Hey everyone! I'm an on again off again user of this site, but as I am tryin to get my stuff together, I am back!
I have lost a bit over 30 lbs within these last couple months, and i want to keep moving in that direction. I am in my upper 300s, but not for long!
So yes, hello all! - I'm here.

Stalique - Welcome (Back?)

Terra - Hope you had a good walk :)

Betsy - Sounds like a full day :) Hope the gray sky turns sunny for you soon. We're having a cool yet sunny day here. (still cold by anyone elses standards but an improvement upon last weeks weather so I'll take it!)

Ubee - I definitely noticed I had the most success in weight loss right after being sick. I don't believe the size our our stomachs can change back but we just get use to the amount of fullness. So I got use to not eating very much... I'm struggling witht hat post -all-inclusive vaccay... I'm not the only one talked to a friend who feels the same. Just don't feel satisfied since we got use to a week of overindulging in fruity drinks etc that keep you filled up!

Dean - I love vanilla hazelnut coffee... I consider it a treat.

Jane - So strong saying no to the cake! I hope the scale rewards your diligence.


Sam: Go you and working out... doing fab.


Okay gals I need to find the mojo to workout my abs since my instructors this week at step and sculpt didn't focus on them too much. I am so not self motivated when it comes to this stuff... I have a dog I am babysitting for the weekend so this should be fun for me. She's tiny so the walks won't be long but it wil be nice to have the company. She's such a little cutee!

So nothing exciting for me tonight I'm going to cuddle with the pup and get an early night I think.

I stepped on the scale, the past couple days I just haven't felt like talking about numbers. I'll probably start talking about it more specifically when I weigh in for the challenge. The vague news is I maintained on vacation I'm fairly certain. I thought I'd gained weight I feel somewhat chubbier in the belly but the scale disagrees i'm still in the same 301 to 308 range that I was pre-vacation and apparently visuallye veryone thinks I've lost weight so... I'll call it even and a successful vaccay that I maintained. I'd hoped to keep losing but... when surrounded 24/7 by drinks and food... maintaining is good in my books.

Hopefully the next time I report in I will have sore abs. LOL :)

Stalique Welcome! We're at pretty much exactly the same weight!

Ubee & Betsey I don't do very well with uncertainty either, but knowing that I can survive a month or two between jobs should I be let go or need to leave helps a lot.

Terra I have 5 nephews (number 6 is on the way) and 2 nieces. I love being an aunt! Greatest thing in the world isn't it??!

1.9 down this morning. I officially have just over 2 pounds left to get back to my ticker weight! I'm so happy with my forward momentum this week that I decided to think long term and hope to be under 300 by the new year. With 40 weeks left in the year that should be doable, and it gives me a fighting chance to be at goal by my 30th in September 2015.

How's everybody doing with their calendars??

I think I missed something, what does the calendars thing mean?

Silentarctic Some of us have day planners or calendars, and for every day that we stay on plan, we X the day off or put a sticker, etc to see our progress.

I just make a big "X" through each day on my desk calendar.

Stalique ~ Welcome back to the thread

Silent ~ Yes I had good walks today, I walked twice today.

Jane ~ Yes it is the greatest thing in the world

Just wanting to pop in and wish everyone a Good Morning and a good day!
I'll be back soon!

Good morning all. Still raining here. The grass really is going to be as high as an elephant's eye if it doesn't stop long enough to cut it.

Ubee Have a good day.
Terra Did you get your morning walk in? Hope it was a good one for you.
Jane Way to go on the weight loss -- you should definitely be able to make your year end goal. It does feel so good to have the scale moving (and in the right direction!).
SilentArctic Sounds like you did great on the vacation with maintaining which is so hard to do. Good for you! It will come back. The calendar is really helping me to both stay on track and to see where my problem times are.
Stalique Glad to see you join us and congrats on your progress so far.

Yesterday's calendar was only colored in for the morning. Did my BIL's taxes and snacked on nuts. Had a PB&J for supper along with 2 glasses of wine......and woke up to being 3 pounds lighter than yesterday. Tomorrow morning will probably show a pound back up as my body adjusts. I have no idea why weight is coming off right now other than I've gone back to Intermittent Fasting where I have an 8 hour eating window from noon to 8 PM and watch my calories and carbs during that time. It's been a nuts week, but definitely one that I'll take since weight is coming off. I may even get down to what my siggie says I weigh soon! Have a great weekend. Going up to see the grand nephews (yes, Jane and Terra -- being a Great Aunt in my case is wonderful) tomorrow so won't have time to post.

374.1 today. Sooo close to getting past the 373 hump! Just a quick hello, today is B's last day of overhaul and I want to have some cooking and housework done before he gets home.

Betsy ~ No I didnt get my walk in this morning but Im still gonna walk twice today

I now weigh 294 from 302

:bravo: Terra :congrat: guess not having that potato really helped!;)

:carrot: Jane!
Betsy maybe you need to be on a wine diet.:dizzy:
Silent maintaining anytime is success but especially on that fun vacation we had! :cb:
stalique :wave:
Sam :cheer2::cheer3: Betsy and I are looking so cute cheering you on!

Good job Terra :P

Jane - good luck with that! You still got 9 months in the year for our journeys

Hi everyone :)

Hey Everyone!

I tried to post all day yesterday but my computer and the internet on my phone kept saying the server was down for the site. Let me tell ya'll about my weekend.

Friday night was awesome! DH did such a good job and his band's set was so tight they did such a great job. I'm such a proud wife LOL...After the show DH and I went to get some groceries at Walmart and we got a cheese pizza...This isn't part of my plan, but I don't care if I have a cheat meal here and there. We added some mushrooms and onion and jalapeno to it when we got home and I limited myself to 2 slices instead of eating half the pizza like I usually would.

On Saturday I didn't eat much. I had some breakfast burritos and ate 3/4 of a small frosty from Wendys...and for dinner DH made a nice big pot of turkey chili. It was good :) I slept a lot on Saturday since I didn't go to bed till 4 AM on Friday/Saturday morning. I guess my body just needed it.

So here I am, awake on Sunday. I just weighed myself...and I'm at 306.6!!! That's 4.8 lbs from last week!! I'm happy with the loss considering my cheat meals, but I need to be careful that I don't lose weight too fast. I'm just glad to be steadily losing weight, even if I only lose 1 lb one week. I'm figuring it will probably take me the better part of 2 years to lose this weight if I lose an average of 2 lbs a week. I'm so happy I will be out of the 300s soon! When I renewed my license in December I put my weight at 295 so maybe I'll be that weight soon and will hopefully surpass it!!

Well I'm going to go make some breakfast. Hope everyone is having a great day!!

PS: loving the cheerleading outfits Betsy and Ubee!!!

Hey everyone...

I am back from vacation but I brought back the worst souvenir ever...a stomach bug/food poisoning thing..... been sick since Thursday night.

Actually had to call in sick to work today as I just couldn't do it....

Hoping to go into work tomorrow..... hoping the pain and other symptoms will go away soon too....

That's a lousy way to end vacation! Hope you feel better soon!

I BROKE PAST 373!!!! Only be .2, but I'll take it! Down 1.3 from yesterday! Got my walk in with the dog yesterday and was able to resist cheating with rice when I made Sushi for my bf. I just used nori for my wrap.

Hope to be solidly into the 60 ' s by next Saturday as I have to go to the city with my mom and may end up eating out. (Not that I plan to splurge on carbs anyway)
Have a great day everyone!

Ubee ~ Thanks, Yes not having that baked potato did help

gurlnextgen ~ Thanks

Im gonna walk for the first time today in a few mins and then of course I'll walk again before it gets dark.

Howdy y'all! I've been catching up on sleep and also busy-busy-busy, so I haven't had time to post for a couple of days. Now I'm getting somewhere in the range of 6 to 8 hours a night, so I feel much less frazzled. I took a walk around the neighborhood on Friday—actually down and then back up a substantial hill, so I worked my legs hard enough to be sore the next day. It felt good! Still eating the same old stuff, but I have added back the half-cup of muesli a day, since it definitely stabilizes my mood. My appetite has improved: at least now I can detect hunger signals that tell me when to stop writing or making art and have a package of turkey or something. I definitely don't eat at defined meal times, I mean except for always having coffee with cream first thing in the morning. (The cream is my breakfast: it gives me energy for hours!)

It sounds like everyone is doing pretty well, except for poor Melissa's stomach bug. Congrats to Jane on breaking through 373, and to Betsy for losing 5 pounds! And congrats to all of you who are using your calendars to mark off days on plan: I'm pleased to hear that the positive feedback from looking at what you've achieved is proving to be helpful. As for the cheerleader outfits, I think Sam needs one, too. Now we gotta decide what colors our "team" is, and let's not forget the pom-poms! =grin=

Gotta run now...our niece and her son are coming over tonight, and I need to put in some time cutting out collage bits, before they arrive....

time4me - I hope you get better. I know cruises are also notorious for bringing back colds and stomach bugs. I almost feel like it's a sign that you should NEVER leave heh

Terra & Fiona - Glad you are finding ways to get some exercising and sleep in. Difficult when you're busy

Jane - Man you're on a streak!

AFM, slow day today. Feel like taking another nap. Will eat leftovers later. Gotta figure out when Im gonna get my semi-weekly exercise routine in today....

Good Afternoon!
It is in the 50's today! Went for a family walk yesterday and today. It feels so good!
gurl nice to see you! What have you been up to?
Fi so glad you are sleeping better and out and about walking! I think we all need pom poms! Hope you and Bob had a nice visit with your niece and great nephew.
Terra thought of you as I was walking today. Tell me what changes have you been making to your diet? You are doing something right!
Melissa hope you are feeling better. How was your vacation?
Sam good job on portion control! 4.8 pounds is so exciting!:carrot:
JANE! :congrat: I have been watching and waiting for you to break through 373 for quite a while! I was so excited to read your post!!!:hug:

Good Morning!
I am up to 261. My lowest this year was 248 for a day.
Time to stop the regain.
Have a peaceful day!

No scale movement today but I was a little lax yesterday. Today is an intermittent fasting day anyways. Just a fly by to say hello, I'm going to be crazy busy at work this week!

Radiojane,

What is your current program like? I'm about the same weight as you and I'm curious.

Just a swoop in to say Good Morning, sounds like we're all working at getting it off, and I'm still having weird dreams about Ubee and me in cheerleading outfits.

Great day yesterday with the little guys, but it evidently wore me out as I slept until almost 9 this morning. I love retirement!

Have a great day -- will write personals tomorrow.

Locke My "program" is sort of a mish mosh of many different things. Most closely, I follow Mark Sisson's primal blueprint. I try to eat only grass fed meat, fruits and vegetables and grass fed dairy. (This is all when I can get it, sometimes I have to settle for the regular stuff). I exercise frequently but lightly, lots of swimming and walking with a few short weight training sessions a week (no long term high heart rate cardio).

That's all lifetime stuff though. For weight loss I keep my calories between 1200 and 1800, and my carbs down below 30 net grams a day. When I'm feeling up to it, I intermittent fast for about 20-22 hours once or twice a week.

I'm coming off a very, very long stall, so I'm pretty strict right now with the macros and such.

Can't seem to get my act together to do a full post and personals so I'll just say I'm here, just keeping busy. Was dogsitting this weekend, it was too cold to go for real walks though (she's a tiny thing she would have frozen even then super short walk we went on she ended up covered in frost/snow).

Super tired today, it's monday maybe becuse I know mondays are longer than other days. have volonteer activities in the evening so won't get home until late. I'll still try and get an early tonight I hope. Was feeling somewhat under the weather yesterday as well even though I pushed through it for birthday and other festivities.

gurlnextgen ~ Yeah thats true it is difficult to get exercise in and sleep in when your busy

Ubee ~ I havent been doing anything different with my diet just keeping with the 1200 calorie diet

Hi Everyone,

I'm a little late posting tonight but just wanted to stop in and say hello real quick.

I did 45 minutes of HIIT tonight but no weight lifting. I plan to work on legs tomorrow. Went over to my friend apartment across the hall and got to catch up with him and his BF for a little while. He was so surprised at how much weight I've lost. He said that he can really tell the difference even from the last time I saw him a few weeks ago. He's so proud and happy for me and says he sees big things in my future and maybe this will help me along with my makeup career. I think he may be right.

Just got a nice shower now it's time to lay down for the night. I'll do personals tomorrow but wanted to say HI and give everyone a big pat on the back with all that we've been doing. We all are in synch and doing a great job. Love ya'll!!

Just checkin' in briefly, well after midnight as usual. Didn't get a good sleep last night, so I'm really trashed. Didn't get a walk in today BUT I did all 600 leg lifts tonight, which is good news, because after I slacked off in that area, I've been struggling to get back with the program. If I can do a full 600 with the other leg tomorrow night, I'll be back on track. The more I think about why I didn't lose weight last month, the more I'm wondering if my slacking off on the leg exercises played a big role. That nightly half hour of cardio may not burn a whole lot of calories, but I think it helps keep my metabolism up. Now I'm off to try to get a full 8 hours of sleep...wishing all of you well! =smile=

It's been a rough few days for me this week. It's been very dark and rainy so my ankle joints have been acting up. Yesterday I felt like an old woman while walking. The good thing is that it's not as bad as it used to be so I'm grateful for progress. I didn't sleep very well last night- I kept waking up thinking that the dog wasn't feeling well- I'm pretty sure she's fine it's just a bit of anxiety on my part. I think I got about three hours of sleep total, and only about five hours the night before. Ugh. When I'm stressed I lose my appetite but it also makes my moods crash. It seems like every wednesday afternoon I just can't deal and end up overly emotional. Anybody else experience this on a weekly basis?

I have weeks like that from time to time. :( Sorry you feel so blue!

By the way we've started an april thread:

http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/300-...il-2014-a.html

All right guys, I had a big moment of "What the f*** am I doing?" this morning. Last night before I went to bed I overindulged with muesli, eating much more than one serving, with lots of cream, when I'd already had my muesli for the day. I need the muesli for my mood, but any more than one 1/2 cup serving a day (41 gm. of carbs) will screw up my weight loss. In fact, it would be better if I could get away with only having 1/4 cup per day. I've been periodically overindulging on the stuff for several weeks now: with the calories from the extra cream as well, that has to be why I didn't lose weight last month.

It's so hard for me to cope with having any carbs (other than salad fixings) in the house, because I always want to overeat them. I need to get it into my thick head that while my one serving of muesli a day is allowed, eating any more than that counts as binge behavior. And I'm strongly committed to not engaging in binge behavior.

So what I'm doing, today, is fasting for 24 hours—not as some kind of punishment, but in order to think this through and get my head in the right place. I'm really angry with myself, for letting the muesli thing get out of hand. I need to cool down and fly straight.

Meanwhile, I made a new collage y'all might find amusing: it's called "superheroes baffled by world's largest pollen grain".

I would suggest that you exercise caution at this approach. I tend to punish myself when I think I'm being bad. Sometimes I'm not even aware that that is what I'm doing. Whenever I overeat I try to do this:

1. Acknowledge that I overate
2. Tell myself "I'm sorry that you felt that you had to overeat. Something must have been really bothering you."
3. Figure out what is bothering me. If it's something within my control I fix it. If it's something I can't change I try to live with it consciously and without judging myself.