The Email address is www.epharmacist.com. It's the cheapest price so far, but there may be more I dont know. A lot of people on here dont really approve of diet pills, but sometimes you just have to do what you gotta do.. and I couldnt do it alone. I know there is no magic pill etc etc, but I just need to get the weight down, because I notice that the smaller I am, the less I eat. Well anyway, hope that helps.

Hi All,
 

Hi everybody, I haven't been around for a few days. Really busy in the yard and at work. Last couple of days have been rough with the eating. (damn Aunt Flow, tries to undo all the good I do all month)

Jaymi, I am glad the pills are working for you, just be careful. How can you order prescription drugs off the internet without a prescription. Are you sure your getting the right thing. Just be careful.

Vera, How wonderful that the pounds are coming off. Sometimes I think we focus too much on the diet. When I'm busy, I eat what ever is there and I have time for, and sometimes do better than when I'm following a specific program.

Well, I've got to keep in short and sweet today as I have to check a few other threads and then get outside while the weather is good. ttyl :D

Arggghhh!!!
 

:mad: This is the third time my post got erased... Aol sucks!!! :mad:

But anyway Hi Everyone!

Donna-- I left you a long a :censored: reply... but I"m tired of typing now!!! :^: So I'm gonna give you the short version!!! I dont know if this place is telling the truth or not, but you fill out a medical form online and so say a licensed physician says yea or nay and writes a prescription and a real pharmacy fills it. The pharmacy seems real, but the prices are still raised. I got my cousin to send pics of her pills and they look the same, i also looked up pics from walgreens online and etc. That's the best i can do honestly for right now...So basically I'm taking a risk, but I wouldnt recommend anyone else to do it. Ok, I think that's what i said last time :lol: Anyway thanks for even caring about me!! :smug:

I would say something to someone else.. but...no one's posted in a while really!! :)

Well so about me.... I've lost another 2 pounds!!! :cheer: That makes my weight down to 158.. Yawl dont know how happy I am...even though I"m way too tired to show it!! I havent been that size since maybe my wedding 21/2 years ago or before. To think until I found this site... I was about to give up or I HAD gave up. I'm really tired though. I"ve been working out maybe a little too much... but I cant sleep that well. I wake up at 5 or 6 am like clockwork...Instead of sitting around looking dumb.. I exercise. Makes since to me :?:

My husband just doesnt get it. He say's im doing too much or I'm taking this weight thing over board :blah: He wouldnt know what to do if he lived one day in my shoes. I've been so embarrassed to weigh more then my husband who I know has at least 8 or 9 inches on me in height.. But oh well, whatever.. I know he's noticed a little change, theres no way he hasnt noticed I lost 22 pounds, but he hasnt said nothing!!!! :mad: :mad:
I still wear all my big baggy clothes, like these pair of 18 kapris that I could just pull straight down :lol: So when I get to my goal, and wear something cute... he'll just be in shock!

Well thanks all of you for listening to me complain even though I shouldnt be!!
Have a great weekend!!

congratulations Jaymi
 

dense husbands!
 

Jaymi_Dol_78

Men can be dense! Yes he will notice later and probably about the time you hit your goal, if you go to visit someone else for a week than come back it will jump out at him like a bullet.

How long have you been taking the pills now? How do you feel? Do you feel they are helping?

I am asking a lot of questions because I wan't to try them, not sure if now is the right time, but after I get my weight off and get settled in with maintenance I want to tackle quitting smoking but don't want to gain one once back. I thought they might help me then. Or if I hit some really bad slumps and need them during the diet.

You just keep up the good work, hubby will notice! If he doesn't believe me, many more men will and he will notice that!

Thanks very much!!!
 

First off, I want to say thanks very much for your support and comments :D

VeraBear- Believe it or not... I hate waking up in the mornings, and it actually took me until this point to do so. The reason being there is just not enough time in the day for me to get all the exercise in. My daughter maybe takes a nap around 11:30 or noon (if i'm lucky) But I'm usually really tired by then for some reason!!! So I wouldnt do anything and all through out the day, she pretty much owns the TV. Trust me, it's getting harder, I'm starting to need caffeine !! :coffee: But thanks hopefully I can keep this up! I bet youre right, he's gotta notice because my face is even smaller now than before, but oh well.. men!!! :?:

Magnoliamouth- This is going on week 2 of the pills. At first they made me feel kinda weird and I didnt get any sleep, but that was one of the side effects of them, but it goes away in about 3 days. You have to take them EARLY (reallly emphasizing early!) Because if you take them even after 8 am, you might have trouble sleeping....unless you are already a night owl anyway. The appetite suppressant part does work... maybe too much!! I'm way below on my calories but I do eat 3 times a day, But i have to make myself to that. It works up to a point though, since it's dealing with your brain, i guess you can fool yourself to a point, but lets say you walk into your favorite restaraunt and smell all of the great food, you might not be able to say no because your stomach starts talking then!! lol It's weird though. Sometimes I get restless too, so then I have to keep busy or exercise. It doesnt really give you energy, but it makes you want to keep busy or keep thinking of things to do. I guess it all depends on you and what part of dieting you need help with the most...If it's the eating part, It will help!

Where is everyone at? I know Vermont mom is riding her bike, but it sure seems quiet around here!!! Well Verabear and Magniliamouth... Let me know how the both of you are doing!!! Everyone have a great day!!

Hello ladies!!!! we got back this afternoon...still unpacking, looking around and seeing what the kids did/didn't do :lol:

Had a GREAT time!!! and the only injuries were sunburn (I saw more sun in 5 days than we do here in a month) and I tore a nail riding the mechanical bull (yup :devil: - but I kept my shirt on, unlike the other ladies :lol: )

Will come back soon after other stuff, to catch up!

Hey Holly,

So glad you had a great time. Glad you got to bask :cool: in the :sunny: too. So you rode the bull. You go girl :strong: putting all those muscles to use and show em what you've got. Not me, right now I'm :chicken: poop, but get 50lbs off me and I'd give it a try.

Well, it's good to have you back and so glad you had a safe trip. I'll be sending you a pm in a few days (know you need to settle in) Need to get some advise on the exercise front. I'm heavy but ready. Figure I have to start somewhere. I've been walking outside 40-45 mins or inside on :tread: 20mins(the :tread: is so much harder) or doing a 45min WATP video. I'm averaging about 10x a week. So I think it's time to move on :eek:

How's everyone else doing? Maggie, I tackled the smoking already. Now I'm going after the weight. It was easier to quit smoking. I can't believe I said that, but it's true.

Jaymi, Glad everything is going so well. I know it's hard work with the little ones, but you are getting results and thats great. Still, be carefull with the pills. I have a tendency to worry. Part of getting older. When I was young, I would try anything.

Hey Vera, How's it going? Getting up early is hard, but once you do it for a couple of weeks it gets easier. The hardest part for me is trying to fall asleep earlier. And if I decide to sleep in on the weekends, I'm all screwed up on Monday morning. I find the morning exercise really important. It's gets me going the rest of the day.

