Team Snow Leopard! Chat Thread:
 

Sorry 'bout the wait, you all ready?! :carrot:

Team Leader: zanheltangia

Members:
MissSMcC
jazzang
toastedsmoke
Iconised Ghost
Mommywannabe
MidnightRaven
KamsMoMa
megmix
Everlasting
chloekinsicle
aangel22
nicole8705
sacal96
LovelyLeah - Unable to PM, I hope she finds us again :(
Fluffy No More - Unable to PM, I hope they finds us again :(
HeathBar - Unable to PM, I hope she finds us again :(

I found ya! I think it might be a newbie thing with PMs because there are a lot of other restrictions until my 20 days are up (I think my newbie status ends next week). But I'll go double check my settings and see if maybe I have something check or not checked that is preventing PMs.

Yeah, Love, usually there is a minimum time frame and a number of posts in order to get PMS. :hug: Glad you found the threads though! :carrot:

Also, I made a banner if anyone is interested:
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...nowLeopard.jpg
A bit big though, but I'm always interested in seeing what others make - so don't be shy and post one if you like!

So, I would like to take this chance and introduce myself. And hopefully if everyone can post a little about themselves, maybe we'll get a nice chat going :D

My name is Bridget, I am 26 and going to college, I usually go by Zan here on 3FC.
I started this Weight-loss journey nearly two years ago by doing Weight Watchers and lost nearly 60 pounds.
I used to frequent the 20-somethings WW threads frequently, same with the Threadkiller game post, before I dropped off about a year back in October.
Since then I've regained half of what I had lost, so I am back to work my way back down!
I'm basically behind a desk all day at work, and I'm currently counting down until my time at work expires in a few months (I'm in a temporary position).
So working on my resume and applying for new positions are my new hobbies! Haha! But with how everything is lately, I bet that isn't very unusual!

I've done the Warrior Dash here in Florida last year, and I plan on going again this year!
Other than that, and my puppy, I can't think of anything else to add: :D
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...s/IMG_1201.jpg

My name is Leah. I'm 22 and in college studying fine arts and addiction counseling.

In the past I was a chronic crash dieter and obsessive restricter. I would lose a whole bunch of weight in a short period of time then burnout and gain it all back. This time I'm determined to go slow and steady. My focus is life style change, not dieting. However, I've been joining challenges because I know that it'll be easy for me to lose motivation when I'm not focused on something.

Hey all,
I'm Gretchen, I guess I usually go by Raven on here.
I'm 25 and a grad student in neuroscience. I'm 4 years into my program, and I hope to be done in another year or two. I feel like I've been on a diet of some sort for my entire life. I've definitely made good progress the past year (I was around 230 in July 2010) - now that I look at this as more of a lifestyle change and not a 'diet' - but I seem to have gotten stuck in the 180s. My goal was initially to be in the 160s by January 1st, but now I just want to get as low as I can (and stay there!).

Between class, teaching, and laboratory duties, I'm pretty constantly busy. Unfortunately, especially this term, this means putting eating right and getting enough exercise on the back burner. It's so easy to run don to the main street on campus and grab lunch, rather than have the foresight to pack something healthy before I leave at 6:30 in the morning. I hate it though - I've become addicted to spinning, and I love going to the gym - but like most grad students, I just need more hours in the day!

I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you guys - and I hope this challenge is really the kick in the butt that I need! I did really well when I first joined 3FC, but as I got busier and stopped being as active on the forums I stopped losing as much...

Anyone else on Fitocracy? I just joined a few minutes ago, so I'm still finding my way around. Not sure if I'll keep it up or not, but I'm going to give it a shot. My username on there is the same as here!

Love the banner Zan!


My name is Sarah! I'm 20 and a junior in my college's Criminal Justice B.S. degree program. I plan on going on to law school and becoming a criminal prosecutor. I'm a full time student and I work 6 days a week. I'm engaged and plan on getting married next October! We have been living together since this last January and we have a puppy, cat, and 2 parakeets. My fiance is also working on his criminal justice degree and working full time. We were both overweight when we first got together 2 years ago but I think a combination of moving out, no free time, and eating whatever is convenient(horrible, pretty much all fast food diet) has caused us to gain a lot more weight over the past year.


