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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 2 August 2008 03:33 pm |
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MidgeH wrote: I apologized too, so now we're best friends - until next week anyway.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 2 August 2008 07:12 pm |
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Todays weight 232. Well, Ok. Whatever.
45 mins of TJ puts me at only 225 for the week. I suppose the weeks not over and maybe I'll do another 45 later to meet my goal. We'll see. Obviously I did not work out last night, I let weariness get to me.
Only at 355 cals for the day. I think I'll have an extra serving of the fish I was planning for dinner and extra veg for some substantial but lean calories. That will leave me with some room for a snack later tonight still.
Last edited on 2 August 2008 10:31 pm by MidgeH
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MidgeH
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Posted: 3 August 2008 01:29 am |
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| I added a 20 min workout. Yes, I exercised twice in the same day. That's 245 mins total. Still under goal, but an improvement!
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 3 August 2008 02:08 am |
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Awesome! I am going to regret the day I made you to 2 for 1 challenge. Fortunately for me you haven't taken up running. And no I am not going to take up Turbo Jam. 
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MidgeH
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Posted: 3 August 2008 06:02 pm |
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Weight today 232.5. Of course.
45mins TJ. Aug goal 1000. Completed 110. Remaining 890.
Cals so far 605. Will be around 1100 if rest of eating today goes OK.
So let's talk about wrath. The definition of wrath as deadly sin is "... manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury".
Do I spurn love? I think not. I do believe though that I have no faith that very much love exists in my world. At least none directed to me. This is I think the reason for all of my internal anger. Which, unfortunately I occasionally turn outwards in the form of snapping, being impatient, and in general treating people like they're idiots. Which to be honest they really aren't.
So what is wrath to me? spurning of love offered by others, or spurning of loving myself? I think we all know the answer to that. But how does one overcome an ingrained self hatred?
Gluttony & Sloth I knew what the answers were. Wrath stymies me.
Last edited on 3 August 2008 09:57 pm by MidgeH
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MidgeH
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Posted: 4 August 2008 10:18 pm |
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Weight today 232. What else would it be? (I need a bouncy ball icon)
I woke up this morning stiff and achy. Darn exercise! Now I'm sitting here trying to pump myself up to do it. I reaaalllly want to rest tonight. But I'm afraid if I do this 1 rest day will turn into 6 months. I also really just want to whine about the whole thing and be a big baby.
Ok, fine! I'm goin'. From work to the bookstore to home to exercise - but I am NOT happy about it! 
Be back later...
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MidgeH
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Posted: 5 August 2008 12:51 am |
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| ... only 20 mins of TJ. I'm not joking about my right should being very sore, so I took it easy.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 5 August 2008 07:34 pm |
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Weight stuck on 232. I weighed in at work at 231.75 though (clothed). I really should stop doing that - it messes with my head and makes me want to buy a scale so I can obsess over every ounce instead of every .5 lb.
To early for numbers yet, I just felt like coming here with an observation.
Maybe it's just because it's summer, or that eclipse the other day or something but there has been a lot of chatter on the boards about "treating" oneself with food. Now, I'm a big believer in free will so everyone can do what they want and I am certainly not a template for everyone to follow - but this is a concept that simply cannot work for me. Food isn't a treat -it's something I need to live. And if I look at it as a treat - or reward - it would still be giving it far too much power over my life. (I was brought up, and still am fighting the concept, of food as love. My parents have never told me they love me - but they have fed me well.)
I reach a certain goal, or fix a certain behavior and I reward myself with as many carbohydrates as possible and completely ignoring that something has transfat? To me that's like a heroin addict finishing 28 days at Betty Ford only to celebrate with a coke bump. I simply cannot allow myself to think that way.
Oh, I eat things that are off "plan". (God I hate that. I cannot count the number of people who I've tried to explain that I am not on a diet - I have changed my relationship with food only to have them keep harping on what's my "plan".) But not for a specific reason other than "I want". Since I am not quantifying what I get to eat with how great or loved I am the portions stay reasonable. 10 days ago I bought a box of 12 WW mousse bars. I still have 3.
Anyway - not a judgement, just an observation. I just found it curious that so many people seem to be saying the same thing...
ETA: I just realized I went over 5000 on the read counter. I feel so popular!
Last edited on 5 August 2008 10:05 pm by MidgeH
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 6 August 2008 02:54 am |
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MidgeH wrote: ETA: I just realized I went over 5000 on the read counter. I feel so popular!
