[sfrunner]

Hi everyone!
I am new to 3FC, and am looking for some support in my weight loss journey. I read the posts on the site, and you guys seem like a great bunch of girls! I lost about 40 pounds a couple of years ago, but am still 20 pounds away from my goal weight. I decided that I need to start watching what I eat more as I am starting to have a hard time fitting into the pants I was so proud to buy I have the hardest time at work with my eating..even when I plan everything out, there is always candy around..and when I get stressed out and working late..that candy jar doesn't know what hit it! It's funny, but really not Looking forward to getting to know you girls!

Michelle

[HappyMomma05]

sfrunner!! This is the best place you could be for support on your weightloss journey!!

[Sister of the groom]

Welcome!!! I too know what it is like to lose out at work when it comes to watching what you eat-I work in a grocery store! Whatever I am craving is only a few aisles over! These days I look at the calories per serving on whatever I am craving and that usually turns me off. Good Luck and hope to more (or less I guess!) of you.

[sfrunner]

Thanks, Happy Momma Congratulations on your weight loss so far!!

[Florida Native]

I hear you. I need motivation as well. I try to keep the snacks out of the house unless it's the fat free pudding or something I can feel like I'm cheating with but isn't that bad in reality. Ha-ha. So, what is your plan to lose the weight? I'm curious how others are doing it.

[HappyMomma05]

hey, thanks!!

[HappyMomma05]

Florida Native: I'm on the Sonoma diet. I really like it even though the first 10 days are pretty tough. It seems like when I start losing, it's hard to gain it back even if I cheat a day or two. Unless my cheating day or two turns into a month or two.

[tinsica]

Welcome around, Sfrunner!

[Cats tongue]

Welcome!!!!

Glad you decided to join our forum.

Ugh, I hear you on the hard to eat right at work. that was always a big hurtling stone for me. I can eat fine and dandy at school, no problem. But work would always just drain me and I wouldn't be able to resist buying that chocolate bar (I worked at a health food grocery store, and there is nothing better than organic chocolate... hmmmm. yummy.) at lunch... It was bad.

Do you have a plan idea for those last 20lbs?

[Florida Native]

HappyMomma, thanks for the info. I'm going to have to look into that one! I haven't heard of it before.

[redlight]

Welcome sfrunner! We're just about the same size. I lost 30 pounds in 2006, now I'm trying to lose 12 or at least to get rid of the pudge around my stomach.

[sfrunner]

Thanks for the support guys

Happy momma, I totally feel you with the off plan one to two months..I feel like it's been an off-plan year!

Cats, I am kind of at a loss for how to lose the rest of this weight. Redlight, what is your plan? We are just about the same size I generally eat pretty healthy, but I know there are a couple of things I can improve...1) not eating chocolate in the afternoon...we have a huge candy jar at work, and whenever I am at work late (which is often) I sometimes totally od on that candy. 2) i have NO self control sometimes..when we get muffins on friday mornings, sometimes i'll have three throughout the day even if i'm not hungry..its like they're there so i have to eat them.

So basically my plan is to have more common sense! And stop letting my coworkers convince me into cookies in the afternoon I already work out a lot (usually every day), so I think I'm really going to have to focus on food..I read in Abs Diet, that a great body is 80% diet, 20% exercise!

Redlight, what's your plan?

[mamaplots]

Hello and welcome!! Congrats on your weight loss so far!! I'm doing the WW at home program and it's wonderful!!! Good luck with the rest of your Wloss!!

[redlight]

Hey sfrunner! I've done a couple of plans before like south beach, but works best for me is moderate eating and getting plenty of exercise. I also really have to cut back on drinking alcohol (to like almost none) to lose.

Have you tried having only one muffin?

[NattieJo]

i'm pretty new too-- honestly... i've learned that writing down my calories every single day works best for me. i've done weight watchers in the past (which has given me a good basis for calories to fat to fiber ratios) but when i take the time to look up the calories in what i eat- I learn the quality of the item and whether it's worth it or not.

i try to keep calories between 1200-1500... i use calorieking dot com to look up everything.

i also only weigh myself in the mornings... it's a much better reading for me to go off of than the end of the day