Another 10-15lbs group

Hi, I would like to get in shape for the summer...I am currently in college and have gained a bit more weight than I would have liked to:) I am 5'3 and weigh 143lbs...would love to go down to 125lbs or so over the course of the next few months and would love to hear from anyone else with the same situation? 

I could certainly do with some motivation...someone to chat to when Im contemplating a chocolate binge:) 

Dear Hasta, so sorry to hear about her loss - and the feelings of frustration you have right now trying to figure out what to do. I agree with Smader and Balehead that a sympathy card is a very welcome gesture. It seems you took the time to allow her to share her loss with you when you were there, and I think that's worth a lot more than "standard gestures" - most people get very uncomfortable when hearing about a death of someone significant, and will do whatever they can to get away from the situation. So I think you already did what a lot of people wouldn't.

Balehead - what a day! Somehow it just struck me as a little bit funny, imagining you in that situation - of course laughing with you not at you, since I recognize it from my own life...latest on Saturday when my daughter awoke and threw up all over me - and proceeded to throwing up around eleven times on: the couch, her bed, me again, me again, couch, floor, me again, her hair, the bath (trying to wash it out of her hair!) and finally my bed! That was quite a day - and by the time she fell asleep on my lap, I had to run to the bathroom to throw up! Saturday night at my house :-)

Smader - I love to read your posts - they always make me want to work out more....

HI all, i meant that post to be funny cuz seriously, what else can you do in situations like that but laugh? so don't feel bad for laughing! since she was sick on friday she has now developed an upper resp infection and pink eye in both eyes! on top of her broken arm she's not doing so well, my poor baby. needless to say, i've been doing my best to take care of her and disinfect the entire house and everything she touches so it doesn't spread to my 3 yr old. that's kindergarten for you, a germ fest! well, smader i've been quite unproductive this week and have given in to my salt/sweet cravings so the fact that you ran 7 miles is giving me some motivation to exercise today. i'm so out of your league though, 7 miles would most definitely put me in cardiac arrest. we'll see how this week goes but it's hard to find time to exercise when my kids are constantly screaming "mom?!" "mom?!" "mom!!?!?" every 2 seconds. thank god for headphones......

Good Friday Morning everyone!

Well my weigh in was bittersweet.  I am at 139.  I was down yesterday so it is a lesson that popcorn and beer the night before a weigh in is a bad recipe.  Ohwell.  I have lots of plans this weekend to run around, and bike so hopefully I can take it all back! (or lose it all back?!)

Anyway I hope everyone has a good friday.  I can't wait to be done with work and go play outside!

141.8 I'm noticing a pattern of stress=weight gain. i wish i was one of those people who doesn't eat much when they get stressed as opposed to overeating. we are going to visit my family this weekend, they live near lake michigan so maybe we can relax at the beach. my mom cooks such unhealthy food though so i will have to try really hard this weekend not to overindulge. have a good weekend all!

Morning all, Snehvide hope you're having a good start to your evening.  I'm 140.0 today.  Yesterday I was 139.8.  Today it read 139.8 the first time, and then 140.0 the next 3 time.  Boo.

Oh well, 1 lb down from last week.  I'll take it!

Ahh, a beautiful Sunday morning here in the heart of Texas.  A nice win by the Longhorns yesterday, along with a lot of top ten upsets, makes even more rosy.

The chart's updated.  The only problem is only 3 of us reported in this week.  I'm sure that Snehvide will be around the corner any minute, but bettyboop, rishiesmom, renekane haven't come by in a while.  Come on back ladies!! The more the merrier!  We miss you.

Hi!

A commitment to maintenance has been about all I could muster over the last 3 months.  Although I have days of consistent deficit, I end up falling into social or old habits of stress management the other half of the week. 

I had a bit of an emotional crisis this summer beginning in June.  I had a surprise pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage (spontaneous abortion).  This was followed by a relationship crisis.  Maintaining my health became my primary concern so my ability to participate with this thread was obviously compromised.  I didn't feel as though burdening you all with my crisis was fair or appropriate... so here I am now.  True confessions, an unburdening.

I've been working my way back to a healthy place with regard to my emotions.  With the aid of close friends, I'm closer and closer to a healthy emotional state.  I have a ways to go but rather than simply maintaining.  Soon, I may choose to work on weight loss again.  I'd like to get myself to a comfortable size again and move on with my life.  Maintaining should be my lifestyle, not a perpetual state of trying to lose.  My health is excellent according to my doctor.  My next and final step would be to get my size to a comfortably maintainable place and put this issue aside (while learning to maintain naturally). 

When I arrived at this healthier size last year, I did not pay consistent attention to maintenance believing that I'd gotten to a place where I ate the appropriate amount of food naturally.  I was incorrect.  Here I am to try to accomplish these tasks, I hope for the duration!

