hi everyone!

Stephanie sorry about the job stress, but it will all work out in the end.

JME congrats on your weight loss, every little bit helps.

i am doing fine today, a little bummed but hey every little set back helps me become stronger. i gained another pound today, but yesterday i didn't drink my water and i didn't exercise so one pound i don't think is that bad considering what i ate yesterday. I made the mistake of going into the cafeteria at school and they had free ice cream so i ate a scoop of that, and then last night i had a really horrible headace and my husband went and bought me one of those extra thick bacon cheeseburgers at hardee's with some curly fries. i have done okay today though i have only had a ham sandwhich on wheat with lettuce and tomato. I have got to get on this thing i am not anywhere near where i want to be at this time, i can't even reach the five pound loss mark. i don't know what the problem is other than my eating.i think i need a good swift kick in the pants or something. lol anyway ladies i better go and try to start over again.

Lost in space
 

Oh Lord!, you just dont log on a day or two and you're lost in space in these board!!! :lol: Missed two days and when I come back i found you guys cross crountry, thinking about rewarding yourself with an ipod!, oh my God!, you guys are so doing this!!!!

Congrats to all of you who are doing an effort to look slim, and fit into those size 7 jeans!!! (may I say size 6???).

So, I've been a lilttle bit busy at work these days, and when i come home from classes just want to sleep away till the next morning.

Yesterday i went with my buddies to pizza hut :( , but i manage to make my way out of the pizza sin ;) , and ate an wonderfull cesar salad, yummi!!!, and of course had my ice tea :D (yes, i do love ice tea!!!), that was i big accomplishment, cause i was the only one out of 8 people doing the healthy thing, i almost fell for those breadsticks, but hey!, i thought no you cant eat those!, if you do so, you'll end up eating pizza!!! :lol:

I haven't weight in this week, so i hope to see a drop down in the scale next monday when i weight in.

Oh!, i forgot to tell you, im a sinner!!!, yes i am!!, i had 3 Keebler home maid style oatmeal cookies!!, i just couldnt resist the taste and smell of them!!! :D

Got to go now, i have to head up for class, my sister its taking me, so wont lose the ride. After class im going to the gym, and hopefully when i get home i'll log on again.

Take care :grouphug: , keep on doing the good work so far, and remember to drink your water!!!

Love,

J.-

http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tra.../130 lbs./162/

Hi everybody,
I saw that newbies were welcome here so i thought it would be a good place to start. This is my very first post!!! Im a 22 year old grad student studying math :) I need to lose about 30 pounds and have been struggling with my weight my whole life. As far as i can remember this is the lightest i've ever been. I have been counting calories trying to eat 1500 a day. I dont excersize nearly as much as i should. I am doing school work about 10-11 hours a day. I try to make sure to get in exersize at least three times a week and could really use some buddies to check in with so i can be held accountable for what i do and dont do. I have to say i read through a lot of the posts and you guys are AMAZING. There are so many of you that are such an inspiration. I hope to be frequenting here everyday. :) HAppy wednesday.
Cheers,
Adena

Welcome Adena. That is such a pretty name. I absolutely love this group of people. Everyone is so positive, and even when one of us has an off day, there are at least 5 people boosting that person back up.

Joana- it still astounds me that English isn't your first language. I wish I could speak Spanish about 1/10th as well as you write in English. Of course, I've never had a Spanish lesson so I don't see that happening :lol:

welcome welcome to all the new ladies. I just weighed myself again and now i am up to 254 but instead of eating i went and did 15 min on the statonary bike. so i feel good about it. i think i need to throw away my scale or at the very least move it out from in front of the fridge. i will start fres in the morning, the good news is all the bad stuff is outta my house because i ate it all lol. so i guess i can't eat anymore bad stuff because it's gone. ok well i am going to bed now. i will write again in he morning.

Checkin' In
 

Good evening ladies! And welcome to all you new gals. This is a great place to get encouragement to stay focused.