Midge, you are!
Treating with food - yeah I agree with you. I prefer to manage portions and have good stuff often.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 6 August 2008 12:56 pm |
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Well it's about freakin' time! Ticker update!
Yes, folks - 50 lbs! Woo Hoo!
Now, with it being TTOTM I have no idea if it will stick - but I'm taking it!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 6 August 2008 04:02 pm |
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Now that I am officially in Phase 2 (P1: lose 50, P2 Get below 200, P3: 170 then reevaluate) I need to put together goals. First, another ticker
Goals:
Total to lose: 32 lbs taking me to 199
Goal Date: 10/31/08 In July I had a net loss of 12.5 lbs. If I can keep that pace it should work. (I know it's more than 2lbs a week. Whatever science geek came up with that formulation can bite me.)
How: Well, I have to tick up the exercise. I guess my first goal is working hard in August so that by Sept 1 I am doing at least 60 mins a day (6 days a week) of cardio. Then add on every couple of weeks. Unlike a lot of you who seem to have no problem exercising for 90 - 120 mins at a time this is daunting to me. And super annoying. I may be exercising, but I still don't love it.
Sept goal will probably be adding strength (more strength anyway) but I'll worry about that then.
Food wise I think I'm OK - fruit is an issue as I think I should be avoiding it. (It only seems to make me hungrier, is high in cals for the low payoff, has too much sugar and I eat tons of veggies to make up the vitamins. ) And I need to drink more water/less caffeine.
I feel like I'm starting over - hope I don't repeat my P1 mistakes in P2.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 7 August 2008 05:33 pm |
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Weight today 230.5.
I can't seem to break the habit of comparing myself to other people. Everytime I see my reflection next to someone else here at work, I wonder if I am still bigger then them. Of course I am, I'm still bigger then almost everyone. I can't really tell though, because my body image is so screwy I cannot see myself clearly. Maybe I thought getting to 50 lbs would be a physical revelation and suddenly I would start looking, for lack of a better term, "normal".
The rational me realizes how stupid this is. I mean I lost all that weight and still weigh in the 230s - how svelte could I be?
I am not sad or depressed today, I'm just wondering about my own behavior and thoughts I guess. I'm just so dissatisfied, I'm wondering if there is ever a time I won't be with my weight/shape.
I don't think I will ever be with my shape, it's just so strange. Take my arms for example: Shoulder - Elbow: Huge and disproportionate (one is 1.25" bigger then the other.) Elbow to wrist: I can actually see the bones moving when I rotate my wrist. Hands: One is a full ring size large then the other and the smallest ring I can get on anything other than my pinky is an 8.5. Huge. So I go Blubber - Boney - Manhands. And this is repeated all over. My waist, well the part where jeans would sit, is bigger then my hips. There is not a single manufacturer who makes women's pants with waists bigger then the hips. According to most sizing charts I need about a 14 hips wise and a 22 waist wise. Am I going to have to wear droopy drawers the rest of my life? Or buy the smaller size and look like a sausage being squeezed in the middle?
Well, I'm still not sad - but now I'm super annoyed. Stupid freakin' genes.
Last edited on 8 August 2008 01:19 am by MidgeH
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50lbs2lose
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Posted: 8 August 2008 07:54 pm |
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MIdge, I don't want to sound like a pollyanna but I just want to tell you that the effort I see you making is amazing! And you know what ( this might be the pollyanna sounding part, but I realy believe It!) the inner you is soooooooooooooooooo much more precious and worthwhile than the outward part you might see. I think sometimes we get stuck with that comparison thing, as women, and never realy like who we were created to be. I'm not saying you were created to be overwieght ( that is something you are working on though), but the part of you that has reached out to others on this sight and your sense of humor. That is what you should focus on! It might be that as you loose the wieght that things get more normal in size all around. Don't despise small beginnings. And if you ask me loosing 50lbs is not a Small beginning! I hope I can be as dedicated as you have been. Keep going and don't campare yourself, just be satisfied with each goal you reach. YOU ARE DOING IT GoRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have a great day and keep your chin up .
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MidgeH
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Posted: 8 August 2008 08:18 pm |
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Thanks for the feedback 50. I've always had problems managing my expectations and this is no different. I know 50 lbs is not a small change, I know I'm smaller (the tape measure doesn't lie) but it just doesn't matter. Well, it does, but it didn't when I wrote that post.
Today is a new day though. New day = new psychosis.