I have been dieting for about 2 weeks, but today we have both started a new diet and exercise program. We are following Drew Manning, the trainer behind fit2fat2fit. If you haven't heard of it you need to check it out! He has a really great idea and gives you your entire grocery list, meal plan, and exercise routine for every week. We're hoping to get some great results!

Here's to our team having some great success! Looking forward to meeting everyone else! :]

Hey Guys!

My name is Kristi. I'm 23 and work full-time as a dog groomer.

Like Leah, I would diet in the past, lose some, then give up and gain it all back. I found some new motivation in August and I am determined to go slow but steady to get this weight off! I am an almost obsessive daily weigher, but I have decided to try to limit that to once a week: every saturday for our weigh ins. Its nice to be part of a team, and I'm hoping to give and get motivation and support here!

GO TEAM SNOW LEOPARD!

Heres a banner I made. Its a bit smaller than the other.. http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/sign...pic82322_2.gif

Hello! I found the thread! :D

My name is Heather, I'm 25 and I go to school currently for business and soon will be going for film production.

I started this current journey last week, but I feel like I've been dieting since I was nine years old. That's when the weight started to pile on.

A few years ago I lost fifty pounds, but sadly I gained it all back. Currently with this weight loss I've lost 7 pounds, depending on the day.

Hi! I'm Meg and I'm 27 years old. I started my weight loss journey in earnest in July, a week before my birthday. I was freaking out about being oh so close to 30 and still being fat. I had originally given myself a stupid deadline of losing the weight by the time I was 25, but that didn't happen. So, I changed it to 30. A mixture of different anxieties were at work at the time I decided to lose weight, so I can't really give any of them credit for motivating me to start. I've since learned not to give myself age based deadlines. The anxiety they cause is not worth it. I'll start things when I'm good and ready.

I've lost 31 pounds since I started. This is the first time I've tried losing weight. Before I would be instantly demotivated by the amount of weight I had to lose and be immediately turned off by the thought of depriving myself of food. It has helped a lot to focus on mini-goals. I have many. It makes it easier and there's a sense of accomplishment at having met them. Also, I count calories and don't deprive myself of food. I'm just more enlightened about what I eat.

Right now, my biggest obstacle is Fall/Winter. I'm craving comfort foods and just want to hibernate. I'm going to start taking vitamin D, hopefully it'll help with the seasonal depression. I've also been bitten by the knitting/crochet bug, and I'd rather do that than exercise. So there's that.

Go Team! We can do it!

Hi! I'm Tavia and I'm 29 years old. I'm a full-time mom of two (Kameron[6] & Aniya[1]). I've been happily married for 16 months. I've never been overweight and I've always been active. Since having two kids, my activity level decreased, especially with me being a SAHM. My eating habits changed a lot! I started eating more than I usually eat. Around March of this year I was weighing 210-215lbs. I dropped all the way down to 173 then gained all back to 197. Now I'm weighing in at 188.8.. I'm trying to loose 45lbs. I look forward to becoming more acquainted with you'll. I can't wait to start this journey :) .

Hello everyone, I've been on this site a few years but took a year off and just returned after an exciting bout of finishing college, getting married in January, and having a baby last month! Big life changes! And also a bit of setback on the weight loss goals. I keep telling myself at least I didn't regain it ALL, and I did acquire a beautiful baby in the process, and I know how to lose the weight again... just need the motivation.

So now I'm a stay at home mom to Felicity (3.5 weeks), and step mom to Jeremiah (3 1/2) and Talitha (2). The days that I have all 3 little ones are incredibly busy and despite not having time to 'exercise', I'm very tired and sore by the end of the day. My newborn is also a colic baby and the only thing that will calm her down is putting her on my chest in the baby carrier and walking, so she is a little calorie burner too!

My downfall this time is the fact that breastfeeding is making me unbearably hungry! I still haven't figured out how many calories I need a day... supposedly 500 extra for breastfeeding. Hopefully during this challenge I'll get some kind of routine and figure that out. Right now I'm just walking mostly and chasing kids for exercise, but once I hit 6 weeks postpartum I'm going to hopefully have acquired a jogging stroller and be attempting to start running again. I did a half-marathon last year and I hope to do another one this upcoming summer or fall. I also can't wait to get out my new set of Zumba DVDS. I live in the boondocks so it's not reasonable to get a gym pass as we are too far out of town, and I miss my Zumba!

