the kiddos...). Bayzee Heyyyyy remember when you were so excited to be under 116.0? ;) Hang in there! Domlacha It's a week before Christmas! Everyone is falling prey to piles of sugar. :P That is SCARY about the indigestion - what the heck did they feed you? Alexistrophic La Tulipe is a theater/concert venue/club in Montreal! Was that your first weigh-in in a long time? Never underestimate the power of gas/bloating in making the scale say whack things. |
olehcat ~ Sounds like you're staying committed and doing the best you can. This is a good plan. :thup:
Krampus ~ I've been weighing in steadily, just not posting b.c it's embarrassing. :o I was 153 this morning, though. Heading in the right direction. ~~~ Trying to stay focused at work. Just got a new assignment and am tapping away at it steadily. Hope to meet a friend for lunch later today. Goin' to Qdoba and probably getting a veggie burrito. Delish! |
Just a quick drive-by on my lunch. 115.4 today...getting there.
Anyone know about Ezikiel (sp?) bread? Yesterday I bought Ezikiel (sp?) bread. Been reading about it, so I decided to get it. It tasted really good toasted and I made an egg white sandwich with it. First time for bread in 2.5 months. YUM! BUT...it has 80 calories per slice and 15g of carbs per slice and 5g of protein. I'll have to take a better look, but I think my deli rye I always buy for hubby is 60 calories a slice, 3g of protein and 10g of carbs. Plus...It's expensive $5.99 a loaf. I guess it's all natural stuff which makes is a "clean" bread. However, I felt really full after that sandwich and I didn't eat my a.m. meal. Can't wait to haveit with PB tomorrow! I'm certainly not wasting it at $6 a loaf...and you keep it in the freezer as it goes bad fairly quickly. Krampus...Stayed away from the chips on Saturday, but the drinking, salted nuts and shrimp made up for it! Shoulda had the chips! LOL! I've felt so dehydrated since Sat. night. Drinking tons of water and feel thirsty all of the time. |
How is it possible that I have THIS MUCH to catch up on already?!
Good day so far today; I have the day off from work so I hit the gym for a nice long cardio and abs session before running some errands. I got a message last night that there was a package for me at the apartment complex I used to live at, and that it would be waiting for me at the leasing office. Unexpected packages? Sweet! I drove over there after the gym only to realize that whomever sent me the message was at my old apartment complex IN CALIFORNIA, LOL, not here in North Carolina. I moved out of that apartment in September of 2007! How could there possibly be mail for me there? Maybe the ladies in the leasing office will mail it to me, so I'll call over there later. I also FINALLY dropped of several pair of really nice Miss Me jeans off at the alterations shop. I bought them when I was in the mid 130's so they're not comically big on me, but definitely too loose in the waist/hips/butt. They still fit fine in the legs so I figure they can be fixed. I spent so much on them and I'm tired of giving away clothes! I haven't worn them in over a year and they're doing me no good now, so my options are to either give them away, get them altered or gain 15-20 pounds. Um, I'll pay the $40 to alter them. :) It's nerdy but I'm super excited to wear them again because they're awesome jeans! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Krampus - Your tree is awesomely bad... LOL. It looks like you guys had some fun with it! I'm sorry your BF is sick and I hope that you don't get it from him, especially not when your birthday and the holidays are right around the corner! Oh, thank God some of the water weight fell off... that must have been miserable. I DEFINITELY know what that's like! I never weigh after a day of indulgence like that but I can only imagine the damage I've done some times. I'll bet I've put on 15 pounds of bloat and whatnot more than once... haha I recently had someone not recognize me after only like a 20 pound loss (not even from my heaviest) and it sort of blew my mind. Its like, WE don't think we look that different. Bodies are smaller but how can our faces look so different people don't recognize us?! Its a trip! I'm actually not falling prey to the sugar... yet. It's not really that I had a hard time on Saturday, but I just felt like some yummy stuff would be nice. Its definitely not that BINGE urge... you know the one I mean! Yesterday was a lot of the same; had some hankerings for goodies and at one point REALLY wanted to have some, but the urge passed and my willpower is in tact for another day! I'm just holding out as long as I can! olehcat - I think your plan is FANTASTIC, and a great way to look at things! I tend to fall off the wagon from time to time in anticipation of upcoming events... isn't that stupid?! It's like, I know I'm GOING to eat 'badly' or overindulge in a few days so why not start now? What's the difference? Really what I have been focusing on is just making it through each day. Thats what I did last night and what I'll do today; eat as well as I can, workout as I can, and eventually all those days add up! I can relate about the issues with your friends too; I seem to have two categories of friends - the single ones who just want to go out and party, and the married ones who have kids! My husband and I have ONE set of friends (my BFF and her hubby) that are married and don't have children. We meet up with them on vacations when we can, but right now I am in NC, my BFF is in UT, my BFF's husband is in AZ, and My husband is in CO! 4 people in 4 different states does NOT make get-togethers easy! LOL Fortunately I will be moving to CO in July 2013, and my BFF and her husband will likely be moving there in 2014 after she finishes up a year long deployment. I know, I know... hard to follow... but all roads lead to Colorado! haha Anyway, my friends with kids don't have a lot of the freedom to go out or do anything like my husband and I do and frankly a lot of the wives of his friends are 'typical' dependents; stay at home mommies that I can't really relate to. I'm not saying there is ANYTHING wrong with being a stay at home mom or military spouse, but I just can't relate to that. I'm used to being the one going out on deployments and missions and the last thing I want is children. I want to talk about shoes and working out and girly stuff! Alexis - Mmmm, hot chocolate. I'll take mine in a BIG cup, thankyouverymuch. Whipped cream is a must, and so is some Godiva Chocolate Liquor while we're at it. :D Alright, alright, you get a pass on posting pictures of your fun dress if you didn't like how they turned out. Totally understandable. For everyone who asked; I'm in the Air Force (Special Operations Intelligence) and my husband is in the Army (Special Forces/"Green Beret"). I will be separating and going back to school full time to get my degree in personal training in July of next year, at which time I'll move to Colorado to be with him. He'll actually be gone on a deployment at that time, so I won't REALLY get to live with him until he gets home in Jan/Feb of 2014. We've NEVER gotten to live together and by the time we do it will be 4 years into our relationship... long overdue! You're going to have to explain these saltine/toffee things to me, I'm intrigued! Let me live vicariously through you! haha Any less shame in your walk today? OhThePlaces - SERIOUSLY. GO GET A MASSAGE. NOW. I am also 28 BTW... but I started getting them regularly just this year and it's amazing the difference it makes for me. I've gotten them randomly as