Well done sweetie - sadly, I managed to put that on - well, 3 pounds anyway. :(

I'm sure I'm not the only one who is praying for you to lose those 2 pounds..... purely for health reasons, of course!! ;) :D

DM

After writing that ^^^ on Monday, I got off my ass and on to the treadmill, so I didn't miss a day after all :thumb:

Yesterday I DID take a day off though. I felt I really needed it. I also ate a small amount of chocolate cake :o The taste wasn't worth the calories so I poured water on the rest of it to prevent me from eating more 'just because'. This morning I've woken up with the resolve to get back on the treadmill and eat healthy food, and I have my dancing class tonight so should burn a few more calories there. Usually after a setback like yesterday I would go buy a whole bunch of crap and eat the lot, so I'm making progress compared with previous attempts at losing weight.
It'll come off again easily enough :nod: Here DM, run after these :boobs: it'll help!
The pics after I lose another 2 lbs weren't going to be 'those' kind of pics, I am taking pics after every 10 lbs lost so I can see the difference in my size :p I kinda ran out of ideas for 'other' pics, so I haven't taken any for a while :rolleyes: If you can come up with some ideas for new pics I might be inspired to take some more :thumbs:

Good luck with all your goals, Bebi Dempster :line: Have you had the lapband surgery yet or is that something you're planning on? If you've had it, how long has it been there and how's it going? Is the lapband removed post-weight-loss or it it a permanent thing like gastric bypass surgery? So many questions, can you tell I have a high interest in these things, even though I probably would never have the surgery myself :o

Good luck for the rest of the week, ladies and gents :wave:

Excellent! It's really all about "want to". There's nothing wrong with a nip once in a while. In fact, it's healthy! Moderation is the key. Hey, I ate a scoop of chocolate chip ice cream last night as a reward for working my ass of this week. But if I did that every day, all the pain and sacrifice would be for naught, and I don't want that to happen. I won't let that happen!




Wow! 18 lbs! Great accomplishment! Keep at it!!!!! :nana:

Bebi. good luck with your goals!!!! :thumb:

I hear ya.. I have had more chocolate cake since my last post (nicer choc cake than the other day!) but I am resolved to get back on track as of tomorrow. In the end today I gave myself the day off and didn't walk or do sit-ups. I am going to repeat last week's walking as I don't feel I did it properly this week. I think I only missed a day (not including today, but weekends are supposed to be rest days according to the plan anyway) but still. Even though I have eaten cake, I still don't feel the need to buy chocolate - not at the time of writing this, anyway. I have been REALLY close to it on more than one occasion.

This behavior is completely normal for me btw, and I knew I would hit this point, I just have to get through it and get my mind in the right state to continue. I like what you wrote about the pain and sacrifice being for nothing, rabbit, and you're right about the wanting. I guess I have to distinguish a little in my brain that wanting and needing are two completely separate things. I WILL do this, I have to :nod:

Thank you :D

Way to go everyone..... :thumbs:


Just checking in and letting everyone know i am still here. But I actually fell off the wagon and just gave up. But the attitude is better...Just ALOT of stress my way. I am starting over next week....with a better attitude.


My daughter on the other hand has lost the weight...she went from a size 18 to a size 14. She mainly laid off her soda intake and is drinking water. Not much else has changed in her daily intake....just smaller portions and no seconds. I am so proud of her.


Keep up the good work yall...I 'll keep ya posted.

Wow that's excellent news, very well done to your daughter, it sounds like she's doing great :line:

Good luck for you starting over, Nat :thumb: Check in and let us know how you're getting on. I usually find the first couple of days after a setback the worst and then the healthy me kicks in :nod:

Weighed myself today. Oh I guess I should admit to the atrocious weekend I had. I ate cake, I think I admitted to that in a previous post but I think I ate more since then :o Then I had two days of no exercise - me starting over yesterday didn't happen. I ate lots of white bread which I don't usually eat anyway, I'm a brown bread gal, got to be nice quality, wholesome etc but for some reason I chose white bread :shrug:

Then I ate some ice cream...

Then I ate chocolate :eek: In much less quantity than the old me would have eaten, but still... more than I should have.

This week, I managed to drop 2 lbs but although I am pleased to have reached a total weight loss so far of 20 lbs, I am not celebrating too hard as I am pretty sure my haywire eating habits of the last couple of days is gonna bite me on the ass next week :p

I'll be back on track from today with exercise, eating well and all that :nod: I have 33 lbs left to lose to reach this first goal I've set (53 lbs total), and that will take me to the top end of healthy on the BMI chart. Once I get to that weight I can re-think my goals, see if I think I am happy there or decide if I want to lose more.

Well, I post here when I'm having good days, so bad days should be posted, too :rolleyes:

This week my resolve has totally gone to the dogs :banghead: I have been eating a whole load of crap food, and I haven't been walking either :o I fully expect it to be reflected when I weigh myself on Monday, and will try to do some damage control Friday-Sunday. If I stay the same weight, and don't gain any, by Monday, I shall be happy :nod: I am likely to gain, though :rolleyes:

It's a small setback. I shall be back on track and ready to tackle the next few pounds soon. When I lose a further 10 lbs (from last week's weight) I am going to treat myself to a meal in a restaurant, and will do this after each 10 lbs I lose from now on. Something to look forward to before tackling the next hurdle.

How is everyone else doing this week?

I used to do that^^^ years ago but I realized that was still feeding into my food issues. The reward for being healthy for me should not be food. I do something nice for myself which is something I need to learn to do anyway.

:nod: I've been doing it for nearly 20 years :yikes: I don't see this week's eating loads of crap as being a reward, it's just me being a pig and allowing the greedy part of my brain to rule what goes in my mouth :o

Strangely, the thought behind me going to a restaurant for a meal as a treat for losing the next 10 lbs wasn't the meal itself, I don't think I'd really given the food part of it much thought, it was more the act of going out, as it's such a rare occurrence! I may rethink, as you're right, it's maybe not a good thing to have food as a reward :rolleyes:

On a good note this week, I am continuing with my dancing classes and love going :line:

Do you think the excercise you get from dancing feels better because it's more authentic? Less contrived exercise? That is how I am. If the exercise served a purpose like kick boxing then I enjoy it so much more. Maybe it has to do with learning while I do it.

I've changed my reply on this several times :p I think I agree with you in a way. Not 100%.. I'll try to explain! I can't relate something I'm doing in jeans and a t-shirt as being exercise, but I love learning something I've never done before and love being able to keep up with the rest of the group who have all done a previous course and know way more than I do when it comes to steps and dances. In a way I am not counting the dancing as exercise, because it's something I do for enjoyment rather than the fitness/calorie burning potentialities. Exercise that I count is the walking on the treadmill, when I specifically get my walking clothes and shoes on and really go for it.

I do know totally where you're coming from with regards to the kick boxing and other types of exercise that serve a purpose vs going to the gym etc, but I think for losing weight purposes I need to have a 'contrived' form of exercise too, such as the walking on a treadmill, as it 'feels' more like exercise.

That might not make a whole deal of sense :o I think I'm agreeing with you, but also saying that I need a more specific form of exercise, too :nod: ...and in true FWM style, I have probably written that in more than one way several times above :p

I get what you are saying and I think that what you may be saying is that it's important enough to you that you must be "working" on it. Going to the gym or using a treadmill is a conscious decision to do a specific thing for health.

^^^ Short and perfectly put :nod: I never was any good at summarizing :p

Help.. I fell off the wagon today... i had 5 Lindt choclate balls filled with something fucking good, liquid and alcoholic!!!!

Oh this was the week from hell. My blood sugar is 394573498762038957439577.

I ate banana laffy taffy and tons of chocolate. I start fresh in the am. I know this is crazy but I think I am going to try running too.

I think that because you don't consider it an exercise could make it even easier to do. By not thinking of it as an exercise it's a lot easier for you to do it and stick with it. That would be the best if you can have a hobby that also involves physical activity, helps to keep you motivated and it's harder to fall of the wagon. I think the best way to lose weight and keep it off is to make those livable small changes, versus trying to do anything drastic and sudden and ending up later falling off the wagon.

Either way kudos to you for having lost a lot already and sticking with it this far, the first month is the hardest, now it's starting to become habit. Yay you! :)

I have tried to cut back on my late night snacking I think that is what has really been hurting me. And I bought a Wii fit, I figured because of the hassle I went through to get it.. and at least a little bit of money spent on it I'm going to try and use that as one of many tools. At least until it gets nice outside and I can do something outside.

I'll see your alcoholic chocolate balls and raise you a few brownies :p

Lil, I don't know what banana laffy taffy is but it sounds divine!

I am going to be posting my weight-gain with an embarrassed look on my face on Monday :o In my defense I should point out that I have had a lot on my mind and this week is a difficult one for me.

Coastie, the first month was hard but re-starting after this diabolical week is going to be harder :banghead: I'll be fine after two or three days of exercise and eating well but Monday through Wednesday are going to be horrible :yikes: Good luck with your Wii Fit, I've heard they're a lot of fun!

I gained, I gained, I gained!!
 

I gained 2 lbs :banghead:

...but that's not surprising AT ALL given the things I've been eating. It HAS been a bad week for me emotionally, but I can't keeping going off on a binge each time I feel less than happy.

I haven't got back to the treadmill and my eating has been out of control - attractive, eh?

My pledge to me is that TODAY is the new beginning. I will go on my treadmill each day from today, and I will knock the chocolate on the head, getting back to good eating habits of a couple of weeks ago. I will repeat the last week I did on my walking plan. That might have been week 5, I can't remember but I'll check.

I will post back here later when I've walked and for the next couple of days I'll post if I feel the need to eat unhealthy food.

My aim for Monday when I weigh myself is to either have remained the same or to have re-lost those 2 lbs I gained this week.

How is everyone else getting on?

I've walked today, and done 300 sit-ups :thumb:

Feeling weak, wanting to say fuck-it and stay the weight I am :banghead: I'll be ok once I get through the next couple of days.

:rant:

I ended up saying fuck-it after this.

I was going through a particularly rough time mentally a month ago, and losing weight was at the very bottom of my priorities. So I ate. and ate. and stopped exercising :rolleyes: That was followed by a bout of me being sick the last two weeks so excuses, excuses etc.

I think I've gained 5 lbs which, knowing how much of a glutton I have been, I am not too displeased about. I will re-start my walking plan tomorrow, and get back to not allowing myself computer time in the evening until I've walked. The 5 lbs should come back off easily if I cut out all the crap I've gone back to eating so I'm aiming to be back to my 20 lbs loss within three weeks. Then I can tackle the rest :rolleyes:

Anyone else climbing back on? Or doing really well? Or in need of support?

:)

90 minutes later and I am still motivated :thumbs:

Today I am going to stock up on healthy food and some kind of support bandage for my knee as I seem to have twisted it at my dancing class :rolleyes:

My plan is to make smoothie for breakfast, soup for lunch and something light for dinner, with fruit in between. I'm not cutting out carbs but will make sure portions are small as it's all too easy to eat two portions or more of things like rice, pasta and potatoes.

I have a ticker somewhere and I have been taking pics of the scales when I weigh myself, and I have weighed myself each week even though I've been eating badly. I will update the ticker to make sure my 'bad' weeks are recorded as well as the 'good'.

I think today is the turning point of me getting back on track. I feel better about it than in previous weeks :thumb:

I posted in the old thread, i did not realise there was a new one. Haven't logged in for quite a while. I'm going to give another try with my weight loss. As i posted on the old thread, i have quite a deal to lose, the amount is embarrassing to me, so for now i'll keep that to myself. I'm hoping to get my life back, my health under control and definately my 'sexy' back! I will add a ticker once i've lost some, then it wont seem so bad :)

Thank you to FlirtWithMe for the invite into the new thread :)

I've been just sort of holding on. I have not gained or lost. People keep telling me how it loooks like I'm losing but I'm not. It's just redistributing.

I had set a goal a month or 6 weeks ago to lose another 6 pounds by next Sunday when I am going on a cruise for Spring Break. It did not happen but it will still come off. I plan to finish the school much healthier than it began.

I'm trying to decide if I'm doing kickboxing again this summer or if I want to give Zumba a try.

Weigh redistribution is a good sign. As you become fitter you should be building up muscle which weighs more than fat, so the scales won't be so accurate. It's better to go by inches in the long run.

I had my 1st weigh in today. I'm feeling rather proud of myself. I lost 2.5kg!

:line:

:line: Wow, that's excellent, well done :nana:

Great work Alias!

I went tothe Dr. this week and so far in 6 months I've lost 20 pounds. I have to lose 5 more to hit my first goal and it's been really slow lately. I've been busy and not putting my needs first at all.

I am gonna try and jump onto the weight loss boat. I started my diet today (I want to cry) but I want to look good for both bathing suit season and my wedding. *Crosses fingers* Here we go!

I fell off of the wagon big-time...but I am going to start again TODAY. I've been sick and depressed an dnot taking care of myself.

Did I mention that I am going to start again TODAY?

Good luck to everyone else too!

Don't worry...I REALLY fell off the wagon this weekend...damn fiance, lol. Anyway, back on track today!

I am still plodding along, i've now lost 7.1kg :D

I have had some weeks where the loss has been minimal, and the last 2 weeks have been a bit higher, but as i am losing i am still very pleased with how its going.

Excellent. How have you been doing it? What is working for you?


I am at a stand still. I eat when I'm stressed. Food gives me pleasure and little else has lately so I turn to my old friend, the one killing me. I gained for a bit but am now back where I had gotten down to. I'm starting over. Every day is a new day to make better choices.

In large part because of surgeries ... I've dropped from 242 a year and a half ago to 198 the last time I weighed a couple of days ago. :) First time in years I've been below 200. Now, I'm determined to keep it off and even lose a bit more. I'd like to get down now to 180-185.

I've dropped some too. I hit my Spring Break goal last week. 2 months late but better late than never.

Have your sugars been at good levels lately Lilith? I've always heard that cinnamon helps to counteract sugar in the body so maybe you could talk to the doctor about that. I've even met people who've been able to drastically change their meds with just a little bit a cinnamon every day. Hope this helps and I'm planning to start my own weight loss postings here (I need to buy a scale first). Hope everyone is doing well and having fun doing it.

Oh and for a quick burst of energy, vitamin B-12 is one hell of a pick me up and is found in a mans semen. So, c'mon ladies and gents, it'll make you feel better. :p

Edit: almost forgot a few exercise related tips for those who are using weights or resistance bands:

1. Use your back, not your legs; the muscles in the back are the largest set in the human body

2. Hold your breath while you strain; the human body makes all the oxygen it needs in times of stress

3. Never use a spotter; knowing that if you can't lift that bar off your throat that no-one will is a great motivator

That's all I can think of now but I'll try to remember more for later.