Hello team. I'm really enjoying getting to learn about everyone so far.

I'm 25 years old, I work in International Development/Public Health (specifically reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa right now) but have dreams of more grad school and/or finally figuring out what I should be doing with my life.

Like megmix, this is my first real attempt at weightloss, and like zan, I've kind of been at it a while. It will be 3 years in January. In fairness, although I've had no regains, I've had long periods where I've kind of just gotten diet fatigue and tried to live maintenance for a while, still counting calories, but not necessarily eating under it. The longest period was between Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 where I maintained around 235 lbs. Late last year, I started working out again, got my diet back in gear and have been at it ever since.

Ideally, I would love to reach goal during this challenge, but I know that's almost laughably unlikely given my current rate of loss which has been quite slow recently. Yeah so probably not the best time to be on a team like this. But I promise, I'm going to give 100% towards this challenge and try to do my part to ensure that Team Snow Leopard rocks this challenge. My weight loss goal by Christmas is to see 160something, I'll even take 169.9999, honestly. I have a really awesome travel and shopping reward planned already for meeting that goal so it would be great if I could get there.

My biggest challenge is avoiding slipping up and getting cocky during the week especially after a good weigh in (ironically) and also the fact that have a trip coming up in a couple of days to India for work for a week. I've never been before but I love Indian food and this is like a perfect opportunity to sample the real deal, so it's going to be a little tough to stay on track. Also I don't think I'll be able to do the first weigh in update unless I do it super early on Tuesday before I leave.

I'm really excited to be in the challenge with you all and can't wait to get to know everyone better. Go Go Team Snow Leopards!

I found y'all!
My name is Jessica I'm 27 years young and I'm determined to no longer be "fluffy"!!! My weight loss journey started sometime in middle school when I stopped dancing competitively. With the decrease in activity I slowly started packing on the weight. That was about 15 years ago (dang! where did the time go). This current attempt has been going on for a week and I have manage to lose 4lbs! yay
I am an Assistant Customer Service Manager at Publix (a grocery store for those of you not in the south). Working around so much food is difficult, and it is just so easy to grab something from the Deli or Bakery for lunch instead of something from the Produce department.
My goal for this challenge is to lose some weight, but more importantly I want to get into the habit of going to the gym more frequently (or at all :o) ) and learning to make better food choices. I have started tracking my calories using myfitnesspal, so hopefully that helps!
Could someone please let me know where we are supposed to enter our weights! I can't wait to get to know all of you and share our successes!

Happy Monday!

No, really. I woke up in a surprisingly great mood this morning. I decided to work from home today - I have a brief lull in experiments this week so I don't need to be in lab until Wednesday, so I'm going to use the day to hopefully finish grading 45 exams (and start grading 45 papers essays...). I do need to be in tomorrow to teach and meet with students, though. But now I can my grading with two fluffballs purring at my feet, my music cranked up, the windows open, and all the delicious tea I can make. I went and splurged at Teavana over the weekend ($$$ I don't have to waste, but sometimes you just need to!) and am trying a yummy ginger coconut herbal tea. :)

I'm actually trying to decide when I want to hit the gym today. I think if I can get this first round of exams done by 11 (.... not sure how likely that is...) I'll treat myself and go to a spin class at 12. :)

I hope everyone's week starts off great!

I woke up wonderfully this morning. Except for the fact that I planned to workout and my really comfy bed was making motivation difficult. But I finally got myself up and I checked my email, one of my classes was canceled today which means I don't have to leave for class till 3pm! This is a happy Monday now!! :D

what a day! I think today was the most productive "work at home" day I've had in a long time - I got all my papers and exams graded, made it to the gym for 1.5hrs, did a bit of cleaning, and was even a good girlfriend and had a hot (and healthy!) dinner on the table at exactly the time my boyfriend came home. Now it's time to relax with a glass of wine (hey, I have to treat myself somehow!) and catch up on the forums. I can hear my boyfriend snoring in the other room - and the two cats are snuggled up and snurring (snore-purring) at my feet. Today's one of those days where I can just kick back and know that life is good. :)

Hello everyone!