Well, I have to figure out what I'm making for dinner. So I'm going to take a quick cruise around the board. ttyl. :D

Where is everybody?!?!?
 

Ok, did I scare everyone away or what?!?!? Did yaw'l move to another thread?!? :lol: But anyway, I tried to post on here the other day, but my internet completely cut off on me, so I just gave up...It happend twice while trying to do my journal so I just said forget it!!!

Ok everyone, since it's been so long..there's nothing to comment on!!!

Donna- I tried to ask you this last time before this stupid computer.... anyway Have you ever did Denise Austin? I like it because 1. I'ts free. It comes on lifetime and I tape it for later. 2. She does a big variety of exercises like step aerobics, pilates, kickboxing, yoga, workout with weights..
3. So far I havent had a rerun yet, so I have 3 6 hour tapes, too hard to get tired of that so far. She can be a little annoying at times, but when I got up and started doing them and saw how hard some of it was and that it actually made me sweat!! I was hooked. Now some of the exercises I couldnt do at all at first, I can actually do them. She has 2 30 minute shows. The other thing you might not like is working out through the comercials... I work out through "fast forwarding" the comercials :lol: So it pretty much comes out to 45 minutes for both. She just seems to pick the hardest exercise to do during the comercials.....I can't do them for that long, so I fast forward, but hopefully I will be able to be.

Well weigh-in is tomorroww..kinda nervous...ok REALLY nervous. Dont want to get disapointed or upset if I didnt lose. But I know that today, my sweats were totally too baggy and when I started they were tight, so even If I havent lost weight this week, I've lost...something!

Food, exercise and water was all good today. The jeans I ordered came in today... the butt part looks big and they look looong. But too scared to put them on. Maybe tomorrow. Havent wore jeans in forever.

I wonder why people have been staring at me lately and I've figured it out...Not because they think I'm fat...but because they are wondering why in the H*** this chick is wearing sweats when it is 85 degrees out side...But I cant help it.. I sleep, eat, and every thing else ;) in sweats...Comfortable. Not like Imma put on some shorts.... NO WAY!! Why try to be cooler when I'll feel so uncomfortable. Plus I dont have any so it doesnt matter.

Oh well I'll go now, hopefully someone will post and let me know everythings kool!!! Bye all, have a good day...

Hi Jaymi,
I still around. We've been busy working in the yard. Yanking hedges and bushes, replanting. Getting loads of dirt sand and gravel. Lots of digging. I am beat. My husband,who I must say is my best friend and a really great guy, is also an ex-marine and though he's by no means gung-ho, he still has a lot of the discipline. We went from 9am to 7pm. I am exhausted. Aunt Flow just got here friday. I am besides diabetic, also anemic, and when Flow is here
the first few days are really rough. I might have to have surgery. But anyway, I remember Denise Austin from yrs ago. I have satellite so I'm sure I can catch her. What station does she air on. I know the channels differ from city to city and state to state but the station is what I need. If you get a chance. Thanks, I'll check it out. I hope she's on early in the morning though. I'm not much for recording. I haven't been on the scale in a few days. I had just stopped losing, wasn't gaining, but pms week I didn't lose anything. But I usually gain so I'm not complaining.

You in the meantime sound like your doing excellent! I wouldn't get caught up the scale. You know good things are happening to your body by the way your clothes are fitting. With the working out your doing your obviously toning. Fat to muscle is a good thing. Makes for an even better fat burning matabolisum(sp?) the more muscle you have. The muscle weighs more than fat and as much as we all hate to hear that since we are so hung up on the numbers, it's true. I'm sure you'll be pleasantly suprised when you try those jeans on. And then people might be looking at you for a whole new reason, because you look great! So keep up the good work. (now for the mom in me, I must ask, are you still taking the pills? Do you feel ok? Do you have a plan to go off them slowly? As always, be careful.)

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. I don't know why I'm even up. Only slept less than 5hrs. So I threw in a load of laundry, grapped :coffee: loaded the dishwasher, gathered some garbage and recycles for tomorrows pick up and landed here. I'm actually hoping to hop back in bed for a couple of hours. I must be over-tired, just can't sleep, and the body is aching from all the work yesterday. Achey, but good. Always feels good to know the old
chasis got a workout.

Maybe I'll catch up with some of you later. ttyl :D

Hi Donna! I guess it's just you and me for the time being!! :lol: Wow seems like everybody's always in the yard planting the flowers and mowing the yards and what not... Unfortunately we don't even have a yard at this time, and if we did I wouldnt be doing either!!! :lol: I can barely keep a plastic plant alive!! Maybe one day, when the kids are older. Diabetes suck!! My parents and grandparents have it. I had it when I was pregnant for my son. :p I'm not good with medical words...anymore...but what kind of diabetes do you have...the one you can make go away or the one you have forever? Aunt Flow sucks too!! I don't usually get that bad, but I do get bad headaches!!! Denise Austin comes on Lifetime. I'm pretty sure on satillite you get that channel. It comes on at 7:00 eastern and 6:00 central. So that should be early enough for you. :lol:

I didnt even get a chance to get on the computer yesterday, but I did exercise my butt off. I was sooo upset. I found out that my Dad had to have heart surgery, and I was 1000 miles away and there was nothing I could do. I couldnt be there either, we had planned to go out there in 2 weeks, we don't have the money nor the transportation at the moment. My hubby asked but I know that it would have been almost impossible. I always though of my daddy as superman. Any thing I ever needed I asked him for, if i needed help moving or if my car broke-down. He came to take care of me when I had my daughter because of my C-section and my hubby was at work. It just made me think that he was there for me, and I wasnt there for him. I was just quietly walking on the treadmill then I felt the tears streaming down. I didnt want anyone to see me, so I just starting going faster and faster.Then I went into the room and did i dont know how many crunches and leg lifts until my legs were like rubber. But I felt a little better. Then my hubby took me to "attempt" to play tennis. We played for an hour or so. I'm not good, but I got a real workout.

Yes, Mother..... :lol: I am still taking them. I'm not sure if they even affect me that much anymore. I mean my appetite isnt all there, but it doesnt make me nervous or as fidgety either. I will probably taper off when I get to my goal weight, or when they stop working....which ever comes first.

Well hope everything is going good for you and you're feeling better! Hope everybody else is doing well too! Bye all, have a good day!!!

Jaymi_Dol_78

Sorry to hear about your Dad, what is the news from out there today. How is he. I know how that feels, I lived in wichita KS when I found out my mom was going to die. I couldn't get to visit her for 6 weeks later. But by the time I did, I was able to get transferred to an area closer so I could spend weekends with her. She only lived 4 months after that, but I'm glad I got that time.

Where we live now is only about 1.5 hours from my family so that has made a big difference in my life with my family and I appreciate them more now that I'm older.

Sounds like you took your furstrations out on the exercise equipment in a good way. Good use of all of that. Your dad would want you to continue taking care of yourself! Let me know how he is doing.

