I am eating my Yoplait Light FF strawberry yogurt with a cup of fresh strawberries, that's where I am :T . I went to the grocery store this morning and bought some mutant (and I mean big!) Thompson seedless green grapes, a lb of red cherries and some strawberries. I love that we have all these great fruits in season now.

Emily I'm sure watching over 7 boys burns a lot of calories :lol: ! I think my hair would be standing on end. So what's the sexy new 'do look like? Does it make you feel fabulous?

GEM enjoy your solitude now! Kids change everything. I was always one who thought I'd never ever want kids, and took awhile getting pregnant. When I finally had one though, it really mellowed me out and made me more compassionate and patient. Now I want at least one more. Who knew? But a new puppy! How sweet.

Hmmm, traveling by RV. It sounds like an exciting thing to do but I wonder if I'd get motion sickness. I can't stand being in a car for more than an hour and a half--I'm spoiled because I live on such a tiny rock that it only takes me 25 minutes or so to get to most "far" places, barring traffic of course. I'd love to see the great North American countryside though, from coast to coast. I missed out on that when I was a baby. Although we drove from AR to CA, I was only a year and a half old so I don't remember anything.

Jen have you quilted before? I'm quite useless with a needle and thread myself. It definately sounds like something to keep you busy and your mind off eating.

Oh ho, SKinny Cow ice cream :T . I prefer the vanilla ones myself as the chocolate ones aren't "chocolatey enough" for me. For chocolate ice cream I like Healthy Choice fudge bars, or even Swiss Miss makes a low-fat variety bar. I had to hide a box of 'em in my downstairs freezer so the kids wouldn't eat 'em up in a day.

Holly good for you on sticking it out! I'm sure you'll see a good loss for your efforts. TOM always brings me up a few lbs, then down again rather quickly.

Kempy, how're you doing today? Are you going to moving over to the new journals with us? Is anyone planning on saving their old journals to their hard drives for posterity's sake?

Sandy hope you're doing OK as well. Give us a shout.

Here I am.....Here I am.....and on plan for the 2nd day in a row, can you believe that? I still need to get back the exercise and the water things.

Skinny Cows.....:hun: yummy, my choice of flavor is the choc/ peanut butter ones. They are so so yummy. Think I need to stock up tomorrow when I go grocery shopping. I am bound and determind to be back on this program of mine!! So back to lots of veggies and stuff.

Noelle: Fresh Cherries~ I love those too, they are one of my favorite fruits, and I am not a big fruit eatter.

Angie: Do you eat fruit? I don't hear you talk of it often?

Kempy: Pizza resistance....you go girl!!!

Gem: I have 2 monsters running around....my boy is 11 and my girl will be 6 in a couple of weeks. They are a lot of work but would not trade them for the world. Now Angie is the one to talk to about kids, she has twins~~god bless her.

Angie: Speaking of Twins, 2 weekends ago when we were camping my sil's friend came down, she has triplets, they are 6 months old and oh so cute, 2 boys and a girl. What work though and she has no outside help. Just her and hubby.

Gonna run now, Take care,
Sandy

YEAH SANDY!!!!! Congrats for being OP 2 days in a row.

I would go nuts if I had triplets. Twins was so hard that I would never want to do it again. Now they are at a manageable age but I swear I was so depressed after they were born. Just going grocery shopping was a chore because I had 3 under the age of 2. AAHHH!!! It felt like I was trapped. I am embarrassed to admit that but it was so true at the time.

I eat strawberries,watermelon and bananas but not too often. I am not a big fruit eater.

I would like to try the peanut butter skinny cows. Where could I get those? I have never seen them before.

Angie, I found the PB Skinny Cows at Shaws. Try that. Or if you have a local Shop and Save oh excuse me they changed names yet again to Hannaford Bros. anyway you can ask them to order them for you, usually they will. If not, ask Shaws. Good luck. Maybe even Walmart has them?

