Hey everyone!
I'm new here and have just started the SB diet. So far so good! I hope it continues to be that way!

Jess

Hello everyone. Welcome new friends. We just flew in from Market in Dallas. DId not too bad with my eating, the only glich was Sunday night, our rep took us to this resturant Poppadeaus, I had a seafood platter, but did not eat but 2 or 3 fries, I ate the fried fish, it wasn't too big of a piece, I ate 3 shrimp, a some of the stuffed crab and shrimp, I left food on my plate, then I had this chocolate mousse TO DIE FOR!, but I only ate about 3/4 of it, which is great considering that a few months ago I would have left nothing on either plate, anyway going walk tomorrow morning. God Bless you all.

Yay, way to go pray! I don't know if I could have reined myself in faced with the challenge of chocolate mousse! I'm drooling as we speak.

Avery, I know just how you feel. I remember topping 200 in the 6th grade and I haven't even been in waving distance for the past 10 years. I hate plateaus! I'm in one now too, and it seems like it's been a series of plateaus for me lately. Wait...wait...wait...then lose five all at once. The five is wonderful! The 'weight' is not. Going to the doctor today, so I'll be weighing in there, wish me luck ^_^

I remember the last time I was in the 100's and that was my soph yr in high school....and they were the upper 100's....Oh to be in the 100's again....I'm determined to be in the by the end of summer...if not early fall....I hope I can do it! I have to say it's a nice feeling when your clothes get baggy. How's everyone doing?

Jess:grouphug:

Jess try and be more positive. Instead of I hope I can do it, say I KNOW I WILL DO IT!! Losing weigh is just as mental if not more than physical.. SO, we know you can do it, now you have to know it too. Jenn welcome back, hope you get the condo if it is meant to be,Kamitwi how was your weigh in? Well ladies have a few more messages to send off. Have a blessed evening.

Hi Everyone,
I've been MIA for a few days too. I'm on vacation from work next week and
I've been trying to get everything squared away at work before I go.

But you know it's important (at least for me it is), to get here. so I get the support and motivation that I need and hopefully give some back.

So, this is a quick check in. Looking forward to seeing all those success we achieve on our way to ONEderland...it's not all about the destination but the journey as well.

Have a great day everyone.

Hello MyChoice2bfit, I hope you enjoy your vacation. Just know that just by your being here is a blessing to all of us. It's about giving as much as receiving, becasue when you give encouragement it does your heart good and that's a good feeling. I will pray for you to have a good weigh in Thursday. God Bless YOu

Ok praytherosary822 I know I can do it! :D

Hey everyone-

It's amazing how just reading a few posts can be so inspirational! And I needed it today!

My week had been great so far. I've been really busy running around, so I've been able to stick to meals and healthy snacks and even exercise, but today I am working from home. Which is nice--still in comfy pj pants, but also challenging food wise. I've found that when I'm not super busy, I tend to get snacky. Or when I have a project that I don't want to start, I'll convince myself that a quick snack willl motivate me. Of course it doesn't help that the kitchen is right there with food calling my name!


This sounds horrible, but sometimes I really miss the old days of sitting around eating/binging. Don't get me wrong, I don't miss the sick feeling afterwards--not only because my stomach was stretched to capacity and my blood sugar crashing, but also the guilt. My life is so much better now, in so many ways, but these habits run deep, you know?

Anyways, thanks again for all the inspiration and motivation--it's SO much better than a brownie would give me!

Hello Avery. what a pretty name. You miss the eating/binging because you miss the comfort food used to give. I know it's hard working from home, too easy access to food. But when the munchies strike, take a long bath, take a walk, talk to us, talk to yourself - you are your own best friend afterall, when you want to put off doing something, do something else, paint your nails, shave your legs, try on clothes to see how close you are to wearing them, try on clothes that are too big to see how far you have come. And from what I see you have come very far, good for you! You are an inspiration to the rest of us. Have a gread evening. God BLess You.

I love this goal!
 

