Howdy chicks! And welcome to all the new faces! It's great to have you with us!

Ok, yesterday was monthly measure time. And the results... (drumroll please):

Down 6 pounds and 4.5 inches! Yay!

As I am a notorious Scale Addict (and not even close to recovering!), the last time I hopped on the scale yesterday said 219. Yesterday morning was 221, and that's great too, being my "official" weigh-in. This morning was 221, so I guess that means it's right. :lol:
I'm so anxious to get out of the 220's, you have NO idea! Well okay, maybe you do. ;)
I haven't weighed this little since my freshman year of college when I had the doc put me on diet pills (that didn't last very long--I felt sick all the time, and I only lost about 7 pounds, which came right back and brought some friends!). This time I'm doing it all on my own.

I'm feeling good today. Didn't have a great breakfast--way too many calories, but lunch will be late, so at least I will be full for a while. And I went outside and walked today--what a beautiful day it is, if a bit chilly. I plan to do some more exercising this evening after work.

Speaking of work, have to go. Hope everyone has a great, healthy day!
~Elisha

Oh, and Mary, I love Fruit-20. Tasty stuff, and much better than Crystal Light. I also like Propel fitness water, and the Aquafina flavored ones, but I'm not sure about the calorie content on those. If nothing else, they make a good transition to drinking regular water.
~Elisha

Fruit 2-0
 

Girlie- Thanks so much! I'm glad I could have even the smallest influence to help inpsire you... Who have ever thought that I would inspire someone :shrug: :goodvibes BTW, I told Tim he didn't need to get me anything, but that was unacceptable to him, so as a compromise I am having him help me make a webpage...I want to keep track of my progress with pictures and everything and I don't really know how to do that kind of thing :comp:

Mary- Welcome and :goodluck: ! With all of the support and encouragement you will find here, I know you will succeed! :yes: Btw, my mom a calorie-free, carbonation-free flavored water it's made by Adirondack, I like the cherry and lemon ones, and haven't tried any others, but my mom gets orange, strawberry, and lime as well... That might be cheaper than the Fruit-2O ;)

Elisha- :bravo: :cp: :balloons: Congratulations! :balloons: :cp: :bravo:

Thanks for the kind words Girlie and I will certainly be staying around this forum, I may have hit ONEderland today but it may change! Besides, the support in this forum is great, you all inspire me and motivate me and I couldn't go without checking here daily :).

hey everybody!!
 

Good evening girls,

Just finished supper(spinach feta burger and a broccoli stir fry) and am letting it settle before my evening walk!
:bravo: HURRAH for you Lynne..WOW...how great does that feel????
:gift: Jenn,have fun picking out a great gift(something sparkly perhaps :lol: )
:grouphug: WELCOME Mary,I love this thread also it is GREAT to have so many people who know exactly what the struggle is!!

I asked my husband to hide the scale from me while I am on my walk because I have become OBSESSED with it!!! He can give it back on fridays and then take it away again :lol: !!!
I will leave you with parts of my favorite poem....

Talk to everyone tomorrow....Jill

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Go placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietly and clearly;and listen to others,everone has a story.

If you compare yourself to others,you may become vain and bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than youself.

Enjoy your achievments as well as your plans....

You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars;you have a right to be here...

Hi Everyone:

I'm 30 years old, 5'7" and with the highest weight being 263 lbs (oh my god, I hate to even write that!). A few months ago I realized that I will be in horrible health if I continue like I was. I also ended a 3 1/2 year relationship with my ex boyfriend and was feeling generally terrible about myself. So one day I met a friend for brunch and she told me about a health counselor she had been seeing. For some reason I felt a connection to this concept as I was sick of failing at dieting.

Hi philosophy is to make several small changes over a 6 month period so that in the end you have made alot of change but not all at once. I am eating little processed food and more salad, whole foods, whole grains, and fruit. I've been on the program for 10 weeks and I've lost 10lbs (one of those weeks I went on vacation and went crazy!). I'm in the process of trying to find a gym but I live in NYC and it's mortifying to be around all of these skinny minnies at the gym. But I'm motivated and know that my goals of 150lbs will take likely over a year.

