Motivation

HI! My name is Laura and i am 5-5 and 235 lbs as of today. I did weigh 240 almot 2 weeks ago. I am counting calories cuz I do not know what ele to do. When i gave birth, I only weighed 201 lbs! My son is 5(his bday is halloween). I cant believe i have put on so much lately. I have high blood pressure so I am on Diovan. I am also on protonix( for heartburn). I took myself off depo provera lat Sept and currently have the IUD, Mirena. Birth control was part of it but that is why I switched to IUD. I am taking it slow, and watching what I eat. I guess I am supposed to stay under 1700 calories and I walked 20 minutes today. I hate exercise now but I have to do it to lose weight the old fashioned Way!
if you have any suggestions, please tell me....

Today the scale said 210!

Woohoo for Katy!  So how much is that for you?  Sorry, I got lazy and didn't want to go through all the pages to find where you were last time you posted.  So....do tell...how do you feel!?!?!?  :)

It's alright...that's 28lbs down for me, and I feel great! It just motivates me more to hit that 30 lb. mark and then push till I pass 200.

Woohoo...wtg Katy!  28 pounds is terrific and 210 looks good on the scale, doesn't it?

Keep it up!!

Happy Easter everyone!  My stepdaughter came home from her mom's house sick...throwing up...Happy Easter to me...lol...so we are relaxing!

Go katy!

kj47933-  Hope you're feeling better.  itsmytime- I know what you mean, how we work so hard to get it off. Don't want to screw it up.

For some reason I was not worried about going overboard today. I just thought, no problem I'll just eat small portions, it's just one meal and not food that is terribly tempting to me( not like Christmas which in our family is a month long sugar orgy). I didn't count on the au gratin potatoes being that good. Oh well, hopefully not to much damage done. Happy Easter all.

I hope that everyone is having a terrific Easter.  My mother-in-law had to work today, so no big dinner for our family.  We are all in our jammies...my daughter is sick...just relaxing and watching movies...it is nice, though...

I was going through the cabinets today trying to decide what I am going to eat tomorrow, and I am happily surprised...I found a can of Campbell's Chunky Savory Vegetable Soup...only 220 calories for the entire can.  WOOHOO!!!  I am going to go to the store tomorrow, and buy a few more cans...soup is a good lunch and for the calories, you can't beat it.  I also made some tuna and put 10 crackers in a baggie(370 calories)...I still have a few prepackaged meals to finish up before they are gone...and I have good meals this week if I can eat the right portions and not the potatoes and gravy...pork chops, chicken, beef & noodles, etc...so it should be a good week...I am not going to be tempted by Little Debbie...I am not going to cheat...I am going to drink water and water with Crystal Light...

I am just way happy about the soup...lol.  I am not a big breakfast eater, so I have to find something I can eat for breakfast that is good and low in calories...anyone have any ideas?

man, i'm very very scared to see what the scale has to say tomororw. It was being tricky and showed 3 pounds lighter than yesterday (i'm assuming from the drinking last night)! and wow did i overdo it w/ food today. just hoping I can make it back to where i was saturday. gotta eat better this week and attempt to get tot he gym at some point too. we shall see

kj---hope you are feeling better!!  take care of yourself!!  don't worry about the turtle sundae!  just get your body better!

congrats katy!!!!!  wow!!!  28 pounds is soooo wonderful!!!

kt--i was soooo scared this morning to get on the scale.  my hubby is still recovering from surgery, so I thought...hmm, I don't have to get on that scale (no accountability without him there) but then I thought...okay, if I don't get on...what will happen?  it would be back to my old ways of denial.  So, I got on ....

and lost 1 pound!!!!!  (total of 12) I was so shocked!! 

So, I guess my lesson here was that even though I did make bad choices , they were mixed in with my "new normal" eating.

Even yesterday at Easter dinner, I enjoyed my mother in law's cooking, but very small portions of the "good stuff".

Have a good Monday!  tabby--I want to hear about your new start today!  It'll be a good day!

I just wanted to write to tell you guys that I appreciate you.  It is so good to come here and read about you all and the things you are going through, makes me feel good.

I cheated myself this past week with my thinking.  I really didn't feel like working out and so to compensate I ate 200 calories less each day.  I didn't lose any.  I am still at the 249 I was last weekend when I had gone up 2 for my TOM.  Iam greatful I did not gain any but felt all week that eating 200 less would be good.  Nope.  Not for me.  So this morning I did 45 minutes on my treadmill.  I need to do this every day.  My husband was great about me not working out and eating less to compensate but when I tell him I did not lose anything, I am hoping he will ask me again each day that I did work out.  I need the accountability.

Thanks for listening

P.S.>  Yeah for istmy and everyone else!!!!!!!

Congrats to all the losers! 

Suprisingly, I'm down 2 lbs. this week. 
I was really dreading this weigh in.  I felt like this week would be a real test because I have been on vacation for the past week and went to my mother's house for a big Italian family Easter feast.  Not a very good environment to be in while trying to lose weight.  My whole family, brothers and sisters are overweight, some extremely so.   I love my Mom's cooking but unfortunately my whole family's answer to everything is eating.  My whole life it has been that way.  Win a ball game, eat afterward to celebrate.  Go to a funeral, eat afterward for comfort.  Looking for entertainment, go out to eat.  Every event in my life has been associated with food in some way or another.  Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to blame others for my problems and I take full responsibilty for my choices and actions.  I'm just saying it is stinkin' hard sometimes to get out of that mind set when that is all you have known for 40 some odd years.   Ok, done ranting now.  Just needed to dump that out there.  Thanks for listening.

ginny- I am right there with you on the accountability!!!  What's so funny is that previous attempts at losing weight would have been met with defensiveness if my hubby asked me if I had worked out!! lol...not now!hmmm...which could help with the 12 pounds I've lost!!!

angelo---congrats on the 2 pounds!!  Boy do I understand the eating for every reason known!!!  (I'm sure most of us here do!)

