Joan~ What's wrong, woman!? *kicks butt* Consider your butt kicked! Now get back on track and straighten yourself out! You can do it!! If you don't do it now before the holidays, you're done for! In other words, hurry up and get it together! You're not a yo-yo! LOL
Anyone else need a good butt kicking!?? ;)
I've been doing very well with my maintenance... getting ready to get a grocery list together and run to the store. Been thinking of baking some yummy pumpkin treats, but I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself. Not sure if I'm going to risk it or not yet. ;)
Where's everyone at?
I made some awesome mexican style turkey meatloaf last night. I got the recipe out of my Hungry Girl book, and my husband even liked it. Had the leftover slice for lunch today... mmm. I did attempt to bake some pumpkin muffins last night, but they turned out horrible! I got the recipe here on cc... I think they were Fiber Filled Pumpkin Muffins or something like that. Steer clear of those things. I have a recipe from Hungry Girl.com for some low cal pumpkin bread/muffins, so I may try that now. Wish me luck!
I'm here.....having a struggle trying to keep on track, got to get a hold of myself....the inner struggle continues!!!! I am not motivated to exercise and my eat has a lot to be desired...in my mind I know what to do I'm just not doing it in reality, I need to snap out of it and quick...I don't want to go through the holidays being miserable because I know I'm being bad, it's just not worth it, I mean I need to do some exercise and I know that will make me feel better and with that I tend to eat better, I'm hopin gto make myself start doing the elliptical at least 30 minutes and then do some stomach exercises and use my weights for some arm exercises....and possibly walk on the weekends, I know it's just going to get busier from here on out....but if I can make myself do something during the week I should be okay.....now I just have to do it.
Karey you are rockin' I'm so proud of you. I make a weight watcher muffin, take a cake mix (any flavor), 1 can pure pumkin and 1/2 cup water mix together and bake until done.....not sure cal content but it was low in points on ww, they are yummy!!!!
Where is Cassy? Brigett, Joan(I keep up with you on your journal)....all our friends we miss you!!! Hope everyone is doing okay.
C'mon Sherry, you can do it!! You just gotta get back into that exercising mode and you'll feel so much better, therefore you'll want to eat better. I know when I don't exercise, I feel cranky and want to eat bad things. Get your exercising going and I'm sure you'll do better.
I made those Pumpkin muffins from hungrygirl.com and they're sooo good! They're actually decent sized and have craisins in them and are only 143 calories each. I also made dinner again last night and tried out a chicken quiche recipe from here.... pretty good. I did 4 miles on the treadmill this am, but am feeling crappy now because my monthly visitor finally decided to make an appearance after a few months of being absent. The doctor was concerned & ordered bloodwork and my lab results are in, but they were closed when I called back. Urrgh. So... waiting until tomorrow to see if they found anything wrong or if they're just messed up because of my weight loss?
Worked all day and I am beat... going to go get some dinner and take it easy tonight. Or, I may bake some more again... I need to try out some homemade doggie treat recipes. I want to give my clients some homemade treats for x-mas. :)
Been under the weather the last couple of days, been asleep on the couch most of the day so I guess eating was kept in check that way, hoping to feel like a normal person again tomorrow!!!
Ready for Thanksgiving, have to work the day after but oh well. Christmas tree is already up as we are gonig to help some friends move the day after Thanksgiving so didn't want the pressure, still have to decorate the rest of the house and clean.
Karey sound slike you are really doing great, so proud of you......I know the holidays get hectic, but we all still need to check in with each other.
Hope everyone had a great weekend.
Thanks Sherry! =) I've been working pretty hard at staying on track, especially knowing the holidays are so close. I think I've actually slimmed down some... I've been working out pretty hard and been doing the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred dvd (along with treadmill) and my stomach has flattened and my arms are more toned now. I went shopping yesterday and got to buy new jeans a size smaller! I bought the superlow rise ones and my husband says they are sooo cute on me. I could never wear those in the past when I was heavier because of the dreaded muffin top, but no muffins here! LOL
I got my lab work results back from the doctor and everything was good and normal, except my hormone levels were unbalanced (we already figured that - holy mood swings). The doctor wants me to go and have an ultrasound to check my ovaries though, just to be sure that everything is normal. So... I have to go and get that done the first week in December, the 2nd I think.
Do you all have plans for Thanksgiving? It's normally not a holiday I like very much, but this year one of my friends and her boyfriend along with my husband and I are going out for dinner. We're going to a really nice brazillian steakhouse... none of us have family around here, so we figured it'd be fun for us to go out together instead of just staying home. I have to work the day after Thanksgiving too, but that's fine. I don't like waiting in line for the sales and I just finished my x-mas shopping today anyways. yay!
Where are you all at? Lately it's been just me and sherry!
Sherry, I hope you feel better tomorrow!! Glad the eating was kept in check today.
Just checking in...
