Ugh, I hate and love you all at the same time... I was totally going to put off my workout this evening because I am in a lot of pain from bootcamp yesterday... but now you've gone and motivated me... I'll be doing that work out. There WILL be a ONE in front of my weight if I have to cut off a friggin' leg to get there! Muah.

I am thrilled for your sucesses this week and all the hard work. I think my method is a little less aggressive, but working thus far. I eat six times a day, track my calories on fitday- stay between 1200-1500, drink unsweet tea all day long, and do light cycling while I watch TV in the morning. I know I will have to amp it up more as I get smaller, but at 241, I do what I can while trying to keep it as something I can live forever with.
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Starting weight: 255.2 pounds 04/12/2010
Pounds lost: 14.0
Current weight: 241.2 pounds
1st Goal weight: 199 pounds
1st Goal date: 08/01/10
Weeks on fitday.com: 3

New to the forum, not to dieting or fitday...
 

Hello everyone! :)
I've been off and on fitday for a few years and have never visited the forums. I enjoyed reading everyone's post and would love to be a part of your support group. Right now I have 125 to lose and just started this week and am doing it this time with my 17 year old daughter who would also like to lose 100 pounds. We are shooting for New Years so that means 3+ a week for us.

We have been watching this season of Biggest Loser and it's very motivating....ok so it took me MONTHS to get up and take a walk but I finally walked a mile yesterday and went and did it again today.

I have done lots of dieting my entire life but always alone and no real support system other than friends on their own weight loss journey.

I'm very excited about your group and I expect to start visiting this forum daily if I can and look forward to making some new friends that understand the struggle.

CONGRATS to all of you that seem to be doing so well, hitting goals and getting new outfits and getting in to old jeans, keep it up and GOOD LUCK!

Tara

If you cut off that leg I will beat you with it! Just think how much harder bootcamp will be if you have to do all of it on one leg. I'm using 2 legs for my workout, and it's almost more than either one of them can handle. I'm glad you got motivated. I hate that in order to get in shape I have to fight my own nature tooth and nail. Exercise wise, I'm basically a lazy butt and the lazier I am, the lazier I get. It's a vicious ugly cycle.

I've had to amp up quite a bit, I started at 20-30 min/day and now I'm at and hour plus, and sweating the whole time. The worse part is that the less you weigh, the longer you have to workout to burn the same calories, it just doesn't seem fair.

Good luck to you and your daughter, and welcome to the forum! Check in often the ladies here are fantastic. Well I gotta go, it's time to drive the mom-cab.

I'm also new to Fitday, not to weight loss. I have been to Weight Watchers on and off for over 20 years. I know what it takes to lose weight, but I can seem to keep it off. So, I am optimistic that FitDay, it's forums and a new attitude is what it will take. I am inspired and encouraged by what I have read.

Both of you crack me up!

Midnight and herestohealth - Welcome! I am pretty new too - only been back to Fitday for a week. This group is very inspiring!

Everyone say a prayer for me today. My job involves quite a bit of driving depending on the week, usually trips of 60-90 minutes one way. I think I gained my most recent 10 pounds since starting this job 3 months ago because of how easy it was to stop at McD's or grab candy when I was filling up my gas tank. For some reason, eating in my car, when no one is around to see it and then hiding the evidence later, has become a bad habit for me. I guess it must be what smokers feel like when they have to smoke when they drive. So today will be the first time since starting on Fitday again that I will have to drive for work. I've got to go about an hour and 15 minutes away, and then back again at the end of the day. I'm trying to institute a "no eating in the car" rule for myself, so I'm having my lunch before I leave my office, I've packed a South Beach granola bar for after the presentation I am driving to, and I filled up my gas tank this morning so I won't need to stop for gas and be tempted by aisles of no-no food. Then I have leftovers of a big turkey dinner I fixed last night, so just thinking of turkey and mashed potatoes (within my calorie budget of course) should get me home safe!

egmdobbs....I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one that eats in the car and then hides the evidence. Before I started to watch what I eat - I would go to Mcdonalds and get a salad....but also fries and shake. I would eat the fries and shake before I got home - and in my mind it was like it almost didn't happen. I have not done that for quite awhile, but it's nice to know that I'm not alone with that.

