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....

Hi, tabby,  I have 2 boys with Autism.  I have no problem in talking with you.  I won't have all the answers but can send you to those who can help.  email me at     jandgbarrett@rtconnect.net   I will give you my phone number and we can talk.  I am on verizon wireless so if you have that it would be mobile to mobile, if not, I have plenty of minutes to talk with.

Hi to everyone else.  Glad things are going well.

Hi all. hey tabby sounds like a really trying time, wish I had something to offer. I'll pray for you.

I was pleasantly surprised that I was down a half a pound this morning. Hope I can keep it going the right direction.

Does anyone else think the low sodium soups taste really bad? I have made my own soups but it's more work than I'd like. I eat a garden tomato soup from campbells that I really like and I'm thinking I'd like to try to make something like it from scratch. Anyone have a recipe for a tomato based veggie soup?

Glad you're all here. Time for the Simpsons!

tabby--I am a speech pathologist , and the majority of my caseload is children with a whole variety of different diagnoses.   I don't know if I can help but I would be glad to answer any questions that you may have.  Most of the kids I see are in the public schools and I do know the federal law ...no matter what state you are in  :)   if interested, let me know, if not, it's okay.  it sounds like ginny will be a big help to you!

ginny- I have a friend that also has 2 boys with autism and they are twins.   I absolutely love to work with autistic children!!  They are just incredible people!!!!!

and good for you tabby for staying within your calories...even with stress....that's a big woohoo to you!!!

boy, i don't like it when this post sinks to bottom of page 1....

okay, for everybody here...you must  see the post

"95 pounds lost before and after pics"

wowowowoowowow....she is such an inspiration!!  that will be us!!  you can see the smiles just get bigger and more radiant as she melts away.  it makes me even want to start journalling my weight loss through pictures.  ...umm..well maybe.

good morning to all...

I went to see her pics and she does look flabuless...

I have a question for you guys and wish to ask with sincerity.  I am new to your group and do not wish to upset the applecart but had a thought this morning.  My husband and I purchased "The Secret" video after it was featured on the Oprah show.  We have been doing things similar to this since we met but having it spelled out has been wonderful.  It talks about the secret of life and that is the law of attraction.  You attract to yourself your circumstances in life.  If you wish to be thin, you have to think thin...  What you visualize, you materialize. 

My question to you all is the name of this group or thread.  While I wish to stay with you guys and know you and be able to write back and forth with you, I was wondering about editing the name to something more positive.  The Over 200 Club! makes me think of being over 200.  I was wondering about something like Soon to be under 200 Club or any name that made us think of being under 200...

It's just a thought...

never really though of it that way ginny. I kinda agree with you but I also think that simply being in the "over 200 club" has been great motivation for us to want to move out of it. That's my thought at least.

Well thank goodness I was back to about my last week's weight. Still abotu a half pound more but it's better than the plus 3 pounds the scale was showing yesterday! I went to chevy's for my sister's birthday and was very good and ordered a salad. It was 700 cals but for a mexican restaurant that's pretty good adn it fit into my daily calories. It helped that I was late so I called them to tell my sister what to order me so I wasn't tempted by everything on the menu. That's what i've found to be helpful...to decide what i'm having before i go and tell whoever im going with that that's what i want and to not let me order anything else.

I'm going to give blood today on my lunch. I've seen posts taht say giving blood burns 600 calories but I dont' understand how that's possible. I guess teh body is workin extra hard to make up for the blood it's lost. I dont know. I think i'm going to eat at the mexican restaurant next door afterwards so i don't pass out during the rest of  my classes haha

hoep everyone's getting back on task after easter! I knwo i'm havign to make up for it! Already climbed 3 flights of stairs today! woohoo!

aaahhhh, ginny....I like your thinking!  how about

"working to get under 200"  ? 

although i do see the point of this is how everyone identified with one another. 

everyone having a good day?

other than a headache, it's been good so far! 