I hate it when I can't check in on a daily basis. It seems like it takes me forever to read everything to catch up.

Work has been busy the last couple of nights. Last night was open house at school and tonight we had our district spelling bee. At least tonight I got home earlier then last night.

Tomorrow is WI but I feel pretty good about it. My scale at home is showing that I have lost about 4 lbs this week. Its a good thing because I was really starting to get a little discouraged because I have only lost a total of a pound and a half in the last 2 weeks. So this is just what I needed to lift up my spirits. But I guess I will know more tomorrow at WI.

Today is cold and rainy and I just can't get motivated to exercise tonight. The house feels really cool and it is so much nicer to just snuggle up under a blanket. It seems like we have the heat on one day and the A/C on the next. It is suppose to be back up into the low 70's tomorrow. (I hope!)

I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow and I will check back in tomorrow night when I get home.

Paige

Hi everyone!
Welcome Andena, I've been checking in everyday, but havent had time to post. ( well I did one then DBF distracted me and I lost it ). The diet is going really well, I think by tommorow I will have lost another kg. I feel great IK am still only planning on doing 30 min exercise everyday but mostly it is 35min this week and I can jog a little now :D woohoo even when I was going to the gym I never jogged. I even talked DBF into walking with me on tuesday night we walked over a couple of blocks to look at a newly renovated house that was done similar to what we want done to ours. Then we ended up at the park near our house it is a huge park with 2 cricket ovals and a basket ball court, tennis court and croquet area. It also has a huge rose garden and kids play area. it was 8pm so we were the only ones there we ran and chased each other like children, racing up and down the hills it was heaps of fun our dog loved it we could take him off lead and he ran around after us. So last night while I was walking I had the urge to start jogging , I started but I had the wrong bra on - maybe tonight. I cooked a wonderful pissa last night from scratch and we had garlic bread and some salad with it - AND I was still under on points - cause I was on 12hr nights and slept all day. I am finding it easier to drink more water on nights cause I get very dehyrated. Talk to you all soon
Tess. xx

Pushing toward 225!!
 

Adena - Welcome! We're all in this together!

Paige - 4 lbs. is awesome! Keep up the great work!!

Lisa - I'm proud of you for getting on your bike after weighing! But don't worry so much about what the scales say if you are weighing that frequently. I used to weigh myself daily, several times a day. And do you know what?? I drove myself crazy!! You need to concentrate more on what you're eating and getting some movement in. If you do those things the right way, the weight will come off. I'm so proud of you for making good choices when the scales didn't say what you wanted to see! That is how you do it!

Tess - That is awesome! To get all that movement in! And it's really good to get other family members involved! They'll keep you going when you don't feel like getting up!

And as for me, I am FINALLY starting to get back on track after being sick!! I'm still so tired. I haven't gotten any exercise in at all. I do have my diet on track for today though. I've eaten a 200 cal breakfast, I brought a 320 cal lunch to work with me, and I've brought some mini carmel rice cakes for a snack. Those are 60 cals for 7 mini cakes. And they taste great! I'm hoping that I can be down to 225 by Monday. I'm really anxious to see 225 lbs. and then push past it toward 220!!!

Have a great day!!
Stephanie
234/226/125
SW/CW/GW

Well I woke up this morning still at 106. :( oh well My eating has been irregular so I gueess that is something I have to watch- I am eating all my points per day just I slept most of the day the last couple of days. Exercise is going well 30 min per day, I am still enjoying that. I'm glad youre better now Stephanie.
Cheers
Tess

hello ladies. I was going to give the board a break today, but i find i miss it. I already did 15 min on the bike today and i will do 15 more tonight before i go to bed.My weight is doing the whole yo-yo thing. i have moved the scale from in front of the fridge to a cabinet in the bathroom.maybe i won't look at it as much.i almost thought about letting my husband take it with him, kinda like i did with the ciggarttes when i quit smoking. I think i have become addicted to the scale. Its amazing what kind of insight you get into yourself when you write these journals and posts. anyway i am feeling much better today. congratulations to all of the pound losers today.

