Thank you for your invitation, I think I'll accept!!!

Hey everyone. I had a great day! I drank 8 bottles of water!!!!! That is soooo good for me. Of course I feel like I am going to float away and I didn't even eat lunch because I couldn't put anymore in me. But you are talking to a person who doesn't drink 8 bottles of water a month! Still doing well on the exercise but I think I need to pick it up a little and challenge myself. Food is great today with no lunch too.

Tomorrow my son will get his first driving lesson with hand controls. He is so excited! He is so independent and he can't stand that he hasn't conquered driving. He goes off to college in less than 2 weeks. I've always pushed him, but I'm a little nervous this time and he's the confident one. Oh well, it's the way it should be. I worry about people taking advantage of him, getting stuck in the snow (tons of snow), accessibility, etc. You know a man died outside of his own apartment building because he dropped his keys and could not reach them? People heard him but didn't investigate. Now those are the things that go on in my mind. But my son is very able bodied and can move with crutches and crawling. We are so incredibly fortunate and I'm going to have to quit thinking all of these thoughts. Thanks for listening to me ramble with all of my inside demons.

Hey guys. Sorry I was MIA today, but I was busy, busy, busy getting the classsroom in order. My calories today were 1587. Not toobad. Did not work out today. Just no time and it was so hot outside. 99 degrees and about 80% humidity! Yuck! I am getting up early and running before going to work in the morning. So off to bed with me. I will chat more tomorrow! It is really cool to see so many chicks here! We are over 8 pages!!!
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(((HUGS))) to all!

Final count yesterday - 400 calories and 8 bottles of water. I know the calories need to come way up but its the first time in so long that I didn't binge in the evening after being good all day so I feel good. Oh I didn't tell you the reason I am loving the water is that Crystal lite stuff 5 calories a package. I know it's not straight water but you are talking to a girl who takes antibiodics every day for chronic bladder infections, who just can not stomach water or milk. It's not perfect, but it's better. I finally had the guts to get on the scale and I am at 156. I am crushed. I can't change my ticker just yet, I'm in denial. It's the biggest I've been in 7 years.

Soldierplusone:

Welcome to thr group! I am exhausted. LONG day yesterday! More chat about it later. I am almost too tired to typoe and my dh is sitting next to me. Probably wants to play a video game. lol

Stopeating:

It is going to be okay! I like crystal light on occasion too. Have you tried plain green tea? I love it and it is very refreshing. Is it you don't like tap water? We have a filter on our tap water.

156? *BIG HUGZ* You are going to get that number down! Where did you see that number at? Your scale? A store?

Well As all know I started the month at 210, tom hit and I balooned up to 213 monday!, was 212 yesterday and 210 today. BUT STILL. We are 9 days in and I have been doing pretty damn good this month! I should be 208 by now. uggghhhhhhhhhhh...not happy! Maybe my body is still shaking this water weight off. We will see sunday. grrr.r....


more later.

stopeating:

That is the best way to do it. That is what I do although I let them have more treats. I will buy stuff I can NOT stand, like once a month they each get a bag of hot cheetos. Nasty! I make muffins from scratch and add in bananas and walnuts or blueberries. I am fine having one on occasion but I noticed the minute I throw in choc. chips, I had 6 in 2 days! (during my back sliding mnonth! lol) So now I throw peanut butter chips in there, I hate those! lol

Ladiibbug:

lodyangel:

You are doing great on your cals hun! We can do this!

Ladiibbug:

Yeah the more whole foods I eat the less bad foods I crave.

ReddyToGo:

Sometimes I tell myself that I can have one desert a week. Some people work it into their plan like a 100 calorie dessert once a day. Just depends what you want.

the slim me:

I agree. I have spent the last 2 years slowly changing my eating habits but I have always consistently eaten out on average once a week. That keeps me sane, knowing I can have that pizza or burger.