Hi Jaymi,

So sorry you weren't able to be with your dad, but he sounds like the kind of man who understands your a young family with limited resources. He knows you love him. My best to you all.

Yes, diabetes does suck. I started with gestational diabetes during my first pregnancy when I was 17. It went away when the baby was born and didn't surface again until I was in my 30's and my weight was up. It can be controlled with diet and exercise and the doc said if I lose enough I might be able to go off meds. I've been fighting that battle unsuccessfully for 10 yrs. but I'm still trying.

How's everyone else doing? Hey Maggie!

Well, just a quick stop in. It's late. ttyl :D

Hi everyone! My daughter eats all of my food!!! Eating breakfast a little late this morning. My dad is doing much better. Hopefully he will be put in a regular room today so that I can talk with him. I miss him, thanks all of you for caring!! :^: Well, so far so good with everything. But really have you all ever really sat and thought about the fact that you have to burn 3500 calories to lose 1 pound. What If I want to lose 2? That's like exercising burning 1000 calories for 7 days!!! I hate to see trying to lose 3!!! 10500 calories!!!!!!!!! Man I dont even think that's possible!!!

Well Donna, glad to see I'm not the only "teen" mom around here. I had my son when I was 18. At least you've been fighting for 10 years!!! You're still going and you're not giving up...You can do it! Have you watched Denise Austin yet? How much more do you have to lose to get to your goal weight? Is Watp comparible to the treadmill? I wanna try it, but seems like walking in place won't have the same affect :lol: I know it's a little more than that...but what is your opinion? Treadmill or WATP?

Maggie- sorry to hear about your mom!! :cry: I just dont know what I'll do if I have to lose one more person I love. My grandparents are old, but I want them to live to break a record or something be 130 years old!!! I cant wait to move closer to my family, even if it's only temporary!

Well, sorry so short chickies, but I swear I've been messing around with this computer since 8:30. Dial up sucks!!!! It takes forever! Then it freezes up and I have to close it and start it again...GRRRR!! Gotta go do some Mommy stuff now. Maybe my daughter will watch Blues Clues for me to wash clothes? :dizzy: Doubt it!! Well hope everyone has a beautiful day!!!

Hello everyone!!

First, Jayme, I sincerely hope that your Dad's surgery goes well. Of course you're concerned about him...but I'm sure he knows that you would be with him if you could.

About the calories thing...yes, you need to burn 3500 calories to lose a pound of fat - BUT - there's something called your "basal metabolic rate". That is the amount of calories you burn just to be alive each day. It differs for everyone, of course, but for me it's about 1800 calories. That means, if I ate exactly 1800 calories each day, I would stay the same weight. For me to lose, I would pare that down to say, 1500, to create a "deficit". So, take heart! it's not as horrible as it seems at first :devil:

congrats to everyone who is exercising, and losing!!! Donna, wow, your husband is...driven :lol: I wish mine had the "home improvement" bug :D

Donna, your exercise commitments are great! Now that I'm settled back here, I'm free and happy to talk exercise :strong:

Here's a link to some pics from our trip. For those who don't know me, I'm the one with the shorter brown hair, and the lady with the longer reddish hair is whom we met up with in Chesapeake, and she continued on with us.

http://www.hellscupcakes.com/mb-phot...%20photos.html

The pic of the ambulance is not us, thank goodness! An accident occured SECONDS before we came upon it; the vapor from the air bag was just dissipating as we approached. An elderly man fell asleep and went off the road. The airbag saved his life; however, the impact really hurt him; older folks have so much less elasticity in the skin, and it might have bruised his aorta. Anyway, my husband is a volunteer EMT, and if he comes upon an accident, he just goes and helps. He's a good guy :)

Even with not exercising for a week, I think I stayed the same weight...riding that bike for up to 500 miles a day does burn calories! I indulged in some yummy things, but everything in moderation. That's what I'm aiming for, for life. 'Cause this IS for life!

Have a great night!

Hi Holly!!! I missed you being here!! I had like tons and tons of questions for ya!!! :lol: Like how did you make your bod look like that? Do you just count your calories? What exercises to you do? :lol: I know I sound a bit hyper, but I've been having these questions for a while! Thanks for the support about my dad.

Please don't take any offense to this, but I swear you're the best lookin' biker gal I've seen in MB!! :lol: Ok, I'm a big girl so some clothes are just not wearable...and I know you know where I'm getting at, but My hubby loves motorcycles. He doesnt have one, but he made me ride around MB Friday and Saturday evening. The women didnt have much clothes on....and I swear they were 200 lbs or so!! But they were looking tough though riding that bike!! I like the way it looks, but I'm sooo old fashioned everytime someone made that noise with their bike, I jumped! I'd never get on the back with my hubby, he can barely drive a car right!!! I guess I need to get with the program!

Well, Bye everyone, talk with ya later!

Hi Jayme! hey, thanks for missing me :D

I hear ya about some of the lady riders...they seem to be very NOT self-conscious, they say "this is who I am, take it or leave it (or "shove it", haha! :devil: ) I know that self-confidence comes from mastering something that is usually quite male-oriented. And isn't confidence attractive! oh, I never take offense at a compliment given to me! thank you very much!

And wow, were those bikes LOUD!!! I actually frightened some people because I was slowly crusing up behind them, and they didn't hear my quiet Honda engine, and they jumped outta their skin when I was close to them, lol!!

Yes, I have been counting calories, at first tried to stay under 1500 a day. Now that I'm on "maintenance" (or trying) I can have around 1800. but that's also with exercising 6X a week. I do videotapes; and I do a mix of aerobics for cardio strengthening and fat loss; and strength training using hand-held weights, also done to videos.

I buy videos from www.collagevideo.com. The exercise truly has shaped me. I never had shape before, not even when a teenager! That is what keeps me doing it. Also, I work on my feet all day (18 years as a pastry baker!) and now my knees never hurt, and my lower back only hurts when I'm expecting my period.

ttyl!

Well chickies I weigh tomorrow morning before I leave on my trip, getting back Sunday, I was thinking of not weighing but I knew I'd better tokeep me in check. I am hoping for some loss since I weighed sunday, even a half pound would be good.

Jaymi_Dol_78

I ordered the diet pills, but scared to take them now. I know I have them in reserve if I can't take what I'm doing, so for now will stick to the plan as is. I will use them probably when I quit smoking to help. I am hoping to meet my first goal of 140 pounds by the first of Aug and quit smoking, then over the next month lose 5 pounds more. We will see what we see there.

Vermont Mom

How tall are you? I was wondering because you do look so slim in that picture is your weight still 145?

I am trying to keep my calories at or under 1300 and I exercise everyday, just by walking 30 minutes for now and I am trying to get into the DDR, Dance Dance REvolvlations Playstation 2 DVD, but so far I look like some kind of good with 8 legs. Well I got to boogie. See you guys when I get back either late Sunday or early Monday,

Magmouth

Now I am confused, so splain yourself
 

VermontMom


I was reading what you posted and got very confused. You said you could eat 1800 calories to maintain your weight at 142, are you using a multipiler of 13? I thought 13 was for inactive, and moderatly active was 15 and very active was 17.