I'm glad to have found this place.

Starting Weight: 263
Current Weight: 253
Goal: 150

Welcome Beth! If you don't like working out with people who look like Twiggy, maybe you should see if there is a Curves in your area. That's where I workout. It is all women, of all shapes, sizes and age groups...It's alot easier to make myself go there then it ever was to go to the Y....

Good Morning Ladies :)

Beth: welcome to our post, the girls who are all racing to 199 are great, lots of support.

Jilly: it feels awesome! I just hope I can maintain it and hopefully keep losing. I'm not a huge fan of spinach but the spinach and feta burger you mentioned having for dinner sounds awesome, would you mind sharing the recipe?

How are you all today? I'm still feeling pretty positive after my weigh in on Tuesday, I walked this morning and made a really nice chicken stew for dinner last night that we're having again as leftovers tonight.

I'm also doing stomach crunches every day, can manage 20 a day so far! Been doing those for 4 days now. My tummy is my worst area where I (to my eyes anyway) seem to carry most of my excess weight. Well, my tummy, bottom and hips anyway. I'm your classic pear shape.

Hope you all have a great day.

recipe
 

:coffee: good mornin' girls....

the recipe for the spinach feta burgers is as follows...

1# ground beef (extra lean)
1 cup crumbled feta cheese
1 pkg.chopped frozen spinach(thawed and squeezed dry)
1/2 cup chopped onion(very fine)(optional)
1 clove fresh garlic--chopped OR garlic powder 1/2 tsp

Mix altogether ,make patties and grill on BBQ or on a "forman" type grill


you can leave out any of the ingredients as you may not like certain things and replacing the feta with crumbled blue cheese is good also...I have made these with ground chiken breast meat but i had to add an egg and a 1/2cup of bread crumbs to make it hold together.
The nice thing with this recipe is if your kids don't like the burgers you can make them plain burgers with not alot of hassle!!
This recipe is originally from the Atkins website but I tweaked it a little (i can't seem to not do that) :lol:
They are sooo good and even better the next day..I take one for lunch and make a tossed salad to go with it..cold or hot they are great!!

I took the day off work today and am catching up with housework and laundry and am going for a walk this afternoon...talk to everyone soon.. hope everybody is doing great!!! ;)

Jill

Hello, just checking in after a couple of days...you all are doing so well, so many new additions I cannot keep up...

LynneA - Terrific job on getting to 198!!! When I first got to 199 I about went crazy, then I kept hanging around at 199/200 forever ( of course I was cheating some, ha ) but now finally am back on track and even lost a pound to get to 198 this morning. I am with you, it feels so great to be under that 200 number, but I dont think I will feel safe until it is like 194 or 5 so I have some pounds to play with

Girlie - Hi, ha ya doin?

Everybody have a great day!!!!

YAY, It's FRIDAY!!!!
 

Hi All !!

Girlie - Congrats on your 6th month anniversary :love: Have a good night out this weekend, I wouldn't worry about splurging, I mean hey it is your anniversary.
Yeah I am doing pretty well holding my own, I just feel a cheat coming on and I think it will put me back at 200!!!! So I am going to try really hard to not cheat, at least until I get down a ways to have some room to cheat :lol:

Have a good weekend all, stay strong !!! :strong: :jig: :cb:

:bravo: I just wanted to check in and congratulate everyone on a job well done! It seems like everyone is going so great this week :D

My big accomplishment of the week was wearing a pair of jeans that I could barely zipper before without them being tight at all!

My monthly weigh in at the gym is coming up and so is TOM so I hope that doesn't make it discouraging...though at least I will have something to blame it on if it's not as good as I am hoping :lol:

Hope everyone is having a happy Friday!