special treats since I was like 20 (maybe 1 or 2 a year at most) but I met a woman and became friends with her and she happens to be a massage therapist. She lives near me and only charges me like $60 for 90 minutes or so, and she's amazing. I can't beat it! I don't see it as an indulgence so much as physical therapy; I train so hard that getting the deep tissue/hot stone/trigger point treatments actually help me to recover better from my workouts. I too gave away all of my REALLY big clothes (the size 12's and 14's) because they were totally unsalvageable, but I have a couple pair of size 6/8's that I have been hanging onto 'in case'. I've maintained this size (2/4) for over a year now so I figured it was time to $hit or get off the pot. I don't want to haul a bunch of ill fitting clothing around nor do I plan to gain back that much weight so now is the time to do it. Besides, I'm not at my smallest so this is a good, easily maintainable size for me. Ugh, sorry you've got scale bloat going on! Any better today? Less shameful? :) Have a good day at work! Bayzee - You barely veered off plan and you know it's sodium... no shame in your game! It will drop, and good on you for digging deep and getting a workout in at 8pm! $hit, I'm in bed at 8 pm... hahaha. Granted, I get up at 0400 but still. Domlacha - Holy foodpusher is right! Wow, I've done my fair share of overeating, sometimes to the point of not being able to catch my breath (I swear to god) but NEVER have I thought I ruptured an organ! LOL that's impressive! :D I'm sure if you stay OP this week you'll see a drop too - you're, right, there is a trend going on in here and as much as I love you guys I do not want to add to it right now! LOL I'll be at my hubby's for the holidays and I only weigh at home so my next one (after this weekend) won't be until like 5 January. I'm just hoping I do well enough over the holidays to break even. Of course, until I weigh in this coming Saturday (the 22nd) I won't know what "break even" means in terms of numbers. We plan to stay very active and I personally plan to try to limit the indulgences a bit more this year than I normally do around holidays so I'm crossing my fingers! Turbo - Mmm, it almost doesn't matter what's inside, those pinwheel rolls are always awesome! I can eat so many of them, and the salmon ones sounded particularly delish! Our families (both my husbands and mine) like to have big barn parties so I can totally relate! We don't come from fancy families, and while there are occasions we all dress up and break out the fine china most of our get togethers are like yours will be for New Years; putting on our cold weather clothes and getting drunk outside by a fire! That's the best! We'll be spending Christmas Eve out at the Ranch, and then doing fancy dinner on Christmas night with our friends at their house. Best of both worlds. :) How are you doing taking control of your diet again? Better weigh-in today? I'm so impressed with you, and all of the feathers really; so many people hit that first holiday celebration and go "Eff it, I'll start again in January on my 'diet'" but we pick up the next day and get back to it! That's the difference between us and them -- we know that it's silly to just eat like crap for weeks! Go enjoy the parties and get togethers but there is no reason to do that every single day. Why make it harder on ourselves once the holidays are over?! I'm really hoping I didn't miss anyone, but this post is getting so long I am scared it's going to accidentally get deleted and I'll lose it all! |
My husband and I just decided that we're not even going to stay at the Ranch on Christmas Eve, we're going to stay sober and drive back to his house that night. Score! Now I don't have to worry about alcohol calories, getting drunk and stuffing my face, or dealing with breakfast/lunch the next morning.
One less thing to worry about! The part that sucks is that now I'm thinking "well, I've been within my calorie budget since the 25th of November (24 days!) so since I'll be okay on Christmas Eve, I should have some treats today..." I know I won't end up doing it though. I'm in that zone where I'm too focused and I really want to see another good weigh-in this weekend. Too bad today I am at home with the boredom munchies! I've eaten all my calories for the day, and a few extra! :) I am going to take them evenly from the other days this week so it will all balance out, but basically I now I have to suck it up and forgo dinner tonight. I usually eat dinner at like 5:30 pm and go to bed at like 8 pm (because I get up at 4 am) so it's not a huge difference... just an extra hour and a half or so. I'll survive. |
Alexis : the small cup of Hot chocolate sounds yummm. I seriously havent had any Hot Chocolat in... forever!! Hope you enjoyed it!! When are you leaving to meet your your family? :)
Ohlehcat : Concerning dining out at your friends place, if you are able to do good with the main meal, indulging a bit on a dessert isn't something that will throw your entire week. And I LOOOVE poutine. I think the boyfriend and I will make a poutine date sometimes during the holidays (yeah, we are that fancy LOL) Domlacha : omg, emergency and appendix burst? OMG. Hope you will survive to your night in you bf family this time! ;) Bayzee : You had a very good day even if the temptation seemed hard... Good job!!!!! Ohtheplaces : Something was probably in the water, we probably hit 15-20 pounds in waterweight, all together!! Let's drink water, ladies! ;) krampus : Awwww I love the Elf hat on top hihihi! Hope you won't get what your boyfriend got. Seriously everyone is freakin sick here. My boyfriend was sniffing and coughing all last week and I did not got it, so you may have a chance! :P Joss : I guess something REALLY got lost in the mail if you get something after 5 fives you moved from your California place LOL It seems to releive you a lot that you are driving back on your Christmas Eve celebrations :) Less stress, less alcohol, less calories, I gues you can only win from that! I like to dress up from times to times but I generally love just trashing around LOL We always try to mix up our gathering time during the Holidays and it's pretty easy for us, my dad's living in the country :) My best Christmas memories are probably hanging at my grandmother place and eating cooking after we played in the snow all afternoon instead of putting my favorite dress on :) *** Hi feathers!! Peeing 10 000 times yesterday paid off and I was back down to 138.4 this morning! 2 pounds down in 24h, F YEAH. I did okay yesterday, had maybe a bit too much of mini gingerbread cookie afterdinner but it is already better than binging on chips! This afternoon, for some unknown reason, I wanted a soft drink sooo much. Not even for the taste, but for the bubbles. Yeah, the bubbles. I ended up getting a 0 calories pepsi, I had my bubbles, it tasted horrible and the craving is gone with all the bunch of transormed yukky ingredients but for 0 calories. There is worst way to handle a craving I went to the mall today and I am almoooost done with the Christmas shopping. I had to go to Toy r Us. Hello, crazy parents. Barely made it alive. My boyfriend hasn't done anything yet.. He started complaning at the beginning of december because he hates shopping when peole are crazy, so he pushed back this moment for weeks.. Of course, honey, doing your Christmas shopping in the last week before will definitely solve all this. I offered at the beginning of the month to go with him and help him but I might take my offer back LOL |
Hey, Feathers!