The reason this is cricial to me is this:

While reading a calories counting book, I stumbled on these numbers and took my original weight of 186 and multiplied it by 13 (since my fat butt was doing any kind of moving) to figure out how many calories I was eating to maintain that weight. and I came up with 2418 caloreis.

Then of course I took my goal of 140 and multiplied it by 15, because even when I reach goal I will work out 3 to 5 times a week for at least a minimum of 30 minutes and came up with 2,100 calories, and I was shocked that it was only a difference of 318 calories difference (well and some moderate exercise) between me feeling and being fat and overweight, and me feeling trim and good about myself.

Now of course, that is upon reaching goal. How are you figuring your numbers. Give a chickie some help here.

Well Holly, I've been thinking the same thing!! I definately dont look like you at 140!!! Maybe 125!!! and not even that good! Just to get in a size 6!! LOL I'm gonna go to that website and check them out.

Maggie- Wow seems like we are on the same bandwagon! I started again at 180, (at first I was 200, got down to 160 and back to 180) But anyways :dizzy: my goal is 140/145. But the weight I"m supposed to be is 130 or less. 130 would be the max for me...I think I stayed 127 for like 5 minutes last time!! :lol: Just taking it 20 lbs at a time. I want to be 145 by June, but I know that's a push. My goal for this month was to lose 10 lbs, and so far I'm 1 lb away. Weigh-in is Friday so i'm scared..but oh well I've been working my butt off so whatever happens happens. I'm still taking those pills, if you ordered them from the same place then I dont think you should be scared! I'm positive that I have the real thing, I have to reorder some next week. The few side affects I had are long gone. I still dont have an appetite, and they still make me think a bit more, but it helps keep me on track. I will taper off when I get myself together...but right now they are saving me from all the chocolate in the world!! I swear we went to Mcdonalds, and I almost always would have given in and ordered a burger, but I didnt even want to and I was starving! Ok, so if someone sat some donuts in front of me I might can only pass them about 10 times before stuffing them in....but I dont have the cravings and desperate need to go and buy them. I still think about sweets and hamburgers of course but I dont feel like I have to have them or i'll die anymore. Hey it may just be me...I dont know. I say give it a try for like a week, if you feel weird (except for the things I've told you about) then trash them.

Well good luck with weigh-in and Have fun on your trip! My calories suck as in way too low!!! Barely 1000 sometimes, but I do eat!! Just not a lot and a lot of low calorie foods. Well that's something I have to improve on! Well gotta go all!!

'splaining myself :D
 

Good morning ladies!!

I'm not too tall - barely 5'6". In my avatar pic, I was at my lowest weight, 142. I'm at 145 now; just those few pounds really make a difference in showing my abs. and the photo is not retouched, but it was "set up" in that my husband had me hold my 450 pound bike at an angle, to have me flexing and straining to hold it.

I got my "formula" from...I think it was a Woman's Day magazine. I tore out the page, and showed it to a friend, meaning that I hope I can still find it. You picked your body type, and activity level, whether male/female, and then it gave some numbers to crunch, and it seemed to be correct with what I do...that's how I came up with the 1800 calories for me to maintain. I hope I can find it, to share.

I think that my bod "allows" me to have alot of extra calories, though, that are taken care of by the consistent exercise, and since I don't "write what I bite", I think that I have alot of nibbles that I'm not admitting to. So I might be more at being "allowed" 2000 calories or so, without gaining. I hope I didn't mislead anyone - I'll be the first to admit that it's HARD to stick to counted calories! and I LOVE to eat just about anything, whether it's steak or cake :lol:

Speaking of cake - got to get ready for work, and decide what to make for the lunch and dinner desserts at the club. Rhubarb is in season here now, and lots of people have it in their gardens, but are willing to sell some. I just have to bring lots of bungies to strap it down on the bike, on the way to work :lol:

Have a great day! OH! And we all need to make a call for SPRITE to come back! Girl, you got us all together, starting this thread....we miss you!

Hey Holly!

Really enjoyed the pics. Looks like you had a great time. Thanks for sharing.

How's everybody doing? It's been a long week at work. So glad it's friday tomorrow.

Still getting the exercise in. Aunt Flows just about out of here. Down 2lbs. That's a net loss of 2lbs because I didn't gain any PMS weight this time. Woo hoo! :cp: That's a first.

It's still going a lot slower than I would like. I know a lot of people say when they increase exercise they don't see the loss they would like to see. But I definitely feel the difference. (some feel better and some feels worse..ouch!
:lol: ) But I like feeling that work out pain.

Not following any specific plan. Just cutting down and no food after dinner(most of the time)

I haven't been around in a couple of days so never got to wish Maggie a good trip. So Maggie, whatever day you get back and read this, hope it was a good one.

Holly, Jaymi and Maggie, you guys are so good with the calories. How can you stand all that looking up all the time. It's just like journalling. I find it time consuming and it preoccupies the mind with food thoughts all the time. But maybe I'd see more of a loss if I paid more attention and counted calories. Maybe you could jot down that formula for me. I think it's worth a shot.

Well, have a great friday.

PS: Holly, I still don't know how you can be around all that bakery food. It would kill me. Literally.

ttyl :D

Good morning ladies!

Jayme, I welcome the questions! I dug out my journal from 2002 - just a little notebook, that I wrote date, what exercise I did, and maybe some calorie notes.

Feb. 4 - starting weight 176, size 14-16. Tried to keep to 1500 calories a day, broken down this way -
Breakfast - 300
lunch - 400
snack - 100
dinner - 600
snack - 100

(and I told myself to only weigh-in ONCE a month - but couldn't stick to that
:lol)
Feb. 20 - 174
Feb. 27 - 172
Mar. 6 - 170
Mar. 13 - 168
Apr. 11 - 166
May 15 - 165
May 27 - 163
June 15 - 162
June 21 - 160
July 1 - 158
July 10 - 156
July 22 - 152
July 30 - 150
Aug. 6 - bought size 8 jeans :D
Aug. 12 - 145
Aug. 27 - still 145, but squeezed into a size 6 Riders' jeans :D
October (yeah) 14 - 143
Nov. 11 - 143-144
Dec. 29 - 144
Jan. 9 2003 - 145
and from this point, I kept to about 145, until summer/fall of last year, when I got a little loose with eating (but still kept up exercising) and got up to almost 149. scared myself! and it took ALL winter and this spring to try to get back to 145.

And yes, there were day where the scale showed gains of two or three pounds - but if I knew in my heart that I hadn't splurged or gone crazy, I tried my best to ignore that, and blame it on fluid retention.

Sorry before hand!
 

We've all had our down days.....
 