Hi Ladies :)

Just a flying visit but I wanted to say thanks Jilly for that awesome burger recipe, I had them tonight for dinner (made them with blue cheese) and omgosh, how good they were!

Good to see everyone doing well :).

Progress report: today's weigh-in showed 219! Yay!

Jilly--those burgers sound great--I might make some tomorrow night! I love just about anything with feta and/or spinach... put them in a hamburger and I'm in heaven! :cloud9:

Bad weather here too, so I didn't get in my daily walk. But I'm too stinking tired anyway. I hate extended hours at work. Another early and long day tomorrow, so I'm taking the night off from exercise in order to get more sleep. Heading off to bed right after making a journal entry.

Keep up the good work everyone! Have a great weekend!

~Elisha

I just wanted to let you all know that I am recharged that I will meet my 199 goal by the date I set (June 14th) :D I got on the scale tofay at the gym... :goodscale I was at 206.2 - woohoo am I excited!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far...I'll check in again later when I'm not babysitting anymore! :D

Good morning :)

How is everyone this morning? Have a good weekend?

My weekend was great, in that we went out for a movie/dinner Saturday. Sunday was spent in the garden. I didn't eat too great over the weekend though. This seems to be my worst time when it comes to choosing food right. I need to discipline myself to order better, but I love steak too much! I'm going out for my walk soon, weigh day tomorrow!

Thread title caught my eye!
 

Good Morning 199er's!
My name is Deenie and I have been on 3FC for a few months now. My first goal long ago was to be under 225 - well I met that but then I lingered for forever in the 220 range. :mad: Then I went through a move with my family and gained back up to 230. I stayed there until I got motivated this December to get on track again. My highest weight was 262 and I am currently at 208 (as of this past Saturday morning). I also must confess :o I am a scale addict. Because of this obsession I am currently not weighing again until June 3rd. That is a few days before the date my DH and I are going on our anniversary trip. I so want to hit 199 by then and I feel I can do it if I will just pump up the exercise more :strong: and stay on points (I do WW). I am happy to report that I started measuring myself in March (don't know why I didn't measure when I started -to scary I guess) and since March 3rd I have lost 19.5 inches. So I am proud of that NSV and am also wearing a size 16 instead of a 20 like I was in Jan. :cb: So I just thought I would post here since I was lurking around reading and I decided to join you and let you know about my progress. You gals are doing great - and some of you have hit below 199 since this thread started and that's really inspiring as well as the person who posted that they had lost 18 pounds in 5 weeks to hit the below 199 mark - WAY TO GO!!! :bravo: :cp: :hat: Anyway, just wanted to say Hi and tell you a little about my journey. I will try to post when I can - May is a busy month for us. I won't be weighing until June but I will be measuring again in 2 weeks or so - I will report on that. God bless all of you for your weight loss efforts. All the glory for my victories goes to Him.

DeenieM

Is it Friday Yet?
 

Hey Guys - I'm glad to hear that everyone is doing so well! I'm proud of ya :)

And Deenie - Welcome! Thanks for sharing your story. It sounds like mine, only I'm still just sorta starting. I'd like to be in a 16 by the end of the summer. I have some 14/16 tops but most of my bottoms are a loose 20. It would be nice to get back into my old stuff again.

Jenn and Elisha, you guys are awesome! Thanks for being so great about everything! Kick arse, girls!

I need a good kick in the rear myself. I didn't go to the gym all weekend, which was odd because I felt funny. Friday I had a softball game and I decided not to go to the gym that night, but I got so lazy on Saturday and Sunday! And my eating was TERRIBLE this weekend. I'm so ashamed! So, since I haven't been to the gym, I don't know what my weight is so I'll go in tonite and report the results. I did go to my doctor this morning and weiged 231 with my clothes on...so hopefully I'm still around 229 without as I normally weigh. We'll see. I deserve whatever happens though! My hubs said he'd go to the gym with me tonite and if he doesn't go, screw him cuz I really need to go. It will probably be hard to do my normal routine since I haven't done this in a few days...but I deserve that too. I think I'll go in early so I can do a full cardio workout and take my time with stretches and crunches.

