Good Morning Gang

Ruby - I am VERY PROUD of you - you threw the crap away - last yr at this time you would have not done that.. I too love being sore from exercise - it's a good sore - I know that tomorrow I will be sore in my arms and bra fat area as we worked those areas last night.

My trainer gave me a great complement - he said that if I was younger that he could see me being a body builder kind of person - not full out but buff - now some of you might have taken offense at the "younger" comment -but my trainer is like me - we speak the same language and I totally get what he was saying - that due to my saggy skin (age/yrs of fatness) that I am not going to ever have a buff body - but that my DETERMINATION was there and that just from the work we have done for the last 2 1/2 months there is a diff in my body... I am not a super sensitive person - when I showed him my before pic he asked "how did you let yourself get that way" a girl at work said weren't you offended - and I said no - he was speaking the truth - I can deal with the truth - how does someone let them self gain 100+ lbs over what they should be - Denial - 5 lbs every few month - giving up - We all know the answers to that one..

Phyl
I am glad you got a new computer - I was thinking of getting a laptop so that when I go to Vegas I can communicate with you guys - but I really can't justify the cost - and think I would rather use that $$$ to keep my trainer

Steph
You are doing the work needed to find out why you are being drawn to sweets - stress, old habits - comfort (sugar gives us)

I feel that as long as we do the mental work and realize what we are doing then we are ahead of the game (even if you have indulged) You are truly looking into why you are giving into those cravings and you will figure out how not to..


Linda - Have a great time - have a couple of the drinks of the day for me - I will take the calories - You are in the Cozumel area right - make sure you take your sun block and enjoy yourself - you deserve it...

Congrats on DD graduation...

Karri - Where are you ??? Have you ran so much that you are totally exhausted and your fingers aren't working

Kari - You too - what's up..

Candice - Good food choices - the food cops are in the vicinity ....

Morning all. Just a quick check in. I've been busy busy this morning and have a ton more to do. I will check in and out.

Janet, I would be lost without my laptop. It is like an extension of my body. I can't watch tv without it (my adhd). It sits on my desk, it sits on my lap. I don't even go to the den to do any work. It is where ever I am.

Phyl, getting back up and running is such a pain in the butt. I spilled coffee in mine last year and was without for about 2 weeks. We bought a external thing to read my old laptop's drive and transferred that way. It was SOOOO much easier.

Karri, you didn't check in. Hope the kids didn't suck you back into their pit of life drain. They can do that you know! Especially at this time of year. Hope your training is going well.

Peaches, we missed you. Glad you checked back in.

Linda, can I come too???? I'll just call you calgon. Take me away!!!!

Okay. I'd better run. Lots to do. Hope your water intake is going well!

I am here....thanks for noticing me...Did I sound like eeyore?!? Things are actually going pretty well, but I am tired. The end of the week is always the worst because I get up so gosh darn early and my big runs come at the end of the week. I have a 6 mile run today followed by a 2 mile walk, 2 mile run, 2 mile walk for a total of 12 miles. I am looking forward to it, but know that I am going to be exhausted. Surprisingly enough the kids are actually still behaving and working harder than ever. I love our new proficiency grading system. I am getting better at it so the grading is getting less and less. Still is a lot of work though.

I am just sick of eating though. I know a lot of you wish that you had this problem so that is why I try not to post about this but I am having a hard time. I lost 1.5 pounds last week and so I upped the calories to 1800 calories but I am still resistant to adding in high caloried foods, so I feel like I am eating TONS of food...and frankly I am sick of it. I have spent the last several months learning not to eat and now I have to eat so much food. I still am quite restricted even without a fill so when I ate breakfast this morning I actually got sick from the amount of food that I needed to eat to get my calories in. Then tonight I am having pasta so that I can up the calories and get some carbs after the long run...but I am anticipating feeling ill because of how full I am going to feel. 1800 calories = a ton of food! I don't like it...picture me stomping my feet and thrwoing a fit. Okay gotta get my kids started.

Hi Salsa; You are right, WE HATE to hear about ALL the food you get to eat!!! but then hey! you are WORKING your BUTT off... so you need those calories to rebuild your body and muscles... ITS FUEL, not garbage that you are eating. Now for calorie dense foods, hummm have you tried Guacamole? It is a GOOD fat, from vegetable source..
My Late MIL used to make a salad at Xmas time half of a ripe avocado, take out pit, and fill with Shrimp/crab meat/mayo mixure... very yummy and high protien... might do the trick.
Also, use real cream in your sauces over pasta... and add NUTS... they are also a dense calorie food, but have GOOD fats in them omega's and such...
Also, instead of cooking and sauteeing your food in PAM use real olive oil...

The cals will add up...
Good luck with that.. and don't be hard on yourself... compare yourself to a HUMMER or Cadillac... needs premium grade fuel right?
Well, we that are still trying to lose are those Hybrid economy cars that use less gas... get it???

I agree with Peaches. You are now a luxury model!!! A sports coupe per se.

I know you don't like to put "garbage" in but have you tried the protein powder stuff to add to things. body builders use it so it can't be too awful??? Another thought I had was what about adding juices to your liquid side? Drinking a couple v8's or something might be easier than eating even MORE food. I don't have ideas for calorie dense foods though. If I think of something I'll mention it. Everything I come up with seems to be milk based or bad for us stuff.

