In Search of my Body...Not The One I Ate.. #4 "Inspiring Others... 1 Tiara at a Time"

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Crap....does that make me one of the oldsters?

Darn you, I logged in for this. Yes, you are an oldster. You are certainly not a newb.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Frustrating day today.

I was supposed to have a training session this morning. My partner & I arrived to discover the trainer has the flu and had to cancel. She didn't have our phone #'s at home with her for some reason or other - so we didn't find out until we got to the gym.

Ok. Fine. No big deal really. Except that we wouldn't have gotten up at some God-awful hour to get there for a 7:00 session. We kicked each others butts instead. I was at the gym a full 2 hours. Awesome workout. My day is looking up!

Then I get home. There's a message on my machine. They are closing school EARLY due to "impending inclement weather". Once again, another week where my kids don't have a full week of classes. This is getting really old.

Enough complaining - off to read what I've missed from last night/this morning.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Okay, here comes the fun/exciting/scary part of my day. We found out at practice tonight that our first game of the tournament (which is against another team in the Raleigh women's hockey organization that I belong to) has been moved... to an NHL arena!!!

NHL ice. NHL scoreboard. And locker rooms. That's bigtime cool.

Ive never heard of Cake the band! I thought you meant food!

You may have heard some of their songs, just not realized the name of the band. Most of their music though isn't really "mainstream".

But just to be clear, yes I did tell Liz that I love "Cake". But I do indeed also love cake.

Monday
Points 26
Water 6

Nice job, Sunny!

I agree that using your points is ideal. Being a point or 2 under or over here or there is perfectly fine. But as a general rule, I'm a huge advocate of eating all your food. If you need suggestions for some ways to get some quality extra points in here or there, just ask. Liz & I both do WW. I'm sure we can help you out if you want.

My house is blissfully empty and quiet.

Go ahead. Rub it in. Your kids are in school all day today. BAH. I'm sick of this winter weather business.

P.S. I am wearing my size 4 jeans today. They are a bit snug, but not too bad. Also just out of the wash, so I am going to wear them for a bit and see if I can actually put them back in circulation!

YAY for Erika! I had on a pair of jeans last night that *should* have been just fine. But alas, they were not. Every fiber of that denim was shrieking for mercy. I'm currently sporting an outfit that Stacy and Clinton would be horrified by. I promise to change before I go to get my hair cut though!

I'm going to track today for the first time ever. Hope I do it right.

I'm not sure there is truly a right way or a wrong way. For your first time tracking, you may just want to write down what you ate in real general terms. Like "bowl of cheerios with milk" and not worry about the quantity or calorie values yet. Just putting stuff down on paper can really open your eyes to what your daily habits are. And it can make you think twice before popping that Oreo mindlessly into your mouth!

Kelly - be careful on that ice. Hang in there Spring is coming.

Kel- I saw London on the news yesterday. You guys were pretty much paralyzed by that storm, yes?

Nancy - I expect a full report on your training session. Hope it wasn't too painful.

The trainer was sick. So we worked out without her, but doing one of the workouts she gave us. Actually, the very first one we ever did. The one where I couldn't walk for days after!

It was primarily lower body. Quad extensions, squats on the Smith machine, walking lunges (weighted), squat jumps, wall squats. Then we did pull ups, push ups, lat pulls, cable cross-overs (chest) biceps - concentration curls and straight up alternating curls, ab work, including weighted planks.

That took us just over an hour, including warm-up time. Then I hit the elliptical for 30 minutes at a moderate intensity, then cool down and stretch.

We've been enjoying working with the trainer, but both agreed that twice a week is really hard for us, mostly because of the time. Getting there in time to warm up for a 7am appointment when you have to get kids off to school is challenging. After our 10 session package is done, I think we are going to get another - but only meet once a week for 10 weeks. That will give us more time on our own to incorporate some of the exercises that she taught us into our own workouts. We'll see.

Hope your session tonight with Jesse is awesome!

 

[goofyfan-12]

The trainer was sick. So we worked out without her, but doing one of the workouts she gave us. Actually, the very first one we ever did. The one where I couldn't walk for days after!