Best wishes to everyone for a happy Monday...and boy, I'm gonna have to try those spinach and feta burgers. I wonder if adding mushrooms will be good...there's nothing like the combination of spinach and mushrooms. Does anyone know which is "better" for you...feta or blue cheese?

Okay, I think I'm going to have a smoothie for lunch.

Welcome Deenie & Congratulations on your loss so far! If you are a scale addict as well you should join us on that thread as well ;) It must feel great to wear a smaller size...I know it felt great just to be able to put all my jeans on again... :goodluck: with your June 3rd goal, not that you will need it, you seem to have exactly the right attitude to succeed and having a reason for a goal always seems to make it more accomplishable to me... I look forward to reading about your successes!

Girlie - Go for you going with or without him! If you didn't go just because he didn't you regret it later, especially if you weren't feeling good later in the week and you wanted to skip up on the gym... Right now I think it is a good thing that I promised my sister we'd go to the gym tonight otherwise I might skip for a nap....I am so exhausted, I can't figure out why though...I wish I had the stamina to do crunches and then go to the gym :D

Hi! My name is Kim and I am new to this site, just joined a coupla of day ago, and I would love to join the race for 199! I haven't weighed that since 8th grade. Right now, everything is going so well for me...great grades in grad school, great, handsome boyfriend...the only thing missing is great health...ok, ok and a little confidence in a bathing suit ;) Well I have about 40-45 lbs to go to get to 199, and I am looking for some support and looking to give some as well, so count me in for the race!

Morning Ladies.

Well, I got on the scales this morning and they said 201.5, I am out of ONEderland and managed to gain 3.5 lbs since last Tuesday. Needless to say I am feeling pretty down right now. I had a bad weekend this weekend but thought I could get away with cheating a little because last week I walked 3.9 miles Mon, Wed and Fri, and walked 2 miles Tue and Thur plus did 40 mins Tue and Thur of light weights on the Bowflex we have.

I know I need to be more careful with food on the weekend but I am feeling so confused over the exercise. Surely when you step up the exercise you will have results no? I really don't know what is the best form of exercise for me. I can't drive and my DH works Mon to Fri, plus we live in the middle of nowhere (an hour from the nearest city with a gym) so going to the gym is out. I like walking but how much should I walk? On Friday after exercising every day I was feeling drained and not well, I think I overdid it a little. I was thinking I should cut out the weights and just walk every day?. I drink a lot of water each day also, at least 64oz.

Sorry for the downer post but I am feeling pretty confused and depressed right now. I was expecting a plateau any day but not expecting a 3.5lb gain especially when that TOM is nowhere to be seen and won't be for another 2 weeks. :cry:

Any advice on the exercise from you continous losers?

Edit: it might help if I let you know what diet I am using. I am following a low fat/low cholesterol diet and trying to eat between 1200 and 1600 calories a day, trying to keep my fat intake to 30 g or less. My diet is carb heavy, low fat. My fitday link is at the bottom.

Good Morning and Hello and Update
 

Thanks for the support Girlie. I feel better than I did this morning and am determined to lose those pounds. I am planning a walk this evening when it cools down some and am going to have to make sure I don't cheat at weekends.

The gym wasn't bad... I muddle through it and it was much quicker going with someone than it would have seemed if i was by myself... I rewarded myself with an iced coffee (skim and 3 equal - tastes so sweet yum!)

I went this morning too at 6AM (God Help me) because I had to get weighed and measured this morning...My weight was higher than Saturday but it's TOM so that is to be expected...Everything else was down too except for my thighs.... I can't seem to make them any smaller...