Hmm, that's a good suggestion Ginny.  I think I am more attached to the people here on the forum and haven't really given thought to the name of the forum.

sidenote-You know what I found...there's another forum with the exact same name as ours without the exclamation point.  I accidentally fall in there sometimes when they make it to page 1 or 2...but we chat more often so we're on top more often!  Lol

Itsmy-I saw the forum you mentioned and she and others are so inspirational.  I saw what I looked like at 225 and have pictures of myself at that weight...and I am excited to look like that again.  I know that's not my ultimate goal but it is a visual for me.  

As for journaling through pictures...yeah, I had lil'V take a couple pictures of me the other day and now I see what my husband has been saying.  I don't see my loss in myself either, at least not in those pictures.  I do in the mirror though...hmm, go figure!  Lol

vk--i know what you mean about seeing what my hubby has seen as well!!!  Today is one of those days (b/c it's chilly outside today) that I put on a sweater that I wore early in the winter but didn't wear after that b/c I looked very "lumpy".  Well, I grabbed it today b/c it was quick and didn't need ironing.  It looks soooo much better!  No one else would notice, but I sure did!

o no! we were all the way on the second page!

so after giving blood today, I thought I was goign to die. I was nauseous adn felt like i was going to pass out. but i didnt' feel like that until after i ate so i dont' know what was going on. Now i just have a horrible headache adn I feel liek crap. I've never had a problem giving blood before so i dont know what happened today. for lunch (right after donating) i ate a chicken avocado tostada w/ rice and beans. It's a fairly healthy meal: tostada, shredded chicken, lettuce, little cheese, avocados. i really didn't want to eat anything for dinner b/c i felt like crap but knew i had to so i stopped at mcdonalds adn got the chicken nuggets and med fries (about 650 cals) so nto the best but i could have done worse. I'm hoping I'm over this when I wake up tomorrow :(

Kt, aw, take it easy.  You were feeling fine just after giving?  You'd think it would be immediate.  Hmm, I wonder what happened... 

hope you feel better ktcort. Good job with Chevy's and all.

I'll tell ya I'm just really glad I'm out of the 300 club. Man that freaked me out! That half a pound I lost found me again :(   I'm a little worried because I'm going to a dinner on Thursday at 7 at night and I never usually eat after like 5 so I see a problem there. It's a banquet for parents of the small college my daughter is going to next year. I would rather just not go but I feel like I should to support her and all.

In spite of my weight being at a standstill(9 days now) I found myself at a mirror today smiling about the flatter tummy. And my husband too has noted that we can get a little closer now that there's less tummy. Just remembered I'm supposed to get him something from the store. gotta go!

Hey everyone....look out...I'm back!!!...lol

Had a terrific weekend with my daughter and new son.  I still can't get over how sweet he was to bring her down because he knew how lonely we were and how lonely she was.  He brought her down Thursday night...he went back to Ottawa Friday...he worked Saturday and then came back for Sunday.  Monday they left around 11 am.  We had the whole family over and had a turkey meal.  Stuffing and everything...the works.  Anyways, didn't do too bad. Friday when I weighed in I was 216lbs.  That was 2 more pounds gone but I'm sure I have gained it back because of the weekend.  But you know what I don't care....we had so much fun with our kids and I know it will eventually come off. 

I have read some of your posts but not all.  I will do that tonight after work.  You all sound like you're doing so well.  Kt- it's amazing how you keep coming back on track even though you get discouraged.  You're my inspiration....never give up girl!

Missed everyone.  Funny how we've all bonded eh?  That's cause we are in the same boat.  Let's keep it afloat and not sinking....lol

talk later. Have a great day!

woohoo! i think i've finally recovered from giving blood! I went to bed sooo early last night b/c I just felt like death. I'm thinkin next time I wont' give blood while its TTOM. maybe that was the problem. who knows! My weight is fluctuating like crazy! 224 sat, 221 sun, 227 mon, 225 tues, 222 today. What am I supposed to believe???? lol  With the exception of this week I used monday as my "real" weight. Since I gorged myself sunday i know my monday weight is not real. So i'm hoping that 222 sticks around until monday!that would be 3 pounds lost this week! woohhoo!

mama- i have the hardest time staying motivated. all through college even my poor b/f had to deal w/ me getting stressed and saying i was going to drop out and everything. but then once i just did the damn assignment i was procrastinating on everythin was happy again. so i think i do this with everything in my life lol. but i am really proud of how i've stuck to this diet. and that's so awesome you had a good weekend. what a sweet son-in-law to have done that. hopefully you get to see them again sooner rather than later.

to everone- enjoy hump day!