It was primarily lower body. Quad extensions, squats on the Smith machine, walking lunges (weighted), squat jumps, wall squats. Then we did pull ups, push ups, lat pulls, cable cross-overs (chest) biceps - concentration curls and straight up alternating curls, ab work, including weighted planks.

That took us just over an hour, including warm-up time. Then I hit the elliptical for 30 minutes at a moderate intensity, then cool down and stretch.

We've been enjoying working with the trainer, but both agreed that twice a week is really hard for us, mostly because of the time. Getting there in time to warm up for a 7am appointment when you have to get kids off to school is challenging. After our 10 session package is done, I think we are going to get another - but only meet once a week for 10 weeks. That will give us more time on our own to incorporate some of the exercises that she taught us into our own workouts. We'll see.

Hope your session tonight with Jesse is awesome!

Nancy - sorry to hear that your trainer was sick. Sounds like you had an awesome workout anyways. I need to work on my knowledge of my workouts so that when the day comes when I am no longer Jesse's girl I can do it on my own. I am not quite there yet, but something to definitely work towards.

 

[zigzagzerr]

We are going to be playing where the 'Canes play! Sure, it seats 18,000 and we will have like 10 people there watching, but still. I will get to change in the same locker room as an NHL team, play on ice where all 30 NHL teams have played. SOOOO exciting!!!

Kat,
That's so exciting!!

P.S. I am wearing my size 4 jeans today. They are a bit snug, but not too bad. Also just out of the wash, so I am going to wear them for a bit and see if I can actually put them back in circulation!

Erika, congratulations, that's great news!


Things are going well here. Despite all the kids' vigorous objections, they actually had to go to school today -- it is snowing here but not much. They're so spoiled here in Baltimore....cancel the schools at the least amount of weather.

Hopefully this means that my aerobics class will actually be a go tonight - we have missed the last 2 Tuesdays, due to the inauguration and then the snow.

I have done well so far this week, 2 days of the Jillian Michaels shred, my class tonight and Thursday (hopefully), and I will have hit my exercise goal this week. Last night, I rocked on the evening snacking, went to bed and slept like a baby, and feel great today. As my brother always says, "It's all good."

I've been having lots of fun the past few weeks playing on Facebook, something I never thought I would do. Started when a friend of mine from high school happened to find my brother, and contacted me through him. I procrastinated forever, and then finally set up a Facebook account 2 weeks ago. It is truly amazing to me -- I have been getting emails almost everyday from people I knew in high school or college!!! Who knew all these folks were hanging out in cyberspace -- it's very very cool!!!

Hope you're all having a great day and staying warm! See ya!

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Kelly - be careful on that ice. Hang in there Spring is coming.

Two falls today - not bad ones though, just embarrassing Roll on spring thats all I can say!

You may have heard some of their songs, just not realized the name of the band. Most of their music though isn't really "mainstream".

But just to be clear, yes I did tell Liz that I love "Cake". But I do indeed also love cake.

I read it and thought 'oh, a woman after my own heart, I love cake too' - but I actually meant the food
I'll google 'Cake' - again, the band not the food (this is confusing me!) I might find them on YouTube. I love 'youtubing' things!

 

[HockeyKat]

Good Morning!

Paula - Congrats on the lost pounds and inches! I think I might have to find a tape measure and do that.

Monday
Points 26
Water 6

Need to work on water today and make sure I get all of my points in. Seems like if I don't eat something that isn't really good for me I have a really hard time making it to 28 points.


Hope everyone has a good day.

I have that problem too sometimes... I wind up WAY under calories unless I track.

Morning! All of these early birds these days!

My house is blissfully empty and quiet. I am going to power through some work FIRST for a change and try to get things done in the right priority order.

Sunny! Great job yesterday! Way to go! What day of the week do you weigh in? Are you going to meetings or just doing WW online?

Kat--super cool about the arena! Take TONS of pics!

Lisa/PR--great job yesterday, though I am sure you were exhausted.

I'll pop back in later.

No early bird here! Hope you get the work done... well, you were probably done ages ago by now!

P.S. I am wearing my size 4 jeans today. They are a bit snug, but not too bad. Also just out of the wash, so I am going to wear them for a bit and see if I can actually put them back in circulation! [/QUOTE]

Yay on the 4s!