Went out for pizza last night... had a bad day and was in a crappy mood, so decided to eat crappy (but yummy) food too. Back on track again today... eating was healthy and good and I worked out like crazy tonight. Did my 30 Day Shred dvd and the treadmill - burned 500 calories!
Just stressed out lately... not exactly sure why, but that's just how I feel. Maybe it's because work is getting busier (tons of dogs there because of the holiday) and I'm trying to get things ready for the holidays and wanting to get the house all decorated nice. Deep breath... one thing at a time. ;)
Hope you're all doing well and hanging in there!
Karey- where is your family located? You are in Florida right? I'm in Arkansas and my family is only like 10 minutes away from me, I'm very blessed to have so much of my family close that's for sure. We wil go to my mom's tomorrow, my dad passed away will be 3 years the day after Christmas. My mom's sister lives right beside her and a mile from her is another of her sisters and my brother, so it's wonderful.
I hope your ovaries check out okay, it's scary I know, I just had a cyst on my ovary not too long ago and it hurt like heck, keeping you in my prayers.
Eating has been quite good this week, ttotm hit so I haven't been on the scales but my stomach feels smaller, still been suffering from a cold and have felt awful so no exercise but my eating has been good so I'm proud of that.
I know I won't be good tomorrow!!!!
I have alot of my shopping done but I have to work Friday and I never do the early morning shopping, I like to sleep too much for that:)
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. I'm so blessed to have all of you with me on this journey to a healthy lifestyle, thanks so much.
Hey Sherry,
Yeah, I'm in Florida and both our families are in Wisconsin. I miss seeing my family during the holidays, but on the bright side, it's nice not having to stress over whose house you're going to when and so on. You're lucky to have your family all so close. Sorry about your dad. :( It's nice that your mom has her sister living right next to her though.
Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts... sounds like you probably know how I'm feeling. Did you have to have yours removed and/or tested? Or did it just go away? I'm hoping that I don't actually have any cysts or anything and they're hopefully just being extra cautious and/or paranoid. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
I'm proud of you that you've been doing good on your eating, way to go! Good eating habits is definitely a huge part of this, so that's great. Now if you can just get yourself feeling better and get motivated enough to do some exercises you'll be all set. ;)
Have a great Thanksgiving everyone and don't overdo it too much!! ;) (I'm planning on having a very intense morning workout)
Hey Ladies...just stopping by for a quick hello and to wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm doing better with the sugar issue and start a new job on Monday....Even without that, this is still much to be grateful about...
I plan to be good tomorrow and have made provisions that won't go right to my gut, butt, and thighs!
Enjoy :)
Hey Joan!! We've missed you!
I'm glad to hear you're doing better with the sugar issue. Congrats on the new job! ;)
My lunch out at the Brazilian steakhouse was wonderful! I ate too much, but made sure I left just enough room for my carrot cake I've been looking forward to. It was heavenly. =)
I worked out pretty hard this morning, but I'm thinking of doing another session before bed. Need to drink lots of water too.
Hope you all had a great day!
Hello Ladies...
I hope you all did well with food choices today. I did better than I have other years but not as good as I planned....For appys I had about 6 shrimp (sauted only, not breaded or fried,) a couple pieces of raw veggies, 2 small crackers of a dip my daughter made out of re-fried beans, fat free cream cheese, and low fat shredded cheese....For dinner....turkey, (white meat instead of my fav but higher fat and cal dark meat,) green beans, butternut squash, and then ruined it all with a huge helping of my daughter sweet potato casserole that contained SP, brown sugar, pineapple, crushed corn flakes, cinnamon, and covered with melted marshmellows! What a way to kill a sweet potato and my gut, butt, and thighs....For desert I had a small square of my no fat, no sugar, low cal,from a freshly baked pumpkin...pumpkin custard...it was surprisingly good.....Then I went straight to hell....Annmarie make chocolate death! It was a combo of melted choc chips, condensed milk, coconut, and mini-marshmellows....kinda looked like a bird's nest and tasted like rocky road fudge...I was sunk...But I didn't have any mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, or biscuit! If I was going to eat too many calories, I wasn't gonna waste them on potatoes, stuffing, and gravy...just lead me to the chocolate!
Karey: that's the way to do it, plan those treats into the calorie menu! I need to drink lots of water too...all that sugar has me very thirsty...thanks for the congrats for my new job! Great job on getting in a workout too! I'm giving my knee til Monday to improve, then it's back to the gym for me....
I'm dropping weight but my body fat is going up so I know I'm losing muscle. This is not a good thing...But it will all change back to my normal routine soon...
Well, I hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving :)
Joan~ Sounds like you had a good Thanksgiving and did pretty well. You're like me when it comes to saving the calories for the sweet stuff.... that's how I was about the whole dinner and all the meat. I was saving most of my calories for the dessert. ;) That chocolate dessert you had sounds soooo good! Hope your knee feels better by Monday! =)
Had a good day of eating today... very light. Didn't work out today - no time. Worked all day and just got home from some last minute shopping (x-mas lights, etc). I busted my butt all day washing and grooming dogs... I did 12 or 13 total, so I know I burned a LOT of calories. I have another 12-13 again tomorrow and a whole bunch of baths on Sunday and Monday. I'm gonna be super busy all weekend. I really want to get my tree up... trying to get that going now before I go to bed. I got the outside of the house decorated an the lights up at least.
