Jill I can sooo relate to your reasons for wanting to lose weight! I laughed when I read them! It sounds funnier when I read it than it is when some of those things are happening to me!

Guys, I'm struggling. I've been struggling from the get-go. Keep me in your prayers. I've had one good day and no loss whatsoever so far. I know I can do this....as I've done it before. I just gotta find my motivation. It seems to have left me. So far I'm doing great today after yet another bust yesterday. Supper is my bomb everytime....Dang eatin' out gets me everytime! I was almost strong last night....almost. Almost doesn't show results, though. :( Thanks guys. Ya'll are becoming my rock...I thought of you all on my way out to eat last night. Ya'll kept me strong....until I crumbled. Hubby helped me crumble, though.
Okay, I'm done griping. I hope you all lose all the weight I should've lost by now! I want everyone else to succeed just as much as myself. (Does this sound like a pity party or what? I don't mean it that way! Honestly!! lol) I'm just going to go now before I start back to griping again! :-D

Just popping in....
 

Hi gals!

:welcome2: Jillybean! It would be great to have one more support buddy. Come on in and make yourself at home. You'll find great support and motivation here. :hug:

Jill, I'm going to find a way to bottle that feeling someday!! :cloud9: But it's pretty hard to contain I must admit. A challenge even for Ziploc! I gotta say you named every reason (right down to the sex one! :lol3: it's as if you were in my head!) for wanting to lose weight. The only one I might add would be...to be healthier for my daughter. Not to teach her to grow up like me. :moo: Give her healthy eating habits and stay active. :dancer:

Robsia, way to go!! How exciting, just wait till you get your digital scale, then you can count the 0.5 too! LOL :goodscale

LosingWeightInLa (a.k.a gaining), hang in there! Even grip with your finger nails. This is a long process and success will be yours someday. Even staying within your points is a victory to report. Rome wasn't built in a day, it took a lot of individual days to do it and a lot of small victories to finish it. The same goes for us, we'll have a lot of small goals and victories before we can claim the big (smaller us) one!


Catch you all later!
~Tina

HI! HOPE EVERYONE HAS HAD A GREAT DAY! :welcome3: JILLYBEAN GLAD TO HAVE YOU THIS IS A GREAT GROUP OF LADIES. MY DAY WAS OKAY, I STAYED IN MY POINT RANGE. I JUST LEAD A VERY BUSY LIFE I HAVE 6 KIDS A FULL TIME JOB AND I DON'T EVEN WANT TO BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW MANY BASKETBALL & VOLLEYBALL I HAVE TO ATTEND, DON'T GET ME WRONG I ENJOY GOING AND WATCHING THE KIDS PLAY BUT IT DOESN'T GIVE ME ALOT A FREE TIME. I NEED TO PLAN MY MEALS AHEAD I FIND IT EASIER TO JUST GRAB SOMETHING. THEN AOUT EXCERCISE THATS A CHALLENGE. I WORK IN A DRS. OFFICE AND WE DO WALK ALOT BUT THAT WON'T BE NEARLY ENOUGH. OH WELL ENOUGH OF THAT. TERRI I'LL PRAY FOR YOUR GRANDMA HOPE EVERYTHING IS OKAY:) TINA THANKS FOR POSTING THE ARTICLE I REALLY LIKED THAT. GSJMYEAGER YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT WITH YOUR REASONS TO LOSE WT. I CAN RELATE TO MOST ALL OF THAT:).
ROBISA GOOD JOB ON THE WT. LOSS :woo: LADYLANE06 :bravo: ON THE EXCERCISE. HAVE YOU TRIED A MULTI-VIT. THAT MIGHT HELP WITH THE FATIGUE YOU ARE HAVING. LADYLIA THANKS FOR THE IDEALS ON HOW TO GET PASS THE CHOCOLATE ISSUE YOUR SUGGESTIONS WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.:hug: I'M GLAD I HAVE YOU GUYS IT REALLY HELPS. :grouphug: GOODNIGHT!!!!!