I've been doing pretty good this week so far, I know it's only Tuesday. But I didn't snack last night. Am I'm really looking forward to my long walk tonight! Something that made me smile this morning - I put on a pair of capris that were tight on my last summer....and they fit great! Still a size 26 - but hey at least they aren't tight!!

Hope everyone is having a great week!

egmdobbs, I too LOVE to eat in the car. Driving is soooo boring. I tried to give it up, but it was an abject failure. I tried everything from locking my purse in the trunk to driving with only a gas card, drivers license and lipstick in my purse, but would always find a way to cheat. What I have discovered though is that I'm cheap, so if I have food in the car, I won't spend money on more. So I pack accordingly and take my lunch and munchies with me. And if I end up without anything I stop at Meijer and pick up either a tub of berries or cut veggies and maybe a small tub of Greek yogurt for dipping. Another thing that helps me is music that I know the words to, you don't eat near so much if you're singing off-key at the top of your lungs and banging away on the steering wheel.

disujo, congratulations on the capris!!! Very cool. Last weekend it cooled off around here and I got out a sweat shirt my husband bought for me when we were dating (like 100 years ago), and it fit!!!! I bet I haven't worn that old thing in maybe 10 years. Of course it used to be baggy, and now it's a near thing, but I got it on and wore it out in public and nobody arrested me.

BTW, reading and writing on this forum right now is keeping me from having an ice cream treat.

Hey girls! I haven't checked in for awhile, been busy with all kinds of spring clean up!

So, I am STILL struggling with exercise!! I know I should do it, tell myself everyday I AM going to do it, but by the time I get home after work, feed the kids, do another load of laundry and do my never-ending housework and yardwork, I am beat. Ok, that sounds like a load of excuses, I know. I need someone to kick my butt and whip me into shape. :) I went out on my lunch break today and bought the 30 Day Shred DVD and am going to attempt to start doing it in the mornings. I am sooo not a morning person, but it's only 20 minutes, so I can get my butt out of bed for that I figure.

Any advice on emotional eating? I have been having a horrible week. :( I want chocolate, crave chocolate, MUST HAVE chocolate right now! I always turned to chocolate before when I was bummed. I bought some sugar-free pudding, very yummy and low cal. I hope that can curb the cravings. I was such an emotional eater..I am really struggling with that lately. So..any advice?

I weighed myself this morning and am down to 38.8 pounds lost! Super excited!! I bought a pair of capris this weekend that were 1 full size smaller. I did a happy dance in the store! The clerk thought it was pretty funny, haha.

Hope you all have a fantastic evening!

welcome to all the new faces. I was so bummed out Sun I have really really been trying to get to my next decade the 240's and I was up two pounds. I had some popcorn Sat night and know I didn't gain it all in one day , but still very deflating. I'm sure it was just water gain and I watched super close and cut my calories to 1100 both Sun and Mon and guess what today I was at 250 a lose of 5 pounds so close to seeing a 240 number. so glad that I didn't get defeated and no so motivated to just keep going. I see things that I am doing now, like walking, and just a few months back I would have never even attempted to walk a block let alone a mile. Ladies, stick with it you will feel better. All of us are capable and have to find the things that work in our lifestyle and adapt them to our goals. I'm looking forward to sharing our journeys together.

amylee, kick kick boot to the butt. Now get your lazy butt out of bed 30 minutes early and let Jillian M. kick your fat fanny into shape. There, did that help? The other thing I would say is that working out first thing in the morning wakes me up better than espresso. It also helps me feel more evened out all day long, I'm not quite so prone to mood swings and stress.

I've done the first workout on that DVD 5-6 times now. At first my legs hurt, but the last couple of times it's been my arms. I'm not someone that does push-ups if I can help it. But I just keep thinking that the less I weigh the easier it should be to do them. I'm still doing the "easy" girly version, but maybe tomorrow morning I'll attempt a full one. We'll see.

I have a ton of advice on chocolate. In the morning I put 1/2 a scoop of chocolate protein powder in my coffee along with a splash of skim milk (DH and I call it "muscle mocha"). It's a nice fat boost of protein first thing in the morning and it's perfect after a workout. For me it takes the bite out of the all day chocolate craving. For really bad days I have a stash of individually wrapped chocolates, Kisses, Dove squares, etc. I let myself have just one, and let it melt very slowly. I also make myself drink 24 ounces of water at the same time, hoping to get that "full" feeling. Other sources of chocolate I use when the need arises: chocolate pudding cups 60 calories, Fudgesicles 60 calories, homemade fudgesicles (using milk & chocolate protein powder) 80 calories tons of protein, individually wrapped peppermint patties, chocolate protein bars and sugar-free hot chocolate.