Just checking in :) I am still maintaining... just above my goal weight... but I'll take it if it gets me through the holidays!
I
baked nonstop all Thanksgiving weekend. I started with a chocolate
pecan pie Wed. night to take to Thanksgiving at my bf's family dinner.
I ate one slice that day and left the rest there. yay! Then Friday was
gingerbread... it smelled sooo good in the house and there was very
little to nibble on because I was making it for houses. So only little
scraps :) Then Saturday my bf and I hosted a second Thanksgiving with friends so I made a pumpkin praline pie (that is unfortunately still on the cupboard) I LOVED all the baking and loved even more that I had people to share it with and not eat it all myself.... and the house smelled amazing all weekend.
Jessica~ Good job on maintaining. All of that baking sounds wonderful! I love baking things around the holidays... I just have trouble not eating it all. LOL As I'm typing this, I have some brownies in the oven... I did the thing that you mix a diet can of soda in instead of the eggs, oil, etc. So, they're only going to be 100 calories each, so not too bad. Planning on saving a couple and then bringing the rest to work with me today. That way they'll get a little treat at work and I won't be adding more to my waistline. ;)
I'm here....eating trying to stay in control, weekends I'm having a hard time with; do a lot better during the week. No exercise to speak of.....motivation is hard......
Glad to see Karey and Jessica doing so well.
I baked banana nut bread last night, had a muffin and then froze the rest, will start my cookie baking this weekend and then will make my goodie baskets to give away to friends.
Tomorrow is our Christmas Parade so have no idea about supper, breakfast will be oatmeal and lunch probalby a sandwich, I buy the wonder whole grain white, it's higher in cals but cheaper on my wallet and my whole family will eat it, I like to buy wheat or the wonder light but with price of things I buy what we can all eat, I need to just do one slice of bread....and then I have Oscar Meyer turkey and cheese, Summer takes it for lunch and 1 slice has like 35 cals and that's all i eat is one slice but I know it's processed but hey.....
Motivation to exercise is what I want for Christmas!!!! I look at the elliptical and just don't want to get on it......shame on me.
Sherry~ It doesn't sound like you're eating too horribly, but not the best either. I know, groceries are sooo expensive, especially when you're trying to eat healthy. Banana nut bread is so good... at least you only had one muffin and put the rest away. I would have eaten more than that, lol.
You just need to take a deep breath and hop on that elliptical... at least do 15 minutes. I KNOW you can find 15 minutes to do it, come on! You will feel so much better once you're on it and you've done it. I usually dread doing my exercises, but I feel so good when I'm done that it's worth it. What about 10 minutes? I know you can spare 10 minutes... c'mon!
I ended up eating one of the brownies I made that other day and then throwing the rest away.... they seemed gooey and mushy at the bottom. Maybe I put in too much diet pepsi? Anyways, I went to the store again yesterday and found a mix called No Pudge that is fat free. I bought the mint flavor... they're really good! It's just a box mix that you mix with 3/8 cup of nonfat vanilla yogurt and then bake it. It makes about 12 brownies that are about 120 calories each - and no fat! They're great. I cut them all up and individually wrapped each one in seran wrap and put them away in the cupboard so I wouldn't see the pan and want to eat them all at once. LOL They have other flavors too, so next time I go to the store I'm going to buy one of the others to see if it's as good as the mint.
I finally had the courage to weigh myself after the whole Thanksgiving thing and some pigging out on pizza here and there... 134.2!! I was so surprised... I had been expecting something above my goal weight that I wouldn't like too much. But, I'm pleasantly surprised. =)
Weighed in at 143 this mornign, I'm happy with that since I have not been exercising, maintaining is fine, I want to stay between 140-145, preferably closer to 140!!! I think to myself what would it be if you had exercised? Yep always that little guy sitting on our shoulders!!!
Way to go karey!!!! You are rockin' and you did great by wrapping up the brownines, I have heard of that brand I don't think we have it around here, not surprising.
Hope everyone has a great day.
Thanks! Good job on maintaining.
Where is everyone at???
Hi girls, I have been MIA for so so so long and you all crossed my mind last night... HOW is everyone doing????? Joan? Sherry? Jess? what's up ladies!!! Sherry we are still at the same weight together, I believe we started last year in the high 140's and now stuck in the low 140's... this is the month I will break into the 130's I can feel it, my body also is starting to show it's old shape back again... I've been introduced to Bikram Yoga and have fallen in love! it's so intense and the toxins! oh the toxins, it is helping me with my vices as well, I am weaning off of the wine, slowly but surely losing the need to have it everyday! ... so how is everyone doing???
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