Good Morning Everybody!

We have another round of snow coming through today and nearly everybody just got their power back Sunday. Hopefully, it won't be as bad as last week. Today is the kid's first day back to school on a normal schedule and it is strange! We live on a deadend street, so there is still a bunch of ice and slush on the road. Ryan is going to be unhappy, but I am taking him. If I slid last night, there is no doubt he will.

I'm going to track today for the first time ever. Hope I do it right.

See ya after work!

What are you using to track?

Kat - How exciting to be playing on the NHL ice. That is totally sweet... Enjoy every minute of it and be sure to take some pictures so the rest of us can live vicariously through you. I can't wait to hear all about this tournament.

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Lisa PR - Thanks for the rockin words. I am so excited about having everything finally click that I can't quite put it into words. Hiring the trainer was the best thing I could have done for myself right now. So worth the money for the confidence, the strength, the everything. The weight loss is the added bonus, but the way I am feeling right now is truly priceless.

Thanks!

And, I am so excited for you. It is awesome when everything clicks... the high is indescribable.

Frustrating day today.

I was supposed to have a training session this morning. My partner & I arrived to discover the trainer has the flu and had to cancel. She didn't have our phone #'s at home with her for some reason or other - so we didn't find out until we got to the gym.

Ok. Fine. No big deal really. Except that we wouldn't have gotten up at some God-awful hour to get there for a 7:00 session. We kicked each others butts instead. I was at the gym a full 2 hours. Awesome workout. My day is looking up!

Then I get home. There's a message on my machine. They are closing school EARLY due to "impending inclement weather". Once again, another week where my kids don't have a full week of classes. This is getting really old.

Enough complaining - off to read what I've missed from last night/this morning.

Sorry your trainer bailed. I call those pecked to death by a duck days... nothing catastrophic, but by the end, you just want to lay down in a corner and say enough already!


So, I went in search of shiritaki noodles today. I did finally find them (at the Asian market), but our local high-end grocery store, no dice. Trader Joe's, no dice. Although Nancy, I did get a nice cheap goat's milk brie that is to die for.

The brand I got has no tofu? They were very cheap, though ($1.19 a bag) so I thought I would give them a shot. I was going to check out Earth Fare on the way home and see if they have them.

Oh, and forgot, for yesterday:
1) Calories, < 1200, all from healthy foods. Check
2) Exercise, 90 min. Check
3) Water, 96 oz. Check
4) No alcohol. Check

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi all! Been gone all day getting some end of season deals for the kids and new intimates for myself since I can't afford another wardrobe malfunction during my fitness quest!

Here is my food totals for yesterday. Need to get better with protein. But I am glad I am tracking. One step at a time with all this.






Breakfast:

Trader Joe's High Fiber Cereal, 1 serving 80
Milk, 2%, 0.25 cup 31

Breakfast TOTALS: 111

Lunch:


Lean Cuisine Classic Five Cheese Lasagna (One Dish Favorites), 0.75 serving 240

Lunch TOTALS: 240

Dinner:


Taco Shells, 2 medium (approx 5" dia) 124
taco meat, 1.5 serving 180
Sour Cream, 3 tbsp 77

Dinner TOTALS: 382

Snack:


Nuts, macadamia nuts, dry roasted (salt added), 0.25 cup, whole or halves 240
butter sliced creme cake, 1 serving 110
Kit Kat Fundraiser, 1 serving 200

Snack TOTALS: 550



CALORIES 1,282 1,200 - 1,550
Carbs 131 135-252
FAT 71 27 - 60
PROTEIN 29 60 - 136


Okay - off to make kids some food and will catch up in a bit!

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Dawn!!! You ate meals!!! Way to go!!!

(I've been known to eat chips and dip for lunch. I get the meals being a big deal.)

 

[Dizneydawn]

Hi everyone,


weight lost - 3.5 pounds (OMG - I am still in shock about that)
measurements (won't post the specifics, but will post the number of inches lost from when I started in Sept. '07 until now:

bust: -1.5"
waist: -4"
abdomen: -6"
hips: -2.5"

Total inches lost: 14"

I was stunned at the abdomen change. That is my biggest problem area so I'll be looking for that to keep going down.

