Posts by chelslaw1984

Thanks! I still have my weekly pigouts. Im a sucker for sweets so thats my downfall. I just try to eat a small amount but sometimes im really bad.

I ate BAD and drank alot over thanksgiving weekend. (in canada) and was VERY surprised that when i weighed in on Tues after that long weekend I seemingly didnt gain any weight somehow!

Cool! I'm so surprised but loving every minute of it!

Thanks.

I'm counting on kickboxing and dodgeball to keep me in shape throughout the holidays. If I can survive with maybe being up only a couple lbs, or maintain, that would be really awesome.

If needed- I can start to add another day of exercise to my plan in January if I need to drop a couple lbs.  lol

I think I am burning more now than I think. I just checked and it looks like I burn around 500-600 cals in 1 hr of kickboxing/MMA class. It sure feels like I do! So burning around 1000 cals a week with that + dodgeball which is probably around 300-350 or so cals.

ps

this is sally: http://lchs.ca/adopt_expand.php?key1=May26-22 0C

and tillie is now my profile pic!

thanks everyone. i think this is the key here:

"adopt the new cat because it will not only improve her quality of life, but shouldnt harm Tillie"

either way I look at this I'm saving a cat, and not harming the other.

If things get out of hand, I would just have to take back the other cat, but I will try everything before that has to happen.

Thanks!!

ya ive been trying the water thing. not helping much. id ont really get cramps which is wonderful (sometimes but not usually for long)

50-100cals a day? lol.. i bet im snacking on a bunch more than that!!

its seriously like i have no control over what im eating. its all sweets too! after dinner, i want a little snack and then i just keep eating after that!

oh well, ive been walking and biking every other day and baseball, kickboxing etc

its not during TTOTM its the week before only...weird

yaaa... i just cant seem to get enough.

i think ive come to terms that i am not in control the week before TTOTM and I just should eat what the internal goddess wants...

next week i start kickboxing tues and thurs and dodgeball wednesdays so ill burn off all that chocolate from this week lol

bump

thanks Mortongrove! i hope that i just hang out around 137-140. i like it here. i havent been 135 since the middle of highschool (which has been a long time)

do you really think that kickboxing twice a week paired with one day of a sport (dodgeball) will be enough to maintain? I am really trying to keep doing great with the eating, but that one is a struggle every hour of the day :)

first kickboxing class tonight! im super excited and nervous but it will be a fun new activity!

Hi there!

I am new to maintaining. I was at 145 for about a year and just recently got down to around 137-139 (my goal is 140)

I did the New Rules of Lifting for Women program (2-3 times a week) from Jan-July (then had some vacation and stuff so haven't been doing much but controlling my eating habits lately)

I just want to keep it around 140 or slightly under.

I will be starting Kickboxing lessons on Tuesday, which is 1 hour twice a week, I also play baseball mondays for the next three weeks (til baseball is over) and will start dodgeball after that every wednesday for 8 weeks.

I hope this paired with eating well will be enough to maintain.

What do you think?

ps- where does it say a "cup" of cheese is 8 1 oz servings. i see that it says that each person would get roughly a cup and that the recommeded serving is 1oz...

what is tyrosine? herbal?

i can grin an bear my attacks. they arent always totally debilitating (sometimes they are of course)

the reason is unknown to me. there are lots of times when i have NO reason to be anxious so I am chalking it up to my flight in two weeks- im thinking about it alot, dreaming of it at night.... i am on high alert that this event is looming nearer and nearer.

the anxiety in a normal scenario doesnt do too much to me on the outside. i look totally fine and act fine but on the inside i feel like im going wild.

when i have an attack i get all the typical symptoms:nausea, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, sometimes my arm or leg goes tingly....and a feeling of DOOM

one interesting thing, on my Bday hubby and i went to the SkyWheel in Niagara. http://www.niagarafallscomfort.com/wp-content /themes/ci/images/niagara-skywheel.jpg

this is something that i DREADED going on. but it was part of the package we got and I somehow felt that I needed to get on it. im terrified of heights- so this is something that I would normally not do.

funny enough, i didnt feel anxious when getting on it. i cried while waiting in line and felt fear but not anxiety. and once i was on it, it was like my body adapted and knew since i couldnt get off i had to deal with it. i just didnt look out when we got to the top and i was okay. i adjusted fairly well (better than i thought)

i am hoping the flight thing is the same. ill be anxious before i go on, but should adapt while im on it., i have to.

that being said- this was a circumstance where i thought i would breakdown, turns out i was okay. times when i feel anxious are usually in preparation of events- when my mind runs amuck and thinks of a billion different scenarios.

i think my anxiety is highly affected by the unknown. when my imagination runs wild. once i get into something and know what to expect im usually ok.

no i havent taken anything on an as-needed basis. i only took meds for two years straight and i hated them. i just scrunch up in a ball, sometimes cry, get reassurance from my loving hubby and tough it out.

the ativan will work. i took it when i got my wisdom tooth out. i dont want to have to rely on it and neither does my dr. he and i both think that i can beat anxiety by facing it. if i dont ill never learn coping skills. i totally lack the ability to calm myself down. anxiety is all about irrationality... its silly. i hate it. runs in my family.

i am not anxious at times when i should be- not for work, modeling, presentations, i love being in front of people. its just odd times...with no real reason. if im in a rush out of the house, my heart starts pounding and i start to get anxious.

im a light sleeper too. my fear of flying is heights too (im told you have no concept of height tho and i will be in an aisle) and also fear of death but mostly the fear of the unknown. im a person who likes my expectations set- to know everything so i can calm myself down when i hear noises etc.

ive done an online course (that i will repeat closer to the flight) that helped set expectations. you can listen to sounds that the plane will make, learn about what turbulence really is (its no big deal) etc... it was good.

i just cant seem to shake the anxiety lately. im not sure if its got to do with the amount of exercise im (not) doing right now, what im eating... nothing seems common to the attacks.

i often confuse a sore stomach or low blood sugar with anxiety too and end up developing anxiety from that.

no im not on meds.

and since i have an anxiety disorder (GAD) its more normal for me to be this anxious about flying. thats not all of it but its something that im thinking about ALL the time.

i seem to be having mini panic attacks. probably once a week now. some are worse than others.

i dont want to go back on meds, so i will try herbal stuff first. st. johns wart is what im leaning towards.

the odd thing is that im not anxious at times that would seem normal IE: work presentations, modeling shoots, things like that. i seem to be anxious for no reason...

i like black hair

I dont even own a scale. I go entirely by how my clothes fit. Works great.