Hi--new here!
 

Hi there! Can I join you?

I want to lose about 60 lbs total, and I'm down about 9.5 lbs so far.

Mostly my goals are to eat healthy (weekends are my downfall) and to really step up my exercise and do something physical for at least 30 minutes 6 days per week.

Usually this is the time of year that I start eating, eating, eating and gaining, gaining, gaining. I want this year to be different. I don't want to be 10 lbs (or more) heavier in January.

Hope to get to know you better!

-Shari

:welcome: all newbies! Of course you may join us! :D

I have not been doing well at all in the eating dept............:p

I hope you all well!

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My goals for October are:
1. Be at 150lbs by the end of October.
2. Having an enjoyable Thanksgiving dinner with my family next weekend and enjoying some of the foods that I have not had in months
3. Increase my activity level - I've been copping out on rowing 2x week as I had been. I need to do more exercise.

Hi! Is it too late to join in for the month?

I'm fairly new to the board and cant wait to jump in and get my feet wet!

I was diagnosed with PCOS in 2001 but didnt really start to take care of it until Sep 24th of this year. The doc also put me on Metformin for my insulin resistance and i've lost about 10 lbs so far. woot!

my goals for October:

Lose about 10-15 more lbs
Eat clean food
get my overweight dog and my overweight butt to the park for some exercise!


Good luck everyone!! We can do it!!

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome!!!!!
 

Hello and :welcome3: KitKat & Hopefully!

KitKat -- Its NEVER too late to join us! :D WTG on the weightloss! :cheer3:

Hopefully -- :goodluck: on the Goals! ;)

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Hello everyone - welcome to the newbies! Hope you stay around!

I had a horrible eating weekend, worst in months. I just had this crazy craving for Chinese food and with all the leftovers, I pretty much had Chinese food Saturday, Sunday and Monday. I did keep up with exercise, I started a log in my signature that logs my elliptical miles for the month, it will be interesting to see how many miles I go. That seems a little more positive for me at the moment than my ticker which has barely moved in the past couple of months.

I jogged on Sunday and my thighs are killing me! I need to do more fast walking/jogging to get those muscles that the elliptical isn't!

Hope all of you had a good weekend!

Girlie

Hi everyone! I have just been feeling horrible the past couple of days. I just want to run away from everyone and everything for a few days. I don't know, maybe it's my wacky hormones.

Well, Friday, I broke down and ordered a pair of MBT shoes. I found a pair on sale for $100 off. I am really excited to try them out, especially since I am on my feet all day long. Maybe they will tone up my legs, butt, and abs like they say they can do.

I hope everyone is staying on track with their eating. I have been doing so so. I can always improve.

Hello.
 

Thanks SassyChick!!

Yay for posts and updates! I was so afraid I was a post killer.. It seems I’ve killed a few other threads. Oops.

Girlie – Keep it up, you can do it! The great thing about diets is you can pick it up again as soon as you have an oops! You can do the elliptical machine? I’m impressed. And jealous! I get on that thing and try and I can only last about 2 mins before my legs start killing me and I feel as if my lungs are going to pop out of my chest! You are awesome!

XrayGirl: keep your chin up, girl! When I start dreaming of running away to a private island I start to remember.. Beaches are pretty but not that pratical. Sand everywhere, in places sand should never go. And there’s no starbucks on this private island. That simply won’t do! There’s always a Sun behind that gray cloud!

SassyChick – Happy Friday!! I totally know what you mean.. My sister / roommate is the worst! Our cravings come at the same times so around 10 o’clock every night she suggests we go to Sonic for a blast. Not cool man.. I SO cant have those!!

My update:
Yesterday I went to lunch with some friends and they suggested Olive Garden. Gasp!! I LOVE that place! I would totally live on Pasta bread and red wine for the REST of my life if I could get away with it. But ofcourse, if it isn’t wholegrain pasta, it’s a big fat no-no. rats! I instead got a chicken breast with some asparagus and broccoli. It was pretty good! And I only had 2 bites of a breadstick. I know.. but I just wanted a taste.  No working out yet.. I really need to do that. That’s what I’m going to be concentrating on now.

Today is my 2nd week on the metformin so I’m supposed to move up to 2 pills 2x a day. I’m a little nervous because I’m just now getting over the upset stomach side affects. I’m really hoping that the medicine will kick in 2 fold.. with OUT the side affects. *sigh* in a perfect world…


Good luck ladies!! Keep up the good work!!

kitkatkitty-so true! I will have to remember that one about the beach. It really puts a smile of my face to imagine that. Good Job at Olive Garden. It is always hard to resist a place you love.

Sassy-I definately think my DH is an enabler. He loves food just as much as I do, if not more. I try really hard, and he does the same thing as yours does. He goes to the store and brings back so much junk. I talked with him about it the other day. I put it in the perspective that our son is having some behavior issues at school and I think some of it might be linked to the junk he eats at home. I think that opened his eyes a little.

Keep going strong!

Mornin' Chicks!
 