day 2
 

So i actually made it back and am keeping good on my hope to post everyday to keep me honest. I have to say that today i ate a lot. My best friends parents came out tonight and brought us dinner. I tried to eat as little as possible because i knew how bad the food was, but they are italian so they just kept feeding me, lol. I suppose its ok since ive been good for over a month now. I've been counting calories and trying to get in excersize. I was down a pound this morning to 168 but im sure that after tonight ill be back at 169 :) I can't wait for the cold to end so i can go outside again and workout. It's been such a challange for me to get excersize since i cant afford any machines and i live in an apartment so videos make the floor shake lol. I figure once it gets nice i can try to run. I am a very bad runner. I can only go about 5 min before i want to collapse and die, but hey ill work up to it.

Stephanie--I wanted to say i admire your dilligence it looks like you have your meal plan down to a science. I hope i can be that disciplined someday :) Good job!

Michelle-- Thank you so much about my name. Most people can never remember it so i get deanna a lot :)

Good job everyone keep up the good work.
Happy Thursday,
Cheers,
Adena

Happy Dance!
 

Yeah!!! I had my official WI today and I lost 3.8lbs. I had estimated that it might be around 4 lbs. So I was pretty close.

It has really helped having so many people (22) at work doing WW. We had a breakfast for our school counselor and a bridal shower for a teacher this week, and both were WW friendly!!!! Of course there was baddddddddddddd stuff there to but I am finding that I don't really miss it. Last night I was watching a commercial for pizza and I thought to myself gosh we haven't ordered a pizza in 5 weeks!!! We use to order one every week. All I could think about while I was watching the commercial is how many points that one slice would be and that it wasn't really worth it!!!!!!!

Stephanie- I'm glad your on the mend and starting to feel better!!!

Tess- What a way to workout!!!! It sure is nice to do it with a loved one!

Lisa-I am right there with you with that blasted scale!! I have to have a "fix" everyday! It drives me crazy and can set my mood for the whole day!

Adena-Take one step at a time...Your on the right track! Keep it up.

Have a great day tomorrow ladies!!

Paige :balloons:

Tess - Thanks. I'm feeling a lot better. I can't wait to be entirely better. I have a lingering cough that I'll be thrilled to be rid of!

Lisa - I'm glad you're feeling better. Just hang in there. You're making the right choices with getting on your bike. Just remember if you make the right choices, the weight has no choice but to come off! Great job!!

Adena - Thank you. I'm trying. I struggle too! I have to keep my calorie intake low during the day because I am prone to take in too many calories after I'm home at night.

Paige - congratulations on the weight loss!! That's excellent!

Last night I ended up snacking! I blew a great day on some darn crackers!! I ended up eating 1,700 calories for the entire day yesterday. On the upside I did walk for about 12 minutes yesterday (during my 2 15-minute breaks at work) and I cleaned house like a madwoman last night. I broke a really good sweat and got my heart rate up. I'd say I cleaned straight for 3 hours. I actually cleaned from about 6 pm to about 10 pm but I sat down for a couple minutes here and there. I am very sore today from bending over so much! But my house looks so much better. The good thing is that I live in a townhouse, so when I'm doing laundry and stuff, I constantly have to be up and down those stairs putting it away!
Today has started off very good again! I have had my 200 cal breakfast and today I brought a 250 cal lunch with me. Along with my mini carmel rice cakes if I want something sweet.
I have to say that I was doing great not eating too much last night until I sat down around 10 PM. I should have just went to bed. I was tired. But instead, I stayed up an hour longer and added 630 calories to my calorie intake for the day. I was at 1070 calories for the day before I sat down at that time. And I WASN'T hungry. How silly I am sometimes. I was just craving those stupid crackers. Next time I will just go to bed if I am tired. I will not eat something when I am tired enough to go to bed and it's bedtime!! I will do better!

