Losing weight for Mickey

[mkymouse1928]

I am going to jump on this bandwagon!

May name is Jessica and I love to eat!!! I have been doing WW but the scale keeps going in the wrong direction. Ughh!

Current Weight: 211
Goal: 135
Downfall: CHOCOLATE (Easter is going to be killer for me)

 

[rumrunnergirl]

I could never stay on Atkins for much more than 2 weeks anyway! My second question is kinda... personal... I'm totally constipated. I finally gave in last night and took a laxative, and around 2.30am I went, and then again this morning, but I know theres more to come, and its just not happening. What am I eating wrong??

I've been on Atkins since January 7. It's not bad at all! Every day I have a HUGE salad - 3 C romaine and 1 C chopped veggies - topped with 3 tablespoons of ground flaxseed. I get it at the bulk food store and grind it in my coffee bean grinder. The cost is $1.59 for a pound, and that is a LOT!!
You don't have to grind it though, it will still work. You can also get psyllium (spelling?) husks, they are sold next to the laxatives in a pill form.

 

[tmatthews]

Monday weigh in! I am down 1 pound and 1/2" in my butt. Not a lot for the week, but the kids went to a birthday party and there was extra ice cream cake and you know the rest . . . LOL . . . so today at the gym I did 90 minutes on the treadmill & burned over 1000 calories.

Whenever my kids face an obstacle, I remind them of the little mice in Cinderella, making her dress for the ball, singing "we can do it, we can do it, there's really nothing to it . . ." - so let's all sing it together about our weight-loss journey!

congrats on loss!! Love the optimism!!

 

[SharpMomOfTwo]

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to post a reminder for everyone - expecially newbies - to post their weekly weight loss. I think its a great motovator for everyone reading this board to see how much everyone is losing, and how they are doing it. For example, I'm doing WW, and hitting the treadmill twice a day for about 40 minutes each time. I only started doing the treadmill this week, and I have lost weight already. I have a weekend trip to Baltimore (just Dh and I, no kiddies!) in about 13 weeks, so I want to be at 185 by the time we get there. As of right now, I have 14 more pounds to go!! That means I have to loose just over a pound a week, which I know I will do since I'm killing myself on the treadmill!

Together We Can Do This!

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[CRdisMom]

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to post a reminder for everyone - expecially newbies - to post their weekly weight loss. I think its a great motovator for everyone reading this board to see how much everyone is losing, and how they are doing it. For example, I'm doing WW, and hitting the treadmill twice a day for about 40 minutes each time. I only started doing the treadmill this week, and I have lost weight already. I have a weekend trip to Baltimore (just Dh and I, no kiddies!) in about 13 weeks, so I want to be at 185 by the time we get there. As of right now, I have 14 more pounds to go!! That means I have to loose just over a pound a week, which I know I will do since I'm killing myself on the treadmill!

Together We Can Do This!

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Congrats. This must mean that you broke the 190 barrier! YEAH!!!!

I have not lost any lbs in last week. We are still battling the flu. I laughed at people that said it can take up to 3 weeks to clear up. Ugh ! I am hoping to get down to 165 before May 5. This is an achievable goal. I am at 173 right now. I still have the inches I lost when I started but I would really love to see the scale read 160-something. It is so psychological. I am still trying to get to the gym on a regular basis. I still haven't cut all the bad stuff out of my diet (french fries on grocery day are sooo good.) Just need a little more will power and it will go. I think I might try the Slim Fast for a week to see if I can't get myself motivated.

 

[hvivona]

For example, I'm doing WW, and hitting the treadmill twice a day for about 40 minutes each time.

Great example! My trainer told me this week that after 40 min cardio your body just stops burning fat and anything after that 40min time frame you're just spinning your wheels. He said to do just what you are doing...two 40 min sessions a day will actually burn more calories over all than a straight 80-90 min session.

I am 5'2" and 5 years ago I weighed 160 lbs....fairly big for my height. I went on WW and started working out regularly. In about a year I was down to 125. I started strength training with my cardio and dropped to 115. Now, I'm all muscle and super healthy. I promise you guys if I can do it, you all definatley can! I'm proud to see so many people making life changes and making the decision to be healthy! You are all rock stars!!!!!! Keep up the awesome work!

 

[thomasclan85]

Ooooooooooh, I'm so glad I found this thread. I was thinking this forum would be an awesome place to start a weight loss support/help page after reading all about the nice things that people had done for others while at DW yesterday. I forget what the thread was called but people had reported what others had done for them and what they had done for others while in DW. It made my day to read about strangers helping strangers like that.