I'm also new to this community. About me: I'm 20, around 210, 5'6. I attempt to work out on a regular basis, but sometimes I go a week without going to the gym. One of my frustrations is that my meals are provided, buffet style, so my choices are often both limiting (the entres) and tempting. For example, I limit the amount of french fries I eat, but they are a temptation every day. Or sugary cereal, which is always available. Or donuts. I could go on. Anyway, like most others, I have good will-power days. And very very bad ones. One of my new years resolutions was to switch to diet soft drinks, which I have, though often I rationalize drinking ice tea. I am returning to my other new years resolution, which was to keep myself adequately/well hydrated. I think thats all. I'm off to the gym first thing tomorrow for the thrid time this week.

Going to the Promised Onederland
 

Hi, I haven't posted on this thread before.

I started my attempt at healthier living about 11 months ago (Say - Aug 1 2003). First going to a gym and then talking to a nutritionist and making healthier food choices.

I'm 53 and 5'2'' and though I weighed 5 lb. 2 oz. when born, I think that was the last time I was thin.

Anyway, in august I weighed nearly 132 kilo and now I weigh about 102 kilo.

(I went on a long trip to Australia in december january and took a break from the exercising from then until May.)

My next goal is to break the 100 kilo barrier.

Then I'd really like to get down to 90.5 which is under 200 lbs.

I thought I had the eating more or less down pat, but I find myself sabotaging myself, especially in the evening - as soon as I walk in from work.

What is the first thing you do when you come in from work?

Woo-Hoo! Howdie Again All!
 

Hello all! Hope everyone is having a good day! I'm tired, delerious, and all those other things that go with working overtime and not exercising! I'm watching what I'm eating though, so I'm happy for that!

Girlie - Welcome back!

Susie - I'm sorry to hear that you have not been feeling well. I don't know much about what you have but it doesn't sound fun. :(

Jenn - WOO-HOO CHICKIE-POO! SIZE 12?!?!?!?! LoL :dizzy: Congrats! I hope the next time you go shopping that will be your "normal size"! By the way - you said you do pilates. Can you tell me what they are exactly and if there is anywhere I can learn them for free and get a pretty good description of them? (I'm a broke mommy, lol). I hope also that the boyfriend likes the condo! ;)

Pray - I haven't used the journals yet, but I wonder too if people find them helpful. I'm able to get my thoughts out here so I haven't really thought about using them.

Kam - YOU GO GIRL!!!! Your weight loss is an inspiration to all of us :)

Lynee - Congrats on the weight loss! Keep it up!

Erica - Welcome to the bunch. Yes! I know exactly what you mean about the maternity stuff! I hate that too. I just can't wait to get out of the "20's". I started in a 28 and I'm currently in a 20/22 range (depending on the way Saturn is orbitting the sun, lol). 18 will be nice to see again!

Avery - Happy belated birthday to you! And I really want to hear you tell us that you lost those 9 lbs! GO! GO! GO!

Pseudo - Welcome! Sounds like you're doing what you need to do! You gotta keep knocking them bad habits out, one at a time!

Chub - LoL about the birth weight comment! With a sense of humor like that, you should definitely be able to find the willpower to laugh your way thru the tough times and reach your goal. Good Luck!

Hmmm, I think that covers everyone! LoL --- super cool to see everyone posting. It really gives me the motivation I need to get by :)

I'm thinking of weighing myself, but I'm scared too, lol. I freaked a woman out that I work with because I haven't been weighed since 5/17/04 (almost two months!!!). I'm trying to hold out until October, but last night I dreamt of getting on a scale and it saying I've gained weight!!!! NO!!! LoL - I know I haven't but I'm afraid that if I get on that scale and it doesn't show me at about 260 I'll freak. The goal is to be 249 by 9/1/04 so I can set my next goal of 220!?!?!?!

Well let me know what you all think about "getting on the scale" lol.

Talk to you soon!

Forgot to mention
 

You're a doll Jenn, thanx so much for the link...I'm heading there now! I heard pilates are an amazing thing for those of us with a lot of weight to lose to help develop tone while losing the weight so that I don't lose muscle and I hope it will help me gain some more to offset my loss of fat so that my body won't be a complete wreck, lolol!

Chubby - I am either washing dishes or getting supper ready, or if all is done, I go and take a long hot shower because I have about 1/2 hour before my hubby gets home, I'll go swing on my porch swing, but I stay away from the food. After supper, it's talking to all you nice people after hubby and I spend some time together on the swing. Anyway everyone have a wonderful evening. Check you out tomorrow. God Bless.

