I want to be under 200 pounds...Anyone else??

[Cruise04]

The 4th of July holiday isn't that hard for me. It's all other holidays that I seem to fail at. With the 4th we grill out but we don't get into having people over or going somewhere because we are usually camping so it's a relaxed day. This year I think we are just staying home (we aren't camping this year because of when the 4th falls and I couldn't take time off of work) and we'll probably grill some brats, have some grilled veggies with them and I might make some potato salad. Then we're thinking about going and seeing a movie - especially if it's raining. Won't be doing smores or any of that so that's helpful. We'll see.

Welcome everyone - we can do this. I know in my heart we can. And georgia4now - you are a very handsome man and 220 for a guy isn't that bad. Your wife is lucky to have gotten you!!!!! Next time people give you a hard time like that - ask them what they've got! Hang in there - we're here to support each other and you. The one thing you could do when you go out for lunch is order chicken instead of a burger - or only eat half the fries or sides with a burger. Or eat the burger with only the bottom part of the bun.

Chris

 

[FigmentLover]

I believe you all can do it!!!



I have been working at weight loss for almost 3 years. Ever since my daughter was born. I am 5'4" and currently weight 200. for awhile I was down to 180, but then went back to school and stopped exercising. I started going to curves, but haven't been in about 2 1/2 months. I hope to motivate myself back into curves. My husband who has weighed around 220-250 ever since I have known him, started WW about 4 or 5 weeks ago. He has since lost around 18 lbs. How can he do it? We both go podometers, and try to walk over 1000 steps a day. for me, 1500 is 1 mile, yesterday I put in just a litter over 5000 steps just a work!!! The factor that keeps me focused is my daughter. I want to live a healthy life for her, I want to be around a long time.

I have faith in all of you!!

 

[disneymom3]

NJ divas, that is an awesome weight loss--good for you!

I have met my goal this week of excercising 6 days. This next week is going to be a challenge cause I can't go to the Y on Sunday or Tuesday because of the holiday and stuff we have going on. I'll have to figure that out. Hmmmm....I guess on Sunday I could actually use the treadmill I have in my basement!! LOL. I could use Tuesday as my day off.

We will be going to one of my sister's houses and eating should not be a challenge because we are all supposed to be working on being healthier and I know for sure my sis who is almost to her goal weight will be there. It will be easy to be strong with her there.

Have a good weekend everybody. I won't be weighing in until the end of July--the 24th, but I will keep in touch with the thread anyway.

 

[blue_eyes5212]

Hi,
I have started a journal called Amanda's "I want this so badly" journal!
I have been wanting to do that for quite some time and I finally did. Feel free to check that out! I will also post here on this thread too, but I just wanted to start my own journal!

I started back at WW on Thursday and Friday I stuck with it really well. Today is Saturday and so far so good!! YAY ME!!!

Talk to you all later!!

~Amanda~

 

[blue_eyes5212]

I see that some of you have tickers on your pages. One person has a really cool one from weightlosstickers.com but when I try to put one on it does not work. I have also tried one of the other ticker websites and it will not work either. I go to the website......select my ticker......get my code.....and copy and paste it......but when it preview my new signature it is just the link (http://whateverwhateverwhatever) but the picture is not there. I know this is off topic, but I want to see that visual of what I have lost! It's is making me !!!!! I was able to post it to my myspace page, so what is the deal?????

 

[disneymom3]

blue eyes--are you choosing the right text for the image? It might be different on here to work than it is on your myspace page.

I am considering starting WW too. I have to do something and I have tried several times to do WW on my own to no avail. I have made fitness and working out a priority but I just don't know how I could then fit in ANOTHER night for a meeting.

 

[blue_eyes5212]

I'm pretty sure I am doing the ticker thing right......I don't know what the deal is! I saw your question about Walk Away the Pounds. I just left my mom's house where we did the 1 mile walk. It was mainly walking in place, knee lifts, and kicking. It was 18 minutes long and I did get out of breath and sweat! The people on the video had these weight balls that they used but we just used our regular hand weights. I liked it because I am not the most coordinated person in the world and I was able to do it. Dvd's with difficult moves are not for me!!!