Weight 230.5. Gee, what a shock.
Ah the weekend is almost here. Can't wait. I have another quiet weekend - 2 in a row will wonders never cease. It's going to be an exercise weekend for me again. Confession time - last time I exercised was Monday. I had an honest to god excuse for maybe one day, the rest just me being me. Last weekend I did really good though , so lets see if this weekend can be the same.
Food is still going well, although I am beginning to find myself losing all interest. Oh, I get hungry but food has gone from being my best friend to just being an annoyance. Hopefully I can get in a few more calories this weekend. I've been hitting around 1050 steadily for a while, and that isn't enough. Maybe I'll go crazy and actually have a little bit of rice or potato w/dinner or something. I haven't had rice in months.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 9 August 2008 04:46 am |
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Only managed 1000 cals today.
What is going on with me? I'm doing the exact same things I was when I was eating a gut busting god-only-knows amount only in reverse. I have developed a certain way of eating - and I did it pretty fast, there was only about 1 week of adjustment and I was off on this pattern - and i stick to it with the same devotion I would spend planning what 3 takeout meals I would get on Fridays to soothe the lonliness of another arrival home after work to an empty house.
I still have the lonely house - am I now punishing instead of soothing? All i know is that I want it gone. NOW.
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 9 August 2008 02:02 pm |
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Hey Midge, just checking in after a few days absence. It can be a real drag to find well fitting clothes when you have unusual proportions. For years I resigned myself to paying for tailoring anything I bought for work - and wore ill-fitting clothes outside of work. Parts of me are just 'off' still - pants are loose in the waist but fit in the hips and thighs and they tend to come unbuckled. I know at 230 its difficult to know what your body shape will be when you reach your goal, but I know that you will feel better and look healthier and hopefully, shopping will be much easier. I love my new bod, even in spite of its substantial flaws and I think you will too.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 10 August 2008 01:05 am |
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I may wander into TMI territory this post - you have been warned!
Weight today 230. Yikes - I'm only at 320 cals for the day. Exercise - cardio 45 mins + ab workout 20 mins. I need 845 more mins of cardio this month. The month is slipping by!
The loss I've had may not have transformed me the way I fantasized, but I do have one lovely thing already occurring - loose skin. Yippee. I'm dreading what is going to happen with my body with the next 50 lbs (No, I'm not going to stop - I'm so addicted to my diet now I'm not sure I could even if I wanted to. Which I don't.)
I'm going to need everything from my nose to my knees snipped, tucked and trimmed. This will never happen because of A.) the cost - nothing is covered by insurance so it's the cost + lost wages during recovery time & B.) skin removal plastic surgery is nothing short of butchery. I am terrified of these operations, plus I scar very very easily.
I know there is no real way to stop this skin thing so all I can do is moisturize and pray I'm young enough to still have at least a little elasticity left and that my face doesn't start to look like a basset hound since I can't cover it up.
But mostly I need to concentrate on the supporting muscles of the most problem areas. Yes, spot reducing is a myth, but that myth is born out of the reality that you can help the appearance of an area by making the surrounding tissue as strong and defined as possible.
Hence my ab workout today. Since I cannot crunch more than 1/2" off the floor and even that makes me dizzy I figure it can only help. But my main focus will be my chest.
That is what started these musings today. My breasts are about 1 millimeter from giving up the ghost. Any day now I expect to wake up and find they can be tucked into my belt.
Arms that wave of their own accord or shar pei thighs I think I could learn to live with, but this is just so depressing.
Anyone who has had any success with anything, thoughts will be welcomed (I've been reading about skin brushing and, while I think it's a bunch of hogwash for tightening loose skin from large weight loss, it seems pretty benign and might help with surface appearance. If I can stick to it I'll let you know how it goes.)
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 10 August 2008 02:41 am |
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Hey Midge, take this for what it is worth, but my own experience is that where I am using the muscles I don't have sagging skin. The areas I am not toning or exercising, don't look good.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 10 August 2008 02:42 am |
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When I actually stuck to doing crunches everyday they seemed to be helping, but the effect seems gone now that I've stopped doing them as much. Mostly I realize that I don't need to look like a super model to be happy and hope that my health insurance feels generous enough to decide extra skin is a health hazard (yes I know short of a miracle this will not happen, but I'm okay with deluding myself a little).
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MidgeH
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Posted: 10 August 2008 03:02 am |
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See, Mol & Once, this is good information. Thanks!