Here are a couple of pictures of me in yukata and kimono. My MIL has tons of them, more than the average Japanese person, because her whole life she's been doing traditional Japanese dance. First time for me to wear a style of clothing where I had to be bulked up a bunch around the middle for it to look right, rather than the opposite! haha Apparently I've got a perfect shape for them though, the whole no-curves thing, which I used to hate but is good for something after all! http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/...psd38d62ec.jpg http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/...ps01192d01.jpg http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/...psfd7eb819.jpg http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9f50efe4.jpg http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/...ps82e48f3b.jpg Have been buying lots more clothes....jeans are great here. Sizes are actually inches instead of weird numbers that make no sense, lol, and I'm a perfect 23. Also socks!! The socks variety is great. I love this kind, traditional tabi-like ones, especially: http://www.sonami.co.jp/maturi%20tabi/taso-087.jpg Had my first kind of eating blowout yesterday wherein I returned to my old ways briefly, at an ayce shabushabu plus a good few daifuku (Japanese sweets of a kind which I love) for dessert....but contrarily to before, my weight is still completely steady and I'm not bloated at all. I feel like, ahhhhhh, so this is what happens when you consistently eat normally, instead of eating all your weekly carbs in only 3 hours. xD Plus, I truly am feeling like bingeing, or even binge-like-eating, is not so great after all. Goodness, I hope this might mean I'll be cutting out those weird ice cream binges I was doing every week once I get back, after finally learning how good normal feels! Even doing more average eating and not exercising, I can honestly say my body has never looked better, and I've never felt better either. I could go on and on about how awesome things are going! It's not even just the food culture (which is so freaking right up my alley...again I could go on and on but I just won't, lol). I also am loving speaking Japanese. It's a huge ego booster too, haha. Not once have I had anyone address me in English so far- good sign! There's so much I like about this place. (: I'm definitely coming back ASAP! Love to you all, again! 2 more weeks here for me.... and the holidays are fast approaching!!! I'm still keeping up with you guys' updates and wishing you well. (: |
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Krampus, wooo for dropping bloat! I dropped most of mine today as well. Your tree is awesome. I hope you avoid the germs... that would be a pretty terrible birthday gift. How old will you be? I would definitely take your teacher not recognizing you as a compliment... especially since you were mistaken for a teenager! Bayzee, I've never had Ezekiel bread, but I'm intrigued. Joss, I hope you're able to get your package sent to you! How bizarre! Who knows you well enough to send you a package, but not well enough to know that you moved out of state 5 years ago?! Having your jeans altered to fit IS exciting, dorky or not! I had to laugh because I'm totally a SAHM/military spouse. ;) Well, I technically teach 15 hours a week now, but yeah, pretty much a SAHM. I love to talk about shoes and working out and girly things though. I would LOVE to get a massage, when I find a money tree... or maybe when the kids are both in school and I go back to work FT. lol Yay for avoiding alcohol and munchy calories at the ranch! I loved being in that really focused headspace. I'm there now too. TurboMammoth, **** yes for peeing out the water weight! I was mostly back down this morning too. mottainai, those outfits (and socks!) are awesome. I'm glad you're learning how good "normal" can feel and hope that it continues for you back in Canada. ---------------------------- Well I had an awesome Tuesday... I love the holidays. At work I made ornaments, paperplate snowmen and a gingerbread house with my preschoolers, then ran errands with my hubby, had an awesome cardio session at the gym, and now I'm drinking my hot cocoa and waiting for my little chocolatier to heat up so that I can made chocolate covered pretzels for my co-workers. I am feeling no sugar cravings tonight, so I thought it would be a good time to make them since I think I can avoid temptation. After bloat got the better of me yesterday I'm back down to 130.4 this morning and really hoping to see 129 soon! |
DIdn't do too badly today. I did have a few bites of some sweet bread that was in the lounge today. And I had like 1/4 of a cookie. But aside from that, I mostly stayed on plan and ate pretty healthy today...We'll see what tomorrow brings!
@krampus – OMG, LOVE your Christmas tree :))))!! You took violin? I played violin from the age of ten through college! I still have my violin. I haven’t touched it since I need a new bow. As for the holiday luncheons. I’m a literacy teacher in an elementary school and our principal is very matronly and loves to show her love for us with FOOD. So it will be over the top and fattening and very delicious probably! :D @alexistrophic – thank you! I did pretty well today…not perfect, but not terrible either. Really listening to what I REALLY want does help. @bayzee – I don’t eat a lot of bread, and when I do, I just eat the real stuff. I HAVE heard of Ezekiel and I’ve bought it before, but was not that fond of the taste so I didn’t buy it again. @jossfit – I LOLed about the package at your apartment from 2007. I think I’d die if anyone from a place I lived back then had a package for me. Yeah, when I was married neither of us wanted children. Don’t get me wrong. I love children. I teach in an elementary school and love all my kids there and I love my nieces, but I have NO desire to have any of my own. And I feel blissfully free to travel and it’s so great to have quiet time at home every day sans kids. (Okay, I do have two very emotionally clingy cats but that’s not quite the same thing, lol) Oh gosh, your thoughts about knowing that you’re not going to indulge Christmas eve so you might as well have some today – SO FAMILIAR! That’s the way my mind works, too, lol! Thank you for your encouragement! @turbomammoth – Do you like soda water? I am a bubbles fiend (I crave bubbles all the time) and I don’t actually even like soda that much (and I HATE diet soda), so I get soda water all the time! Just plain old water with fizz! Love it! @mottainal – wow, those kimonos are completely awesome. I’m sort of curvy with a tiny waist and bigger hips, so maybe I wouldn’t look as good in them! I am SALIVATING over your trip. I am curious – what are the biggest inches you see as sizes? Is it hard to get clothes there if you’re above a certain size? |
mottainai ~ SO beautiful!!! (esp the second pic!) It definitely sounds like you are "at goal": mentally and physically. It's the dream to be able to just eat without stressing over it.
Joss ~ Yes, most certainly less shame today. :D Clocked in at 153, so that's 3 lbs down. The saltine toffee is made with a layer of saltines, boiled butter and sugar, and chocolate chips on top. If you get the toffee right, it tastes amazing and is super simple to make. Hurray for sober time at Christmas with your hubby. And thanks for the update on your job situation. (lol) I was wondering b.c I have a guy friend who's stationed at Bragg in SC. You make me feel better about heading to bed early-- if a rockin' chick like you goes to bed at 8PM, it makes me feel a little less lame for doing the same. Krampus ~ That is one cool tree, dude! And errrrrrr.... to your former violin teacher mistaking your identity... I would definitely take that for a compliment. That's looking on the bright side. :thup: How OLD is your boss, of the coke drinking, doritos munching habit? I feel like guys can get away with that kind of eating a lot later than girls can, though. Banish those cold germs! Yuck!!! Turbo ~ LoL at the your "bubbles" craving... Would plain seltzer have done the trick? I always forget about it but then when I find it in the supermarket I'm like... ah yes, my old friend. It always makes me feel so virtuous and "classy" to be drinking fizzy water. Glad you got out of ToysRus alive! Oh, boyfriends... ;) Bayzee ~ Ezekiel bread is supposed to be some of the best! You reminded me of it and I'm tempted to go out and buy a loaf. We're hopefully doing fancy grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner on Christmas Eve. Ezekiel bread would be looovely on that! Dom ~ Sending prayers and best wishes to you and your family. Hope that all is well. ~~ Hurray for ALL OF US POSTING (or reading!) IN HERE!!! Just coming in and being accountable is a huge victory around this time of year. I know for me that all of you keep me motivated and encouraged, even if we're not in the best place mentally. Being here is having the will to stay on track. (((((Group hug, Feathers!!!))))) |
Ohtheplaces ~ I love the holidays, too!!! Good time to make treats, when you're feeling strong. You go, girl.
Olecat~ Yay for your good day! Sounds like a victory for sure. |
Turbo...ahhh, poutine! The best one I've had was in Montreal . Forget the name of the restaurant, but they cooked their fries in duck fat! It was in old Montreal. We actually ordered a second plate of just fries after we ate the poutine! I'm still so jealous of your baking! I want to bake but know it will end up in my belly! I'm really craving my pumpkin scones or pumpkin loaf. Probably more the smell than anything.
Oh and two words for your boyfriend...GIFT CARDS! Bought all mine at the grocery store...shopping done! LOL! Huge variety of stores too! Krampus... Love the tree! It must be hard now worrying about finding another roommate. Good work on the healthy lunch! I like how you balance fun, drinking and food ! You have a great attitude and seem like so much fun! Joss...Sober on Christmas Eve? You are ambitious! Keep fighting those cravings, you are doing so well! I have to say...I'm really fighting hard this week too! Hubby and I are not drinking Sat or Sun before our trip since we will be drinking for10 days! Although we said Friday was ok..first day of our holidays! Lol! So funny the"deals" I try to make with myself. And to be honest, not sure it will happen! Alex...good idea! A grilled cheese! I just might have that tomorrow. I really liked that bread. It rated like a good multigrain to me. I could totally see a panini style sandwich too with it..or tuna melt! I don't want to go overboard on it, but it's a nice change! I still like to watch my carbs and I feel guilty eating any bread. I know..sad! Olecat...way to go staying OP. I'm totally relating to the staff brining in treats. So hard! Now they are dumping all of the chocolates they are getting as gifts...nice! Ohthe places... Ah cocoa! So good, especially homemade. Maintaining is hard..because it IS a lifestyle change. That's why I am constantly losing the last 10 pounds...over and over! I get too cocky and start telling myself that I workout hard and deserve the treats or the break for my healthy eating. I' telling you though, this time was HARD! And I only lost about 8lbs..not the 10 I was hoping for! And I didn't slack off...food or workouts! Dom...the hospital for over eating? Oh my! Glad it was just heartburn! The bunneh...How are you feeling? Mottainai...beautiful dresses and you look like you're having fun! ------------- Not much new here. Still counting the days till my vacay! Have a great night, |
Well gals, I am thinking you may not hear from me much until the new year. It's been crazy, and not going to get any less so.