Ladies, your consistency of support and dedication to your health has been inspiring.  I really appreciate this forum and would like to perhaps renew my direction here soon.  Thanks so much.  What I've wrote is only an explanation of my recent circumstances.  I'd like to move forward with my life now.  I hope to continue to do that with you all.

Hello all,

I would LOVE to be a part of this group. I am 5'7", and am wavering between 147 and 150 lbs. I started my weight loss in January of 2007 and have since lost 90 lbs. I've gotten as low as 145, but transitioning to maintenance added on 3 or 4 pounds (which I hear is normal as the body readjusts to eating a regular diet).

My original goal weight was 148. I hit that a few months ago and started to transition over to maintainance, but the longer I went, the more I realized that in order to lose the last of my pudge, I needed to drop another 10 pounds or so.

Now as I try to be more strict with my counting, I am finding it SO hard to keep to my old strategies. I think it's harder now than it was when I was heavier because it was easier to get results. Faster results = me being more likely to stick to my diet. In particular, I am snacking a LOT at night - often adding 300-400 calories to my day. I need someone to hold me accountable!!

Right now, I (try to) eat between 1200 and 1600 calories a day (depending on if I work out), run 3 miles 4 or 5 days a week, and do some light strength training.

I'm looking forward to hearing your stories!!

Katie

Hello ladies,

Sorry I was out of the loop on Friday. I had an annoying gain and forgot to convert it to lbs - so hopefully you won't mind if I skip last week's weigh in and get back on this Friday. I had a friend stay with me until yesterday, and while she eats healthy at meals, she also has a really sweet tooth and had bags of candy lying around, which I found it hard to resist... now I'm back on my own and need to pull myself together.

I was surprised to see that I had gained again, since I went running a lot last week (and also had my first powerade run on sunday, which was sooo much fun! I did okay timewise, but decided only to do 5k, since it was my first ever run with others and I wanted to get a hang of it...have signed up for another one next month, where I'll do 10k)

Renekane; I'm sorry to hear about your summer - but I'm glad to see that you are getting better again and I look forward to seeing you around here again.

Katydid22; welcome onboard - we have weigh ins every Friday, and Hasta is great at updating our stats on page 2 every week.

I hope you're all great - looking forward to hopefully weighing something more sensible on Friday....

renekane sorry about your crisis, i can't imagine. thanks for sharing and trusting us with something so painful.  i always believe we need to work on the inside before the outside can change so glad to see you have a renewed energy and healthful state of mind!! btw-love the new do!

snehvide- i love a good chocolate binge but of course the disappointment on the scale isn't always worth it.....well, maybe it is! i always say "just ONE more piece" and half a bag later i think "ah, the hell with it, the rest of the bag is just going to taunt me so i might as well finish these off too!"

i've had a **** weekend and day, my daughter is on antibiotics after we took her to urgent care sat. night, my son spiked a fever in the night with a earinfection and hubby took him to ER at 5am, so he is on antibiotics, then it was my turn so i went to dr and have sinus infection and bronchitis. the only weight i'm losing this week is water from the constant sweating and not feeling particularly hungry. oh and my hubby has to go out of town TOMORROW! ahhhhh calgon take me away....

oh and welcome katydid to one of my rants. we have all become familiar after so many weeks with each other so we'd love to hear more about you!

Renekane-Sounds like it has been up and down for you in the recent months.  Dieting is stressful for sure and not something that needs to be added to current stress.  Maintaining can also be difficult, it sounds like you are healthy and wanting to be in a place where you are both healthy and happy with your weight.  Venting is also important, I think letting others know what is going on helps release it from you a little bit.  We are definitely here to help anyway we can.  Whether it is a post or a healthy challenge.  Time to look forward and work on being healthy!

Katydid22-welcome to the thread!

snehvide-I hear ya on the bags of candy, I am so glad that there is only ice cream in the house because when there are m&m's or donuts or anything at work, I can't stop myself.  congrats on the run!!  Good luck with the 10K.  they are a lot of fun. 

balehead77-It is one big adventure in your house!  I don't think I could keep up with it all! 

This week is going good so far, had a bit of a cookie setback over the weekend, darn my husband for making good food!  Otherwise I have been working out and trying to avoid alcohol.  This weekend is going to be a no-diet weekend.  I have friends coming into town for a wedding and I think it is going to be a free for all.  I guess I will just try to dance it all off! 

 new update. my son had a temp last night of 104. scary. he's ok now but dealing with a 3 yr old with a fever, ear infex and eyes crusted shut is not easy. THEN, our minivan was broken into last night while sitting in our driveway and we were sleeping. the bastards took our GPS and DVD player with our daughters fave dvd. about $250 worth of stuff. cops came when they saw our car door open and said they hit the neighborhood pretty hard. prob some meth-heads. we live in a new neighborhood with nice houses, the house across the street was broken into in the spring. can't get away from crime anywhere, doesn't matter where you live. AND....my husband had to go out of town and i can barely function. what's that donna summer song? "oh i, i will survive.......we'll see about that

Oh my gosh balehead77!  Those incidents make for a really stressful 24 hours.  I hope your little guy is on the road to recovery.  You must both be exhausted.  The break-in issues can really bring up a lot of feelings about vulnerability.  I hope you're ok. 

