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Scoobees
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Posted: 16 August 2008 05:36 pm |
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MidgeH wrote:
The exercise is going OK, an NSV is that I now find the 20min workout in my TJ collection far too easy. Pretty good.
Yeah! Go NSVs!!!!! You know, I used to really like to go back and do the 20 min workout every now and then because it's just fun - so I would pop it in and do it twice - just a thought for you - my exercise fiend! 
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MidgeH
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Posted: 16 August 2008 10:56 pm |
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Nope, not a lefty. The extra inches are pure fat, not muscle from use unfortunately. Trying to change that though.
Exercise today: 65 mins cardio, 20 mins abs.
Weight 227.5.
Food is weird as usual. Saturdays are the worst for me, I need my regular schedule.
I had to go to my favorite place in the world today - a local chocolate shop - and get some heavenly hash for my mom. I always get her this for her bday because she loves it but would never buy it for herself (she has iron willpower and it's super expensive) I also picked up a few sugar free things for my dad and 3 sugar free chocolate covered cherries for myself.  . I've talked before about how nothing is off limits for me, and I'm not at all upset about the chocolates (pre-food epiphany I would have bought a dozen regular cherries, a pound of the milk chocolate and 4 bars of heavenly hash for myself and eaten it all in less then 2 days so I certainly don't have any issues with 3 sugar free pieces.)
The problem is that they were my breakfast. I've just had a weird, weird food day.
Breakfast: 3 choc covered cherries - 300 cals. (I think - maybe they were less but I doubt it )
Lunch: 4oz of pork roast. (250 cals - it was a yummy but very lean 98% fat free cut)
And that's it! Midge, ya doofus. No veggies, no fruit, nuthin'.
I've gotten to the point where, 99% of the time, I just automatically eat right and so even though I'm aware of how many calories I eat I don't have to worry about it (except the not eating enough thing) but I think I better plan out the rest of my day so I get at least some nutrition in!
Snack: grapes (120 cals)
Dinner: Pork roast (I bought it today, but I got carried away with the sampling earlier and had to call it lunch), potato, asparagus (a nice big serving) (500 cals)
That would be 1170.
Tomorrow I take my parents out for a nice brunch. They ADORE my two best friends so they will be going with us. I'm really looking forward to it - and not just for the food!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 16 August 2008 11:41 pm |
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Oh, one thing I forgot to mention.
New Goal - I bought a pair of boot yesterday. I fell in love with them and simply had to have them. Black leather, pointy toe, 4" heels, ridiculously expensive. They're about a 1/2 step away from being fetish wear. (probably more insight into my personality then you wanted to know...). They're very ME.
Problem is, they don't really fit. I bought them knowing this and on purpose. My calves MUST get smaller inorder for me to wear them. As it is August and I wouldn't be wearing them anyway, my goal is to lose enough weight to be able to wear them by... oh lets say mid november.
I cannot quantify this in any real way - who can predict when their calves will get smaller - but if I meet my other goals for that time period it should work (or I'll have the weirdest legs to go with the rest of my strange figure - my legs would look like Popeye's arms.)
Anything that gets me off my butt and working is a good thing...
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zenobia
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Posted: 17 August 2008 03:37 am |
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woohoo! to nearly-fetish boots!!!!! gotta love those! very cool motivator!!! and i'm sure your legs will be pretty proportionate to the rest of your body 
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Beckster
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Posted: 17 August 2008 05:20 am |
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MidgeH wrote: New Goal - I bought a pair of boot yesterday. I fell in love with them and simply had to have them. Black leather, pointy toe, 4" heels, ridiculously expensive. They're about a 1/2 step away from being fetish wear. (probably more insight into my personality then you wanted to know...). They're very ME.
Way to go Midge, I have to admit to a secret desire for some really cool sexy boots like that too. Problem is, I live this ridiculously responsible, invisible middle-aged mom life. When I was in my twenties (before kids) I had a really kick a__ pair of fuschia suede pumps. My husband and I called them the CFM shoes. Every woman needs a pair of those at least once in her life.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 18 August 2008 12:07 am |
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Weight today 226.5.