I've never seen the PB variety of Skinny Cows in my stores, only the strawb/choc and van. Of course we don't even have FF Blue Bunny cartons anywhere either. I guess it's just as well that we don't have a lot of variety or I'd be buying and eating more of them as well.

It's the tail end of lychee (lie-chee) season here. Have any of you ever heard of/tried these? These fruits are like gold here. If you've got a tree in your yard everyone wants to be your best friend, or if they're not your best friend, they'll try to steal them from you :lol: . They're really great especially when eaten chilled. They have a weird rough outside skin, usually reddish to reddish brown in color. You peel it open and eat the tangy sweet fruit w/a pit inside. Here's a pic. Just thought I'd share that with ya. Can you tell I'm goofing off yet again at work? :D

Good Morning! Under a thunderstorm here right now. I am still doing pretty well. Got up at 5 am to do 45 minute aerobics tape. Now my husband has decided to give me a hard time about exercising. See, yesterday I walked 4 miles (2 WATP 2 mile tapes), did pilates, and went on a short walk with our 6 year old. Anyway, he says I am obsessed with exercising. I said, no, I am eating well, and trying to get fit. It is sooo hard with him because he doesn't think I need to lose an ounce, not to mention 24 pounds! Oh well. Here's to another OP day. The weekend will be the challenge for me. It's too easy to eat whatever I want and slack on the exercise on the weekends.

Ok, now I HAVE TO find these skinny cow ice cream thingys. We have P&C, TOPS, and Wegmans. Hopefully one of them have it.

Angie,

I can't imagine having twins! We have 2 that are 16 months apart, and it is CRAZY! I love them dearly, but, sometimes I want to hide in the closet. It does help me to get out and work for 6.5 hours a day though.

Noelle,

Mmm, that fruit (lychee) looks really good! Almost resembles raspberries. If you didn't guess from my name, I eat alot of bananas. Not so much during the summer cuz they bring in the nasty fruit flies. I also love the dark cherries. Not too much on melons, other than watermelon.


Sandy,

Good job on being OP! I am trying as well, though it is an hourly struggle for me!!

Hi to Emily, Jen, GEM, Summer, Kempy...everyone else! Check in later.

Holly

Good Morning! It is so hot outside right now. Our whole walk this morning was in the direct sunlight. Talk about sweaty.

Kempy, Did you and Joe have a nice evening? He came home last night right?

Noelle, Those fruit are so pretty. I would like a tree in my yard just to look at. :lol: You have so many great things to eat in Hawaii.

Sandy, I am going to Bangor tomorrow so I will have to run into Shaws while I am there. I love PB and chocolate.

Holly, weekends are the worst arent they? I have such a hard time on Saturday because that is my only off day so I usually go to the city and there are so many fast food places. Back in my eating days we would make the trip just to get tons of junk to bring home and sit on the couch and eat. Jay is my eating buddy. :lol:

Joe came home Wednesday night but it was late so I barely remeber him coming in. We really didn't do much just relaxed after dinner. He had a rough day outside so I let him just lay around on the sofa and watch a movie.

Holly you just forget about that hubby and do this for yourself. I know when I am not working out Joe can tell b/c I act different. I am sure you are the same way. You just aren't happy when you aren't healthy. Stick with it!

I am kind of busy so I will be back later to finsih with all of you guys!

morning ladies :)

well, yesterday I was off to such a good start, until about 8pm when I was craving chocolate SO bad, good thing there was none in the house, but there were rice crispie treats.. :(

I ate one, only 2 extra WWP. So I am just going to forget I ate it, haha!

I have never seen the skinny cow PB one's either, but we have peppermint (pink), vanilla, and mint chocolate flavors at most grocery stores here, I like the mint/chocolate one's best :D

It got to 102F here yesterday, and they say there is no relief in sight for a while. Most of July will be HOT.. ugggh, and so dry. I drive a car with no AC, so it's a fun ride home from work :P

So last night I did crunches, leglifts, and this excercise I like to do where I go up, up , down, down on a chair... alternating sides. It BURNS my thighs and bum, and that's my problem area, along with my stomach. So I dunno how many calories I burned but I sure did tighten up my muscles. *sore*


Sandy, I wish it would rain here!

oh, the weekend... I have got to be good this weekend! aren't they the hardest ?

