Fabulous--a "suck-it-up-and-deal-with-it" kind of thread...I am SO in!

I have read through the posts in this thread, but I don't know anything about any of you, so I'd like to start out by saying I'm 24 and have been fat my whole life and am TIRED of making excuses for STILL being fat.

Today, I planned my menu for the whole day first thing this morning--about 2000 calories--and I started my day with 30 minutes of WATP at 4:30am. I'm on my second liter of water (so that will make about 64oz when it's gone). So off to a great start today, right?

Well, time for the brutally honest truth part--I already overate It wasn't anything really horrible, but very clorically dense. I had an apple sliced up with some natural peanut butter. I had planned 2 tablespoons of peanut butter. I probably ended up having closer to 6. I finished what was left in the jar. So, at least it's gone now. At least, also, it happened early enough in the day that maybe I can try to make up for it by cutting back a bit later on.

Oh, and I DO weigh myself just about every day. I don't worry about the numbers much on a daily basis, though--they don't get to me. Instead, I take those weights and track them in my Fitday so I can still see the trend over time rather than worrying if I'm up or down from just one day to the next.

Anyway, great to find this group. There are a million people who will hug me and try to cheer me up and whatnot, but I think what I really need is a KICK, not a hug

Unfortunately I do weigh more than my hubby..he's never been a big guy..but thankfully he's put on a bit of weight these last 2 years..I beleive his highest weight ever is currently a whopping 164!! considering he used to weigh around 150..this is an improvement if you ask me..so my current goal might seem silly..but at least it's achievable(I hope)..I vow to weigh less than my husband for an upcoming wedding on July 8th!! I'm gonna start feeding him some huge dinners..fatten him up a little~just kidding..I won't cheat like that!

I guess I'll say a little about myself...... im 27 I have always been "a bigger girl" but always extremely athletic growing up.... married the worlds laziest man and not to point a finger but.....i fell into the same routine he shared....so i ate what i wanted..as much as i wanted all the time.... put on about 75 lbs...so we've been divorced for 4 years now..... so im heavier than i've ever been..... so OBVIOUSLY I cant blame anyone but myself.... so Im tired of my chins getting the final say Im tired of my muffintop when I wear my jeans.... you guys know what im talking about.. that stomach fat that doesnt fit in your jeans so it pokes out the top.... the muffintop...so here i am....I owe it to my daughter (7) my awesome bf and mostly myself to take the best care of myself I can right now....

so I weighed in at an "HOLY CRAP SERIOUSLY?!?!?" 279 when I started this thread 2 weeks ago and im down 4 lbs..... so..... here we go

had a good day yesterday... I walked at about medium intensity for about 35 minutes.... ate well within my calories.. and got a TON done that I've been needing to. so I am off for another bike ride... aiming for 12 miles again but my ankle feels a little weird this morning.... so hopefully i'll be able to pull it off.

well I'll check in when I get home but wanted to start the day out right and check in with my ladies before I start the day.

hope everyone kicks *** today

oh and whats up with the challenge.... we have any other ideas anyone wants to throw out there?

Have a great day ladies!

Alisa

haha, I soooo hear you on the muffintops! I call mine "the hangover."

I thought I had yesterday all figured out--I planned my calories under control (even after the peanut butter incident--I adjusted lunch to compensate), but then a dieting disaster struck: news that required celebrating.

My boyfriend proposed to me yesterday So yeah, we went out to dinner, and yes, I had dessert. Hopefully, it's the only day in my life that will happen, so calories be damned

We're going out again tonight, which we had been planning since it is the 3-year anniversary of the day we met in person (we initially met online). I will be ordering a salad, though (the place we're going makes AMAZING salads with romaine, avocado, roasted corn, diced tomato, chicken, dried cranberries, and they never use so much dressing that there's puddles at the bottom, you know?).