Exercise; 60 mins cardio. (I did the 45 min CP then part of the kick, punch & jam. I probably did more than 15 min, but I spent a lot of it going "huh, what, how did you do that?" so I'm only counting it as 15 min) I'm also ordering another set so that I can vary the workouts more.
I did 190 mins of exercise this weekend. Cardio is at 415min out of 1000. I've realized I couldn't care less how many calories I have burned. I'm not looking at exercise that way. I'm looking at it as something that will cause my body to work better. Plus, I've created enough of a deficit with food not to really worry about it.
speaking of food:
Breakfast: 1/2 bagel with butter (125 cals)
Brunch/Lunch: 2 poached eggs on 2 little lobster cakes, small croissant, few potatoes. (unknown calories, but educated guess is 750)
Dinner: Haven't eaten yet, but I have a 400 cal dinner planned
cals = 1275
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Beckster
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Posted: 18 August 2008 03:39 am |
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| Hey Midge-would those be Trader Joe's lobster cakes by any chance? Sounds yummy!!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 18 August 2008 03:52 am |
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No, they were part of a yummy brunch/lunch I took my parents to for my mom's b-day. Very frou-frou food. Which I love as a foodie, but I love even more as a healthy eater because the portions are human size as opposed to obscenely huge.
The Trader Joes might be good though - I'll have to look for them next time I am there.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 19 August 2008 12:09 am |
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Weight today 226.
Exercise - 0, but it's the first no exercise day in 5 days, so I won't freak out.
Today is a good day to revisit wrath. Gluttony - Done. Sloth - getting there. Wrath - no forward movement.
I need to work on my reactions. I get so worked up very very quickly when really I need to think things through more before flying off the handle. (or getting my blood pressure up) Any thoughts on what I should do? count to ten? snap a rubber band on my wrist everytime I feel myself getting worked up?
I don't like living this way. It's just a cycle of anger then regret. I hate regrets.
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 19 August 2008 03:12 am |
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I am sorry you had a difficult day today. Maybe this will cheer you up.
I was just reading your recent posts and getting caught up and had to say congrats on the inches lost and being in the "in" club of exercise converts. It's amazing isn't it. And you are making muscle which will help you burn calories faster and it will all keep going for you. You are doing awesome.
Of course I loved reading about the boots of course.  What a fantastic goal. You are gonna really feel good getting into those!
Lots of hugs and support coming your way Midge.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 19 August 2008 12:45 pm |
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| Weight today 226.5 - uh oh.
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Posted: 19 August 2008 09:44 pm |
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Midge, My hat goes off to you doing the kik boxing I tried it today on a dvd of my moms anddddddddddddddddddddddddd.WOW It was a 20 min exercise and I could only do 10 min of it! I dido the 8 min if arms and 8 min abs as well as the 8 min stretches. Then I took a 2 mile walk with baby. Keep going you are an inspiration to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 21 August 2008 12:23 am |
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Weight today 226.
Since I am addicted to the scale I weigh myself when I get home from work (yeah, yeah I know) and I'm up 3 lbs. Usually I'm up 1.5 or 2. This mean that tomorrow I will gain. In order to determine if it's water I'm going to go on a salt jihad for a couple of days and see what kind of difference that makes. No table salt or cooking with salt and mostly no soup. I love soup and I have had it twice this week.
I do feel bloated - and I certainly haven't over eaten - so hopefully that will be it. I have been eating too much between 8 am and 12:30. As much at 75% of my cals - I'll work on spreading that out as well.
No exercise - I have a wrenched back. Not from exercise - from thinking I am stronger then I am and not lifting with my legs. A day or two of rest and it will be back to normal.
Hope everyone is having a good week!
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 21 August 2008 12:33 am |
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Salt def makes you hold more water - I see this myself on the weekends when I eat more salty stuff - soup is definitely a culprit.
I hope your back heals fast Midge, take care.
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Posted: 21 August 2008 12:36 am |
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| MIdge try lemon water also! Squeeze 1 lemon in a quart of warm water and sip on it tommorow. Not tonight or you'll be up all night.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 21 August 2008 12:48 am |
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| does it have to be warm?