Anyone have any good ways to tighten up/trim your thigh (particularly inner thighs)? It's been 2 months and that's the only numbe that won't budge... I think I need some new ideas.... Any help would be appreciated! :D

Hello Ladies!
Well tonight was a very bad eating night....Olive Garden with the girls to celebrate a birthday, and I didn't exercise today because it was so hot here :( but tomorrow I hope to begin some sort of walking regimine, maybe in the morning before everything heats up. This week and next I won't be able to because of my grad school schedule, but eventually I hope to walk in the evenings too.
Jenn: I used to do Tae bo 2-3 times a week in college and I lost about 20 lbs, and I really noticed that in my thighs...it may be worth a try to rent that for a few days and see how you feel
Lynne; Maybe since you were using weights you gained muscle...that happened to me once too, so I think I lowered the weight but added more repetitions to what I was doing so that I toned more muscle rather than add it....but I def. wish that I had your motivation to exercise :) Keep it up!
My motivation is going to be my summer job. I am going to be working at a camp shadowing a special ed. student, so I will have to do everything he does...including swimming, and right now I don't look so great, well at least good enough to be comfortable in a swimsuit because I hold all my weight in my legs...heck I don't even wear shorts. My goal is to be comfortable enough to wear shorts this summer since I will be outside most of the time...so I guess I gotta get out there! Well have a nice night ladies!
Kim

just checking in...
 

Good evening all..

Been a few days since i chcked in...I am glad you guys are enjoying the recipe it is one of my faves!! :D
WELCOME KIM :wave: This a great place to find support from people battling the same demons..Haha :lol: !!
JENN, I do an exercise that was shown to me bt the physical ed.director at the gym...It is a front leg crossover with weights..i don't know how else to explain it..I do side kick outs and then cross my leg over the front of the other leg the same amount of reps..seems to work but I also swim 3 days a week so I seem to be losing a lot in my legs...got any good exercises for the tummy???
I asked and rec. a pair of flippers for Mother's day...boy does that change my morning swim!!! :o
My Hubby hid the scale from me so that is good (i get it back again on fri. to weigh in then have to kiss it bye bye again for another week :( )..Oh well I know it is for the best as i was getting out of control with it :p !!
I'll let eveyone know how the weigh in is on fri.Right now I'm hovering between 208 and212 (big swing but it is my TOM) have a good night talk to ya in a few!!
Jill

New Day
 

Good Morning! I've got my morning Diet Mt. Dew! :coffee:

Jenn – I feel that I am losing in the inner thigh. I don’t think you can necessarily target inner thigh fat, but work on the muscles to burn the fat around them. I’m not comfortable with weights just yet, I think I will wait until I’m in ONEderland to do that…but I think the stationery bike and elliptical machine are doing a good job with my thighs. When I use the bicycle, I pedal with my heels instead of the ball of my foot and that targets the thigh. I do the same with the elliptical machine – if I put the emphasis on my heel area, it will target the upper thigh. Likewise, if you want to work on your calves, you just use the ball of your feet instead. I also think squats are a good leg workout overall.
Jill – When you swim, how long do you swim for and do you alternate between different types of swimming? I’m not much of a swimmer…I can’t do it very well and I can’t even tread lol! But my hubs likes to swim as cardio because he doesn’t like cardio machines. I’ve gone in to swim but it’s tiring! I was just curious as to what your workouts were like. As far as tummy, I feel I’m losing in my waist from the elliptical machine. When I use it, I don’t hold onto any bars or anything so I’m pumping my arms and turning at the waist with every stride so I feel like I get a whole body workout.
Kim – that’s a good goal to work for, your summer job. I have thick, muscular legs and now with the extra thigh fat I’m super self-conscious. We all carry weight in such different ways!
I had an abbreviated workout last night. I made my lamb-burgers last night and I had two small burgers w/o bun, peas and cabbage. I only exercised for 35 hard minutes on the elliptical. I met my husband for a movie. I think tonite we are going to try to do our 8 mile bike ride to the next town and back. I’m excited to do this because I haven’t been on the trail in a month and I want to see how my legs have been strengthened with all the cardio I’ve been doing. It should be a breeze! I want to work my way up to the 20 mile ride that I used to do for fun! I also weighed last night since no one was around and I could weigh w/o clothing. 228.3 – yes! I’m back to 228 now and so close to 227. TOM is over and it’s time for a loss finally! We’ll see on Sunday. That has inspired me greatly. Foodwise, I’ve started having a SlimFast granola bar for breakfast only. They are filling and good and 220 cals, better than the Oatmeal bar I’d been eating.
Have a great, active day!

