Hi! I logged in today to restart my commitment to losing weight and getting in shape. I'm using calorie counting and portion control for the ease and lack of expense. I want to make myself accountable, so I'll be checking in often.
For September, my goals are:
1. Stay under 1500 calories each day
2. Drink 8 or more glasses o water each day
3. No thoughtless snacking
4. Walking 4 miles/day at least 5 days each week
5. Lose at least 5 lbs.

toobig they are in my thoughts. just keep your chin up, and know that life has a way of working out for the best! the world will always correspond to the nature of your song, sometimes you just have to sing REAL loud.


178.2 this morning, late dinner, still TOM.

going to go to the gym try a new class today- i have this cheap gym membership right near my house that i bought off groupon, and going to classes is really intimidating for me. i am trying to break out of my shell. i am hoping to do a class, and maybe some stairmaster/go for a treadmill run

then come home and eat.

i will then go to the studio tonight either at 6 or 8.

the job search is getting frustrating, i am trying to enroll in a class for a professional designation in my field, and i need a reference from a previous employer - i have sent off about 3 emails in the last week and nobody is replying. this is getting exceptionally frustrating as i need to have all of the information submitted by the end of the week.

i am also still waiting for a yay/nay from an interview i did late last week.

fingers crossed. head out of the fridge, keep on keepin' on.

Yesterday I made a big batch of Sesame Thai Noodles to cover both lunch and dinner. Even with the peanut butter and rice noodles, the cals are 377 per serving which is not bad....BUT I had trouble not eating too much.

I need to make today easier with less addictive food;)

177.2... keeping on keeping!

I am a bit late but thought I would join in...after a 10 month period of gaining weight :( So i am currently 92 kilos...I would like to be under 90 kilos by September 16 and under 89 kilos by September 30 :)

167 again this morning. I am not complaining since I have been eating everything in the house.

WTG Bridgettedavis! You will be back to the 160s before you know it!

178.6. .4 gain. didn't do the other workout class yesterday. the extent of my movement was studio, and a walk to the grocery store to buy milk. literally.

im waiting for that WHOOSH real bad.

i did lose back .5 of an inch around my waist though which is nice. i would really like to be at my smallest around the begging of fall because i need to buy things like jackets this year. unfortunately, my body really likes the 180s, so every .2 down in the 170's is hard for me. i guess i have to give it some time to adjust? or just shut my mouth lol

173.6... here I come 160ies! I got two great days in a row down, I know if I can get a solid week my head will be back in the game for real!

Holding steady at 203.? and will hopefully see another drop in a couple days.

I'm having one of those moments of depressing clarity of how big I am and how much I have to lose, feeling very antisocial and wishing I could speed up the process. It probably has to do with the fact I've lost 22 pounds and none of my clothes feel too big yet :(

Coolmom.. don't let it get you down!!! I remember being about 195 or so (and I'm 3 inches taller than you) when EVERYONE starting noticing my weight loss, and that was at almost 100lbs gone! Just keep on keeping and you'll get there you will notice and feel it too!!!

stim.. what is your ultimate goal weight? I think you look really good (from the pictures I've seen) and you're pretty tall, how small are you trying to get?

brigettedavis thank you!! i am sometimes photogenic. the pic in the grey dress was about 168 after about 5 hours in the studio, so super thin and super dehydrated. the display now is at about 178ish, but same size i was at 168. to be honest with you, my UGW is very low 160's- to be quite frank with you, i don't care about the muscle, i care about the numbers hahaha, the reality is i don't know how low my body can go, but i do have the dreaded tummy pooch, which is really my biggest priority, i am not REALLY counting calories (i mean, i know what i should be having, and how much of it) so, if it comes, it comes, if it doesn't ultimately i will get used to it.

i do have a larger body type, so i do look like a giant beside averaged sized women, i wear a pretty standard size 8.

Im down 1.1 kilos overnight :) So 90.9 kilos....being under 90 kilos by the 16th seems doable :)

kkazz123- I love your profile picture! You look so healthy and happy. I look weird in all my pictures.

coolmom- I had to lose more than 30 pounds before it made any difference. I promise after that it went faster and was more noticable

Thank you for the words of encouragement, Bridgette and Toobig. I do remember last time hitting the 180s and feeling the thrill of transformation. That's why it's my first goal-only 23 more pounds to go.

I'd like to join in if it's okay. I'm starting back up after some serious time off from watching my weight at all. I need to get back into running and start eating better, so I ordered 42 days of a cookie diet to get me started.

My goal for September is to stay on plan all month and to try new foods for the first time. I'm looking for suggestions for high protein, low calorie, low carb foods that aren't meat. I tried tofu for the first time today. It was okay, but the texture was weird.

Also, I need to do something (anything) on my treadmill this week.

coolmom- i lost 60, THEN bought half a closet of new clothes, and THEN got asked if i lost like 10 lbs.

don't worry, soon you will be sick of confirming peoples suspicions that you've lost some weight :P

Yep, I hate it when people ask about my weight at all for any reason. The wost was, "you're eyes seem so much bluer now that you've lost weight." :rolleyes:

I have four kids and this will be my fourth trip up and down 80 pounds. This last weight gain has been with me longer than any of the other times. It's been so much harder to motivate myself and stick with it this time. I'm done having babies and I'm finally ready to stick with it and get my healthy weight back.