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Beckster
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Posted: 21 August 2008 03:09 am |
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| In my experience, no-cold works fine. The lemon juice is a very mild diuretic. You can also try fresh parsley as a diuretic.
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Posted: 21 August 2008 11:56 am |
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No it doesn't. The warm water just helps with digestion better. But not only is it a diuretic, it is also an alkalizer. If your system is over acidic and have possible inflamation because of that then bloating can occur and this helps nuetralize that, I know this from my own experience. Lemon water has been a great help to me!
Thanks for posting in my journal midge
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MidgeH
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Posted: 21 August 2008 06:50 pm |
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I managed to stay at 226 today. No lemon water - no lemons. I'll try it after I get to the store.
(TMI!) Possible different explanation - faux TTOTM. Why, I love having TTOTM 10 days apart, it's such a treat! Unlike regular ones these have a tendancy to just sneak up on me and BAM. Last month was so normal I thought I was going to be fine this month - I should have known better.
So apparently I am repeating June - and June SUCKED. Well, this month 8/1 - 8/21 I have lost 8 lbs, where as in June I lost 8lbs in 30 days, so that's better.
Let's talk about why losing only 8 lbs in a month bothers me so much. Most people would be happy with that, I know, but not me. There are many reasons, the main one being complete fear.
I need to have noticiable forward movement constantly or I am afraid I will give up. A part of me is sure the changes I have made are permanent, another part of me knows I've never stuck with anything like this before so why should now be any different. I don't want to fail. I'd like to say I wouldn't allow myself to fail, but I know that's not true. So therefore a single day of no movement makes me uneasy, a gain puts me in panic mode.
It's only been 4 months. (as of today) I've lost 55 lbs in that time. Basically 1/2 way to goal. I'm down 2 1/2 sizes (I'm in an 18 - started 24 - but in pants I'm really more comfy in a 20 so I call that a 1/2). But I can't see any difference in how I look. There must be some - I've lost enough that I should see it and I have measurable proof that it is there - but I can't see it.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 21 August 2008 07:42 pm |
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MidgeH wrote:
Let's talk about why losing only 8 lbs in a month bothers me so much. Most people would be happy with that, I know, but not me. There are many reasons, the main one being complete fear.
It's only been 4 months. (as of today) I've lost 55 lbs in that time. Basically 1/2 way to goal. I'm down 2 1/2 sizes (I'm in an 18 - started 24 - but in pants I'm really more comfy in a 20 so I call that a 1/2). But I can't see any difference in how I look. There must be some - I've lost enough that I should see it and I have measurable proof that it is there - but I can't see it.
Ok...listen here Missy lol You should be dancing in the streets over your progress! I think I would faint and die if I lost 8 pounds in a month!  If I get HALF that I feel uber successful!!! 
And 55 pounds down in 4 months is so incredible. No joke. It took me an entire year to lose the first 57 pounds! And this is before I started yo-yo'ing back up! You're averaging something like 3 1/2 pounds a week at that rate!!!
You do have measurable proof - you're already down 2 1/2 sizes!  Give yourself some credit Midge! You've earned it and deserve it! You're awesome!!!!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 21 August 2008 09:29 pm |
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I knew someone was going to yell at me. I'm glad it was you Scoobs, it strangely makes me feel better.
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 22 August 2008 03:06 am |
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| Midge no worries you're doing great, it took me over two years to lose 40lbs! I know how you feel though, when I don't lose I start to worry, not just that I might plateau but that I'll spin out of control and eat like I used to. I wish I could lose eight pounds a month!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 22 August 2008 03:37 am |
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Yes, you're right Once.
Part of this journey for me is to try and understand, and conquer, all of these crazy foibels of mine. And this body dismorphia is part of it. I can feel that I'm smaller, it's in my clothes, but I can't see it. I've taken pictures of myself every month - other than some bloat being gone I just don't see it. Not because it's not there, but because I simply don't see it.
It's one of the reasons why I'm in the more, more, faster, faster mode. I keep thinking that I have to be able to see it eventually.
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DeterminedGal
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Posted: 22 August 2008 04:00 am |
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Hi Midge,
I'm not in CPH much lately but I happened to check out your diary tonight since it was at the top of the list.
