Motivation

This is in response to Twocutekids' 160's club... I noticed that it was getting a little confusing at times with some people joining and others responding to previous posts, so maybe adding a new area specifically for rants & raves can help make it easier to communicate. Maybe the original can be more for cheering each other on, making introductions and talking about our goals or something. And, if anyone else has any good ideas for new 160's club topics, start a new thread too!

Edit: due to our fluctuating weights, let's open up the group a little more to match our new achievements! 150's to 170's it is :)

It's really been a great experience for me to start off this time with other people in the same boat. Trying to lose weight is always hard, but it's even harder when you have no one to do it with you.

Well, since this is a rant & rave section, I guess I'll start!

Rant: I live in Seattle. Living in a place with as dreary weather as this is SO not conducive to being active. I went to Texas when my boyfriend was working in Austin on a contract, and even in November everyone was out at night, enjoying street life, and most people looked more fit than in Seattle. While Seattle is a fantastic city with tons to see and do, we focus a little more on indoor entertainment than physical activity (minus the urban bicyclists or many nature-lovers who'll go hiking even when it's pouring rain). It's cloudy and chilly about 9-10 months out of the year here, so winter seems to last forever. It's so hard to get motivated to take a walk when it's 50 degrees and rainy in May! Oh well, it's my home... just have to work around it :)

What rants or raves do you guys have?

Original Post by leopardrayne:

I'm down to 168.8 as of this morning. I could have lost more since then, because I haven't eaten much... but before someone bites my head off for not eating, I'll explain why: My tonsils are too swollen.

I have been coughing for a few days, and my tonsils have really taken the heat of it. They are quite possibly the size of... *thinks* small plums, I guess. Pretty big, if you ask me. No strep throat, just some bad cold. I took some advil and cough syrup, so I've been a little bit better today. But my tonsils are still so big that I can't eat anything. I did have some water, and that feels a little better, and a small ice cream sandwich. That's all I've eaten but it's okay. Not hungry.

If my throat feels better, I'm going to take a walk around Whole Foods for lunch. Sounds good, and I might just pick up some fruits and vegetables.

Sorry you're sick :( I hate summer colds, especially the ones where your throat hurts super bad. However, good news - use it as a great opportunity to lose weight! Not that I'm saying it's great thing you're sick, but it's kind of like a few day pass for no appetite. I once had a massive case of food poisoning and while it SUCKED, I totally lost 7 pounds in a week and a half, although I was drinking water and eating soup the whole time. Again, not that it's a good thing but, once better, I felt pretty good about the boost. Then, I proceeded to eat 4 pounds of it back within the next two weeks. Oh well :)

Feel better!

Yeah! I have one of those!  I want to eat, I just can't.  So I've had a huge cup of orange juice and a bowl of cereal, where I've let the cereal get soggy in my milk before I ate it.  So... UNENJOYABLE BREAKFAST!

Getting from 183 to 175 was all caused by my last cold.  This cold might get me from 169 - 164... which is another BMI # down... 164 is my next goal, but I don't have another reward for myself until 158 (40 lb mark!).  Then my last reward will be at 50 lb.  YAY

The goal really seems within my reaches now.

Whoa... breakthrough!

I don't know if it's just that I've been a little nauseous all day because I haven't slept well in a week, but I'm starting to lower my appetite! I still want to eat bad things, but now I can eat good things for the most part, allow myself the occasional cheat, and keep my calorie count low. Yes! It feels great to finally see some changes in my body and behavior, even if I'm not perfect (yes, I had a donut today ;P)

you guys. can i join here? im losing my mind.  a year ago, i weighed in at 156.  today i got on the scale and am 177!  2 weeks ago, i was abt 170.  i quit smoking 2 weeks ago also, and all i can do or think about is eat.  ive stopped going to the gym. i just feel so disgusting and bloated and cant stop stuffing my face.  sounds pathetic cause it is!  i ate a large chicken lo mien last nite with 2 egg rolls.  what is happening to me?!  i just want to stop these binges.  its summer, and im supposed to be losing weight, not gaining!

 

i feel so worthless. ugh.  maybe its my period weight too.  who knows . all i know is you all seem so motivated and are in my range.  help a sista out!  

 

 

Hello 123 - You'll be able to pull it off.  Just if you're hungry, chew some gum for awhile.  Helped me quit smoking.

I'm back up to 172.  DAMN!  I was doing great and then... Memorial Day Weekend cooking out, drinking, etc etc.  Drank a lot of alcohol, mostly whiskey with some type of juice (cranberry is good, OJ is very good).

So I've got to burn off my whiskey weight :-P.