Stephanie
234/226/125
SW/CW/GW

ok so today has started out great.I ate my cereal adn had a few stalks of celery.so far so good.....

Stephanie:thanks for the good vibes and i am sure you will get lots more exercise today and the crackers will be a distant memory.

Paige: congrats on your weight loss. keep up the good work.

Good Luck to all of you fighting the fight. Today will be a better day!!!!!!!!

Everyone have a great weekend. I may not get to post again until Monday!!

Stephanie
234/226/125
SW/CW/GW

day 3
 

Well tonight was a bust. I went out to eat with my applied math group and they pretty much decided to do all appetizers. I managed to get a tossed salad but i also had a couple of chicken wings and fries. I managed to sidestep the alcohol and just had water which was huge. It is so hard going out in groups because not too many people know about my diet and i dont really want to bring it up in front of my advisor. OH well tomorrow will be a better day. I think if its nice tomorrow i might try to go for a jog. I might die, but ill try 5 min then walk the rest. Im so happy for the weekend to be here, my brain is fried from all the math and i could use the extra two hours of sleep in the morning.

Stephanie--I have the same problem, i eat too much at night. I know for me its because im home instead of at school where there is no food :)

Have a great weekend everyone.
CHeers,
Adena

Tgif!
 

I hope everyone had a good day! My day went pretty good until I got home from work. I didn't really have anything to fix for dinner so we went to Wendy's. I had a chicken sandwich but was still able to have enough points left over to have a WW cookies and cream bar. YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
That's one thing I really like about WW. Sometimes you feel like this must be cheating, but as long as you have the points it's ok. Guilt-free!!! Tomorrow will be somewhat of a challenge. My daughter has a classmate that is having a birthday party tomorrow. They invited the whole family so we will all be going. I know the kids are only 4 but he and my daughter decided years ago that they wanted to get married!!! Who knows I quess stranger things have happened!! Anyway they are very special friends and my daughter is very excited about the party. I am starting to get a little burned out on birthday parties, we have had 4 in the last 6 weeks.

Here's to a great weekend!! I'll check in tomorrow.

Paige

Been gone to long
 

Hello ladies. I have not been able to post for a couple of days. It seems like it has been so long ago. I am training someone at work so I can not get online long enough to post. I try keeping up on the reading though. I have another girl to start training on Monday so I will not be able to post often but will try to keep checking in.

Welcome Adena ~ It sounds like you are off to a great start. The women here are so supportive. They boost you up when you are down and have very good advice to offer.

Paige ~ AWESOME weight loss!!! Keep it up girl!!!!

Stephine ~ Sorry to hear you were feeling down. All will be great in time.

Everyone ~ Good luck for the weekend. Be good and try to get some exercise.

I have been doing very good this week. . . . .until last night. Some girlfriends that I have not seen in almost a year called to meet them at Fazoli's for dinner. Our place we use to always go. They are both so tiny it does not affect them. Me on the other hand......i thought i should get something healthier........but I got a submarino instead. I did not have much to eat during the day yesterday and I think that is why I caved.

I too am a scaleaholic. First thing outta bed and on the scale before I know what I am doing. I thought of putting it in bottom of the closet in bathroom so maybe "outta sight outta mind" might kick in. I yo-yo so bad during week and I think that discourages me. If I would just stick to weigh-in on Monday morning i might feel better about myself.

Well gals ~ i will try to post sometime next week. It will be hard because I can only post when at work. Keep up all the great work and I will check in on everyone.

Stay Strong,

How's everyone doing????!!!

First I would like to welcome Adena (did I get it right?), i see that you're having a good time so far visiting the board!! :)

- Michelle : Thank you, for the comment on my english :) , to be honest here most of the schools are bilingual, i had the chance to go to one, and here I am, i think my paranoia with english it's that I'm not confident enough to speak it or write it in this case! :mad:

Lisa & Jme: move the damn thing (the scale that its :lol: ) away from you!!, I think the scales of the world had get together to control our minds, and let me tell you something, i think they're getting their job done!!!, lets just weigh in just a single day of the week, that would keep our minds sane :lol:

-Paige: Way to go girl!!!, keep on the good work so far, you give me such a good vibe!!!