My name is Nicole and I am 24 years old. I work full time as an ICU/Telemetry RN and am due to graduate with my BSN in December. To add to that I am closing on my first house Friday (YAY ME!!!).

This is by no means my first attempt at weightloss. Between my eight/ninth grade year I gained about 40LBS in 3 months over summer break. I just suddenly didn't want to go outside or hang out with my friends. I mantained that weight until my senior year, then I lost about 10 LBS and went down a pants size. Then graduation came and I moved with my family away from friends and gained another 30LBS before starting college in that winter. I peaked at 220 in college and got down to 205 by graduation then blew up to 275. Somehow while I had a broken leg I dropped 30LBS over 3-4 months and started exercising.

Ever since then I keep losing and gaining the same 15 LBS. I cannot seem to get below 215. Right now I am at 237. I was on WW but became obsessed with points and weighing in everyday, even several times a day.

Now I am trying to eat heatlhy and cut out fast food (which I eat 6-7 times a week) and processed meals (the other 2 meals of the day). I can't use the "I don't know how to cook" excuse anymore. I young and my joints hurt and I get winded walking from the store to my car or carrying a basket of laundry upstairs.

I am really excited to have a group to lose weight with as my family/friends are not too supportive of my new lifestyle.

P.S. How do I make the snow leopard part of my signature? Still kinda a newbie with this stuff.

So last night was not exactly 'on plan' lol. My boyfriend and I went out to dinner. Dinner wasn't that bad as far as calories, but then we got dessert.. lol. But I'm determined to get back on plan today!

Augh... I do pretty good throughout the day and then my husband comes home with a bag of chocolate peanut butter cups. I'm so tired and sugar is so tempting. Then the baby is in her extreme screaming stage of the day so I'm bouncing and rocking and feeding her... so DH gets tired of waiting for supper and makes it himself, and then serves me up a plate. A HUGE plate. He has always tried to get me to eat, eat, eat. I don't know why! Everything we have in our house is pretty much fresh veggies, meats, etc... but he wants me to eat a lot. He keeps giving me reasons like I'm healing from surgery, or I'm breastfeeding the baby, and need lots of nutrients. But he's just hot helpful. I think he's not trying to 'sabotage' me. He just doesn't understand and he is happy with me the way I am. I've gained back so much weight since I've been with him. Ugh... I need to get this under control.

In good news I got an hour and a half long walk in yesterday and I'm planning the same today. I am a little sore still, but I have to get to the end of that route I took yesterday because there are some milk weed pods I need to collect! Attempting to make Christmas ornaments out of them since we don't have any money to buy anything and I want to decorate a Christmas tree. I remember when I was a kid we spray painted them gold and glued them together like stars. It was fun.

Sunday after work I worked out for an hour and a half. Yesterday I felt the pain, and today I still feel the pain in my shoulder.

Otherwise my diet is going okay. Because of my school schedule I won't be getting back in the gym until tomorrow, but carrying a 20 lbs book bag to school should be considered exercise (which might be why my shoulder is sore).

On other news I lost my wallet today, which is really upsetting. I still have hope of finding it, and thankfully the only thing in there was my id and one credit card. I'm keeping an eye on the card, but hopefully one phone call tomorrow will put me at ease.

yoohoo girlies!
intro- i am 26, i live in scotland, and am single mum to my 10 year old brat, i work as a care assistant in a home for the elderly, i love my job even though it's stressful. in my spare time (not that i have any) i am studying health and social care, and learning to drive. i also love reading, music and films.
i joined 3fc because i need some support thru my weightloss journey, i lost all the weight before but did not keep it off (obviously lol)
hope all is well, and we kick some butt this week!

So it definitely just hit me earlier that I am heading home to visit family for Thanksgiving next week. Somehow in my mind I thought I had another week! I'm not worried about going off plan while there - I know I'll eat a bit different and might not get to the gym for a couple days - but I am stressing out about how much I have to get done before I leave town!

I haven't been home for Thanksgiving in about 5 years, so I'm looking forward to going. And I haven't seen my sister in almost a year, so I cannot wait for that! She's finally 21 so I'm sure we'll go out at some point.