I have managed to keep my expectations below supermodel status but given my active hatred of all physical exercise and what is apparently a complete shallowness I didn't realize I had, knowing that sticking with toning could actually make a cosmetic difference is a good motivator. 
I'm not sure where this completely self absorbed, or maybe it's self involved, girl came from. Is it living alone for so long with no one to be accountable to, no one to take the focus off of myself that has caused it? Whatever it is I don't like her.
<sigh> I'm off to add item #137 to the list of things I need to fix to make myself a better person.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 10 August 2008 05:57 pm |
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Weight today 229.
Various things from the last time I can remember being in the 220's:
Dinosaurs were very popular
Beanie Babies were introduced
Janet Reno had a really #%@&! year
The WWW was "born" (although this is debatable)
Meat Loaf actually had a #1 song
Can you name the year?
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Scoobees
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Posted: 10 August 2008 06:26 pm |
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Congrats on the 220s!!!! 
And I probably was jamming to that Meatloaf song! 
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MidgeH
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Posted: 10 August 2008 08:22 pm |
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Exercise for the day - 45 mins cardio (200 done, 800 remain) + 40 min Turbo Sculpt workout. That's 85 mins for me today, 150 mins total for the weekend.
Interesting article - http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22178/53765-nine-cold--hard-weight-loss
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MidgeH
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Posted: 12 August 2008 12:01 am |
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Weight today 228.5.
Only 20 mins of cardio, I pushed it too hard this past weekend and I am sooooore. I didn't want to do anything, but I thought it was smarter to get the muscles warmed up a little at least.
In case anyone was wondering - the year of my last 220s was 1993. I cannot believe it has been that long. When you think that around 2000 my weight was around 311 I've really been all over the place in the past 15 years.
I got a lot of really nice compliments at work today including my closest girlfriend at work who said she had to do a double take when she saw me come around the corner today because she didn't recognize me. Nice.
Went to the orthodontist. Well, it's going to be another month or 2. Apparently they are basically done but he is afraid that, since they moved so fast, that if he removed the braces they'll try and go back. So I need to wait. I go back in 5 weeks - we'll see then.
I'm trying to be patient. Well, at least it gives me even more time to prep for going online. I've made a promise to myself that once they come off I go on, no more waiting until I am "perfect" (since I'll never be) and instead rely on all the things i do have to offer. Which is more important anyway - but a little more self confidence couldn't be a bad thing.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 12 August 2008 04:44 am |
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MidgeH wrote:
I got a lot of really nice compliments at work today including my closest girlfriend at work who said she had to do a double take when she saw me come around the corner today because she didn't recognize me. Nice.
Woohoooooooooooo! How awesome does THAT make you feel?! A 'double take' says it all. I especially loved those compliments early in the morning at work - that enabled me to walk around the rest of the day with a huge goofy smile on my face.
Congrats to you!
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DaniMae1
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Posted: 12 August 2008 12:25 pm |
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I was reading through your diary from the beginning and was so excited when you reached the 220 mark! I felt like I was reading a novel or something! I always had that feeling of excitment everytime I broke a level of 10 pounds. Especially when I hit 160 for some reason!  Keep it up!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 12 August 2008 01:00 pm |
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Thanks for the response guys. And thanks for reading it all DaniMae.
I'm up to 229.5 today. I know it's water retention due to muscle repair from how much I worked out over the weekend. I was simply too sore yesterday - more sore then I should have been. I feel better today though, so i'll sweat it out with longer cardio later.
Back later - everyone have a good day!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 13 August 2008 12:39 am |
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| 45 mins of cardio. I hope it helps, I hate these big bounces up - I didn't even get to pig out to cause it! It's very unfair.
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 13 August 2008 03:35 am |
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| Hey Midge, congrats on getting into the 20's. I am really so happy for you. Not just how far you have come....but for seeing you kicking butt and taking control, and continuing to be steadily successful toward your ultimate goal. Woooo Hoooo girlfriend, you rock.!! Keep up that exercise.
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Posted: 13 August 2008 04:23 am |
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MidgeH wrote: 45 mins of cardio. I hope it helps, I hate these big bounces up - I didn't even get to pig out to cause it! It's very unfair.
Just wanted to let you know I think you're doing awesome with the exercise! Stay strong and congrats on getting down into the 220s. Yay Midge!
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Posted: 13 August 2008 04:33 am |
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| I am right there with the others! Keep it up and you'll be down 10 more before you know it!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 13 August 2008 12:51 pm |
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up to 230.
