Weight Loss

Greetings!

I am hoping that this site I stumbled on will help me out. I have been on a diet or fighting with food my entire life. About 8 years ago I lost about 100 pounds, my lowest weight was 204 then I had my first child at 40. Now I am 220 and he'll be three this June. The only good news is that I do not weight 300 + pounds anymore having said that - No excuses, my food addiction problem has been out of control now since his birth. I try - and try - and try - and still nothing seems to be working. Maybe I can find a friend here who will help give me the strength I need to be healthy. I need to stay alive for my family.

Well today is Thursday, weigh in tomorrow. The lie detector lol the scale. I will surely tell if one has been honest with ones self. I had a cup of steam clams last night, I thought they were real bad for you. I was shocked to see it isnt that horrible, the butter well.. but still a cup of clams with 1 pat of butter isnt that many calories. Well the bottom line, I didnt blow the whole week by eating the clams my daughter got me. I am feeling lazy today, and not wanting to do the treadmill, but I did PEAK at the scale and well, it has helped I will get on the treadmill after I finsh this post. Well today is a new and another day good luck to all, have a great day!

Hello, happy Friday! I think that the hardest part about getting on the tredmill is actually getting on it for me. Once I am there I like the way I feel after I exercise, why can't it be more like chocolate? I like chocolate, I don't avoid it or dread it and I can always find someone else who wants to share it with me....Life in general should be more like chocolate! I can be obsessive today, it is my birthday... and I am having a brownie with my coffee later this morning! Ok, maybe two (but they are very small). Hope you all have had a good week. I have been really busy this month, next week I will be back to my normal routine more. I have been helping sit with my new grandbabies and took an extra day off work every week this summer. My daughter & daughter in law are getting into their new routines now, one will stay home full time and one will use a full time day care so I am a little more free. I am going to miss spending the extra time with the babies though.

I had better stop chatting and start the weigh in.

Omagraf - Sandy 155 (lost on the weight but gained a year on the age!)  

It is Friday, the weekend horrifying. I tend to over eat on weekends the most family is around. We have a cookout at the in laws.. stress. omagraf cchocolate is not my downfall, not to mention I am a diabetic. BUt honestly sweets were never my problem, food real food all food is . So I weighed in this fine AM I ... LOST 10lb... I am excited but well as I told someone else, hubby made a comment about well you use alli... but I have been using alli for over a year. I can never get a compliment from him. Heck he is only my husband lol....Oh yea I need to go record this in the log, for the record the logs to help at least for now.. Everyone good luck this week have a great Day...

Happy Birthday Sandy! Enjoy those brownies - you deserve them! 

Congrats tricia - 10lbs!  That is awesome.  Good luck this weekend - I find the weekends hard too.  I'm usually running around with the kids and eating out instead of cooking something healthy.

Omagraf - Sandy 155 (lost on the weight but gained a year on the age!)  

MissyKris - Kristine  170.5  (down 2.5 - but honestly think its temporary!)

The scale shows 170.5 today.  I've never seen that number before but I know I won't see it tomorrow - sad but true   I've been suffering with tooth pain this week and wound up getting a root canal last night so I haven't been eating too much.  I'm still in pain today but hopefully little by little it will get better.

Good Morning all... I guess I love punishment.. I had a rough weekend starting with Friday late in the day.. So I satisfied my frustrations with food, fried food. As punishment I decide to weigh myself today.. gained 3 of the 10 lbs I lost last week. The week isn't over and I am back on track count calories. Hopefully by the real weigh in day Friday, I will have at least got back to my last Friday's start weigh. Life is a bunch of hills and valleys. Have a great day...

Tricia, don't forget that the most important thing you can do is find another outlet for your emotions. Turning to food has always been a big part of my weight issues, I made the most progress by forcing myself to deal with things in some other way. If I am frustated or mad I get physical now, I walk, jog, scrub something, anything that gets the blood pumping. I feel much better handling things this way than with food. If I am happy or excited I try to take a walk (it sounds strange but not the same kind of walking I do when mad or frustrated), I make play dates with the kids to celebrate, I have had to really look at WHY I overeat and how to break that cycle. I have been working on this approach for over a year and I have managed to beat some of my yoyo-ing. Hey, I haven't seen a weight this low in well over a decade. 