Just a quick note... we got in a mailer at work for a company that sells used workout equipment. I know that Angie was looking for a few thins and I didn't know if anybody else was. Try this site www.bigfitness.net

Hey everybody. My computer's been doing some funky things and I don't know if it's the system or the website. Anyway, how's everyone doing today? I almost had a binge attack last night but stopped at 4 large jetpuff marshmallows, 90 cals, 0 fat grams...of course the sugar rush was something else, but it could've been worse. Got a lot of grocery shopping done at Costco so I'm armed for the weekend, planning to stay on track FOR REAL this time! We all have such problems with the weekend. Maybe we should think POSITIVE--that we can get through it without any major screw-ups, that we can exercise and stay in the routine. I'm gonna try that. I will eat normal, healthy feeds and will not overstuff my face. I will walk for exercise and drink my water...ohmmmmmmmmm.... :lol:

Tonya 102 degrees! :flame: How can you stand it? I would be sticking to the seat for sure, no A/C? Hope it's a short ride to and from work. Good job on the workout :strong: .

Kempy I'm glad Joe is back. Any plans for the weekend (or is that getting too personal :devil: ) ? You're doing great on BodyRx BTW, I've been lurking....

Angie you're so lucky to have Jay walk w/you. Rick has actually come home early for the past 2 days and came with me--it's much more fun with him along, especially when he starts huffing and puffing up my "regular" hills. I get competitive :lol: . Oh yeah, and re: Kids? I felt trapped sometimes and I only have one! (what a wuss I am)

(((Holly))) , you just keep on exercising if it makes you happy. Being the kind of independent, stand-up-for-your-rights, take-no-cr@p-from-anyone kind of gal myself, I can think of a few choice words I'd like to say to your hubby :rollpin: , but I'll be nice and keep my mouth shut :lol: . You're doing good girlfriend.

Sandy that's great for staying OP :high: . It's tough but we can do it!!!!

Emily, how's your visit going today?

Jen what's up?

Well, I gotta get some work done since I'm at work and all...check back w/ya later.

Happy Saturday everyone. I had a mini-binge last night...too many sweets, because I was PO'd at Rick--so I fixed him! I ate and I ate and I ate :lol: ... Anyway, just popping in to say I redeemed myself this morning and went for a 5.2 mile walk. My slate is wiped clean ( or so I would like to believe) and I am ready to begin my OP weekend. Is that allowed? :D

Have a good weekend.

Noelle,

We are ALWAYS allowed to start with a clean slate. Don't worry too much about last night, I am sure you walked off the weight today. That's what's keeping me OP. I realize that if I eat those brownies, or cookie, etc., I will have to do twice or three times as much exercise to work it off! Sorry to hear you were PO'd at Rick. Emotional crises are hard for me, and tend to be a binge provoker for me as well.

So far this weekend I have been OP! Today I had a bowl of honey nut cheerios for bk, a lite and fit smoothie and a skinny cow ice cream sandwich for lunch, and a few fat free pretzels between breakfeast and lunch. I am trying to measure my portions now, hoping it will make a difference. I can't wait until TOM is over so I can weigh myself and be able to see what is really going on. Right now, nothing that was a little tight before fits around my tummy :(.

So far, I have walked 2 miles today, and am hoping to do another 2 and pilates.

Hope everyone's Saturday is going great!!