Definitely feeling the stress of how much work I have to do between now and then, though. Managed to take out some of that stress out at the gym though, got in a solid hour+ of weight training with my boyfriend. I'm sure I'll feel it tomorrow, but that kind of pain is always a good pain. I'll mix it up with some cardio tomorrow, either an earlier spin class, or maybe just some quality time with the elliptical. :)

I'm as high a kite right now! :D Yeah..... I wound up in the ER tonight due to tachycardia and stomach pains. Actually it's rather pathetic. I basically passed out for an hour at the bus stop. The pain got really bad but I was too afraid to ask for help so I just sat down against wall at one of the busiest downtown bus stops and just passed out. About an hour later, completely out of it, the transit cops start talking to me. It's kinda a blur because I was so out of it. My ambulance didn't shine the pretty lights :( and they needed their shocks fixed. I felt every damn pothole, it hurt. SO I get in and its take them forever to do an ekg on me bevcause my legs woudnl't stop shaking. Thy had a life of their own!!!! They gave me a shot of ativan to quiet the legs and a shot of some anti nausea med. The anti nausea med is what made me so loopy...except I still feel like I'm gonna spew. Guess I have no worries about counting the calories in the McD's cheeseburger and fries. :D

Well anyways...turns out I have a happythyroid...okay...its more HYPER than it is happy. Actually I think it's made at me. Damn you thyroid!

Hey everyone, I have about 3 mins to write something before I head off to the gym so sorry i cant do personals right now, will try later.

I am IconisedGhost, 24, live in NZ. Its coming up to summer now but because of a very stressful year and what feels like a really long winter, I have regained a fair amount of weight. Well, at least 5kg, so some will say not that much, but I can still feel it you know? At the moment I'm struggling with comfort eating, time to plan, energy to stay on plan, and so on. I've started making a plan for next weeks eating so hopefully that will help. I get a bit bored with my food sometimes, so if anyone has awesome breakfast and dinner and snack ideas let me know! I've been struggling to get to the gym because I am completely exhausted after work and getting up at 5am is just not going to happen. And I also have something going on with my ankle which is painful. So this week I am focusing on food and early nights, getting some kind of routine back around these things so my stress and tiredness is reduced, and then i can see about getting back into the gym. I managed to get to bed earlier yesterday (yay!) but spent at least an hr trying to get to sleep and then kept waking up ( :( ).

So I probably wont be a great credit to the team, at least not straight away, in fact I may have gained weight this week, but I feel like the support will help and hopefully I can get back onto it. I know the eating and exercise will improve the stress and vice versa, but getting started is so hard

:barf: So if the next couple of days follow like tonight I'll probably have a big weight drop to report. Right now I can't keep any food down. I think my body hates me!!

Two days in a row on plan! I'm so sick of being stuck in the high 180s! No more 'cheat' days for me! I'd love to be 185 by Thanksgiving!!!
I've started using protein powder mixed with water/milk with breakfast or lunch, and its reeeally helped me feel less hungry. Hope you all are doing well this week! I'm looking forward to the weigh in on Saturday!

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Weeell... not sure how well I did this week. Haven't weighed since last Saturday so we'll see tomorrow morning.

I didn't get out walking as much as I wanted to because I'm just nervous about taking my infant outside in the cold... everytime I go though I bundle her up so much and she sleeps, and she always feels toasty warm when we get back in and I take the snowsuit off. But I'm still worried about it. Irrational fear I guess.

I also didn't eat as well as I wanted to. Some days and some meals were fine, but breastfeeding makes me so hungry and I haven't figured out what to do about that yet. I'm trying to eat more protein because it fills me up much longer it seems, and also drink a lot of water. Also eating a bowl of oatmeal for a meal each day because it is supposed to help with milk production, plus it is healthy. Trying to cut back on the sugar I put on it though... it just tastes so slimy without it.

I'm giving myself permission to try my Zumba DVD today. The Dr said no exercise except walking until 4-6 weeks and I'm 4 weeks postpartum now, and feel pretty much 100% except for when the baby kicks me in the incision when I'm feeding her. I'll hold off on ab exercises for a couple more weeks at least because I don't think I'm ready there, but I think I can manage to Zumba and just lower the intensity that I would usually like to do it at.

