LOL...It's funny that you should be saying you were craving Taco Bell...Because I had it last night But you want to know the best part? I don't have to feel bad because I was still only at 1237 calories for the entire day I didn't have to like a for eatting it....hehe... maybe I should though
I did great on water yesterday too... I had 84.5 fl. oz. throughout the day...No wonder I had to get up at 2:30AM....
I didn't go to the gym yesterday, but elected to do an exercise tape instead...I did my "Bellydance: Fitness for Beginner - Hips, Buns & Thighs"...Now that probably would have been funny to watch
How funny! I have a belly dancing tape too - and I hope no one EVER sees me doing it! It's a lot of fun to do though and gives me a good workout.
I tried to ride today. It was cold this morning and i didn't really take that into consideration - cold air hitting my lungs and I tried to go too fast too soon. I didn't get far. Feel good to exercising though, even if it was just a bit.
Trying to get better on my water intake. I drink in spurts. Tons and tons and then one day I'll hit the afternoon and realize I haven't had any yet that day! Today is good though.
This weekend I'm doing a 5k walk for the SPC. I hope I can actually walk 5K
I only do my BellyDance Tapes when NO ONE is home just for that reason....I'm not much of the performing type and I don't need anyone watching and laughing at me...no thank you....But they are fun, so I do them when I have no potential audience members...LOL
And I love that quote too... Dr. Seuss was a wise man
wait - JEN - you had TACO BELL!!!!! I'm soooo jealous!!!! I'm still craving that taco. May have to have one this weekend so that a minor craving doesn't turn into a full blown fall from the wagon......we'll see. It's wednesday - the weekend is just so far away
Hi - This is my very first post. You got my attention with the scale addicts title. I too am a scale addict, and probably weigh about 3 times a day (at least). I'd really like to cut back to once a week but I think I may be compulsive.
The belly dancing caught my attention too. When I was younger I had a friend who would perform and she got me involved. Once upon a time I used to actually dance in front of people (about 50lbs ago) in restuarants. Those days are long gone.
I accidentally stumbled upon this site the other day and thought I would give it a shot. I've slowly been losing weight through the years but have recently been REALLY discouraged. I've been stuck at the same weight for at least two weeks despite exercise and healthy eating. I'm hoping this will give me the boost I need. My highest weight was 239. Right now I'm at 183, but would like to be 135.
Kerri
Any helpful hints on getting off a plateau would be helpful.
Hi Keri! Welcome to the SAA! I too am a multi weigher. My worst was getting on every hour or so if I had the chance. I see you too are going for what seems to be the magic weight of 135. That's my goal too. When I started SAA I was at 199. I am now down to 169 but have been up and down the numbers.
As for shaking up the plateau...JeoJenn is right...tweaking your diet..like cutting out bread and white anything, like sugar, pasta, anything like that. You might also need to up your excercise too. Or change the way you exercise. Lots of little things you can do to bust that plateau.
And Ladies!! All this talk of icecream and tacobell is making me crave...it's not making me hungry...just crave. Funny tho, cuz my mind is going Yessssss...my body is going NOOOOOOOOOO...
I've eating great all day...just gotta up my water intake.
Hi Kerri!! Welcome aboard! I agree with Jen and HS - sometimes if I even just change my exercise routine - like instead of doing 30 minutes of cycling or running - I'll do 20 and do intervals. That's works. Of, if you like to walk - play tennis one night or ride a bike...things like that.
The belly dancing in public is cool. I had a little cousin growing up that danced and she did it EVERYWHERE! I was always so jealous of her - because she was tiny and bendy - knew it too. We're about the same now though, but she still thinks she's tiny and bendy.
okay, I'm having chicken and brocolli again. Salad tonight - again. Someone breath life into this for me. I can't really spice it up. Can't have the spices.....but on the good front I'm at 144 now. That's one more pound down....11 to go to get to my pre freak out weight.....19 to get to my goal. Talk to everyone soon!! mrm
hi guys - just wanted to let you know...Self Magazine has a "body challenge" or something like that where they give you exercises and you do them slowly and buid over time to make changes in your body. It looks like a good, balanced and practical program and it takes 20 minutes to do. You just have to get one of the stretchy bands and a door. I did it today to see what I thought and I liked it. I'm not overworked at all and I can feel all of my muscles The best part is you can make it easier or harder and because you're working a short time you are more likely to work harder...
I got last month's Self book..need to get this month's!lol Yes the workouts look good...just need the band now!lol Ate well yestrday...then found some left over easter chocolate in the fridge and finished it off...i'm afraid to get on the scale tomorrow. I find this is my way of avoiding the daily scale weigh ins....I eat poorly once and I'm afraid to get on the scales for fear of seeing a 10lb gain over night. Tis the late nite eating that is my downfall. Need to fix it fast!
I've had real trouble get into the site this morning...also my smilies aren't working?? :-(
I've been reading through our posts and boy are you a horsie lot...! I hope that doesn't become a requirement of the membership to this group?? I'd have to quit yesterday!!!!! Frighten of the big things is putting it mildy!!! My daughters used (!) to be really keen and i would take them and stand in the corner of the shed thing (see i don't even know the terminology!) and quiver, to my kids great amusement...and the time Claire fell off one, then jumped straight back on was the worst day of my life...even worse than the day i stepped on my scales and seen my heaviest weight!!!!!! I took them for as long as the bugged me to go, if they didn't ask i didn't take them and thankfully the "I love horses" faze only seen a couple of months...bad parent i know but i tried and they have so many other interests!!
