monday check in

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeanette,

I went through the same thing. Last year from Jan. to Oct. I had

dropped from 220-185 doing a combo of slim fast and Sansone

WATP, and occasional FIRM workouts. In November I had to do alot of

traveling for work, I was gone a few days every week. I did great

the first week, I took my workouts with me and tried to make good

food choices. But I got sick half way through the month and gave

up. I didn't try to control my eating through the end of the year

although I continued to workout. By Jan. of this year I was 215

again, and I felt like I was starting over. I started FIRMing

intensily and watching what I ate (no slimfast just watching my

calorie and fat intake). I did lose but it was slow the first few

months. Since adding in the beachbody workouts as change of pace,

it has started coming off faster. I'm back down below 185 heading

towards 150 someday.

Sounds like you are on the right track again, don't give up, you

can't change what you did in the past, only what you do in the

future . I'm an emotional/stress eater also, and I keep a journal

of what I eat, and I was doing exactly like you, if I splurged and

messed up I stopped tracking - really defeated the purpose. One

thing I have committed to this year is always writing down what I

eat no matter how bad. So far this has shown me that even when I

feel out of control, I don't make really horrible choices. It is

the next day if I don't get back on track when things start to get

bad and I rack up major calories. I know you'll be fitting back in

your clothes soon.

Kim

> I have been so behind on the lists lately!

> Hopefully from now on I will be able to keep up better, though. It

seems

> like I do so much better when I read the posts daily and

participate....

>

> Today I got on the scale....and I'm embarassed to say it but here

goes.

> I am up to 204! How in the heck did this happen?? I was at 185 at

the

> beginning of the summer! I have to get on the ball here and change

this!

> Hardly any of my clothes fit! I have been super stressed and I

know a

> lot of it has been due to emotional/stress eating.

[Guest guest]

Kim,

Thanks so much for the kind words....it really sounds like you have BTDT

and know exactly what I am talking about! LOL! I ate very crappy this

weekend, but I wrote it all down in my journal....so maybe that's a

small step forward. I have promised myself that I won't rip out pages,

refuse to write things down, or start a new journal no matter how bad it

gets! LOL! It sounds corny but by just sticking it out with this journal

and writing it ALL down maybe I can finally see that it is ok to have a

splurge (or heck, even a binge) and get right back on track afterwards.

I have such an all or nothing attitude. I would have a bad binge and

just keep eating. A kind of " what the heck, i've already screwed up "

attitude. Maybe being honest with myself will keep me from making such

excuses in the future.

Jeanette - homeschooling mommy to my 3 blessings

Visit my Tupperware website at:

www.my.tupperware.com/JeanetteH

select " shop " to buy Tupperware online!

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In a message dated 3/31/2008 4:45:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, Jase0157@... writes:

Being the last day of the month. Doing a journal page and setting some small goals. Tomorrow being April 1 a great time to restart my LIFE...

Hugs !! Things can *only* get better - hang in there!!

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In a message dated 4/7/2008 4:37:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, geomadtraem@... writes:

I was down 5 pounds from last monday. Yippee. So, I am happy about that. I skipped slim fast all together today and I did well on my calories.

WOW congrats!! That is great on both counts !!

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well here it is. the worst day for me because it is my normal weigh in day, but alas, it was a good weigh in day. I was down 5 pounds from last monday. Yippee. So, I am happy about that. I skipped slim fast all together today and I did well on my calories. I am still working on getting the water in and I had too much sodium, but I will work on it. here is how my day looked. Breakfast: 1 cup shredded mini wheats, 1/2 cup 1% milk , 1 banana Lunch: 3/4 cup green beans, 1 cup beef stroganoff Snack: granola bar Dinner: 1.5 cup stir fry Snack : granola bar and baby carrots total calories 1498

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oh pizza can't be THAT bad could it? i like spinach,onion and peppers on mine. kassiaLDY_SOLANA'S fITNESS BLOGLDY_SOLANA'S WEBPAGElast purchase 3-12-1051 virgin workouts left62 only done once workouts

leftowner of 309 workout dvds & 62 fitness related booksFrom: geoffm727 <geoff.g.madore@...>Subject: Monday Check in Date: Monday, March 22, 2010, 8:36 PMHi Ladies,Can't believe its already Monday night my how the time flies!! Well after a weekend of papering my self a nice bubble bath last night and doing my toe nails it was back to working out for Monday. Today since I was a bad girl over the weekend and had pizza I knew I need my Firm ladies to kick my butt! Today

I did Fir Tortoise with Tracie Long and and this workout is the perfect to work the entire body! I used 10lbs on my body bar and mostly used 10 and 15lb weights for the rest of the workout and I'm feeling it right now!! Tomorrow its upper body, Thursday back to the mat to work the LB and Friday no idea! :)My eating is going better however, Saturday I was a bad girl. I met up with a few of my girl friends and we had pizza and let me tell you a moment on the lips a lifetime on the hips!! Today was two bananas, some watermelon a slim fast shake and chicken, tomatoes and mashed potatoes. Hugs and Waves to everyone!Geoff------------------------------------

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Hi , it is sure nice to hear from you again also. Yes the grandkids

are growing up fast, it is amazing. Today I took them to school because

my granddaughter who is 13 texted me to tell me she had left her id card

upstairs on Fri. in the room the kids play in, and she can't get lunch

without it, so I found it and brought it to her this morning, and since

it was raining I took her, her two brothers and two neighbor girls to

school.

