I discovered that Digiorno has a harvest wheat pizza that's thin crust. I want to purchase it for myself, but I can't seem to find a store that has it around me. That would be great & cheap for my pizza cravings.
jan - yeah, sista. don't be so hard on yourself. and i concur. ditch the crappity crap crap. if that's all you have, leave the median crap, but get rid of the ubercrap!
and eating well can be inexpensive too. i'm friggin poor, but i think i eat well. here's what i do esp since it's cold. at the beginning of every week i make a huge pot of beans and use it for various dishes throughout the week. beans/rice, veg soup, quick casserole, bean tortillas etc, etc. and they sell those 4 pound bags of generic beans for dirt cheap! i also do the same thing some weeks with a huge thing of pasta salad. i cook a box oh whole wheat rotini pasta, mix in black olives, bell peppers, frozen corn, frozen peas, or whatever the **** else i have around and keep it in the fridge for the entire week. for a dressing, i just put on whatever salad dressing i want right before i eat it. and frozen vegetables are cheap! well, cheaper. but keep some in the freezer for a quick stir fry.
dude, man. man, dude. you got this thing. whatever i can do to help let me know, b/c i'm in your corner, homefry!
powersmatti - awesome goal! my goal officially is to be a "runner". and as long as you keep weighing on the same scale it doesn't matter which one or what kind.
robot -
back when i ate pizza, i always made my own using the pizza dough from betty crocker that you just add water to and then putting my own toppings on. so you can control the calories (and use skim milk low fat mozz cheese), ragu pizza sauce, mushrooms, etc. i remember i'd make a whole pizza, eat half of it!!! and it'd be only 300 cals. half of it! only took 20 minutes to make and cook.
Ollie! That's a great idea for Sun. night dinner. The college only feeds us breakfast and lunch on Sun. so we are left to fend for ourselves sunday night. I used to order a large pizza (to my defense it was more of a medium-large) and devour the would ting myself. I would feel bloated and uncomfortable, but it was delicious. No more! I had a very caloric dinner with the ex-boyfriend (we are best friends) last night. Then my sister called and said she didn't want to go to the gym so I wasn't going to go either. About 15 min. later I build up the revolve, rolled off my bed and went to the gym for an hour and a half! Whoot! I don't feel bad about dinner. I need that meal off once a week or I'd go crazy lol.
I'm going to brave the cold to go over to the gym tomorrow morning to accurately weigh myself before breakfast. Then I Ncan check-in here!
Opn another note, I've never been this motivated or positive about losing weight. My college hosted a small lightworkers group right after my bf dumped me (about 2 weeks ago) and while none of them were professionals they worked on me. At one point the girl in charge whispered to me, "If you have an intention you can focus on it at this time" All I could think about what a becoming a strong, graceful belly dancer. Let me tell you, I haven't been in a better mood for about a year or so. This just goes to show what a little white light and willpower can do for you.
Another pagany idea for you guys is hypnosis. I'm not guarunteeing it will tweak your brain and the weight will fall off, but a good self-hyponosis cd on healthy eating and excersicing keeps you focused and encouaged. I listen to mine a few hours before bed every night (if I listen to it in bed I fall asleep lol)
Oh listen to me go on. I do really recommend the book "Mindless Eating" by Wansink. It really opened my eyes in a very good and encouraging way. Its a fast, easy read, but its packed with great stats and practical ideas for living a healthier life.
Posting again..can anyone say freelance writer haha. Oh well, I guess its better I post more than less. So I went and bought my very own scale from Walmart today. I just hate having to trek over to the gym before class to weigh myself. More importantly, I hate that the scale is in the actual workout room. I can always see the smug faces of the cross country team as I try to use my bulk to block the numbers from thier view. Anyways, my new scale says I'm 224.6 so I'll start there eh? Sounds good to me.
Went to the gym for like 20 minutes to power walk on the elliptical. I'll prolly go back at about 9pm tonight to walk some more and do some ab workouts for belly dance. It was just far too crowded this afternoon. I hate working out with three sports teams in there at the same time. Its much more relaxed at night.
So, I'll check-in again tomorrow to tell everyone how things are going. Good luck duckies!
thanks for the support ladeez....still feelin' a bit bleargh but my therapist gets back from vacay soon
did buy control top/ bottom and just generally control all around panties, tho. figure i don' have to look flabby--is that a sign i've given up on some level?
