Motivation

EDITED::::   I am changing the post title to reflect our new goal date and thanking all who participated and asked me to keep this awesome post going!!!!!    ( :

xoxoxoxox   love you, girls!


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I was given the ultimate gift for Xmas --- a vacation to LA and Vegas.
I want to lose 10 lbs before we fly out on May 24th.
Weekly weigh ins?
Motivating friends???
Anyone?
: D   I know I am sure going to try hard as my goal is to buy and WEAR a bathing suit in public without a t-shirt or shorts. 

Join Me??   ( ;

So fill me in - what'd I miss? 

I know I've missed all of you, but what's new?  Sorry I've been MIA lately - but I am back and it feels great! 

Luv ya!!!

I think I'm on a different weighing day then most of you....I only weigh on Mondays or Tuesdays then don't bother the rest of the week. I had a bad weekend of eating at a steakhouse, having THREE cocktails there & then going out for ice cream w/ the kids Sunday. I was completely expecting to GAIN especially w/ it being my TOM. But to the contrary, I lost another lb. I'm now at 142.5 and can taste the 130's so bad!!!!

I know if I step up the exercising I could lose more...I'm just walking for 25 mins on lunch & walking the dog for 30 mins after work. I also lift my arm weights during my favorite shows...I get about an hour of TV time a day.

The spinach salads are doing their job!! Amen.

Congrats to all of you for your own triumphs =)

I think I'm going to do Friday only weigh-in's.. I can't decide what would be better.. daily weigh-in's b/c I kind of know what to expect... or weekly weigh-ins b/c my weight is going nowhere fast and daily's make me angry...

thoughts? My weight went UP to 140.6  :( wtf....

it sounds like everyone is doing fantastic!!! keep up the great work :)

stephie- I'm totally hating the scale right now too... lol.. it sucks...

rachel- sounds like you did so awesome!! keep up the great work!

it's ok about the weekend amaresmom, it's a fresh week and a new start :)

katie- awesome with the exciting weekend and the weight loss!! you rock!

immom- keep up the positive attitude :) it will carry you far! and you have the right idea, do it for you and your health and don't let others get to you :)

warning: rant ahead

hehe, everyone is doing fantastic but me.

sunday lagte night i went back from a trip to paris and some other french places. i sort of had to taste some of their pattiserie etc and ate more sandwiches thanj i really neede. it is so hard to get back to diet when the work has piled up and the stress is quite big.

i think i have gained a bit in france, was not at home yet (slept at parents house) so that i am not sure but i can feel it.

have to get back on track.

by the way, i had two really unpleasant weight related experiences in france. first, i had my birthday when there, so i decided to treat maself to a piece of cake. i do not really eat it normally, but the french ones are really pretty and i felt like celebrating my birthdya by buying a nice chocolate cake in a self service restaurant in a supermarket.

so i went there, got my chocolate cake, paid for it and went with the tray to find a place to sit. all of a sudden i was getting STARES. big stares. i thought hey what is wroing, i did not spill anything on my clothes etc and nobody stared 5 minutes ago. then i got it. i was the overweight person CARRYING A PIECE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE. the looks i got really, really were unpleasant )but i did enjoy the cake, it was really good).

the day after i travelled on the undergound. they have two little folding seats in there that are really small. a kid was sitting on one and i have used the adjacent one. then the kid discovered she can jump up ansd the chair will fold back. problem was, it was hitting me because it was just next to me and it was really small (the french are usually thin people). the kid really enjoyed hitting me and its mom just looked and seemed to enjoy the sight. i decided i will sit elsewhere so i went to another place, and the kid started saying something in french (i do not speak french so i do not know, but it was spreading her henads and laughing at me, iw look at how huge the lady is). i used my evilest stare to look at the mum but she acted like nothing happened

hey everyone!!!  I have beenso busy and gone for the past week that I have not been able to get on here.  So I have a lot of bad news and good.  Well I am eating a apple and drinking my second glass of water, which is all good.  And yesterday was really good too.  But over the weekend I was at a friends how and we made cookies.  Just like two dozen.  The rest of the cookie dough we ate!!!!!  And we ate all of the cookies.  But before I even touched any of those cookies I was up 6 pounds!!!!!  meaning I was up to 136!!!!!  I don't understand!!!!!  I have been exercizing and never going over my 1300 calories.  It is still two weeks till my period.  I don't know what the deal is.  But SUnday I didn't gorge but I didn't eat my 1300.  I went over.  But I did it knowing that Monday and the rest of the week I was NOT going to cheat.  And so far I am doing good.  And someone is going to walk with me today.  HUrray!!!!  So two 45 min bike rides a 30 min walk and an hour of pilates today.  So hopefully maybe it was just a fluke thing and I can get below 130 soon.  I thought I was just on a plateau.  But instead I gained weight. I was thhinking it could of been the temporary weight gain from not drinking anough water.  SO yesterday I drank so much water I lost count.  So that is what I will be doing for the rest of the week. 