Hey Jaymi,

I hate to see you going thru such turmoil in your life. You don't need a butt kicking you just need to vent. This is the place for that. I wish when my boys were little, that I had access to internet and pc's. My youngest who has ADHD was such a handful, there were days I wanted to kill myself. Literally. It was the fact that I had other babies who needed me and my dh that kept me going. Sometimes my dh would come home and I'd be locked in the bedroom. It was really bad, but I got thru it. Of course I was growing up at the same time. By the time I had the 3rd, I was only 23 and had a 5yr old and a 15 month old. My friends were single and out partying and I was trying to run a household. Thinking back, I know I made a lot of mistakes, but I did a lot right too. I would have gone to a shrink if I had any money. But a board like this would have been great. So sound off my little chickadee. Whenever you need to. You have alot on your plate. And remember, nothing is forever. The things we want to be forever, unfortunately won't be, and the things we think will be forever, won't be either. Some get better some get worse, it's just life. You don't need us to give you a kick in the butt. Life will take care of that on occasion. But then you have the rewards to look at. Don't forget to do that. Look at your kids, a devoted husband(even if they are jerks at times)
and what I do to get myself out of the "woe is me" mode, is to look at the struggles of others. So there is the old Mama ramble for the day. Your a strong one and you'll be ok. It's just inevitable that you will have bad days(sometimes several in a row) Now for the 3lbs! WOO HOO!!!!! That's great!
Back to Mama hen again, I went to epharmacist's and the drug is not for long term use. So again, BE CAREFUL!!!!!!

Holly, Thanks for the calorie break down. I feel so lazy for not wanting to journal and pack and bring food. I guess I've been lazy for so long that to get up a 5:45 and exercise then iron clothes for the office, feed the cat, pack lunch and snacks and fill 4bottles of water and pack workout clothes for afterwork work out remember to take pills(I have to take 4pills before I leave the house and then 3more when I get to work) I'm running out the door lugging all this crap(I never remember or have time to test my blood sugar that I should do daily) I just cant imagine stopping to write down what I'm eating and looking up the cals and what I should be eating and when. I guess I'm just a complainer. I hate complainers. Which means I've got to cut the :censored: and just do it. Why are good habits so hard to make and bad habits so hard to break. Anyway, I need to drop the excuses. I went on the website for the videos but I'm not sure where to start. I guess if I want to work on the gut and back I need to get down on the floor. Yuck! When your my size, floor exercised are tough. And though my legs need alot of toning and weight loss, my biggest problem is the upper body, the classic apple shape. Abdomen, back and saddlebags. Some said, pilates. But I definitely need some beginner workouts. I don't want it to be so easy it's not a challenge but I don't want it to be so hard that I can't do anything. Maybe I should just try some crunches and leg lifts and work my up to videos. I don't know. I just know that since 4/11 I went from 286 to 274. and I have 100 to go to get to were the doc thinks I should be. I'm only 5'8" but very big frame.
I have a size 11 foot and when I got married and was thin, flat stomach and bikini, I weighed 155. My doc said, that was possible at 17 buy not at 44. So realistically, I have 100 to lose. Man, thats alot of weight. I need to get more drastic. I'm sorry to go on everyone.

Well, I'll guess I finish my :coffee: and get some stuff done around the house. I've got plenty to do. Thanks for listening. I love hearing about everyones successes. My goal is just so far in the distance, I feel like I'm crossing the Sahara without even a canteen. ttyl

Mama Hen
 

Hi Mama Hen!!! :lol:

I think I'd like to call you that....because you are so wise. You have already been through things I'm going through now. My son didnt have ADHD, but because I was a single mom, I had to do something, I just couldnt sit around, so my son stayed at the babysitter...a lot for me to go to school, then work, then go to school & work!! :lol: It was also a family friend not a daycare, so they pretty much raised him the way they wanted to. He was lactose intolerant, I would tell them... but they would still give him cheese, and milk and ice cream. Then he'd come home and have me up all night throwing up!! They either thought I was lying or that I just didnt want him to have those things!! They'd say he doesnt throw up over here!! DUH!!! He waits until 3 in the morning!!! I have never met any kid with ADHD, but I've met some pretty bad kids that would make you jump off a cliff and they dont even have it...so I couldnt imagine what you wre going through....especially that young with a toddler...just like me now!!! It's funny, the hardest thing for me right now, is trying to treat them equally and spend as much time with both of them...but I can't seem to do it. My son comes in here, and starts off being good, then next thing you know he's jumping off the couches and making her cry and taking her toys!! Then if he's sitting down being good, she comes over and slaps him in his head or jumps on his back!! :lol: So I end up sending my son out to go play in his room! GRRRR, but you had it 1 million times worse than me, so i should be happy!!

You know, that's been my motivation for the last couple of days, to think of people going through waaayyy more than me, but the pain in my heart that I feel, you know it feels real to me!! The tears that come out of my eyes, they are real!! I dont make them up. I'd go to the doctor too if we had money for it, because I know depression is a good possibility. Plus it runs in the family. I just pray to God and asks him to be my depression medicine. That's all I can do.

I think that you've got a busy day ahead of you, but I promise you taking time to write down what you eat isnt that hard. I keep my journal in the same place everyday, or if I go somewhere, I take it with me. (like for days) But it would also help with diabetes, so if you take your sugar and it says it's too high, you could look back and say what did I eat? You dont have to do the calories thing at first, you can just start with the foods!!! Give it a try! It's really not that hard! You could have a tablet that fits into your purse.

As far as exercises go, when I first started off I was 200 lbs, and it would hurt my back so bad to walk 10 minutes on the treadmill. I was out of shape bad!!! Yes, there were exercise tapes, that I couldnt do... But I tried them anyway, even if I ended up looking all crazy!! :lol: But after a while, I got better and better. Now I can walk on the treadmill for an hour, but some of Denise Austin workouts, I cant do all the exercises, or I can't do them long!! I just walk in place!! If you walk in place for the entire tape at first, you'll be burning calories!! Speaking of which, why don't you try Walking off the Lbs? I tried the one mile tape, and I swear it wasnt nothing like walking a regular mile!! But it was fun, and there was no dropping to the floor and lifting your legs behind your neck and all of that!! :lol:

Well just a suggestion. Thanks everyone for listening, sometimes the treads are kinda mean in a way. If you don't complain about your weight, then they dont want to hear your post, but I dont think that's fair! How motivating is it to have everyone complain about weight all the time?!? So I basically try to rant on the journal and keep it like that. Thanks for being so welcome with me!!

Thanks HOlly for answering my 1,000 questions! ;)

Have a great day everyone!

Hey Jaymi,
Well, it's been really quiet around here today. I'm actually getting dinner together. We do Italian on Sunday nights and watch the Soprano's.
I actually do Walk away the pounds. I'm up to the 3 mile tape. But the :tread: kicks my but more in 25 mins then that tape does in 45 mins.
I think I'd like to incorporate the :tread: in a couple more days a week.