I am off to take something for my headache and then tackle my taxes. Hope everyone is having a good night.!

I'll check in later,
Paula

Go cut a 14" ribbon for yourself and hang it from the fridge and get one for your key chain! that is a huge amount...so proud of your accomplishments!

Oh, for any of those inquiring minds out there...spent some more time with my mechanic last night (watching TV, get your mind out of the gutter).lol

I have the best mechanic joke...
Why do Mechanics make the best lovers?

Because they like to lie on their back and fiddle with things for hours!

Love Trader Joes, but they aren't around here. Can't wait to see pics of the new addition! I am so glad that somebody else knows what a tukkus is. Some of the college kids at work think I am an idiot when I say that.
Love that store! And I say tukkus more often than I type "..."
Awesome for Baylor! I am sure that was tough mentally on him.

He did great. So proud of his willingness to make do with a bad situation.

Dawn, Yay for Baylor and hockey. It has to take some super guts to do what he is doing! I got a tear in my eye just reading about the game. The Princess 2010 should be 3/7. It is daylight savings weekend which kind of bites. Instead of getting up at 3 though, you will be getting up at 4. Pencil it in. If you go, I will make every effort in the world to be there too.
Ummm...there may be a wedding that next week...I will know more soon enough and let you know...
Trader Joes, we don't have them here. Heck we are happy to have stores!! No just kidding. When I stayed with Joanne (Groovygirls) for the Hollis HM she had these totally awesome cinnamon rolls that you take out frozen and let rise overnight to humongoness. They were beyond delicious and hit the spot after the HM for sure. Well that and the apple crisp that you get.
My kids love those caramel rolls. I make them here at least once a month! I add pecans and create a caramel sauce for the botom of the pan!

Ok. Fine. No big deal really. Except that we wouldn't have gotten up at some God-awful hour to get there for a 7:00 session. We kicked each others butts instead. I was at the gym a full 2 hours. Awesome workout. My day is looking up!
So you can just pay each other for the beatings and cut out the middle man?
Then I get home. There's a message on my machine. They are closing school EARLY due to "impending inclement weather". Once again, another week where my kids don't have a full week of classes. This is getting really old.
When are these kids going to get out of school? July by now? So frusterating!

Dawn!!! You ate meals!!! Way to go!!!
I did and I have done okay today as well. Really that cereal is great and a no think breakfast!
(I've been known to eat chips and dip for lunch. I get the meals being a big deal.)

I agree! IV port for carbs in my arm I swear. Yet the tracking is making me aware in ways I have never really gotten before. New dedication!

This is Ace who thinks he is a parrot. He was in the car and we were parked and he thought my neck was a great place to sleep. Hope he understands that at 90 pounds he will be too big to be a fur wrap!

On our bed. Spoiled puppy.

In the car when we first got Ace.

He really has done well minus the 3 am potty breaks still. Hopefully he will get a bladder control growth soon! He listens to "NO" and will stop whatever you catch him chewing on. He is a great addition but a guaranteed deterrent for me wanting anything more than grandchildren!

 

[DisneyWorld Delight]

Awww he is adorable. I love puppies.

And I'm glad he's been good birth control. I was worried about your head a few months back.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

He is a super cute puppy!

Good cereal is key. Breakfast, a real one, really helps.

Sunny, hi. You asked about WW and getting your points in. I am of the mind that you should try to eat all your daily points - now if you have a splurge day and eat some weekly ones, so be it. Then maybe your daily aren't so critical. But your body needs those daily points to lose! So, to get more in, eat a fruit with every meal. With breakfast, a cup of blueberries. With lunch, a cup of strawberries. An apple for snack. Etc. And veggies, of course, at lunch and dinner. But adding the fruits and some more veggies will add up points, fill you up, and give you vitamins, fiber, etc.

I am making sauce for dinner with leftover veggies from Super Bowl. Tomatoes, some peppers, garlic. Olive oil. All simmering on the stove. I love homemade sauce and it's so easy! I prepped it all while on the phone with Lyz!