-Stephanie: I'm laughing with that cracker thing!!!, i'm sure the next time you do that amazing job cleaning your house you'll crave a good shower and your confortable bed :lol:

I weighted in this week and yes, what i didnt wanted to see, happened!, i gained 1 pound, and that got me blue for the rest of the week. I munched on every snack i could reach, i know that makes me even fatter, and i that shouldn't do that, and the're no excuse to feel blue cause the scale it's having a bad day too :lol: So this up coming week challenge to me, it's to say no to chocolate goodies, and bagged snacks, and post a really nasty pic of fat on my pc, mirror, fridge, wherever I can see it so that would remind me that no matter what i do, i wont give the scale the satisfaction of making me feel like a fat loser, IM NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THAT!!!! :lol:

Havent seen Jeanesa in a while, does anyone knows anything about her?

Got to go now!, I'll check back later! :wave:

Take care :grouphug: .

Love,

J.-

Joana- I think you came up with a good idea for this week's challenge. This week, try replacing any junk food snacks you would have with fruit, veggies, or another healthy option. What does everyone think? Can we give up junk food for just one week?

Hi ladies!

Well, I haven't checked in lately because I kind of fell off the wagon... my birthday was February 24 and it all went downhill from there. Celebratory meals, cakes, out of town guests, etc. We had a big snowfall here early in the week which prohibited me from going to the gym (or anywhere for that matter). I kind of spiraled out of control at my own admittance.

I finally got back into the gym and on track today. I made myself work extra hard as a reminder that I have to work out in order to beat this weight. I feel awesome afterwards!

I feel even more awesome after I weighed myself-- despite my misgivings over the last week or so, I still dropped a pound and a half. I think it has a lot to do with the "survival mode" theory I'd heard before. Whatever it is, I'll take it.

Back on track this week with everything. I have no more excuses as the weather has cleared up and there are no trips or visitors in sight!

Here's to a great week for us all.

hey everyone...I am a newbie who would like to join for some support in my weight loss. I have had my difficulties and struggle at times, but I would like to lose at least 10 pounds! I am counting calories and zig zaging if that is how you say it. anyway I have been doing this for a week and i see no results. I exercise a lot during the week and i thought that would help it. anyway i need lots of advice.
Danielle

Hi Everyone,
welcome Danielle. I too am addicted to the scale now but I think it is best way for me to be at least its in my mind now. I had a splurge on friday night - mexican - and a couple of drinks. Dbf and I did walk to the resturaunt tho, 30 min each way and we had a great night with some friends of ours. Other than that 1 night I have done pretty well, kept on points and have done at least 30min exercise per day I even walked by dog for 30min last night after work at 10:30pm just to get the exercise in. I hope you all are on track I will post again this afternoon.
Tess.