167 again this morning. Its a nice place to be stuck.

After all that worring about the food at the fair I think I am going to skip going. My back hurts too bad.

*Keep Calorie counting
*I'm 153.6 and I'd like to be at least 148 or less by the end of this month
*Exercise 50 mins to 60 mins everyday.
*Since its fall and will probably be getting colder by the end of this month, I'm opening up a gym membership with my sister soon

toobig that's a super good place to be stuck! aren't the 160's far prettier then the 170's? haha


177.8 this morning. yesterday was a very weird eating day. im going to try to be good today, but i am going for a drink or two tonight, so i will eat clean all day to save room. i would really like to see 177.0 by monday!

Why am I eating granola? Why am I eating all this stuff? YUK

Days like this are horrible

Hi! Finally replaced the netbook!

September hasn't gotten off to a great start but things are looking up! :)

4star- Glad you will be back with us!

166.5 this morning. I ate a ton of food yesterday so the good weigh in makes no sense. I'll take what I can get.

I hope everyone has a great day! The weather here is going to be a little cooler so I am going to be outside. My favorite place!

179.0 i had a little encounter with the fridge.

:|


will be good.

stimkovs- It was going around yesterday :( Today is a new day

Hi all, I'm going to join in too! My goal for September is to get to 127, I weighed in at 129.4 this morning so it may not seem like much, but it took me over 2 months to get through the 130's :dizzy: My other goal is to get back to walking the dogs every day that it's nice out. I've really been bad about that this summer and they love their walks.

Hi TzuMom and everyone!

I'm a wee tad late checking in here but I did make my August goal and I'm working on September now. :)

Current weight 197
Goal weight 192

Grand total of 0.4 lbs, though I saw 217 on the scales this week! Going to try mixing-up my exercise routine a bit this week and see if that makes for a bigger loss next week. But a loss is a loss, so I am happy :)

? on the weight for this morning. My niece is here with us and she is still asleep so I am trying to be extra quiet. I mostly likely have a water weight gain from taking her out for mexican food last night anyways.

I got up this morning and did a 60 minute weight workout and then walked the pups. Now waiting for my sister to get here to shopping and to Olive Garden for lunch.

this is going to be a long, witchy, whiny one. bear with me.

mostly, i just need to get it out there, and this seems to be a good outlet.

so, remember that wedding i've mentioned, several times? that's next weekend? that i had had a fabulous date for and have a faboulous dress for, that i wanted to be super skinny for because the date was pretty much my preverbial unicorn man? yeah. not so much. turned out he mucked up the dates and can't come with me. drumroll, what did that end in?

i held off on the binge for 2 hours.

i cried.

then i ate the fridge, and then i ate something that is frozen and comes in a pint container and may or may not have contained cookie dough (sorry for the food porn).

it is dissapointing, i know my triggers, but...i knew what i was doing, and to be quite frank with you, everything leading up to the pint, i am not okay with, but the pint, i am absolutely okay with. my general "pattern" of getting over things (men) is cry, pint of something with pb or cookie dough, many ciggarettes, and some yoga. then maybe another cry. so far, i've done all but the yoga (i am holding out until 3 pm).

it is fine, i am okay, the scale is away, i have no desire to eat anything "naughty", and i am back on the wagon today. my friends are all aware of this man some have met him, and i heard some beautiful, supportive words last night (it is generally agreed that he's like, my person), i am very humbled by the words of friends, and the support shown, so today is a new day- onwards, and ofcourse upwards.

if you made it through the whinyness, thank you a million times.

hope everybody has a better day today!

xo

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Is there a different date you can go on with him?

202.4 this morning.

Stimkovs-sorry about the disappointing news. :(

lol im taking his roomate, it's still going to be a good time, but you know, sometimes you ask certain people for the sheer reason of wanting THEIR company, not JUST company :P although the roomate is also really fun either way.

stimkovs- :( Men are so weird!

168.5 on the scale this morning. I knew it would be bad. Oh well. Back on the wagon.

toobig i quit HA. bright side? you're still in the 160s!! i saw 168 for i think like, 2 days before i ate myself back up to almost 190!


food yesterday: decent. not weighing (scared) lol
bridezillas sister wants to drive up to ottawa on wednesday night - that would give me 6 days in Ottawa, without the studio. i would try to bring running shoes, but that would mean i would be spending 2 nights at the brides house, who eats terribly (She's the lucky girl that's inherited all of my size 16 clothes- which she wears).

Saw 201.? On the scale for my dehydrated morning weight today :D so close to onederland!

Coolmom75- You can do it!!!!!!!

stimkovs- 6 days?? Yikes! I would be lost if I tried to spend six days away from my house.

Doing a lot of lurking these days ...
Working and taking care of both my parents and father-in-law, and trying to keep my own little family from falling apart leaves little time to be at my pc :p
... but I just had to pop in and remind some of you who are sometimes frustrated to remember to celebrate how far you've come and feel good about the progress you've made. ;) Sure it's frustrating to have slow progress or even a regain but heck, some of you have lost a small person :D so be proud of yourselves and just keep on keeping on!