Holly

YES!! I started my period early. That means this week hasnt been me sabotaging myself. It was PMS!!! I got up this morning and walked Rebel to the next town over from mine. It was about a 5 mile walk. I ate a good breakfast and then we went RV looking. I didnt get lunch until I was starving and I ended up at Wendy's. I ate a bad meal. I had the Mesquite grilled chicken sandwich(I didnt see the pic but figured how bad can a grilled chicken breast and BBQ sauce be?) I didnt expect the bacon and cheese but I ate it all plus a biggie fry. Oh well, on the bright side at least I didnt order another one to take home. :lol:

I did cave and buy some fat free Blue Bunny from Walmart to eat later because for some reason I have been dying for some. Sunday is back to the grind and maybe I can get away with a little Saturday cheat once in a while.

Hey there chicklets. I'm here reading, don't have much time to post, we are off to a cookout for my inlaws 35th anniversary.

Hubby also sent me to buy a new computer lastnight at staples. So here I sit with it half done? Maybe? There is so much on here I will never learn it all? This one has XP so that in it self is kinda new. But I have been using this same computer type at work since the other one pooped the bed. But, there are so many choices of things to do etc....I will learn...LOL

Hope everyone is doing well. Angie, did you find PB Skinny cows?

Noelle: Those fruits kinda look like big berries on a tree.

Kempy: Hope you and Joe are getting some time together.

Hello to everyone......

Hugs,

Good Sunday morning!! So, I tried the skinny cows chocolate peanut butter cup ice cream sandwiches, and OMG :cp: , they were soooo yummy. I only ate one, but, probably could have eaten two or three, LOL.

My tummy is still bloated, I'm hoping cause it's my last day for TOM. I have been OP since the 14th, and am still motivated. For breakfeast this morning I had 2 eggs, 2 light sausage links and 6 black cherries. A little more than I usually eat for breakfeast, but, it will help me to not binge throughout the day.

How is everyone doing? The weather is nice here, but, it was COOL this morning. We left the windows open, and it got down to 66 degrees in here last night. I have set my next challenge date, July 26, I am going to take this week by week. My best OP to date was 11 days, so, I CAN beat it. I find stress/emtional eating is the worst for me!

Holly

hi girls,

sorry I haven't checked in for the past couple of days.been pretty busy. Had a birthday party to go to yesterday for my kids cousin Abrianna. I hate going to their house. People were getting drunk, there was a fight, their grandma was crying the whole time because someone kept "disrespecting" her house. Abriannas brother Paul got smacked in the face or talking back and got a bloody lip and there seem to be only 2 people who thought that was completely out of line, me and another lady there. Their mom thought it was okay. After my *** got grabbed by the step-grandpa, I decided it was time to leave. And the great news is that I get to do this again next month for Pauls birthday. I've been thinking that when his party is over I might bring him here to stay with us for a while.

Today is going to be a busy day, I have to get my son packed and ready to leave for his Cub scout camping trip. He'll be gone for the next 3 days. And then I will be a sewing demon. I need to get the top of my quilt done before Tuesday. I'm helping my mom out at her office this next week so I won't have time to do it on Monday. The good news is that I have been doing pretty good about eating. The exercise seems to be the tough part. Oh well.

Well I will check back in later. You all have a great day!!!

so yesterday I did something major!!! I was SO good, on a saturday too! and at around 9pm, my husband wanted some Carl's Jr. We were watching movies, and he was wanting some... so I went and got him a big fat cheeseburger, and fries, and my kids wanted some chicken nuggets. God, I wanted some bad food so bad, but I had already eaten soup for dinner, and was at 21WWP, and 1000 calories, so I knew if I did it I would hate myself today. So, I got a 99 cent garden salad, came home, put some Kraft Free Italian on it, and sat there while my family ate all that good good good food, and I ate my salad, and enjoyed it. I had to at least taste his cheeseburger, but what's one bite ? I also had about 9 french fries is all. That was so major, usually when I get to that drive through, I say "screw it" and I order something good.

I also did all my water yesterday, for the most part stayed on program (the bites is all I did bad), and I excercised on my treadmill at full force the whole time

I was pretty proud of myself, I fought hard.