Anyway, I don't have any ideas for challenges--I'm not personally a "challenge" kind of person. I am competitive, but for this whole "lifestyle change" thing, I'm either going to do it or I'm not, and challenges don't really motivate me much to do anything differently. But I'll be happy to cheer everyone else along

I wonder, where did the other gals in this thread wander off to?? I haven't don as well as I should this week..I only exercised twice..I ate out a few times..and I ddin't choose "healthy" options at the restaraunts..I'm disappointed in myself..I know that if I don't lose a few pounds at least by the dreaded wedding this July..I'm going to feel like a huge slob in the UGLY bridesmaid gown..I hope whoever's is left in this thread is doing much better than myself =O)

Ladies... This seems to be a most marvelous thread! Count me in! (but, I don't have internet at home so I can't check it on weekends)

I have had an okay week... great w/ exercise (I jogged for the first time in years) crappy w/ food (I've been starving for the last 2 days and eatting constantly). We'll see how I do at weigh in on sunday.

Keep kicking ***! I know I'll be when I go jogging again!

Count me in too! The nice and supportive approached hasn't worked, so I'm going for the tough love approach. The quick on me - 30, married, no kids yet, love sweets, hate exercising!

Here's the confession - I've lost control of myself! This week was just awful. Well, I did start back at the gym in the mornings. But eating has been just awful! Anything I saw I would put in my mouth. I have eaten myself into self-loathing which is a first for me (guess that's good?). On Friday I actually ate an entire bag of Smartfood cheddar popcorn. the worst part about it is my planned food is all great but at work instead of eating my apple in the afternoon I'm hunting down chocolate or other sweets. I'm definitely a person who messes up in the morning and then lets myself keep doing it all day long. My husband is fantastic! He'll support me in anything I do, eat anything I put on the table but he has this bizarrely strong willpower and doesn't understand how someone just doesn't say no to a craving. That gets pretty annoying.

My friend's wedding is July 21 and I'd really like to lose 20 pounds by then (it's about 16 weeks, so pretty reasonable). So, today starts a new week, that really has got to be better than last week! Feel free to kick my butt into gear - god knows I need it!!

I'm sorry I've beeen absent!! So much going on at my house at the moment!
I haven't been good, I won't sugar coat it!! I've only been to exercise probably 5 times in the past 2 weeks..I haven't been tracking calories at all.. It's so weird but it seems like the more I try to lose weight, the more I fail!! I know that sounds stupid.. I never claimed to be bright!

In April of last year (11 months ago) I weighed 171, I had done a liquid diet for 5 weeks and exercised like a mad woman because I was determined to wim the 30 day challenge at my gym.. So I won, but then immediately thereafter I sought out all the foods I'd deprived myself of and then some! Needless to say my loss last no more than 6 days
Nobody to blame but myself.. Now with an upcoming wedding (July) I'm tempted to do the liquid diet again, I know it's silly, it doesn't work longterm, but it's like liquid diets are the only way I ever lose pounds.. So I'm trying to talk myself out of it, I know there's a healthier way.. I wish the little devil on my shoulder would shut up and go away!!!

Hey guys....

Sorry about not checking in.... I've been in Colorado with my daughter for spring break... which was faboo by the way!

so good news is....8 lbs.... gone.... took longer than I wanted it to... and I know I can do better!!! but its gone.. I am a bit under the weather and really need to get some sleep but I will check in tomorrow and give you the latest with me.....
oh and Cherry... I understand.. like im sure ALL OF US do.... the quick fix thing seems like SUCH an outstanding idea..... but at the same time if you are predicting a binge... why set yourself up? why not start now and just do it the healthy way and not have to move from crash to lifestyle... i mean you said yourself it was all back in about a week... dont doom yourself like that... you've dropped 51 lbs lady!! thats awesome... my advice is keep on the slow and steady....dont set yourself up for failure or give yourself more work than you really need to to drop the rest of your weight...buck up!!!!
whenever I decided in the past to go the crash diet route... i always binged like...the WEEK before... obviously more work for myself... and then I would reward myself for the loss... and in the end I usually ended up heavier than before the crash...

i wouldnt do it... i would buckle down and stick to getting off your butt and moving and making good choices when you eat... hopefully if you feel good about losing it the right way... you'll not only look amazing but FEEL amazing also...because you were worth passing on the temptation for the easy way out!