Of course I can still pack on 3 to 4 lbs in one day with fluid retention and overindulging, but it usually doesn't stick with me long. Stop and think about why you are consuming something that is going to do your eating plan harm. If you can force yourself to stop and think about it you will start a better pattern of fueling yourself not just feeding yourself. Taking the time to stop and think about my eating has done more for my continued weight loss than my exercising. Keep working at this, something will click for you.

P.S. try not to focus on what anyone else says (or doesn't say) about your weight loss, we have to do this for ourselves. I have a friend here at work and she is an over 60 single woman with diabetes who has been morbidly obese for most of her life, she has lost over 60 lbs in less than 6 months and no one at our office has said anything to her about it. Like you can't notice 60 lbs, she had to buy a new wardrobe...One day I got pushy when she was down and told a few people that I expected them to tell her how good she is looking (I have raised 4 kids I can be pretty intimidating when I put on my mommy in charge face).

Kristine, sorry about the tooth pain... that can be rough. I have had 7 root canals in the past 10 years (so I think I can be really sympathetic). A couple years ago my husband and I were BOTH at the dentist getting one at the same time (they put us in back to back chairs and the staff thought it was cute, they have a twisted sense of cute). Heck for what that visit cost us they should have catered a party for us! Oh well, we laugh about it now and it makes for a unique story.

so as expected my 170.5 was very short lived.  I knew it when I saw it but we can all dream?  That happens to me every few weeks or so and I never realized it until this month that it is the day or so before TTOM.  So the combination of the timing and the lack of eating because of my teeth the scale had dropped. 

I wound up with another root canal Monday night.  I finally feel like a new person.  I know it was really only over a week of feeling horrible but it felt longer.  I didn't eat much but whatever I did eat was bad and I spent a lot of time in bed.  I'm now 174 - which is 1.5 lbs more than when I started (excluding that delusional 170 moment).   

I have lost lots of motivation since I got back from vacation and then this tooth pain.  I went for a bike ride last night and plan on going for another today.  I hope that this is the start of me getting back on the ball!  I'm tired today - and I'm sure this new found fatigue is due to lack of exercise.

Belated happy birthday Sandy!

Well Kristine you and I can hopefully get back on the ball together!  I just got off the elliptical - 33 mins to dance music and 384 calories burned, I don't know how accurate that is though.  My husband has been talking about doing weights with me, and that'd be great if we can keep each other on track.

I got back from vacation 5 lbs heavier than when I left.  1 lb of that has since gone (fluids I guess), but that leaves more work to be done.  I went for a lot of walks, but I still overindulged.  There is a Mum and Pop ice cream shop near my mother's place that makes their own waffle cones in a waffle iron!

I had a dentist today too.  Not a root canal, but I lost a tooth back in university and I can finally afford to have an implant put in.  The bridge kept falling off so hopefully this will be more permanent.  This was just a checkup - the post went in a month ago, and I get the tooth put on the post hopefully in November or December.

Well, it's Friday again :)  I'll start off the weigh-in.  I'm down from what I was at the start of the week, but still up compared to before the vacation.  It's not as bad as I feared it would be, so I just have to keep going in the right direction.

cynthb - Cynthia - 175.8 (up 2.6)

cynthb - Cynthia - 175.8 (up 2.6)

Missykris - Kristine  172.5   

So, depending on what weight you go by...I'm either up 2 from last Fridays 170.5 - which I knew was temporary or down .5 .     Basically I'm back to pre-vacation weight.   I am completely motivated to get into the 160's by the end of September.  I've been doing a lot of bike riding this week with the kids.  We are actually heading out in about a half hour for a ride.   I think the bike riding and the fact that my teeth issues are over I'm feeling motivated again.

Hope you all have a good weekend!

I didn't get a chance to get logged on friday so I am playing catchup.

cynthb - Cynthia - 175.8 (up 2.6)

Missykris - Kristine  172.5   

Omagraf - Sandy 155 (still)

I am really working on my schedule to get more exercise in. I help out too much with my oldest daughters children. She is working to get a Phd and her husband is NOT into caring for toddlers. His loss, my gain...it is crazy but all my grandkids are so much fun (most of the time)! There are lots of things to do around my house this fall to get ready for winter so I am hoping that the extra work will help me get a little more motivated! We had a great holiday weekend here, I hope all of you had a good one also!