Today is going well so far, I had 3 pancakes with spray butter and lite sugar free syrup, one glass of skim milk, and 2 cups of coffee with fat free creamer. I am at 10 WWP just for breakfast, but it's 11:30, I slept in, so I could just do a snack around 1-2, and eat a good dinner and be ok for today =)

Have a lovely sunday ladies, I am off to do some more housework ;)

Wow, You guys have all been so good this weekend. Not me!! I went back to Wendys for lunch today and got another Grilled Mesquite chicken sandwich and fries. Maybe I am stress eating. We are trying to come up with another way to make more money. We are in such a small area that this is about all we can do for business and it sucks. I make a good living if I dont save for the future or medical insurance. I want to be able to retire. That is all we have been talking about lately is how we can make more money. He is going to see if his mom needs some help for a little extra income so we can take that trip this winter. How pathetic is that that I cant even go on vacation?

I have been bad with the dieting but excellent with my exercise. Me and Jay walked from my house down through town and did the entire riverwalk this morning and then back home. It was about 5 miles. Rebel was pooped when we got back.

Sandy, I still havent found those skinny cows. I want to try them so bad too.

I was really good, but for some reason today I feel run down, and totally in a funk. I also think I pulled a muscle in my stomach, and it hurts pretty bad, I just want to forget monday all together and go back home and go to bed.. haha. But I made it through the weekend, so if I can just get a hold of this day, I think I might feel better. I screwed up breakfast already, and I am at 8 WWP, and I only allow myself 21 or 22, as long as I work off 2 of them, so that leaves me with a 5-6 point lunch, and same with dinner, today could be interesting... =P

have a good day girls, thanks for all your encouragement, this board helps me a lot, just typing out stuff like this helps me to come up with a plan and try to stick to it :)

What a Monday! I can bearly keep my eyes open. I think it is b/c of the humidity. It is making all of us sluggish. Even though I am inside I can still feel the effects of it.

I was kind of good this weekend. I didn't really eat off of plan but I did go out drinking Friday night. It wasn't supposed to happen that way but I got caught up in the moment. I didn't get back up to workout b/c no matter how hard I try I can not make mysefl come up here on my day off. I am here all week so I don't even want to see the front door on weekends. That is ok I will be back at it today.

I am sorry to here you guys struggled a little but remember today is another day. Hang in there.

Is Gem still lurking or did she leave us?

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I'm here!

GEM is still lurking - as you would say - I like the sounds of that goes with the GEMonster nickname. ;)

Just busy with my head cut off today and can't quite get a rhythm. I went on the brownie diet friday and quit saturday because I felt sugar shocked - the up is great the down is not.
Doing WW but just online because there is no meeting time I can get into without cutting drastically into work. I like it because "the brownie diet" can fit into that - granted not the healthiest.

Last week and the weekend was crazy and now I'm gettting back into the routine. How else is everyone? Catch all of you later - work is beckoning.

Summer/GEM

ok lunch was 7 WWP, so I am at 15, oh boy, I get a whole 6-7 tonight TOPS. Does anyone know what to do about my pulled muscle. It's in my lower abdomen, about 4 inches below my bellybutton on the right side, I am sure it's just from lots of situps, and Pilates. I don't know if I should not do any until it goes away, or just do light ones... ?

I am not usually a boob about stuff like this, but when I wake up in the night from movement of rolling over, and I am in total pain, it tends to worry me.

Thanks for any suggestions :)

GEM, what's the brownie diet ?

Tonya - the brownie diet is my lack of willpower versus brownies on Friday. It is a center ring fight that comes about a couple times a year. The brownies won this time - I ate brownies for lunch and as a snack in between. it is a sad state but that is my binge food....so i excercised and ate better over the weekend...

as for the muscle - being a sports trainer in a past life - ice it and ibueprofen before bed and no sit ups. If it still is at the same point of pain and does not feel any better by Friday or Monday - call your doctor just to make sure nothing worse such as a tear happened. Do not exercise this area more now - it will hurt worse if you do.

kempy - thanks for keeping your eyes out for me.

i have to start banking points I have 3 weddings between the next two weekends. Anyone have suggestions???