I will try not to get on the scale tomorrow. I always eat too much on the weekend. Well not always, but this weekend wasn't the best choices. I'll get back on track tomorrow. Plus I will take a stab at the journal. You're right about the fact that I can look back and see what effects what I had to eat had on my blood sugar readings. I need a mother hen. My mom died when I was 21. We were so close. I found out I was pregnant with my second the day we laid her out. And you'd think with her example I'd take better care of myself. She was 49, mother of 3 and diabetic. I am such an :censored:
So I took my calorie book off the shelf and blew the dust off it and I will at least try to write down what I eat for the first few days and then figure out the calories at night and see what changes to make. A friend at work said she made a cheat sheet with most often eaten foods and that was easier than running to the book all the time. So thanks for the push, I needed it.
Gotta run, timer is going off. Keep up the good work, ttyl.

Hey Donna, I"m just the opposite!! Well that 1 mile WATP kicked my butt, of course I could have done more, but I was soaked with sweat. With the treadmill it is harder for me. I dont know if it's because I stay on for so long or what. I can only go 3.0 mph and that's just recently. I am sooo sorry to hear about your mommy, but dont feel that way. Just because your mom had it, doesnt mean you were a :censored:. LOL Let me tell ya like this, I've probably told you already, but my parents and grandparents both have diabetes. I dont know the difference in types but my parents have if because of obesity, and my grandparents because of old age. I had it when I was pregnant so the docter tells me I have a even higher risk. If I would have gotten it when I was 200 plus lbs, then so be it. I swear that It takes me years to lose weight, and it takes a couple of weeks to gain it all back!! Its almost unbelievable how fast it comes on me. I honestly did the best I could, I gained the weight during pregnany. I shouldnt have gained so much, but when I took my pregnancy test after 4 wks, I had gained 10 lbs already! But anyway...(stop babbling jaymi) even if I lose all my weight and maintain it for years and years, there is no guarantee that I still won't get it, and there's nothing I can do about it. The fact that your mother had it just means that you were almost predestined to have it.... and I bet you didnt know all of that then. I do the same as far as cheat sheets go, but when you get used to it, some of the things you will memorize.

Well I got some good news, so I hope it will motivate you. All together I have lost 27 lbs, now obviously my husband can see the difference, but still he says nothing. Today he decided to take us bowling, I had to find something to wear... I didnt have anything except my favorite jeans... They are a 15/16. They are so baggy they didnt even look all that good. Also, I couldnt figure out what the heck was wrong with my bras, but duh I figured that they were too big!! YAY! But now, I have to get my hubby to search out all of my too small clothes and see which ones I can where...anyway I always wear big clothes, and sweats. But you can see that the sweats are hanging all saggy. So I know he noticed today how much I've lost. I started to just let him know, but why bother?!?! I dont need his support or his approval. I can do it all by myself!

Well good luck with everything, if you need any help looking up calories, just tell me the foods and I'll do it for you because I know that you are very busy. Anything else you might need, I'm here. Well take care!

Where are ya Holly?!?! :lol:

good morning, I'm here :D

Jayme, I was SO sorry to hear of your turmoil the other day. That certainly was so unfair of those people to complain...I know you're strong enough to shoulder it, but I also know that sometimes life just seems to overwhelm us. At those times, we've just got to realize, as Donna said, that "and this too shall pass". From your post the following day, you sounded much better; I hope that you're feeling better!

And WOW, congrats on the weight you've lost so far!! It truly is something, isn't it, that your husband hasn't commented...but yes, if you wear really baggy clothes, you're hiding in there :D do you think he could be trying to be very careful, maybe afraid to comment because he's afraid of "saying the wrong thing" (have you lost weight? you look great!) (WHAT? are you saying I WAS fat?) My husband says that he knows I'm super-sensitive about how I think I look, so he's hesitant to say ANYTHING for fear of saying the wrong thing :lol:

Donna, about the calorie counting - well, it was a pain for the first few months, 'cause I didn't have much of a clue on counts for anything. I did have to consult a little calorie-counts book for everything, but eventually I did remember what some things were, such as the frequent foods/drinks. Good idea on the "cheat sheet" your friend mentioned.

One thing that helped me was chosing one specific thing for breakfast each day; I told myself "that was breakfast, it's done, don't need to think about anything else 'til lunch" (I told my stomach, not my brain :lol: ). During the winter, it was instant oatmeal with a cut-up apple, and some cinnamon and Nutrasweet. In warmer weather, I like a cup of light yogurt with a 1/2 cup of Kashi cereal, and a cut-up orange or apple. I know the calorie counts, and just go from there.

Also, when I had something for lunch like a tuna sandwich, I would figure the calories with the tuna, the light bread, and the 1 or 2 Tablespoons of light mayo and then I would know how much one of them suckers were, for future.

And getting to know serving sizes...wow, how hard was it to accept that a serving size of rice, potato, pasta, whatever is half a cup... :eek: that's not much, is it. Or it doesn't seem like much. I actually started using a smaller dinner plate, to make the servings seem bigger. And we always have the green salad, the bagged kind such as Dole, a big serving of green salad on the plate makes you think you have more to eat. And green beans! I joked on my other thread that I was the "Green Bean Queen" 'cause they are low in calories, and filling.

Well, I'm gonna vent now :mad: in that I decided that I would try to manage to work 6 days a week, to help with bills and such...my husband had a very good job, and we accumulated bills that we could easily deal with, at the time. Now he has a much lower-paying job, but of course we have the same $$$ obligations as before. I am feeling alot of resentment, that if I work 6 days a week, I should not have to do the brunt of the household work on my one day off. He has weekends off; I work weekends. So at least push the damned vacuum cleaner around, or do a little picking up. I am fuming right now, in that MY one day off consists of making things look the way I want them to look. okay, thanks for listening :dizzy:

Isn't it great that we can blow off steam here :devil:

I hope everyone has a less-mad-than-me day! :lol:

metoo
 

Hello Sprite
Your story sounds a lot like mine. I decided it was time to lose weight in January of this year when I could no long get my uniform pants closed. I have not officially went on a diet but I have been really watching what I eat - cutting out as much fat as possible - making healthy choices, etc. I have lost about 30 pounds but have been "maintaining" for about a month now. I would like to lose another 30 pounds and I need some encouragement. This is my first time on this web site (I am really impressed with it) and I think a buddy would help.
Vicky

Hi everyone!!

:cheer: Welcome Vicky!!! :cheer:

I honestly dont know where Sprite has dissapeared to, but hey so far, Me, Donna, Maggie, and Holly are here to be your buddies!

