I bought Alli a few years ago, but I was too scared to try it. I re-bought it again sometime last year, with the intention of actually trying it. But again, I was too scared to try it. So now it's just sitting on the bottom shelf of the closet. I think I would try a supplement that didn't have the scary side effects that Alli has. One of my friends is taking an appetite supplement, and it works for her. I was thinking of asking her what it is, and where she got it from, lol!

Late last night was really really terrible for me. I was starving to the point where I had a massive headache!! I kept drinking a ton of water that did nothing. I took advil, and that didn't work. Finally I ended up making a PB&J sandwich. My headache went away after that. I felt bad about it..but I told myself over & over that I'm not perfect, and it's okay to make mistakes every now & then.

Anyways..I gotta go wake up the hubs. We're going to Target to buy Zumba. I've been dying to try it!! I think we're going to stop by Whole Foods, so I can pick up more fruit & veggies (All my strawberries are gone! I think the hubs was eating some, lol). And I think I'll stop by 24 Hr. Fitness to join.

Good evening ladies!! I have been so bad, no posty-ness since I got on the bandwagon sorry, I dropped the ball! I can't believe how oddly busy I've been. On the upside the busyness keeps my brain occupied so no overeating here!! My scale has also reflected this in the fact that I've lost 3.6 lbs!!!!!!!! YAY ME and YAY us for sticking the blubber where it belongs!!

I work at an Inn in Savannah, GA and I get put on the 4pm-12am shift 2 days and the 8pm-8am shift 2 days shifts. Does anyone have any advice for how I can either re-tune my body for those hours or how to space my meals out so I'm not starving 2.5 hours after I eat? Any and all advice is greatly needed.

About me: I'm 28 and live in Savannah, I've got 2 Boston Terriers and a kitty. I'm and avid reader and film buff but I also LOOOOOVE to bake!! I've been overweight since puberty - 2 older brothers and I ate what they ate. I've been trying to get this weight off for about a year and half now. I was on Metabolic Research program for a long time and it really worked and I lost almost 40 lbs. I had developed a great workout routine and everything. But then I had a medical emergency and couldn't eat or exercise properly in order to heal and I was also outta work for 6 mos which was depressing and that's when the extra 20lbs came back. I just couldn't get back to not eating sweets and carbs, my kryptonite! So no more christmas cookies and no more baking bread for my hunny (he's nto too happy about it) And I'm back with a vengeance so lets kick my A** to lose my A**!!!

BTW: I'm following the MRC diet plan but don't belong to program at the moment, which is why I joined here. I need serious structure when it comes to food and a place where I can obsess about it and not be alone. Thank you so much ladies!!!

Followed MRC Green menu to a T and did a mad cleaning of my house. I took about 3.5 hours, so that's my activity for the day. I finally got allllll the Christmas out for the year and I can honestly say I miss it. Does anyone else feel their house is more empty with out all the Christmas decorations?

Ok I know I JUST posted but My hunny, Ronnie, just told me that when I get down to 160 he's going to take me away for the weekend!!!!

This is huge because he works for the Railroad and never takes off work and the last time we went on away just us was 3.5 years ago!!!

How much does he rock!!!

Thursday: 40 minutes of exercise DVDS. Included in that time was 20 minutes of Insanity! Fun-stuff!

Friday: Didn't get to do any of my DVDs because my Mom decided to go to town, and I needed to buy some things. So I spent several hours in town walking in Walmart and Kroger. I guess it still counts. Tomorrow I will do better.

A little about me: I'm married and a Christian. I just turned 24 on the 10th and really want this to be the year I change myself physically. I have tried hard in the past, and am prone to becoming obsessive over an idea (like belly dancing, hula-hooping, weight-training, and pilates) and then completeling abandoning the idea when I don't get to a certain fitness level fast enough. I also have never lost more than 25 lbs exercising EVER. I also tend to be lazy and stay at my laptop or in front of the television for hours on end. And my eating habits are pretty bad, but are getting better. I'm leaning toward the Paleo style of eating, but am not completely there yet. I've greatly reduced my dairy intake (particularly cheese, which I LOVE), and am slowly reducing my grains intake (which is hard, because I LOVE pizza and sandwiches). I also have a MASSIVE sweet-tooth.

Well, that's me. Good luck to all you ladies in achieving your goals!

I really need to start taking this serious. I have the exercise down but the eating is killing me. Will work harder on that this week.

1 hr swimming this morning.

Scale was bouncing around this morning. That usually means I'm about to lose a chunk of weight. Yay! I really hope that is what it means. Made some awesome low calorie meals today and kept the calorie count under 1400. Only excercise today was about 20 pushups. Work pants are getting baggy. That's a good and a bad I guess lol.

I eat 6 times a day so I eat every 2 hours. Each meal is around 200 calories and it works wonderfully well. I drink lots of water in between so that if I start to feel hungry again (sometimes that happens but rarely) it kinda tides me over or I drink green tea or coffee.

I agree with Sum on the supplement front. I am sometimes tempted by the ads but then I remember that I'm changing my body for life and a short cut probably isn't the best way to do it. Good old fashioned exercise and calorie counting is what's going to get me there and keep me there. I think the habits will stick better and I'll save a crap load of money without the supplements. Not to mention anytime I've ever taken supplements in the past I've always forgotten to take them so for me it's a DEFINITE waste of money.

