I hear ya on being down but not happy with overall down weight Pool but try to focus on the down part. You are below 155 that is on the down side of the 150's!!!!
My biggest butt problem (no pun intended LOL) is my tailbone, it curves the wrong way so need to keep pressure off of it as much as possible, it doesn't get better the more I ride, at least not at this weight it won't. As I get lighter it will get better I'm sure, didn't bother me much at 120-125 when I use to ride just on really long rides. A soft narrow seat would be ok probably, it would hurt but I'd manage a hard one I think would do me in quick, then I'd be waddling around for days.
The girls and I might go looking at some this weekend and we'll try out uprights and recumbent bikes. See which one fits us the best. We are all right around the same height, I know DH won't use it and DS will be leaving in less than 2 months so I'll pick one that fits us best, so a short girl bike, won't have to worry about getting one that adjust to tall people or a heavy weight so maybe we can get a cheaper one. Doubt we'll be doing any high intensity workouts on it, I know I can't so no point in spending a lot on one like I was planning on
The 2 I'm thinking about now are the sunny health p8400 recumbent and the sunny health p8100 upright, they are only $149 with free shipping. I was looking more in the $500+ range so yeah that's a lot better.
That's really cheap Poo!!! Geeze you could get both lol
I have my crazy exercise class today. The instructor has been on vacation for a week. I've been doing my own exercising but it's never near as hard as her class!!! And I usually have a good drop the next day so crossing my fingers. Yesterday I did running/walking intervals for 45 minutes.
Down 2.6 today! About time! I finally made it back to 183. Now to see if I can actually start losing.
Mini-goal
FMD info http://www.chewfo.com/diets/the-fast...oid-food-list/
1/2 start 186.8
1/9 181.4 -5.4
Okay, moms, I’m trying to learn. What IS typical 14-year-old boy behavior? My new stepson turns 15 in June. Frankly, he’s quickly turned into a PITA. He was just the best kid for three years, and in the past year, since he hit the teenage years, he’s gotten very difficult to deal with. Still doing good in school, but lazier than before, B’s and C’s instead of A’s and B’s. He is very argumentative with his dad and in the new house we just bought, we asked him to not take food or sodas into his room because he spilled them in the old house all the time and his carpet was a mess. He fought about that this past weekend and ended up holing up all day Sunday in his room – with food and drink – and dared us to argue with him. It’s tough in a divorce situation because if he gets mad enough, he’ll just stay at his mom’s and never come back here. Altho frankly, when he acts like that, we don’t truly care. But we know that’s not good, so we’re going to a counselor on Saturday to discuss this with her. She’s fabulous. I saw her privately this summer, and then sent my new stepson to her once earlier this fall, after some money disappeared from our wallets and he was the only possible culprit (he denied, of course.)
It’s just really tough and frustrating. You want to love them and help them and they’re just sullen, moody creatures. Ugh.
Poobears, that’s interesting about the exercise bikes. I didn’t even know they made them for shorter people! I’m 5’4”. My husband is 6’ tall. So every time he gets on the bike I have to reset it. We have a recumbent. It’s in the basement. I can check the brand if you’re curious. I think we went to Sears and it was definitely under $300. It works great. We’ve had it for about three years.
Pbgirl, I hear you on the lazy teen. See above. ☺ I hope you can get your kid to do camp. That’s awesome that you want to send him. Too bad he doesn’t appreciate it. And congrats on the 2.6! That’s better than posting 26.3 on your car sticker. Almost!
PoolSideSoon, congrats on the .9! Losing almost a pound always feels good! Love seeing the scale drop a full number!
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I just bought myself new workout pants and a cute top from Athleta.com. I love their stuff. I didn’t want to spend the money, but I can’t find my old size XL or large pants, and I put on my mediums and I looked like a cellulite-stuffed sausage. It was gross. I was stuck going for a walk in slightly dressy leggings and a tunic the other day. With my pink New Balance athletic shoes. I looked silly. But I was determined to go. I think I gave away my bigger sizes when I dropped to a size 4. Silly me.
I did weigh myself today. After all that talk about no weighing! I know. I know. But I got a new Fitbit Blaze yesterday and decided I wanted to really track my weight and use it as it’s meant to be used. My old weight on Fitbit was 154 from April 2014. Made me sad to up it to today’s weight of 176.6. Sigh. I’m a cow. At least, I feel like one. But it makes me feel better to be brave enough to get on the scale. I’m glad I didn’t get on til now, VLCD17. Otherwise I’d have freaked out at 180-something!