Exactly. That is my primary focus, a great reminder when the scale isn't moving. Cause even if I ain't losing, I am not gaining and I am keeping my body healthy with nutritious foods and walking.

ChubbyChick72:

Hi everyone..
Glad to have you join us! I understand why you would think surgery would be the easy way but actually that is a very tough call to make. My best friend had the surgery and yeah, I was a teensy bit jealous she went from 300 down to 150 in 1 year while it has taken me 2 years to take off 70. And I am sitting here at 210!

But you know what? I knew when she did it that I could never do it.

1. I am mortified of pain/surgery/possibility of complications/dying. I KNOW that you will only have a tiny bit of food to eat for the rest of your life, so just eat a tiny bit now! lol Really, how good can that be for your body, only being able to eat a tiny bit, messing with your internals and then only being able to absorb a small amount of food?

Surgery is not an easy out, after it you still need to retrain your eating patterns. 10% gain it back cause they are not able to do so. SO why not rethink your food/exercise now?

No matter how bad of an idea I thought it was I have been supportive cause that is my job. She lives 70 miles away so I do not know every little detail but this woman has been thru ****!

The doc screwed her surgery up. She eats vicodin like candy, is on 14 different medications, is in pain any time she eats and has to take vicodin just TO eat. She has ulcers now, her legs retain up to 10 pounds of water at any given time, she now has a hernia in her tummy area.

None of the docs know what to tell her. One even mentioned ulcer disease? She is almost 2 years out. Her main doc wants to reverse the procedure but she refuses cause she is afraid it will be all for nothing.

I could go on and on but you get the jist. Something is really wrong with her right now and she does not know whether or not she will be in pain for the rest of her life. That is NOT easy.

Surgery is not the easy way out. Although I would never encourage someone to have the surgery and I think the chances of it going very wrong are enormous, it is not my body. I know what pushed her over the edge was her doc telling her she may be developing diabetes. THAT is very scary. I am not in those peoples shoes and if they could "diet and lose" they woukd of. I know for many of them surgery is the LAST resort.

We are not in their shoes and they are not in ours. If they could just eat less, move more, they could probably lose too just like I have, but you know what? This battle is not just physical, it is psychological.

It took both my parents dying young and being diabetic for me to get it thru my thick head that weight and disease are tied together. That is my biggest motivator. Til then I just thought it was an issue of "looks" and I did not care enough when it was just about that.

This is your motivation. You don't want to go see your doc and have him say you are diabetic. Or that you have cancer, or heart disease, or high blood pressure.

Ladiibbug:

That is great I have my stats for 2 years!

Walk in the a.m. and don't walk that fast. I walked for 90 this a.m. and barely started breaking a sweat the last 10 minutes.


CUTEEEEEEE!!

SD Gal:

Great job on the gym stuff!! Post the chicken shells recipe!

BRB w/ more responses.

JasonsLea:

You are down? that is great! WTG!

Ladiibbug:

Thanx for asking. Poor thing. Well we are worried the spoke broke off and went inside his finger. I have not looked at the finger, that is Joe's job. lol We will get results today. She said the nail may never grow back right.

I will link you in a few minutes about the kefir!!

Your doggies sound cute!!! You should post pics!

stopeating:

Great job on the water and food!

I am excited your son is getting ready for college and is doing better! Good luck on the driving.

How did he die though?

Feel free to ramble all you want!

lodyangel:

Yeah i was super busy yesterday too. Great job on the cals!!!

BRB w/ my updates.

Okay so seen joe at lunch at 12:00, he works at the park so the 2 kids I brought had fun playing. Didn't feel like taking son to the hosp. by myself and joe gets off at 3:00 so he said to wait.

so we ran to the grocery store and I tried to take a REALLY long time but at 2:30 was out of there, didnt want to wait in the heat so I planned on going to the grocery outlet and see if there was anything good but I seen the thrift store over there and thought, Ill see if they got anything good.

