Losing weight for Mickey

Hello, I'd like to join in on this too!
I'm 34 yrs old, 5'8, I have 3 kids and I work in an office full time.

In high school (my goal weight) I was 150 (my "atleast" goal weight, I'm actaully hoping fr 135). I was very active. Although it still sounds like alot of weight, for my height and bone structure it looked nice.

After I had my first son at 21 (13 yrs ago) I went up to 162. After my second at 28 (7 yrs ago) I went up to 185. I then went on a slim fast diet and got back down to 173ish. Then I had my 3rd son (3 yrs ago) at 31 and shot up to 196 :scared: when I just got tired of it all.

By July of 2006 when I knew I was going to be out on a jet ski alot during the summer (its always good to have motovation) :yay: . I knew I had to do something. Besides, I ate so much crap food that I too was getting tired of it and just started to crave healthier foods. So from July of 06 to April of 07. I dropped 30+ pounds to 168 on weight watchers:cheer2: . I didn't join or go to any group meetings. I just bought the books and did it myself at my own pace. (I basically eat what I want but excersice more to gain back my points). Then I went on my trip to Disney, gained back 6lbs (even with all that walking :confused3 .....I didn't utilize their gym at all...besides it is a vacation). Since then I've basically been about the same.

I weigh in right now at 172 (as of this am). I go to the gym about 5 days a week. It's easy for me to stay on this schedule since my husband is at school during the evenings. I walk for 30 mins (med pace). Then I strecth for about 10 mins. Afterwards I use various weight lifting machines for 30 mins. Whatever time I have leftover, I either go walk more or I grab a magazine and go to the bikes. In addition to this 5 days a week, I just recently joined a hip hop class. I LOVE IT:dancer: ! Since I've gotten back up on the weight watchers (a week and a half ago), I've lost 4lbs.
Were suppose to go back to WDW the end of April and if all stays the same (I average 2lbs /week), I should be at 152:worship: .
 
Newbies:


I just wanted to interduce myself - my name is Sarah, and I started this crazy thread. We have a lot of great people here, all at different weights, ages, and dieting concepts. We have decided that a buddy system is a good idea for some of us, so if anyone newbies want a buddy to have a sholder to cry on, or help motovate, please PM me and I will do my best to match people up. Again, this goes for older members that have buddys that don't seem interested in having a buddy, which is OK too!​



Together We Can Do This!

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:welcome: Thenwood, I didn't get a welcome when I joined in on the group yesterday but I'm sending you a big welcome!:wave2: Your progress already sounds great! My goal is to get back down to a size 7/8 maybe even a :worship: 5/6 but that's pushing it since I've never seen that low of a number on my clothes ever before :rotfl: Keep up the good work with weigth watchers. I tried it once but only saw a minimal weight lost in 6 months time. Nutrisystem was better for me and the food has gotten a heck of a lot better. Before it would make a anybody gag.:crazy2: So I was skeptical on trying last year but was pleasently surprised. Some entrees are still gross some I had thrown those out. But now I'm just trying to eat better with 5 small meals a day.
 
I hope you do get the job. I think its best to dress to impress as well. Good job! That would be a very cool job to have!
 

Okay, I have a question for all of you...... and I don't want to be nosy or offend anyone. Do y'all wear shorts at WDW? The reason I am asking... I am a solid size 16 and I NEVER wear shorts. (except to sleep in) During our summer trips to Disneyland, Houston and Virginia, I always have worn capris. Am I going to roast at WDW?? I can't imagine, even if (when!) I lose weight, wanting to bare my legs in public. It's enough of a trauma for me to go swimming!:rotfl:

What does everyone else do??:confused3

I gave up shorts for a number of years, but just started wearing them again this past summer. I was definitely happy to have them at Disney in August. Anyway, even though I am at my heaviest, I came to the conclusion that capris didn't make me look any skinnier than shorts:sad1: so what did it really matter. Now, I am not talking cute little cut-offs.:scared1: I found some nice ones made by Dockers for women that provided proper coverage.
 
I gave up shorts for a number of years, but just started wearing them again this past summer. I was definitely happy to have them at Disney in August. Anyway, even though I am at my heaviest, I came to the conclusion that capris didn't make me look any skinnier than shorts:sad1: so what did it really matter. Now, I am not talking cute little cut-offs.:scared1: I found some nice ones made by Dockers for women that provided proper coverage.