Thanx for the support stillovecartoons And a huge CONGRATULATIONS on you 8 pound loss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm doing my portion control, I'm trying anyways.. Hopefully today I'll get my booty in gear and exercise finally..I really feel a difference in my energy levels since not getting any exercise for the past week
I'll check back with everyone later today.. I hope your day goes good

I want in!

CONGRATULATIONS! How exciting!

Now, back to me: My user name is totally misleading as I haven't lived in NYC for like seven years or so - which is kind of scary because that means I've been farting around this site on and off for SEVEN YEARS and I've probably gained ten pounds (well, actually I've gone up QUITE high, and down about ten pounds less than I am now, and there was this pregnancy thing last year...I have lost all my weight from that but considering what I weighed to start with, that's not so impressive but, moving on...) but I don't want to focus on that just now. I'm 34, living in the deep South, married for almost nine years (shocking!) and mom to one great daughter (more shocking!!!) and a pretty excellent dog. I currently have no hobbies and no life except for baby baby baby and wondering when the baby is going to sleep. This? Is not so good.

I actually think I may join WW and Curves to meet people, which seems the height of sad. I'd also like to get involved with geocashing because really, what would be more fitting than dragging my totally NOT outdoorsy self into the woods to hunt for stuff? It's all about getting out of the comfort zone, people.

Right now, I have a beach (yikes) vacation that is fast approaching. I'm actually very excited EXCEPT none of my (very cute, many with tags still attached) summer clothes fit and I flat refuse to buy any more size 24 (yeah, I said it, what?) clothes. In fact, as soon as they are too big I am giving them away, never to be thought of again! So my Big Goal is to get back into my size 18, 20, and even 22 summer clothes (ahhh, how I remember the first time I went up to a size 12, how I cried in the fitting room. Foolish, foolish girl! If you had known you were not fat, you would not be fat now! So hug your daughters and tell them they are perfect! That's an order!).

Oh, that's my other Very Big Goal - I never want to complain about fat or my butt or talk about diets in front of my kid. I have wasted far too much of my own brain power worried about, depressed about, and obsessed with my weight. I am not passing that down. So I'm working hard at keeping the junk out of our house (not easy with my husband who has the dietary habits of a seven year old) and keeping my negative thoughts to myself. Today some old lady looked at my (perfectly normal, exceptionally beautiful if I do say so myself - and I will) daughter and said, "She's a plump one, isn't she" and my very own mother nearly had to hold me back. Things I did not say include: a. and you're a wrinkly one! b. and you're a *****y one c. you'll be dead soon, old woman. Whew.

And this is where I end, my kid is awake! Back later!

Did I frighten you all away?

Hi No, you didn't scare me away! I can't speak for the others though...Just joking
I haven't been trying very hard with my food portions, and I haven't been to exercise at all this week, my excuse is simple; the kids' are home for spring break, it makes it difficult to get out of the house.. Bad excuse, but that's all I've got! I'll do better today. I don't like weekends though, my family always tempts me with donuts and eating at the buffet Wish me strength!

Weekends are hard! There are always so many things to do and everyone expects you to eat (getting together with family, lunch with friends, brunch, blah blah blah). I wish I could get back that phobia of eating in front of people that I had in middle school!

I actually started my food journal today. I planned ahead last night and then had to make some alterations today because of a family thing that I sort of forgot about but luckily I spent so much time chasing my kid, I didn't really get to eat.

My big goals for this week are to stay between 1200 and 1500 calories, keep a food journal, and WATP M-F. I LOVE the WATP dvds (if you tune out the chatter) - I just have to be very determined about carving out the time.

Good luck to you! Hope the rest of your weekend goes well!