I'm not going to yell at you...In fact, I'm going to tell you I understand how you feel. You've lost 55# in four months. That's fantastic. I've lost 102# in the last 13 months. The first 7 months I averaged 10# a month, then it slowed down and I lost 32# in a little over 5 months. People were constantly complimenting me and even though I knew I was wearing smaller clothes, I just did not "see" it. It's crazy, I know.
A few weeks ago, when Bert hit his 100#, he emailed me before & after pics. I got chills. The change in him was amazing. I showed a friend and she said that's how I looked. I honestly just don't see it. I've been told I'm crazy that I don't see it. Is it because I'm in this body every day? I feel better, but looking in the mirror I just don't see the "OMG!" that I get from folks. I guess I'm going to have to dig up and old pic and take a current pic to see it. People I haven't seen in a while freak out...one even cried she was so stunned. It's nuts.
Hey, I didn't mean to hijack your diary....just wanted to tell you I get how you're feeling. Keep up your fantastic work. I still have another 18 to go...then I'll reassess.
Take care.
DG
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MidgeH
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Posted: 22 August 2008 01:00 pm |
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| Weight 226. Again.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 22 August 2008 07:53 pm |
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MidgeH wrote: I knew someone was going to yell at me. I'm glad it was you Scoobs, it strangely makes me feel better.
Always happy to oblige. Sorry it came across as yelling though...I just see what fantastic progress you've made and want you to be as thrilled as I think you should be. Did that even make sense? I apologize for biting your head off. 
Excellent post DG - gosh, I miss you girl!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 22 August 2008 10:29 pm |
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| Oh, no, Scoobs. I didn't really think you we're yelling at me. Its all good!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 23 August 2008 10:59 pm |
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Weight today 225.5.
I just got back from an international festival. Food, shopping, dancers, caber tossing. Guys in kilts with the ability to toss trees around - yummy.
Speaking of yummy, here's my food for the day. I skipped breakfast which may have been smart, may have been stupid - we'll see.
From the Argentinian booth - a spinach empanada
From the Polish booth - 1 potato pancake
From the Peruvian booth - some sort of chicken on a stick and a fresh squeezed lemonade
From the Iranian booth - a piece of baklava
From the Filipino booth - 1/4 of a sweet potato funnel cake
Lots of walking, lots of sweating (it's humid and in the 90's here). This is the most oil and grease I've eaten in, well, 4 months but since I need a high cal day I'm not worrying about it. i;m not an outdoorsy girl (shocking, I know) so I'm really tired and have a too-much-sun headache, but it was a nice afternoon. Maybe I'll work out later, but the idea of more sweating right now is not appealing in the least.
Can anyone explain the urge people seem to have to bring their dogs to these kind of events? I love dogs, but they're obviously uncomfortable and, too be honest, in the way. I don't get it.
ETA: my ticker (I stole your site scoobs!)
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 24 August 2008 03:27 am |
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MidgeH wrote: Guys in kilts with the ability to toss trees around - yummy.
Gotta agree with you there. Sounds like an excellent day!!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 24 August 2008 07:49 pm |
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So I was going to come in here and complain about still being at 225.5 and on track to lose an asinine .5lb this week, but I've had a NSV that has taken the wind out of my whiner sails. (plus I'm sure everyone is tired of reading about that.)
I went shopping because I simply can't stand the baggy pants any more and I had to buy a size 16. Woo hoo! I still need at least an 18 in jeans, but I can get the 16s buttoned (they give new meaning to the phrase "muffin top" though.)
As far as the weight goes, I think I'm paying for a lack of exercise this week. it certainly wasn't my eating. (even yesterday wasn't that bad.) It has to be a classic plateau and only exercise cures those. On top of the exercise, I need to work on my natural response to lack of loss, which is to eat even less then I was.
So, here are the goals for the coming week (well, about 9 days)
- back to the cardio, something everyday.