You all are such a nice distraction from work!

GEM

banking points: make a spaghetti squash, use spray butter, and a can of tomato sauce with seasonall, and pepper, add any other veggies you like to this concoction. If you are doing WW, it's 1-2 points tops, unless you use spaghetti sauce, which might make it 3-4, depending on how much you eat. Eat it for dinner for a few nights, if you try to aim for half your point value for the day, then use this as a dinner, you should be 4-5 under your max points for the day, and walah ! =)

wow, I need to follow that advice for myself, haha.

thanks for the tip, I pretty much was going to see on the weekend how it feels, it's in the area of womanly stuff too.... so if it's not gone or at least better by then I really should see a doctor, in case it's not a muscle issue. :)

and yes, since I have snacked too much at work today, I AM following my own advice, I just went and bought a spaghetti squash, I plan to just steam some veggies and use spray butter to top it off, with a dash of lite soy sauce :)

What's the deal??? :( I'm so bummed. I haven't been able to access the forums since I've been back Saturday afternoon. I can get to the home-page and the journals, but when I tried to get to the forums (either bookmarked or typed in I couldn't! This was all on IE-- SO on a whim I decided to get on Netscape and try and here you all are! I don't know if it;s the site or my computer...what kind of problems were you having Noelle??

Well, Montana was really fun, but REALLY hot as it is everywhere in the west right now. It was 102 for the last 3 days...my parents are getting their siding re-done so after tearing off the wood there was just tar paper to attract more heat. Plus- lots of people in a smallish house and no a/c. It was pretty bad. Even in the basement it was HOT and had to have the kids sleep in just undies :)

It's good to be home though we had company yesterday. Still need to get my house back in order. I am feeling motivated to get back on track- didn't get totally off, but know I need to concentrate more to get the results I want.

Anyway, I think the baby is awake upstairs. Catch y'all later :)

Emily

Well, I am having a tough time getting focused on what I am supposed to be doing. I messed up on Saturday,Sunday and yet again today. What is wrong with me? Do I like to be fat? I must because I sure as **** cant handle keeping weight off for any length of time. JUST DO IT!!!! It sure sounds simple enough until i actually try to do it. I didnt even work out at all today. I was so tired this morning that I didnt get up and do it early enough and now it is raining out. I sure hope I can get a grip before I have to start over yet again. It seems like the only way I can focus and do what needs to be done is when I am over 200 pounds.

Angie, nothing is wrong with you, you are normal!

You don't like being fat, I know you don't. Here is what I *think* is my problem, and maybe you can relate. You are 3.5 pounds from your ultimate goal. You have waited so long to be here, right ? :) But you weigh 138 pounds, you are looking SO good I am sure, you know you do, people tell you you do, so you become lax.... you feel you need to reward yourself. I lose control all the time lately, in fact I have been since January, and I gain 5, then lose it again when I get mad enough at myself. It's a battle we will probably have forever. the other thing I wonder about myself, is that deprivation tends to make me unhappy. Sometimes I feel like at least when I was fat, I could eat what I wanted, and I was happy.. or was I ? Are we ever happy with ourselves ? I think not. It's a fight, you have to fight. Don't beat yourself up though, it's totally normal :hug:

take care, tommorow is another day! :)

Hi It is me! I am here, I found you!

Thanks for the forum link! Hello All!

hi girlie ;)

Tonya, You know what? I think you are right. When I was fat I ate whatever I wanted and now I do argue with myself about why I cant eat what I want. I think I eat it in spite of myself. I just need to figure out how not to feel deprived and continue on. :lol:

I got in a 3 mile walk this morning since it wasnt raining and I think Rebel would have bitten me if I didnt take him today. :lol: It is so muggy out.