Hey all!  Sorry I haven't posted in so long.  It's been crazy around here, but I have been reading the posts at least.  It seems like every time I get to sit down and read through the posts to catch up, then I start to type a post and the baby wakes up, the phone rings, etc!

KT- mmmmmm, Chevy's!  I used to live on the west coast and I haven't eaten their food for years!  They don't have them here in the midwest.  The best mexican ever!

On another note, reading your posts about going out with friends reminded me of one thing that helped me lose weight when I was in my early twenties (I'm now nearly 30 :P), was when my friends and I would go out we would always try to go dancing.  It would be 3-4 hours of great exercise and I wasn't eating!  Granted, I'd be drinking, but I burned off those Miller Lites pretty quick!  I'd love to go do it now, (for the workout) but now I can't stay up past 9!

Ginny - I just read the Secret about a month ago and I agree with you fully.  I never thought about it, but you do have a point!

Congrats to all of those who have lost!  I was getting disappointed by how much my weight kept fluctuating, but once I realized how the "trend" weight line on the weight chart worked, I realized that I'm not the only one who goes nuts with water weight. 

I am proud to report that after the waterweight and TOTM craziness, I am back down to where I was and have lost 1 more pound, getting me to 219.  It feels so good to finally break past 220!  Here's looking forward to 209!

hrdnaussies- I hadn't posted since last Thursday because of company.  We're here now...lol.  I know how you feel about getting past that crazy 220.  I felt like it took forever.  But now like you I'm 218lbs...I;m under it finally.  I can't wait to get to 199lbs.  We'll probably get there together.

I guess I'm new here... Here's my (current) story...I am up to 263 and gaining about a pound a week.  The irony is, I started gaining the minute I decided to diet!  I mostly want to exercise.  I did AWESOME with a trainer, but can no longer afford that.  I want to be able to move.  I am supposed to go to Schlitterbahn with my folks and my kids.  I am scared I won't be safe in the water and be able to help my kids if I am too out of shape. So, I am moving a bit... but I am seriously rebelling against the diet part.  It's almost like I'm scared to not get to eat, a little angry too.  I thought I was ready... I NEED to be ready.  What can I do?  I am feeling really desperate.

Fat Mommy

gheart- it takes a while to get used to a change in lifestyle. I started w/ just focusing on my diet, not worrying too much about getting tot he gym so i wouldn't get overwhelmed. Coming to the site and counting my calories has become an addiction for me and I don't eat anything w/o thinking about the number of calories it contains. I never used to care adn it's made a huge difference for me. It might just take your body a little time to adjust. It's probably trying to hold onto everything but it will give in. Just keep with it!

gheart...kt is right, it all takes little steps.  Little changes make a big difference.  Try slightly smaller portions all around, replace one thing with a "lite" version, then switch up another when your ready and so on.  Logging is very helpful...it really makes you think!

HEY ROCKINMAMA!!!  Aw, you were missed!  I'm really glad you had a great weekend.  That must've been something.  Did you go shopping??  :)

Kt-glad you're feeling better.  Be proud, you gave blood! :)

Blue-don't fret the standstill, I'm in my ninth day too.  We'll be fine!  And feeling good about you is fuel to keep going, right!? 

Hrd-ooh, I used to dance my tush off for hours on end.  I can never deny having a blast in my twenties!

I'm off to have planned caloric pizza!  You gotta love it when it works in your favor!  Lol

Hi all... I'm new to this site.  I am really ready to make this work.  I'm 35 years old with 2 kids and its realllllllly time to change.  My weight is 300 lbs.   I hope with the support of this site and all the good advice I've read here...this time it will work