I'm sorry that I've not been here to much this week. It was a really intense week for me at work, because I'm going on vacation next week and so many things needed to be wrapped up before I went. I must say that I buckled down and hit it hard and I've got everything where it needs to be so that today I can just sit back and breathe!

Welcome to all the new people, this board is such a great place for motivation and the people here do a great job at keeping the board active and responding to each other.

I had my first weight gain in 5 weeks last night. I was really upset with myself, when I saw that scale going up. But this morning I realized that it was a wake-up call. I had gotton a little relaxed with my eating, and I wasn't keeping my food log, also I was working out, but not at the level that had been; I was just sort of cruzing.

I don't think that's really a bad thing, sometime we need down time..but it's time to get back to it.

Someone at my weight-loss meeting made the comment that I would now have to "be good" on vacation. It's not a matter of being good for me, it's a matter of changing my lifestyle and habits to have the life I want; healthy, thinner and happier with me because I have energy, I look good in my clothes and I don't hide behind my weight.

With that said, I'm looking forward to a chance to come back from vacation a little thinner and I'm looking foward to going on vacation with a weight loss of 39.50 lbs.

Life's what you make it and I'm making mine work for me!

Have a wonderful day everyone.

Susie

Chubby I also forgot - when I am sitting on the swing that is usually when I write in my journal, it's either in the form of me writing a letter to a friend about my day, or I pretend that I am the friend and write myself a letter, it's a good way to get my thoughts together to see where I need to improve.

Weigh in day- my husband loss another 1.25 and I stayed the same. Oh well, better than a gain! Not fair that men lose more and faster than women! Anyway everyone will check in tonight after work. God Bless.

hey everyone....sorry I haven't written in here in a while....I'm getting closer to that 199 mark....ok so i've got a little while....but I'm getting there!!! I hope you all are having a wonderful day!

All you party people going on vacation this week? WoW! Have fun and think about me --- I'm working overtime :(

I had a HORRIBLE THING happen to me :( I was coming home and some ignorant guy shouted out fat a$$ at me :( I've worked so hard and was in tears when I got home. I'm so tired of going thru this. WHY?!?!?! After I just bought a pair of 1X pants (from a 3X --- I was so happy). One schmuck sends me to the floor reminding me of what I look like. I hate feeling this way and I hate people taking the cheap easy shots.

Then to top it off, I just got word that my hubby's grandmother just got rushed to the hospital and is on life support with congestive heart failure. I can't get thru to him, so I'm waiting for him to get him to tell him :(

When it rains, it pours!?!?!?!?!?! Sorry for ranting and raving...I just needed to explode somewhere since I can't drink anymore (too many darn calories)!?!?!?!?!

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Tardy, girl you should be proud of yourself and don't let some idiot bring you down. He doesn't know you and doesn't deserve to know you. DO NOT let him undo all the good you have done for yourself. You do not have to answer to him, nor should his opinion matter to you, you are better than that. You know what goes around comes around, both good and bad, don't worry God will take care of him, if not in this life in the next, remember he still has to explain his actions to GOd and it would be interesting to see what kind of dumb butt excuse he will make for making a nasty comment to you. Right now concentrate on praying for your husband and his grandmother, they need your attention more than that jerk. I hope you can get past this, and I will keep your family in my prayers. God Bless.

Thank You :)
 

Thank you pray!

I really needed help getting that in perspective, and of course this happened during a holiday weekend when everyone is away :(

But on a good note...I got on a scale today :)

WOO-HOO!!!! I now weigh 263 :^:

I'm not even sure what to think, I'm soooooo happy I lost more weight! I really thought I wouldn't have cause I haven't felt any different...that makes 57 lbs for me!!!!! (I'm changing my signature now!!!)

Tardy,
Pray gave you some great advice! And it seemed to work for you....I'm glad you got on the scale and saw the numbers go down.

Don't let other people dictate to you how you feel about yourself. You know, that man probably has some issues himself, but instead of dealing with them (which is what you are doing and that's enpowering!)...he choose to pick on you. You know, the numbers on the scales will go down and you will continue to buy smaller clothes, but that man will never be happy until he deals with his own problems...you...you are going to be happy because you are taking control of the things you don't like about yourself.