Someone mentioned pasta. I do whole wheat - Whole Foods has a good one, as does Bionature - mixed with some of the Barilla Plus. Nick loves the Barilla Plus. We buy the thinnest whole wheat available, and I never miss the regular pasta. Honestly, it holds nothing for me. And believe you me, I loved nothing more than sitting on the couch on a cold night and eating a huge bowl of pasta. So if I can switch, anyone can!

 

[3DisneyKids]

Dawn--great job staying within your range and tracking! Both are great steps.

Nance--sorry about the trainer, but great job on the work-out!

As for me--good workout so far today. I biked for 10 miles and ran for 2.5 I planned a 4-miler, but had to stop early to get to my kid's school. (Got a late start to the gym.) So I will do double-duty and get another workout in tonight. If I don't post about it, ask me--k?

 

[amykab]

Hey Ladies:

Paula: WTG on the weight loss and inches lost!

Dawn:Cute puppy!

Kat:Loved the hockey pics and that is SO cool that you get to play in the hurricanes arena. Awesome.

LisaZ-WTG on getting the exercise in!

Erika: Great News about the Size 4's!

Nancy:Sounds like your workout was awesome even without your teacher there!

LisaV,LisaPR,Lyz,Liz,Sunny,Amiee

As for me, yesterday and today were totally blah days. Delena has been running a low grade fever and I just felt super tired and kind of achey. So we've spent alot of time cuddling! I skipped C25K yesterday, but did it today and will do it again tomorrow along with some strength/core. That should get me back on track exercise wise for this week. I also tracked today, came in around 1100-1200 or so. But since I was feeling kind of icky, my eating was off and not necessarily what a normal day would have been. I may post my food specifics at the end of week. Drank TONS of water.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Amy, I am sorry you're not feeling well! I totally missed that. I hope you feel better soon.

Dawn, I am going to disagree with Erika here. Or if not disagree, then air my point of view.

I am SUPER proud of you for eating meals. This is huge for you! And I want you to be proud of it. And I want you to be able to post your food, no matter what it looks like. Treats, for instance. I have a treat every day. Is that the best way to go? Maybe not, but it works for me. What doesn't work is FIVE treats a day - and I've done that and look at my ticker - weight gain.

This is personal for me. I have spent a fair part of my life trying to be perfect. Always always Perfect. It's impossible, and it doesn't make me happy. It doesn't last. I have to be real, and real is not perfect.

You have not always owned your choices, but you are making baby steps to own them now. Writing down your food - huge. Owning what you eat - huge. Owning WHY you eat it - that's another step, that maybe you are in the process of taking. I am still learning to do that. Owning not being perfect - go for it. Be honest. That's what counts, that's what works.

For me, anyway.

Lisa V, where are you? I feel like I am channeling you now. xoxo.

 

[amykab]

Liz--Thanks for posting about your homemade sauce. I think I may make some this weekend. I don't think I ever posted about feeling crappy, so you didn't miss anything.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Amy - I threw some wine in there, too. I didn't want to mention that, but, you know. It makes it taste good! And it was leftover, too, so I couldn't WASTE it. Right???

 

[Dizneydawn]

Awww he is adorable. I love puppies.

And I'm glad he's been good birth control. I was worried about your head a few months back.

I know! I have Skyler and Ace. My world is good.

Dawn--great job staying within your range and tracking! Both are great steps. But, um....hello? Fruits? Veggies? Anything with vitamins? Maybe that is the next food step for you...to stay within your range AND make healthy choices. Treats are great, but the whole point of treat is that it is a once-in-a-while thing.

I do want more veggies and fruits. I enjoy them a lot. Yet at the homestead right now is unripe plums and bananas. These kids I have eat me out of house and home which is a good thing esp. when it comes to fresh veggies and fruits but my food budget is going to have to do some alterations.

I hate wasting food an so usually I tend to eat whatever is leftover.
Hence many times the same food many days in a row.

Dawn, I am going to disagree with Erika here. Or if not disagree, then air my point of view.

I am SUPER proud of you for eating meals. This is huge for you! And I want you to be proud of it. And I want you to be able to post your food, no matter what it looks like. Treats, for instance. I have a treat every day. Is that the best way to go? Maybe not, but it works for me. What doesn't work is FIVE treats a day - and I've done that and look at my ticker - weight gain.

