Hey everyone, sorry I've been absent from here so much. School has been kicking my butt. My first biology final was miserable because half the stuff he told us not to study for the test, was on the test, and the it was all essay/fill-in-the-blank. The lab final is next Friday and shouldn't be as bad, it's straight memorization (have to be able to identify 124 fish species, and know their scientific name, class, order, and family). I did turn my 13 page paper in on time though. Now I have an exit exam Monday night, a final bright and early Tuesday, a final Wednesday at noon, and the other bio one Friday. I will be spending all spare time every day next week in the Ichthyology lab looking at fish specimens, should be a blast. Well enough about school.
I have done horribly with food all week. I have no job and therefore cannot afford to buy my own food. I live with my parents so I have to rely on what they get, and they have not been grocery shopping in forever. So I have been living off of toast, oatmeal, and the really-bad-for-you kinda food my mom has been cooking/getting for dinner. Then I have no time for exercise because of Finals week. Thank God this is the last week of school so that I will at least be able to get in lots of exercise. I should be starting my new job right after New Years, then I will be buying my own healthy food. Not looking forward to weigh-in tomorrow, hopefully the damage won't be too bad
Hello Everyone...Sorry I took a few days off from the site...was having a horrible "TOM" Just was feeling drained of life & Miserable LOL ~plus when it is nearing my birthday I go through that I think.
So Now today(december 6th) is my birthday And I am 21 (and of course that is in my dreams!) ~I am actually 34 today....In reality.
But I feel super cause I am off my 'TOM"! I weighed in at 168.0
So I got 1 pound to go for this challenge ~WOOOOHHHOOOOO.
Last year I weighed 246.6 On MY birthday....LOL What a difference.
I was just beginning to fit back into to my size 20's that had got to tight for me to wear ...I had lost a total of 13.3 pounds Then...Now I can wear 7's 8's & 9's ~What a difference A year can make.
Losing4another~I found some other things that was close to home...Basically clothes...so I got her them & decided to get her the shoes after the holidays...since there so popular I figured I could get them alot cheaper when there not as high in demand.....She will proboly gripe at me about that though...LOL~But your daughter will proboly be thrilled with them...they are very in style right now for the kiddos...I actually like them too. A store close to home has them but are out of the black color which is what she wanted...The lady told me that they will have more after the holidays and the price would be cheaper....So I decided since I had already spent a small fortune on her that she can wait...again she is gonna Gripe at me Big time over that...~LOL~ But actually 30.00 bucks sounds really reasonable.
Looks like Everyone is Doing Super....Keep up the good work.
I am gonna go spend the rest of my birthday with my hubby & my kids ~they are all so sweet to me on my birthdays........I Have a super family~THANK GOD.............HUGS TO EVERYONE!!!!!!
p.s. I decided no cake Or ice-cream this year...Since I have been basically on sugar free items all that sugar makes me sick now....Which I guess is a good thing. LOL
So Now today(december 6th) is my birthday And I am 21 (and of course that is in my dreams!) ~I am actually 34 today....In reality.
But I feel super cause I am off my 'TOM"! I weighed in at 168.0
So I got 1 pound to go for this challenge ~WOOOOHHHOOOOO.
Last year I weighed 246.6 On MY birthday....LOL What a difference.
I was just beginning to fit back into to my size 20's that had got to tight for me to wear ...I had lost a total of 13.3 pounds Then...Now I can wear 7's 8's & 9's ~What a difference A year can make.
A GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU LORI!!! 34 is so young. Enjoy yourself today for sure. And what an accomplishment you have to celebrate--not only another year of life but so much weight lost. You are a new woman.
Hey everyone. Just reporting in a great weekend.
I am down to 213.5, which is a loss of 50.5lbs in total
WOOHOO. I am so excited. Thanks for all the support everyone. I have 4 more lbs to go to meet my goal, but this milestone is so amazing I think I will stop and just focus on that for a minute.
I am so PISSED at myself right now. Since last Thursday, I have basically eaten whatever and haven't exercised... so of course I'm up a couple of pounds. With the way I've been acting, I'm surprised it's not 5!
I'm not lamenting the weight gain so much as the horrible lack of self-control. I get stressed this time of year with my job, and then everything I've worked hard for goes flying out the window. I'm a middle school choir director, and I'm also accompanying 6 other choir concerts this season. It's a lot of fun, but it's a REALLY stinkin busy time. I have got to learn how to get through these times without turning into a food hoover.
Blarrrgh. I HAVE to get back on track!!! It takes so long to lose 2 pounds, and nothing to gain it back. Any tips on changing stress-eating habits?
Last edited by Tanna Banana; 12-07-2009 at 07:54 AM.
Tannabanana, stress is definitely the biggest trigger for my eating--that and having scrumptious looking desserts placed right under my nose!Hopefully you will be able to get a handle on the food. You are so right that it takes so much effort to lose a couple of pounds and then you can gain it back in a couple of days if you go out of control.
I haven't had a lot of extra stress lately but unfortunately I did suffer the other trigger last week when I had caramel cake, carrot cake, and brownies all in one night at a Christmas party. And woe is me, I have another Christmas party coming up this Thursday night--at least, this one will be a sit down meal and not as much temptation as being able to go back to the dessert table over and over again.
Hope everyone gets through the week without major downfalls as the food gets more plentiful!
HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY LORI!!! I hope your day was great!
Well the damage this week isn't as bad as I expected. I stayed at 176, which still isn't good since that means I kept the weight I put on at Thanksgiving. My mom FINALLY went to the grocery store and actually bought some of the things I had been asking her to get me. So I should be able to eat quite a bit healthier this week. Tonight is my college exit exam. No stress for this though, you can't fail it as long as you show up to take it. I'll be in my bio lab from about 2:00-5:15, then the exit exam is from 5:30-7:30. Hopefully I'll memorize lots of fish names today. Hope everyone has a great, stress-free day!
le sigh. I thought I was ontrack yesterday my weight was at 196.4 , today it's back up to 197.0 It's driving me bonkers! Hopefully i'm just retaining water
Hi everyone. Just checking in for the week. I gained this past week. Not sure what happened. I know I was really stressed this week, my diet wasn't great, I did make it to the gym 3 times though. I leave for Japan in four days and I'm freaking out trying to finish planning everything. I'm also trying to fit in the gym everyday for the next 4 days because I have to weigh in for my other challenge that's ending this weekend and I won't be here to weigh in. ugh!
I thought vacation time was supposed to be excited and fun? Haha! Ah well, I'm trying!
My Official WI....Drum Roll please....188.2...that's a total 2.2lbs loss!! YAY!!! Biggest loss since I started posting on 3FC!!! Now, if I can only keep up the 2/week!!!! AND, I think this might be the lowest I've EVER been as an adult!!!
Can't type much, but I hope everyone is doing OK. I'll be going home to WV Wed-Sun., so I probably won't be on here much. HOPEFULLY, I won't mess up this loss, but we'll see come next Monday!!!!
I'm traveling for work and that's a bit of a challenge. But I brought my workout gear and hit the hotel gym this morning. Also trying to make good choices when we eat but with a team of colleagues, it's restaurant by majority vote! Luckily most places at the resort have at least one decent choice so I think I'm doing reasonably well. And it's only three days away so hopefully I can just stay on track and not go nutso tomorrow - then go home to a nice stocked friendly fridge!
placed right under my nose!Hopefully you will be able to get a handle on the food. You are so right that it takes so much effort to lose a couple of pounds and then you can gain it back in a couple of days if you go out of control. 