Just call me grandma school bus! I used to take them every day but got

out of the business when my husband had bypass surgery in Jan.

Since then I've had to stay home mornings to care of my disabled son

Marty because he couldn't help me like he used to.

Anyway as to Lucas, my grandson you mentioned who is in Kindergarten, he

is the funniest little kid, has some very " quirky " things going on in

his head and his teacher wants him evaluated. When he was 3 they wanted

it also because he did not speak well, but now he speaks just fine, he

just does not like to learn in the usual way with groups of other

children, can be quite antisocial actually. And he still has his fears;

spiders, toilets, and some other things like food, he is very picky

about what he will eat, gets panicky at certain textures and spits it out.

Today driving him to school, I had to go back and get him because he

goes later than the other kids, he was pointing to cedar trees, he calls

the seizure trees. Anyway this child has always loved evergreen trees.

He is sort of a nut case about it, he also has loved telephone poles for

some time now and the things on top the poles, he calls them " hairclips "

and it took us quite awhile to figure out what he was talking about.

When we go to Goodwill sometimes, we don't go there as much as we used

to he is not interested in the toys much at all other than letters and

numbers which he is crazy about. Last time we went he found a little

evergreen tree he wanted and a small ceramic house. Oh yes he loves

houses also. He holds the things he loves up and looks at them from

different angles, he's always been like this, we think he is going to be

an engineer or architect or something...

This fall he learned how to spell big long words off the sides of

buildings and could repeat them whenever asked. I thought that was

interesting. I had him recite some to his teacher and she was quite

impressed. Oh yes he also loves signs, once I found him a small stop

sign and he carried it around for days, even slept with it.

Sometimes I wonder if he has a bit of autism going on, so far my

daughter avoids the subject, what with having her brother having such

issues, but I do think sooner or later Lucas is going to need to be

evaluated as he will become more of a problem in the school setting. The

teacher has already suggested to her that there is a smaller specialized

group type of setting...

Carolyn ;o) OR

& Godfrey wrote:

>

> Hell everyone, especially Carolyn,

> Just wanted to say hello and that I was glad to see a post from you!

> This group is so quiet now but I often wonder how others are doing who

> used to post here.

> Glad Marty got through the ordeal with his teeth!! Sounds like it was

> an awful thing but I guess it needed to be done!!

> Your grandkids are growing up fast, I remember when you used to post

> about Lucas and he wasn't even 3 yet! Now he's 5 and I guess probably

> in kindergarten!! Glad to hear they are all doing well!

> Here at my house things are pretty good. My , who has aspergers,

> is now 12 and in grade 7 and I can relate to Kate about worrying about

> the teen years! So far seems to be handling things fairly well,

> although I notice the number of friends is starting to dwindle a bit.

> He is also struggling in school especially this year. He has the same

> teacher he had in grade 4. She was wonderful then, but now thinks

> should have matured the same as the other kids ... And of

> course, with the AS, in some areas he is not very mature at all. He

> also doesn't seem to have a very good sense of time - like if an

> assignment is due in 2 weeks, he has no idea how long that is, so the

> assignment is put away and forgotten! I have asked her to give him

> small reminders - like " only 10 more days, only 1 week, only 3 days

> etc - but she feels at grade 7 she shouldn't have to do that. Oh well,

> only about 6 weeks left, then we deal with a new teacher in grade 8.

> I've already started talking to her and she seems to " get it " a bit

> more. Of course, many of them do seem to understand, until they

> actually have to teach him. Only time will tell.

> After next year goes to the local high school, and then my

> worrying can go into overtime!! Or not. I am hoping and praying for

> good things when he gets there!

> Have a great day everyone!

>

> Estevan, SK

> Canada

> /--*/ Re: RE: Bipolar etc.

> Hello Kate, I enjoyed reading your letter about your children. I don't

> have any help for you other than I am a mother of a 45 year old child

> who has been home all his life who has gone through so many stages of

> life I cannot even count them, and somehow we have gotten through them

> all. Amazing! Guess I am referring to where you say you worry about what

> is ahead for your son and you as he becomes a teenager. It is natural

> for a mother to worry even if their kids are " normal " sigh, but I know

> what you mean, my way has always been to forge ahead one day at a time

> with faith in God, assuring myself continually that He has a plan in all

> of the chaos.

