well i made it through halloween without eating too much candy. been feeling a little nauseous the past couple of days and i swear its the tootsie rolls that are doing it to me.

did good yesterday, got my yoga in, and man am i sore today. I also kept it under 1600 cal. which is nice because i have been eating so much lately. fixing to head out for a run this AM with my puppy even though its raining.

today starts the day of eating out every night for the rest of the week. its my hubby;'s birthday so my parents are taking us out to eat tonight. his parents tomorrow night, rehearsal dinner for his brother's wedding thursday night and wedding friday night. ACK! I hate eating out, it wreaks havoc on my stomach, so it looks like i'll be trying out salads at quite a few restaurants this week.

welcome to everyone new. good luck to everyone as well.

I went through all of halloween without 1 (NOT ONE) single piece of candy!!! I am soooo happy about that. I weighed myself last night (I usually weigh in the morning) but I MADE my Halloween goal. I am SOOOO PUMPED. I have more pep in my step these days...So I am down to 20 more before christmas...

Morning Ladies...

Okay so yesterday was first day back from vacation...and I got on the scale...Lets not discuss it shall we! :yikes: :kickcan:

BUT...got out the ol' calorie book and trying to put together some decent snack ideas...review what the good foods are and find some renewed energy and motivation. BF told me he wants to lose some weight so I said "how about 20 by the new year thats my goal"...and voila' I have a partner in this here with me.

Feel better already...you guys are so motivated...I know I can be too!

Will check in soon!!
CJ

upset
 

I am so upset with myself. I had lost about 55lbs and have gained back 20. WHy do we keep doing this to ourselves. I watched Oprah yest. I am one of those women. I have let myself go. I pray I find strength from all of you to get on with this journey and get myself back on track. Thanks.

Pumped!
 

You all have me so pumped to start this! I had said before that my first goal is to weigh myself, and I haven't and I have put it off. I did very badly over halloween, but today is my new day and reading all your posts has really got my mind to turn around and I am going to weigh myself, I think that is what is holding me back and I think when I do it I will be shocked and that is what I am afraid of. That is what I need though, a good look at reality and time to get out of my procrastination & denial. I am working until 7 pm so i will do it when i get home, I know end of day is not the best time to weigh myself, but, it is something I need to do. After i weigh myself I will update my calculator too because I just made an educated guess when I did it.

I was thinking about what AnnieFannie was saying about how interesting it would be to see how much weight is lost as a group. I thought maybe we could set up a weigh date for all of us around the 20th of November and then again closer to x-mas? Is anyone interested?

Thanks for the welcome everyone! I have been on this journey for quite some time and am finally almost to my goal. This would be a wonderful Christmas present to myself should I acheive it. I even have the perfect before pics picked out for when I am ready for my after pictures. The pics are what started my journey in the first place. I really thought I looked good that day and when I got them delevoped I cried for hours and made a commitment to never be that again. I did not recognize myself. I am grateful for this site because it been there every pound of the way and I love the fact that the support I receive is from others going through the same thing.

In order for my body to lose inches and weight I need to cut the carbs almost right out of my diet, drink tons of water and exercise. I was doing the WATP dvd's until I joined Curves, now I am thinking to do both on alternating days.

Thanks for letting me go on and on....hope to get to know you all better so that I too may offer some support as well. Take Care.

Sheri~C & heronbeat - Ty! for the welcome!
kelleen920 - I'm down for the weigh-in dates for Nov/Dec. It would be nice to see how much we all lose as a group.

As for yesterday...we had a Holloween Partay at the company...I am a sweet freak and of course I can't turn down the sweets! Sheesh! But at any rate once I ate lunch and the sweets (didn't have any breakfast), all I could stomach for dinner was a Chicken Salad and it was a small one so I don't feel so bad about eating the sweets.

As for exercising yesterday, I did the The Firm - Maximum Cardio Burn for 60 minutes...it was brutal but that was my punishment for eating those sweets! LOL

Sign me up!
 

Hi there everyone! I'm signing up too!

I'd love to lose 20 by Christmas, but I think it might be a little too steep of a goal. And I don't want to end up feeling guilty for not meeting my goal, and then end up bingeing...

So I'll aim for 10. I KNOW I can do that.

Guilt is a huge thing for me, and I can get overwhelmed easily. So I'm doing much better with small defined goals, than with constantly focusing on the big picture.