Jay found an RV he wants to buy....if only I had a few less bills. haha

Hey cosmopolitan girl, WELCOME!!!

Thank you! Thank You! I was wondering...question to all.


What were your reasons for starting your diet, why? Also, what led to the weight gain?

Thank you for the friendly welcome!

I remember the night I decided that I was going to lose weight. I weighed 265.5 pounds and I had just finished off a box of SuzieQ's and I was sick and I just said this is enough. I dont want this to be my life and I started the next day and I never messed up not even once that whole year. I got down to 130 pounds in 11 months. Of course, I gained back 76 pounds while trying to maintain and I have had to do it all over again. Currently I am back up to 141 and in the process of trying to get on with it and make it to goal or at least figure out how to maintain and not feel like bingeing.

1. My Nana had diabetes and was very overweight. I am deathly afraid of needles and I didnt want that to happen to me.

2. I got skin rashes from being so big,etc.

3. I weighed 128 pounds when I was 16 and met my husband so I knew what it was like to be thin and I knew I could do it and I also didnt think it was fair to him.(Not that he ever once complained or said anything negative about me) I just wanted to look good for him and myself.

What led to my weight gain? As I said I weighed 128 pounds when I met my husband at 16. His parents had a bakery and sub shoppe. We just started to eat there all the time. We would go hang out all night and at like 12 or 1 in the morning we would go to the bakery and make fried chicken tender sandwiches and fries. Every night. We are eating buddies and I porked up fast after I met him. I weighed close to 200 by the time I graduated in 2 years.

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Thanks for sharing!
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Me, well! I was always pretty thin, I went through a chunky stage when I was 13. What led to the weight gain was a sickness I had ( severe anxiety) and having to take medication at the age of 21. This just led to more of a lower self esteem so I lost track of who I was and allowed men determine my worth. The medicine made me so tired, and all I did was sleep, and eat. Those two do not mix well! :mad: :mad:

I lost the weight, but the severe anxiety was still there, and an abusive marriage did not help much. Took meds again, and Boom 120 lbs turned into 200!

Anyway, In the last three years I left my husband, started over kicked the pills and I rarely have anxiety! I have never dieted before nor really had to so this was a challenge! My weight has declined, but not as rapid as I want! So I added more exercise to my rountine and started the SBD to aid a more quickly rapid weight loss! I do the walk to be fit program trying my best to take in 10000 steps!

When I was 120 I never had to think about what type of bra to wear (C cup) and never even thought of oh, will the cover me, or ??? you know what I mean right?

Anyway, what made me decide to start the SBD and kick the weight loss in a faster gear was...

1. I am in a competitive enviorment! Women around me dressing to the T, and I used to be one of them.

2. I like colors but recently have worn more conservitive darker colors to hide the buldge! cow sleeping :moo:

3. I have been losing slowly in the past three years, but all those above it what made me decide to make it a more quiicker rapid weighloss. :cloud9:

4. Hourglass figure, but with extra wight, my BOOBS got so big, I hate them. C sunny :sunny: to a now DD! censored :censored: I am happy with just a D cup. Regualr size 34 C/D Now...............40 DD

I could go on and on to the reasons, petty ones I bet....

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Why did I first start dieting? Honestly - I found out I weighed more than my husband to be (husband now) by double digits:o . I didn't want to be Jack Sprat and his wife. :sumo: So that started me on the diet - or change of lifestyle. I started learning more about food, health, portions and determined not to be a fat bride. I started at 175 lbs. and by the time my wedding came around I weighed 143. I felt better than I ever have. :hyper:

What started me off that way? I am 5 ft. 2 inches but I have never looked like what I weigh but I have felt it. Part of the gain was keeping up with my sister who has a metabolism rate that goes at the speed of light and another was just portions and not knowing what was contained in food (You mean a Mocha Grande is bad for you????!!!!:yikes:) and the sports I used to be involved in tapered off duing college. Then I lived over seas and was learning to eat better - partially due to I would not eat at an American restaurant - and now I can live without somethings (chips, fast food) and some things I cannot (chocolate, wine) but do in moderation :cheers:

I am still learning. I gained after the wedding over the year and was back around 160 and I am now down to 152. I don't have a scale or go to WW because meeting times are not convenient. I just exercise and keep track of what I am eating. It is great to have a suppoirt like this because people empathize not just sympathize with you.