Holly, I feel your pain!!!!! I dont work of course, but I definately feel like he should carry his weight with housework, if he cant carry his work with the $$!! My thing is....The things he does to tick me off the most are 1. when he swears he's gonna clean this and clean that...and doesnt do jack!!! 2. When he already doesnt help with ANYTHING, doesnt even clean his own bathroom!! He doesnt even want to put his plate back. Get this....I have been moving the clothes basket around the house for months, he was throwing his clothes in his closet, so I put it there, then he started throwing them in the hall, so I put it there, then he started piling up in his bathroom so I put it in there....guess what...Now I have a stack next to the bed?!?!? What the **** is that about?!?!? You can't put clothes in a basket?!? He passess up the basket to walk all the way in the other room to throw them down!!! :devil: Men...I dont know what alien species they came from....but I swear adam didnt give eve a rib....it must have been half his brain...or the whole thing for that matter!!!

OH well, just also wanted everyone today to know that I didnt cry or get angry this morning!!! If anything tries to happen now.... I will be ok....it will pass like everyone has said!! But on a lighter side, between my daughter jumping off the couch, and the dog trying to bite the walls I want to put them both in the playpen!!! :lol: It's ok though....I am still kinda nervous about TX, I say that I'm gonna do this and that, but when I get there, it wont be as easy as I think. That's why I cut my exercise down to once a day, because I can't even promise myself two unless I'm setting myself up for failure. That's why I try to make reasonable goals instead of ones that are almost impossible. Passing up Whataburger, Shipleys, and Casa Ole' will be my hardest challenge!!! I've been shielded from them since Ky or SC have any of those out here, but out there I have to pass them up practically all the time to go anywhere!! OH well, one day at a time.... We first gotta figure out how we are even getting to TX!!! The new truck issue fell through, so here we go again!!! No stress or worry on my part....we'll get something so everything will be fine!!

Uh ooh Dora is on, time to try to get some work done!!! Talk with you all later!!! Jay

Not so bad for a monday.
 

Hey Jay,
Thanks for the encouraging words. You've come such a long way since you first visited the board. I am so happy for you. And you are doing just great with the weight. I bet when you have some tight fitting jeans that fit your husband will notice ;) I just got home about 30 mins ago. So today was a fairly long day. Did the 3mile WATP at 6am. Met the girls from work and walked an hour thru the trails.(we added a long hill today and my butt and legs are feeling it...ouch!) But feels good at the same time. It's so nice of you to offer to help me out with the calorie counting. But you are quite busy yourself. Its something I just have to add to the routine. But your so sweet to offer. And I agree about keeping the exercise to an amount that's managable but challenging. I can't believe I actually am starting to look forward to it. Not all the time but sometimes :lol:

Holly, I soooo know how you feel about the housework. In the winter the dh works long hrs and saturdays, so I don't bother him. In the warmer weather when he does get time off, he really tries to do things around here and balance it with work on the bike and riding. So I can't give him to much of a hard time. But the boys who are old enough to be kicked out but are on the balls of their :censored: who can't pay their bills and don't pay any rent, really piss me off. I don't feed them anymore. They find some stuff around here but for the most part, buy their own food. But they are slobs and they don't help out.They shave their heads and get hair all over the bathroom. I leave paper towels and spray cleaner and tell them to spray and wipe down the bathroom once a week....never. I have to scream and yell and then they do half the job. They leave their crap all over. The laundry room is always a mess from them. The middle ones room makes Oscar Madisons room look like Felix Ungers. He's such a pig. Rotting food, I told him he's out in Oct. But he knows I won't put him on the street. Anyway, your right it feels good to vent.
I love my guys, but I admit, I fantisize about having my own place and it's just peaceful, uncluttered and mine. Then I come back to reality and trip over someones size 13 boot. :lol: But I'm gonna give em **** anyway. I keep telling them if they don't want to hear me, do something. But I don't fight as much as I used to. Doesn't do me any good mentally or physically. But I haven't given up completely. Now for the journalling, I am going to try and write down everything I ate today. I think what you said is a good point. I do eat alot of the same things on a regular basis. So I figure after a week of writing and counting I should be able to refine it to the right amount of calories. Someone at work told me weight x 10 to maintain and 3500 cals to lose a pound. This doesn't sound right. I need help with this. If you get a chance.

Hey Vicky, Welcome aboard. We've got a small but great group here. Hope to here from you again.

Well, have to go cook dinner. ttyl :D

:wave: Hey Everyone!!! :wave:

My husband keep trying to make me watch fear factor...YUCK!! I'm gagging!! Donna, I kept seeing my posts and they were miserable and complaining and :blah: I was waaayy too negative, and I wasnt a good example for everyone else, that were trying to be positive. So I had to try to improve on that. Thanks soo much! Wow you did a lot of exercising today...hey you're trying to pass me up!!! :lol: Seriously, if you need any calories, I'll be glad to get them. I have a busy day, but I take time to get on here. I also have a folder with a lot of foods and they stay sitting in front of me.

Well chickies have to end this quick, hubby wants me to watch this, but I''ll be back to finish.. Bye!

Originally Posted by Jaymi_Dol_78:
..Now I have a stack next to the bed?!?!? What the **** is that about?!?!? You can't put clothes in a basket?!? He passess up the basket to walk all the way in the other room to throw them down!!! :devil: Men...I dont know what alien species they came from...

:rofl: I'm sorry for your troubles, but you told it so it was SO funny! :lol:
and Donna also, boy, it's hard enough to harass family members, and when they don't do simple things that are asked of them...

well, I will chalk up yesterday to it being the week before my period, which for me is even worse than the actual event. I was miserable and crying all day long, and couldn't even take my own advice the previous day of "this too will pass". This morning I woke up to feeling just fine :o At least my husband was sympathetic and went out and brought back a chocolate bar and a small bag of chips :lol:

Donna - I found a couple of sources to figure calorie amounts. Here's one:

http://www.room42.com/cgi/basal.pl

and another:http://health.discovery.com/tools/ca...sal/basal.html

I think the first one was a little more accurate, as it allowed one to also figure in a little activity, as opposed to the second one, which didn't. so when I calculated using the second one, it showed that I couldn't have quite as many calories as the first.

So, give it the information, and it will give you your basal metabolic rate, which is what you need just to live off of. The trick is to shave some calories off that amount, each day, so you're in a deficit. If you're able to shave off the amount of 3500 calories a week, you will have lost a pound of fat, as there are 3500 calories in a pound of fat. If you shave off 1750, that would be a 1/2 pound of fat. It sounds like a lot of calories to reduce, but hey, if you even had lunch one day of McD's, and it was a Big Mac and fries, that's probably 1000 calories right there.

HOWEVER (:D), the body is very smart, and if calories are withheld without exercise happening, then the body will think it is starving, and will s-l-o-w that metabolic rate, so it can subside on less calories. AND the body will utilize muscles for energy also, and we don't want muscle loss! Just fat! SO, the trick is to keep exercising each day, to keep the metabolism going, so it doens't slow down. And as we know, exercise makes those muscles toned, so that with the fat loss, you have toned muscles that give a nice shape.

Somewhere else on this forum, someone had the question, that they knew someone who had lost alot of weight, but the lady just seemed a little smaller, and almost shrunken. That person probably stuck to a low calorie or lowfat diet, but didn't exercise.

