Aren't you glad we're here for you? Flap those jaws all you want!

SusanB ~ I most definitely am glad I found this group.

Calories for yesterday~ 1420
Fat 32%
45 grams of fiber

I think that this is probably due to Easter and the craziness of this week, but I think I may have hit a plateau. I won't officially consider it a plateau until after this weekend though. I haven't seen the scale change since the 4th. It usually comes off each week like clockwork, so I'm a little bummed. I do have TOM fluctuations and such, but I ignore those usually and that shouldn't hit for another couple weeks.

Lara~ I completely understand! I don't want to turn in to either of my parents (physically that is~they were awsome people.) A large part of why I want to lose weight, eat healthy, and exercise is because I don't want the health problems my parents had. They both passed fairly young and I would like to live to be old (I mean past life expectancy.)

Susan~ I think I will try taking my medication at night. I've been taking it in the afternoon and I feel so terrible from dinner time on (it was worse last night.) As long as it doesn't disrupt my sleep then it should be good.

Miette~ Like Rockinrobin my goal weight is not set in stone. I've never been able to stay under 155lbs for very long before, so I may decide to stay at 155lb. We shall see; I'm trying to keep a flexible out look on this process. I agree that Saltines may not be the best, but small steps will get you there! You may want to find a cracker that has some fiber in it, so you feel fuller. I like Rye Crisp breads.

Zoe~ Beautiful baby!

Wow this looks like an awesome group
 

I have just spent a bit of time reading the last few days and what a wonderful supportive diverse group. I discovered the joy of counting calories last year and look forward to being accountable online as well as the most important person on this journey -- ME!!!

My name is Joanne -- I started counting calories last year and lost 35 pounds and to my absolute joy for the first time in my life I have kept them off!!! So I want to continue with this journey of eating right and exercising more.

I look forward to getting to know the other calorie counters here. Right now I am hovering around 2000 a day which is about 400 higher than I would like but I refuse to beat myself up.

"The two characteristics about my Mom that I didn't want is to be frumpy and overweight and when I saw what I saw in the reflection reality hit me and I wanted to cry. My Mom is beautiful on the inside and out but has always been frumpy and overweight, thats just my Mom, its not suppose to be me. "

Lara,
I am Not to making light of your looking like mom...

I look just like my GRANDMA! :fr:

really, short, round (yes I do have a shape, Its round). And I get shorter every year.
I found out last week That I am NOT 5 ft. :( I used to be almost 5-2".

Keep up the hard work. It will show up in the end. :grouphug:

Joanne :wave:

welcome! sounds like you have been doing well already. keep up the hard work.

My grandma was 4'9" and carried her teeth in the pocket of her apron!

Thanks so much for the advice, Rockinrobin. I am on my way to the grocery store in just a minute with my mind on "veggies". I would love to graze on fruits and yoghurt during the day, but I'm diabetic, so I can't. It kicks my sugars up really high. For example, to eat a banana and not have my bloodsugar go way up, I'd have to cut it in half...eat one half...wait an hour.. eat the other half. :P it's really really frustrating. Of course, if I exercised every time I ate a piece of fruit, that might well do the trick.
I was talking to my mom, a long time calorie counter, who also suggested that I put down the crackers and move on to something like raw broccoli and carrots...something crunchy and heathier. So, I'm thinking you are all on to something here. I will try this over the weekend and see if I can handle it.
I think you're doing a fabulous job.. absolutely inspiring. :)

-Miette

:D :rofl:

sounds like my hubbys grandma... she smoked a pipe. no... that that kind.

Did I mention that she was 4'9" both ways? No pipe.

Lara, Zenor, & Joanne
 

Lara: I just wanted to say that I got really emotional reading your post about all you are going through. I'm 35 and I look just like my mother did at 45. I love my mother, but I have always said to myself that I will never wind up looking like her and guess what... I do. I caught a glimpse of myself in a storefront window on the way to an appointment on Tuesday and it jolted me right out of my shoes. I couldn't believe I was seeing ME! I just wanted you to know that I'm thinking of you and you're not alone. I'm also tempted to throw myself into starvation mode and I admire your ability to see it coming before it gets unhealthy. Well done!

Zenor: Thanks sooooo much for the tips! I am really going to try hard to get in some more veggies. On the FitDay thingee there is a circle graph and on mine it's more than half of carbs! I'm diabetic and I should know better.. argh. I've never found a cracker that is called Rye Crisps here... I will look at the store and see if they have anything fiberful or at least wholegrain. I kinda doubt it. My goal weight is an approximate too... I'm glad I'm not the only one who has some flexibility when it comes to that!

Joanne: Welcome, if I can say that, because I only just got here myself! I look forward to knowing you better and hopefully we can learn a lot together.

Take care!
-Miette

Theresa and Miette thanks so much for the kind welcome.

Miette I can't even imagine having to go through this journey with diabetes. Several years ago I got called back to my doctors office afer blood tests - the only thing I could think at the time was that he had diagnosed me with diabetes and I was scared of the results. I even dragged my husband with me to the doctors. Turns out I was diagnosed with hypothyroid -- which I finally got under control with medication. Its just so good that you are so very careful with your diet.

the group has been chatty since I went to bed last night!

We have to have shorter goals just to keep us motivated. ;) I'm going to be thrilled when i hit my first goal of 180. Then I'll have to figure out my next mini goal.

:welcome3: Jayjay!

Susan,
:cb:
congrats on the weight loss.
I see you made it down under the 130 mark!