Great job on the weight loss, 39 pounds is about the same as my 3 year old weighs, and she's a chunk.

Speedyfair, sooooo pumped for you girlfriend!!!! Maybe by the end of the week you'll be looking at that new decade. Awesome!

Disujo - Congrats on the capris! Just think, if 26's are fitting good, it won't be too long until 24's will work for you! Doesn't matter the size, only the direction that you're going!

speedyfair - Congrats on the loss and way to keep yourself motivated. You'll be in your next "decade" probably within a few days!

amylee - Wow, almost 40 pounds gone - that's awesome! I second the cup of sugar free cocoa idea. I always want chocolate at night, and I always seem to want something sweet before bed. The cup of cocoa (with a splash of skim milk to make it richer) is probably only 50 calories and it does the trick and fills me up so I don't eat anything else on top of it. And worse case scenario - grab a 100 calorie pack of chips ahoy or oreo. There's not much to them nutritionally, but the portion control is nice. Fat free chocolate milk is also a decent option, especially after a workout.

Well, I survived my drive yesterday! I was really thirsty after my presentation though, so I did stop to get a diet pop. But I was able to walk out of the gas station without anything else. And as a reward, I got on the scale this morning and in my first week of logging foods on Fitday again, I lost 3.2 pounds! Woohoo! I know it could be more if I was exercising, but I just need to take one step at a time right now.

egmdobbs - great job on your drive! Gas stations are the devil! They always have my favorite candy bars right by the check out! It's like they want to jump in my purse!!!

Last night I got home and my boyfriend's mom, who we are living with :( , made brownies...she knows I'm trying to lose weight - but I don't know if she realizes how hard it is. She is 83 and eats anything she wants...which if i live to 83 - i'm going to too! But I still wanted to throw the brownies outside for the birds!! I only had 1, which I wish I could say I didn't have any, but it's better than 5 I guess.

Hope everyone is having a great Wednesday!

Thanks for the advice! I will definately try the hot chocolate. I love hot chocolate, but have been avoiding it. Never thought to try the sugar free stuff. Thanks for all the encouragement too. I did the 30 Day Shred last night, and I believe it should be renamed to 30 Minute DEAD. Holy crap it kicked my butt. I think I am going to put a pic of Jillian up and throw darts at it. :) But, I am going to do it again and hopefully it will get a bit easier. Practice makes perfect.

Disujo, I can totally relate to the whole brownie thing. My husband made his famous brownies last week. The smell of them baking almost did me in. I begged him not to, but he really wanted those brownies. :( I had a small bite, then made my 16 year old step-daughter hide them. My husband and the girls had them eaten in 2 days and I made it without eating a whole pan. It sucks, huh? Hang in there, you're doing great. And you're right, 1 is WAY better than 5 and in the long run it probably didn't throw you off track. A treat once in a while is a good thing I hear. Helps keep cravings in check.

Have a good day everyone!

I hear you on that workout, I can't even pinpoint what it is that makes it so hard, the exercises are on the order of junior high gym class. When I'm doing it, seems like getting up and down off the floor is the hardest part. Geez, I thought I was getting back into shape until I bought that evil piece of plastic. But it also seems to be helping a bit, I actually have one tiny shred line showing up in my arms. I've never had that one before so it's pretty cool to see it. My 8 year old DD did workout #2 yesterday and complained that her legs hurt this morning. This from a kid that spends every recess either hanging from the monkey bars by her knees or jump roping. I like the dart board idea, but even better what about a punching bag with her face on it? Burn some cals while taking out your frustrations...

I'm so sorry that everybody is having brownie issues. After reading all your posts I can almost smell a pan cooking, and my oven is stone cold. Occasionally I have to make a couple sheets of cookies around here. Thankfully I have enough children here to eat them the minute they pop out of the oven. So as long as I leave the room, or stuff my face with something on plan, I manage to get through it without cheating.

egmdobbs, Great job on your drive, and on your weigh-in. 3.2 pounds is awesome! And truthfully it might have been more with exercise or it might not have. Exercise is one of those things that doesn't always show in the beginning. Which is not to say you shouldn't be exercising, just that you don't need to beat yourself up over not doing any - yet.