Good work everyone for losing!!!!!!  Sounds like everyone is doing so well.  Keep it up.  wish I had time to reply to everyone but I have to go do pilates!!!!!

How many grams of fat should you eat in a day.  Or what is the amount you dont want to go over?  Yesterday I ate 23 grams.

158.2 today    Was 159 yesterday 

sorry to ka for her yucky experience, but YAY for Paris!   it is good to have you back!

You too, zochia -- good to see you!

Yay for down, zena!   ( :

katie and krrpt --  chins up!   It's just one of those days.  TOmorrow will be better --  you are doing it for the long haul!  ( ;  

To everyone else --- it's been quiet today, but can you hear the weigh in calling???? 

I realized that in 2 days is exactly one month from the time I will fly out for vacation and hopefully be that much closer to my goal weight!

I bet my J that if I lost 10 more lbs (to get to 160), he would take me to Victoria's Secret and let me either get a nice, fancy bra or my favorite perfume, the Lilac scented one.   I have some real lilacs on my desk at school and they make me happy.   ( ;   (DORK ALERT) 

Hey stephonepops,  I totally understand your frustration!  I always want to see some progress after a fantastic day and it often doesn't happen.  However, I do find that 3-5 days later the goodness catches up and I see a drop in the scale, so keep it up and hopefully you will have lost a lb or 2 by Friday!

GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!  Today my dad came home with a french silk pie, and I did not touch it!!!!  There is still half of it in the fridge.  But I fugure if I could resist my b-day pie so easily this will be a peice of cake...or pie. lol.  So I am soooooo excited about that.  And I did really good with water again today.  I really hope that the water helps a bit.  Time will tell.  If so I will feel so much better.  I am sore!!!!  I am very excited about that.  It has been a week or so since I was sore last.  So that is wonderful.

Zena- that is awesome!!!  .8 lbs. 

Olivia- you should go with the bra!!!  I think it will make you feel a lot better and sexy being smaller and having something new to put on!!!

So good luck everyone for Wednesday!!!!  And hopefully Friday brings many smiles!!!!!

I really am glad to find someone that actually has approximately my weight, I am 143 right now and I was starting at 149 last tuesday.  I din't join this sight until a few days ago but I am way excited, I can't wait to even see my scale at 139, i will fall to my knees and cry!!!!!

 

I have a habit though of weighing myself several times a day...Any idea how to break the habit?  I have a scale constantly around me because I work in the nursing field....

 

hi olivia. yep the experience was yucky but it motivated me sort of:-)

just realised i have noit actually gained (felt a bit bloated but it was probably bread and sodium and too much soda). 220 pounds as of now which is actually LESS (232 was my starting weight and 224 was the last one)

yay!

Hay everyone, still the same weight although I think it my sodium levels as I am eating quite a lot of salty things at the moment. I have decided to try the south beach diet. I am starting phase 1 today and am hopeing to really succeed with this one. I think my problem is that I eat too much sugar, I am totally addicted to it! So here we go - Day 1, mid morning and am not really hungry... great!

Anyone want to join me?

ugggghh weight down on Tuesdays..always up on Wednesdays :(

stolen from a cc friend, but this is how I feel...

What a difference a day made
Twenty-four little hours
Brought the sun and the flowers
Where there used to be rain

My yesterday was blue, dear
Today I'm part of you, dear
My lonely nights are through, dear
Since you said you were mine

What a difference a day makes
There's a rainbow before me
Skies above can't be stormy
Since that moment of bliss, that thrilling kiss

It's heaven when you find romance on your menu
What a difference a day made
And the difference is you

Hi Melness...not sure if you were referring to me or not, but yes we are similar weights =) COME ON 130's!!!!

I too just joined this forum & have become quite addicting. I've been counting calories for going on 3 weeks now. Best wishes to you!!