I'll keep thinking though...

Okay, back to the muck out of the classroom. I have collected way too much stuff to have only been here 6 years. I have a good 3 car loads to take out of here. And I'm not leaving a damned thing for snot-nose. He gets the furniture!

Phyl - You have been emotional - maybe that's it.. Go with soup for a day - are you stuck or upset stomach - since I have never stayed stuck - it either goes down or comes back up (last nights chicken came back up but lunch today no problem)



Candice love this example - Karri - it's true - I think adding nuts - real oil (healthy) and cream etc would be a good healthy way to increase your calories - 12 miles tonite- OMW I'm tried just thinking about it - today is my off day - had an hour of quiteness but everyone is home - and noise - tv loud - 4 yr old being a 4 yr old - but they got take out for dinner (burger king) - well I hope it was their dinner cuz I didn't take anything out - This is the part I don't like cooking meals for all the picky eaters -

Last night was ck tacos - DIL made enough rice to feed an frickin army - she knows that DS doesn't eat it - so that leaves 2 DGD and her - what a waste of food.... and they don't seem to eat left overs..

I just got a bill that I owe another $352 to the hospital - I guess they made an adjustment in feb - I gotta call blue cross tomorrow.. this is bs 7 months after the fact.

I know I need to add the healthy fats but mentally...I am not there yet. Hell..I still eat FF cheese! I always say that I need to leave calories for the end of the day in case I am hungry after working out...but I am never hungry at night and I know this! Peaches the analogy was fabulous...I guess I am a hummer! I already have my meals planned for this week and we will see how the weigh in goes. I don't like to adjust things for 2 weeks to make sure that there are no oddities. If I have to add calories I certainly am going to add nuts or avocados. I don't like to cook with oil or add cream because it is too hard to calculate the correct amount of calories. Yes I still count calories. I have to...I totally underestimated the calories in the enchiladas we made Tuesday. After I ate them I calculated it to make sure that it was what I had estimated. They were 510 calories and I had only estimated them to be 400! So obviously I am still underestimating calories of foods that I don't normally eat.

But tonight I did something VERY stupid. The water patrol should write me a ticket. I only had 1 bottle of water because I had to cover someone elses class during my prep which is when I normally get all of my water in so that I don't have to go to the bathroom during the day. Well I didn't get my water in. I didn't really think anything of it...until I started running. About 3 miles into the run...I cramped up. I tried to run through it but I couldn't I stopped and walked and then ran...cramped up again...walked...ran...walk...ran...walk...called DH to ask him to bring me some water. By the time he got there I was almost ready to pass out. Oh...I didn't mention that it was 80 degrees outside today...probably about 70 when I started running. So basically I only got 8 miles done...4 miles running and 4 miles pretty slow walking. My legs, stomach, back and even feet were cramping up from the dehydration. The heat got to me. I didn't hardly sweat at all...NOT a good sign. So instead of beating myself up I am just moving my LONG run/walk days to Sunday so that I can do them in the morning when it is cool outside. So no 12 miles today...but on Sunday. 8 miles is still nothing to sniff at...that is a long ways. According to my new nike+ I had an average pace of 4.3 miles per hour and burned 930 calories...not too shabby for being crippled the last 2 miles!

Karri
Mommie dearest hear is going to spank you !!! If you are going to
run - you gotta drink your water - so from now on PLAN IT FOR THE DAYS YOU ARE RUNNING...

I am still counting calories but I am not as fastidious as you - I don't count the evoo that I use. Tonite scallops in a little evoo butter and garlic over rice and some green beans - I scallops are like 100 so I guessmate my dinner to be 350 max - I don't dot my i's or cross my t's

I told my DH to slap my hand and he hit it HARD! (Nobody freak out..he does NOT abuse me...I asked him to slap my hand!) I deserve it though...so he spanked me for you! And as for dotting my i's and crossing my t's...I do that too...only in perfect caligraphy! So yes...it is plan, plan, plan. Even I have momentary lapses in judgement.

GOTTA GO TO BED...3:30 COMES EARLY

Hello Lucky 7's. So sorry I have been MIA. Things have been pretty miserable as I stated in my past post a few days ago. I had called the doctor on Last Friday and he ordered Klonipin 2 times daily for the anxiety and my tempter that just flies off at the drop of a hat I get angry and flustered. ok so I start taking that and then I am looped up and then the whole mothers day thing. Monday I called my doctors office to make an appointment (as I was bawling hystericallly and uncontrolably! And the secretary said 'We made you one last friday for May 30th but it definately sounds like we need you in here asap so they got me in at 3:45 that afternoon. I went in after driving myself into town and about ditching my car twice (klonopin in my system) and then I called my GF and said you have to drive me or I am going to hurt myself or someone I am so fricked up from this medicine and everything. I go to the doctor and he tells me 'yup you are very ensitive to these meds .' (I have been ALOT more sensitive to all meds since Lap Band surgery. Something I could take before totally loops me out now. Even tylenol PM for godsake). Anyway, he thinks along with raising teenagers and the stress those cherubs bring I have PMPD and anxiety disorder along with depression. So I am now on Zoloft and I take 2mg of at