Hello All!
I know it has been awhile since I posted but I am still sticking with it. It was good to read all the posts. It is motivating to read about the sucesses and the challenges - because knowing that I am not alone in the challenges is so comforting - this is real life and sometimes things don't go as planned but as long as we keep going we will eventually get there - some of us just like to take the long, scenic route!

On the plus side I have been doing more than thinking about exercise. My hubby & I have been going to the gym for the last 5 days! The soreness is finally starting to fade.

I put the big guilt trip on the hubby - I told him that he needed to go to the gym with me and keep me accountable - that if he couldn't do that he didn't deserve a thin wife! He of course is 6'2" and 190 lbs so weight is not an issue for him - but he does love me so to the gym we go.

Big victory - I finally was able to zip up a pair of size 18 jeans - they are not what you would call comfortable but hey I was wearing size 24's in October so I am very happy!

Hope everyone makes good choices today - make it happen!

Gaining in LA
 

Do not give up on today - you can still have a great OP day. A big salad, grilled or baked chicken, baked potato w/ salsa and lots of steamed veggies - still under points. Or you could eat several lean cuisines! I always keep a couple frozen meals with low points for those "bad" days when I need to control myself. You can do this! Make today a great day!

Jill

gsjmyeager
How tall are you? Obviously taller than me! (5'4") lol I'm at 235 and 18's are still a way away for me! :( I have one pair I can wear. My 20's fit nicely, though. I'll be gladder to see them go than I was to toss my 22's into the garage sale pile!
It fascinates me how much tall people can weigh and still look good. God skipped over me when He handed out inches....or maybe He just gave me mine in circumference rather than height! lol

Hey everybody. I guess we're all finding our little demons to deal with. Last Thurs I got off track with my water & although I"m still drinking it, I can't seem to get enough in since then. I just need to make up my mind again. NO EXCUSES! That's what I keep telling myself anyway. Exercise has mostly been light, but a lot of it today. I had personal time at work that I was about to lose, so I took the day off & have been deep cleaning (moving furniture, etc). Water obviously not great, but better than the last few days. fg 6 so far, but dinner will add 5 more for a total of 11 out of 30. I may have a low fat desert tonight. lol

Originally Posted by ladylane06:
Staying motivated is key and coming here everyday and reading all the successes be they big or small, or even being able to relate to the struggles keeps me motivated. Thanks to all of you and keep up the good work!

I agree completely, while this time I am determined to stick with it, I have to admit that without all of the support & yes, even pitfalls here I don't think I would be able to stay OP as well. Thanks, I don't think any of you know what an actual life saver this site & all of you have been for me.

gsjmyeager Congrats on you're accomplishment! (both the weight & getting the hubby to the gym)lol.

GainingWeightInLA gsjmyeager is right. You can still make those points. We're all cheering for ya!

LadyLai glad to hear you're beginning to not be so hard on yourself. Those fluctuations can really take a toll on you.

Eyesing glad to hear you're starting to feel better. Staying OP when sick? I'd have to agree it's "comforting". & I think getting in the routine of things is personally the hardest part. When you're thrown off of that, it's like you have to start all over.

I'm so glad that this is a group of people that found each other & is giving support in good times & bad. Keep trudging along everybody!!!!!! :hug:
Have a good night.
Teri
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Hi ladies!

Kespinoza, congrats on the weight loss! You're doing great! Thanks for the cheering up. We do need to tinker with our "diets" to get it right.

Lois, thanks also for the cheering up. I know I had an awesome start, I ought to be thankful for that. I hope the scale is nicer to me than it has been these past 5 days. (keeping fingers crossed) And way to go gettiing your workout in early this morning. I hope you got your needed calories today.

Teri, thanks for the welcome back and the encouragement. Moving furniture and cleaning I think is equivalent to weights in the gym!

Robsia, thanks also for the encouragement. I know weighing everyday is a bad habit, and can be nasty for our already fragile confidence. I promise to try and work on this. And I'm not going to give up, I've had a great start, it's going to finish great too!

Eyesing, sorry to hear you've been under the weather. I totally agree with you, when you're sick you do not have any energy. Sometimes when I'm sick I can barely get out of my own way! lol I hope you feel better soon, and get right back on the weight loss wagon!

Gsjmyeager, that's so awesome that you got your hubby to go to the gym with you. Congrats on the size 18's! Keep up the great work on you!


Well guys, I had a good day. I got my water, exercise and healthy food in. I know I sounded awful lastnight. But I figured I joined this site for support, and boy I was blown away at how much you all jumped on it. You guys are fabulous support buddies. I hope that I can repay you all some day. I know not to lose site of the final goal, the only way to get there are to live thru these tough times.

Once again you're wonderful women! And we're on a great journey together, thru all the ups and downs. I hope you have a wonderful night and wake up a lighter you! ;) :goodscale

Sheila, I miss you! Hope you get that computer fixed soon!