Ok. I need something really good to happen. The weekend was not that good. For some strange reason, I was eating everything in sight. I had to call the doctor to get another antibiotic for this bronchitis too. I think that's why I just wanted to munch. I didn't feel really great. And too, I know that this is the last week that I have a job. I don't have anything lined up yet. And this jerk calls this morning (i'm working as a receptionist at an attorney's office) and I tell him (not being rude or anything) that the attorneys set their own appointments and that the particular attorney he's working with is not in at the moment but that if he will leave a message on the atty's voicemail that he should get back with the man as soon as possible after he gets in the office. The man leaves a message and then calls back. He states that he's wanting to try to get this taken care of this morning. I politely told him that the attorney should get back with him as soon as possible after he gets in the office. And that I couldn't guarantee that he could see the attorney this morning because I didn't have the attorney's schedule. This guy asked me if this attorney would have a new secretary or a new person answering the phones when the firm moved to the new location. I told him that there would be a different receptionist. To which he replied 'Good because I was finding it difficult dealing with you'. I politely replied to him that 'I was sorry to hear that, I was trying to give him a realistic expectation on everything'. WHAT A JERK!!!! And then I called the temp agency to see if they have anything in the works for after this is over and find out that the lady I normally work with (and really, really like - she's very nice) is no longer there! She was there on Friday and today she's not. They said that she left of her own accord. But I just don't believe it since she was there and working on Friday. Was even sending my resume places. This morning absolutely stinks! I haven't felt quite this bad in a while. Unfortunately, my only goal for this week is to not eat everything in sight. I have one job that I've interviewed for that I haven't heard back from yet. They mentioned a second interview and definitely wanting to set me up with one. I certainly hope they call today to set that up. I really, really need some good news. It is all that I can do to not sit here and cry. It's hard to tell what the temp agency may set me up with now that Kathy is gone. I really feel like I could have a panic attack. I've had a couple throughout my life. I'm sorry to unload all this on you all, but I really needed to get it all out.

Stephanie

Ugg! Well, I didn't even make it through one day of the challenge. My daughter is sick and has been sick for days. She pretty much moves from the bed to the couch and then back to bed. Since she hasn't felt like eating anything, I haven't been making meals, and I haven't been able to leave the house to go grocery shopping. So with a house full of snack food and no real food, that's what I ate yesterday. This sucks.

Okay... just had a grumpy rampage. I'm over it now. Today is a new day, and I won't make the mistakes I made yesterday. :D

Hi everyone!

I am a newbie, just joined. I found the site from phentermine.com. I joined there when I started taking phen in begining of Feb 2005.
The more support the better!!!

I am a single mom, 36, live in Northern NJ. 1 son, age 12.

Is it Friday yet?
 

Hey Ladies,
I hope everyone has had a good day. I did really good at work today and then I came home and I swear I ate almost a half abox of crackers before I knew it. I wonder how many points that was!!! It is horrible sometimes, I get the munchies as soon as I walk in the door and I'm not even really hungry. Old habits die hard!

Welcome Christine! You have come to the right place! Everyone is very supportive here!!

Michelle-I blew it to, healthy and snacks just don't go together for some reason! I think I blew it before I really even tried! I had a banana today and then it was downhill from there!

Stephanie- Hang in there, something will turn up soon. I know what you mean about finding someone you like at a temp agency. My husband went through that. It really helps when you feel like someone is out there pulling for you!!!

Okay now after my cracker binge I need to figure out how many points I have left for dinner tonight. Gotta go... the kids think they are starving!!

Paige

monday monday monday
 

Stephanie,
I like to think the universe has a way of taking care of us. Maybe this all happened because you are going to find the job of your dreams. Hard things challange us but in the end we can learn from it. That being said, if i was on the phone with that guy i probably would have hung up on him :) You are a very strong person. I bet you'll find a new job soon :) GOod luck with the search.

Michelle,
Has your daughter triend airborn?Its the new thing out to help make sickness' shorter. I tried some last time i was sick and it worked pretty well to keep it short. It seems like you have a great attitude( today is a new day). I think ill print that out and hang it on my fridge :)

Welcome Christine! I just joined last week, but ive found it to be very inspirational here.

As for me, i went running TWICE this weekend. THats crazy. Only 10 min each time with 20 min of walking but it was 10 min straight which was way more than i thought i could do. It was awesome. Of course now im really sore. I streched before and after but clearly not enough. Strange thing is my arms hurt when i was running. i had them bent and by my side but they began to ache. I wonder if this is normal. Well this week is going to be busy. I have to proctor a finite math exam which means ill be swamped with kids asking questions until then. Next week is spring break wahoooooo. Ill be home and not doing any math related work. Hope this week goes by fast.

Keep up all the great work.
Ciao,
Adena

hey guys haven't been on since friday. Haven't really felt like talking. i ate just about everything this weekend that i could get my hands on. but i also ate some healthy things. there were no kids this weekend so i didn't exercise i spent the time with my hubby. We are hardly together anymore since we had our little girl and it was nice just to sit and be together as a couple. well i will write again later. goodnight!!!

