Motivation

anyone in the 180's and wanna join me for support? hopefully we'll be able to move down the 170's, 160's and 150's (if you wanna go that far) together!!!

I WAS 186!... and now I am 191 ... DANG DANG DANG!

 It is Probobly just my period trying to start... It kind of reves up a little before my Birth control break.  Dang dang dang!

Well This last week was even WORSE then the one before when I got in a car accident in the company car, it's just not my month I am telling you.. I am hiding under my desk and not comming out again until March!!

I called the place I was going to move into and they had cancled my ability to move in a WEEK before i was scedualed too... With NO notice AND kept my $300 deposit!  LOL WHAT!?!  Needless to say I am reporting them but did end up getting a place to move into THIS friday.

I wonder if you gain weight durring times of stress?  I have heard that.  Maybe this will come Right off once things calm down again.

Wish me luck on my move! (and the rest of my month)

Happy VD Everyone!

Hope the move goes well Lilsmiter that sucks them doing that to you glad you found somewhere else tho.

wait til your stress levels go down before worrying about your weight I know if I'm stressed my weight suffers for it.

Awww lilsmiter... I think you'll be fine.  Just take care of yourself and your moving, and when you are all moved in and things are all taken care of, you can focus again on your weight.  Right now, just focus on maintenance...

I'm stuck at 188, but I'm fine with it right now.  I didn't get in as many vegetables today as I should have, but I'm eating a bowl of oatmeal and I'm going to have some fruit, so at least I'm moving forward healthily.  I should be preparing for the gym... I'll be there around 8, and I'll keep going until 10, or until I get tired, whichever comes first.

Thanks Ladies ((hugs))

 Yup Sure as anything this morning I am down to 188!  I can't believe it really, just like magic I got my living situation figured out and dropped 3 lbs.  Lesson learned stress really DOES do it to ya.

Oh love the "shower Effect" by the way... After my shower I was 183... Sigh... I know it doesn't count but I havn't seen that number shinning up at me in a while... Kind of makes you think, Look it really is possible!

Leo, Healthy is the only way to do it!  Take a hot shower and step on the scale... it really cheers you up.  and if you go untill ten make sure to bring a little snack... 2 hours of continous excersize can really kick your rear..

I usually have a snack such as a few pieces of fruit or a small bowl of instant oatmeal, after I work out.  It's usually to replenish the old, tired muscles.

Again, not hungry... I didn't even finish a plate of food in the cafeteria today.  It's not necessarily a bad thing that I only had one plate of food, but I get most of my calories before noon, and it's noon now and I've had less than half.  Lots of vegetables, and some chicken lo mein... tasty... Too bad I wasn't hungry.

I'm back down to 186.8 again, and this was just my "wake up" weight.  I DO count that.  I wasn't familiar with the shower effect in dieting.  So will I weigh less after I shower?  Weird.  I usually think it'll be the opposite because water is heavy.  *shrugs* Oh well.

186.8

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!  Let's try to think of our goals and not have TOO much chocolate. ;)

I was so happy- down to 181 finally yesterday, then went out w/girlfriends last night and indulged in drinks and munchies...back to 183 this morning!  ARGH!  ;)

How's everyone else doing?

Hang in there and have a great day!!

this morning I got on my scale and got 183... and thought NO WAY, got back on and it said 185, Oh ok I thought and got back on and got 187, got back on and got 191...

So I flipped it over and fixed the battery which wasn't plugged in al the way.

187.  I can live with that.  :)

ONLY 10 more lbs!  I only count wake up weight.  So long as you are consistent it doesn't matter.  You only weigh less after a hot shower.  Believe it or not the heat comming of your body creats warm air currents that cause a small amount of lift and actually make you weigh less.  Honest to god.  Physics is a wonderfull thing.

 Do you get Gassy when you eat so many Veg?  I love veg, but it makes me SO gassy!

186.4 this morning!  4 ounces down, which is my first loss this week.  I'll take it.

I wasn't hungry yesterday because I was coming down with something, but I'm fine now... well, mostly fine.  I still have a headache.

Dccd:  Sorry about your munching, but if you gained two in a night, you'll lose two in another night.  Don't worry about it.

Lilsmiter - 187 is very good!  It looks like you and I are on the same track.  At 178 I'll have hit 20 pounds ;-) .  And the answer to your vegetables question... A little bit.  Yesterday it was the lentils and milk that had me playing the trumpet... :-P

I hope I get back my test in Cog. Psy.  I think I did really well!  The teacher was trying to psych us out by saying the tests were really hard, but I didn't see a problem with this one.

Ordered myself a Tanita body fat % scale. I'm tired of having to weigh myself 10 times in the morning to get an accurate average.