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No its not a sign of giving up unless you let it. There's nothing wrong with looking better along the way. Even my mom (who is a size six or so) wears control tops.
Its check-in day! How is everyone doing? I weighed myself on my brand spankin' new scale this morning before eating and it said 221.4! I'm really excited!
It'll be a very slow weekend I think. I don't have a ton of friends on campus and most of them are gone for the weekend. I think I'll clean my room, work on a paper, and go to the gym. I hope lunch is good.
I had a mini-binge last night on various snack foods. Luckily, they were all low fat foods so it really wasn't that bad. I'm finding it very difficult to not eat after dinner or even eat in moderation. I think eating a little later might help. I usually go to supper around 5-5:30. I could probably hold off until 6pm during the week.
I'm excited to get my ticker. I covet them very much lol. I guess another week or so and a few more posts. Look at me blabbing on. Geesh. Well, I'll check back later today to hear how everyone else is doing! See you later.
Saturday weigh in - 66.5 kg / 147 lbs! Whoot! I didn't really do anything special... maybe I had an occult TOM or something like that? (I have a hormonal IUD so I don't necessarily bleed during TOM... but I still have them.) Only 4 lbs to go for my goal.
That's great Elwing. I see you are nearing your goal. I also have a IUD so my weight loss probably has something to do with that too. I just can't figure out how I'm losing that weight so fast lol. I'm also on Alli which blocks 25 percent of the fat you take in and since I'm eating low fat as it is that is probably helping a lot.
i weighed 135 today despite the heavy beers i had last night. wow. that sounds familiar.
matti and elwing
jan i went through the same thing last year. i started this whole thing in August 2007, i weighed 169 lost ten pounds, then gained it right back, got frustrated, threw out all my clothes that were too small (that i now wish i had kept) and said f it. i just wasn't in the right place mentally/spiritually/physically. a year later and i was ready to commit. i hope you haven't given up. maybe you're just not in the right place right now. it'll come, dude. let me know if i can help any way.
Congrats on all of this weight loss! I'm still at 196, but I'm happy
jandaman - This journey is hard, and we'll hit a lot of bumps in the road. I've given up on a few times, and in the end, gained 30 pounds as a result. Try and think positive about it and hopefully, you'll get back into it. If not, we're here for you.
I remember my previous attempts with weight loss. Some lasted one day..some one meal...others lasted several months. I lost about 40lbs my sophomore year of high school and was down to about 160lbs. Then, I gained it all back. A few failed diet attempts later and here I am over 200lbs.
My bf of two years dumped me about three weeks ago. It was really hurtful to be told point blank that he didn't love me and wasn't attracted to me escpecially since we had been through a lot together and we were both each other's first intimate partner.
We remain friends though I still have my bad days. I realize how destructive our relationship had become. I was a negative, self-hating person who wanted to tank everyone else around me. That was the old me though. This entire experience has made it possible for me to be motivated to be active and eat right. I never would have taken private belly dance lessons or gone to the gym everyday if I was still so obsessed with this guy!
Long story short, **** happens. It just took a lot of it to put me in a place where I put me first in terms of weight and health. Take all of those negative feelings and turn them into motivation and you'll be a fitter person before you know it!
My personal motto: If it doesn't kill you, it'll make you stronger!
Bad weekend. Well, no, good weekend, BAD FOOD. I feel terrible. But I fit into a size 18 LEVIS now. I was a size 22! I never wore LEVIS before. I also bought a new peatcoat for this winter and I fit perfectly in an XL misses. It's very slimming too. I never purchased coats because I felt too overweight in my 1x & 2x. It feels good just to be "extra large".
But I am going to stay OP this week, NO EXCEPTIONS, until Thanksgiving. I'm going to try my hardest not to go overboard.
I am going to do my food shopping online right now so I will have food for the next two weeks. And then I am going to stay OP until Christmas Eve. So that's...25-26 days? Anyone else want to do a 25 day On Plan challenge starting the Saturday after Thanksgiving? It will be 25 days long.
That would be great & cheap for my pizza cravings.
I never purchased coats because I felt too overweight in my 1x & 2x. It feels good just to be "extra large". 