Hey there.

I'm new to the boards, although I've poked around here and there.

I'm Athena, and I live just north of San Diego, along the coast. I'm 39 years old, and will turn 40 this December. I'm married and a SAHM to two sons, age 12 and 2.

Back in 2000, I lost a whole bunch of weight the old-fashioned way with strength training, cardio, and clean eating (lean protein, complex carbs & healthy fats). I achieved my goal weight of 110 lbs. and eventually settled around 115 lbs. The summer of 2001 I was right at 115 lbs.,, 9/11 happened (lots of comfort eating) and then I got pregnant with my second son weighing 130 lbs. I gained 40 lbs. during the pregnancy and came home weighing 159 lbs. In the 2.5 years since then I've piddled around and got my weight down to 144 lbs. for one day, but most recently (a week ago!) I pegged the scale at 161 lbs.

Last week I began doing what I know will work to rid my body of this excess weight. My goal is 112 lbs., with a range of 112 - 116 lbs. for maintenance. I'm down four pounds so far.

I look forward to being a part of this community here.

hey everybody. hello newbies (hi christines!!! there are several on the board). i have not been checking in the past couple of days. glad to know that this thread is still going strong with support.

I am down to 208 from 214/216. I have been on xenical now for almost 1 1/2 wks. I am doing very well at eating low fat and cutting out dairy. I did some bike riding over the weekend. Felt good! Trying to drink more water though.

we can do it! christine

tuesday 8th march
 

Hi Everyone. I hope it is all going well for you all. I am having a great week but with a bittersweet realization - my favourite jeans will not make it through winter this year. I mean I really love these jeans and I have only seen one other pair, They are eons old, their button fell off and the zip is stuck up so I shimmy them on and off but now they are starting to get loose-WooHoo :D and in a couple of weeks they will start falling down of their own accord. These are truly magic jeans no matter how fat or thin I was they always fit and were very comfortable and best of all they were fashionable and my mother still thought they looked good. so the diet is working!! :D I have been on points and on track 30min exercise everyday even when I am dog tired after night shift. today I slept all day and then watched the terminal it was a good movie, I am very tired on this run off nightshifts - I cried watching this movie and its not even sad. At least I will get more sleep in tomorow as it has turned cooler here this pm I even had to wear a jersey when I walked the dog at 8pm that means Autumn is here now. I have to go to work now. I will post tommorow night.

Back again!!!

Welcome to our newest members!, I hope you find everything you need to get you going on your journey to lose weight.

So far, my day was boring, I didn't wanted to go to work, I'm being reeeeeaaaaalllyyyyyyy lazy these days, i don't know why!!!!

Had my water, and drank 2 bottles of V8 Splash at work, I love the taste!!, it's the best stuff on earth ( sorry Snapple :lol: ). I went to the gym and did my exercises too, but still i feel like an old cow :( , but I'm not worring cause I know I'll get thru this ( did I get Thru written the right way?)

I see that Steph its passing by a very hard time, sorry to hear about that, i Hope you find a better job, one that you dont have to hear JERKS calling and asking about ppl the already know they're not there!, I know the feeling I kind of spent some "quality" time with the phone where I work and trust me, people can get very stupid when they think that the recepcionist has to solve their probs... Anyways we know you'll get a better job so, keep those blue feelings away from you! :)

I have to go to bed now, I hope tomorrow I dont feel so lazy, cause this feeling really often means I'm gonna get sick, and I dont want to be sick!!!, not now that spring break it's ahead!!!

Love you guys so much!!!, take care!!!