- other exercise 3x
- next weekend is long - make it a 4 day exercise bootcamp (seemed to work for me before)
- work for, and expect, a 2 lb loss. Anything extra is just gravy (mmm... gravy)
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zenobia
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Posted: 24 August 2008 08:08 pm |
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ooh international festivals are the best! i love going where there are lots of people with accents. accents are the best. i could write a whole novel on foreign accents. 
yay for the NSV! keep pushing! a 4 day boot camp sounds wonderful!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 24 August 2008 09:33 pm |
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Checking back in to report 45 mins cardio, back seems fine.
Also - I noticed another NSV (I guess I'll call it that) I can see all of my feet when I look down (no, I don't mean all of them like I have more than 2! I mean all as in heel to toe ) I guess I could always see my toes - and now I know why - when standing my feet are HUGE! Virtual skis. Of course I always knew my feet were big - I wear a 10 after all - but all splayed out like that - yikes! No wonder I'm always stumbling!
Ah, well. Nothing can be done about it - I'm a little old for foot binding - so I guess if I am to love me I have to love my feet!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 25 August 2008 07:34 pm |
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Weight today 225.
So I'm sitting here, in my new size 16 slacks, and I'm thinking about sizes. I didn't expect to be able to fit into a 16 until I got below 200. I'm not complaining, I'm just trying to figure out what is going on here. Vanity sizing? Exercise? I can only remember the sizes of 3 pieces of clothing from my past -
- 1984: 8th grad graduastion dress, 18w. It was a formal gown - everyone goes up a size in those because they are so unforgiving. So if going up 1 size for vanity, 1 size for formal would that actually make me a 20 in 1984 sizes?
- 1987: I had this striped denim miniskirt in a size 13. (I hadn't lost weight from 8th grade, but I was an inch or 2 taller.) It was uncomfortable as #%@&!, but I could get it on - the only jr size anything I can ever remember wearing. (also remember from behind me "That's a cute skirt" said random high schooler, "Yeah, but she's too fat to wear it" said other random girl. Fat = deaf, ya know.) Would that be a size 15 now? I can't remember my weight exactly - but it was probably 180 or so.
- 1993: Size 22 formal suit I wore to my brother's wedding. I remember shopping and trying on a size 20 in the dress I really wanted - if I breathed I would have popped the buttons. I do know I weighed 225 at this time. So a 22 in 1993 is,what, a 20 now?
After this I can remember lots of times buying 24s, 26s, 28s, even some 30s once - but I can't even picture those clothes. (wait the 30's were jeans - That was during my 300+ phase)
My point is this - the sizes may have been changed by the weasel fashion industry but how could I be in a 22 at 225 then and a 16 at 225 now? I have been exercising, yes, but enough to cause this? Or am I being led into a false send of thinness? I don't remember ever wearing a size 16 anything (Until I was living on my own I had very few clothes to speak of. Even as a kid it was a "buy the cheapest stuff she can actually zip up" type of thing) And when I was huffing and puffing trying to pull up a size 26 zipper I would have killed for it.
I think I'm imagining some sort of conspiracy to have me thinking I'm doing well only to find out that the hurdle from 14W to 14 regular is an impossible one for me.
Funny thing is - this is the ONLY area in which my expectations are completely within reason. I don't expect, or want, to be a size 2. All I want is to be able to go into a regular store - the gap, banana republic, ANYWHERE I've never been able to shop before - and buy something off the rack. To do that you have to be a 14 regular. During my more wild moments I dream of maybe actually making it to a size 12.
I'm having a day where I just think the Cosmos is up to no good. But I am enjoying sitting here knowing I'm wearing a 16.
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Posted: 25 August 2008 08:31 pm |
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Hey Midge - no matter what - enjoy those size 16s!!!!!!!!!!
I think I could write volumes on vanity sizing.  I've 'almost' learned to stop being giddy about particular sizes, but it's ingrained in my brain. The very first time I fit into a size without a '2' in front was in 1994-5 when I finally reached 199 pounds and fit snuggly into a size 18 jean. But I had nothing to compare this to.
My biggest bite from vanity sizing came the second time I lost a lot of weight and was thrilled to be wearing size 6s & 8s. Heck - I wanted it tattooed on my forehead for goodness sakes!!!!!!!!! The world should KNOW this!!! I was going through some old summer clothes to see what sizes they were from the last time I lost weight  and tried a few things on. Something was wrong. None of the size 10 shorts fit! Hello??? I'm a 6 or 8...and I can't get the zipper up even with pliers on 10s??? Those size 10 clothes were bought anywhere from 1994-1997. Something is definitely going on with sizes.
