WOAH!!! OH2007 - where are you getting your fibre from????

I have really been in the dumps this week with TOM plus lots of stress at work. I think (hope!) TOM is leaving (I never know, sometimes it lingers for 2 weeks) but at least my latest stress with work is finished (big presentation).

I just bought a plane ticket to go see my mom and attend a family wedding. I haven't been out there since 1999...I weigh 22 pounds more than I weighed back then. Not looking forward to the trip mainly because of my weight. Now isn't that ridiculous! Last time I was out there, my mom introduced me to someone she works with by saying, "this is my youngest daughter, the fat one". 8 years ago and I remember it like it was yesterday and here I am 22 pounds heavier. So, I have 25 days until I leave. Ugh!!

Grammy - you are doing so well! WTG! I'm inspired!

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Tinky ~ Lets say that I have noticed that what ever you set your mind to, you do. So I am sure you will achieve your goal of being good on your vacation. Your one tough lady!

Brightside ~ I am perimentapausal and I think your lucky. I now have mine two weeks off and one week on. Lucky me. I am so sorry, that is a sad story. Everytime I hear something like that it just reminds me how cruel the world is. My Dad is the same way and I get after DH also. I let my weight hold me back on lost of things also and can understand your feelings. I felt that way about taking my vacation this year because going to the beach was part of it. Yup, but I found a way around putting a suit on.

My will to lose the weight comes and goes Brightside. Unfortunately years of dieting has really messed my system up and now it takes a lot of effort to lose. Right now I am at a stand still but I am positive because I am putting on muscle with the jogging and all that I am doing. The inches was proof of that but I was also brave enough to look in the mirror and noticed that my rear is getting round, tummy is pulling up and in, arms are getting flabby but in a good way because the skin is going flat and hopefully firms up, my legs muscles are getting smaller and defined which I can't image them getting any smaller or I will have chicken legs.

Well I am off and I think I might do a project that allows me to stand up so I can dance little a little behind the filing cabinet I work at. HAHAHAH!

Check back in a while.

Most days, I have 1 cup of Fiber One Honey Clusters, 6 cups of Romaine lettuce, 2 cups of raw spinach, 4-6 cups of frozen broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, green beans, etc, plus other veggie odds & ends throughout the day. I aim to keep my fiber intake average above 40-50g per day. So, I guess it's the piles and piles of veggies I eat with an extra 12g or so from my Fiber One cereal. :)

So yesterday's calories were pretty high... actually my highest in a long long time.

So I weighed in this morning at 146.4 and decided to start the South Beach Diet. I need some structure since I have been slacking soooo bad!

Off to go make lunch :)

Not sure what Friday was because we ate out. My weight was down again this morning, though, so it couldn't have been too bad. :)

Saturday:

Total: 1375
Fat: 36g, 25%
Carbs: 235g, 56%
Protein: 65g, 20%
Fiber: 51g

Hello my fellow losers! :)

For today:
1402 calories
14% fat
20 grams of fiber

My weight has really been fluctuating lately and it's SO discouraging. Every time I get below 200, it seems like I spike back up the next day. I drank TONS of water today, so hopefully that will be helpful.

EEk I need to start drinking more water.. its so easy NOT to, I have never been a big drinker in the first place. Its hard to replace soda and juice if you never drank them, you know? I remember when I was little I used to drink from those little paper cups, and I would have to give my friends big glasses when they came over because if I gave them the little cups I would have to refill them 3-4 times. I was totally satisfied with just a little bit, I never get thirsty! We even have a poland water dispenser so its not like its sink water or anything. booo :(

week totals

calories 1364
fat 35g 24%
carbs 198g 50%
protein 60g 18%
fiber 31g

Well, yesterday was an all time high for calories...almost 2500 calories:nono: My DH and I had the evening to ourselves so we decided to go out. We went bowling, out to eat and then met up with some friends. By the time the evening was over I had downed 10 miller lites. I just hope I don't pay for it when I weigh in tomorrow. :(
This week starts my busy fall/winter season. DD has her first day of preschool, tomorrow, she's so excited. Then we have gymnastics in the evening. Between DD, DH and I, I don't think theres a day that we don't have something extra going on. I can't imagine what it's going to be like when DD is in HS or when we have another kid. But anyways, I should go get my errands run before DD comes home from the movies. Everyone have a great week.

Bridgette.:flow1::flow1:

Hello all.