This is personal for me. I have spent a fair part of my life trying to be perfect. Always always Perfect. It's impossible, and it doesn't make me happy. It doesn't last. I have to be real, and real is not perfect.

You have not always owned your choices, but you are making baby steps to own them now. Writing down your food - huge. Owning what you eat - huge. Owning WHY you eat it - that's another step, that maybe you are in the process of taking. I am still learning to do that. Owning not being perfect - go for it. Be honest. That's what counts, that's what works.

For me, anyway.

Liz - I get it. Went to KFC today and ate lunch and looked at the calories I used up and then compared it to what I would have eaten even last month. For me, writing the info down and posting is huge because I did not love myself enough to do it just for me. I feel accountable to you all and in doing that am learning to love me. Posting will not always be pretty. I noticed lack of protein yesterday and like E pointed out - no fruits or veggies. Not my best food plan but better and the betters will someday add up to being the best. For me. there will probably be no perfect food day. I just want them to be enough that I can look in the mirror and not hate the person looking back.

I want to be proud of the steps I am taking to get to her and I do appreciate what E notices about how and where I can do better. She takes care of herself and her food choices meticulously better than I do. I am just not there yet.

She would dig her own grave if I ever was able to post a day in the life of an old Dawn!

Ummm...did I ever confess to going through a drive thru and pretending I was ordering for a kid or Chad or whoever and not just me so getting a double bacon cheeseburger and chicken sandwich heavy mayo was not so appalling? Cause I have and I remember clearly gorging on those 2 huge sandwiches to the point of nearly vomiting in the car. Pulling over and wanting to die for what I was doing to myself.

So the merge of the new and the old will be one of great growth and strength. I at the end of the day need to choose better. I grew up starving myself because under 100 pounds was being a gymnast. Being under 100 pounds meant looking pretty. I think I was so scared of food for so many years that I am just now learning a healthy relationship with it. I went from one extreme to the next and now, I need to learn amounts and types. More than learn...accept food and not run from it or to it. Just walk with it.

That is my goal.

Sorry for the detail. Maybe too much for some of you. It is my life with food though. That is the reality of it.

 

[SeptemberGirl]

It's not too much.

Listen, I was 237 lbs. I am not going to lie and say I always ate well, etc etc. Because of course I didn't. Of course I had and sometimes still have, an imperfect relationship with food. I am still a work in progress, and thank God for that.

Like you said, it's your reality. And honestly, if you are honest I cannot fault you. I strive to be honest, to see myself as I am. I was walking around last week, feeling fat and ridiculous at 175. Now, come on. I'm not fat. I'm not as skinny as I was, but I'm not fat, either. So it goes both ways. Denial of the fat, denial of the progress. Lisa V, again, I am channeling you here.

I'm not slamming Erika, either. She is one of my best friends and I love her. And she's right. Of course she is. I just think that maybe you need to start where you are. Not where I am, or E is, or Paula is. Where Dawn is.

And me, well, I'm never going to live up to anyone else's expectations of me. I can only do what I can in that moment. I'd love to get to the point where I never turned to food for comfort or escape. I'd love to naturally eat better. But I will take consciously eating better, and recognizing my choices for what they are.


I liked this:

"Not my best food plan but better and the betters will someday add up to being the best. For me. there will probably be no perfect food day. I just want them to be enough that I can look in the mirror and not hate the person looking back."

This is what this board was, a year ago. This type of confession and support.

No, you will never have a perfect food day. A really good one, sure, and a string of really good ones. But not perfect. And that's okay.

Who wants to be perfect, anyway? Soooo boring!

 

[amykab]

Liz--Just saw your edit about the other ingredients in the sauce. I LOVE kalamata olives. And I think wine used in cooking would be acceptable to anyone who is on the wagon. but I am not the challenge czar.

About the wagon...I am still on it. No booze since 11:59 on Sunday night.

On an unrelated note, I just booked a ticket for Delena and I to go visit SIL and nieces in a couple weeks. 68 dollars round trip. FL to SC. Sweet. I will be able to get my final long run in the day I leave (the 19th), and then will be able to continue the C25K while I am up there. It will be a taper week anyhow. I get back the 26th and the race is the 1st.