I told this story somewhere on a thread but dont remember where..so if you've heard it...sorry.

My hair stylist is a naturally thin person and has never battled weight.  One time she and I were talking..long time ago..don't know which "diet" I was attempting.  I told her I was trying to only eat when I was truly hungry.  She looked at me with total confusion, and said ...."why else would you eat?"  She was not being mean or ugly, she was being sincere.  The thought never crossed her mind.

See, for her, this is not an issue.  If she is hungry, she eats.  She doesn't comfort herself with food. 

What a concept!!  It was so eye opening for me to know that there are people out there that don't use food to get them through the day!!  Like with  kj being sick....we turn to food.

sigh....but we are re training ourselves....RIGHT?????

ABSOLUTELY!!!

No kidding itsmytime...  I can actually here myself telling myself that i will feel better right after I eat something or another.  It has gotten better lately because I track each calorie.  I reach for something and then stop myself depending on where I am on my calories.  But the temptation is still there.

I knew I shouldn't have gotten on the scale this morning. So yesterday I was down 3 pounds b/c of the night out sat. Ate way too much yesterday adn I know I didn't drink enough water. So today the scale says I'm up 6 pounds from yesterday which is still up 3 from what i was at all last week! I know it's from not drinking enough water adn stuff b/c it's damn near impossible to have eaten 6 pounds worht of calories lol...but wow. i have to go to dinner tonight at chevys for my sister's birthday so I have to figure out something moderately unfattening that I can eat lol. Any ideas?

kj-Great job on the almost 30!  I know what you mean, I'm at 27.5 right now in total since November.  When I get to 30, I know that'll be a nice hurdle to have gotten to/past.

Tabby-too bad there's sickness in your house, but jammies are sooo comfy!  Lol   Watch out on the sodium in the soup, drink lots of water afterwards.  That's what I have for lunch a lot too, but I try to get the lower sodium cans.  The low sodiums with sausage or veggies are the tastiest imo.  Another way to add a little flavor to low sodium soup is salsa, yes it adds sodium but wayyy less, so long as you can handle spicy.  ;)

kt-don't fret, you sound like you got it under control  Good for you!  We're learning!!!! 

itsmy, angelo-woohoo on your 1 and 2, add the paper clip!!!  And kudos for the courage.  I was afraid this AM too.

BTW-I didn't lose any this week, but I didn't gain any this week either.  I did fairly well...fairly well until the chips and cake my mom brought called me so loudly, I had to eat a little just to shut them up!!!  Lol   And then...the 3 coronas in the fridge...well, enough said.  I drank 4 liters (of water) to try to compensate, but I'm sure it only helped a little. 

KT-oohooh, strawberries.  Good fiber, sweet, easy to eat, low calories and they are in season!!!

You know...I was asked once when we, as a society, stopped eating to live and started living to eat...I had to stop and think about it, but it makes sense...I catch myself eating all the time just to be eating...who knows?

Thanks for the tips on the soup, vk...I will look for lower sodium when I go to the store tonight...and I love salsa...love it, love it, love it...:)

Wtg everyone who lost and for those who didn't, wtg for sticking with it...:)  We are not perfect...how many times in the last 3 weeks have you heard me start over...3...lol...maybe this is it...I am sure going to try...but you never know...this is a lifetime struggle for most of us...

Itsmy...I am doing well, so far...I have had breakfast and lunch and still only at 543 calories...I have had 32 ounces of water so I am halfway to my goal there...so I feel good...:)

had to get this bumped up! Man sounds like a lot of you did so well this weekend! I feel bad. But I had a super yummy sandwich from subway today and it was 400 cals! I was dumb tho and got the footlong so I still have the other 400 cal half of it in the fridge. Not sure if it will keep okay til tomorrow but we'll see. I think that TOTM may have played a part in what i weighed today. hopefully things will level out over the week.

tabby- a lot of soups are beign made w/ reduced sodium so you just have to look for that on the label. Those are pretty good. I've been living on soup too for lunches b/c it's so easy and filling and leaves me lots of cals for hte rest of the day.

vk--i loooove strawberries! hmmm I htink i need to go to the store now!

Hi Everyone..shocked how much you all posted, I'm so behind. I did have a wonderful Easter with family, but didn't do well with portion controls. But I did do very well today, and feeling better. I walked for 45 mins, and did my dvd strenght exerises for 2omins. I am feeling stronger, and my hubby said he can see change, even thou I don't have any weight lose to brag about. But as soon as I get the calorie count in control, I know I will. I made it today, and all I can say is yahooooooo. I'm with you all......Shane

Well...I think today was a success!  If I was going to stress eat, today would have been the day...had to take my son to the psychiatrist for an evaluation...he stressed me out...the counselor has to help me write a letter to get help from his school...his dad won't pay an insurance bill for me and I can't afford it...grrrrrrrrrr...anyone have a child with mental/learning disabilities (ADHD, Asperger's Syndrome, etc)...I am so lost in it all...trying to figure it out...

So...I just tallied my day and I had 1078 calories...I am allowed 1350 so really I have 272 calories left if I subtracted right in my tired little head...not sure I will use them, though...I even ate 3 little Hershey's miniatures and fit them in...had Campbell's Chunky chicken, cheddar, broccoli and potato soup for dinner...mmmmmmmmmmmm...it was delicious!

No exercise today due to getting home, everyone being sick and not doing anything to help me out while they were home, and being stressed out...I just took a shower and put on the jammies...

So today was a good day...stayed within my calories...woohoo!!!

How did everyone else do?