Jill--Wow, I have listed all of those SAME EXACT reasons for wanting to lose wieght in other posts. A big one for me is roller coasters--I have ALWAYS loved them, but I haven't been on one in years for fear of not fitting :( I'll admit to having sex with the lights on at times, though I much more enjoy it in the dark :p Oh, and being on top, I ALWAYS (not that it happens very often, mind you) wonder how it's possible that he's not in extreme pain?! And towels *sigh* how I would LOVE to be able to get out of the shower and wrap a normal bath towel around me without my gut hanging out :dizzy:

One other reason I want to lose weight right now is that I'm 23 and in a serious relationship. I want to have children before I'm 30, and I want to be healthy before getting pregnant. I know you can have completely healthy pregnancies while being overweight, but with my freaky medical history, I know I wouldn't be so lucky :dizzy:

Gaining--it's really hard to change the bad habits we've had for so long. I have difficulties eating out, too, and what's even worse is that even entree salads at most restaurants really aren't that good for you :devil: What you need to keep in mind, though (and I know it's hard), is that even just changing 1 meal a day from bad to good can make your body MUCH happier on the inside. Maybe your scale won't show it, but I bet in being good during the day and maybe going off-plan at night, you're still doing WORLDS better than if you were just bad all the time, ya know?

Hey, everyone! Good news....Stayed on target yesterday! Yippee for me! :) Today is a new day--hopefully a better day! Hope to see a loss by weekend's end! Keep your fingers crossed--say a prayer!
Hope everyone has an awesome day and sees great losses!

TGIF! ! !

Just checkin' in. My day is going pretty good. I got the workout in. I have to say again how much better I feel already since I started working out on the 1st., I missed one day but I'm thinking it's ok that I take a day or even 2 off per week.... I don't want to burn myself out on exercising as I've done so many times in the past. This time it has to be something I can stick with, something that doesn't feel like a chore... and coming here everyday checking in is a huge help.

Tina, I'm with you... here's to five weeks and beyond :cheer: We can all do it... a year can go by so quickly and what we are aiming to accomplish is very doable as long as we persevere!

Jillybean, :wave: :welcome3: to the group.
Sounds like you have a good plan, just gotta get back to exercising. The ladies here are very supportive so I know you will like it here.

Jill, yes it is amazing how quickly the stamina is returning... makes me wonder why I had been putting it off for so long. It really only takes a short time to start feeling better and energized. You have to make up your mind and just do it!
I also think you've named some of the main reasons for me wanting to lose weight. I want to feel better and keep up with my 3yr. old... tired of my knees aching... they need a well deserved break! :lol:

Robsia, Congrats on the weight loss :cheer: I know, it's hard staying off that scale, it's my weakness too. :goodscale

kespinoza, Wow! ...six kids, whew! I could not imagine I could ever have enough energy to keep up with them. I know it must be hard finding time for yourself but somehow you are going to have to find a little bit of time for you! I am sure I would benefit from taking a multi-vitamin, and I do plan to get some more, I have some but they have sat on the shelf and expired :(

GainingWeightInLa, Thats GREAT Congrats on staying on target... it seems just a little bit easier if you focus on one day at a time and before you know, those numbers start going down! :dancer:

:grouphug:

How is everyone's day going? Sounds like those who've checked in are doing well.

Tina - if we could figure a way to bottle the felling we would be rich, rich , rich - just like drug dealers!

Kespinoza - You are so right. Planning ahead is key. It is just to easy to grab something on the go and there are so few really good fast food choices - Chick-fil-a and Wendy's have a couple of items that are not too bad.

Jillybean - The first time I lost weight was because I wanted to get pregnant and wanted to be healthy for the baby. I was 119lbs when I got pregnant and managed to keep myself under 160 through my second pregnancy as well. The girls are 18 months apart. However after that downhill baby... The girls are 17 and 15 now.

LOSING in LA - Great job a day at a time! Like Jillybean said even making a small change for the better everyday adds up. Keep up the good work.

Lois - Funny how we put off and dread something we know is going to make us feel better. We can be our own worst enemy or best friend - our choice.