WW is really great too. I don't think I'll ever be able to completely cut out buttered popcorn from my life :corn: :love: , and it's nice to not feel guilty about having it now and then.

I am also a scale addict. If I stop weighing myself every day, then it pretty much means I'm not paying attention anymore and am off-plan.

Oh, and I hate gyms. I have a membership (I think I signed up for life, some contract that's impossible to get out of...), but I never go. I'm trying to go hiking more, and ice skating, and those charity walks (my work sponsors about 3-4 per year) and maybe salsa dancing. Just have to get my BF to come too....

Anyways, I've been trying to buddy up with friends, and/or my mom, but it hasn't worked out. Nobody is really committed to losing. So I'm really glad to have found this thread. (I've been lurking a while too, sneaking WW recipes and points, and thought I needed to finally put myself out there. :wave: )

And, before I forget:

Bubblegum, I totally understand the social and family pressures. My boyfriend's dad was really offended last year at Thanksgiving when I didn't eat everything I was served, but it's his own fault for not asking me what I wanted or how much. And my grandmother.... oof!

My extra weight doesn't show very much (or I'm good at hiding it - it's all in my thighs), so I get a lot of "Why?"s when I say I'm dieting. I've had to be outright rude sometimes, which is really hard. It's so hard when it's people you care about, but it's not fair to have to deal with that extra pressure from people whose support you really need.

But you what I'd wish if I found a magic lantern?

I wish that I liked sushi.

Skinny people LOVE sushi. But cold fish? Ack. I just can't do it.

OK, I have to get back to work. But I'll be checking back.

Ttyl,
Emily

Wow This thread just keeps getting bigger and bigger unlike us who keep getting smaller and smaller. I am going to restart this thread today as.

Buddies Christmas Goal Group Nov 1/05

So head on over there after you read these posts and we will carry on...

Hi all. Made it through Halloween in pretty good shape. I did have a small piece of candy or two. I try not to deprive myself. Mini candy bars are better than the big ones. I am still walking everyday. I am going to try Richard Simmons tape as suggested. I may also try one of the Denise Austin tapes.

I am somewhat new to the site and I am trying to do a weight tracker like everyone else. We'll see if it works. Do I have to paste it every time I send a reply?

http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tra...0/145/200/.png

i made it through yesterday pretty easily. dinner probably wasn't the best for me but my parents treated and it was a super nice restaurant so the portion sizes were nice and normal sized. I had hot and savory shrimp in coconut milk with rice, and to my joy, the chef had a cookbook out with the recipe in it. although i'm sure there was a lot of fat, it came from the coconut milk and not butter thank goodness.

i estimated about a 2000 calories day, and rounded way up on my dinner guestimations.

my husband had sea scallops in a buerre blanc sauce aand i tasted it an knew it was really familiar, checked with the server and buerre blanc is simply a butter and white wine sauce. HAHAHA no wonder it was so good.

This morning i plan to do some yoga, and get a paper or two typed up before work. hope you ladies have a nice day. good luck to everyone.

onmyway, don't give up. but if you won't mind me being upfront (i tend to be that way a lot) why did you let yourself gain back 20 pounds before you noticed, or wanted to do anything about it. if you notice and five pound gain and attack it like an opponent, its so much easier to get off than 20. You never want to have to re lose the weight you've already lost before. If you have lost 55 pounds, then you know how to do it. You just have to say to yourself, I can do this thing, and I deserve to feel good (stuart smiley-esque i know, but it's true). You can do it, just think positive, and stay strong.

the question
 

Aw Laura, that is the magical question. WHY did I let myself gain back the weight? First of all I stayed off the scale. I know, that is the bad thing. 2 years ago in July I lost my 20 year old daughter. Around the Anniversary date I started eating. My old time friend who helped me get thru the first 1 1/2 years. FOOD!!! I always tend to go back to it. Calms me and never talks back to me.Just shows up in all the wrong places ;) . So now, I am ready to attack it again. I stepped on the scale this morn and it's a little worse than I wanted to know. But Oh well, like you said, I've done it before so I know I can do it again. I'm looking for support here, and hope I will find it. Not judgement. I do that enough to myself. 20 lbs by Christmas sounds like an attainable goal. So let's all do it!!! :carrot:

Hey everyone. We are on a new thread. Sheri decided a fresh one since this on was getting big. Come on over. :)
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67848