I don't know if this is true with all makes or designers...but these jeans & shorts were all just regular Levi's and Lee brands. I'm with you, there's definitely a conspiracy!
Edited to add: I think women's pants should be like men's - go by waist sizes. Or do they have problems like this too? Vanity Waist Sizing?
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MidgeH
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Posted: 25 August 2008 08:53 pm |
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Scoobs, If it makes you feel any better, Levi's run super-duper small. They are the only thing in the store yesterday I had any trouble with - with them I'd still be in at least a 20 (and look completely bum-less)
And I remember trying to fit into pairs of them everytime I went shopping with my size 4/6 friends (vanity size 2/4!) - I had to turn into a chinese acrobat just to get them past my knees.
I am happy with my 16s - they may not be true to size, but the do look more like normal clothes (I mean when looking at them laying out or folding them - there's no extra material you're trying to figure out what to do with and they're shapped like a standard woman, not a pregnant one. So that's nice)
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MidgeH
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Posted: 26 August 2008 06:35 pm |
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Still at 225.
It's only a little after noon and I am already at 775 cals. This has to be part of the problem. I seem to be eating an awful lot in the AM, instead of over the course of a day. I mean, I'll only eat another 400 cals today - tops. This can't be good for me (the food I am eating is still OK - toast, grapes, 1/2 a turkey sandwich, tomato/mushroom salad, cottagr cheese.)
I still stop eating before 8pm at night - but only 400 cals consumed in 8 hours can't be good for my metabolism. I need to break up that morning snack. 1/2 in the am - 1/2 in the PM. I also need to stop the fruit. The sugar is killing me. I just have such a sweet tooth this is something that's hard for me to give up. I just need to stop buying it I guess (the problem is grapes - the candy of the fruit world. I usually buy some at work, but they only sell them in 2 serving containers - most people don't realize it's 2 serve. But then, once I open them I can't stop. It's my addict popping up - and it is the ONLY food problem I still have so instead of a reasonable 100 cals - I end up having 200. )
Somethig needs to be causing this lack of movement (it has lasted a loooong time now, these snail movements)
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Hisgal
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Posted: 26 August 2008 08:17 pm |
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Midge,
I think I read in "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle" by Tom Venuto.......that if you are stuck or plateau-ing..........one way to get losing again, is to eat your biggest calorie meal for breakfast and then taper the calories down throughout the day.....to a low calorie, light meal for your last one. I guess the problem many of us have, is to lay off the calories at night, when we want to snack 
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MidgeH
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Posted: 26 August 2008 10:30 pm |
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Thanks for the input, Hisgal.
I kinda feel like I already do this. Or at least something similar. I'm eating 60 - 70 % of my daily intake by noonish each day. Today I had 380 cals breakfast, 345 lunch and 50 in mints this afternoon. The dinner I have planned is 265. So I think I need stop bulking my food too close together.
With the BtF,FtM plan I think I would be practically nawing off my own arm hours before bed. I barely make it on the 300 - 400 cals I have left between noon and 8 pm as it is.
I only made it through 35 mins of TJ - oh, my aching back! I think I may switch to some yoga for a few days - stretch this puppy out. I have absolutely no flexibility, i think that's a problem.
Last edited on 27 August 2008 12:08 am by MidgeH
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MidgeH
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Posted: 27 August 2008 06:59 pm |
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Weight today 224.5.
I've been craving chips like crazy. I'm not really a chip person, but it's been so long I guess. Today I got a 1 serve bag of the baked ones. I like them - the trip is to get the flavored ones. Anyway, only 140 cals, 3.5 fat, 240mg soldium. They even had a little fiber in them. They also had some fructose and corn syrup (no HFC though) but it was wayyyy down on the list so I'm not gonna worry about it.