Oh, I'm sure if I go too much longer without exercising, I'll hear you beating me up about it! :D (which is great - I need some motivation!)

And will everyone stop talking about brownies - you're making me want one in the worst way! :o

I survived yet another diet land mine (actually 2) today. I work in the Girl Scouts office - so there is ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS, an open package of cookies somewhere. I breezed passed them without even a thought this morning in the break room. And then my boss wanted to go out for Mexican after our meeting for Cinco de Mayo. Well, I'm pretty sure Mexican restaurants have NOTHING healthy on their menus! I got a "fajita salad", which was just grilled chicken on top of iceberg with a few tomatoes and black olives - no sauce. I got the cheese on the side and only sprinkled a little for flavor. They didn't have any fat free dressing, so I used about 2 tablespoons of real ranch and even after recording it, I'm only at 1400 cals with the healthy dinner I have planned. I feel great that I didn't order the giant plate of enchiladas swimming in beans and rice that I really wanted! (and the margarita of course!) I keep posting these successes in hopes that they will motivate me to keep having more of them!

welcome to all the newbies
 

Of course I'm almost one myself, only been on here a month of so.
The support and encouragement is great.

I'm just starting Julian Micheals book master your metabolism. Is anyone familiar
with her books? etc. I guess she's on the biggest loser, never watched the show so i don't know anything about her or it. Is it worth watching and reading??

start 302
current 272
first goal: 240 by birthday in Oct
final goal to be decided later.:confused:

New today. I've been watching the site for a few days, getting myself in the mindset to start. I watched Parenthood last night (love the show). A mother told her adult daughter "You can't succeed if you never start." That hit home for me. I planned out my meals last night and followed them to a tea today. I even took my kids for ice cream (red flag food for me) and resisted! I didn't get in any exercise and am feeling guilty about it. Did I really not have time or did I make up excuses? I'll figure that out in time.

Just want to say that you are all inspiring. I'm excited to start the journey with you all. If anyone can recommend some good exercise DVD's for beginners I'd love to hear from you!

Welcome aboard, this is a great spot to check in at. I love these ladies, they are helping to keep me on track. Great job on your plan and on sticking to it. Having a good plan is half the battle, it's also the half I struggle with the most.

On workout DVD's for beginners, I don't know that I'm a good source for a true beginner workout, I've done them for years and years and years. But I like Kathy Smith, pretty much all of them are fun and there is always a person in the background doing the "modified low impact version". I recently bought the Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred, which is pretty basic too. Although a lot of us have been waking up with mild pain the day after, which I suppose means it is a good workout right? The 30-Day Shred is very much like my Jr. High gym class warm-up, so you probably know all the moves.

Thanks for the warm welcome and video suggestions. I'm looking forward to another great day!

Do tell more about this coffee and protein power? how much do you use for those homemade protein fudgicles? that sounds great frot he choloclate advice. I am addicted to chocloate. I always say that I am allergic to chocolcate because it makes my hips and butt bigger lmao.

Good morning ladies! I hope everyone is having a successful and fun week.

Sorry that I've been MIA ever since the dreadful weekend - record lows along with hail, snow, storms & hard freezes kept me busy 3 days trying to invent ways to protect my plants. Fortunately I still have quite a few in the 'greenhouse' & others hardening off to replace the dead ones. The weird thing is that now we're breaking records for all time highs, back to back record breaking weather. Global warming and El Nino, jeez give a girl a break. Anyways I've been trying to get everything back into shape and re-planted. I should be done by the end of the weekend if the weather stays nice. I'm totally wiped out---beat to the point of being a walking zombie.
We went out for dinner & I caved when I saw the gourmet cookies -I ate 5. Found out afterward that they were 250 cal EACH - holy guano batman! I'm still Zig zagging & making up for it with lean protein (I still see more, lots more, steamed fish with veggies in my future...gag me with a fish fork). Well, that's the way the cookie crumbles over my way.
I'm going back to catch up on all the posts now - cu later.

Thanks for the welcome!
 