Now normally I am not a thrift store shopper. Although I think its a great idea. My best friend is and I think it has to do with the fact that before I had my first child, (14.5 years ago)I went with my friend and I thought I was having a boy, had a girl and had clothes I could NOT take back. All the stuff I bought at the reg. store I could. So that has always stuck in my head, ya know?

So usually every year we get our income tax check and go a bit hog wild with the kids with clothes shopping, I usually get double the amount of socks and underwear and save them for 6 months later cause by then they lost them, etc. I try to get an assortment of summer/winter stuff. Once in a while Ill pick up a few items here or there as needed.

Sometimes during the summer, my aunts and my grandma will chip in and get the kids a few new outfits, though I never ask and its not expected. They live about 70 miles away. Christmas they get a few new outfits too.

Well my eldest dd decided she hated all her clothes, even the brand new stuff she has had as gifts from my aunts/grandma/xmas, on easter my grandma bought a new bloiuse for her, and a dress for the girls, a nice shirt for the boys. You get the picture. She basically decided in january this year she did not want to wear anything but black!

So I said, okay, wait til we get our tax check and I will go but you black pants/shorts, shirts, etc.

So march came and I did. But she did NOT want to go with us. Now, my eldest dd is big. 300 lbs big and yes I am working with her as much as shell let me on it and she is under docs care. She did NOT want to go to the store. She said she wanted the shirts big, black. Okay so I did my best and got her walmarts 3x and no print on the front, etc. So she wears them for a while and then she decides she did not like the way they fit and the sleeves weren't long enough. She wanted new clothes in june.

Well I am sorry, we are not well off and I am not going and spending $150.00 just on you when you just got new clothes a few months ago. Wear the clothes! uggghhhhhhhhhhhh.....

So she tells me I can go to the thrift store and get her some stuff. Hmmmnnn...a novel idea. Well it seems like we would almost have to since most stores don't have a range of clothes for 3x, only walmart and she already has all the black shirts from there and doesn't want to wear them!

I can't believe she would rather wear thrift store clothes than walmart clthes. *sigh* The shirts were 2.50-3.00 not bad, get as many as you like and don't come crying to me about clothes! lol

Well I started thinking about myself, with losing weight. I generally try to get a few things in a size and then not too much more cause I am in the process of losing. So I started thinking, maybe I should get some stuff too! So I stopped by the goodwill. Well I must say I think some thrift store prices are rediculous! They want like $7.99 for a simple dress!!! I think I even seen some $11.99 racks! For womens cotton tops they want $4.49!!!! Were not even talking blouses, just cotton tops! But I did see something. I guess every week they have a "special" That week it was adult shorts normally $4.50 on sale for $1.99 so I flipped thru the rack and actually found kass a pair of black ones. And I found me 2 pairs of calvin klein short overalls in a size 14!!!(I can squeeze into a 16) I found another no name brand of shorts for a 16 which I can fit so i grabbed them and they look good. No holes, tears, stains.

I still wanted some dresses though and went to target and found a black one for 19.99. I LOVE it. and I got an awesome little dress normally 25.00 on clearance for 12.99!!!

Went to walmart last weekend and got the middle two kids some uniforms for school, white shirts they want. Found karolina white shirts for $3.00 each! I think the thrift store prices are like 2.29 for shirts and pants and some stuff up to 3.99, not sure what. Maybe dresses? . See? that is what I don't get.

White shirts would be 2.29 for USED at a thrift store yet you can pay 3.00 for a brand new one at walmart. I guess its just kind of hit and miss.

So with that in mind and 30 minutes to kill yesterday. I went to the thrift store instead of the other groc. store. I thought maybe they will have a super sale on jeans for me and Ill get a pair or two. They had a super sale on kids clothes! Every thing is .99 cents this week!!! Now the kids got their clothes already for school and have to wear unifoms and of course they have plenty of other clothes too but I have noticed karolina is getting a little belly since march.

Not to mention when they go to their dads I absolutely cringe sending stuff wondering if it will come back!