I'm having a good day food wise but a really bad day life wise. Friday is my day off work so I have been at home today and I have discovered that my 17 yo daughter has been lying to me ( I know big surprise a teenager not telling her parents the truth). She has never given me any reason to worry - she gets great grades, she has been on the varsity swim team since her freshman year, she doesn't follow the crowd and I have trusted her completely. My bad. On New Years my husband and I went to San Antonio and the girls did not want to go, so I let them stay with friends - their best friends. I spoke to both of the parents to ok it a couple weeks in advance.

Well apparently my 17 yo did not stay there and spent the night at the house with a boy. And they had sex - and I know this because she has a blog that details the events. I feel scared and disappointed and stupid. I was actually one of those parents with their head in the sand - I was so trusting. I did not follow up with a phone call to her friends parents while I was out of town. I did speak to her several times but on her cell phone. I AM STUPID.

To top that off my sister - 1 year younger than I am called to say she was on the way to the emergency room with numbness in her arm and feeling funny - her Dr. told her to get to the emergency room ASAP. I am just waiting .... for my sister or her husband to call and for my darling daughter to get home from school - I am very very stressed out right now.

Keep my sister in your thoughts and prayers. My daughter too please - I want to be able to handle this in a "good way" and not totally freak out on her.

Yikes!!

T

Jill, congrats on doing good with your eating :cheer: I hope things are ok with your sister and that it is not anything serious... keep positive thoughts. I can relate to the situation with your daughter. I have a 16 yr. old son and I came across his "my space" and was surprised at some of the things I read :fr: but I had to find a way to approach the subject and talk about it without him knowing I had viewed his "space". Just be careful in how you handle things with your daughter. :hug:

Well, I originally was going to post about how I came here because I'm feeling weak and feel like I'm going to eat something I shouldn't. After reading Jill's post, I've changed what I want to say! :( Now I don't know what to say. Jill, hang tough and choose your words wisely. My son is only 7, but I'm already plotting about how to keep my relationship open with him so he's not afraid to tell me things....ever! If he has sex, I want him to feel like he can hopefully come to me beforehand and ask questions (SO THAT I CAN TELL HIM NOT TO DO IT!!! LOL), but I definitely don't want him to be afraid to tell me afterwards so we can talk about it. After the fact is too late, but better then than not at all. I just don't ever want him to feel like he can't talk to me about all things.
Well guys I'm gonna go try to be strong now. I'm cooking for my son...it smells soooooo good....barbque beef for a sandwich! :( Pray that I can be strong!
Jill............I'm praying for you, girl!

Was weak...ate the barbque beef. No idea how many points. Ate two small bowls (very small bowls). Maybe 5-6 points? I'd already had 6 today. Hope I stay strong for supper....I'm still hungry. :(

Jill.... Hope your sister is doing fine. I'll be praying for you both. great job on manageing what you eat. :) I'm a foster parent, and have been for 6 years. All have been teenagers and it's a tough age. I've gone through the same thing and felt so stupid, but mostly hurt and betrayed and I'm sure thats how you feel. Just take some time to think about what you want to say to your daughter, but please don't talk to her if you are angry. You may say something that you will regret later. Hopefully they practiced safe sex, but kids always think that nothing is going to happen to them. Your daughter will also have to earn your trust back, but that will happen as time passes.

I have had a pretty good day. Stayed within my points, and I walked today for exercise. My knees are screaming today, but the weather is about to change. This is the warmest winter in North Dakota history. We have been above 30 for a high and 20's for a low. Usually we can be -30 for a low and -10 for a high in January. For those of you that live where it's warm, anything over 30, we consider short wearing weather. The cold weather is suppose to be back with freezing rain. YUCK!!

Tlll Later,

Cheryl:carrot:

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Good Evening Ladies!

Kespinoza, I have one daughter (4yrs.) I constantly say I'm so glad I have only one. I have two step-sons aswell but when I met them they were 14 & 11, they didn't want a third parent to be a disciplinarian, so I didn't get much experience with them in that area. Don't get me wrong they are great boys. I just stood out of the way and let their father or mother set their rules. That let me be the easy-going, fun step-mom. I didn't mind! I couldn't even imagine having SIX! Holy cow, you must crave some "alone time".

