That last sentence pretty much sums up my life. If I don't try to lose weight I never have to worry about being one of the statistics that gains it all back and then some. I think I can honestly say that prior to August 07 I never really dieted before. All my ups and downs had come from adding exercise either deliberately or through a job.

I am also up since starting weigh in. Only 2 pounds and I know exactly why. This is the lowest I have been since having the kids and I have that irrational fear that if I get lower I will somehow mess up and gain it all back. I need to break through that mentality. I also need to stop binging. I did that crap McD's yesterday and today it was apple pie. Why? No clue as of yet. I wasn't really hungry at the time. We are going through some financial strain as DH has been off work since January and the money is getting ready to run out. But instead of eating I should be walking.

I think there is enough room in the office for me to do my WATP Walk and Jog dvd. I forgot the computer has a dvd player on it. So now I have no excuse that someone else in the house is watching tv or sleeping in the living room.

I also pieced part of those quotes together for a screen saver. The page for my van is ready to go the next time I go outside. :)

I have also recently decided to leave another message board that I used to frequent a LOT. That will leave me even more time for the positive and inspirational stuff I read around here.

Congrats to all that have had losses already. To the rest of us, our turn is coming.

Hello everyone! I'm sitting here getting psyched up for some exercise today! I was able to get in 100 minutes yesterday, 90 minutes on the bike and 10 minutes of Walk Away The Pounds. I could of done another 10 of WATP, but it was after midnight and I had a meeting that I couldn't risk being too tired in, so I had to call it quits (or wimped out, now I that I think about it!).

Tonight I have friends coming over so I need to post this and get as much in as I can before they get here. :ebike:

Selina: Congrats on ONEderland! That's awesome!

Rhonda: What you said about re-newing committment every single day reminded me of a great quote. “People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.” -- Zig Ziglar

"What is your biggest fear once you lose the weight?"
Well, mine is that I'm going to have to be careful how I walk or else I'll be stepping all over my extra skin. I mean seriously...that freaks me out to think about how "droopy" it'll be. Oh well, guess I better start saving for a um...body tuck? or something.


Take care everyone, and see you on Saturday!

John

:( :mad: That dvd won't play on the computer. The computer isn't even acknowledging that their is a disk in the drive. I'll be setting the alarm in the morning and getting my workouts done while everyone is still sleeping so I don't step on people.

This is what I printed for my van and for my fridge.

IS IT WORTH IT?

THERE IS NEVER ANY REASON TO EVER EAT AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT. WHAT THEY SERVE IS A PRODUCT, BUT I WILL NEVER CALL IT FOOD.

THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT TO TEACH MY CHILDREN. I WANT TO TEACH THEM TO PLAN FOR SUCCESS. I WANT THEM TO LEARN THAT A BETTER OPTION IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE. I DON’T WANT THEM TO CONFUSE PRODUCT WITH FOOD.

I AM GIVING MYSELF PERMISSION TO STAY ON PLAN, BE HEALTHY, AND SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR MY CHILDREN.

I SEE THIS AS A JOURNEY AND THIS IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. LEARN AND MOVE FORWARD WITH NEW KNOWLEDGE IN HAND.

NOW, WAS IT WORTH IT?

Thanks to all who replied to that McD's binge thread. I can promise you I won't be doing that again.

I think the quotes request was yesterday but I was given a book today with some quotes in it so here are some:

I think this is appropriate for our team and this website:
"We might not have it all together, But together we have it all!"

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."--Confucius

Hey Blue Team. I just finished catching up on the pages that have shown up since I last posted. I seem to spend all day keeping my son out of trouble. Tomorrow is his birthday party so I'm going to end up behind again. Tomorrow I'm going to sign up for a month at the gym I think. Just to make sure I make it a habit and like the gym. I know a girl going there that will make sure I go. If it goes well I'll join for a year. The other day I did felt great. I must not have worked hard enough cause I didn't hurt today. I'm also happy that my cutting out caffeine is working for me emotionally. TOM snuck up on me without the suicidal pms I usually get which signals it for me. I was hoping it would help cause I really don't want to have to have medication for 2 days.

Congrats Selina on reaching onderland. I want to get there.

I'm afraid that when I hit my goal weight I won't be able to stay there. I'm also afraid that I'll never lose on my bottom half. But eventually hopefully I will.

CONGRATULATIONS SELINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTG!!

One of my biggest *concerns* is that when I get to goal weight I'll only be able to ever eat 1000/day to not gain. I mean if at this weight I can only eat 1600-1800 surely 100 pounds from now it'll be much, much less. This is the 3rd time I've attempted to lose weight and with a +100 pound loss and a +100 pound gain in the last 10 years I have no idea what my metabolism really is like. Hopefully very forgiving!!! But I will do what I have to do to get healthy, so I'm not going to obsess about it. I only have today.