I have to agree - Ya ain't hiding nothin with a small amouth of cloth! :scared1: I understand where your coming from, I only just started wearing shorts again this year, because I figured, its damn hot, and if I'm wearing jeans or capris, that may mean yucky sweat... the more air hitting skin, the better off you are. And I'm not talking about crazy, something just above the knee. But hopefully soon(some of us this summer, some of us next summer) we wont even have to worry about that! We can just throw on one of those strappy ****ie show-off shirts, a pair of shorts and sexy sandles and go on our way knowing we look darn good!



Together We Can Do This!


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hi my name is Lori and I am an overacheiver... At eating that is :rotfl:
we are heading back to the world in November (hopefully) and I too intend to be skinnier than Mickey, not as skinny as Cinderella, somewhere in the middle.

so here I am
Lori
age 39 (until September) looks like I am the oldest one so faru. ugh
start weight, don't know but had to put on size 16 jeans for the first time in my life!
goal weight, don't know want to be in a size 12 comfortable. I am a tall girl 5'9" so I carry my weight well, you would never guess I am in a 16, but I know it and that is what counts.
I actually officially started dieting today, knew the holidays would never allow me to start sooner.
My diet consist of no more tastycakes, no more soda, no more junk. and I am trying to treadmill but usually don't have the time, so diet for me is hopefully the key
oh I do bowl and play tennis on Wii that Santa brought the kids.

wow that was long
:rolleyes1

:scared1: No more Tastykakes!!!!! That hurts! I don't have a choice in that though since they don't sell them here in Iowa. When we visit PA. during the summer I will have to resist!
 
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There hasn't been a post since like 8 last night... where is everyone? I hope not standing infront of the fridge, or in line a McDonalds!!! Good luck this weekend everyone! Pray for me tonight, I have a birthday party to go to with home-made pizza.... and I'm on low carb!



Together We Can Do This!


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I have been doing pretty well. Yesterday at work everyone wanted to get McDonalds for lunch, so I got a plain salad, no chicken and the fat free italian dressing. Wasn't to hard because I am not a big fan of anything McDonalds. The sticking to the diet hasn't been the hard part, the hard part for me has been making time to exercise this week. Whenever I had a half hour I made an excuse, so next week I really have to make an effort to expend some calories. I have found Blue Diamond 100 calorie packs of Almonds that are a really good snack and take away the hunger pangs. So I take a pack to work everyday and around 2:30 when I would have wanted to hit the vending machine I snack on the almonds. They are surprisingly filling. Good luck to everyone, I will check in again tomorrow. Have a great weekend !:happytv: :happytv:
 
This is a great idea!:banana: I had lost 85lb it did take me a year, yet I gained it all back when my 18 year old sister past away 4 years ago followed by my grandmother. The following year my mom was told that she had lung cancer in stage three {last stages of cancer}. That year I had my son and eight months later my mom passed away. :guilty: So in short I GAINED IT ALL BACK. :sad: I now want to lose weight for my son. . for me. To top it all off this summer I under went surgury {to inplant a filter} due to blood clotting issues. This was the smae reason my sister passed away. It is all scary and I was even thinking about going to get the lap band surgury done. I even like the results of the gastrobypass, yet I have heard to many complications with that one.Anyway my goal is to loose as much as I can to be here for my son and not to mention to have what I REALLY want in life . . . to have a sibling for my son. So with this I say LETS DO IT. :

Current weight: 226
Start date jan. 9, 2008
Loss so far: 1 pound
Hope to lose: :wishfifty:
 
How did you guys get the icon next to your name? You know the ariel and the lady and the tramp icaons. I also went to TickeyFactory.com and don't know how to get that ticker thing on the message I type in.
 
How did you guys get the icon next to your name? You know the ariel and the lady and the tramp icaons. I also went to TickeyFactory.com and don't know how to get that ticker thing on the message I type in.