Hey guys just checkin in  --   I'm with ya on the Memorial Day Weekend boozin... I had a bachelorette party... totally had an awesome time and a raging hangover that could only be cured by pizza and bread stix on Sunday! ha.   Yesterday was back to business but its definetly been hard for me to get my butt of the couch and exercise this weekend... Doesn't it suck though, you feel like you're on track and doing  really well,  but you don't want to stop living your life (i.e. going out and celebrating and doing shots/ drinking beers with your best friend that is about to get married!) So you have a fun night or weekend out and then it feels like it takes 3 or 4 days or a week even just to get back on track again? well there you have it. RANT!

thx guys. my goal this week is to get back to the gym daily.  1 hr on the ellipitical - fast ass burning machine.  its good to have yall here.  im positive this insane weight gain was from salt and my tom.  had jamba juice for lunch. love those smoothies,  bought healthy food at the grocery store today. i cant buy anything i wont eat - so no junk food for me! lol

 

stay strong ladies!  if after 15 yrs, i could quit this smoking, i can lose this damn weight!  here's to another day!  x

Go onetwothree! I started smoking about 6 years ago at 15 (if only I had listened to everything everyone had ever told me about how addictive it is) and have managed to drop down the amount from a pack a day the first two years to 2-3 cigarettes every other day. Still, it's a pain, and I think when I don't smoke, I eat more... It's so hard! So, congratulations! And I'm in pretty much the exact weight boat as you. I weight 155 at this time last year, and shot up to 175 by the end of this winter. Now I'm down at least 6 or 7 pounds, and I've decided to not use the scale because I know it won't tell me what I want to hear. It's so depressing to gain weight, but I've been feeling way better since I started this site. I've been way more active, better at counting calories, and slowly but surely dropping weight. It helps to be here because people can be so supportive! Anyhow, welcome and good luck :)

Original Post by spedteach115:

Hey guys just checkin in -- I'm with ya on the Memorial Day Weekend boozin... I had a bachelorette party... totally had an awesome time and a raging hangover that could only be cured by pizza and bread stix on Sunday! ha. Yesterday was back to business but its definetly been hard for me to get my butt of the couch and exercise this weekend... Doesn't it suck though, you feel like you're on track and doing really well, but you don't want to stop living your life (i.e. going out and celebrating and doing shots/ drinking beers with your best friend that is about to get married!) So you have a fun night or weekend out and then it feels like it takes 3 or 4 days or a week even just to get back on track again? well there you have it. RANT!

Ouch! Totally feel you. I went to a huge outdoor concert yesterday in the hot sun and had this gigantic margarita and a beer, not to mention snacky chip type food all weekend, although I probably burned off what I ate or more because the rest of the weekend I was doing massive hiking and the concert was actually really high-energy. But today - RANT - I felt super hungover even though I didn't drink very much, not enough to even feel drunk (I think it's the sugar from the margarita) and so I wasted the day's calories on... ice cream, a pb&j sandwich, a chicken sandwich from Red Robin + fries (BAD!) and fruit loops. Oh no! Heh, oh well, though... I'm going for a walk now and swimming later so I guess I'll at least try to equal it out. But, you can't stop living your life. I read this forum thread in which people talked about the ways they knew they'd been dieting too long, and most of it made me realize, I can't do that. I love the way I live too much. But, we can do it with moderation - I wouldn't say no to my best friend's bachelorette party :)

hey guys =)
I'm definitely in the 160s club (162), and I definitely love to rant and rave; so I hope you'll welcome me into this community! Firstly, I just want to say how awesome it is to read so many positive posts here! I'll start with my many (unfortunately) rants and finish up with a good rave!

Rants:
1) Weather: Oh yeah, I live in Cleveland, OH. Enough said.
2) Alchohol: I'm in college and well we love to drink and finish the night off at our neighborhood Pizza King, not the healthiest choice, right? Hopefully, I'll get back on track during the summer. Not to mention, Pizza King will be more than a stumble away =)
3) Personal Rants:
    - I just came home from school and my family loves fattening foods!     I can't get away and they just look so delicious! A little perseverance
    will do the trick I hope.
    - Many of my friends think they need to lose weight, and they just         don't! I've lately taken to ignoring the complaints of my pesky 130
    and even 140 pounder friends, but it's hard when they try to one up
    me in the "I'm fat" game. No matter my persistent explanations         they do not seem to understand that it's a simple fact: 162 > 135.
    I'm glad that I found this place though because I feel like that won't
    happen!
    - My good friend took me out for lunch today. He took me out to         lunch at Olive Garden, and I simply could not resist overindulging in     (free) soup, salad, and breadsticks. C'est la vie! Next time I'll only         have one breadstick!
4) Personal Raves!
    - My good friend took me out for lunch =)
    - I rode my bike out to my school to see that friend. It's somewhere     between a 7-11 mile drive, maybe even a little more by bike!
    - 170s to 150s club!
   
edited to add: 123me, get it girl! I'm proud of you for quitting smoking! I wish that my own dad and a few of my friends had the same drive that you do!