I refuse to buy anything that looks "worn", faded(unless its supposed to look that way, lol), torn, ripped, dirty, stained, etc. Well I actually found 2 pairs of Levis for my eldest son Chris! A nice pair of wranglers, several nice dress shirts, a spiderman shirt and a billabong shirt, a few pairs of shorts. Pretty much the same for c.j.

For katy who is 3 I found 2 pairs of shorts and a few shirts, not much in her size. I did find a care bear pants outfit for winter.

But I was completely floored by what I found for karolina who is 9. There was a TON of REALLY cute stuff in her size and we are talking name brand, the gap, guess, jordache, bongo, bebop, old navy, mary kate and ashley, sideout, union bay, mudd, etc.

Really nice THICK sweat shirts, but the cutesy ones in pinks, blues and purples by old navy, gap, sideout.

Tons of shorts, pants, skirts, shirts, long sleeve shirts a jean jacket, a mary kate and ashley jean jacket. I could go on and on I was floored! I grabbed a cart and started loading them all up!! I had 2 carts completely full, mainly in stuff for karolina. When joe called he works a few blox from there i told him I wasn't leaving and he better walk. hahahaha

He wound up taking cj to the hospital and to get his med. while I shopped. I could NOT believe all the really great stuff they had! Now it is tedious cause you have to wade thru all the crap to get the good stuff and the sizes etc but it was worth it. These clothes were in excellent condition. Can you imagine a shirt with a white back ground and not one stain on it. Probably not for long. lol

Anyhow the total wound up at 97.00. 80% of it was Karolina's. Yeah I could of evened it out but to do so I would of had to get the boys some crappy clothes and why bother? I would rather get all the great clothes and just get those. I think she needs a new closet. muahahahahahahahaahah

Got home at 7:30!!!! And I stayed on plan! We had home made burgers and oven french fries. I was VERY tempted to just get fast food especially since I was exhausted but we didn' I was so proud of myself. I came in at 1575 but still need to add in some katchup, so maybe 1600? I also walked 100 minutes yesterday. anyhow thats all for now!!

Jasmine: Congrats on your thrift store shopping trip! Don't you love finding deals?

Stop eating: 400 calories is NOT enough! Jasmine can run your numbers to see exactly how much you should be eating. Congrats on NOT binging. Doesn't that feel good, to have some control? Just make sure you up your calories some!

Soldier: Welcome to our group!

Gosh! It is hot! I got up at 6:00. Got the kids off to school laid back down, got up at 8:00 and got Ds3 up and to Mom’s and then I went and ran. At 8:00 in the morning it is already 80 degrees!!! I don’t know what the humidity is but it has to be high because I stepped out the door and instantly was covered in sweat. I hadn’t even taken a step yet!! There is a chance of rain. *on my knees praying* “Oh please let it rain!” I had to water my plants this AM they were looking mighty pitiful.

Well I did the last day of week 3 C25K. It was great. My shins didn’t hurt. There were tiny aches and pains occasionally but it was good. My last 3 min were up a hill. UGH! But even though it hurt like **** I wouldn’t let myself quit. That marathon I want to run one day will have hills, ****...life in general has hills! I might as well get used to dealing with them. I kept telling myself that my hamstrings and calves screaming in pain were actually muscles being built. That seemed to get me through and up it. You have to think of the payoff.