HS answer me this...You think you've put on 10lbs just by eating the left over chocolate easter eggs...MY GOD WOMEN...how much chocolate was there left over????????? A fridge full???? I have some advice for your late night eating...
a) Put a timer alarm lock fitted to the fridge door, only allowing access during day light hours only!
b) Lock yourself out of the kitchen during day light hours
or
c) Make sure your fridge is full of healthy alternatives already prepared ready for those late night snack attacks!
I'm not sure what type of things you can eat, but as a big foodie i can make loads of suggestions...I keep crudites chopped up ready with a healthy dip ready to be dipped into. Fruit salad or regular stuff chopped in a bowl ready to eat!
What diet is everyone following??
JeoJenn - thanks for your little pep talk about the water intake..I have spent the last couple of day's concentrating on having loads of water and i feel much better and have managed to drop a couple of pounds...also TOM is here which probably explains both my mood and my water retention!!! doh!
Grassie - you exercise freak you....I'm not saving you a place on my speical couch any more...!! Anyway i'm not sat on it as much as i used to be now anyway...I walked for 30 mins again yesterday (not loads I know but all added up together has got to help!!) right????
With your salad can you have an oil dressing? I have loads of recipes for healthy salads, let me know what you are allowed and i'll try to post some up for you!
Welcome Kerri....weighing three times a day is one thing but going cold turkey to once a week is a bit drastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could never cope with that...
Have you tried just doing it once a day? First thing in the morning, after the visit to the bathroom, butt naked..it yeilds the lowest weight, anything after that is going to be higher..so why torture yourself, wait until the following morning and do it all again like the rest of us!!!!!!!!!! LOL
RT - McD's 3 times a week??????? EEEEUYUCK!!!!! we call them MuckBurgers over here, seriously don't like fast food anymore..the kids will ask for a pizza occasionally but it's usually for the adventure of going out rather than for the food that we eat! Since i've lost my job we havent eaten out except when on holiday and that is at a really nice restaurant serving fresh local produce!!! Don't you feel so much better for eating real food?
Well as you can see by the lenght of my post, I'm feeling back to my old self again (don't know for how long though!) I'm eating really well, haven't had an alcoholic drink since last saturday (I do like my glass of wine with my evening meal, but have forgone it all week- how good am i?) Exercise is in moderation but gets better when the weather picks up...we've had a mini heatwave here, we were all sat in our shorts last weekend, it was sooo nice, it's now raining again but what do you expect it is England after all!!!
I had an informal interview on Monday as a play specialist, which looks promising and have another booked on wednesday for a support worker for young adults with learning difficulties so it's looking positive on the work front! Oh and my uncle is opening a greek restauraunt in the town at the end of May so if i haven't found anything by then, i'm go help him out (not such a good move for hte diet tho-)
Well that's enough of my ramblings...I'll love you and leave you for now...have a good weekend...watch those calories they hide everywhere at the weekends!
Glad to hear that you are feeling better Tulip! I figured that at least some of it was water weight and TOM probably means you will be rid of the rest soon..Way to go!
I'm with you on the horse thing.... I am afraid of them myself and have been trying to slowly get over my fear...My sister was bite by one when we were young and my mom always kept up away from them... Then my little niece started riding and she kept asking me when I was going to come watch...OMG was that one of the worst experiences of my life... a boarder was riding her horse in the same arena thing with her head down and her horse brushed my nieces and he got spooked... He bucked up and my niece went flying....landed on her head and shoulders... we spent the evening in the hospital... The poor thing didn't understand...she was crying and kept saying "Why did Cody do that to me?" It was terrible.... One thing that helped me ease my fears some was seeing the handi-cap children light up when they got to ride the horse and how well the horse behaved with these children, it was pretty amazing....
Also, on the topic of weighing ourselves, I was all excited because I weighed myself at home and it said 210, so I went to the gym where I normally weigh myself for an official weight and it still said 212... so I am kinda bummed this morning, especially considering I did so well this week, calories never went over 1300 and I exercised everyday, gym on Monday, Wednesday and this morning, and Bellydance DVDs on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (x2)...and the scale did not budge
Howdie doodie ladies...tis been a busy weekend and didn't get a chance to get on the puter till now..even this entry will be short...eating sucked. Stress eating...yes not only am I scale addict, I am a stress eater! For shame..a double dose!!lol
Thanks for the replies! I posted and then couldn't find where I had posted!!! Sooo new to this.
I think I will go to weighing just once in the morning, like I already do. No more night weighs or mid day weighs on the weekend. Bad, bad, bad...
I'm thinking the sugar free snacks may be doing me in. I'm doing low carb and had heard that you can deduct sugar alcohols from the total carbs. Anyway, I heard from some people that it can stall your progress a bit. I'll try to do without them for a while and see what happens. I also bumped my jogging up a bit to 3.5 miles at a time. I really hope that helps too.
I just get sooo discouraged when the scale doesn't move. I wish I could just be happy knowing I'm making better choices for my body. Why oh why can't that just be good enough?! I really shouldn't be letting a scale make me feel so bad when it doesn't register what I think it should.
Thanks so much for the warm welcome. This site has already helped so much. It very nice to know I'm not alone in this struggle.
Bank Holiday Monday = No school or work....Bliss!!!
Had a great day even though the weather is terrible...cleaned the house from top to bottome (how many calories burnt???) Spent the rest of the day supervising my 12 year old in the kitchen and reading my book!!!!
Food intake = good
Alcohol intake = bad
Water intake = Excellent (due to alcohol intake making me thristy!!!!)
See you in the week..hope you've had a good weekend?!
But you want to know the best part? I don't have to feel bad because I was still only at 1237 calories for the entire day 
I didn't have to like a 
for eatting it....hehe... maybe I should though 