Keep haning in there!

Susie

Great insight Susie! Angel congratulations on your weight loss, you see you can do it! Wouldn't it be neat that when you reach your goal and you meet up with the same jerk and make him wreck because he is so busy looking at how great you look - ok that's kind of mean of me- but it does sound kind of nice. Anyway how are your hubby and his grandmother. Hubby and I over ate today. His birthday is Monday and we went eat out with friends and her mother bakes cakes for a living and I'm sure I don't have to go into detail but I will have a week to undo today's damage. Have a nice and blessed holiday everyone.

Thanx Guys!
 

Thanx Susie and Pray!

And yes, I do hope I see that schmuck again when I've lost my weight. He will deserve every second of uncomfortableness it will cause him.

I just realized yesterday that when I started, I needed 121 lbs. to see 199. It seemed like an unclimable mountain. Then I realized that now I'm only 64 lbs. away! That doesn't seem as bad any more!!!! And I was reminded my weigh in was on the first day of my "monthly friend", lolol, after eating, fully dressed, and on a cheap scale...and it already is saying 13 so there may be a good chance it's more like 16! That made me happy...I love friends ;)

Holidays and birthdays are the worst to get thru pray, but it sounds like you didn't do bad from what you're hinting at. And anyway....we're living a life, not a diet and we need to get used to days where we aren't at "our best". I'm learning that! And I hope when you get on the scale this week...you leave hubby in the dust ;) I hate that men lose faster too!

Have a great day guys!

New Poster
 

Hello!

I'll jump on this thread. Last week I was at 213 with a HW of 223.

I exercise lightly (bike, walk, yard work) almost every day but do no "routine" exercise. My big problem is wheat. I'm allergic to it and eating it wreaks havoc on my thyroid, etc but I have horrible difficulty staying away from it. This week my goal is to cut my intake of wheat at least in half. :dizzy:

I'd like to see 199 by the 31st.

Welcome Elizabeth2! If the type of exercise you do works for you, then stick to it. No one person is like another and it takes all different types of exercise and eating plans to reach our own personal goals. As long as its healthy for you, then that's what you should stick to.

Pray: Don't worry about the cake. You will have it gone and off your body by weigh-in time. One time when I was at a weight-loss meeting, the instructor was talking about how much weight a person can gain at holiday time. She said that during those times (and other special occasions) to remember to just try to maintain what you have already lost. She also said "In the long run, it's not what you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas that puts the weight on you, but what you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving!".

I thought that was a pretty good thought!

Tardy: What a good way to look at what you alread lost. I needed to focus on that as well this week, because I had a small gain at the scales.

We are headed out to watch fireworks;(also will get to see the group Styx's perform before the fireworks) I love this holiday! It's just so fun. It was rainy here this morning, but they said it would clear off and it would be a beautiful night and it is.

Have a wonderful evening everyone!

Susie

Hello everyone. Hope you all have had a wonderful weekend. My husband and I had a very lazy day today. We did nothing but watch movies, it's not often we get 3 days off in a row so we plan to make the most of it, by doing mostly nothing! Gee, Susie, I didn't think Styx was even together anymore, it's not all the orinigal band members is it? They are one of my favorite bands, don't really listen to them anymore but always did like their musical style. Now I listen mostly to CLassical and Christian, but really love classical. Anyway will catch you all again tomorrow. God Bless.

I appreciate the welcome. I've been checking in the past couple of days but haven't had too much to say. I ate really horribly today, rationalizing the whole time, and then felt guilty about it. I need to be more serious. Its strange that you (in a general sense, not a specific sense) say that you would give anything to have a body like _____ and then I can't even pass up a corn dog for it. What the heck am I willing to give? I'm just feeling kind of frustrated, but I'm glad that you all sound like you are doing super well. Hope you had a lovely 4th.

Good Day All!
 

Susie - I love the X-mas to Thanxgiving thought. There's a lot of truth in it! I hope you had a great time at the concert last night! I love Styx..."BABE" woo-hoo!!!

Elizabeth - Welcome! We all have our weakness food...mine is burgers. I have Hasimoto's Thyroiditis, so I know how stuff can really mess the thyroid up! I haven't exercised in two weeks because of overtime, but you and I have a similiar activity level and I've found that it works for me as long as I watch my food intake (I was a BIG FOOD PIGGY!!!). Go for 199! I want to hear you made it! It'll make a lot of people's day here, we really love hearing other's making their goals!!!

Pseudo - I know exactly what you mean about wanting to do anything for a great body and then breaking. I've been so bad for that in the past. I've found now that I'm better at stopping myself first, but I don't go to the point that I binge anymore. If I want it that bad I take a bite and give the rest to someone else before I can eat any more of it! Keep your chin up, this whole process is painfully good I'm finding. The more I'm losing the more I'm hurt at the excess skin, stretch marks, heaviness, and low self-esteem. I spend a lot of time looking in the mirror and hating myself. The pain is sometimes unbearable...so that's why I come here. I feel so much better knowing there are others who feel the way I do and make mistakes. It puts me back on track so that I don't let the cycle of self-abuse (which is what I consider I'm doing with my food binging) continue. Get back up Pseudo! We all fall down! You are SOOOO much stronger than you think. Just keep standing back up! Come vent here, we all are feeling the same and can keep each other motivated!

Hi Everyone
I also need to get under 200 . I am working towards dramatically improving my eating habits and making drastic(for me) but neccessary changes

Darcye

Hi Everyone,
How's everyone doing today? I thought about skipping my workout this week, since I'm on vacation, but then I realized that I just don't really feel good,nor do I have the right frame of mind when I don't work out. So, I'm meeting my workout partner at the Y in just a little bit. I'm also taking my resistantce band with me to work out with it in the hotel room and I figure that I'll be walking alot. We leave on Wednesday morning and I'm getting anxious to get going!

For those of you that asked about Styx's. Most of the orginal members are still together; everyone by Dennis d'Young. I wanted to see if Tommy Shaw was still a hottie...he is!! We had a wonderful time and the fireworks were awesome. I hope everyone had a great 4th.

Pray: I also listen to Christian music. I love Point of Grace, Nicole C. Mullen, and Shelia Walsh..just to name a few.

For those of you who wrote that sometimes you just want the food more than the weight loss, we all do that at times! When those times come, just take it a minute at a time and get through it; I do a lot of "self-talking" sometime...and when you do fall down..get back up and keep going...it's the only way to get there!

Susie

Hello Everyone. My husband's birthday is today and we have been celebrating since Saturday. Friends and fried chicken and German Chololate cake Saturday. Sunday off. Today lunch buffet style and a cookie cake from the girls who work for us. Oh, well I will definetly take him and the dog walking tomorrow morning. I am not going to obsess over eating too much. I've done it and I will live with the results. Anyway have a blessed evening. will be in touch tomorrow. God BLess.

Toddler making me crazy!!
 

Does anyone else have a toddler in the home? This is MY scheduled online time and my toddler's sheduled NAP time. Guess whats going on instead????

Her: :spin: :hyper: :blah: :dance:

Me: :eek: :nono: :stress: :tired:


I'm clearly losing the battle...lol. Guess we will go outside for awhile.

Edited to add, I started this post with the intent to share that I have dropped 1 more lb, but got carried away with my pictoral...lol

Cheers.

Toddlers are so cute! Mostly, anyway.

This is rather minute, but I ate less than half a slice of cheesecake today (in addition to some pretty balanced meals). Then I smushed the other half with the bad chicken linguine I had tried, so I wouldn't eat it. It was a step. I was excited. Hope you're all well.

Packed and ready to go
 

Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to let you know I'll be missing for a few days. We are headed to Niagra Falls. I've never been there and I'm so excited!

I'm not worried about overeating to much, due to my Interstitial Cystitis, I know there are things that I can't have or I'll have a flare and be in pain, so I just don't eat those things. (It's been a big help in losing weight!). The only thing I see that I might over do on is vanillia ice cream. I love it and with the IC, it's about the only sweet thing I can eat. Most of the world thinks a dessert must be chocolate, and I can't have it.

I hope everyone has a good week and that the scales go the way you want them to...and if they don't..just remember we have the power to change it next time.

C-ya when I get home!

Susie