I am so sorry to here of all the losses you have had. I pray you'll find the strength needed to just take it one day at a time. :hug:
As for the tickers and icons you'll need to have your photos like jpegs and tiffs, and gifs uploaded on to a photo hosting website like photobucket.com and there are many others. Next you'll create a link back to it when you are posting on this site. When you click on "insert image" it will ask you for the url. This is why you'll need the photo hosting website. It'll give you the url needed to do this. This is also how you'll add your ticker by inserting an image and using the url given for it. I think but can't remember exactly but I think on both it will give you url options for blogs and websites. I hope this helps and feel free to pm me for more help if needed. Maybe someone one else can offer you more advice on this too. I may have left something out or got it wrong but close.;)
 
There hasn't been a post since like 8 last night... where is everyone? I hope not standing infront of the fridge, or in line a McDonalds!!! Good luck this weekend everyone! Pray for me tonight, I have a birthday party to go to with home-made pizza.... and I'm on low carb!

I hope you'll able to withstand the homemade pizza cause I know it'll be deliciouso. Nope I was't in line at McD's last nigth but I skipped dinner which was a bad thing to do. Well I'm off to do some house cleaning and burn some calories. I may even hit the treadmill too. But I'm having bad menstral cramps and I'm bloated to boot, so i'm not even hitting the scale to see what I weigh right now because it wouldn't be accurate anyway.:guilty:
 
Hi ladies, I just found this thread and want to wish you all good luck! I'm currently on another weight loss thread so I won't join in here...My "ideal" is 125 (I'm short) and I started at 162 and am now down to 157 since Jan 2. I'm hoping to be 146 by the end of Feb. Anyway, I didn't read all the pages so I don't know if anyone has posted this, but the other sites that have helped me are fitday.com where you can input your food and activities and it will tell you how many calories you are eating and burning. Its free! Discoveryhealth.com also has their weightloss challenge going on now with great resources including a free trial to podfitness.com which is AMAZING! I hope some of you can find these tools helpful! Remember you aren't just losing weight, but each time you exercise or make healthy food choices you are doing something GOOD for YOU!
 
How did you guys get the icon next to your name? You know the ariel and the lady and the tramp icaons. I also went to TickeyFactory.com and don't know how to get that ticker thing on the message I type in.

Glad Jazmine8 could help you with this cause I couldn't. My DD14 had to do it for me!:rotfl2:
 
Hello Ladies!

I have been reading more than posting, but just wanted to drop in! My exercise is improving. I started with a 2 mile walk/jog and went to a 2.25 mile walk/jog over the course of a week. Eventually I will be up to 3 miles, which is a personal daily goal before my California DL trip in a month.

The scale is slow to move (wow, isn't turning 40 fabulous?) but I feel a huge difference in my clothes.

Keep up the good work!

Samantha
 
I've had not been on this thread since last week, I've been planning a C.S.I party for my DD (8), her birthday was on the 10th, but since Xmas holidays was til the 8th this year, I wanted to celebrate her birthday the week-end after, (she wanted to invite some classmates) but it was her father's weekend, so I ended up on this weekend uurg! anyway it went well and the kids had a blast. In all I had 9 kids doing forensic training and solving a mystery...

As for my exercise, I did not do much... only about 1 1/2 - 2 hours of walking this week... I'll try more next week.
 


Name:Kristen
Age: 26
Location: Delaware
Diet: portion control, drink only water, no eating after 8
Hurdles: family loves to eat out, chocolate
Exercise: treadmill, lifting weights
Start weight: 190
Weight Now: 183
Goal: 145

I would like to meet my goal by summer and maybe loss a few extra lbs going into our Thanksgiving Disney Vacay.
 
I DID IT!!!! WALKED THE 4 MILES THIS MORNING!!!!!!!:thumbsup2 It wasn't Leslie's "4 Fast Miles" but her 4 mile super express...JUST FEEL SO GOOD THAT I COULD DO IT! Weighing in tomorrow!!!! Hope everyone is doing well this weekend!!!!:woohoo:
 
Hello Ladies!

I have been reading more than posting, but just wanted to drop in! My exercise is improving. I started with a 2 mile walk/jog and went to a 2.25 mile walk/jog over the course of a week. Eventually I will be up to 3 miles, which is a personal daily goal before my California DL trip in a month.

The scale is slow to move (wow, isn't turning 40 fabulous?) but I feel a huge difference in my clothes.

Keep up the good work!

Samantha


Great work. And the note about the scale is really true, when you start to build up muscle it doesn't budget but the clothes don't lie. Way to go!

-Becca-
 

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