Hey everyone, I posted once on this thread then kind of lost control and stopped my weight loss by eating junk....
Anyhow I am back and I am ready to get going again!
Hailey, I totally understand your frustrating...emotional eating is very frustrating, I did it today and it bugs me.
Well done everyone on your losses so far!

well the best part is: YOU'rE BACK!!
good luck

Hey guys! I just wanted to pop in and say hi!
I had a little set back, so im sitting at 162.2 right now, but its not aweful. i know i can lose that pound again.

How is everyone doing? School has been keeping me busy. School and hanging out with friends.

I hope ya'll are doing good!

~HaiLeY~

I've been a little busy with my school work also.
I'm gaining muscle in my arms (yay) but it seems like one arm is a little bit smaller than the other...

ive always wondered that....like if you do a specific excercise with only one leg or something can you have like one really buff leg and one really scrany leg? Or will your body naturally work things out for you? hmmm....just an look into the deeo thoughts of my mind.....scary place, scary place

leah_0600 - I don't really have any pics of me at my highest weight, I avoid cameras if I can. The few I do have I am sitting down and you can't really tell a difference in those. The main thing I noticed was that I was not as miserable walking longer distances on the trips I took this year vs. the ones I took last year. Also, my weight loss has been VERY gradual. Up and down and up and down... My lowest recent (And goal for End of Nov.) is 245. Which is also where I was this time last year.

I have not been overly consistent, but I'm working on it. I started school yesterday and I just can't seem to fit a "formal workout" in. So I've been trying to work in little things that have a double purpose. (Like sweeping/Vacuuming= Exercise & a clean floor) My mom went and bought my favorite Ben&Jerry's ice cream, but I didn't eat the whole thing in one sitting.

I was quite proud of myself for that.

hey all! hows it going? pretty good i hope.
im doing...eh. A lot has been going on.
my weight is around 163ish right now. Im working to get down to 160 by sunday, and from there i want to be 150 or below in 2 months. WINTER FORMAL! I cant wait, ive never been before. Im just going with friends tho.

Im a little...worried tho. My two best friends from school are the ones that i am going with. THey are both thin and really cute. Im not. And, well, they want to go dress shopping. They keep inviting me to go. but i dont want to go dress shopping with them. I dont want to go dress shopping at all. i dont want to have to get a dress. They are both so skinny, and i feel so fat and ugly compared to them.
so, yeah, thats something im going to have to face.

but other than that things are going fine. I get a break from school soon, and today and tomorrow are half days.

get on and tell me whats going on!!!

~HaiLeY~

Hey all!
I was just wondering what music ya'll listen to.
Im looking for some new bands to start listening to, cuz, even tho i love em, ive been listening to the same bands for a while. Who is your favorite band?

100percentME- as to the winter formal thing, i say go with your friends. since they keep inviting you and bringing it up it seems like they are truly saying it as a friend to friend thing. Since they're your friends, they won't be judging you. maybe you could use the shopping as a motivation goal depending on when you're going. like set that date as a mini goal to lose weight/tone up and then you'd feel more confident and accomplished when you go shopping.

on a second note, has anyone tried toning for teens by joyce vedral? I got the book a couple fo years ago and tried to keep going at it. it's a good weight training program and I feel good after i do it, but it's supposed to be a 20 minute workout and i find that impossible. it always takes me forever and then i'm sore so i don't want to do it when i'm scheduled to or i leave parts out and feel incomplete and i can NEVER do it full out more than once. I really want to do it 4 days a week but i usually end up doing one or two. for those not familiar with the book, it's divided into upper and lower body so that you workout everyday (and schedule a day of rest or two) without hurting your muscles since you are supposed to lift weights two days in a row. so like tomorrow i'll do upper body and tuesday i'll do lower and so on. anyone have advice?

Hi! Sorry I'm chiming in so late- I just joined. We'll see how it goes. I'm 16, in my junior year of highschool and take about half my classes at my highschool and half at a university, so I basically have way more work than I ever thought possible before this year. My goal is relatively modest, but I don't want to destroy my chances by aiming too high. Also, I recognise that, at best, my tendency is more towards muscle than... slimness I guess? so I'm going to see what weight is healthy for me.

