Hi Ladies,

This has been a good week for me. I have been eating better trying to do my 6 small meals a day and have been working out more. I just feel better even though the weight isn't leaving yet. I did weigh and was down 2lbs that I had just seen pop up so I am taking that as water weight. I really am not concerned anymore with weight as close as I am to my goal as I am my measurements. I do weight training and I know that can put weight on. I want a tone shaply body...who cares what the scales says right? I will weight and want to see a certain number but I know what matters is the measurements. I have about 18 lbs to get to my goal weight and 2 pants sizes. I am in a 10 now and I know if I tone up and drop about 15lbs I could get into 8's easy... Not bad coming from a size 18-20 back in June of 2003.
I was looking at my old charts, still have them. I have lost close to 70 lbs and 10 inches in my chest, 10 inches from my hips and tummy and about 4" from my upper arms and legs... Didn't have much to loose there. I hold my weight in the middle! That was a good motovator to look back and see where I came from. So see how close I am to my goal feels good.

Hope you are all moving and eating right. Have a good weekend. Remeber with the holidays coming up we need to work hard to get off some extra lbs before the holiday food gets a hold of us.... Also so we can look great in our dresses at the holiday parties....!

Amie

Hey Ladies I want to join this group, Im new to calorie counting only done it 2 weeks and then I do a strict diet for one week then calorie counting again etc. Im gonna be counting calories again on monday. I really like the counting calories I can eat what I want if I want and dont have to feel bad just so long as I stay in my range and if I go to high I wont let my self not workout till I burn those calories. I eat about 1400-1500 calories a day and then exercise 400-500 off a day. The calorie counting seems to be a slow process but Im so happy to not gain when eating great foods Thats why I add in my strict diet every 3rd week. The inches drop though with calorie counting. I will tell you more about myself on Monday.

Amie, so glad to hear from you.
Lockergirl, will look forward to hearing more.

I myself am doing lousy. My husband's having dinner at 2:15 which is such a wierd time. I have to either make it a mealtime for myself or NOT EAT which is so hard when preparing. I sympathize with the moms out there. Also, I'm into the sweets, and not getting hungry for meals. Well, I never did the hungry horribles when following a plan, but I still should be emptier.


Sorry that's so negative, but I feel I should be honest - the weight chart tells all.

Morning everyone!

I spent part of the morning making a spreadsheet for the next few days-I am basically letting Saber make his own sleeping/eating schedule-but I am going to use the spreadsheet to help me realize exactly what that is.
I got the idea last night because I started noticing that he gets up to eat around midnight-12:30am each night the past few nights...and he gets up to nurse pretty much from 4am-5:30am each morning as well-among the million other feeds/naps he does-so I thought a spreadsheet over a few days time would help me to see other patterns emerging. For some reason-those two instances were stuck in my head, and I thought maybe I would look into his habits further.
I think it will really help me to plan may day/exercise/etc. if I have an idea of what to expect from him.

He did drift off this morning for a bit after I took Jasmine to school-so I had time to squeeze in a 20 minute strength training session. I am hoping this afternoon to do another small workout as well.

My eating is so-so...I am trying to do better in spite of starving constantly due to the nursing. I eat when I am hungry definitely-but I am trying my best to make healthy choices. Not easy when I have to often choose something really fast, or something I can prepare/eat with ONE HAND while he is in the other. I have had DH to start keeping protein bars, pieces of fruit, and other easy things within my reach.

Last night I finally got to color my roots (grays showing). It had been about 8 weeks since it had been done-a couple weeks before Saber was born-and it looked AWFUL. DH took the baby last night and told me to go do my hair. I was so happy-it did wonders for my self esteem. I am a "gray-free" redhead again.


Well, I better get Raiden ready and off to school. (afternoon kindergarten) I will check back in here in a bit.

Good evening all! I did really well for three days, but today has been a little bad, but tomorrow is a new day. I am fighting two addictions right now, Food and smoking. I have been ok with the smoking, but lately I have been bumming from my brother. He usually comes over on Sunday, and I got really upset that he did not come over today-actually thought about going to the store to pick up a pack. I made myself stay on the couch and watch a show, it helped, but the craving is still there. I know this is off subject, but boy is it rough fighting two, and each fed the other, when I smoked I didn't eat as much, and when I was not smoking food was my comfort. I guess I need to just find something to do with my hands...I am feeling a little better as I type this, so I guess I will win tonight!!!

No gym for the last week and a half. DD2 got sick at the end of the week (UTI-so she needed help in the bathroom) then I got some nasty upper respiratory thing, and could barely breathe. I am feeling better now, just a little stuffy still, but the meds are helping that. SO I am looking forward to gettting there tomorrow. I hope I didn't lose any ground, but will just start over and keep plugging along.

