Newbie in search of a buddy
 

Hi everybody just joined today have been on dieting for 3 week need some inspiration I'm 5'3" and 180 want to get to 139 PM if you wanna chat:carrot:

From one newbie to another
 

HHi and Welcome! I just started using this site myself last week and am willing to buddy up. Are you following a diet plan or doing it on your own? I have been doing it on my own but am in search for the right paln for me. I have more weight than you to lose but I think we can do it!

Hi Toomanykids I too am new and also need a buddy. I am 5'1" and 163 pounds. I would like to be 130 pds. Please be in touch I would like to help be a support person, in return for support myself.

I'm also new, i'm 5'6" 175lbs, i need some motivation and would love to have some ppl to support\support me

I am totally new here and Have no idea where to go from here. How do you PM or something? I would like to maybe try to get the group of us together and talk some more Plans to lose etc. What do we do next?

i'm new too!! i'm 5'6 and 144 pounds and need some motivation too because after about three or four days, i begin to give up since results aren't showing up as fast as i like them to but this time i won't give up. as well at times i will just completely abandon my diet and binge for a day or two and end up feeling really guilty. i'm willing to partner up and attain some motivation and support. thanks and good luck

thinks everybody!! I am just watching my calories and walking at every break at work and also at lunch after work and I got an excercise tape that me and my daughter are working out to everyday or trying!1

Hi everyone
 

I'm relatively new to this site also (mainly been reading posts to figure out where I might fit in) and have been doing SB for 4 weeks. I'm 5'3.5" and started at 190# on 6/1/6. Have gotten down to 178# :carrot: and will be happy if I get to 140 (would like to get lower, but don't want to expect too much.) Am trying to reconcile myself to this is a new way of living and eating and I can't/won't go back to eating the way I used to. Wasn't that it was all bad, but too many sweets, candy, doughnuts etc. Hard to adjust to this when growing up I used to want to gain weight and could eat whatever I wanted with no problems. :?: So, I'd like to join in with the rest of you if you don't mind.

Hi...
I am new to this forum... I'm 5.8" and 198 lbs. and would like to get 150 lbs.

Does anyone have any diet plan to share?

Kirun

Diet Plan
 

Hi Kirun,
There are so many diet plans out there that work, it's finding the one that is best for yourself, that you can stick to. I have done weight watchers in the past for a short time (mainly to support my dh) but found for me it was too many choices. I've been doing South Beach for a month now and so far it has worked for me. I do better if I know and can plan just what I can eat and how much of it. The plan also makes sense to me from a nutritional stand point. I think the big thing for me is accepting the fact that this the way I'll always have to eat the majority of the time with a few "splurges" in between. I think back to how I ate as a kid (I'm 54) and this is pretty much how we ate. The snacks and processed foods etc were "treats" and for holidays, vacations etc. not every day like they have been for me the past 20 years. Let me know if there's anything I can do to support you.:)
Just happy to see how many people are willing to make life style changes to get more healthy again.

i was wondering if you guys know good strength training videos? and is it true it isn't good to stick with one workout tape because i figured i could stick to the leslie sansone challenge of 4 miles but what else good cardio workout tapes are there? they don't have to be similar to leslie sansone but if it were it would be perfect.

I am a calorie counter. I find that the Dr. Phil plan works for me. I can't remember the name of the book but it is a little soft cover one. It is good. I have not yet started because I am a constant procrastinator (sp):?: . I am away tonight so I am hoping to start when I return. (it is hard to diet while campng)

This is a great site. I need someone to be accountable to, so I will need someone bugging me! Any volunteers?

Accountability
 

Hi Cindy Ann, I'm willing to bug you if you still need someone. I'm sure my kids would tell you I'm good at it. I too need to be accountable to someone. We had a pot luck today at work and I was hoping someone would bring the green salad so I could fill up my plate with that but they didn't. So I ate chicken which was good for me, but when they put the pizza on the table, I couldn't resist after one month and I ate 2 pieces. Then the woman retiring wanted us to try her brownies and how could I say no. Boy did they taste good. So, I'm going to have to get back on track again tomorrow. :mad: The woman I partnered with on this diet at work, isn't doing too well and isn't really supportive anymore. I think she's giving up, so I need too need someone who's going to help keep me on the straight and narrow. Let me know if you are interested.:^:

Munchkins grandma,

Most diet plans that are for the long term have the option to have a 'cheat day' or 'cheat meal'. Don't stress about it! You are human and you're going to eat off of a plan now and then.

Body for life actually encourages you to eat "whatever you want" (their words) for one day out of each week, but the other days must be right on plan. It says in the book that your body needs a change every so many days in order to not try to adjust to your lower cal eating habits and then try to hold on to the fat.

If you are pretty much sticking to your plan every other day, then the odd meal of junk food will probably help you out in the long haul.

~ Angie

Hi Munchkins Grandma, I would like to partner up with you. Pizza is totally my downfall. I do not really have a support person in my house. My husband always says he will help me, then he is the one who says "should we get a pizza?"
And you do totally need at least one day a week (maybe not the entire day) but you do need some wiggle room in your diet, because if you don't have "treats" once in a while, when you do slip, it is worse. That is the way I am anyway. What kind of plan are you on? I count calories. Do you know how to send Private Messages or anything? it might be easier to bug each other that way. I don't want to post my e-mail so if you know how to get in touch let me know. Talk to you soon.