This is EXACTLY where I started in 2012. I weighed 178 lbs. Sigh. Oh well. I did it once, I can do it again.
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STARTING OVER! 3/19/16 - R8
Scully: I'm from Phoenix but I live in Tempe. ASU student. I've never ventured down to Tucson but I will here shortly. My best friends getting married in Mexico so we have to drive through that area. I'll let you know my thoughts after we return.You're doing this without a scale? That's awesome! I feel like I'm a slave to the scale sometimes but it definitely helps me stay on track. Keep on truckin' Scully. You've got this. TOM is no fun on HCG but you're certainly not alone.
PB: Your son sounds like my brothers when they were his age (I don't have any kiddos but I do have a lot of siblings). I feel like summer camps are definitely a great way to express themselves and find things that interest them. I'll surely be following down that path when I do have kids someday.
PoolSideSoon: My brothers / dad / boyfriend are serious video game addicts and will do anything so that they can play together whenever. I completely agree with you that I would do just about anything to get them out of the house and doing things that help keep them active. Good luck on finding that 14 year old a job, when you find one that will hire, send them my way!
poobears: I do a spinning class just about every day and believe me, the first couple of days of riding that bike, my butt was not a happy camper but shortly after using the bike and going a lot more, it got easier and now, I don't even feel it. There is light at the end of the tunnel for the uncomfortable seat.
Scully I am beginning to realize that is typicall teenage boy. My son overall is a great kid. But the lack of emotion right now is what kills me. Our other issues are staying up with his homework. Once again he does mostly good but every week there is something missing. When I tell him it's missing, I get yelled at. My typical response to these reoccuring issues now is grounding. I like to ground for 30-60 minutes at a time for various problems. Boys arguing and won't stop...grounded for an hour. Yelling at me AGAIN over grades...grounded for an hour. Although last night then the attitude and rudeness continues so he was grounded the rest of the night.
Grounding gives me peace and quiet
Other punishment that makes me happy is cleaning. Sometimes I ground and then say "forget that! You are cleaning my house!"lol
I know overall my son is a great kid. He is A/B student with only a C in his advanced math. But he should be mostly A's and its lack of effort and responsibility that keeps his grades lower. I think we just have to realize the broody grumpy kid thing is a phase and we have to weather it the best we can. Not allow for a lack of respect but give some leeway for the moodiness. I always try to think about me when I'm having hormonal moodiness. Same thing, I suppose.
I will comment though that a few times a week, he actually starts a conversation with me, or gives me a story that isn't his usual 1-2 word response. Or he is actually excited about something. These times really stand out to me when they happen and I appreciate them a lot. Having a moody grumpy teenage boy makes me really appreciate the small conversations we do have in a fleeting happy moment of his
Mini-goal
FMD info http://www.chewfo.com/diets/the-fast...oid-food-list/
1/2 start 186.8
1/9 181.4 -5.4
Oh and on another note.....My chest is Killing me today. Horrible sharp pain, difficulty breathing. I feel like my chest is all squished inside my undershirt so bad that I actually HAD to take off my undershirt! I feel so neked! I NEVER go without my undershirt! Talk about feeling fat and frumpy today!
Not to mention I am pretty sure I have outgrown my bra because it is so unfitting lately
Mini-goal
FMD info http://www.chewfo.com/diets/the-fast...oid-food-list/
1/2 start 186.8
1/9 181.4 -5.4
PB you get back to the Dr TODAY!!!! With all of the sickness and meds you've been on - something is NOT right!! WOW congrats on the drop!!Originally Posted by pbgirl
Oh and on another note.....My chest is Killing me today. Horrible sharp pain, difficulty breathing. I feel like my chest is all squished inside my undershirt so bad that I actually HAD to take off my undershirt! I feel so neked! I NEVER go without my undershirt! Talk about feeling fat and frumpy today!
Not to mention I am pretty sure I have outgrown my bra because it is so unfitting lately
Scully - I would be furious if my son did that - holed up in his room with food after I've told him not to. He's testing boundaries for sure - how old was he when his dad divorced? Sounds like he needs someone to talk to as well! Glad you are looking into a therapist.
Oh and my sons prime punishment is lines. He HATES doing lines which is great HA HA HA!!!!
Scully, I had to buy new work out clothes at the start of this round, too. And, right before, I also had to buy some shorts and a other things b/c nothing fit. Totally sucked, and now a waste of money b/c they are all big now. This time, I won't get rid of those big clothes. I'm going to put them in storage, but I'm not fooling myself that I won't ever gain to that size again, and I'm not wasting more money!
PB-you should head back to the Dr.