Wow, the first week is always the hardest for me. I have walked a mile the past four days after not really moving much except for maybe one trip to Walmart a week for the past year. My feet are covered in blisters but I hobbled up and down the hills anyway and hope to see it continue paying off. I have lost 7 pounds this week but I have lost over a hundred pounds 3x in my life (I'm 38) and I know it's pretty much just water weight...but I plan to hang in there and this time it's strictly eating right (salad only at the moment) and exercise. No shakes, no pills, no nothing. It helps that me and my daughter are working out together and also that we eat together. Helps to have someone to be accountable to I think.

As far as exercise videos, I enjoy the Just My Size yoga video and it makes you stretch out and work up a sweat with no impact. It makes you feel good and relaxed.


Tara
Start Weight: 326 326
End Weight: 199 318.8
Total Weight Loss: 127 7.2
Weight Loss Per Week: 3.64 0.21

That took me time too...With 2 kids, a huge yard (dh doesn't do much yardwork) and a full time job, I've always felt that MY exercise takes a back seat.

I finally bit the bullet and decided that since I can't seem to do it in the evening and can't sleep if I do it too late in the evening anyway, I have to--simply HAVE to--get up earlier.

I'm almost done with week 4 of getting up between 4:30 and 4:45 a.m. and walking and lifting weights for a total of an hour.

You CAN find a time that works for you! You CAN!

I wish I was allergic to chocolate, but nope I'm allergic to lemons. Do you know how many diet recipes start or end with lemon? Most of them, which is why I'm a fat girl.

Okay on to the muscle mocha: 1/2 cup skim milk, 1/2 scoop chocolate protein powder, stir, top off cup with coffee (I think my cup is like 16 ounces), you can add a packet or two of artificial sweetener, but I'm trying to wean myself off that part. I use a product called Spiru-Tein. It comes in a ton of flavors, I'm going to try vanilla next. I buy it at the local health food grocery, but I think you can get protein powder almost anywhere this time of year. I like that particular brand because it's only 96 calories for an entire scoop, it's sugar-free and it actually tastes okay. When I make my own fudgesicles, I just make the recipe like it's written, 1 scoop + 1 cup of skim milk, stir and then pour it into a freezer pop mold I bought at the dollar store.

Oh dm, I feel your pain. Yesterday I made 2 pans of cookies, just the ones you make from store bought dough. I ate 1/2 of one, without even realizing that I had put it in my mouth. I swear it was a good thing I had 8 kids here or I would have eaten the whole package. Geez, fresh baked cookies are the worst. So I'll be having salad again for lunch today, yummmmmm (not).

Sorry to hear your feet are taking such a beating. Last night I watched this thing about some aboriginal South American runners. Apparently the entire tribe runs, and they have endurance like the Energizer Bunny. Get this, they run barefoot or in homemade shoes. So this morning I ran in my socks on the elliptical to see if I could go further. Um nope. Congrats on the 7 pounds, what I wouldn't give to have a week like that again!!! Having a diet buddy would be great. I have a couple of friends that are dieting too, but we're all doing something different and so far we don't work out together or anything. We just get together every now and then and eat salad. I'll have to check out that video, it sounds about my speed.

TGIF Ladies!

Almeeker - your fudgesicles sound awesome! I'm going to have to try that. Has anyone here tried Jillian's whey protein - is it any good?

Midnight - 7 pounds is awesome, water weight or not! Just think of it this way..it's 7 pounds you'll never have to lose again, right?

Montana - I envy your morning exercise. It sounds like our schedules are about the same (work, kids, house) and I can't ever seem to find the time. I need to think about you when the alarm goes off at 4:45 and stop resetting it for 5:30!

I had an ok day yesterday. I had an evening meeting that was about 90 minutes away, so I knew that if I wanted dinner, I'd have to eat in the car. So I planned to stop at a Subway along the way, but I never saw one where I was going. I ended up stopping at Jimmy John's, which isn't the healthiest but better than McDonald's. I had them go light on the mayo, pile on the veggies, and no cheese. I got a bag of "skinny chips", noticed that there were 2 servings in the bag, and only ate half the bag - wow, I DO have self-control after all! When I got home and went onto their website to look up nutrition info, they have a really cool "meal planner" on their website that allows you to build your sandwich and your meal and then it spits out the nutrition info. The meal only ended up being about 700 calories, which still put me within my calorie intake for the day (on the higher end of the range, but still!). Felt awesome that I could make healthy choices. But no movement on scale yet this week.... :( Gotta make sure to stay on track this weekend!