 

[Wishes n Dreams]

Well I thought that I would join this thread. This is hard for me to do because then I have to type my weight in, and I really do not want to admit what I weigh. ok here goes.......223.5lbs. I am 23 years old and am 5'2" so that weight is just not healthy. In the past two weeks I have been excercising on my days off (I have four of them since I work 12 hour shifts) and watching what I eat. So far I have lost 5 lbs but have a lot more to go.

 

[Cyndiu]

Well I thought that I would join this thread. This is hard for me to do because then I have to type my weight in, and I really do not want to admit what I weigh. ok here goes.......223.5lbs. I am 23 years old and am 5'2" so that weight is just not healthy. In the past two weeks I have been excercising on my days off (I have four of them since I work 12 hour shifts) and watching what I eat. So far I have lost 5 lbs but have a lot more to go.

Naturally, I can only speak for myself, but when I stopped worrying about people finding out what I weigh, it was somewhat liberating. Having said that, only the people at my WW meeting and the people on this thread know, but its a beginning! By the way, 5 lbs is a lot. If you don't think so, go pick up an unopened bag of sugar.

 

[tbstein]

Well I thought that I would join this thread. This is hard for me to do because then I have to type my weight in, and I really do not want to admit what I weigh. ok here goes.......223.5lbs.

Hello to all on this thread as well. I am very happy to type in my weight because it is 35 pounds less than 7 months ago. The first 5 pounds were hard, but they are a great start for you! I am at 214--was at 249. I am trying to get under 200 by my 45th birthday in September. I would like to be at 170 finally. I am 5'4" and haven't had the best health. I am getting healthier all the time. The weight loss is a big help. It is hard to admit being over 200, but it is easier once the number starts to get lower.

With reading some of these posts here, I am going to become addicted to stoping in and commenting. Thanks!

Good luck to all!

Great losses!

Wendy

 

[kismet1003]

Hello! I would love to join in this thread.
I have been going to ww since March & have so much more weight to lose. I'm currently at 236. When I reach goal (165) my husband has promised to take me on a Disney Cruise, which I'm thinking will be 2008!
This thread will be one more source of inspiration for me.
Good luck to everyone out there.

 

[Cruise04]

Hi everyone - Happy 4th. Today was suppose to be my day of starting back on it. I did well until we ordered out for lunch and I blew it. But I did good for dinner and I went and worked out tonight. Planning on going again in the morning, Wednesday morn, Friday morn and Friday afternoon, Saturday morn. I have to get back into this and this is the best way for me to do it. Also dd is going to start back at working out as well. She lost 35 pounds this past year and has about 50 more to go. I had a good talk with my brother tonight and I think that's what I needed. I've been very depressed with various family things and have really missed my mom (she passed away almost 4 years ago) on top of the work garbage.

You guys are doing great. We can do this We can do this We CAN do this

I'm not going to check my weight until Friday. I've been one to check it daily but my goal this week is to not step on that darned scale until Friday - I think I can, I think I can, I think I can

 

[blue_eyes5212]

Cruise04...you can do it, I know you can! My goal for myself is to break an old habit that I have. That goal is to quit telling myself "Well, you have already blown it, so you might as well have some more to eat" That is the main reason that I have not been successful in the past and I am sure I'm not the only one that has this problem! Right? Right?

I weigh in on Thursday nights, and have really stuck to it this week (my points that is) so I will be posting that evening....even if it is not what I hope it will be! I will be honest with you all! Actually I have only worked out once, but that is one more time that I have worked out in the last several months! I refuse to say "Gosh, Amanda you've only worked out one time!!" Instead I'm going to say "Good job, now lets make it 2 times next week"!!

Go us!! We can do it!!

 

[Cruise04]

Thanks! I did a bad thing and got on that darned scale this morning - I was trying to not do it. But it said I was down a pound. TOM is gone and that was probably a good portion of it. I tried to be really good today but I had a brat, baked beans, and potato salad for dinner but I did watch my portions and kept them in line. So that was a good thing for me. And I stopped at one brat - in the past I would have had 2 or 3. Maybe the scale will be nice to me by Friday again

Happy 4th Everyone!
Chris

 

[disneymom3]

Hi everyone. Well, I broke down too and weighed myself on Monday at the Y. I am still up three lbs from when I started working out 3 weeks ago. I cannot figure this out! and it is very frustrating This always happens when I start to excercise--my weight goes up by about 3 lbs. I have not changed my eating very much--gotten healthier if anything. I am drinking more water than before because I am thirsty from working out and yet, here is this extra weight. I will NOT give up on working out, but I am sooo bummed about this. THREE WEEKS of working out and I weigh MORE than I did before. How dumb is that? DD and DH tell me that I am looking like I am getting thinner. (Or smaller as DD puts it.) And yet, my measurements are exactly the same too. It just makes me want to cry. I have to stay focused on the idea that I know this is healthy for me and it has to work eventually. But it's hard.