I started gaining weight in primary school. I'm a sexual abuse survivor and I think it all started then trying to make myself unattractive to my abuser (unconsciously). Anyway, the weight kept piling on. I am at my heaviest ever now. Thanks goodness I'm 5'9 1/2 " tall or I wouldn't be able to get through the door. My hubby's aunt is shorter than me and weighs much less but is just as large as me because she's shorter. I'm not an active person but I'm no couch potato. I keep busy doing housework,etc. I gained a lot of weight (150 pounds in 4 years) after I was fired for no reason from a job I had had for 10 years. (There were issues with water not being properly tested, people getting sick, and I have a big mouth so they got rid of me) I did fight and WIN my unemployment though. Anway, I took a CNA course and went to work for a home health care business for a couple years. My husband is a truck driver (home every day) and works nights and my daughter had to ride with him at night (slept in the sleeper, she LOVED riding with him) because I have serious trust issues when it comes to my daughter (she is a special needs child) and because it would have taken everything I made as an CNA to pay for childcare. Most people in my community don't want to care for kids if you want to claim childcare on your taxes. My 'child' is also 21 I feel so old. Anyway, last year he asked me to quit work and stay home with her and so I did. I put on some MORE weight even though I had been vegetarian for a year by then. Look, I was raised by my grandparents. We had gardens with LOTS of taters and we ate lots of bread and taters Being a vegetarian with a huge tater and bread habit is NOT good, believe me. So, I'm the off the vegetarian wagon (for now- I will go back). I need some serious help ya'll. Believe it or not, other than pains in my joints and having problems sitting in some chairs (with arms) I don't have big issues with my weight. I'm not sick(ever). My blood pressure is fine, sugar is fine, etc). I just miss being able to get down on my knees without all this pain. Normally I wouldn't tell anyone my weight but I read over a lot of the posts and I feel really comfortable here. Wish me luck ya'll and Good Luck to everyone else trying to get back to a healthier weight.

With that said, here are my statistics for everyone to see.

Name: Linda
Age: 41
Location: Virginia
Diet: Eating for Life
hurdles to overcome: just love good food too much
Exercise: walking on treadmill, in yard, riding exercise bike
Start date: TODAY! 03/12/2008
Goal: 150 pounds
Weight at start: 420
Weight loss to date: 0

 

[thomasclan85]

post deleted, duplicate post, sorry

 

[MouseFan71]

This thread is just what I needed, count me in!!! My name is Amy and we (Myself 36, DH 34, DD 6, DD 4 and DS 3) are traveling to Disney 12/4 - 12/12 with my skinny friend and her family. Every year I say "I will look acceptable in my bathing suit" but it hasn't happened yet and I hate the feeling of not fully enjoying my vacation or my children because I'm self-consious of how I look. Here's my current stats:

Name: Amy
Location: Rochester, NY
Problem: I love to eat after my kids go to bed, all the calories after 8pm have really added up.
Diets: I've done Herbal Life, Slim Fast and LA Weight Loss. Now I am on a combination of Slim Fast and LA Weight Loss.
Exercise: 4 or 5 days a week at the Northwest YMCA. 35 minutes of cardio (treadmill, bike and elipitical) and 15 minutes of weights.
Current weight: 168
Goal: 115 - 120 (yeah baby!!!)

 

[SharpMomOfTwo]

This thread is just what I needed, count me in!!! My name is Amy and we (Myself 36, DH 34, DD 6, DD 4 and DS 3) are traveling to Disney 12/4 - 12/12 with my skinny friend and her family. Every year I say "I will look acceptable in my bathing suit" but it hasn't happened yet and I hate the feeling of not fully enjoying my vacation or my children because I'm self-consious of how I look. Here's my current stats:

Name: Amy
Location: Rochester, NY
Problem: I love to eat after my kids go to bed, all the calories after 8pm have really added up.
Diets: I've done Herbal Life, Slim Fast and LA Weight Loss. Now I am on a combination of Slim Fast and LA Weight Loss.
Exercise: 4 or 5 days a week at the Northwest YMCA. 35 minutes of cardio (treadmill, bike and elipitical) and 15 minutes of weights.
Current weight: 168
Goal: 115 - 120 (yeah baby!!!)

Hey Amy, and Welcome!! 168 isn't to bad of a starting wiehgt - wish I were there now!!! You said that you are going to Disney 12/4-12/12 and your signature says that your staying at the POP - are you going for Pop Warner? If not, be ready for a cheerleading invation!! That is when they go, and where they stay! We will also be there from 12/9 - 12/16, but we are staying at POFQ. Maybe we will see eachother there as our skinnier selves!

Together We Can Do This!

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[brttjt77]

My family and I are going to Disney for our first time in 47 days!! I'm so excited for us all! I have three kids ages 11, 10 and 7. I've put on a good bit of weight. I was always no more than 120 lbs. And now weigh more than I even did pregnant with my kids. My ex- husband (father of my two oldest children) pasted away in August 07 by his own choice. My children and myself have taken it real hard. On top of that my husband and I quit smoking 2 weeks ago . But its been hard and I'm now I'm trying to get back in shape. And not substitute eating with my not smoking.


It'll be nice knowing I'm not doing this alone....

Name: Brittany
Age: 30
Location: Georgia
Type of diet: eating less, watching what I eat (eating healthier), and not eating late
Excercise: Walking treadmill, crunches, weights
Start date of diet: 3/1/08
Goal: 130
Weight at start of diet: 170
Weight loss to date: 5 lbs

 

[tmatthews]

Welcome, Welcome to all the newbies! This is a great thread for support!

brttjt77 did you try that pill to help you stop smoking? I have two friends who used it and was very successful!

thomasclan85 sounds like you need to do this and take time for yourself! You deserve to feel better!