Someone asked ages ago what I do for work. I'm a behavior analyst, I work with kinds with autism and kids with down syndrome. Currently I do in-home therapy and drive all over gods green earth between clients LOL at least it feels that way. I help kids learn new skills and learn to communicate and socialize more effectively and I also work on reducing inappropriate behavior. One of my favorite things to work on is food selectivity, since I am well aware on a personal level how difficult and embarrassing it can be to be a super picky eater. In any case, I have one client right now who has been refusing to go to school so until break I am going every morning to help the mom get the kid on the bus. My body, however, isn't quite OK with this idea and being a night owl mixed with the short days and the fact that before thursday I didn't have to be up before noon for a week has thrown my body into a bit of a fit. That and the everythingthathastobedonebeforechristmas. So,my brain no longer knows when I am supposed to be awake or asleep (charming during an hour long commute home after sun down, really...) and I've been having trouble keeping track of what day it is. Oh and I've been somewhat dizzy off and on, too. Ugh. I need this all to be over. But, once the new year starts everything will be settled down! And then I will be back posting. I've managed to maintain around 149 without counting calorie so far, and with all the stress I have that is my goal to maintain at until the new year. ~Katy |
Bayzee ~ I still have that reluctance when eating bread, too. I started out on low carb and think it's a holdover from that, but I'm also just not the biggest bread fan. That said, sometimes you just get a hankering for a sandwich.
Kakers ~ Sounds like a fascinating but demanding job. I'd imagine it would be rewarding to have such an impact on peoples' lives, but it seems like it's really labor intensive. What a great help to that mom you must be. Hang in there and take care of yourself over the holidays. ~~~ Just trying to get started on trip planning/packing. I don't want to start making food until around Thursday so it doesn't go bad, but I figure it'll just add to the last minute stress of before trip leaving. Am beyond excited to see her, though. Still sitting at 153 this morning, but I'm hoping that a day of being a bit cleaner will help shift some numbers. Bring it on! |
Kakers - I'm glad you found the time to pop in and say hello! Sorry you are so busy and stressed right now; it sounds like you don't know which way is up and which way is down with the schedule changes you've had to make. I am in awe of you for maintaining your weight through that, and even moreso without counting calories! I honestly don't think I've gone for any period of time without counting. Even when I'm overseas I do my best to weigh out my snacks and guesstimate portions/calorie counts of the foods from the chow halls. Nice work!
Bayzee - Heck yeah gift cards! LOL I ordered a couple of 'real' things for my husband, but everyone else got gift cards, and he even got one too! haha It makes it so easy and honestly, that's what I would rather get! They're small and easily transported, people can use them whenever they like, and they can get exactly what they want. Perfect! If you are craving pumpkin it's so easy to work into your every day diet. I mix it with cottage cheese or greek yogurt, or with wheat bran and egg whites to make pancakes out of. I will sometimes mix it with other veggies and shiritake noodles to make some awesome pumpkin pasta, or even just eat it as a side dish with some garlic, salt and pepper. It's great! Super low in calories, high in fiber and beta carotine. I eat it year round. :) I too make 'deals' with myself, and sometimes it works while others it doesn't. It's the thought that counts? :o As for staying sober on Christmas Eve, that's sort of one of those deals. It won't be hard considering that we will be out shooting AND driving home, so for safety reasons I really CAN'T drink. Thats just the convenient excuse though; really I am saving my alcohol-fueled eating and drinking fest for Christmas and possibly New Year's Eve. 2 events like that sounds a lot more reasonable to me than 3. Oh, and I LOVE Ezekiel bread! I have some of the cinnamon raisin in my freezer right now. I think what I love about it the most is that, like you, I am not a big bread eater on a day to day basis. I like that I can have ONE LOAF for months and it doesn't go bad. I might have like 1 piece a week, if that. My heavier carbs are usually for breakfast so I might have a slice of toast or I'll have oatmeal, a protein pancake, etc. I love all my breakfast recipes so much that I try to rotate them and bread doesn't make it into that rotation often. I used to make a lot of french toast using the Natures Own Whole Wheat Light Bread (40 calories a slice) but right now it's not heavy in my rotation. I got tired of it, but I'm sure I'll get back into it at some point. :D Alexis - Yay for the scale drop! Even though we KNOW it's water weight, and we KNOW it's going to happen when we eat too much or eat super salty things, it's still a punch in the gut to see such a drastic increase like that! Hmm, there is a Fort Bragg in North Carolina (where I am) and a Fort Bragg in California, but not one in South Carolina. I assume you meant NC as opposed to SC? There are about a bazillion people stationed here but who knows, maybe I know your friend! :) Yeah, I used to feel weird about going to bed so early but honestly it keeps me healthy. I've never been a night owl and since I get up so early I sort of have to get to bed at 8 or 9 so I can get a full 7-8 hours of sleep. Really, 10 hours would be ideal! haha Anyway, these days I mostly don't care. On a rare occasion (like last Saturday) I felt a little lame but most of the time I am happy to have energy, nice skin, and a controllable appetite! I love to bake and cook, but I have to admit I'm a bit intimidated about making my own toffee! I'm sure it's probably not that difficult but I've never attempted it and I'm afraid I'd end up burning the toffee, or myself, and making a big old mess! The saltine/toffee combo sounds great though! (LOL this is totally random but last night I was having cravings for desserts so bad I actually started googling images of carrot cake cheesecake, holiday cookies and the like. Ugh!) EDIT: When are you leaving for your trip? How long will you be gone? Olehcat - What's even more bizarre about the package going to my old apartment is that my phone number is ON the package! The person who called me was the current resident of that apartment, not the leasing office or something like that. Weird huh? I just told them to return to sender. I'm curious but it can't be something too important, can it? LOL isn't it crazy how you have these seemingly nonsensical thoughts (like us wanting to go ahead and eat our faces away because we know we have holidays coming up) but then when you actually say that you do, other people do too?! I sort of love it... makes me feel less crazy! haha I think only having 1/4 of a cookie and a bite or two of sweet bread is REALLY good Chicka! That to me shows a lot more restraint than avoiding it all together; you got a taste and quit! Nice! OhThePlaces - I'm so relieved you didn't get offended by my SAHM/military wife comment! You know the type I mean though; trashy, refuses to work, blows all of her husband's money while he's deployed, cheats on him, claims being a military wife is 'the hardest job there is', gossips with all the other trashy cheating wives and LOOOOVES the drama... that kind of thing. Again, it's a total stereotype and I'm sure only a fraction of the military wives are ANYTHING like that, but I just have some irrational fear of being seen as a leachy dependent, especially given that I'm not even a stay at home MOM, I would just be a stay at home WIFE! LOL Like I was telling Bayzee, it's really a safety issue that allows me to avoid drinking that night. Maybe I'm a little snobby or something lately, but I would much rather save my nights drinking for when I'm dressed up all pretty and eating delicious food in a beautifully decorated home... not out with the cows at the ranch! LOL it will be fun either way, and this way is easier on my waistline. :D CONGRATULATIONS on seeing the 120's today! That is so exciting! I'm sure seeing that today was well worth skipping out on sampling the chocolate-covered deliciousness you made last night for your co-workers. :carrot: Mottainai - Those socks just confuse me. What toes go where?! :?: Hahaha I'm glad you're having such a great time, and feeling great too!! I definitely hope you don't go and resume your 'weird' ice cream binges when you get home. :hug: Turbo - Some of my best memories are also from trashing around outside in the snow and getting drunk... haha. I guess it's just that my husband's family does that EVERY SINGLE HOLIDAY so now getting gussied up feels a bit more special to me. I do have a blast with them for sure, but mostly the idea of repeating last year is enough to deter me from drinking on Christmas Eve; last year I didn't feel great, and my husband was super hungover on Christmas Day... and then we had to drive home! When we got there the house was cold and didn't have those Christmas smells of baking and all that stuff you want on Christmas Day. I'm looking forward to waking up at home in OUR bed that morning and opening presents and making a nice healthy breakfast. You're a **** of a girlfriend if you help your BF out at this point... LOL I would be like "you're on your own kid! I took care of my shopping already!" haha Speaking of which, yesterday my husband told me via text message that he was going to go pick up some ammo to take out to the Ranch so that we can shoot. A couple of hours later he said "I went and got ammo. I also got your Christmas present. It's fun... I want to play with it!" Um... :?: He got my present at the same place he bought gun ammunition? LOL did he buy me another gun?! Can't he be a normal man and get me things that are soft and pink and smell good? How about a box of seasonal truffles and some new perfume? A gift card to Victorias Secret? LOL, no... he gets me weird stuff like guns. Great. Oh well, I'll put on my best "I love it face" regardless of what it is. Congrats on peeing 10,000 times and losing some of that icky weight! I bet you're relieved! |
mottaini : kimonos are so prettyyyyy! I have to admit that I don't really get how you are suppose to put the socks on your feet but the pattern are cute!! ;)
ohtheplaces : Congrats on being back down! it feels so much better, eh? :) ohlecat : I'm not a big fan of soda water, so I guess I'm probably loving the sweet taste in soda. But I normally don't crave soda, it was a first in AGES :) Alexis : I love the bubbly water, virtuous and classy feeling!! LOL I'm not crazyyy about them normally, but they might be a great go-to during the holidays to still feel classy during parties! ;) bayzee : Poutine with fries in duck fat.. Could it be Au Pied de Cochon? I think they do something like that.. but it is not located in Old Montreal.. OH WELL. I heard about a recipe like this, there is a restaurent in Sherbrooke doing it too, I've been wanting to taste it forever but it is a super expensive place lol. kakers : glad to hear you are still alive. Hope you'll feel better soon! Joss : Your idea of being at home for Chrismtas and enjoyed a cosy day sound marvellous :) We're gonna be sleeping at the boyfriend's mom chalet on the 24th, but we are coming back straight from Montreal on the 23th, from his father's night thingy.. Can't wait to wake up on the 24th and make waffles and just enjoy a cup of coffee with the Christmas tree! :) For the boyfriend/gifs situation, he could give gift cards, but he haaaates giving gift cards LOL (you know, just to make his situation even more complicated!!) We pretty much know what we are giving to his family (we are just still clueless for his mom), he/(we MAYBE :P) just need to get out there and GET them. Actually, he is panicking because he doesn't know what to put in my Chrismtas Stocking :P and his from me is already under the tree.. I really hope that your gift is something that smells good or something like that ;) Does he have a history of weird Christmas gifts?? LOL! *** Hey Feathers! It seem I spent my day in the bathroom yesterday. This morning I was down at 136.2! WTF. Won't complain though, I'm jsut really surprise. I guess that TOM slowly leaving + water weight dropping from the weekend must explain it. I'm back to my lowest of the beginning of the month.. It'd be nice to break this now! http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3...odaytshirt.jpg |
Hi Feathers,
It's Wednesday and I did the STUPID THING and went over to my bf's to take care of him/keep him company while he has the flu. I also took some of his antiviral meds because in my reptile brain that's easier/cheaper than going to the doctor and paying $25. Now I feel weird and not all there and I can't tell if I'm coming down with the flu or if it's the meds (they behave similarly to a flu shot). We'll see. Weighed in at 124.2 this morning...is that even real? I'll take it! |
A good weigh day for me too! 114.6! Lowest weigh-in since the summer. Must be something in the air! Congrats to everyone seeing a loss! Who cares if it's poop, the flu or water...we'll take it! LOL!
EDIT: I did weigh-in less on the 15th, but i don't count it since I know it was just dehydration :) |
Krampus, Turbo and Bayzee - I always feel like I'm doing the opposite of whatever the Feathers trend is. I've been doing great staying OP and even lost 2 pounds last week. Are you guys all jinxing me now?!
LOL congrats to you all for the drops, but crap, I'm scared now!! :o |
Back for personals.
I am the Best Girlfriend Ever and picked up my boyfriend's paycheck for him on my lunch break. Had lunch at home - tempeh and salad and Greek yogurt - and then my roomie and I dug into our monstrous Christmas package from our friends in London. They did a great job - roomie got a cute scarf with a fox on it and I got a mug with a kitten making a hugging motion with its paws. AAAAAAAND we got two packs of cookie bars (BOOST and Twix), so R.I.P. our waistlines - roomie just hit a new low weight today and all! Bayzee Nicely done on the weigh-in! Do you still have the flu? TurboMammoth I hope you actually bought, own, and wear that "I POOPED TODAY" shirt. I always get really excited when I poop (average 5 days a week if not 6 or 7) and announce it to people. As for the BUBBLES craving...do you like seltzer water? I hate it but a lot of people swear by it and it's not sickly sweet/has no calories. So far I'm still feeling OK! JossFit I have noticed that too...there are definitely trends that happen, or maybe that's just the part of our animal brains that look for patterns in things where there aren't necessarily any. I'm glad you haven't been feeling the urge to BINGE - I felt a creep of that on Sunday because I was so hung over and totally preoccupied with what I was eating instead of hanging out with my friends. kakers Sorry life has been throwing so many frustrations at you lately - it's great that you don't have to worry about your weight creeping up and measuring and weighing all your food too. Patient souls like you help a lot of troubled kids - you are doing some of the most difficult good work there is. Thank you! Alexistrophic Boo yeah down a few pounds! Haha I graduated high school in 2004 and my teacher is the head of the music department for the entire district, so I don't expect him to instantly recognize me (also I look SO MUCH BETTER than I did at age 17). My boss is 36 and he says his metabolism shat the bed around 30 - he's probably only a little if at all overweight but he has the belly (and doesn't even drink alcohol...). oleh Oh hello fellow string player! I have played violin since age 10. I was in orchestras from age 10-19 or so and now I still like to noodle around with friends playing open mics and the like. I recall most of the teachers at my schools being overweight and when I worked at a Japanese high school there was an endless supply of snacks around at all times/tons of "mandatory" social events revolving around meals. It's an uphill battle but you're doing great! OhThePlaces The best time to bake is when you're not hungry and not craving sugar - otherwise it's a very risky activity! Those pretzels sound good, mmm! mottainai I never got into tabi socks but they look cute as heck. You are the perfect shape for yukata and kimono! When I was a bit heavier wearing them made me feel slimmer :P https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot..._6716313_n.jpg https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1273582_n.jpg |
Krampus- Wow, those pics are GORGEOUS!!! You're beautiful and those kimono are so stunning!! Very cool. I wanted to try on some of those furisode too but apparently I missed my opportunity by going and getting married already, lol.