Hi Pegleg... Welcome :)

College doesn't make it easy to avoid alcohol and bad foods, does it? I'm in the same boat. However, my secret weapon is that I live a ways away from my friends and the bars we hit up in the city so I don't drink more than 1 or 2 drinks a night, since I drive myself and I don't want to mess with drunk driving or DUI. Two friends of mine have gotten a DUI and they're a nightmare, not to mention dangerous. So, I usually drive, and I don't drink much, except for the occasional free night when I'm being driven, but even then I can't drink that much.

Also, friends who are a size 7 or smaller really need to lose the "who's fatter" game, heh. I so feel you on that one. Especially the ones that haven't ever been above 140. And the great thing about this community is it seems like everyone's cheering everyone else on, not trying to one-up anyone in weight loss or weight at all, which has been super helpful for me.

So, good luck and I hope you enjoy the forum... Everybody needs a little rant/rave time :)

Welcome to the newcomers!  I get a lot of inspiration from this community.  Hopefully it will help you too! I'm ready to rant:

I'm hitting some depression here lately.  It's making me hungry and lazy.  I don't want to do anything but lay around and eat stuff.  Well, eat EVERYTHING!!!  I ate a great dinner last night, and like a 1/2 hour later I was hungry.  My period is late, and that could be part of the problem...PMS...you all know how it is. (and NO I'm not pregnant, LOL) But I have gained a couple pounds.  I'm trying to control the urge to eat candy bars and ice cream and all that crap.  I packed a real good lunch for today.  Lots of veggies and healthy stuff.  maybe if I fill up on that, I won't want candy.  Humph...we'll see!!! 

It's just so hard because my husband and both my girls can eat anything and everything they want.  They don't understand what it's like to have to watch everything they eat.  I mean, I'm happy that my girls don't have to worry about it like I did at their ages (12 & 15), but it also makes me a little jealous.  And last year at this time, I weighed about 135, so going somewhere public where I run into people that haven't seen me for a while makes me very anxious (because I am now at 155).  I get highly paranoid that they are talking about the way I look and everything.  UGH!!!  What is wrong with me??  Why can't I be like some of the women that are VERY overweight and confident?? 

Sorry everyone...like I said earlier, the depression is hitting me hard (and yes I'm on medication for it).  I just needed to vent a little.  Thanks for listening!!!

Welcome new ranters/ ravers ... Pegleg we're neighbors... I'm a clevelander too  RAVE about the weather today and hopefully for the weekend!  Pizza king eh,  do you go to BW?   College life was definetly where I packed on the pounds, I've always been "chubby" but lord I was looking at old  pics and even like my old myspace pics from when I graduated ( 3 years ago ) and I was like holy smokes my face was round!  Its the combination of beer, cafe food, and late night pizza/ taco bell! 

It was hard for me to live at home too because my mom is an incessant sweet buyer. Donuts. Cake. Cookies. Brownies. You name it. I could count on it. Every Saturday morning like clockwork there would be new snacks on the counter and probably pastry for breakfast for the weekend.  Once I moved out on my own last year it definetly became alot easier because I control what is in my house and what isn't.  I can hide the M & Ms in the tippy top of my cabinet which are a pain to get to so I only really get them if i majorly need chocolate.  and now, don't even miss them that much.   So RANT for the people that put the "good stuff" in front of us and tempt us... but RAVE for us all being strong and wanting to fit into those hott jeans and knowing that the double take from the hot guy  was for you and not just assuming it was for the friends you are out with!

sounds as though memorial weekend didnt help any of us- lol-i am back at 162- still waiting for the number 159 so i can get excited for the 150's! everytime i get this close to the next group i stall for a few weeks or 3 or 4- irr frustrating! sometimes i wish i could know my exact  cal burn so i know exactly what i should b eating- but i cant afford one of those so i guess along w/ everyone else!!

i did enjoy a china buffet, steak buffet, pizza, carrot cake and ice cream while away which all was so good- and the pound was hopefully worth it!

im one that constantly needs sweets - especially after dinner- but i recently bought some fudge bars and a 110 cals they are so good! much better then ww icecream w/ no flavor!! i always keep cals for desserts though - i just cant get rid of them - besides we only live once!

Original Post by runningbellydancer:

Welcome to the newcomers! I get a lot of inspiration from this community. Hopefully it will help you too! I'm ready to rant:

I'm hitting some depression here lately. It's making me hungry and lazy. I don't want to do anything but lay around and eat stuff. Well, eat EVERYTHING!!! I ate a great dinner last night, and like a 1/2 hour later I was hungry. My period is late, and that could be part of the problem...PMS...you all know how it is. (and NO I'm not pregnant, LOL) But I have gained a couple pounds. I'm trying to control the urge to eat candy bars and ice cream and all that crap. I packed a real good lunch for today. Lots of veggies and healthy stuff. maybe if I fill up on that, I won't want candy. Humph...we'll see!!!