~Tina

I weighed myself yesterday and I have lost 6lbs since the 2nd!! Yippee!:carrot:

I also started my exercising yesterday. I walked 45 min and climbed the bog 'ole stairs by my house. There are a lot of them LOL! Today I went to the gym and did 10 min. on the treadmill and 35 min. doing my round.

I was feeling really good today but I fell off the wagon and had pizza tonight. Ugh! I feel like crap (especially after logging it in at Fitday, yikes!)but I'm dusting myself off and getting back on right away. Still it could be worse.....before I would have stopped eating healthy altogether and bought chips and dip to make it 'worth my while'. Not anymore. I ate my pizza.....that is it!

Good losing all!!

jill...WOW!! Size 18. Can't wait for the day I can get into that size. Way to go girl! :carrot: :carrot: Keep up the good work.

GaingWeightInLa...Cheer up! I know how hard it is to stay on a program, but you need to focus on each day as it comes. If you have time, sit down at night and pre plan what you will eat for the next day. I'm 5' and have over 200 lbs to loose. I would't be able to do this without the support of the women I have found at this site, my group at Weight Watchers and my husband Jim. YOU CAN DO THIS!!!....WE ALL CAN!...BY SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.:grouphug:

Tina...Try to only :goodscale yourself once a week if you can. It's a problem for me also, but as you exercise more and more, you are building muscle and that weighs more than fat. You will hit those times where the scales won't budge and it could last a month or longer, but that is just your body adjusting to the weight you have already lost. Don't get discouraged!! Just stay on your program and exercise, you'll start loosing again.:hug:

Eyesing...Hope you are feeling better :hug: I like to eat homemade Chicken and wild rice soup. It just makes me feel better and it smells good also.

DragonTush... Congrats on loosing 6lbs :woo: :woo: I like my pizza also. Papa Murphys is my favorite. It's a good thing that we live 25 miles from any fast food or pizza place cause i'd probably be bigger than I am now.:rofl: Have you tried Lean Cuisine Pizza's? They only have 290-320 calories and are between 5 to 6 points if you are following weight watchers. I had one today with a salad. YUM!!

Well girls, I feel a lot better than I did yesterday. Got my exercising in with Richard Simmons. Almost made it through the whole workout. Maybe tomorrow. It gets a little easier each day and my knees are not screaming like they did before I started to exercise.
I've gone a whole week without cheating once! It's a first for me. Don't know why this time I'm so committed to following through, but I am. It's a good thing! Weigh-in at Weight Watchers tomorrow. Hope it is a 6lbs loss like my scales say, but a loss is a loss either way, so I'll take it.:carrot:

Later,
Cheryl:dancer:

HELLO LADIES!!!! HOPE EVERYONE HAS HAD A GREAT DAY! JUST GOT HOME FROM MY SON BASKETBALL GAME AND THOUGHT I'D CHECK- IN.I REALLY ENJOY HEARING HOW EVERYONE IS DOING OR NOT DOING. BUT AT LEAST THIS IS ONE PLACE WHERE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS. DRAGONTUSH GREAT JOB ON THE WT. LOSS SINCE THE 2ND THAT IS EXCELLENT YOU MAY HAVE FALLEN OFF THE WAGON BUT JUST JUMP BACK 0N YOUR DOING GREAT:).JILL CONGRATS ON THE BIG VICTORY NEW CLOTHES SIZE THAT ALWAYS FEELS GOOD. CHERYL WAY TO GO SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE ON TRACK:carrot:. GAININGWTINLA I DO WT. WATCHERS. AS LONG AS I WRITE IT DOWN AND KEEP TRACK OF MY POINTS I DO WELL. THERE ARE NOT TO MANY RESTRICTIONS I LIKE THAT AND WRITING IT DOWN KEEPS ME HONEST WITH MYSELF. TERI THAT SEEMS TO BE THE KEY "MAKING UP YOUR MIND" SOUNDS LIKE YOUR BACK ON TRACK:cool:. TINA WE ALL HAVE BAD DAYS, BUT THATS WHY WE HAVE EACH OTHERS SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT:hug:. BY THE WAY THEY BROUGHT LUNCH TO OFFICE TODAY IT WAS HARD BUT I WAS GOOD. THAT IS THE HARDEST PART ABOUT WORKING IN A DOCTORS OFFICE THEY ARE ALWAYS BRINGING IN FOOD. BUT I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO.:carrot:. ANYWAY I'LL CHECK-IN TOMORROW I NEED SOME SLEEP!!!:yawn:. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK EVERYONE:thanks: .

Should be leaving right now to take son to school....I had to post that I stayed within my target points afterall yesterday!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooooo happpppppyyyyyyyy!!! Feel free to pat me on my virtual back! I deserve it!!! :) LOLOL I'm just being funny, ya'll! Gotta run. I'll check back later. Today is a new challenge. I did it yesterday, I can do it today, too, right???

Good morning,
Boy, it was one of those mornings where I did not want to get out of bed.... just wanted to stay there and sleep. So needless to say I did not want to do my workout, but I pushed myself and now I'm glad I got it done :dancer:. I had to hurry up and get that negative thought out of my head before it grew roots.