Hi All,

Well I am off.........:beach: but just not in a very good mood. :mad: I dunno just seems like every little thing is tickin' me off! lol. Like there was a magazine and some stuff on our desk and I bumped one of it off on the floor and I went off like the paper was gonna yell back at me! :rofl: OMG I think I've totally lost it! :crazy:

I just feel so FRUSTRATED :bomb: lately and I dunno why!!! Nothing has really happened, work is fine, DH and me are fine...........I just got done with my period, so thats not it, only thing that I can come up with is that our apt is an absolute mess AND so is our finances!!! :cry: :mad: :tantrum: :rolleyes: :fr: :stress: And DH wants to possibly switch insurance co.'s and so he wants me to do some online quotes but when I go to do that, they need our current policy information, and of course I can't get that online because our current insurance co's site is a pain in the butt and I have the info on paper but to do that I have to dig it out and that is a pain and just GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! Why can't things just be easy!!! LOL! I know life isn't easy, but just the little annoying irritating things drive me insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :tantrum: And that is exactly how I feel right now: :tantrum: I just wanna get down on the floor and just start screaming and kicking and just have nice good old fashioned "fit" :lol3:

Ok.........moving on..........lol. :bike:

KitKat -- Awww your not a post killer! I used to think I was at one time! lol. Probably people just didn't know how to respond to all my ramblings. :blah: lol. Eventually people came to understand that I am just completely and udderly INSANE! :crazy: and they love :love: me anyways, well most do. I am sure there are some out there (a minimal few) who don't. lol UGH I LOVE sonic! Luckily there are none near me!!! lol. WTG on the eating at Olive Garden. I am a huge Carbs Fanatic! Why oh why did I get tortured with the sweet sweet love of carbs when it makes my body look like the Michelin Man??? :( lol.

Xray -- Yeah I definitely think my "habits" came directly from when I was a child. Infact I KNOW it does. My grandpa used to keep a cupboard FULL of junk food, just for when I came over!! When I would come, he'd go and get it ALL out and spread it out on the table in front of me and tell me to have anything I want and as much as I wanted! :yikes: I knew he did it the same exact reason that my DH does it now, he loved me and knew I loved those things so he wanted me to be happy. It used to drive my biological father (it was his dad who did this) insane!!! Now I know why. When I was a child I just thought my father was a big ole meanie. But of course my grandpa NEVER listened to what my father said. lmao!!

I guess that is what grandparents do, but in this day and age, I hope that DH's mother won't do that. She is a HUGE enabler, guess that is where DH got it from. Once when my best friend at the time was having their bathroom remodeled, they had no way of taking a bath and she had 5 kids of her own and one step daughter. Well I asked my mil if it was ok if they came over and used their bathroom (we were *gulp* living with them at the time), she said yes and so they came over, well after all the kids were done, my friend took a shower. So it was my mil and me to entertain the kids.

My mil asked them if they wanted some pudding and gave them each a pudding cup to eat!!! I told her, "they haven't even eaten their dinner yet!" and she just shrugged her shoulders and smiled. Right there, at that moment, I saw DH and my future when and if we have any children. But it wasn't my children. If it were I would have probably had to tell her that while her intentions were good, I do not want our children to have snacks, esp high sugared ones (no they were not sugar free) before they eat their dinner. I just want our children to have a better chance to being healthy. Not saying I blame my weight on anybody, I don't. But I think if my father would have put his "foot" down more, well maybe I wouldn't have been so fat and unhealthy! My mom was a softy. She would get me things I wanted, if I wanted to lose, she would help me with that too, but she wouldn't be forceful about it. I don't want to be a warden but I just want to make sure our kids, if we ever have any, have healthy starts.

Wow I got on a :soap: box there, eh? Sorry about that!!! lol. Just I have spent 99% of my life fat. Only time I wasn't was when I was born. I was actually UNDER weight. I was only 6 lbs, that isn't too small, but small enough that my mom said she had a difficult time finding clothes to fit me and because they were too BIG not like now where they are too SMALL! lol. The rest of my life I always have been in "Husky" (UGH I HATED that when I was a kid!!!) and "Plus Size". That is why under my avatar by my goals I have "To not have an X in my size." At one time, in HS when I lost weight, I did get down to a L and it was so exciting!!! Yes it was still a large, but that was a HUGE thing to me.

Anyways................enough........:blah: :blah: lol.



This is SO me, esp at work:

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Well :hug: and I hope you all have a wonderful and safe Thursday!

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Sassy-I have been feeling the same way. I just finished my period also. It's like I am worse after than before. Probably my screwes up hormones. My mil & mom are the same way with my kids. Whatever they want, they get. When I was little, I was so skinny, you could see my ribs. It all changed when I spent the summer with my aunt. She fed me all kinds of junk and I have been forever changed. I really don't want my kids to go through that. During college, I got down to a M, doing it the wrong way. I took the Phen-Phen stuff. Loved it, but I NEVER ate. I would love to get down to a L now and be able to shop at any store I wanted to.

Hey ladies - love the activity going on, I am so sorry I don't have time to respond to everyone. I manage a small hotel and so I had some personnel issues and had to be in at 4am, and I'm ready to get out of here.

I did update my elliptical miles, I took a break and went to the gym today and did 60 minutes/5.6 miles and I'm glad I did. I think it kept me energetic through this long day!

I'll update soon!

Girlie

Hello.

Xray -- Well guess what? AF is back, again! GRRRR! I hate this stupid disease! That is probably why I was feeling that way yesterday! Yeah I would love to be a L again too, make life a bit easier! lol

Girlie -- No worries. We all understand. Good Job on the exercise! :carrot:

Hey everyone! Got a busy weekend coming up. Have a garage sale tomorrow, so you know how early those things start. Then a goog friend of mine is having her son's first birthday party. Talk about a big to do. They are having game stations, hot dog stand, snow cone machine, popcorn stand, the works. I am going to be worn out tomorrow night. Anyway, hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!