Today is LIW!!!! I am at 147.8 for a total of 16.8 with load weight, and 12.2 not counting the load. I've always liked counting the load due to the psychological lift, and also, I was bouncing around that weight before starting anyway. I saw that 164 a few times, fought it back, gave up on trying to lose off HCG, then loaded back up to 164. Gonna go ahead and change my ticker today to my new goals. I don't want to see that 164 start weight anymore.
So, I didn't hit goal, but I'm only 2.2 away. I'm taking a nice week off, then jumping back in to hit the mid 130's. After that, the work begins to start toning up.
BTW, I'm taking the pellets, this is day 23, but i'm only taking my morning dose. So, tomorrow morning is 24 hours from last does, and Friday morning is 48 hours, so real breakfast Friday morning! I'm thinking bullet coffee and cheese omelet.
Kim you did amazing
I'm staying on until I'm done. I have 20 or more to lose - just going to randomly add a week of P3 in between sometime....
My class this morning was so hard. Mountain climbers, jump squats holding an 8 pound ball, push ups, planks, burpees, squats, lunges. An hour of torture lol but I'm always SO happy when I leave there - it really helps to keep me on track - I'm adding some extra chicken today to make up for it - I'm sure I burned between 300 and 350 calories. But I had good energy!! And was able to keep up 100% with the class!!
Wow lots to catch up on.
Pb back to the Dr. for you, no way you should still feel that bad. Looks like you are in for another round of meds like DS had to do with his bronchitis.
Pool yay on making it through a class like that. I would die, like literally die LOL
Kim you did awesome, good job on your round, enjoy P3. You earned it
Arizona I think my knees are way too shot for spinning, those days are behind me, I'll stick to casual riding with a little faster peddling own and then to get the heart rate up. Leave the spinning to people with good knees.
Scully teen boys and attitudes ugh I went through the homework thing just like PB is going through now with my youngest one. One child had to miss vacation one year due to attitude (left step DS home because he was giving his Mom attitude at her home and mouthing off, didn't matter if it was at our house or hers, you respect your parents) he was warned repeatedly, had months to correct his behavior and refused. Basically said he knew we wouldn't leave him behind and he could treat his Mother anyway he please. Well his choice, his consequence. Step child or not you do not let them play parents against each other or manipulate you with the I'll do what I want or won't come back card. No food or drink in the room means no food or drink in the room, if he locks you out or slams the door, the door comes off, simple as that, can't lock the door or hole up in a room if there is no door. If he gets mad, he gets mad. He can get over it. He's pushing your limits to see what he can get away with and the more you let him, the more he will do. DS is in his 30's now and has told us repeatedly the best thing we ever could have done is left him home that trip, although he didn't think so at the time. I cried the first 2 hours of that trip, but as parents you do what you gotta do and it's not always easy.
AFM I think I need to adjust my dose I was starving after my 2nd dose today, like eat the dog hungry. Lets just say I didn't eat a protocol lunch, didn't even my normal rogue lunch. I ate a bad lunch LOL Not as bad as it could have been, still HUNGRY but at least I'm not HANGRY anymoreMaybe I need to drop it to 3 pellets instead of 4. Pretty sure I'll be up tomorrow. So tired of being hungry all the time, considering going back to JUDDD just so I can eat every other day.
Oh and yes the bikes are cheap enough I could get more than one I actually told DD this morning I'm thinking of getting 2 and putting them side by side so we could do races. Like first one to a mile etc. Would be fun to exercise together and I think they'd get used more that way. Also the way our front room is set up it sort of divided we have the main living room with our big tv and sitting area then there are 2 couches that sit back to back. One couche faces into the main sitting area and the other faces into a smaller area where a counter top has the kids laptops, another wall TV with the Xbox hooked up, kids games etc. I'm thinking of putting the bikes at the end of the couches since there's plenty of room there and maybe facing one towards the main tv and one towards the kids game tv. Then when one of them is playing xbox they can be riding the bike. Or if you are watching TV in the front room you can ride the other bike. They are light enough you can switch it around and 2 could play and ride/watch at once.
I do 3 pellets Poo!!! Hungry is NOT good - I haven't been hungry but I've been INSANELY bored with the food.... in turn makes me want to eat Fries lol. What did you eat? Because I love food dang it. I want a fried egg sandwich. On white toast.
I just had a piece of Mozarella Cheese and 2 slices of thin salami oops.
But I have to go paint the guest room and I really was feeling kind of weak and off - could be the class!! Feel better now with some fat in me
Seriously great idea about the bikes!!
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