So I PREACH the wonders of exercise!! :strong:

Welcome Vicky! Hope you have fun here, and hope to get to know you! :)

Jayme, don't hesitate to let your feelings out. That's what friends are for! We should be here for each other, in good times and not-so-good.

oh, here's another one, Donna http://www.weightlossforgood.co.uk/bmr_calculator.htm

(I did a google search on "basal metabolic rate" and found quite a few- I also some some other topics, on calories and such - good luck! :) )

Donna, how is your job going? Last thing I knew, you were receiving training on new aspects....? And have you had any more problems with that woman?

I don't know if I spoke of my summer/fall job, but it's what I love. It's at a private trout fishing club. They serve 3 meals a day, 7 days/week during the season that they're open, which is from mid-May to late October. I make a lunch dessert and a dinner dessert for each day; plus granola and muffins for breakfast. It's doing what I love, in a beautiful, secluded area; and I ride the 'cycle there, so that's 52 miles a day of riding :D

I hope everyone had a great day; have a wonderful evening!

Hey everybody,
It's so late but I've been so busy today this is the first chance I've had.

Holly, thanks for the links. I'll try to check them out tomorrow. I really appreciate you taking the time. So glad your off to your favorite time of the year for work. It must be great to enjoy what you do. Some days are ok, but for the most part its so-so. The training has been put on hold. What happens is when the girl who trains me has time, I'm really busy and vise versa. So it's really not going anywhere right now. The other woman(who is so needy) I think has gotten the point. We still talk and laugh and work well together. She does watch where the conversation goes. If she starts, I just change the subject or something. I'm getting used to the exercise. Its still hard as **** and some mornings it's so hard to get up and do it and some afternoons I just want to go home after work, but I noticed lately that I want to go certain days. I can't believe it. But that's one of my goals. I want exercise to become such a habit that I don't stop over the winter months. That's when I gain every year. So I really have to keep it up. Again, thanks for the support and the advise, I really do appreciate it.

Hey Jayme, my husband likes fear factor too. I like the stunts but when the eat all that nasty crap for a chance at $50,000.00 I think they are out of their minds. You'd have to pay me a **** of a lot more to even consider it.

Well, I've got to go to bed or I just won't want to get up tomorrow. Good nite ladies. ttyl :D

Hello everyone!

Donna, give yourself a pat on the back (****, I will! :lol:) for getting up early to exercise. That is so great. It's YOUR time, that you are doing something that will help you enjoy life more. and isn't it a great feeling, once it's done so early, that later in the day you can think, "man, I did my exercise for the day already! ALRIGHT!"

I found the following in "Natural Health" magazine. It gives facts that reinforce why exercise is SO good for us.

"Put Your Muscle to Work"

A toned body looks good, but it delivers an even greater benefit. "The more lean muscle tissue you have, the more body fat you will shed - even at night, while you sleep", says Jorge Cruise, a San Diego-based weight-loss specialist and author of 8 Minutes in the Morning (Harper/Resource, 2003). For example, adding a pound of lean muscle will allow you to burn 50 additonal calories a day, he says. A pound of fat, on the other hand, burns nothing. So if you build 5 pounds of muscle you will burn 250 extra calories a day. Multiply this by 365 days in a year and divide by 3,500 (the number of calories in a pound of fat). The result indicates that with this added muscle you will lose an extra 26 pounds in just one year.

Building muscle is easier than you think. You'll gain it fastest if you work the major muscle groups (butt, thighs, abs, chest, and arms), which demand the most calories, says Johanna Hoffman, exercise physiologist at the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center in Lutherville, Md. Just work two of these areas for a few minutes daily, Hoffman says. For a series of simple workouts, try the Quick Fix: Total Body Toning video ($9.95; 800-433-6769; www.collagevideo.com).

I can't recommend that particular video that was mentioned above, but you know I do say that collagevideo.com is a great source for reviewing and selecting exercise tapes.

I do have to work tomorrow and Sunday, but then have Monday off. On Sunday, husband and I are going on an organized motorcycle ride, Vermont Thunder. The Thunder ride is in memory of veterans, and especially those still MIA. Donna, I'm sure your dh knows of this. It takes place in many states. Ours goes on Interstate 89, which is fitting, as it is the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Highway. Then the ride goes through some nice Vermont villages, then ends for a memorial service, then a lunch. My husband and I will do the ride, then I have to skedaddle back to the Club for a dishwashing stint beginning at 5:00 pm. (hey, dishwashing there pays $11.50 an hour, I'll take it, lol)

Vermont lost two National Guardsmen in that mortar attack two days ago. Of course, it is so terrible when anyone loses their life in war, but Guardsmen??? these are the people who sign up for just one weekend a month, two weeks a year....it is just so hard to accept that they are in this as much as a regular enlisted soldier...I will be thinking of them, along with all the people who have given their lives, so we can live in the greatest country on earth.

If I don't pop back in, have a great weekend, everyone!

Hi everybody, Well the weather is beautiful and I feel a nice breeze as I sit here with my :coffee: Yesterday was not a good day for staying on plan. Thursday, a good friend at work who also battles the weight(but fortunately doesn't have all the health issues I have) said are you getting discouraged, you work so hard and the results should be so much more. Now I know she didn't intend to depress me. She's not like that at all, but I walked into her office feeling pretty good and walked out really pissed and bummed. So friday, which I usually take off from exercising, I was off ok until I got home. Then I went off the deep end with pizza. I swear I'm mental :crazy: Maybe I should get hypnotized because I think half my problem is my mind. I thought I was doing pretty good. This week, which for me goes Sat to Fri, as Fri is my break day, I did the :tread: 3 x , the WATP 3ml 2x, and walked 45 min after work on the trails 2x and went to the gym 2x and today if I don't actually do exercise I plan on scrubbing down the bathroom and washing the kitchen floor and believe me at 275lbs thats a workout in itself. So for all that working out, on fri I was up 2lbs. Now I know my scale :devil: is dimented. I can get on and off several times and it can range 3lbs difference, but I take an average. I just don't get it. Now another woman at work started breaking down what I eat and she thinks salt is the culprit. Now I never really had a salt problem that I know of. My HBP was a result of my weight according to the doc. But I guess that's something else to the list of things that suck as you get older. I do drink alot of water. Over 64oz daily. But I also snack after work on pickles and olives. (back from my sugar buster days is was an allowable snack) I try not to eat carbs. So now I guess it's time to cut out sugar. This sucks. Anyway sorry to make this such a "woe is me post'

Holly, that sounds like a really nice run and the weather should be nice. I hope you all enjoy yourselves. As far as the exercise goes. I think I'm going to go the BJ's(its a warehouse like Costco) they usually have a decent display of cd's and I'm going to look for something with light weight training. Just starting with dumbells. I need to keep up the cardio to get rid of the pizza aka FAT.

Jaymi, I must of lost track somewhere. Now are you visiting TX or moving to TX. I'm confused. But your doing so well staying on program. Enjoy the graduation and time with your family.