And I'm gaining weight again. So freaking frustrating! -grrr- 

Hi everyone. So I finally found us a place to live! Thank god. The last week has been so crazy. Hard to work out or eat good in an unfamiliar town.

To make the stress worse, just found out my mom is going into major surgery on the 19'th. And my sister tried to overdose on pills! AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

So now I have a bad cold from all the stress. On the up side, it'll be easier to keep my calories down - not too hungry.

If I can just hold on 'till March, it'll all get better. 

Chin up, Carmel_blue, and make yourself happy...

My first REAL craving the whole time I've been dieting came today.  I REALLY REALLY want chocolate.  It's almost tearing me down.  I know that if I buy it, I'll eat all of it right now, because of the horridness of the craving... Now I know a craving... If I had the slightest want of chocolate before, I would pull out a chocolate bar and tear off a chunk, then put the rest in the fridge.  But I don't HAVE ANY!!!

*pouts*

In other news, I'm down four ounces.  I'm at 186.4 lb

AAAAAHHHH!!!

Speaking of chocolate I had such a binge last night!!  Valentine's Day chocolate heart boxes filled with assorted yummies are NOT YOUR FRIEND!!

I meant to have a piece or two, and I seriously had like 8 pieces. Once that was on the books I moved onto the other junk I've been avoiding, Fritos, chips and such. <sigh>

I'm not even logging it all b/c it would take sooo long. Chalking it up to a binge and moving on.

...I'm not weighing today either, it'll just set me in motion for another day of out-of-control eating.

Hope everyone did better than I did!!

I forgot to weigh myself this morning while I was in the buff... which is weird I am abit obsesive about it.  A bit OCD about it really, I generaly weigh myself 3-5 times every morning, one right after another, just to make sure that the weight is correct.  I know... It's weird, but I think it is an OCD thing and not a eating disorder thing.  Anyway, 189 with all my cloths on, so about 187 still if I were nakid. 

Gratz on the Place Carmel Everything else will be Easier once you are living in a safe, secure place!

I am moving today and tomarrow, so that is pretty exciting, I am just glad it is almost over!

Good luck lilsmiter!

I'm spending the weekend with a "special someone", so I may not be able to keep up with you guys until Sunday evening.  I also cannot count calories (we go out to dinner way too often), but I will be choosing the healthier approach, maybe ordering soup and salad rather than food.

Hey everyone,

Im 183lb and hating it. I cant believe iv let myself get this big. Mums been going on at me for the past few years to lose weight but i keep saying to myself ok tomorrow ill lose it. So today iv actually done something active and ate something remotely "healthy". I want to be about 154lb which is a whole 29lbs away. **ugghh**. Anyway with the support of you lot i'll get there. This is my first post on this site so i cant wait to be part of it!!!

rani

Welcome, Rani!  Awesome!  29 pounds sounds like a good number... I think you'll do well here!  Since January 8, I've lost 12 pounds... and that's two long weekends of a break, and a lot of cheating.  I think you can get down to 154, maybe even to 150!  Good luck dear!

As for me... I haven't eaten yet today (oops)... but then again I didn't get up until almost noon.  I'm waiting for my "special friend" to get out of the shower so I can get in, then we're having a somewhat healthy lunch... Subs.  Sounds fantastic.  I won't be counting calories today, I don't think.  I'm sure that whatever I order will be countable, but I still think it's hard when it's eating out.  I'm just going to eat healthily today, and maybe look up a few numbers to see if I'm actually eating ENOUGH.

I was at 190 Feb 1st, last week was 187, this week 185.4!!!

I have had some serious attacks though, like that my half of large pizza last night...I feel ok though

hey all,

just checking in although I am in a big fat mood (not literally fat but I just feel blah and scales not moving)

I'll be back this week as Mark has been home thsi week as hes on half term hols and so I havent been able to get on teh comp as much, next week I'll get my motivation back full force!

Hope you are all doing ok!

Bye xxx

Hey everyone,

I had a very bad weekend of eating and having no control. My family was in and we had a birthday celebration complete with big gooey pieces of German Chocolate CAKE.  Ug.

Needless to say now that it is all over I am mad at my lack of focus...but tomorrow is a new beginning. Too bad I'll be beginning up 3 pounds. :/

Hello all,

I had a no-control weekend, but I loved every minute of it.  It wasn't just food... It was everything else too... My "special someone" and I made this weekend into a honeymoon... without the marriage...

I can tell now the difference between eating healthily and eating badly... This weekend, eating badly, I was tired, and my hormones were out of control.  When eating well and exercising, I'm happy, satisfied, and rarely cranky.

I guess the best part of it was that I enjoyed myself.  But tomorrow I'll get back on track...