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I'm so depressed I can't even talk about it.
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50lbs2lose
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Posted: 13 August 2008 03:41 pm |
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you have to realize if you are weighing every day you are going to fluctuate. Why don't you try weighing every oyher day and see what you come out to?
I was weighing only once a week and that discouraged me because I had a 3 lb gain but it was because i am about to begin my cycle. So I decided on every other day and sure enough I am down that 3 +.5! So I think I won't wait a whole week but every other day.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 13 August 2008 03:57 pm |
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I know its a supposed fluctuation - but its a steady up with no explanation and I never take those well. If there was something I did to cause it I could just be mad at myself and move on knowing how to fix it.
There is no explanation for this other then the cosmos hating me. This is when every ounce of hatred I have for myself sharpens into a point and just starts jabbing me with the knowledge that apparently my lot in life is to be fat, ugly and miserable.
I know that's irrational. But if I was an emotionally healthy person I would have never gotten to 281+. It's just going to be a bad day in Midge's head. It will pass.
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Posted: 13 August 2008 04:31 pm |
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Do you think you are eating enough?
I picked up this book at the thrift store the other day called"fat burning nutrition 40-30-30. For my wieght of 185 and the fact that I exercise 5-6 days aweek at 60 min each, The breakfast, for example, was 2 whole eggs 5 egg whites 1 oz lowfat chedder 2 slices toast and 1 orange! Of course I could not see myself esting all that but I did down size it with 3 egg whites 1 whole 1oz cheese( couldn't quite give that up!) and lots o veggies in omlett for that I fried w/ a no cal olive oil spray. Then I ate islice whole spelt toast and the orange. I ate at 8:30 and had a lowfat capaccino and I feel content even now. I will se if this does the trick for me. I actualy aded up the calories for what I ate ,incl the capaccino and it only added to352, which is about normal for me.
In any case if you are interested in this woe I could pass some of it on to you?
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MidgeH
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Posted: 13 August 2008 06:13 pm |
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Thank 50 - I already know I don't eat enough.
I guess I feel a little better, it's days like these that make me realize that my issues go far beyond this forum - as helpful as I find it and everybody here.
Anyhoo - since I really don't want to spend any more mornings running late for work because I was bawling too hard to get ready I need to do a couple of things.
I need to avoid the scale for few days. I'm not saying a lot or anything crazy like a month, but just a day or 2. Over the past 4 months I have broken more bad habits and addictions than I can count and I simply cannot face another one. But I can avoid it until say... Friday. That's measurement day anyway. Honestly I'll be happy if I can just stop myself from weighing the rest of the day.
Also I need to start eating more. Or do a normal/low sort of thing. I've said this many times, I know, but today I'm about to have lunch and I'm actually eating a sandwich - yes, carbs! - that adds at least 100 to my daily average at this time. This puts me on track to eat over 1200 today - I'll be back later with real numbers and exercise check in.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 13 August 2008 11:55 pm |
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I'm home, I exercised and now I'm going to eat. Cals 1293.
Sorry I've been such a pill today. Thanks for putting up with me!
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Posted: 14 August 2008 02:01 am |
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MIdge you're worth it!!!!
Ya know 2 days ago when I weighed myself after one week and found I had gained 3 lbs I was so depresse d for a good part of the day. MY husband told me at the end of the day that if I was trying to loose weight because I think it would endear him to me more than I needed to stop stressing because it wasn't going to make him think any different one way or the other. He was trying to help me see that my stressing out over a couple of lbs was worse than me weighing 60lbs more than I think I should. I think seing you go through the same thing I understand more of what he was saying. MIDGE, YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL PERSON BECAUSE YOU ARE! NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FLAWLESS BOD! Believe me you are much better off as a human being having some flaws than if you had none. It keeps you humble, but don't let it make you feel worthless. Because you are not!
CHINUP GO FORWARD. YOU'RE GONNA WIN THIS BATTLE GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So that's my pep rally for today. We can do this!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 14 August 2008 03:53 am |
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That was such a good pep talk 50, I was feeling down because I slipped up and now I feel better and it wasn't even for me!
Midge- Hope your feeling better, I know exactly how you feel, sometimes I think I'm just destined to be fat and that's my lot in life. And then I think, hey! Wait! That's not fair and keep plugging away. But I'll tell you I sure stress over it. When the scale doesn't move I start picking apart everything else and feel like even if I lose weight it's not even worth it. But it is. I just remember how much better I feel and that's my motivation, I was so sick and tired before and now I'm not and it's because I eat better and exercise (a little, I'm still working on that).