Sooooo I hope I didn't gain any weight. I don't think I was naughty enough to gain, but I might not have lost any.

In good news, my wedding rings fit again! I was so swollen still even up to last week I guess that I couldn't get them on. I thought I'd gained to much weight for them to fit but now I think it was just swelling because they magically fit once more. Yay!

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HealthBar- If you're going to be carrying a heavy backpack often get yourself one with waist and chest straps! That saved my butt in college... plus it was also great for hiking!

LovelyLeah- Egh! Sounds like an experience! Sorry you had to pass out at a bus stop. They don't even have anything comfortable to pass out on at those places!

Iconised- You are lucky you are coming up on summer. And I wish I lived in NZ! DH and I would like to transplant there someday even though I doubt it would ever happen! Childhood dream I guess... Dad always talked about going there when we were kids because he was a trophy fisherman and apparently the fishing is good. Have you ever been fishing? IS the fishing good?

I like that so many people in this group are caregivers for elderly/people with disabilities. I'm not working right now but that's my job background and I loved it... eventually I want to go into occupational therapy for adults/kids with disabilities.

I havent weighed since last saturday (well sunday here) either and I dont want to! I honestly think I will be so depressed if/when I do. Im getting more enthused about getting back into exercise again though.

Everlasting- you could totally come out here! My parents moved out here with no jobs waiting for them, no house, and 2 kids. I guess times change and what not but its not impossible. The fishing is awesome. We have dolphins and whales in the harbour. Which is about a 15 min drive from where I live. I've seen dolphins about 3 meters out at sea, from the beach, herding fish. Sting rays in the waves. My boyfriend's dad often goes out fishing and catches more than they can eat, so we have free fish in our freezer even as I speak
What are you worried about re the cold? And why is your oatmeal slimey without sugar?? Oatmeal is like porridge right? I use big, chunky oats (steel milled or something?) and its never very slimey at all, I just add 1 tsp of brown sugar after microwaving. Yay wedding rings fitting! I'm paranoid about not being able to get my engagement ring off, but there doesnt seem to be any pattern to the swelling or finger weight gain, so i figure i'll just be glad I can never lose it xD

After a couple of weeks of gaining/maintaining, the scale is moving the right direction finally! Thanksgiving is a few days away and I reeally want to buy a new top to wear at my relatives' house for Thanksgiving dinner, but I can't convince myself to buy anymore clothes until I've lost more weight lol.
Crossing my fingers that tomorrow's weigh-in is good!

Well, to day is Weigh-In Day. I've got a little catch up to play with the thread, but I managed to read our posts ;)

LovelyLeah, Looks like you have your PMs, congrats! It is a lot easier to keep up a conversation with those. Sometimes threads can get buried :). Fine arts and Addiction Counseling, what a combo! Oh no, Leah! you're doing better now though, right?
Raven, I love the name Gretchen! I don't think I have met a Gretchen down here ;), and I have to say it usually makes it a lot easier for me to remember "unusual" names. I got a guy at work with the name Angel, a gamer friend named Evantario, and an old boss named Corinthians, those are just three that I can remember right now. Neuroscience?! Wow! I had to wiki it to get more information, as I have to admit, I don't think about how everything works just as long as it works! I just started an account on Fitocracy, under the same username, haven't done anything with it just yet though. Oh, dangerous! I just looked up that Teavana website, I might just get some shipped to me. I am a fan of black tea or chai myself, but I might have to try some others now.
Sacal96, thanks! I've actually read a few articles about Manning. I haven't looked further than that though, are you liking that diet and exercise program? I find that there is always something on a menu plan that makes me grumble, but kudos to you too for trying it out!
Mommywannabe, dog groomer? Awesome! I'd love to work with animals each day, but I imagine some can be a pain if they don't want a scrubbing ;) Protein powder works? I tend to need a snack between 10-11am to get me to lunch, maybe I'll try that? I was so upset when I had to go back up to 18 jeans from my 14/16s, so I understand the not wanting to buy clothes thing. I want back in those smaller jeans! Haha! But shirts take longer to go down in size (for me at least), unless it's more fitted and would look bad a little baggy?
HeathBar, Business and Film production? Aiming to make movies, are ya? :D Did you find your wallet? I lost my debit card months ago and I freaked! I canceled that quick.
megmix, I hit 200.something, and I think I got distracted by the amount "I had left" and also freaked because I couldn't remember the last time I weighed less than 200+. Then "off plan" I went and I crept up 30 pounds over the last year or so before I could settle back into this. And I am still working on getting "back into this". CONGRATS on those 31 pounds! That's awesome :D.
KamsMoMa, I can't imagine trying to lose weight around babies. The ones I've been around always need a little snack here and there because they don't eat regular meals 3x a day, they seem to graze all day long.
Everlasting, Married, a baby, finished college! Congrats! Yeah, some people show love with food. Will you show us your decorations when you finish? I'd love to see some homemade ornaments, I used to make ornaments myself when I was younger (with my brother and sister, we were part of 4H and crafts were popular to do).
toastedsmoke, it's not about the losses, in my opinion, it's about the support and common goal! I like that travel and shopping reward idea, I just might have to borrow it, :D I hope you enjoyed India!
Fluffy No More, I remember working in the grocery bakery, so difficult not to sample the fresh everything! Ugh! Did you find the weigh-in thread? I see you still don't have PMs just yet, but soon you will, I bet!
aangel22, Congrats on switching to overweight! Not so much on breaking your leg, ow!!! It's been five days since your 11-14 post, so I hope everything is going well for you now.
nicole8705, Oh wow! Busy lady! Well, there is support here, 3fc is great for that :D
MissSMcC, I imagine it has to be tough working with the elderly, those I've met have quite a few sad stories or are just so set in their ways that it's hard to help them do things. :(
Iconised Ghost, There was this breakfast burrito thing (potatoes, egg, salsa, and sausage) over in the recipe section of the forum (let me know if it sounds even vaguely interesting - if so I'll go hunt it up), I've had that for all of last week's work week. I am looking forward to suggestions too, my meals tend to repeat unoriginally. Stick with us, it's consistency that'll keep us going after all. /hug!
chloekinsicle, now that you know about the ADHD, maybe that'll help with some of the food urges? It's awesome that you work with adults with disabilities, do you enjoy the work?

I also managed to find my mother's stash of halloween candy, ugh! Good thing all of the tasty ones are gone now, e.e

Number crunching, a dangerous thing :o, but I have 12.7 pounds to lose before I cross the obese-to-overweight line. I think I'll make it a goal to dub myself overweight in the spring ;). A little more than half a pound a week. I think I can do that.

hey girls!
did my weigh in, and actually lost a pound! really pleased since i had been weighing myself all week and it looked like i was in for a 2lb gain (yuck lol) so was very surprised to see the loss this morning.
hope everyone has had a good week and gets the numbers they want, if not, theres always next week!

Oops, forgot to weigh-in today. I'm so used to it being on Sundays! I'll try an evening weight, but those are never very accurate.

zanheltangio, I'm hoping that treating it will help with impulsivity! And yes, I do like my job, even if it is pretty stressful.

Aw shucks I forgot to weigh in this weekend. Saturday morning was havoc. I set the alarm for 8:00 as the stepkids were getting dropped at our place at 9. DH turned the alarm off and we laid in bed. Then we woke up to the baby screaming at 8:55... neither of us were dressed and I had to diaper and feed the baby and get breakfast ready and get the kiddos in the house and then it's just go, go, go all day with a 2 and 3 year old running around and a baby who is going through a growth spurt and constantly wants to be attached to the boob. Nothing is easy. We can't even sit at the table and play with Play-dough because the kids are fighting over it (they have the exact same thing but think they don't), and the 2 year old keeps trying to eat it, and I tell her not to eat it and am prying it out of her mouth so while I'm doing that her brother eats some just to be funny. Ugh.

Sunday wasn't much better... we missed church and then I had some work to do in the afternoon over at an employers house (he lets me bring the baby so I can still work for him), but the baby screamed most of the time so I didn't get much done. Sooo... I need a nice long walk today.