Almost Friday!
 

I posted this at my other thread for the details of the day so far:

It's been a great morning for me so far. I was called for two interviews at different companies and that is exciting. I haven't seen this much prospective job action in quite a while! So, I'll give them a call when I go home for lunch.

Last night, I didn't go to the gym (I spent the time sending out resumes!), but I did cook a great meal. I made Chinese roasted chicken using boneless, skinless chicken breasts in the oven. It was awesome! I sauteed some fresh zucchini and made stir-fried Chinese cabbage and steamed some rice. It was a great meal.

Super Wal-Mart has boneless, skinless breasts at a great price - the bags have about 7-8 frozen breasts in them and they are priced at less than $7. They thawed so quickly and were so tender when I baked them last night.

I'm so stoked about these companies calling me back that I can't think straight today! It's gonna be a long next hour until I get to go home and talk to them. I've been writing down notes and things to make a good phone impression. These are jobs that I really would want and didn't figure they'd call me!

If all goes well, I'll be at the gym tonite for a long workout. I'm even skipping a movie with my husband and his mother...they are doing a late dinner and movie thing for Mother's day, and I might even skip going out to eat. I tend to make bad choices when we go out!

I just feel really good about myself today, confident...it's not often that I feel this way so I'm going to enjoy it. I hope all of you are having a good day as well.

Jodie- I think I'll get some crackin' oat bran. I love the stuff! I tend to avoid it because it's pricey and for a cereal, it's high in fat/sugar...but it's healthy oat bran, it's fiber, it's filling and it's just darn good. The serving size is adequate enough to keep you satisfied throughout the morning, especially with a banana. I had a wheat bagel for breakfast, and to be honest, it wasn't filling at all. I should have put chicken breast in it as a sandwich. That's the problem with breads for breakfast...they don't seem to keep me satisfied.

good morning
 

:coffee: hello everyone...

just a quick note before work...
Girlie..i swim for 45-60 minutes doing a front crawl back crawl and side crawl
and a few weeks ago added the use of flippers to step my workout up a little.. I go mon.,wed.,fri.am and at night I joined a kick boxing class(starts next tues.)I usually walk every night but I thought the kick boxing would make a nice change.I lift weights on the off days from the pool and the class and walk 5km in the evening. I am losing slowly but I know I am gaining alot of muscle and getting healthier.
Anyway I will post tomorrow...yay!!! It is almost FRIDAY!!! :jig:

Jill

Good morning Everyone!!! I just wanted to pop in and say thank you to everyone for the ideas on how lose some inches in my thighs ;)

Jilly - You do so much! I don't know if I could handle all that - wow!

Girlie - I used to love cracklin' oat bran! I haven't had that since I was a kid though...and now you got me wanting it! The food you talk about always sound so good!!

Well I have to get back to work... be back later on girls!!

Morning all :)

Been a better week for me so far. I've eaten well and walked every day but yesterday when I decided to be a lazy slug and sat on the couch watching Season 4 of Sex and the City on DVD! :cb:

I did walk 2 miles this morning then did a short workout with light weights. I talked to a couple of ladies who visit the Ladies Who Lift forum and got some good advice on how to use our Bowflex. After putting that advice into practice, I realise now I wasn't using the Bowflex properly, was lifting too lightly. The idea is to lift until failure. So I increased the weight and found I could only manage 1 set of 15 reps on each movement! I feel like jelly now!