Good morning!!!  Well I just got back from my bike ride and I feel really good already.  When I woke up I looked at my stomach, as I do every morning and all throughout the day lol, and it looked smaller.  So I am hoping that is a good sign.  Again yesterday I drank soo much water I couldn't remember how much.  And I still have not touched the pie!!!  YAY me!!!!  And when I was looking in the fridge this morning, planning out my days worth of meals, I looked right at it and didn't even feel tempted.  SO that is wonderful.  And This Sunday I will be rewarded with breaded clam strips ONLY if I see a significant drop in my weight this Friday.  If not, no reward.  I have to share my dream with all of you.  More like a nightmare.  But it was funny once I woke up.  Okay.  Once upona time there was a young woman who resisted the temptation of a french slik pie.  Well as the night wore on she found some peanut butter cookies in the cupboard, the chips ahoy ones, and she ate the ENTIRE container and felt extremely guilty.  The End.  corny I know. lol  When I woke up in the morning I thought that I actually did that!!!  And I had to rethink what all happened last night to reasure my self that I didn't do it.  And when I went for my evening bike ride I kept thinking that I ate the pie, and kept having to remind my self that I didn't.  It was so weird.  I think I am going crazy!!!!

Melness-Wow 6 pounds already!!!! Great Job.  At that rate you will see 139 soon.  Chin up!!!  That is why I am so glad I do not own a scale and am not around one ever.  I would be on that thing every time I went into the restroom. 

ka- 224!!!!!!  You are doing great!!!!!!!

stephiepops- Hope that south beach diet works for you!!!

Olivia- cute poem

Well, good luck to everyone for this Wednesday.  Time to do some pilates!!!!  OHH and I am officially done with High School, yesterday!!!!!!!!  Now I have absolutely nothing to do!!!  Except exercise!!!!!!  YAY

Original Post by stephiepops:

Hay everyone, still the same weight although I think it my sodium levels as I am eating quite a lot of salty things at the moment. I have decided to try the south beach diet. I am starting phase 1 today and am hopeing to really succeed with this one. I think my problem is that I eat too much sugar, I am totally addicted to it! So here we go - Day 1, mid morning and am not really hungry... great!

Anyone want to join me?

 Stephie!

Fill me in and I will try my bestest to do it with you!  We are in this together! Thanks for the pick me up yesterday!

Also, thanks Olivia for your advice too. I appreciate it!

I have been down the last couple of days and frustrated the last couple of weeks, because my weight has been all over the place. It was nice actually losing some when John was home. I worked my ass off for it though....no pun intended! So, I am gonna shake up my workouts. After talking with Olivia, I realised that when I initially lost that 6 pounds before I got really serious on here I was on a low sodium diet and I was working out everyday doing intervals on the elliptical and treadmill, with 2-3 days of strength training. I guess my body is bored at the moment. I have to get through my final first. It's on Friday. Everyone keep your fingers crossed for me. I NEED to pass. Once that's over, I will be doing my bike, elliptical, and walking plus yoga every other night and strength training. I think that sounds good. If I don't lose then, the Universe obviously hates me and wants me to be unhappy (seriously doubt it).

Anybody else have suggestions?

hi everyone!  Playing catch up like usual. :)  I have been so good though and very proud of myself.  On Sunday we went to a buffet (and we are famous for our buffets here) after my children's first communion and I was very proud of my choices.  Also it helped that my youngest didn't feel good so halfway through I had to hold him and try to eat so that made me not get any second helpings. :)  This week I have been mostly stuck at home since the twins have both picked up a very aggresive stomach bug.  So today I was able to use the treadmill in the middle of the day as they nap.  Good way to rev up my energy to deal with their sickies. :)  And the best news weight today was below 190!!!!!  Yeah!  I won't say what to see what holds by friday as it levels out but wow, last time I saw this weight my 8 year old son was 6 months old. :)  What a good feeling.  I have my own mini goal to be down 10 lbs by the time my mom gets back from her cruise on the 1st to see if she notices a difference. :)  Even if its only 5lbs I will be so proud of myself. :)  Hope everyone has a great day!!!!!

Good work this week everyone :)

So I survived the 10km sun run on sunday! Took 15 minutes off of last years time, which I'm uber proud of.

Finally cracked my plateau a TINY bit.. weighed in at 172.4 this morning... lowest I've been.

Figured out part of my issues was relying on the machine calorie counts in my building a bit too much. I knew they were probably high, I just didn't realise how bad. Just got my new polar monitor on Friday so I've been playing with it non-stop. For instance yesterday did 45 mins, machine read 530, monitor read 350. that's almost 200 cals off! :( If I've been off that much everyday no wonder it's been going slow lately.. boooo.

At least I can get back on track...

 

Yes Luna 6555 I was speaking to you, It is so great to find someone with similar goals.  I am so desperate to get to at least 136 by may 16th, I just am so discouraged, I really don't think I can. Weoghed myself again this morning and it was 143.  I have lost at least 4 pounds in my first week, maybe 5.  I know thats exellent but i just need some kind of pat on the back and I have no one in my physical life to give that to me, my husband doesn't want me to lose weight.