Abbeycat, you are so right!! It is my "compulsivity" that came out yesterday. I know one day isn't going to make a difference, but I guess I'm concerned I'll say well one day didn't hurt so what difference will a 2nd day make. That kind of thinking is what got me where I am today. But I do think my mental status toward "dieting" is different than the one other time I "dieted". I'm more into believing that this is going to be a way of life now back to how I used to eat as a kid when we didn't have all "processed foods", "fast foods" etc that we do now. We had them, but they were a treat and not an everyday occurance. So... today is going to be a new and better day.

Cindy Ann, I did figure out how PM and tried to send you a "test message" but it said you haven't set up your profile to accept PMs. You have to go into your user profile and then into the control panel and edit options to elable PM. Let me know via this forum, when you've been able to do that and I'll try to send you one again or you can send me one that way.

Look forward to talking with you.

Hi Munchkins Grandma, I have changed that in my profile. Let me know if it does not work. Talk to you soon

Re the person who posted about the pizza

Maybe this will be a good suggestion for you, try it and see if you like it.

My husband and I had been getting take out pizza OFTEN, like every Friday night, and we'd always buy 2 of them. One to eat right then, and the other one to eat the next day! My hubby would have half of the second one gone by the next morning. He's a 'night eater' and eats all night long (barely gains a pound and has no trouble getting rid of it.. grr).

Anyway, one day a few months back, we went to this pita shop that we discovered makes pita pizza and fell in love with it.
Now we ONLY eat pita pizza and started making it at home, but not every Friday of course. At the pita shop they have a chart to show how many calories each item is and it is WAY less than regular pizza.

When we make it at home we use:
Pita (the pita pocket type) small size
for sauce we use tomato paste (pizza sauce I think has some oils in it and really has terrible bland taste)
Veggies (green pepper, red pepper, onions, mushrooms, etc)
Pineapple if you like that
and just enough cheese to keep it all on without falling off (and you could prob do without, give it a try)

I also found a recipe online to make your own pita dough but i haven't tried that one yet.

I cook them in the oven at 500 for about 10 min or so and they turn out crunchy and super tasty. And without all of the fat and extra bread.

It's not your meaty cheesy badness you're used to, but it tastes REALLY good.

(I guess this should prob go in the recipe section but..)

~ Angie

Oh another thing.. yes I agree..
when I did the 'one day a week eat what you want plan' a couple of years ago, YES I did lose weight steadily (60 pounds total).. it does still work, because you are so strict the rest of the week, but one thing I did find about it, I think I went overboard and even ate MORE on that day than I would if I was just eating what I wanted ( like, when I'm not dieting). I seemed to try to eat every darn thing I could think of to fit it all into that one day. SO, I agree that's not something that works well.

This time around I am charting my calories, I never did before. It makes me more aware of how much is actually going in. I am going to allow myself one treat MEAL this time around, rather than a whole day. So, if I want a burger, I'll have a burger, but not the whole day. AND I'm going to still fit it into my calories for the day. I ate 1200 cal all last week and it was too low for me, I was always hungry, so I am upping to 1200-1500 this week.

I got this idea actually through reading another post somewhere on this board. Someone else said they do that.. if they want a treat they just work around it for the day's calories, eat less in other areas for the day. But you really do have to be careful how often this is done, it can't be more than one time a week, or you just slowly slide into trouble.

Thanks Alleycat for the pizza recipe. :) That is a great idea. I read something about making your own on a forum or in a recipe forum but haven't tried it yet. Had been thinking about doing it so when they brought that pizza into work, it was too much to resist. Had I made them at home previously I probably could have resisted, because it wouldn't have been "so long". I agree that perhaps the "meal a week" might work, but after the fireworks party I went to yesterday :( I can tell the "day splurge" won't work for me. Am so glad the partys are over. I have one more on Sunday (DN graduation party) but I know there won't be the deserts at that party that there were last night which are my downfall. But today is another day, so I'm starting new!!:)

New girl here, and can't wait to lose
 

Morning ladies!

I've been here before, but got pregnant shortly after I joined and fell off the wagon. Well, after a CRAZY year I'm back and SO ready to lose.

I've been reading your posts, and finally have the guts to make a commitment and join.

I'm 5' 3" and 183 lbs. I started to lose a couple months ago at 192....I gained 20 lbs in my pregnancy and 10 after the baby was born!!! She is 7 months old now and I'm ready to lose this weight. I'd like to be 140.

I've done South Beach, which worked for a little while, Weight Watchers, which I was STARVING on and right now I'm eating by numbers (counting those calories) What is the fastest thing to do? I need a little instant gratification to help motivate me.

Thanks!

Brooke:carrot:

Hi and Congratulations on the baby! My youngest is 13 months I also have a 4 1/2 year old and I am trying to lose the weight from him still! I am more than ready to start shedding the pounds! I count calories as well. Today is officially my first day back on the wagon. I hope that we are able to motivate each other.