Already at 770 cals for the day. Same as yesterday. I wonder if - because I've gotten into this rut where I eat a lot early and only a little late - that I am sabotaging myself by being super hungry in the morning. Hence the eating. (still not bad food - toast, grapes, tomato/red wine vinegar salad on which I splurged and threw 1 tbs of bacon bits on top, the baked chips - but still.)
I'm not sure what I'm going to do, exercise wise yet. I want to burn something and my back feels fine - but it felt fine yesterday until 2 mins in to the routine. I just can't get interested in the yoga. Hey - it took months for me to get interested in the aerobics and that was a freakin' miracle.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 27 August 2008 09:07 pm |
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yessssssssssssss......the stretching!
At my age, I start most days out with ice on my sore back............then after a warm shower, I hit the floor and do a bunch of stretches. THEY FEEL SOOOOOOO GOOD!
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MidgeH
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Posted: 28 August 2008 09:52 pm |
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Weight today 224.
I've done a little better job on my food today. 300 by 9am, 600 by 12:30 then a snack (& some mints) at 3pm to be at a total of 790. I feel a little better. The No snack between lunch and dinner was killing me. As it is right now I'm heading for a low cal day (after dinner I'll only be at 990. My night snack is usually only a WW mouse bar - so 1050 for the day) but I think it's a good idea.
I'm off work tomorrow and I'm thinking about taking myself out for a burger. A good one. I RARELY give in to my cravings and when I do it's 60cal WW bars and baked potato chips. I want a yummy, juicy burger. I won't have fries, or cheese or bacon - I don't think my conscience could take it - and knowing me I'll remove 1/2 the bun, but I will splurge on a squirt of ketchup. Hmmmm, I'll have to think about it. And do some research.
There is once a week - usually - where I just don't worry about it, but if I know I'm going to cave I want to work it into my day, not have it be an "add-on". And even if I cave I don;t want to accidentally eat a 1000 cal burger!
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 29 August 2008 05:35 pm |
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Midge, you're doing fabulous! Our consciences keep us straight, but don't let yours deceive you into thinking you haven't earned a hamburger! Enjoy it.
Oh, and as far as pant sizes go, I would like to make a note about men's pants. Even though it is based on waist sizes, it's really not!
Men's pants are sized smaller than what they actually are. This is a marketing ploy. After all, if a man with a 42 inch waist can fit into a 38 and feel good about it, you can be sure that clothing designers are going to play into that!
I've heard that the clothes at some places, like Target, run smaller than they do at other places. Well...last time I tried on clothes, I was still able to fit pretty well into a 38, and I had about a 50 inch waist! So...this is not entirely accurate, either. I've noticed, too, that I was able to fit into one of their XL polos, but not another. A lot of it depends on the brand, not just necessarily where you buy it.
Because of this, I think a lot of men, in particular, underestimate their actual waist size. A lot of it depends, too, on how snug you like your clothes to be. I like my pants to be pretty snug, and this requires the pants to push in on my body a bit. When you are measuring your waistline, you are not supposed to push in at all. There is not supposed to be an indentation of any kind. It is where the tape re-meets the tape without pressing in. So...this will affect your natural measurement as well.
Anyways...!!! Great job, Midge. Keep it up, girl! 
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MidgeH
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Posted: 29 August 2008 05:54 pm |
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Weight today 223.5.
I can't have the burger. My head just won't let me. For the last few days I've been losing at a pretty steady rate and I don't want to screw that up. Instead I went to Whole Foods today, stocked up on fish and veggies and even bought myself a little sirloin steak to have. I think I'm just craving red meat. I rarely eat it anymore.
Anyway, be back later to report on how the day went. Right now I'm just all discombobulated so I need to watch what's going on. I may be a rabid liberal, but todays news has thrown me for a loop. (I'm not getting into politics here - I'm just saying I doubt I'm going to get anything done 'cuz I'm going to be glued to cable news!)
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MidgeH
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Posted: 29 August 2008 11:41 pm |
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45 mins of cardio and 30 mins of strength training today. My back feels better, but it's not 100%. I still did TJ, but I didn't hit the punches as hard and avoided twisting. I added a lot more kicks instead. I think it was still as good of a workout, and I focused on my arms and back during the strength training part.