Right now, under the guidance of a nutritionist, I'm trying basically a reasonable exercise and diet program- don't eat that much, eat a small meal every three hours (I highly recommend it- even though I'm not eating that much, I feel like I'm indulging myself because I do it so often, and it also helps me moderate my eating to know that three hours later I can have something else) and walking uphill on a treadmill for 40- 60 minutes every day at whatever speed I can maintain for that amount of time. I've lost probably a little over ten pounds so far- I can't see a difference yet, but I'm sure there'll be one soon.

My one concern is that I'm getting too into this- I'm not sure what the minimum amount you should eat every day should be to avoid sending your body into starvation mode. I'm losing weight now, but I'm worried that I'm also sabotaging my future weight loss, so if anybody knows, tell me!

Hii guyss^^

100percentme - i know how hard it can be >_< but i'd say GO, you're friends seem like they really want you to come, so go with them, choose a dress and make it your goal^^

Hii Impalahoarder! i'm glad you've come here for advice! euhm to really see if you're eating enough, i should write down what you eat for like 2 days and then post it over here^^


anyway^^ I GOT MY BELLY PIERCED:P i'm soo happy with it^^ i know i haven't lost that much weight AND i'm not that skinny but who cares xD i really start liking the fact that my pant size has gone down(from 16 to 12, i think xD) i don't really know the english pantsizes xD, but if i fit a 12 i must be gaining muscle :P
anyway, i'm happy^^ i used to hate losing weight but now i really like it ;O

Good luck to ya all!

Laë

Impalahoarder- first of all, i have to say as a freshman in college that i'm totally jealous of the people who got to take college classes during high school! one girl already has 44 credits! apparently around here, they have a really good program for that and i'm jealous! I have high schoolers in my college classes, it's so weird! but that's awesome. i'm sure you're probably incrdibly stessed though since you're attending both schools and high school is so different/stricter/****s/etc while college is like "whatever, dudes. it's your future." As long as your following your nutritionist's advice, i'm sure you're eating enough calories. i wouldn't worry about that quite yet. it sounds like you're doing really well! I've been trying to eat every three hours too but.... Glad to hear you're lsing weight! Even though you might not notice, I'm sure you feel better and those around you are noticing!

Laetj- good for you!!! how fun! congratulations on your weight loss!

HEY EVERYONE!
How are you?
Ive been doing pretty bad, but tonight my attitude has changed, and so im looking forward to that affecting the rest of my life too. Ive not been feeling great, and ive had a bad attitude, i got a D on one of my papers at school, ive gained weight the past 2 weeks. Im just frustrated.
But im done. Im going to change that. Im really determined, hopefully i can stick to it.

I hope everyone is doing good. Your in my thoughts and prayers.

heyy 100percentME, everyone goes through a bad period, i hope you'll get through it well, and we're here to help

anyway i got a question for you guys! i had an argument with a friend(must i include that it's a HE?) anyway he said that someone he knew said that girls sometimes are just dressed to short(and she meant REALLY REALLY short!). i said i agree with that, because too much is just too much, you know! do you think the same way about that, he said everyone dresses the way he/she wants, and i agree with that, but you still need to actually wear some clothes now don't you?;o

Laetj- Congrats on the weight loss! It's a great feeling, even when it's not much. I totally agree w/ you about the clothes thing. I am a strong believer in the phrase (as blunt as it may be) "If it's not on the menu, keep it covered up!" But, with the pressure to fit in and to seem cool many girls don't follow that rule. If you want more info PM me, I don't wanna seem like I'm preaching or judging. ('Cause I'm definitely NOT!)

100percentme- I have been there. In fact I was there for a looooong time. I lost down to 240ish before that and then during that time I went all the way back up to 300ish again. It's really discouraging and if you don't get a grip on it fast you dig yourself deeper and deeper till it seems like you can't get out. Just hold on, don't lose hope. The best way I've found to overcome it is to take it one day at a time. If you mess up, figure out what went wrong and try to avoid whatever it was that made it happen. (If that makes any sense at all.)

I have been doing fairly well with food, (I didn't overeat even once while I was on vacation this past weekend) but can still not get a grip on my exercise! I have decided that rI'm going to get up in the morning and just go walk. I'm going to be using CoolRunning.com's Couch to 5k program if I can find a watch of some sort...

Y'all are in my prayers as well! TTYL