Good Day to all!.. this am I weigh myself and was as disappointed as I could have been. I gained 3lb over the weekend.. I deserved it, the cookouts, track and eating out. A new start today, I started 2-3 weeks ago I lost 10 lb the first week and on weigh in Friday I stayed the same, so up 3 lb today, I can live with. Weekdays are easier for me to fit in exercise and eating right. Good luck everyone.. have a great day. Omagraf do you list everyones weight weekly and their loses. I am new at this?

Pat

Sounds like you're running around plenty Sandy *grin*.

Don't give up Pat, you're still down from where you started :)

We all try to post our weights on Friday.  Generally what we do is copy the weights of the people that posted ahead of us that day, and add ours underneath.  Weekends are really tough I know, we tend to eat out a lot on Saturday and Sunday.

Oh I've got my eye on you guys alright....LOL. My oldest grandchild will tell you that his Oma has eyes in the back of her head, not quite true the extra set is closer to my ears.

Guess I'll start the Friday thing this week, work has been really crazy this week and I have not gotten away from my desk much. But I also have been good about my eating so although I am not happy that I didn't get enough exercise I am pleased that I did not fall into my bad eating habits just because of "desk stress". I feel really good about that.

Omagraf - Sandy - 154.6

Good Morning all,

Sandy, desk stress I like that. I stayed the same but, I did have a real bad eating week.  I own a family daycare, started 2 new children, and I have 1 child leaving. I am waiting for the state to come to renew my license I had the incredible hungry's..I need to find a real low cal snack. I eat pretzels and usually pickles. If I can get one of the kids to go get me a sugar free 7-11 slurpee, that helps with the sweet cravings. MY plan to try to be better this weekend, which will give me the boost for the regular week. I do get the exercise in at least 5 days a week, well the days I work. Have a great weekend all. Good luck!

Tricia1160- Pat- 290

Omagraf - Sandy - 154.6

Hi everyone!

I only got on the elliptical once all week; it's been really hot all week and we don't have the air conditioner in, so the motivation was zero.  I also finished one contract at work and am starting a new one today.  I walk to work (10min), so that's at least something :)  I was pretty good all week food-wise, but my weight was bouncing all over the place.

Tricia1160- Pat- 290

Omagraf - Sandy - 154.6

cynthb - Cynthia - 177.0 (up 1.2)

HI all - had a busy but good week. Kids are back to school (woo hoo).  Have been eating pretty good, and been bike riding a lot.  I took a few days off of work to send the kids off and get organized here - I'm exhausted. I'm going back to work on MOnday to relax :-)

Hope you all have a good weekend. We have Hanna heading our way so I think we'll be in doors most of it!

ricia1160- Pat- 290

Omagraf - Sandy - 154.6

cynthb - Cynthia - 177.0 (up 1.2)

MissyKris - 171 (down 1.5)

Every year it seems that things get crazy when the kids go back to school and then there is a blur of activity and suddenly it is Christmas. I haven't even had a kid in high school for 5 years now, they went into college and took care of most of their own supplies and still the same thing every year....what is it about September that seems to make the end if the year approach faster? Hope you are all having a good week, I have been better this week about getting my exercise in (but our weather has already broken a little, easier to work when it is cooler). I've been out in the yard getting things ready for winter and getting on the tredmill more this week. I hope to be able to keep it up for awhile now (even if I don't lose lbs I know that it is good for me). I am taking three toddlers to Disney in November so I need to start conditioning myself! It is a lovely day here today, I hope you all are able to enjoy some decent weather as well.

Good Morning All,

Mid week blues I guess.. I does seem like when September gets here the end of the year does come faster. I can't believe summer is over, my job gets crazy end of August, beginning of September. The children in my care transition into school and I get a new group. I am taking a long weekend, next week Thursday-Monday off. I am taking a trip to Iowa.. Plans have changes, so I am a bit OK a lot disappointed. But tiz life I guess. I hope I lose this week but stressing over the trip that was to be and isn't going to be has me.. eating to satisfy my frustrations. Anyway... hope all have a great week.. take care..

PAT

Hi everyone,

My husband is back at university, so the back-to-school time really does affect us.  I'm doing well this week; I'm really motivated, and I hope that it stays with me.  I have nothing but admiration for you guys, spending so much time with little ones!  I don't know how I could keep up with them.  It's lovely today, but we should have rain all this weekend, so no running outdoors for me.  It's getting quite cool at night here, so that makes it nice for exercise in the evenings.

Hope you are all enjoying your week!

Cynthia