Today is my free day and my exercise off day. However, there's nothing that I'm craving today that I want to eat. Oh yeah and I did sort of already have my free day the other day when a student bought some middle eastern deserts to the office. I can never resist those lady fingers!

My background...I'm 32, married, the queen AND princess of my house because I have 3 boys 12, 8, 7. I like being a princess sometimes and not a queen. Princesses have more fun I teach English to adult speakers of other languages and there are no words to express how much I ADORE my job and my students who very often become some of my best friends.

I've only been on 1 weight loss journey in my life although I've always been thicker than most. I've worn a size 14 for most of my adult life and I've always felt comfortable and beautiful in that size. But I decided to loose weight a few years ago because of that 3rd kid and got down to a size 12. When I gained weight back I didn't like the way my "new/old" body felt. I'd never been that size before and once you have a taste.... I don't think I ever thought it possible to really go below that because of that "you have big bones" myth. So that's probably mostly the reason I never really tried and just accepted my size although I've always wished that I could be one of those small people. Now that I've seen such incredible transformations I know that I CAN be one of those small people and I WANT to be. I don't want to go up on the scale because my family has a terrible history of diabetes and I do NOT want that! SO I want to eat better and exercise more and be the healthiest me that I can be.

Hi Ladies,

I have been up north with four kids this weekend, and we have been busy.

My diet has been horrible. Either making teenager food or eating out, and I am having PMS from h3ll..I am afraid to see how much I gained back once I get home...sigh.

Somehow my TOM is taking it's sweet time, just making me wait and eat.

Today I am off to a better start though. I had an omelette for breakfast and I have resisted all the chips and pop. I even managed to take a 20 minute walk on snowy lake.

I will probably won't weigh myself tomorrow when I get home, just jump back on my calorie counting and start afresh!

So where is your hubby taking you for your 160 pound goal? I think that is very, very sweet!!

We will go tubing today, and I think I will buy myself a ticket as well, and get some exercise

Have a fab day all!

Sue, that is a very cool job!!

I barely spoke English when I arrived to US...

It's not a cool job, it's an AMAZINGLY AWESOME job! LOL

You must have had an awesome teacher and studied really hard Sum because I can't tell English is not your first language!!

I'm loving this put the blame where it belongs attitude. I am not why I got fat, I was chubby as a toddler and fat as a kid. I firmly believe that a kid being fat is the fault of the parents, not the kid. I am, however, why I have stayed fat so long after getting to an age where I had control over my own food choices, etc. I used to not take full responsibility for it, but I do now.

I will tell more about myself later, for now I am off to find a way to burn some calories.

I agree with you about that FitGirlyGirl except in my case. I have a cousin that is 13 years old and was easy 200 or more when he was 10. My sister's friend has a daughter who is close to 200 and she's 14. She lets her eat AS MUCH as she wants. She can have a billion pieces of pie if she wants, but then she says that her kids eat a lot of fruit and veggies and she doesn't understand why they are heavy. I can't say anything to her because she gets really defensive of course It's sad to say the least.

I try to get my oldest son to eat right and he does eat and enjoy a lot of vegetables but then he has been caught sneaking snacks in excess. He got in huge trouble for that because he always says that he wants to exercise. I've explained to him that he needs to PLAY outside and make better food choices. I've started showing all of my kids how to read labels and how to find out what a serving is.

I don't want to deprive my younger 2 who know how to have one serving at a time. I don't give them unhealthy snacks often at all. I buy poptarts maybe 2-3 times a year and they can only have 1 at a time, not the 2 that comes in a packet.

My oldest son isn't necesarily fat but I don't want his weight to continue climbing. His doctor said it wasn't an issue when I bought it up but I know that's not true!! He always wants a second serving and I always deny him but my husband doesn't. *sigh* It's enough to drive me crazy some days. I try to explain to my son that he is NOT hungry he just wants more because it was really good.

suenos096 - When I blame parents I am talking about young kids that are fat, not teens. I saw a kid in wal-mart the other day that looked to be about 6 and her little legs were so fat that she waddled rather than having a normal walk. She was waddling around with a sucker in her hand and mom's shopping cart was full of nothing but junk. That kid being fat is her mom's fault. I was chubby by the time I was 3 and fat by 5, that was my parents' fault. I figure that it starts becoming the individual's responsibility somewhere in the adolescent/teen years. They still may not have total control since they don't do the shopping, but they can request more healthy foods and they can choose not to eat a whole pizza if pizza is what mom gets.

Having a pop tart now and then does not make a person fat and is certainly not going to harm a kid. I do think it is even better not to (and that is possible - if they never get it in the first place then they never know to miss the crap), but I see nothing wrong with it as an occasional treat. It is the parents who feed their kids nothing other than that sort of crap that I blame. I personally think that parents like the one I saw in wal-mart should be charged with child abuse.

I'm having a crappy weekend. Bad news all around. I'm going to be a debbie downer for half an hour, then try to be happy again. Maybe I'll buy some new nail polish to cheer myself up.