olehcat- As to your question: I'm not sure exactly how difficult it is to get larger sized clothes (except for shoes, I'm only a 9 but can't find any shoes anywhere! boo), but definitely not everyone is like super amazingly skinny over here so I doubt it'd be too much a problem! Well, I take that back: when I say "larger" I mean more like "large average but healthy looking still." Overweight is pretty rare, I guess, so it might be more difficult... Everyone else- Thanks for the encouragement!! You guys are awesome. I owe everybody here for helping me get back on track earlier this year when I was so stuck...being in at least a pretty good place before coming here on my trip is part of why I'm enjoying myself so much. That's why I'm still going to keep up coming here to a "diet forum" even though I have no interest in dieting anymore, haha. edit: As an aside, I just wanted to add, since everyone here knows my weirdness with inhaling large amounts of ice cream on a regular basis: I've noticed that in fact there simply are NOT any half-gallon sized containers of ice cream that I've seen so far here, none. It's rare to see a pint! But there are tons of interesting flavors of those mini-sized Haagen-Daaz tubs everywhere.... of course, I would be noticing these things. |
In my experience, Japanese "plus size" starts at US size 8-10.
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And Krampus knows better than me! I've only been here a week. (;
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I'm sorry to have turned into a fair weather feather.
Some stuff has been going on in my personal life and as of Monday things really suck, and I'm having trouble keeping up here on top of everything else and I hate taking more than giving so I'm going to have to take a break (geez, more taking ;)) and come back when I'm able to keep up. I'm not sure where I am weight wise. Some mindless stuffing going on sure but not binging at least. For now I'll take it. I'm just so freaking tired, I'm barely holding it together. Thanks for everything, you guys rock. Happy Holidays yadda yadda yadda xox |
Got home late from shopping and did a HITT workout at 9 pm. It was a good workout (I had to dig deep again), but I feel wide awake now.
Need advice here: I think I mentioned I belong to a fitness studio. They offer a variety of classes and usually only have 3-4 people in the "harder" classes I take. I like the personal service, it's not a snotty place and the workouts are challenging enough. But it's pretty pricey and I think my body has hit a plateau with my this type of exercise. I am trying to decide if I should do weights at home and follow a program (something like ChaleanExtreme). We have a lot of free weights and a bench in the basement. Hubby works out at home so we have a lot of equipment. I really want to reduce my body fat and lose more belly fat. I still feel "skinny fat" and really need to tone up (not easy at my age). My favorite type of exercise is a circuit with weights and cardio and HITT type workouts. Has anyone had luck with weights and following a more structured commercial program? I'm curious what you all think. Krampus...I didn't have the flu. I just had an upset stomach..and I think it was from something I ate more than a virus (although there are tons of people sick where I work). DH has a sinus thing...been going on for a couple weeks. Losing weight in your mid-late thirties is sooo different. You have to work twice as hard. I am close to 40 and I will say it sucks to not be able to drop 10 lbs quickly anymore. I wish I was more serious in my 20's and early thirties, but I yo-yo'd all of the time. Size 8 is plus size? YIKES! You look amazing in your pics btw! Turbo...love the shirt. As for the bubble cravings I get them too. I hate pop, so I drink Perrier. I like the grapefruit one...and it's especially good with vodka in the summer:) And who doesn't like getting gift cards? I love them! Kakers...Sorry your life seems hectic these days. I hope you a restful Christmas with family and friends to make up for it! Leila...It's nice to hear from you. Sorry to hear about your personal problems. I can relate to those tough times for sure. Stay strong and get through the holidays. The holidays can be tough when things aren't great in our personal lives. Mottainai...Your posts are so much more relaxed. Good for you! It seems like Japan is a good fit for you. Ohtheplaces...I used to make a recipe with pretzels...Put some pretzels on a cookie sheet. Put a mini rolo (or regular) on top and bake for a few minutes until the rolo is soft. Press a pecan on top. Tastes almost like a Turtle! Yum! Joss...I would still give up all of my weight loss to have abs like yours! You look fantastic and like you're always telling me...the scale is not the true indicator of fatloss! Hang in there and soon you will be with your husband! |
Wow, yeah, can’t miss a moment around here, lol. Must whine again, because that’s what I do after I am foolish enough to weigh myself in the middle of this holiday stuff (also posted this bit in another chat thread, just in case someone thinks they're seeing double).
1. I weighed myself this morning, even knowing this was foolish. See, I had made gumbo last night and it turned out not so great (usually it’s one of my signature dishes) and overly salty AND so I know the sodium was out of the roof. But I was really hungry after I made it and had like two bowls of it. Blech. I also had like a glass and a half of wine. I’m also on the last few pills of my birth control pill cycle (I take them to stop my periods since my periods are so bad) and I always bloat up a little those last few days, almost like PMS. Anyway, the weigh-in was grim, and it was about what I had suspected, at about 144. :( 2. I haven’t gotten back into exercising. I got sick over 2 weeks ago. I’ve had a lingering cough and chest congestion. It threw my routine completely out the window. Plus, I’m being indecisive about what I really want to do for exercise. So many people are telling me to throw cardio mostly out the window and do heavy lifting. But as I've mentioned, I don't feel confident yet and don't really know what I'm doing> 3. The weather is promising to be atrocious today and tomorrow with possibly our first snowfall of the year coming. So I have no plans to go to the gym. 4. I made soft toffee last night. I don’t like the hard stuff at all, so I purposefully don’t cook the butter/sugar nearly as long as you’re supposed to and so it’s very soft, melt-in-your mouth and beyond delicious. Why do I sabotage self like this? But I did show some self-control at least and only had one piece instead of eating the whole pan as I would have wanted to do. 5. Today is our holiday luncheon at work. I don’t know what to do about it. On one hand, I would rather save all the extra calories for Christmas Eve/Christmas, but on the other hand, I don’t know if I’ll be able to resist it today. I have no strength. @Bayzee – I’m totally going to be listening to whatever advice you get about weights because I’m still trying to learn as much as I can about what I should start doing as far as weight training. And our staff does that, too. People bring their gifts and dump them in the lounge. Luckily my fellow staff members are vultures and everything’s usually GONE by noon! :) @Leilajay – Good luck with whatever is going on in your life. I hope things work out. Yes, sometimes a break is just what we need. I plan to take one over part of the holidays. @krampus – Interesting! I’d probably be RIGHT on the border of plus size in Japan. WheN I’m not bloated up as I’ve been since summer (lol), I’m normally a 6-8. Right now I’m an 8 in some things and a 10 in others. And especially right now with the higher number on the scale the last few days, thanks to bloat and a few days of bad choices. And yes, so many teachers are overweight. Not so much at my school because we have some very young newer teachers and they still have their 20-something bodies, lol. But anyone over the age of 40 as a teacher seems to look dumpy, and I made a vow that I was NOT going to be a 40-something dumpy teacher-type!!!!! I refuse. @Turbomammoth – LOVE the t-shirt!!! Gave me a BIG laugh this morning. Thank you! @Jossfit – definitely weird about the package!!! :) And yeah, group craziness! I love it! I actually often do have good restraint around desserts. I have to. It’s the only thing that I have going for me sometimes, lol. I can sometimes just take a bite of something and walk away. Although that toffee I made? Not sure how that’s going to work…not sure at all. @Alexis – I hope you have a GREAT trip. @Kakers – ooh, we have similar careers. I used to work with kids with autism. I am now a reading teacher and work in an elementary school with struggling readers. I love my job, really, but it can be really stressful sometimes. |
Good weigh-in today...114.0! I'm at work and there's already a crap load of treats all over the place. Nice!