> I have just gone through a horrendous stage with my son Marty. It was

> time for me to face the fact that he had bad teeth and they needed to be

> pulled, have been putting it off for years now, living in denial about

> it because I did not want to face the eventuality of a hospital stay and

> all it may mean for him. But finally when I had pain in my own teeth I

> realized that I had to save him somehow, so scheduled the surgery with a

> dental surgeon, he had to be intubated to help prevent aspiration, da,

> da, da, scheduled the OR to the hospital, scheduled the lung specialist

> to be on hand, and the deed was done, and the teeth were pulled and we

> waited a night in ICU, he was supposed to go home the next day but alas

> had developed a bit of aspiration pneumonia, so had to go directly back

> to ICU to receive IV antibiotics for four more days.

> The swelling and bruising were awful, I wondered what in the world that

> dentist had done to my child! He suffered in pain and I pondered what

> they should give him, morphine, oxycodone, all which I dread will cause

> seizures, whatever, finally got him home and he has recovered from all

> that, then he began to throw up, so two trips to the ER to see about

> that, put him on some awful medicine called Reglan and I wondered if he

> had gotten the worst side affect there was listed, involuntary movements

> of arms and legs, aaaaa, he couldn't sleep for one whole night, then got

> diarrhea.

> But I think we are through the worst of it now, he is calm today, no

> more bleeding or drooling, looks to be in less pain, he cannot talk so

> all I have is his facial expressions to go by, but he does look better

> today. So now I am going down to the store to get some flowers to plant,

> have been spading my flower bed out front for a week now. It is time to

> plant, supposed to get hot this weekend and I hate working out there

> when it is hot.

> Oh yes my grandson just called, he is 9, he wants the latest Xbox

> video game on skate boarding, I promised him he said. His mom just found

> he needs $6,500 in braces on his teeth, has spacers now, a lot I will no

> doubt help her pay for. Yesterday I went and watched his brother Lucas

> who is 5, and him run in a jog a thon. did 16 laps, Lucas did 7!

> Also have a granddaughter Sierra who is 13, now there is an interesting

> child, going on 18. Just sharing what else I do on a daily basis, my

> daughter and her husband live close so I see the kids almost daily, used

> to watch them when they were babies while my daughter worked.

> Also I have two older sons, one of them has given me more to deal with

> than his brother who is so called " disabled, " my oldest was alcoholic

> for many years until he ruined his health with it and now has diabetes

> but doesn't drink anymore. His father, my husband and father of all my

> kids died of cirrhosis.

> Yes I would definitely say that faith in God has gotten me through, and

> I know will take me as far as I must go with my life and all that is

> in it!

> Just to know we are not alone helps a lot too I think, and you are not,

> or any on this list, are alone.

> Talk to you soon,

> Carolyn in OR ;o)

> Kate the Great wrote:

> >

> > I am in Dallas, TX. My son Milo is 12 and has Aspergers and Mood

> > Disorder NOS (aka not quite bipolar). I am facing the teen years with

> > a great deal of anxiety. Although he is doing ok on trileptal and a

> > low dose of risperdone, he is starting to become non-compliant with

> > his medication, leading to regressions and side effects from the

> > seizure medication. He has an older sister who is quite sensitive,

> > both to his problems and to his antagonistic modalities. This leads to

> > jealousy and sibling fights, and without his best behavior on, he gets

> > somewhat violent. And this is at 80 lbs. I don't know what I'm going

> > to do with a 140 lb teenager who is melting down! His IQ is pretty

> > high, though low in fluid reasoning and executive function, and he

> > does ok in school academically when he is not having disruptive

> > behaviors. He has speech therapy and writing and testing

> > accommodations through the school district and thank goodness no

> > problems with the school system since 3rd grade. I am so glad to see

> > some activity here.

> >

> > If anyone else is in the DFW area and knows of tween & teen groups for

> > Aspergers/HFA kids (particularly in the southern sector! it's over 30

> > miles to the closest one I've found!) I would be thrilled to find out

> > about them. Socially Milo has one good friend (who happens to be

> > severely ADD) in his class and plays with the neighbor children, who

> > are typically 3-4 years younger than him, and this works well. His

> > cousin, 9 months younger, also has Aspergers and they get along

> > famously; he has asked about meeting more kids that are 'like' himself

> > and I feel bad that I haven't found a group we can squeeze into our

> > schedule.

> >

> > Well I guess I should get back to work, but I wanted to join in the

> > chatter for a few minutes. Looking forward to shared support...

> >

> > Kate

> >

> >

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