I hope that answers your question cosmo girl (welcome by the way!):wave:

Summer/GEM

Great! Thank you for sharing. You lived oversea`s? Me too. Actually I am now in the Expat Phase!


I am in Tokyo, how about you?

I was in Jerusalem then I moved b/c I got a job in Brussels (where there is too much good chocolate!) and lived there until 3 years ago an now I am stateside and married. SO I will probably be stateside for a while just visits when it can be afforded. I miss it though.

Why Tokyo? Do you love it?

Why Tokyo!


Here it goes in this order.... ( I love Europe too)!

1. Left Ex-husband

2. Got Job Offer

3. Hooked up with a great friend.

4. Friend Turned Boyfriend.

5. Boyfriend Turned Lover

6. Lover Turned Fiancee!

LOL! I have to travel due to work, but my fiancee I met in the states he was just a friend then.

I would have to say Tokyo because I needed to be safe and get away from and ex-husband when my best friend from Tokyo invited me to come for a relaxer, vacation. I networked, got offered a job, the friend turned into a (see above)!

Now, I love it! My fiancees work keeps him here, but we are able to travel so I get to enjoy that.

Marriage plans. I have not set a date yet!


I loved Brussels!

Gosh it is nearly midnight and I am starving!

EEEEK!

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I weighed 115 - 120 pounds in high school and after graduation when I met my husband. I danced my whole life, so I was very fit, I was the "best bod" girl in my class.. :lol: so like Angie, I knew what being thin and looking good was like, the type of attention I received, etc. When I met my husband, I was working a sit down job, for the first time in my life I just sat there all day, and answered phones and ate. I got pregnant before my wedding too, and the combination caused me to weight 210 at delivery of my first child. At that point, I became depressed, and lost all my self confidence. And I no longer cared that I was heavy. I got down to 180 after my first baby, and never lost anymore, had another child, back to 200+ at delivery, back to 180 after... and so on. On new years of 2001, my sister in laws and I put $25 in a pot, and whoever lost 20 pounds first won the money. I won that bet in april of that year, and got my 2nd tatoo with the money :D I weighed 157 when I won the bet.

A year later, I had gained like 3 of that back, and then I got a condition called Bells Palsy, half my face was paralyzed for 2 months, they put you on steroids called Prednisone for that, to help your nerves heal faster. That caused a 10 + pound weight gain for me, so I was back to 170'ish, I managed to lose 5 of that when I went off the prednisone, but stayed there for about a year.

Last August (almost a year ago!) I decided enough! I was going through a divorce, I didn't feel good about myself at all, and I just wanted to be thin again, I knew I could be a happier person despite financial difficulties and the stress of being a single mom, and I did weight watchers. I just decided one day (August 21, 2002) and I just did it! I was so motivated. I remember the first week, I had worked SO hard. I weighed in at the end of the week, and I remember thinking that if I hadn't lost any weight, It would be really bad, because I would get discouraged. When I got on the scale and I was 4 pounds lighter, I was so excited. Each week when I got on the scale and saw a loss of at least 1-3 pounds, my motivation grew and grew. I had a goal to get to 145, then when I hit that, it was 135, then when I hit that, 130. Now it's 120, and to be honest, 130 is fine with me. I just want to see if my body will let me be 120, I am starting to doubt it, but I will keep trying. If all I do is maintain between 125-130 forever, I will still be satisfied though, because judging where I was 2 years ago, and where I am now, that is a major accomplishment in itself :)