Wishes n Dreams--I wanted to say Looks like this is your first post!

Cruise 04--I think what you are doing is the key. You are changing the way you are thinking. Instead of figuring you blew it, you are looking at the positive changes you DID make. Small steps really will get you where you are going. Good work!

blue eyes, you are MORE than right!! I have such a bad habit of figuring, well I have had one piece of candy, I might as well have 20 more. I am reading a book called Scale Down and she talks about how our attitudes can influence what we do and the choices we make.

 

[tbstein]

Cruise04, I know that's the truth! Portioning has been a big issue for me. I am better, but with just eliminating some foods, it is easier. I miss pasta! Boy, do I miss pasta. I do my WI tomorrow, sure hope it's down. Been up .5 2 weeks ago, and nothing last week. Better put on my walking shoes and get out there!

Wendy

 

[COmomof2]

Room for one more???? I am so excited to see this thread. I joined LA Weightloss back in mid-November, and set my goal weight at 200. I started at 272, and I'm down to 229. According to their 2 pounds a week average, I'm a bit behind that, but I'm happy to be where I am now.

I haven't weighed under 200lbs in about 15 years. I was 215 when I got married in October of 1993, so if I get my but in gear, I'm hoping to be back to that weight by this fall. Actually, we have our trip back to WDW in September, and I'd LOVE to fit comfortably in the airline seat! It's a long ride from Denver with your hips squished between those arm rests!

Good luck to you all, and let's keep each other motivated!

Dani

 

[disneymom3]

Ugh. I am having a rough day today. Just feeling like the whole thing is pointless. I think it starts with the fact that I didn't plan my week well and am not going to make it to Curves or the Y today so won't make my goal of walking 6 days unless I walk on the treadmill tonight when I get home from work. I just know I am not going to want to. I also didn't eat actual meals today, just snacked. Not a good way to go.

I just feel lazy and don't want to put in the effort. Doesn't help that I haven't lost a single ounce in 4 weeks of working out. Getting to that point where it feels pointless.

 

[blue_eyes5212]

Disneymom, Keep with it!! You can do this!! If you are only able to work out 5 days instead of 6 you could still have a nice loss this week!!

I had my first weigh in tonight! I lost 2.8 pounds!! I hope I can keep it up!!

 

[Kerri]

Hi everyone!!

I gained 50 lbs. while pregnant with my son (I was 33), lost most of it, and then gained 60 more pounds while pregnant with my daughter ( I was 35). She's now 3, so I have no more excuses ("pregnancy weight")!

Having been thin all my life, it was quite a surprise to see the scale slowly inching up as I got older (after I turned 30). I'm about 5'10", so I can carry extra weight pretty well. Even now, at my heaviest non-pregnancy or post-partum weight, I still can carry it "OK", but boy, am I uncomfortable!

I just re-started e-diets yesterday (it worked really well before I got lazy and stopped) and was delighted to find this post!!

I, too, have not told anyone my actual weight, but what Cyndiu said ("when I stopped worrying about people finding out what I weigh, it was somewhat liberating") makes so much sense, so here goes...I'm 227, up from 212 six months ago, but down from 231 two days ago (I realize it's "water weight", but hey, I'll take it!).

My goal is to be 165lbs. I haven't been that weight since about 1995, but I figure I may as well go for it!

Thanks to everyone who is so positive about their weight loss, it's inspiring!

And for those of you who are feeling a little discouraged because you didn't work out 7 days this week or stick to your meal plan down to the last crumb...just realize that every little change you make (one workout is better than none, 2 chocolate chip cookies is better than the whole bag!) is making you healthier, even if the scale doesn't recognize it right away.

We can do it!!