I'll have to be careful this week with Thanksgiving! (Although we're not celebrating til Saturday so Thanksgiving meal will technically be included on NEXT weeks weigh in... lol... But DH's birthday is Wednesday and I'm making him a Schwarzwälderkirschtort... that's a mouthful eh? My dad and grandma came over from Germany so I have all sorts of unhealthy rich German foods in my repertoire and they are my favorite to make. In moderation. He's been asking me all year to make the cake again that I made him for last years birthday but it's a very rich and rather expensive cake to make with all the ingredients so it's just a birthday special.

Ugh... I need to figure out what to do about being soooo hungry. Making milk for Baby suckerfish is really draining me and I'm always hungry. Trying to drink as much water as possible but that still doesn't satisfy. Today I hardboiled some eggs.

Iconised- Yup we'd love to or we lose all visitation/custody... so 15 years and 10 1/2 months to go until we are free. We are counting down.

Zan- I'll take a picture of my Christmas decorations when we are finished. :)

Eating is the easy part for me.. I usually do really well and listen to myself when I say I can't have the candy or cookies. But I'm reeeally lacking in motivation to go to the gym. (Damn you Skyrim!!) I got a membership last month and started out going a lot, but now I havn't been in a while. I am determined to go tonight, and tomorrow, and continue to stay OP! I know that I can do this its just the time it will take.. seems like its taking forever lol.

Thanksgiving should be interesting. I know my family will try to pour drinks (alcohol) down my throat but I'm determined not to drink. I want to see a good weigh in on Saturday! Good luck to all you ladies!

Well... today I am making the dreaded birthday cake. I love baking. Lets just not taste anything til we share a piece with DH tomorrow. :)

I signed up to use Sparkpeople again now because I think I'm ready to start paying better attention to how many calories I'm consuming again. I set the goal at 2,000 calories per day... which seems high, but considering I'm planning on doing an hour (split up) of cardio a day, as well as a walk, and I'm breastfeeding the baby exclusively (which is supposed to be an additional 300-500 calories). I'm going to try 2,000 right now and see where my energy level is, and how the weight drops. I can't afford to just 'try it' for a few weeks and see how I do because if it is too low I won't make enough milk to feed the baby. I was losing easily on 1500-1800 calories before I was pregnant (I was also running, dancing, and lifting weights... not to mention wading around in fast moving streams with waders on several days a week for college classes). Soo...

Well, my goal is to stay on plan for one day, Today. So far I'm doing great.

Angel- Don't fret. To gain 5 pounds in one weekend you would have had to eat an extra 15,000 calories, which I doubt you did. Most of that weight is probably water retention and swelling from all the sodium in most of the foods you listed. Stay OP and I'm sure you'll see a BIG drop.

Mommy- Keep a cup of water in your hand so you can tell your family that you already have a drink!

Ugh! So Tuesday Night is not exactly Monday Night ;), but I'll do better, I swear :D.

I've been fighting some evil sinus congestion since Friday morning. Motivation killer, but also an appetite killer. So if I can lay off the Chai Lattes and sugared tea that I am using to heat my system up, maybe I'll manage a maintain :p.

Looks like there's a busy week here for those who have turkey-day this week. Or turkey-ham in my case, :dizzy:, my goal for that day is no seconds and moderation.

Congrats, Miss! :D

Chloe, mine can get rather hair-pulling at times as well. Today, I wish I could squirt someone with air freshener without "crossing the line", if ya know what I mean. Hygiene isn't always at the top of the list with field offices. But I can pull off the "want a piece of candy/mint/gum" to help curb the breath-stink, :joker:

Everlasting, I remember making ornaments out of so many things when I was younger (lids, lace, sparkles, pipe cleaners, just anything I could get my fingers on really). Can't wait. I searched for a recipe for Schwarzwälderkirschtort (Black Forest Cherry Torte), and Oh My... I see why that's a rare treat! Definitely nothing like store bought cakes, I bet it'll be awesome :D I can't imagine trying to juggle all that you're up to lately, kudos to you! I hope you figure out the calorie issue, sure sounds like it'll be tricky.

aangel, I like your plan. Getting back OP instead of worrying over the weekend is the best thing to do, go ahead and put it behind you. :hug: Funerals are so stressful :(.

Mommywannabe, I'm with Everlasting on the cup-in-hand plan, just make sure it's a solid glass if you can, it'll help you blend in ;)!