Food wise good and bad - I didn't eat until 1pm today. I had my little steak, roasted potatoes and roasted veggies. A big meal for me, but I exercised about an hour later and I think the carbs did me good. Calculated out at 750 cals. At the end of the day I'll be at 1215.
Couple of NSVs:
Yesterday I had to go up another notch on my belt - only 1 left until I need a new one! (I bought this one only 2 months ago)
When doing certain ab exercises I can actually feel my lateral muscels moving. Up until now it's just been the shifting of my marshmallow tummy back and forth.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 30 August 2008 05:37 pm |
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Weight today was 222.
Ummm, OK. That's an awfully big 1 day drop. Now, given the way I eat, exercise and how big I still am, I don't think it would be strange if I experenced a few days, or a week even, of accelerated loss - kind of like my body catching up to what I've been doing. I think this happened once before, in early July when I loss 11 lbs in 1 week after 3 months of healthy eating. (It was really a net loss of 6 lbs - 5lbs was travel water retention.)
The challenge for me is to manage my expectations over the next 24 hours. It is possible that tomorrow I'll be back up to 222.5 or 223 and that's OK - it's still a net loss. So the goals for today are A) continue living today as I would have, no dumb "recalculations" that would hurt more then help me B) keep telling myself that going down tomorrow is not necessary and a reasonable up is OK.
I haven't revisited my "wrath" project recently but this is part of it. Managing my expectations and controlling - in a real way, not just lip service - my anger at myself is a big part of me overcoming my irrational anger at the world.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 30 August 2008 11:52 pm |
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stats for the day:
45 mins cardio + 15 mins strength (mostly abs).
Cals are at 590, after dinner they will be 950 leaving room for a snack. As usual saturday is a problem.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 31 August 2008 07:04 pm |
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Weight today 221.5. So I lost 31.5 lbs during the challenge. Pretty good, eh?
I'm glad there's going to be another challenge, I like the accountability of having my progress posted somewhere.
I've eaten a lot ( for me) already today. I'm at 700 cals. Better. Rest of the food for today will put me at 1180.
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 31 August 2008 07:52 pm |
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Pretty good? Pretty FAN-TABULOUS, that's what it is, Midge!
Over these past two weeks, I've been finding myself slipping back to the dark side. The overwhelming desire for unhealthy nourishment has crept deep within the recesses of my being. I just, like, need to get over it and stuffz!
You are definitely an inspiration - here's to another two months of kicking butt! Cheers.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 31 August 2008 11:00 pm |
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Thanks, Nick -  here's to both of us repeating our success in the next one! (Speaking of inspiration you are definately one of mine. Is it wrong that there is a little part of me that just wants to kick your #%@&! in the challenge? I mean that with all love and respect. Ha. You are just losing, losing, losing - I don't think I could ever beat your numbers, whippersnapper, but #%@&! if I don't want to! )
So I'm pretty glued to the Gustav coverage and my email today. I have a friend in New Orleans - a meterologist of all things - who spent 3 weeks living in a broom closet at work during Katrina before he could get up here to stay with friends. I heard from him last yesterday before the mandatory evac was given. He might be on his way here right now - who knows.
In other news, 45 mins of TJ. I did a little strength training, but it was more of a 'learning the moves session' on a new DVD so I doubt I did much real work. I went ahead and bought another set of TJ, I want to vary my cardio routines, but boy is the choreography a lot harder in the other Cardio Parties. It's gonna take me a while.
I'm not going to set September goals. I never meet them - either because my mind or body won't cooperate - and it just leaves me discouraged when it shouldn't. I will continue eating right, continue exercising and keep talking to my friends here - that should do it.
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Scoobees
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Posted: 31 August 2008 11:37 pm |
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MidgeH wrote: Weight today 221.5. So I lost 31.5 lbs during the challenge. Pretty good, eh?
WOW! I should say so!!! Congrats you ever-shrinking-woman you!
I hope you enjoy your new TJ dvds! I still love the cardio parties! #3 was my fave for the longest...then #2 kinda took over. For some reason, I've always loved Punch Kick & Jam the most - maybe because there are not so many fancy moves and it's more 'athletic'? It rocks.
And so do you!
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