It's just so hard because my husband and both my girls can eat anything and everything they want. They don't understand what it's like to have to watch everything they eat. I mean, I'm happy that my girls don't have to worry about it like I did at their ages (12 & 15), but it also makes me a little jealous. And last year at this time, I weighed about 135, so going somewhere public where I run into people that haven't seen me for a while makes me very anxious (because I am now at 155). I get highly paranoid that they are talking about the way I look and everything. UGH!!! What is wrong with me?? Why can't I be like some of the women that are VERY overweight and confident??

Sorry everyone...like I said earlier, the depression is hitting me hard (and yes I'm on medication for it). I just needed to vent a little. Thanks for listening!!!

Runningbellydancer - I've totally been struggling with a longterm dip in my mood too for the past 3 months or so. Definitely doesn't help for weight loss motivation. I think it's just because the weather has been really terrible and I've been kinda cooped up - I do online classes and although I'm pretty young, I still have to help my boyfriend with enough adult stuff like helping him rent his condo (nightmare!!!), cooking, cleaning and taking care of his 6-year-old son that I've not had time to get a job, and up until I went abroad for 3 months last November, I haven't been unemployed this long since I was 17. I did work for two months this spring but it was a terrible job, dirty and poor pay and really physically straining, so I quit that. I get to do fun stuff like going out with my friends a few times a week, but it can be hard not to feel down. I've found over time that unfortunately I don't respond well to antidepressants but I've been trying some other things like more exercise, getting tons of vitamins and tanning and it's been working, because I feel a little better every day. However, I know it can be really stressful and also, I'm afraid of what people I haven't seen will think of me too since they haven't seen me since I gained weight, which I did over the course of only about 5 months. However, once I lose the weight, I'll have learned a fantastic lesson, albeit the hard way - don't get cocky and tell yourself you don't need to exercise or watch what you eat, unless you're willing to gain some weight. I totally tried on some pants today and nearly cried/laughed, it was so bad - I couldn't get them past my butt without major effort, and they were looking hot on me and fitting perfectly last October! Damn. Oh well, that's what I'm here for. Hope you feel better soon!

Okay, definite rave: HULA HOOP! Yes, it is coming back. I never could do it as a kid but I decided to look up hula hooping as exercise and it's a huge calorie burner (up to 100 calories in 10 minutes they said), not to mention super for a bunch of things but especially your waist and abs. Check out hooping.org for more information. Also it's fun and can be done just about anywhere you have enough space. I think I was totally meant to do it because I've been trying to think of something I can do while just hanging out at home that would be cheap and effective, and I looked up hula hoops online and was going to buy one from sports-hoop.com, but held off hoping they'd have one at a sports store nearby. I went to this mall by my house today and strangely enough, there was a stack of them at the doorway of a Chinese stationary store of all places, from sports-hoop.com but without having to wait for it to ship. I tried and finally kept it going for like 30 seconds! Go me! And yes, I was out of breath after trying to keep it up and going for 10 minutes. They come in different sizes (3 lbs, 4 lbs and 5 lbs) and I'd suggest the lighter ones at first if you're inexperienced. What an awesome concept... fun, easy exercise!

Post-hula-hooping: Ow, but what a workout! Seriously this might be one of those major weight-loss aids for me. So convenient! But, yeah, still ow.

Weighted hula-hoops??  Very interesting, I might have to try that!!! 

No weight loss... I've been figuring out a few ways to murder the scale, but I don't want it to be too messy.  Can you poison a scale? LOL

171.8 yesterday and 172.0 today.  My Calorie Intake is going to be under 1200 for JUST TODAY, and I'm going to put it up to 1500 again tomorrow and for the rest of the week (if I can keep up with it).

I had a good breakfast, icky lunch, and tasty dinner.  Go figure, the stuff that was good I ate at home, and the icky stuff was from Chick Fil-A (chicken caesar salad and extra piece of chicken).

leopardrayne-DON'T weigh yourself every day!  The daily fluctuations will make you crazy!!!  As hard as it is to do, I refrain from weighing every day by keeping my scale in the closet.  Not seeing it every time I go in the bathroom helps me out.  Sometimes I even forget to weigh myself once a week!!  and NO, you can't poison a scale!!!  LOL

So, maybe the "out of sight out of mind" theory would work for you like it does me.  I weigh myself usually on Mondays and Fridays.  I can't take the subtle increases in the daily weigh-ins.  It depresses me too much. 

One thing that I have been read on the forums here that you shouldn't eat under 1200 calories.  It will only make you more hungry or worse, put your body in starvation mode and you won't lose weight!  None of us want that!!!

Today is another day...a fresh start!  That's what I always tell myself!!