Calories yesterday were 1587. Decent. I did not work out. I had planned to, but life got in the way. I got tired and it didn’t get done. No biggie. I worked 2 days a week off into my August exercise goal, so I should be okay. No more slacking for me though! Which means tomorrow I have to get up at 5:00 Am to get my workout in. UGH! School starts for my class tomorrow so no more going in to work whenever I please. Tomorrow a schedule starts! YUCK! This also poses a very real problem…

I need to work out in the mornings before work. The sun doesn’t start coming up until after 6:00. I have to leave to get to work at 6:45. So I was thinking that to get my running in. I get up at 5:30, get the kids to Mom’s hop in the car, drive to the park. The sun should be coming up by then...do my run, hop back in the car, get to work...freshen up, change and off to my day. Sounds good. But I am not sure it will work. I don’t want to wait until evening, becaue as hot as it is now. I would have to run at 8:00 and it’s still over 80 degrees and by 8:00 I am usually wiped out. So realistically I know it won’t get done if I wait til then. Plus, who is going to give my kids their baths and get them into bed? UGH! I have gotta find a way to make this work. I have to! When it cools off some I will run at the park after work, but until fall sweeps in...This is gonna be hard! But I am determined! No matter how tough it gets I am sticking to it!

Welcome, SoldierPlusOne!

ReddyToGo ~

Thanks, I'll definitely check out the moisture wicking tops. I'm actually less bothered by the sweating, knowing the sweat means I'm burning calories (I think). But I'll still definitely look for the tops @ Target :-)

Okay - I had a bad day. Big time. Cookies, pizza... the works. I can't get rid of it now, and I'm definitely stopping for the day, but I was wondering - how do you guys cope with a binge day? I tend to screw up, then keep on going, and before you know it I've eaten a whole box of Chewy Chips Ahoy...

Do you guys have any tips to get back on track after you've been derailed? Just wondering...

Another question I'd been meaning to ask everyone - What do you guys think is a healthy amount of weight to lose in a month? I'm thinking of some mini goals and would like some pointers .

Time to go grab some water and hit up some pilates...

Hi ReddytoGo! We were just talking about that a few days ago. I've really had to work on my mind about the binge eating. What works for me is when I eat something really bad or over ate a meal, I tell myself over and over again that it was one incident, not a day. I do not give myself the day to blow it and I may try to eat lighter the rest of the day to make up for it but I don't kick myself either. Okay I should of had 2 pieces of pizza, but instead I eat 5? Well okay that's done, but don't go eat a bag of breadsticks because I already blew the day. I have a naturally skinny sister and I've seen her out eat me. But the next day she is naturally not hungry or she doesn't eat the rest of the day. But we go to the art fair and she doesn't think anything of getting an elephant ear. But then she won't be hungry for lunch that day kind of thing

Jasmine - I weighed myself at home yesterday morning. What a sad day. But hey I drank 14 glasses of water today with the crystal lite!!! We have city water, I'm just not a fan though.

My calories are about 1100. No supper but some fat free chips and 2 100 calorie ice cream bars. We worked in a parade in our town and there wasn't any time for a meal. I had a cup of cereal this morning and a wrap with ff cheese, mustard, and pickles for lunch. Oh yeah and some tootsie rolls from the parade I'm guessing on the calories but I think I'm close.

Reddy: It's simple to deal with binges...forget them. You can't dwell on the past or you will end up binging more. Like stopeating said If you ate 5 pieces of pizza instead of 2, & if you beat yourself up over it you'll end up saying "to heck with it, the day is blown I'll eat somemore!" That is what you want to try to avoid. If you overeat forget it. Your next meal gives you an opportunity to do it right. To succeed. And once you get used to succeeding you begin to like the way it feels. Even more then the way chocolate tastes!

Stopeating: sounds like you had a good calorie day. Good job!

Today my calories were: 1112. A little under 1400 for sure but I just don't feel like eating it is so hot. So I won't feel too bad if I eat a tad over tomorrow. LOL! So tomorrow I am going to get up and go to the park at 6 AM. Wait til the sun comes up and then walk some, for about 30 minutes and then Off to work where I will freshen up. (We have a shower if I really need it.) And then start the first day with my new students. Whoever decided the first day back should be a Friday is crazy. Then by Monday they have forgotten everything you told them on Friday and Monday is like the first day all over again!

Well I am gonna get off of here. It's lightening. So i think it's gonna storm! Yay! I love storms and we need the rain!