Today's stats were 1055 calories with 28% fat and 10 little grams of fiber. I drank lots and lots of water today and plan on skipping the scale tomorrow just because I think I am getting too caught up in numbers. Classes until 9 pm tomorrow but I hope to have the energy to make it to the rec afterwards to do at least 40 minutes of cardio and some lifting. Fingers crossed that I actually make it there!

Hi,
Today i am trying to make a new start and commitment to counting my calories and staying within my goal. I want to try to make it between 1600-1800 since i am over 200 pounds. I don't want to start to low. I need to lose this weight for my health. I want to feel and look better. Hoping we can all stay on target today.

Hello everyone,

I hope you have room for one more. I am committing myself to counting calories to lose the 20 lbs that I would like to lose. I have tried everyone and I have decided counting calories is the way to go. My weight goes up and down so much that I have decided I just need to stay on track. I do exericse ( which is the easy part for me) so I really need to work on my eatting.

Have a great day

bev

Hey ladies!

I just got back from Toronto for a wedding (gone 4 days) and it was a total free for all with eating for me. I can't believe how quickly I went into piggy mode after 5 months of restricting calories. I was up 8 pounds the first night back, but lost some bloat and it looks like the damage is closer to 4 pounds.

I will be back on track all week and hopefully get back to where I was quickly.

Zoe ~ I am sure the weight is just a temporary thing and it will come right back off. I understand totally what you went thru because I have had it happen to me before.

Bev ~ Welcome and look forward to getting to know you. This is a wonderful group and lots of fun.

RocknRoll ~ Good luck with the South Beach, its a nice program. I did it as a stepping stone to calorie counting. I really liked the program but was looking for more freedom, the opposite of what your looking for. Now, I am back on a very structured program because like you I found the freedom was to much.

Brightside ~ Great job! One day at a time one step at a time. Between the popcorn and spaghetti sauce (unless it was a lower sodium version) I am sure that was all it was, bloat. I really watch spaghetti sauces because they have a lot of sodium in them and ingredients that sometimes are undesirable to me like high fructose corn syrup.

Well I didn’t lose much last week but only a pound but it was a wonderful pound because it put me at my August goal. I lost 5 inches off my body and I am starting to see a new body emerging. I have put on muscles, my jaw line is starting to show, my rear is lifting, upper body is becoming more defined and my tummy is going down at the top so my boobs have nothing to sit on. I just want that lower tummy to start going down. Curves works the lower abs but I am going to start working them more and see if that helps. This is my preholiday weight so I am not as excited as I expected I would be I don't know if its because I have already been here, if was expecting more or because I am tired from lack of sleep. 6 more pounds I will be back to where I was at my lowest weight and then it will be all kinds of happy dances.

Well work is calling and I will talk at you all later.

Counters: I'm back. I've been wandering in the wilderness for about a month. The stressful part of my life is over, and I'm trying to get back on the calorie-counting horse again. Yesterday: 1419, 31F/51C/18P with 16 fiber (ack!). I seem to have lost my motivation, but I'm trying to regain it for a short-term goal of looking hot on November 5th.

Yesterday: 1551, 25F/55C/20P

I am still searching for a way to regain my momentum... Anyone want to kick me in the pants?

Queenjane ~ Watch out here it comes. I won't even charge you the dollar, this one is on the house. HAHAHAHA!

Tinky ~ That happens. I sometimes eat things and then later don't feel the greatest because of it. I use to sometimes add a little unsweetened cocoa powder to oatmeal with a little splenda to take care of chocolate cravings. Just a thought.

QueenJane ~ I always say that motivation is a 100% of my problem. Right now I am feeling great and seeing the scale move in the right direction so the exercise, eating and water are easy. The hard part is when I hit a plateau and having to stay true to my program when I am not seeing results. It is always hard getting restarted but sometimes you just have to tell yourself, its not an option, I have to do it. I really wanted to stay with calorie counting only and not go back to the strict program that I know works, which I still count the calories, but I threatened myself if I wasn't down to a certain weight by a certain date that I was restarting. I stuck to my word and I am glad I did. Just 7 more pounds and I will be at an all time low in about 10 years. You will thank yourself in the end.

Quiet around here but I will stop back later.

Yesterday: 1260 24F/58C/18P 21 fiber (yay!)

Scale was down today AND even though I had lunch out with a friend today, I still went to the gym and did my weight workout before. Just have to get some cardio in tonight and I got a new exercise DVD in the Netflix yesterday so that should be easy (if I can move all the matchbox cars off the living room floor! hahahaha!)

I consider my butt to have been kicked, Lara!

Yesterday: 1466 30F/50C/20P 26 fiber (yay!)

I did the new DVD last night, too. Maybe my motivation is back?