Whoops - you just did, LOL! Wow, killer loss this week. Yay!

yeah i would have to say at the age of 21 having a baby is the hardest but greatest thing i could ever accomplish. she makes everyday brighter. i never wanted kids but now that i have one i would never trade her for anything. i just know i have to change my ways of eating b4 she thinks that a bag of chips is dinner!!!lol which is on the norm for me. so tonight i will try something new and see if i burn the house down or not lol. thank again to everyone who has given advice.

Go, MM!

Hey, I thought of you when I was in Wal-Mart's checkout. They had a little booklet in the magazine rack, Cooking Basics for Dummies. No offense! It looked like a neat booklet, actually. It even had some recipes in it. There's a full-fledged book available, to: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...64000?v=glance

Yeah, I've had a different weight loss pattern these past couple of months. I waiver up and down about a pound for a couple of weeks, then whoosh, lose 4 or more. I think it has to do with work outs, bulking up, and water retention.

MM, you should post some pics of your baby :) Definitely example is the strongest way to teach eating choices. I have a cousin who taught her son and daughter to love carrot and celery sticks when they were kids. I remember our family, when we were kids we were so picky, and vegetables didn't register as a food group, so Iwas very impressed by that.

I'll start up an October thread, the time goes by fast, doesn't it?

none taken. i think i will run back up there. i finally broke down and bought a scale. bad news is apparently i aint not 205 but 207. so i need to change my info. i did manage to eat well yesturday i felt good about that but still had no energy. now another problem i am facing in that i may have some thyroid problems its runs in the family and that could also affect me in lossing the pounds i need to. soooo i am trying to get more info on that.

Don't sweat the weight too much, MM -- just pick a scale and weigh consistently on the same one. We used our doctor's office scale for a while, but now use my MIL's.

Good deal getting bloodwork done, anyway. Find out all that stuff and then hit 'er good! :D

We were not-so-good this last couple days. Treated ourselvse to pizza twice; :blush: This week I'm planning to have 100 less calories/day to make up for the overage. We knew better than to sit outside the coffee shop talking with friends after the shop closed...We talked about food, how we were hungry...LOL I need to smack myself upside the head next time I do that! ;)

On a positive front, I found a cute pair of pajamas at Value City (local discount chain kind of like TJ Maxx, Marshall's, etc.). Oh, and two bras that actually FIT. Woo! I'm in a 40DD now, down from what I think *should have been* at 46DD. Nice to have my girls suspended more than 3" above my navel, LOL!

I started an October thread.

Oops! Indeed you did!
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66071

is there anyone else who just had a baby?? and i would like to ask anyone who has ever had a baby who in the world do u get rid of PPD??????

Really couldn't tell you about that one -- you might want to search the forums here for pregnancy and related terms. I was thinking there was a whole forum regarding pregnancy and dieting, but maybe not.