LosingWeigtInLa, congratulatios for keeping within your points yesterday! See, a little determination can take you far! As for today, I'm sure you're good in regards to the BBQ beef, you're already on awares so I'm sure you'll do fine at supper.

Lois, good job keeping on track all week. I agree with not burning yourself out with the exercise. My aunt has since been trying to turn a leaf this past week. She went and bought an exercise machine tonight. She insists on doing the highest weight, and the fastest. I keep telling her she has to ease into it, but she thinks when she starts she has to go full speed ahead. I've watched her do this time and time again, then say it's killing me, I can't do it anymore. Burning out too early is not good!

Jill, I feel awful for you. I'll keep your sister in my prayers also. As for your daughter, all I can say is listen to the advice that was just given. I remember being 17 (it was only 11 yrs. ago) I think I would appreciate my mother coming to me in a more calm manner talking to me from her experiences. I think that's the approach I would take with my daughter when she's that age. Then again it's easy to say what you're going to do, but when put in that situation,you don't know what to do. It's a tough one. I feel for ya, and when you get through it you'll have to post your advice for me! Hang in there!


Cheryl, good job staying within your points too! Seems as though we're hanging in good! Lots of inspiration here, woo hoo! I feel ya on the knees too, I am finding my knees, calves, and that little tendon thingy above the heel (the one you bend to move your foot around). I hoping that continuing walking it will work itself out.

Well, I had a pretty good day. Been on my feet all day (shopping), that means a lot of cardio and weight training carrying shopping bags. hahaha Lunch I had a turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread and water, from Grandma Lees. Supper came home a made a hearty beef barley soup. So I really don't know how the calories and fat grams went for the day, but I still feel good. It's better than going and eating what I used to. Hope you all had a good day also!

~Tina

Hey everyone,
just checkin' in. I'm taking a day off from my workout... that's 2 days off since the 1st... that's saying alot for me! :dancer: I weigh in tomorrow, but somehow I don't think I will have much of a loss if any at all. I have been retaining water... too much sodium is my guess. Regardless to the number I will continue.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend, check with you all later.

:grouphug:

Hi all!!! :hug: to all my 'old' buddies, and :welcome2: to the new ones! I am thrilled to read of all the support and losses since I've been able to be here with you all! Doggone computer... I'm still having to use the old s-l-o-w one, and have been horribly busy with work, sick family, etc. too much to do anything with my newer one yet.

I am down 4 lbs according to WW weigh in Tuesday. I suffered for every ounce of those 4 lbs... sheesh! I'm so glad everyone is hangin' in there, even those of us who are snail-paced losers...

Funny, not happy funny, but isn't it funny how sometimes sharing concerns other than weight loss really helps here, too. I am so sorry to read of difficulty others have with home and family, but it makes everyone seem so much more human than just a name on a computer screen. You're all really PEOPLE... not just posts! I mean, I KNOW that, but well... ya know what I mean. So much of what everyone posts here hits CLOSE to home!

I think all the concerns we have in daily life LEAD to overeating sometimes. I find myself wanting food to soothe stress. A little concern or aggravation, and I find myself standing in front of the fridge or pantry nawin' on something.

I want to spend some time really reading all the new posts since I was last on here, all I did was skim and it looks like there are some real gems in them. I'm anxious to really get caught up on how everyone is doing.

I think I'm gonna go to printable version and print 'em out rather than fight this dinasour.

Then I can really post some replies! :blah:

Missed you all!!! Thanks for thinking of me. :)

Hi sheila:carrot: :carrot: Missed you!! Sorry you have to still use the dinosaur computer. I know what it's like, had one and threaten to shoot it, so my husband bought a new one. I'm much happier :) :) Way to go on the 4lbs!! :carrot:

Well girls, I had a pretty good day, but I did have a small slip at dinner. Had a piece of pizza. At least it wasn't half of the pizza like I use to eat. Put me over my points by 4, but I have been eating below my points most of the week, so maybe it will equal out. Oh well, tomorrow is a new day, that's all any of us can ask for.

Have a great weekend.

Cheryl :dancer: