Good morning ladies. :wave: Well i am feeling a bit better, i have been quite depressed about the scale being up so much but this morning it is a little better, only up 3 pounds and my face is looking less puffy. I am still just dumbfounded at what made my weight shoot up 5 pounds....good greif that was traumatic, about needed therapy after that one.

I moved my couch out of my bedroom last night, getting ready to remodel and have done some major damage to a muscle in my back on one side. :( It is aching really bad this morning. I need to find an antiiflamitory. But i am excited about redoing my bedroom, althoug it is going to be a lot of work, but on the bright side, all that work burns calories and i will be too busy over the weekend to eat.

Did great on exercise, food, and finally water yesterday. Rarely do i get all 3 right. Usually water is my downfall, but with this scale issue this week, i am all about the water.

Ch4health-Usually when i have to add calories for the day some low fat stringcheese :cheese: is a good option, as is yogurt or fruits, but it seems like you do really well with veggies and fruit already so i was trying to think of some protien snacks to up those calories but all that is coming to mind right now is the cheese, oh, and nuts...if you can stop at just a few. But they will pull your cals up in a hurry.

Naw-It is so hard to get back on plan after a day or two of being off it. My splurge lunch on friday, usually bleeds on in to a half splurge dinner, and then just a tad (like 100 cals) more for saturdays breakfast than usual. Isnt that funny how many meals it takes to recover from one splurge, but once i get a taste for the oldies but goodies, its hard to turn it down and get back in healthy mode. I do need to measure myself and SEE some progress. I have to buy a new measuring tape, dd has lost or destroyed mine. I tend to hold water in my face and neck, the face and chin/neck are looking better today. Hopefully back to normal by the end of the week. I totally second your words on descrimination. I KNOW i get looks and assumptions made about me. The skinny 110 pounder can eat 4 pieces of pizza and it is cute. If i eat 4 pieces of pizza, its "well, that figures". :mad: Very frustrating. You put the challange in a good perspective today reminding me that new years is still a ways off and there is still plenty of time to make up for a bad week here and there. I love your slow approach. While i am still this heavy, i just dont have the patience for slow, but last time when i got down to about 220, i felt i could finally relax and take my weight loss a little slower. I got to where i didnt weigh EVERYDAY and actually relaxed and enjoyed the 60 pounds i had lost. Good approach.

Bertine-That is probably my biggest struggle, deciding if i am actually hungry or am i wanting to eat it simply because it is there. ALso, stopping when i am satisfied and not going overboard. I dont know why i go overboard, :dunno: i dont even like that full feeling anymore, it makes me feel nauseated, so you would think i would stop but i always have to take, "just one more bite", then i feel glutenous and gross.

Amanda-Oh i would LOVE to run a 5 k, what a cool goal. Yes, i love the comments that people dont think you can hear, like your being big boned. The comments about me are always "well stacy is so tall, it hides her weight", as if that is a compliment. :dizzy:

Sno-I knew about water helping to flush out the fat that you burn but i didnt know about it raising your metabolism, one more reason to drink, drink, drink.

Card-Sorry to hear you are depressed, although i can totally relate to that. Isnt it funny how when other people talk about the scale being up, you can easily dismiss it as water weight but the second YOUR OWN scale goes up, it is full blown panic and despair. Mine is finally going back down. Still 3 pounds up but at least it is going in the right direction again. :cheer: Your pound will be off in no time. Just drink until you cant drink anymore and then have one more drink. That pulled 3 or 4 pounds off of me overnight...i draink like a fish yesterday.

Okay, guess i might should work some too today. ;)

Tea Question.
 

Sno you have encouraged me to drink more water everyday. Right now I drink about 64 oz a day. My question is does tea count as water, since it is only tea? I hope this question makes sense. I can drink this all day long and only use 1 large tea bag for a gallon of tea. Then for a 16oz. glass I use 2 splendas.

Swimmingly!
 

Just came back from swimming--the air finally cleared up so I can go. I just made some packets of walnuts and pumpkin seeds to add to my diet after Nancy's little info. I have 2 tbsp of pumpkins seeds in little bags for 75 calories and 5 walnut halves in little bags for 100 calories. I do fairly well with the prepackaged stuff!

Amanda--well I dont think I am the big expert on water really--but what I have heard is that any additives make the fluids digest rather than flush--I drink about three cups of tea at least a day plus soda and I dont count that in my water--but that is just me.

I hit upon that amount of water kinda by accident--I knew that drinking 96 oz was good for raising the metabolism and then I just started drinking a lot of water because I heard it helped with bloating and I found that four 32 oz containers of water a day made the whole thing much better. That was trial and error.

Why dont you experiment and see what works--remember for me drinking pure water is needed because I tend to bloat a lot which effected the scale. It just keeps me saner to not have my scale be so capricious--tho next week is pms so I expect some fluctuation--just not the 7 pound out of the blu type.

Car--hang in there--I am thinking of you:hug:

Stacy--glad the water helped--and you didnt mention before that you were bloated--so that is really good that you are getting immediate relief--who cares if you have to take a bathroom break every 30 minutes!

Nancy--right on--I so agree--I know that losing slow and steady is the way--and it so great that you have lost all that weight and kept it off--it was such a struggle (it always is)

I'm so out of shape. I joined that walk 120 miles challenge. So I went out hiking 5 miles. I only had a 1/4 cup of nuts breakfast I started getting that feeling I wasn't going to make it. The extra push was so worth it. The path follows a creek and the further down I went there were waterfalls that brought back a flowing creek. It was really pretty.

Colorado is the thinnest state. Wherever you go people are outdoors all the time, it just seems to come naturally to them that a lot of peoples hobbies burn calories too.

Slow weighlosst wasn't my idea, my body came up with it on its own. :(

I'm still dealing with hyperthroidism, all day yesterday my heartrate was over 100 I felt so edgey I was almost having an anxiety attack. Its makes me really hungry too, so I'm ending up gaining wt. :(

hey all, i am not even going to try to get caught up right now. things have been crazy around here. as of monday i was still at 202 which i am very happy about because that means that i didn't do any damage over the weekend. hope everyone is doing great.

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Yah Trob!!!!!
 

You are so close to the one hundreds!

I'm down to 108 today, so I guess most of it is water, THANK GOODNESS!!!!!! I'm getting so weight loss or gain is really affecting my mood. I'm in a very stressful period of my life right now, three teenagers (all driving me nuts and they tag team me, one day it's the oldest giving me a hassle, the next week it's the middle one and then the youngest will start. I never get a break) We have a board of directors at work that is seriously looking at getting rid of my boss because she is incapable of doing her job. And she is the type of person who feels the world revolves around her. I have a co-worker who says it is a gift because there is no way any person could be that self-centered other than by nature. Thankfully things have mellowed out with the hubby, some weeks he just makes me crazy and at other times I love him dearly. And Christmas and all my family birthdays are in the next few months so I have to watch my cash flow. My ex and my hubby's ex are both giving me static, trying to get the kids to move in with them so they don't have to pay child support which they don't pay anyway. It is just nuts around here some days. But if I lose a few pounds the world is good, if the scale stays the same things aren't so rosy and if I gain, the world is ending. I really have to stop doing that.

Good morning chicks! (as I yawn at my desk) We just had a team meeting at work today and it was the same thing as usually. My boss is the most unmotivating person in the world. He talks in monotone and always refers the questions to someone with more experience. At least there is not another one for two weeks.

So yesterday I ate at Chipotle for the first time and got a burrito bowl without the rice. I still don't know how many calories I ate because I asked for extra lettuce and did not eat all of the chicken and beans. Oh well I just ate half and am having the other half today with more lettuce. I probably won't go back because we have a local place call Freebird's that has been here forever. It is the same as chipotle but more texmex and more options for vegetables to go into the burrito.

I watched the Biggest Loser last night and it motivated me to kick it up a notch on the treadmill the morning. What are ya'lls thought on that show? I know it is unrealistic to loose 23lbs in one week like the one guy, but just watching them exercising motivates me.

card: I know about the cashflow. I had the idea of just doing under $20 gifts for my husbands big family and they shot it down.

nawchem: I bet your medication is causing your body to add the weight gain. It needs to adjust.

Sno: I do the same with nuts. They go in a ziploc bag and then go to work. I could never take the whole container. At holiday time I buy the whole nuts for at home. After you crack about 5 walnuts you don't want anymore.

Hello!!!
 

Hi everyone!! Sorry I missed checking in yesterday - work is insane!!! I barely had time to eat.

The Fat Smash plan is going well. I am eating the same thing everyday, so I will have to start changing it up soon. I know I will get board eventually eating the same thing everyday. I haven't been hungry though - that is good. The one thing that I am alittle worried about is that I don't get 20% of my calories from fat - maybe 3 - 5%. I may start adding some nuts in the next phase, even though it doesn't say to do that in the book.

I've had a ton of energy everyday. I can't wait to weigh in.

NSV - This may be TMI - you can stop here if you'd like - I have never been very regular. I was lucky to go once every other day. Lately I've been super regular - being able to go everyday and up to 3 times. This is a big deal to me because I've had some major GI issues in the past. I've probably lost an inch in my waist just from this. :D Eating 62g of fiber a day must be helping.

NEWS!!! I will likely have to cut my part of this challenge short in a month or two. DH and I have decided to start TTC. We will start in my next cycle. :carrot: I am soooo excited!!! I have wanted another child for a long time. I will keep you ladies posted!

Biggest loser?
 

Re: the biggest loser--there was a big article in the local paper yesterday about one lady who lost a ton of weight--like 80 lbs on that program. She is at her goal weight now and she has a lot of psychological problems--she feels that when she was fat she had a better self image, now she is scared all the time about how she looks and what she is eating. She works out 3 hours a day. And she avoids her former friends because she cant eat like them. She said she went to visit her mom and then ran out the door and drove away because her mom was cooking some chocolate cake and the smell made her want to eat some!

I found it pretty disturbing. It seems they are really focusing on the physical side of losing and not on how to deal with the psychological factors. Who has time to exercise 3 hours a day to maintian weight loss? Is that even healthy physically or mentally?

Also there were some experts on weight loss who said that you can lose 7% of your total weight--and then the a defense mechanism kicks in that makes you want to eat. This was interesting because I was just talking to one of you about how it is pretty easy to lose weight initially and then stop. But then some people make it over that primal urge to eat--right? I guess it is good to know what you are dealing with.

Nancy--I can so relate--the bloating is bummer!

Card--I know--one of the things I am really working on is the reality that if I am eating right and exercising right that eventually all will balance out regardless of what the scale says. Yes and the financial pressure of holidays is looming for me too.

Amanda--good job with eating out--I want to get where I only eat half and take the rest home--that is a hard one

CH--good luck--I assume you are talking about some kinda fertility treatment?

The scale is still up 3 pounds this morning. :tantrum: Very frustrated but still hanging on and still doing my 30 minutes of cardio a night, drinking water like a fish, staying below 1500 cals a day. I keep telling myself this is just a bump, it will pass. So i am okay, just kind of down.

CH4health-How exciting about ttc. Glad you are doing well with the fat smash. :carrot:

Dollypie-Dont you hate when you eat out and you have no idea what the calorie count is? Drives me nuts. I did that with thai earlier in the week, searched the internet couldnt find a calorie count of what i had at all...not even a ball park. I know it was not deep fried or anything and it was chicken, but i have no idea if that dish uses a lot oil or anything. At least i have comfort in that it was a very small portion.

Card- We have the EXACT same mentality, when you said, "But if I lose a few pounds the world is good, if the scale stays the same things aren't so rosy and if I gain, the world is ending." OMG, i am the same way and it is driving me mad. I have to change that outlook as well. Glad i am not the only one that does that.

Naw- I am totally relate to the bloated issue. Isnt it crazy to fluctuate THAT much over water...drives me insane. :dizzy:

Sno- Well i didnt mention the bloating because i thought it was due to a bad haircut, just making my face look fat. :lol: but a few days later, same hair cut i can actually see a neck and jaw line. ha ha. Still 3 pounds up but that is better than the 5 or 6 i was at. Hoping fairy fat mother will come and get those three extra pounds tonight. I am running to the bathroom every 30 minutes but it makes me feel like it is working though, so no complaints.

Ok, later gals.

Sno - Actually we'll be doing it the good ol' fashion way. TTC means 'Trying To Conceive'. I just have to get my IUD do taken out first, and I'll do that before my next TOM.

Sno-OMG, that is the craziest thing about the 7% weight loss. I am right at that mark and, as i have whined all week, am still up on my pounds despite my effort. I wonder if the body not only makes you want to eat, but if you resist that urge, does it work super hard to hold on to the weight? Interesting. Now i feel better...its like, "the battle is on" and i am going to win out over my primal body fighting me. I have lost it before so i know it can be done so i am just going to keep on keeping on but i found your post about that extremily interesting. It was me and you and one other person that were talking about losing a certain amount and usually getting stuck/quitting at that point. Well not this time sister. ;-)

Card- congrats on the wt. I read the 108 you posted and I wondered why you were even dieting! Looked to the left and figured it out. Sounds like you've got a lot of stuff going on at work and home at the moment. It seems like stress is additive to me. I hear you on the self-centered I'm reading a book right now called "Why is it always about you." I tend to be soft-hearted and let those types walk all over me, then I blame them. :D

thanks dolly! Your comment made me feel better about the bloat. I'm not a salt retainer and usually only retain with tom or bad overeating. I've never gone to Chipotle's, that maybe my next open meal I love rice and Mexican.

CH4 I love the name of your diet, its what I want to smash my fat too. Your fiber level blew me away. Like snow I was wondering what the TTC plan is but your next sentence gave me a clue. You'll have to come back and let us know, plus you could stick around, you don't want to gain more then needed in pregnancy. It might be a bonus to you.

snow is the defense mechanism mental or physical or both? Like a survival instinct? I must have a strong desire to survive if that's the case.

I was torn between watching Americas Next Top Model and The Biggest Loser. After 2 years with the Biggest Loser I felt like I knew what was going to happen. Its not realistic to us normal folks that go to the grocery store and work and aren't isolated from junkfood and don't have trainers working us 8 hours/day, plus the motivation of winning enough money to buy a house to think we could in anyway keep up. I feel like I've learned a lot on this journey about how to deal with stuff without stuffing. I learned to find exercise I like and do and can fit into my life. I don't think anyone can do that for you.