This weekend will be a big test for me. We're going to see the movie Troy tomorrow then going for dinner. However, we're going to a mongolian grill so I intend to have a stir fry and choose wisely from the buffet. I'm going to smuggle some grapes into the movie and have water instead of a soda.

I noticed this week too that I am losing weight in the strangest of places. My wrists and fingers! I have to be very careful because sometimes my wedding bands will just fall off my finger. If this continues I will need to get them resized :).

Girlie: did you call the companies back??!

Well, excuse my long post. Hope you ladies are all doing good this morning.

YAY, it's FRIDAY!
 

What a day....
 

Well I got up this morning and decided to go to the gym....I got to have along talk with the new girl who works there as I was the only one there...It was awesome I think she is a really nice person ;) Then I weighted myself and all the TOM gain was gone and then some.... I weighed in this morning at 203.8!!! Woooohooo!!!! I'm soo excited right now...

Then to top it off, I left Tim in charge of getting me tickets to Tobey Keith if he could since they went on sale at 10AM and I was going to be at the gym...I told him I didn't want to floor if I couldn't get with 20 rows...so I came home and he said "I couldn't get 20, but I got something with a 2, is that okay?" HE GOT ME 2ND ROW SEATS!!!!!!! I am having the best day!!! :cb::dance::dancer::flow2::dancer::dance::cb:

I hope that everyone is have such a day themselves!!! :goodvibes

Weigh to go
 

Hi guys my name is Pattie I will be 40 in a week and a half and I am stuggling just to lose the weight I gained 9 months ago with my daughter. I am doing Jenny Craig and have only lost 5 lbs grrrrrrrrr. It is a true struggle with me I walk 1.25 miles 5 days a week and let myself have 2 days .I too am a scale addict and my day begins with my weigh in. I am 212lbs and right now my goal is to get to 200 199 would be great. Please keep up the good work, I know it will come off I did it before it is just frustrating to have to do it again.
Thanks for letting me comment..........Pattie

You all seem so upbeat and happy on this post. My name is Pattie and I am doing Jenny Craig I have only lost 5 lbs grrrrrrrrrrrrr I am 212lbs and am trying to get to 199 reight now. I walk 1.25 miles 5 days a week and give myself 2 days it is hard and I am tired of thinking about weight. Any suggestions? Anyway good luck girls. Thanks Pattie

I used this great diet and I lost 34 pounds in 2 weeks. I found it at http://site16832.dellhost.com/ad it was kinda hidden in the internet but If found it and I feel and look great. A lot of fellows are noticing me as well.

34 lbs in 2 weeks???? You know what I say ladies, if it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is...
I checked out the other posts from this person and they say the same exact thing...
smells fishy to me...

Hi Pattie and welcome.

5lbs is a great start, losing a lot of weight takes time so don't lose your patience! You are doing great and you have started walking as exercise. I walk too and when I started, I found I could only walk 2 miles without feeling like I was going to die. After a couple of weeks though I could walk longer and now I walk 3.9 miles one day, then 2 miles the next and walk every day but Sunday when I give myself the day off and generally act like a lazy slug :lol: . I feel stronger and definately have more stamina. Don't give up, it's hard at first but you will feel better and will hopefully see results too. Drink lots and lots of water too, aim for in excess of 64 fl oz per day. Water helps your kidneys flush fat from your system and is much healthier than soda's.

I'm not sure that losing 34 lbs in two weeks is a healthy way to go. Everything I have read has suggested aiming to lose 1 - 2 lbs per week, which is considered a healthy amount and doing this will let you lose longer before you plateau, which is when you stop losing weight as your body adjusts. Still, everyone is different.

I'm having a good weekend, went to the movies yesterday and ate well at dinner, chose only veggies for my stir fry and the leanest cuts of meat off the mongolian grill :lol: . I am gardening today so am hoping to burn a few calories doing that. Hope the rest of you girls are having a great weekend and I will ttyl!