Many thanks to all of you for the kind words.  I'm not exactly back to "normal" but recognize my need to take care of my body.  It's the one thing I can control, and should.  I'll only have more problems to deal with in the future if I let this go.  I'm planning to weigh myself in the morning and sort of get started again. 

I have another out of town work event this weekend, likely lots of social food and drink expectations (it's business and yes, it's fun.  difficult to maintain at these things).  Will See.

Katydid, welcome to the group.  I'm sure you'll find all the support you need here.  These ladies are wonderful.

How about a Monday - Thursday, stick to it challenge? 

Hey there,

I have a great solution for the chocolate cravings. My salvation for them has been "grain sweetened chocolate chips". I think that they are wonderful. Absolutely no sugars (real or fake) added. They are cocoa, soy, grain, vanilla and milk solids(yes they have some fat). I love them because they have no refined sugars or the awful artificial sweeteners. I use them to make all-natural brownies that are wonderful. Not so much lower in the calories, but they are much healthier for you.

Good morning Ladies,

A full two pounds up...128,5! I need to make a new commitment to myself to get past my major cravings/binges and move on. I've skipped running twice this week and think I need to find some alternative to spice excercising up for me...

I hope you're all doing well---

Hi all! - I'm glad to see that everyone continues to share trials and tribulations here.  I'm down 1.6! 139.4.   This with no calorie counting, eating a modest amount of carbs and no excercise.  What the heck?!! I cut out all alcohol.  It's working, to say the least.  This is my 5th consecutive week of baby step decreases. 

Smader - have a great time at the wedding this weekend.  Keep your running up those days and dance your arse off!  You'll be fine.

Snehvide - Awesome on your first 5K!  The races are pretty inspiring and the morning air is so refreashing.  Regarding the 2 lbs, as I recall your pretty close to my cycle.  Could be the onset of water retention.  (Are we getting to know each other to well here or what!)

Katydid22 - glad to have you.  I'm starting your current weight as of last week's weigh in @ 148.5.  This is the middle of the range you mentioned.  Check in with us on your weigh in for today.

Renekane - girl, I'm so glad you shared with us.  This place is a lot more than #'s on the scale. Of course we're all here to help you in your healing and emotional recovery.  Keep yourself moving it's important to our sanity.

Geeze Balehead, never a dull moment at your house.  I'm sorry your going through all the chaos.  Hope it's been better these past few days.

Tomorrow, I'll be going to the Univ. of Tex. to kick off a program called Marathon Kids.  Elementary school kids from all the surrounding school districts participate by keeping track of their miles between tomorrow & mid-Feb . on a pie chart sheet.  Each pie is split in quarters so they can color in a slice for every 1/4 mile.  Feb. is when the Austin marathon occurs.  Lance Armstrong who lives here will be at the event.  I'm quite a fan.  At that marathon they run their last mile.  I should be able to get a little jog in myself.  Then of course the UT football game.  Ooooo I can't wait!  I'll check in later to update the chart.  Have a good one.

Hi everyone,

No weight post for me this week.  I had 3 house-guests and was deemed the social organizer for the weekend.  So I had to do countdowns to get everyone showered and out the door.  I am sad that my friends are gone, but looking forward to only worrying about myself (and the dog and husband). 

Glad to see everyone checking in.  I am all for a Monday-Thursday Challenge.  After a weekend of food/beer I am ready to workout and watch what I eat.  So I am all about starting that tomorrow and maybe even include the weekend :)

I hope everyone had a good weekend and will chat this week  :)

well ladies, i have bad news, my kids and i all have mono. that would explain the weeks of sickness we've been dealing with. unfortunately i will not have the energy to continue exercising for quite a while so i'm bowing out for now. i will hope to pick back up in the next six weeks or so if i have the energy. what a time we've had. i feel like "what next? lightning strike me now cuz i've been gettin hit hard lately. well it's been fun gettin to know all of you, hope you all continue to have success. i'd like to check in now and then just to see how u all are doing. thanks for all your support!! melody

Good Morning Ladies.

Balehead77-Ouch.  Mono?  That's awful.  Hopefully, now that you know what the source of all of this illness is, you'll all be on the road to wellness.  Hang in there!  You've been a great support here and I'm sure we'll all be sending you good juju!  Feel better soon!

No internet access for me this past Friday through Sunday.  I weighed-in at 133.2 lbs Friday. 

Balehead77-bummer about the mono! but like renekane said, hopefully now that you know the culprit, you are on the road to health!  Check in from time to time, it is great to hear from you. 

Monday starting off good for me, got some sleep and am ready to eat healty today!