01-15-2012, 09:30 AM
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Calorie counter
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 5,680
Height: 5'4.5"
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Back with a small regain
Hello new and old friends. 
I fell away from the site, largely because I got busy. I got down to 145 pounds last Summer and currently stand at 165. I still go to the gym daily but I've struggled getting the diet under control. I started seeing my high school sweet heart again after TWENTY TWO years! And I have been enjoying feeding him.  LOL! He lost weight...I gained it. He's a pilot and has a pretty horrible diet on the road, so when he comes home he enjoys my homemade, healthy meals. But as has always been my problem, I tend to eat too much of a good thing.
It has taken me several months to figure out the problem, but I seem to be on a roll again now. It hasn't been from lack of trying! But I have been trying to get the pounds down by starving myself, and I just kept gaining. Plus, when I starve myself, eventually chocolate wins, and that's never good.
So right now, I am eating six mini meals a day, just like I used to, and I have cut out the chocolate. I'm down three pounds this week, and I hesitate just a little to celebrate that. I've done that several times since Summer, but it always comes back, usually with a few friends. This time though, I feel like I'm back to my old myself.
I have recently discovered the most wonderful evening snack in the world! True comfort food! Hot chocolate.  I've been drinking half chocolate soy and half regular soy for a total of about 75 delicious calories. I love it.
I have to get this weight off, as much as I can. I have a wedding dress to buy in March.
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Long term goal: To still be calorie counting 11/9/2010
mini goals: ~211-10% lost;12/24/09 ~203 class I obesity 1/28/10; ~199 Onederland/15% 2/19/10; ~188-20%; ~185 half way 5/14/10; 179-bye 180's 6/12/10; ~174 overweight 7/3/2010;169-bye 170's 8/13/10;~164-30% 10/23/2010159-bye 160's~11/1/10; 153-35%~12/23/10; 149-bye 150's~2/11/11; 145 normal~2/14/2011; ~141-40%; 139-bye 140's ~135 GOAL! (129-45%; 117.5-50%)
My "goal" story: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/goal...goal-post.html
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01-15-2012, 10:04 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Pickerington, Ohio
Posts: 636
S/C/G: 265/183/130
Height: 5'6"
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I am just coming back too. Glad you are back, and congrats on the upcoming wedding!
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Amanda
It's not that some people have willpower and some don't. It's that some people are ready to change and others are not.
James Gordon
My progress pictures
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01-15-2012, 10:08 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2011
Location: NW PA
Posts: 1,222
S/C/G: 252/holding at 161/160
Height: 5'-7"
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Congratulations on the wedding and on getting back on plan. It sounds like you have it figured out, so just keep at it. Be happy and healthy.
Lin
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Life style change started on Jan 13, 2011. I was going to lose 100 pounds by Christmas.
I lost 90 pounds by Oct 1, 2011 and am holding there for now. We'll see what happens.
New goal: To maintain at about 160 Final Goal: To decide if I need to lose more
Just Keep On Keepin' On
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01-15-2012, 10:13 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: In La-La Land
Posts: 3,038
S/C/G: 278/ticker/195 restart May '12
Height: 5'8"
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Eliana!!! Welcome back!
Regain is tough, but yours seems pretty small (you'll see from my ticker that I'm quite a bit further off the rails...)
Nice to see old friends.
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hw 295 Restart 5/1/12
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
--Winston Churchill
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01-15-2012, 12:01 PM
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Never surrender
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 2,749
S/C/G: 251 current/237 minigoal/180
Height: 5' 9"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eliana
I have a wedding dress to buy in March. |
wow, congratulations! Lots of happiness to you.
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01-15-2012, 12:22 PM
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Moderatin' Maintainer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Woodland, CA
Posts: 12,701
S/C/G: 295/175/Pregnant
Height: 5' 8"
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Eliana - first off, CONGRATULATIONS! Weddings are so exciting, and I'm so happy for you.
Second, welcome back! It sounds like you're moving along swimmingly.
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01-15-2012, 12:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: In La-La Land
Posts: 3,038
S/C/G: 278/ticker/195 restart May '12
Height: 5'8"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eliana
Hello new and old friends.
I have to get this weight off, as much as I can. I have a wedding dress to buy in March. |
LOL. Call me clueless. I was thinking "a dress to wear for a wedding..."
Congratulations!!
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hw 295 Restart 5/1/12
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.
--Winston Churchill
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01-15-2012, 12:55 PM
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Pretty harmless really...
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Location, location!
Posts: 1,096
S/C/G: Maintaining 142-148
Height: 5 ft 8.5" athlete who can give a punch & certainly take one too! :)
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Eliana- Hiya I was thinking of you the other day & wondering how life has been treating you!  Woo hoo on the upcoming wedding, how wonderful you guys have re-ignited the flame! What a wonderful thing to get yourself back on track so you can ROCK that wedding dress! CONGRATS chicka, CONGRATS!
You'll make a beautiful bride!
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I'm hanging on TIGHT  cruising down the maintenance highway, and hoping not to de-rail!
 MAINTAINER with 5 YEARS + 2 months experience under my belt!
 aka ~ Wendalyn
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*Diets make you look good in clothes, but exercise & weightlifting make you look good naked!  ~true dat!
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01-15-2012, 01:09 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Southeastern US
Posts: 1,188
S/C/G: 278/ticker/125
Height: 5'4"
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Welcome back, Eliana! And congratulations!
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01-15-2012, 01:34 PM
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Tea fixes anything!
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Alaska
Posts: 2,116
S/C/G: 257 /ticker/ 160
Height: 5'3" - I got taller!
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I was just thinking about you the other day and missing your cheerful words on this site! Welcome back!!! Granted, I wish it wasn't for a regain, that always stinks, but you can totally do this.
And that is the best news, that you and your high school sweetheart are really working and going somewhere. After the heartbreak with your husband this is nothing but beautiful news.
Yay!
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01-15-2012, 02:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,257
S/C/G: 278/see ticker/168
Height: 5'6"
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Welcome back Eliana!!! Join the club. The regainers relosing club, that is
Congratulations!! So good to see you.
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Lyn
Lost 103 pounds, regained 39, taking it off again.
My Blog:
www.escapefromobesity.net
*Never Give Up!*
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01-15-2012, 04:43 PM
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Calorie counter
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 5,680
Height: 5'4.5"
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Yeah, well...it doesn't stay gone very well, does it? We all know that. It just means we need to buckle in for the very long haul. And it will be a long haul because we're all adding years to our lives!
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Long term goal: To still be calorie counting 11/9/2010
mini goals: ~211-10% lost;12/24/09 ~203 class I obesity 1/28/10; ~199 Onederland/15% 2/19/10; ~188-20%; ~185 half way 5/14/10; 179-bye 180's 6/12/10; ~174 overweight 7/3/2010;169-bye 170's 8/13/10;~164-30% 10/23/2010159-bye 160's~11/1/10; 153-35%~12/23/10; 149-bye 150's~2/11/11; 145 normal~2/14/2011; ~141-40%; 139-bye 140's ~135 GOAL! (129-45%; 117.5-50%)
My "goal" story: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/goal...goal-post.html
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01-15-2012, 04:50 PM
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Every pound is a victory
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Midwest, US
Posts: 1,365
S/C/G: 263/143/135
Height: 5' 6"
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Welcome back, and congrats on the upcoming wedding! You'll have those 20 pounds off in no time!
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01-15-2012, 04:54 PM
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one choice at a time
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 930
S/C/G: 275/155/???
Height: 5'5"
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Good to see you, Eliana - glad things are going well for you. You had a wonderful and inspiring attitude of commitment during the time when you lost those 90 pounds, and I know you can get right back on the horse and get back to where you want to be.
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Goals: To make the best choice I can make, every time I am presented with a choice.  To say "no!" to my inner five-year-old.  To remember that the temptation in front of me is not the last of its kind that I will ever see, and to say "hm, not today."
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01-15-2012, 07:23 PM
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I'm listening...
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chilly MN
Posts: 1,083
S/C/G: HW248;Current 198/135-139/140
Height: 5'6"
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Welcome back Eliana! And congrats on your upcoming wedding--you'll be a beautiful bride!
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