0 weight loss so far this week.....walked 2 miles last night and feel a lot better!!! I too love my carbos!!!

 

[MouseFan71]

Hey Amy, and Welcome!! 168 isn't to bad of a starting wiehgt - wish I were there now!!! You said that you are going to Disney 12/4-12/12 and your signature says that your staying at the POP - are you going for Pop Warner? If not, be ready for a cheerleading invation!! That is when they go, and where they stay! We will also be there from 12/9 - 12/16, but we are staying at POFQ. Maybe we will see eachother there as our skinnier selves!

Together We Can Do This!

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Hi there,

No, we are not part of Pop Warner, they historically stay at All Stars and POR (at least that's where they stayed the last 2 years). We stayed at Pop Century during PW week last year and didn't see them at all but they had quite a fight at the All Stars. Keep an eye out for me, I'll be the skinny brunette in my thong at the parks. LOL!!! Gotta go drink my Slim Fast shake, yum!!!

 

[MouseFan71]

My family and I are going to Disney for our first time in 47 days!! I'm so excited for us all! I have three kids ages 11, 10 and 7. I've put on a good bit of weight. I was always no more than 120 lbs. And now weigh more than I even did pregnant with my kids. My ex- husband (father of my two oldest children) pasted away in August 07 by his own choice. My children and myself have taken it real hard. On top of that my husband and I quit smoking 2 weeks ago . But its been hard and I'm now I'm trying to get back in shape. And not substitute eating with my not smoking.


It'll be nice knowing I'm not doing this alone....

Name: Brittany
Age: 30
Location: Georgia
Type of diet: eating less, watching what I eat (eating healthier), and not eating late
Excercise: Walking treadmill, crunches, weights
Start date of diet: 3/1/08
Goal: 130
Weight at start of diet: 170
Weight loss to date: 5 lbs

Congrats on quitting smoking especially given the rough year you've had, I'm sorry to hear about your ex-husband. I quit smoking in 1999 after an 11 year, 2 pack a day habit. Try buying fresh peas in the pod, I would sit and split the peas for hours and eat them, it helped with my hand to mouth habit and was actually good for me. Try it while you watch TV or other times that you used to smoke. Good luck!!!

 

[thomasclan85]

Welcome, Welcome to all the newbies! This is a great thread for support!

brttjt77 did you try that pill to help you stop smoking? I have two friends who used it and was very successful!

thomasclan85 sounds like you need to do this and take time for yourself! You deserve to feel better!

0 weight loss so far this week.....walked 2 miles last night and feel a lot better!!! I too love my carbos!!!

Thanks for the welcome!

 

[bunkkinsmom]

What a great idea! Im taking the inlaws and my 3 kids (6,4,2) to WDW in January 09. I have started training for a 5K in May, and am hoping to break 185 before I run this thing (or my knees will hate me!)!

Good Luck!

 

[bunkkinsmom]

So I didnt do the info on the last post. Sorry.


Name: Emily
Age: 37
Location: NC (Tarheels, baby!!!)
Diet: Working out like a fiend!
hurdles to overcome: just love good food too much
Exercise: Cross training for a 5K
Start date: 3/11/08
Goal: 140
Weight at start: 198
Weight loss to date: 0

Lets get this done!!

 

[tiffo]

I forgot to put my info up when I introduced myself. I hope to loose a few more pounds before our trip. We leave in 23 days! Yeah!



Name: Tiffany
Age: 35
Location: Indiana
Type of diet: eating less, cut out late night snacks
Excercise: Walking treadmill,
Start date of diet: 2/1/08
Goal: 135
Weight at start of diet: 255
Weight loss to date: 5 lbs




1998 POFQ
2004 POP
2006 POP
2008 POP

 

[mom2faith]

I weighed myself for the first time 2 weeks ago. I was anal that first week of staying on plan. (WW/Lo Carb). I gained weight!! I was shattered. I was up most of the night that first week peeing because I rarely drink water and my system was adjusting. I gave up. right there and then.
Well, almost a week ago (and a week after this occurred) I found this site. And, although I am not officially back at it yet ( I say as I swallow my lunch time chocolate bar), I can say I did lose a pound. I guess it takes a while to catch up with me.

And suddenly I remember this from last time....one good week does not show on the scale for me until a whole week later!!

Can you ladies remind me of this? I never seem to remember this when I need too!!

Amy
SW 213.2
CW 212.6
GW 150
Plan: WW/Lo Carb combo: because neither will do it for me on their own
Excersize: Still looking at that brand new elliptical machine in my living room - will someone just get my a** on it already!! I know if I do it once, I will keep doing it - so what is it so hard to do it the first time?

 

[MouseFan71]

ok mom2faith, get your backside on that machine already!!!! I love the eliptical machine at the YMCA, I wish I had one in my living room. Throw on some music with a really great beat and get movin'!!! Did that help?? Good luck.