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MidgeH
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Posted: 14 August 2008 04:24 am |
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| Thanks for the pep talks guys - I appreciate it more than you know.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 15 August 2008 12:18 am |
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45 mins of cardio + 20 min ab workout. It is 1/2 standing 1/2 floor work - I did the standing 2x. The floor work is just toooooo painful (In a "I think a disc just slipped" way not just a "Midge is a whiner" way).
A little too low on cals today, but I got the fiber up a bit. I eat a lot of veggies, but not nearly enough grains and nuts and things. I've switched back from toast to a whole grain cereal.
I don't know my weight, I've managed to avoid the scale. I'll weight, and measure, tomorrow.
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Beth
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Posted: 15 August 2008 02:06 am |
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Hey, Midge! Chin up! Rome wasn't built in a day!
I've been having problems since I hit a plateau a few months ago. After several weeks, I got so discouraged, I just got off track. I'm still off track!
I think we're really too hard on ourselves. I know I am! I realized after reading your past few days that I am going to get up tomorrow and try again to get back on track. I am still thankful I've lost some weight. We can't start hating ourselves over not being perfect with our diets or with anything else. That is so destructive and it's a sure recipe for failure. Maybe we can both avoid it with an attitude adjustment.
Thanks for sharing. It's helped me to think about what I need to think about to get me back on track!
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Scoobees
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Posted: 15 August 2008 04:39 am |
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MidgeH wrote: 45 mins of cardio + 20 min ab workout. It is 1/2 standing 1/2 floor work - I did the standing 2x. The floor work is just toooooo painful (In a "I think a disc just slipped" way not just a "Midge is a whiner" way).
Nice job on the exercise! And even if it was in a "Midge is a whiner" way - that Ab Jam is tough! No problem on the standing...the floor work is a killer.  I remember having discussions with Hisgal and Skipperdox ages ago about that one.  I never did it much - my emphasis was more on the cardio dvds - but I know I never completed that one without SEVERAL whines as in "this is too hard". 
Keep it up, girl!!! 
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MidgeH
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Posted: 15 August 2008 12:58 pm |
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Weight today 228.
The 15th is also measurement day, so here they are:
(OK, they're below. How do I post in the middle of a reply?)
Get a load of the different between my left & right arms. When you look at them togther it's downright disturbing. Of course me raising both of my arms and waving them around is even more disturbing so I guess the size diff doesn't matter...
There is a -10.75" difference from 7/15 to 8/15 on only a net loss of -11.5 lbs.
So, Mol, Scoobs, Nick and all you other workout fiends...
I SURRENDER!
I think it's pretty clear that all the exercise I've done the last month is the only reason I had such a large inch loss. Fine! I get it! I will stop being a schmuck, a whiner, a schlub about the whole thing and just do it.
Well, at least try not to be a whiner - this is me after all, you can't expect miracles!
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zenobia
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Posted: 15 August 2008 03:26 pm |
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holy #%@&! are you serious?!!! 38 inches in 4 months!!!!!!! that is downright AMAZING!!!!
keep working it, girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 15 August 2008 09:43 pm |
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That is absolutely amazing, Midge!!! That's WAY more inches than I've lost since I started. You go, girl!!! Keep it goin'. 
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Scoobees
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Posted: 15 August 2008 10:07 pm |
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Hey! From one workout 'fiend' to another - you rock!
As for the whining, it's all good...after all this time I STILL whine. But at least I'm now working out while I'm doing it.
Very impressive Midge - you incredible shrinking woman!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 15 August 2008 10:11 pm |
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45 mins of cardio. I've lost count for the month. I know about 290 so that's what I'm going to call it total. I can still beat my goal by the end of the month.
The exercise is going OK, an NSV is that I now find the 20min workout in my TJ collection far too easy. Pretty good.
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50lbs2lose
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Posted: 16 August 2008 04:10 am |
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| YEA midger go go go !!!!!
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Beckster
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Posted: 16 August 2008 03:07 pm |
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Midge, you are doing amazing things! What a turnaround on the exercise! You've made it part of your life. I'm so impressed with how you're doing. Rock on!
OK and about your arms, the point isn't that they measure differently but they measure smaller!! Are you a lefty by the way?
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