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^ Ditto! I just finished up my workout and walked into the office and am getting doughnuts shoved in my face. Uggggghhhhhh...
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Bayzee - Congrats! So, that means you officially hit your goal, right? None too soon either... what a great send-off before your vacation! I'm hoping for a 1.6 pound loss this week to put me at a solid 118 pounds before I go on vacation too, but even if that doesn't happen I'll still be happy. Things are looking pretty good these days. :D
As far as your inquiry about fitness programs, I'm afraid I can't be much help. I have P90X, Insanity, Brazil Butt Lift AND Zumba DVDs, but those are my 'emergency' stash that I keep around for when I can't make it to the gym. I've never actually followed any of them for more than a couple of days, or any other program for that matter. I make my own workout routines and plan them out a week ahead of time, but even then I'll often switch them up depending on how busy the gym is, or what I feel like doing that day. The one thing I can say is that switching things up absolutely makes a difference for me! I never do the same workout twice, and I mix a lot of different styles of exercise into my overall program. I've never hit a plateau. Olehcat - whine away lady, thats what this forum is for. This is the place you can go and celebrate or grumble about those seemingly insignificant gains and losses that you can't always share with people IRL. We get it! :hug: Add toffee to my lengthy list of things that I adore... English toffee is my favorite; all covered in milk chocolate with the little bits of nuts... nom nom nom. I can eat my weight in almond roca and that's the cheap stuff! Don't even get me started on the high quality English toffee you can get from craft chocolate shops. mmmmm..... *snap out of it* You DO have strength though, so don't give up on yourself. Even if you do eat too much at work today or have more toffee than you would like, so what? You'll dust yourself off and get back to the grind, and THAT is what matters and makes all of the difference. We have all seen about a million posts with quotes about perseverence; "If you slip while climing a mountain do you throw yourself off the side?" or "If you are driving along and you get a flat tire, do you fix it or do you slash the other three?" or the simply put; "perseverence, not perfection". Sometimes I get tired of seeing the same little nuggets of wisdom regurgitated over and over again but sometimes, like now, they're worth taking another look at. Leila - Whatever it is that you have going on, I hope that you are able to deal with it and it gets resolved soon! Personal struggles can seem to permeate every aspect of our lives sometimes and the ability to compartmentalize can help so much. If putting this little community aside for a while helps you to do that and to lighten your load, I wish you the best of luck! We'll be here lamenting our bloat and lack of poop whenever you get a chance to check in again. Good luck, and happy holidays! Mottainai - You seem like a different woman! I'm so thrilled you are able to enjoy yourself and are having so much fun. Appreciate it while you are there, and see what you can take back with you to help you adjust your life once you get home! Oh, and... mmmm... ice cream... haha. :) I haven't had any in what seems like ages! Krampus - Oooh, fun Christmas package! I haven't gotten anything in the mail yet, save for one Christmas card. :( I think I have a few things waiting for me at my husband's house though, because people knew I would be out there for the holidays. I'm finally in the Christmas spirit and ready to get my party on! :) You ARE a great girlfriend, and I'm still holding out hope that you don't get sick! Your pictures are gorgeous, as usual. Even if that was you a 'bit heavier' you still look radiant. Turbo - Sometimes I almost wish I were a daily weigher just to see the drops! haha I seriously hope you get that shirt because it would be a shame not to! LOL you and Krampus can each order one and take pictures! hahaha Yeah, my hubby does have a history of getting me kind of weird things but they're always nice. I tend to be more practical and get him things he'll use and then maybe one or two things that he normally wouldn't buy because thats what you do at Christmas time, buy people things they won't buy for themselves! What did you get for your BF? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So, what do we think... is the world going to end tomorrow? Are all the crazies going to come out of the woodwork? If it does, I'll be pissed I didn't take today and eat carrot cake. :) I'm still craving it like mad! |
Joss ~ I think I probably meant Bragg in NC. Thought of you last night as I made a crustless pumpkin pie. I've seen people talking about the wonders of pumpkin, but have never had a reason to try it... Oh, what I was missing! End of the world tomorrow? Pshaw. I don't think I would be so lucky. Have you seen that shirt that says "God put me on earth to accomplish certain things and right now I am so far behind I will never die?" That's my feeling on the whole matter.
Turbo ~ lol @ that shirt. And Christmas at the bf's mom's chalet sounds lovely. Krampus ~ You ARE the best girlfriend ever. ;) And also "ridiculously photogenic" as you say. Some skills, girl. mottainai ~ I'm about a shoe size 9, too, and had the worst time finding shoes in South Korea (I taught English for 2.5 years). Women's shoes only went up to an 8.5 and men's shoes were butt ugly. I could squeeze into the 8.5s but they were usually uncomfortable so it was like "so close, but soooo far..." Leila ~ Sending hugs and hope that you are able to sort out whatever's going on in your personal life. Bayzee ~ Love your talk of "digging deep". And it seems like quite a few ladies on here have good things to say about strength training/interval variation. I've heard about the "whole losing muscle mass as you get older" phenomenon and I might think about adding in weights myself. I tend to bulk up super quick, though, even with more reps at lower weights. Olehcat ~ You DO have strength... YOU are the only boss of you! People say to focus on the social aspect of the party, rather than just the food. Would this work in your case? ~~~ I managed to keep it a minimal yesterday and was down to 152.2 this morning. Don't know but will hope to be down a bit more by the time I leave late tomorrow night. Normally I do tend to waver a bit and eat more the closer I get to a big event, but I seem to be doing OK. I'm excited for the indoor pool at the hotel. Sorted out most of the packing last night, so I have a good idea of what I'm going to wear on which days. Also made a list and did a pretty solid grocery shop, so we can bring most of the non-perishable groceries with us and not have to worry about going shopping while we're down there. I probably won't be posting in as much, either, but wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas (happy belated Hannukah) and wonderful new year!!! (Hopefully I'll check in before then, though.) Have a great Thursday, everyone!!! |
Chatty, chatty feathers!