J.-

wed 9th march
 

Today I bought and am reading AJ Rochester's book, “A Lazy Girl's Guide to Losing Weight” I cant help it along with my scales now I am addicted to "diet" books in the last month I have read Dr phils uwls cookbook, french women dont get fat and now A Lazy Girl's Guide to Losing Weight. I cant help it I find them inspiring, that and I cant find a good fiction book at the moment.
Also I have been scribing quotes all though my food tracker when I read/hear something I like, I watched before sunset a couple of days ago and I loved this line- " (somepeople) they enjoy the goal but not the proccess, the reality of it is that the true work of improving things is in the little improvements of the day and thats what you need to enjoy." I think that applies to my diet/change of lifestyle, I am enjoying getting fitter and all the exercise I do along with all the yummy healthy food that I do eat. Really I even enjoy planning and tracking my food intake along with posting here. I love the feeling of victory when I am on points, on goal with exercise and have drank enough water for the day. Night shift seems to be playing havoc with the scales but I know I am getting smaller. My skin is loving the extra water.
take care everyone.
see you tomorrow.

Thanks so much to all of you! I didn't post yesterday because I was just chilling out with my computer time. I looked up some playstation 2 walkthroughs for a couple of my games that I was stuck on! I also looked up tips for my Gallop Racer 2004 game to see when I can add more mares to my stable!! I just LOVE that game being horse crazy as I am! I played my gallop racer for a little while and got through a tricky point in one of my other games last night before going to bed. It really helped me to chill out!

I got some high fiber cereal last night and had 1/2 cup of it with 1/2 banana cut up in it! It was very filling! I didn't want to snack the rest of the evening! Today I am totally back on track! I'm so glad. My stress over the job thing is gone. I still don't have anything lined up but I know that I can apply for unemployment and that will help me through till I find a job! I've eaten 200 cals today, drank 20 oz of water (so far) and I walked around the block for 10 minutes during my 15 minute 10am break!!! It feels so great to be back on track again! I also bought some pants on clearance last night. they were $2.00. A pair of grey dresspants. In a size 14!! I'm in a size 20 pants right now. I'm hoping to be to the 14's no later than the fall!! That will give me something to shoot for!

Hope everyone is doing well. Have a great day!
Stephanie
234/226/125
SW/CW/GW

hi guys!!!! I havent' been on in a couple of days. I have come to a decision, i am going to try this whole thing again but with a different attitude.i am going to eat the same as everyone else in my family and just try nto watch the portion sizes and try to get in my exercise and water as much as i can. My little girl starts t-ball tommorrow night so maybe that will help me to get active outside of this house. My van is fixed now so i can be out of the house a little more now . anyway i will try to get on again later

newbie
 

Hello,
Im a newbie here. I would love to be able to talk to someone who understands what its like to be overweight. I live in a college town where Im not kidding there are like no overweight girls.. every time i go to cali or oregon or texas anywhere but here I see normal people.. but in my town its hard none of my friends are overweight my husband has like three percent body fat and then theres me.. fifty pounds overweight and very depressed about it. I used to be pretty good shape and a healthy 145 pounds now im pushing 190 and really would love to talk to someone else who can relate... cant wait to here from someone thanks marcy

Welcome Marcy. glad you found us jump right in, what type of eating palan are you following? Hey Lisa I dont cook anything different for DBF I cook, I chose ( I never cook anything I know he doesnt like) but we have lowfat versions of everything we usually eat. Hey Stephanie, Im glad your job situation is not bothering you as much now - you know you will end up with another job that you like better than this one - the universe always works it out right in the end. I have smaller clothes that I am working towards my next clothing goal is a 3/4 pair of jeans I can do them up right now but they are still abit uncomfortable I'm sure they will fit fine by april.
willl post again this afternoon.
Tess.

Hi everyone,

Haven't been posting in a while, but I have read most posts :)

It's been three weeks that I started ww, and I'm now getting more and more confortable with it. I'm not having too many cravings and when I do, it fit it in the program. I've picked up my exercising (4 days a week), drink 4-6 glass of water a day, and stay OP at all times. So I can see myself going for long.

My next goal is the Onederland :D

Keep at it ladies, the weight will come off!

Ann