No I haven't tried Jillian's whey powder. The Spiru-Tein is soy and seaweed based, my dd uses it too, and she has cow's milk issues so I specifically looked for dairy-free product. She used to have wheat issues and the Spiru-Tein is also gluten-free so it appealed to me on both fronts.

The end of Week 4 for me. I successfully got my 5 days in this week, with 2 days being 30 minute walks and 30 minutes of weight training, the other three days were 60 minute walks. My speed is improving (I have short legs, 3 mph is moving really fast for me!).

Best news is even with my period getting ready to start, I got on the scale AFTER my morning shake, and after my water during my 60 minutes on the treadmill and with a full head of wet hair after my shower, and I finally lost my 10th pound!!! I'm at 270 this morning, and will weigh again tomorrow to see what the real loss has been. *sigh* This was the hardest pound so far. I was so HUNGRY and COLD all week and just couldn't seem to feel satisfied. I stayed below 1800 calories every day, and most were at 1300-1400 calories, but I was just miserable (ask my kids and spouse, they'll tell you...).



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Montana - I envy your morning exercise. It sounds like our schedules are about the same (work, kids, house) and I can't ever seem to find the time. I need to think about you when the alarm goes off at 4:45 and stop resetting it for 5:30!

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Thanks...it's take me this long to get it going, but at 4 weeks, I really hope that I'm now on the way to making it a habit. In that 4 weeks, the alarm only went off once, it's set for 4:45. But I have usually woken up at 4:30 and just got up. It's a struggle some days, and I'm TIRED today, but I do get to sleep in (probably til 6 since my body clock is resetting) tomorrow!

TGIF everyone,,,
Dh left today for a two week trip so I havnt been on here much getting him ready. I will be back either tonight or tomrrow to catch up!!
Waving hi to all the new people!! Glad you could join us@

You go girlfriend!!! Very very proud of you today. I can't wait to see how you do next week after Aunt Flo visits, you'll probably drop like a stone for a week straight! I think hungry and cold go with the territory. I'm so pumped for summer to get rolling so that I don't have to wear layer upon layer anymore. Grouchy is also part and parcel of this journey, but I have to say I've been at this 4 months and I'm less grouchy than I was in the beginning. For the first 6-8 weeks I had to end every other sentence with "please forgive me, I'm dieting". But I'm less grouchy now, or maybe I'm just so used to being grouchy that I don't give it a second thought. I hear you on the short legs too. I mean seriously how many people do you know that have to run full out when the tread reads 4.0 mph?

Keep it up, you're on the right track. None of it's easy, but you're worth it.

I don't know if any of you have done this - but I thought it was pretty cool. I lifted up a box for work that I was mailing out. The weight on the box said 16 pounds. I thought to my self - I have lost double how much this weighs. It's pretty cool when you actually feel how much you have lost. To imagine what I was carrying around. I can't wait until i can pick up 50 pounds and say I have lost double this! Happy Friday everyone!! Weekend here I come. Make sure everyone says I Love you to your mom!!

I live on the 3rd floor of an apartment building, so to go anywhere I need to either go up or down 2 flights of stairs (I promise this is going somewhere)... so, when I buy groceries for the family, I have to carry them all the way to the apartment. So... I always remind myself, especially when I carry 10 pound bags of potatoes or other stuff... you've carried a lot more 24 hours a day. You go girl!

So, I weighed in yesterday... and I've only lost 2 pounds this week... I am going to try harder on my workouts... but I thought for the most part that I was doing pretty good. I did miss my 100 oz of water most days... that and my freaking period started last night so I have been a hormonal psycho, exhausted and craving carbs like a starving cow.

I didn't cave though on the carbs... I went a little easier on my body due to the exhaustion and I am helping my family to re-attach their faces. :D

Congrats to you all, you are such inspirations! Have a great weekend - tomorrow is my son's first bday party - pizza, cake, soda... and I am having a salad with maybe the topping off of the pizza for protein.

Thank you so much for the encouragement. I swear, I've seldom been on such a supportive forum!



Kudos to you for not carb caving!!!!! :D That's a great job! You're doing so great!