krampus : so, was is the pill or you really got your boyfriend's bug? Hope you were high on the flu pills ;) I am really considering buying one, when my credit card won't be in such a despair. Your pictures with the kimonos are so prettyyy Bayzee : Lowest weight since summer!? that is awesome!!!! I can't really help you on your fitness training things, I never really did serious lifting.. But grapefruit bubble water? My boyfriend buy lemon ones all the time, but grapefruit must be awesome! Joss : hey, you're talking about us jinxing you, but don't jinx us either! ;) Next week, you might see a drop as we'll all be 20 pounds heavier ;) Ah, at least your hubby still give you nice things, and not something that could end up on the ''whydidyoubuymethat'' website. LOL (it's a real website and it suddenly make you feel so much better about all the crappy stuff you got in your life!) Well, the boyfriend and I were lacking ideas of stuff to get each other, actually, so we decided we are only doing Stocking things (we usually get funny things in the Stockings) and save the money to rent a chalet in the wood this winter around our 4th year anniversary. So his gift is (okay, he loves geek stuff :P) a Tshirt with Darth Vader emotions (which is like confused, happy, sad) but with always the same photos of the mask underneath and a silver like steel USS Enterprise (ship from Star Trek)-shaped izza Cutter LOL. The worst is that I KNOW he's going to jizz in his pants for the pizza cutter bwahahaha. (last year, I got him a bunch of really cool stuff, like really good hearphone so he can play PS3 with his friends, and in his stocking he got brain-shaped ice tray. When someone was asking him what he got for Christmas he was pointing out the ice tray first. I expect to score big time for the pizza thing LOL) What did you got for your hubby? :) mottaini : I love how you notice ice creams ;) I love that you are having a blast and are able to put all the ''omg but what will happen if I eat that'' aside. Very inspiring attitude! :) LeilaJey : Aww, it's sad to hear you're going through rough stuff :( No need to ''give/take'' in a perfect 50/50 way, you know. Sometimes you needmore stuff, so you can be ready to give back later. Take care of yourself *hugs*! olehcat : Well, that is quite a list of things that might play against you on the scale ;) Finding inner strenght to go through holiday season is haaaaaard, I feel you! (soft toffee? oh goddddddddd) Alexis : Indoor pool at the hotel! niiiice! Have a Merry Christmas you too! :) *** Still 136.2 this morning, I only hope I won't be at this same WI for dayyys like last week and then just go up (even if it would make sense, we are having our first Christmas dinner on Sunday...) The boyfriend finally did not go Christmas Shopping last night, he decided to go to the pub and get a beer with his collegue, which leads him begging me to go with him tonight because he can't pick earrings for his sister by himself. We have to eat at the foodcourt and the hamster is already spinning hard in my brain to figure out a not so damageable thing to eat. To answer to JossFit for the worldend tomorrow, I'm just coming back from the hairsalon and I'm ready to die alone with my cat (because boyfriend's gonna be at work)(yes, I expect the end of the world to be during the working hours) with a new rocking bang. Always keep it classy. No but seriously, I really want to beleive my pink-umbrella-mexican-lady-guide who, when I visited ChichenItza, told us that the end of the world was not really predicted by mayas, they predicted big change (someone with a pink umbrella obvisouly KNOWS what she is talking about) but I'm still ''SH*T WHAT IF IT IS REALLY HAPPENING''. (plus my cat has been acting crazy for 2 days. he might senses it, you know, the way dog can feel thunderstorms are coming..?!). I miiiiight need a drink lol. |
Alexis - Oh yeah, I know the whole thing is bologna... some people are freaking out about it. I won't get into the religous aspects of it because I don't want to offend anyone in one direction or the other, but being in the South... LOL, Wow. You should hear some of the things people are saying, and even on the radio! It's nuts!
I was actually just chatting with Steph (LockItUp) earlier about the whole phenomenon of eating a bit too much leading up to an event that you'll be overeating during, and I think that's what happened today for me. I finally went "Meh, its the holidays now, right? 5 days until Christmas? Close enough." :D If nothing else some extra calories will help me push out some awesome workouts the next few days. Maybe the little boost will give me a whoosh! As long as I get back on plan tomorrow (which I will... I have ZERO desire for any more sugar!) it usually works out okay. Turbo - Geeky gifts are the best! I am sure he'll love what you got him! I actually saw that pizza cutter online the other day so I know exactly what you're talking about... it was awesome! You need to set it up though; make some homemade pizzas that need to be cut, and then make him open his present before you eat! Obviously ordering a pizza wouldn't work because it's already cut, but you could call them and request that they NOT cut it (they'll do that for you) and then you can make a big scene about how weird it is that it wasn't pre cut for you... then he gets to come to the rescue with his new cutter! :D I got my husband a new pair of 2XU compression pants he wanted (seriously, these stupid things are $100 for THE CHEAPEST ONES THEY MAKE!) and a set of compression sleeves for his workouts. He asked for the pants but the sleeves (also stupid expensive) are a surprise. :) I also got him a gift card to The Buckle (it's a clothing store, not sure if you have them in your area) because he's been saying for 2 years now that none of his jeans fit because "my *** got big" (he gained muscle... it's nice!) but of course he hasn't gone shopping for new jeans. I figure he can take me and his card and we'll go get him some. As for the non-practical stuff, I got him a bottle of Kenneth Cole Black, which is like an amazing fragrance that I adore. He never wears cologne, and maybe has like one bottle that he's worn once or twice, so I thought he might like it. If nothing else he can wear it when we go out and I'll like it, so it's more of a gift for me! haha The last thing I got him is pretty extravagant, but it is Christmas after all... I got him an engraved bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. He isn't a big drinker but when he does drink he just has whiskey straight up, and usually drinks Jack Daniels. Blech. I figured a $225 dollar bottle of whiskey would be a little more enjoyable. :D Now you can see why I hardly bought gifts for anyone else! haha I got a couple of gift cards for my parents and BFF but everybody else gets coal in their stocking! EDIT: Confession time! I was doing so well staying within my calorie range until today... I totally ate too many goodies, but they were worth it! I finally fell to the pressure of the holiday goodness! haha Some of the ladies at work brought in some treats, which normally I'm not tempted by but they looked so good, I've been super on plan for the last 3-4 weeks, and it was all home made. I'm going to be a good feather and actually weigh in tomorrow instead of just burying my head in the sand over it. It's just a scale, nothing to be afraid of. :) Oh, in case you're wondering; 1 red velvet cake doughnut with cream cheese icing, multiple handfulls of peppermint bark and chocolate drizzled caramel corn, 2 big pieces of English toffee (that's what hooked me!) 3 milk chocolate truffles, and a few candied pecans. Ugh... I have sugar tummy rot now, but it was delish. |
Sup Krampus invited me to join y'all!
I had a wonderful workout yesterday and it has put me in the best of moods :) I am doing C25K and its not been nearly as scary as I thought. I am not a runner AT ALL, so that has been pretty rewarding. I also ate really well which has been a struggle for me lately. I leave for my trip to Vietnam on the 25th. I am not sure how I am going to eat healthy! mottainai I used to live in Japan and am a size 9. Do you live near a forever 21 or h&m? They have size 9 shoes, sometimes. Krampus you rock your kimono much better than I ever did. Gorgeous! JossFit You sound like an awesome wife! The buckle is the place to get clothes for men IMO. I have been thinking about buying some compression tights, but WAYYY out of my budget. |
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@Joss - holy crap, your treats sound MARVELOUS! YUM, so worth it, especially when they're homemade! And great gifts for your hubby -- wow! Oh, and you are so inspiring in your words. Good point. We don't jump off the cliff when we stumble. Must repeat that to self! @Turbomammoth - go you on the good weigh in! And oh, forgot about the end of the world. I guess that's why my cats are being crazy, too! It couldnt; possibly be the huge wind storm we're having outside, :) @alexistrophic - thank you! The social thing is complicated. I tend to get fidgety and want to munch. Sometimes just having a glass of wine in hand will help. Sometimes making sure I just am situated near a vegetable tray will help. It's sometimes nervous munching, sometimes it's that I get so darned excited about food in general! Especially when it's not food that I normally keep at home. Ah, I shall survive, I shall survive... @bayzee - congrats! I need to be inspired by you and what you eat and I need to stop stuffing myself, ugh. :) |
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