Congrats on the wieight loss all around!!!

Sorry for the lack of personals...off to play some games with the girls and hopefully have a nice relaxing evening with DH.

This is gonna sound funny...but there's a few fears I have when I lose the weight.
Well, first is my singing. Since I do classical singing, you don't need to be "big", but you need room for the air. I'm scared I might lose too much and then hurt myself.
Then I'm scared that people will treat me differently. Like people treat me differently now because of the way I look. Imagine if I lost the weight that I've had all my life? I've heard guy friends joke and say that they'd try to "talk to me" like that, and stuff like that. Kinda stressful I guess.
I know the benefits though, that I'll feel better once I get back to 160. That's not a small weight, and I think I'll still be a good size.

SELINA!!!! Congratulations on making it into ONEderland!!!:congrat::cheer2::woohoo:


This quote hits it dead center for me!


My biggest fear about losing the weight is that I won't be satisfied. That no matter how much I lose, I'll never feel pretty and confident. This happened this summer. 165 has ALWAYS been my goal weight. I've never weighed that, so there really is no basis as to why that should have been my goal. When I reached it this summer, I was so disappointed. I looked nothing like I had imagined myself to look at this weight and still had a good 15 pounds to lose. It sent me into a tail spin that I am just now starting to recover from. I don't want that to happen again.

Evening Blue Team!

Before I head off to bed I want to apologize for not getting in here and catching up with everyone after lunch like I said I would. I had a situation come up that I couldn't avoid so it kept me from personals.

Good news is I now have internet at the house so I can keep up at nights now!

Tomorrow is another hectic day of trying to clear out of the apartment and get it cleaned. We are expecting snow tomorrow so it will be interesting to see how that works out.

Well I better head off to bed now before it gets too late! :wave:

PS: :congrat: on onederland Selina!!!!

I'm going to weigh in the morning. I'm a little nerves, worried and even a little excited. Wish me luck!

Question

How often do you plan to update your pictures?

:woohoo: Congrats on onederland, Selina! :woohoo: that must be the best motivation to keep going you could ever get :carrot:

I'm sorry I have not been around, but with hubby home after almost 3 weeks we spent yesterday taking family time. I am sneaking on here to tell you guys that I am SO frustrated! I have stuck on plan, and even passed up Bojangles last night while everyone else ate (I had a salad) and the scale is still not moving. I haven't been getting even half the exercise in that I normally do and have had a couple days under calories, which for me equals out to slow loss and I know that, but it is still frustrating :cry:

BUT, hubby noticed the weight I dropped while he was gone ;) and that felt really good. I am going to get in a good workout now, before everyone wakes up and we start getting ready for dd's game.

Oh, we went to Walmart yesterday looking for those little silver weight plates for hubby and I picked up a trampoline for $19! The kids are having a blast on it practicing their gymnastics jumps...I bought it for me, but whenever I jump it makes me fee like I have to pee really bad, kinda like my bladder is falling out :eek: What is up with that? I jump on our big backyard trampoline without ever feeling that.

I'm sad. Tomorrow my baby is going to be 2. Today we are having the birthday party for my husbands family. My families is next weekend. I only wanted 1 party but since my Brother's wife can't come tomorrow and each half of the family lives 45 minutes apart we decided to have 2. At this point I don't even know if my husband brothers' family or sisters' family is going to be there. We haven't heard back from either and his sister has already said she thinks they have something to do. They didn't come to his 1st birthday:mad: and maybe this is selfish but they didn't send any gifts with their respective daughters who did come. I'm honestly at the point where if they don't come this year I won't even mention it next year. That could be TOM talking but at the moment that's how I feel. He's only got so many little boy birthdays left before he won't care if Aunt's and Uncle's are there.

Purpleflrefly that's great you've avoided temptation & hubby noticed the difference in you! :)



I decided to weigh in today. Up .5 lbs! I'm trying really hard not to be discouraged, telling myself that weight is more than just calories in + calories out... but it's hard.

It feels like -6 right now so that's not helping my motivation to get some exercise.

Good Morning Everyone...

I am so excited. I weighed in this morning and dropped 11lbs. I have been working out hard this week and getting my water in too. I was so glad to see my hard work paid off for this week.

It was so hard for me last night though. Or so I thought. It was my sons 3rd birthday and we had his party at Chuck-e-Cheeses. I thought I was going to be tempted with the pizza but I got me a salad from the salad bar and I loved it. When it came to cake time, I didn't take not even one little bite. I was proud of myself. I knew it was going to be hard and I did it. This morning when I got up, the cake was in the kitchen just looking at me. What did I do... I covered it with a towel (it was in tupperware), got my water and went on.

Happy Saturday Everyone!!!