On a side note...DH has passed the first step to being a firefighter. He passed the physical test this morning he did the timed course in 3min 53 sec. The pass/fail time was 4min 28sec. I am so proud of him. Things have been really rough at work for him, so this was a good shot in the arm, KNowing that there is something else he can do. It will mean a pay cut on our end, but if it makes him happier, we will fill in the shortfall the best we can. Hope everyone had a great weekend!!

Hi ladies--I'd like to join your thread, if that's OK. I've been tracking calories for about a year and a half to lose weight. I was doing pretty well, but I've got some issues with my right leg due to an old car accident. I reinjured my knee last year, stopped exercising and dieting, and gained back about 10 pounds. I'm back on the wagon, but I can't exercise like I did and my weight hasn't moved in a while. I keep thinking I can eat what I ate before and still lose weight. I hope I can get a little inspiration from you folks.

I'd like to join here too, if that is okay? I've been a member of the boards since last month and it helped me decide to calorie count. I have a 3 year old girl and next month my son will be 1 year. After two weeks of strict calorie counting and staying at the 1200 range, I went up to 1400-1500. Now I am starting week#7 and I find myself zig-zagging and keeping my average at about 1450. I ride my stationary bike 35 minutes per day and alternate weights/pilates throughout the week. I am so into this lifestyle change and my Husband is trying his hardest to be right there with me.

Becky and JC

Upswife I cant believe your trying to lose and quit smoking at the same time thats real tough. I smoke and I try and quit then gain weight so this time I decided lose the weight then the cigarettes. I know me though when I get to my last 5 lbs I will probably slow down so I dont have to quiit smoking haha I frickin love it so much. Its a love hate thing ya know. I suggest exercising alot it will get ya to sweat out the nicotine faster for less cravings.

I was looking in my food/exercise journal and figured out I average 500 calories deficit a day thats one pound a week, thats not great but I just cant even imagine trying to cut more calories and exercise more I would be burned out. So Im gonna stay happy with my one pound a week Hey thats way faster losing then I gained it! It took me 2 years to put on 30lbs. But I also do a detox type diet every 3rd week so I really lose 15lbs a month that is if I dont plateau oh I hate that word. Good luck this week everyone!

Looker girl~ I actually quit smoking last year, but I have been having a ton of cravings, and have been bumming from my brother when he is here on Sundays. It has been an up and down thing, but I am trying to stay off them for DH.

ack you caught me - way past my bedtime.
Welcome newbies, lockergirl, jc, and jazzbird the more, the better.
I've been out walking last couple of days.

UPS ` althought smoking was easy to get over (let's think, was I on diet pills, yeah). Quit twice well, BF was smoking , so I changed to a BF who didn't. Recently I see promos on tv asking do you want to wear a bikini or quit smoking. It's a hard one but I'm routing for ya. So bad for the health, you'll find our more as you get older.
E L Y S E

Amoses congrats to you wow thats really close to your goal keep it up.
Hello everyone Aphil congrats on this little one. You are one busy lady with dancing and raising a family thats for sure.
I am ready to start in again on being more serious with my wt. loss. I lost some wt this summer but put back on a few lbs. Now its time to get it off. I am setting up a spread sheet for myself to track food intake, water and exercise. Too many social events this summer I guess at least lately. I also had some trouble with my hips and its slowed me down a bit with exercise. I am going to the doctors today hopefully that will give me some direction with that issue. At any rate nice to see some people from the past and welcome to the newbies. This is a good site and always supportive. Have a great day I am not changing my ticker until next week. I am giving myself a little break to try and lose some lbs. first.

Hi! I'll guess I'll jump in here. I really need to try to post somewhere every day for motivation and support. I've been calorie counting for about 2 1/2 years. I lost 40 lbs and have since gone up 5 lbs. I really don't mind staying at this weight I just don't want to gain any more. I'm usually pretty motivated but sometimes.....

I'm 45 yrs old. I am married and I have 3 boys, 22 year old twins and a 16 yr old.

Hope to talk to you all more.

Bailey

HI all doing ok here, but sometimes it is so tempting. Because of car issues, I will not beable to get to the gym until Fri, then Sat I have to work, so Maybe Sun too. I think I will pack my gym bag on Sat and hope that I get off work early enough to drop in. Well, My sis is coming to pick me up tomorrow so I can go food shopping, then thing will be better on the eating front. I can't wait to get some more fruit in the house!

Later Chicas!

Hmmmm, am I a thread killer?? Anyway, I thought I'd check in again. I managed to get some walking done today on my break at work which I was happy about.

I weigh in on Friday mornings (just at home) so I'm always a little apprehensive about what the outcome will be. Since I lost the orig weight I seem to either maintain or play around with the same 1-2 lbs gain/lose, gain/lose. It's frustrating sometimes but I am glad to hopefully maintain FOREVER!

Hope everyone had a great day. Bailey