Ok so I am a copy cat... I admit it...

I made a blog to document my journey. I put some picks up of me at 400 pounds. Hopefully it will motivate any lurkers out there to jump start their fitness. More pics to come... much much more.

Diary of a Shrinking Tubba Bubba

Very very nice. I wish I knew how to do all that stuff! Okay so now that you're blogging you need to add at least one full body photo from today. The only thinner one you have is a head shot, you silly woman! But even in that I can see that you're down to 1 chin, the pretty chin that is. And don't be knocking 2 pounds, it's downward progress, and an accomplishment in and of itself. If you did that every week for a year you would be down by 104 pounds, and almost to your goal.

starting off the weekend
 

hi all- was busy this week and just got caught up- everyone is so supportive.

to some of the new friends, I had trouble with exercise at first. I just didn't think I could do any of the exercises, but started out small and as I lost some of the initial weight I felt better about myself and now I'm walking with some co-workers a mile a day on our lunch time. Just a few months ago I wouldn't have even attempted to walk the length of our parking lot, always parked as close to the door as I could. Now I park at the far edge of the lot to get in some extra steps. Start with something you can do, I figured any exercise was better that sitting on the couch and build up from there.

Made it to the next decade yesterday- hit 249.5 on the scale Yea!
It felt like I would never get out of the 250's, but the extra exercise really helped break through and careful this week with my food.

We celebrated cinco de mayo at work and everyone wanted mexican. I decided to splurge and enjoy a treat so I ordered my regular chicken quesidlla and a side of chips & salsa. When it came I was only able to eat 2 of the four triangles that it comes with and ended up giving the chips & salsa away. I can't believe that I used to eat the whole thing and think nothing about it, it really hit home about how much my eating has changed. that used to be a common lunch for me - it almost made me sick to my stomach thinking that I used to put that in my body consistently. So glad that that person is gone and a new healthy me is emerging.

for those of you struggling with the cravings, I like the new yogurts from yoplait that taste like pie or cake. I know it is good for me, about 100 calories and if you close you eyes they can really taste like the real thing. My favorite for breakfast is the Yoplait light Cinnamon roll. It is thick & creamy and so delicious.

everyone have a great weekend- and keep up the good work.

Finding support for weigh loss is sometimes difficult, everybody wants you to do it, but they usually don't know what to say. Some of my chubbier friends are having difficulty with my losing weight, it's probably a jealousy issue, and so they are supportive with a touch of bitterness. My skinny friends don't understand why I was fat to begin with, so they are supportive but can't relate. My mom has been saying "oh darling you look like you've been losing weight" to me for years hoping to kick off the journey, so even though she's in favor of the whole thing and supportive, it's almost seems like the same old gentle nagging it's always been. So I come here to this forum for my sisterhood fix and genuine support, you ladies are the best.

Whooo hoooo hooooo!!!! That's soooo awesome. I finally broke through the 70 pound mark this morning myself. I've been good for days, but every other day I was up .2 pounds on the scale. I've exercised, drank my water, kept cals low and protein high and nothin'. Then this morning I weighed 2.2 pounds less than yesterday? Go figure. The body is a weird and complicated machine... Well I gotta get my butt up and go to the gym. I've been sitting here typing since I got the news that all the soccer games are canceled. Typing is much easier then that huffing and puffing on all that stinky gym equipment.

Hi everyone i also just wanted to add how great every single member is on fitday! I too have some people around me who i feel just dont like me losing weight and i reckon theyd do anything to get me to put back on the 3stone ive lost rather than lose the 2 and a half i want to. Id like to add its a couple of the overweight ones and if im honest i sense it from my own mother who is not fat!! Why is it that people look at my figure when they think i dont notice?? It makes me feel really uncomfortable and all i wanna do is cover myself up so they got nothing to see. Jealousy and comments like skinny whatever and i hate you (in a laughing way) can really make me feel bad for not staying fatter then them. You see now im actually a good 2stone lighter than most of them- it feels like they want a competition while ive just got on with it and not made a big deal. Why cant people just be happy for me instead of scrutinising me everytime they see me. Yeah id be quite jealous if i had a friend losing weight and i remained overweight but id blame myself for eating badly to remain that way and be inspired to do well like them.
Sorry for going on but i just get so annoyed by them! Thankyou Fitday