Yesterday I got in about 1600 cals., but I felt tired as the day went on, I'm thinking may be because I did not get in enough cals. the day before.... does it work like that? It's funny that I have never been into counting cals. but using FitDay (pc version) makes it easy to keep up with them and your daily nutrients without actually having to count them... I should have found this program a long time ago... I love it!

Tina, see what a difference a day makes. We are here to support one another and get each other through those potential bad days... now you know you can get through the bad days. We all know how easy it can be to fall off, that's why we are all here... to keep each other motivated and on task.

EyeSing, sorry you are under the weather but hope you are feeling better soon and back with us. :hug:

GainingWeightInLa, :dancer: Congrats on staying within your points... see, all you have to do is hang in there girl... we know not everyday will be perfect so we can't be hard on ourselves. We just have to be able to brush it off and stay focused.

Jill, so good to see you posting. I agree it is nice to be able to come to a place where others can relate to us and help us stay focused. Wow, how cool you got your hubby to go to the gym with you. I have to get the nerve up to go to the gym period! :lol: Glad you are sticking with it... and you fit in a size 18! :carrot: ...I'm jealous too! ...gives me something to shoot for. I have some smaller clothes in my closet that I am looking forward to fitting into again. Keep up the good work!

Teri, that's right NO EXCUSES. I think we will all have days where we don't get the exercise in or we may eat a little too much and even struggle getting that water in... but all we can do is keep moving forward and try to improve the next day and the next just as long as we stick to it this time.

:grouphug:

It's going to be another great day for all of us!
 

Sounds like everyone is making progress! What more can we ask for ( except that all the fat just magically disappears - I know we have all had that fantasy.)

Gaining in LA - We need to change your name to Losing in LA! Way to go staying OP! 1 day at a time. By the way I am only 5'5". I think we just run heavy in my family - I have weighed 160 and been in size 6/8 and my daughters ( both 5' 4") weigh 140 and wear size 5. We must have heavy bones! Both my daughters are athletes and are solid muscle - they take after their dad!

Teri - You hit the nail on the head - NO EXCUSES! I have justified and excused myself into 150+ extra lbs. I can't excuse myself anymore.

Tina - You have a great attitude! Hey, if losing weight wasn't so much like a rollercoaster we would probably all be skinny. Sometimes I just want to scream - not fair! - when the scale doesn't reflect my efforts immediately. It seems like it reflects every slip up but not the flip side. Keep on keeping on.

DragonTush - Way to go! it's all about being accountable. It seems easier to stop the fall when you write it down ASAP. Instead of pizza becoming pizza, chips and dip and ice cream it just stays pizza - which is quite a victory!

Cheryl - How did the WI go? You are on a roll! Hope you did fantastic!

Kespinoza - You are so right about keeping yourself honest!

It seems that we have a recurring theme here - no excuses, being accountable and being honest with ourselves. Funny how the easiest person to fool is ourselves. I believed that if no one saw me eating the food they wouldn't know - hello look in the mirror. I was the only one who couldn't see. Yikes!

Hey everyone consider yourself hugged - and make today a great day!

Lois - Way to go! Making yourself do it when you don't want to is a huge accomplishment! (That's what I tell my husband anyways!)

The more I don't want to do it before the better I feel after. You should be very proud of yourself!

Jill

My daughter's coach gave her this and I thought of us.

Dream Big
By Author Unknown

If there were ever a time to dare, to make a difference, to embark on something worth doing –
it is now. Not for any grand cause, necessarily - but for something that tugs at your heart, something that's your aspiration, something that's your dream.

You owe it to yourself to make your days here count.
Have fun.
Dig Deep.
Stretch.
Dream big.

Know, though, that things worth doing seldom come easy.
There will be good days.
There will be times when you want to turn around, pack it up, and call it quits. Those times tell you that you are pushing yourself that you are not afraid to learn by trying.

Persist.
Because with an idea, determination, and the right tools, you can do great things.
Let your instincts, your intellect, and your heart guide you.

Trust.
Believe in the incredible power of the human mind.
Of doing something that makes a difference -
Of working hard -
Of laughing and hoping -
Of lazy afternoons -
Of lasting friends -
Of all the things that will cross your path this year -

The start of something new brings the hope of something great.
Anything is possible.
There is only one you.
And you will pass this way only once.

How appropriate... very fitting! I'll be saving this. Thanks for sharing.

I am SSOOOoooo releived!!!!
 

Good morning ladies,

I bet you know what I'm going to say next.....THE SCALE FINALLY MOVED! After almost a week of no progress, no motivation, and discouragement the scale moved down 2lbs.!!!:goodscale

I know it sounds so silly to get discouraged over something like this, but like I said my confidence was already fragile in the beginning of all of this. It was built up like wild fire the first 5 days, but next 5 days took it's toll. If there is an example anyone riding a tough wave through it's me!! :cheer:

I'm ready to jump on that treadmill and give it all it's got! :ebike: Thanks ladies for being there for me. :encore:

I'll check back in later, I just had to come share with you first thing. I'm off to exercise now.
~Tina