Posts by vixen316

I'm on Seroquel and it's been a hard road. I'm on 400 mg a day for PTSD. I've gained a lot of weight from it (about 30 pounds) and it's driving me nuts. It makes me want to eat, but not because I'm hungry. I've tried not taking it, but that just makes me bounce off the walls and not sleep for days. I've found it's great for the mental symptoms, but physically, it sucks. I'm going to see if my doc will give me something else. I'm on Celexa for depression, but that just doesn't seem to be working at all. I have no physical side effects from it though. I hope this helps a bit.

Real milk, nut milk, or soymilk? almond

Swiss or cheddar? neither

Frozen yogurt or ice cream? frozen yogurt

Milk or dark chocolate? milk

Mustard or ketchup? ketchup

Banana or apple? banana

Pepper strips or celery? pepper strip

Hummus or ranch dressing? neither

Cake or pie? pie

Blueberry or chocolate muffins? chocolate

Spicy, mild, or medium? medium

White or whole wheat bread? whole wheat

Hot or cold cereal? hot

Almonds or peanuts? peanuts

Chocolate chip or chocolate kiss cookies? chocolate chip

Sweet, sour, or salty? sweet

Shrimp or crab? neither

Brown or white rice? brown

French fries or onion rings? french frie

Peppermint or cinnamon? cinnamon

Flavored or plain water? flavored

Pear or Orange? orange

Glaze or icing? glaze

Tofu or chicken? tofu

Fruit or vegetable salad? fruit

I really like the BTPB. Actually, the other day I needed more calories, so I used regular peanut butter instead and I didn't like it, LOL. After half a sandwich, I was gagging on the stuff. I haven't tried PB2, but I think I might have to give it a shot.

Favorite breakfast: It varies from day to day. I'm hooked on vegetarian breakfast doughnuts right now.

Favorite fruit/veggie: banana/ onion

Favorite sweet: ice cream

Favorite source of protein: tofu

Favorite carb: oatmeal

Favorite fat: peanut butter

Favorite "diet" food: protein powder. I love changing the shake recipes.

Favorite drink: coffee

Favorite overall food: bananas

Food you hate most: meat

I'm not a complete vegetarian yet, but I am thinking about it. I used to be and I started when I was about 10. I was brought up on a farm. I wasn't your typical girl; I didn't much care for the horses or anything like that. The bull, now he was my buddy. I spent a lot of time from when he was little going out and feeding him and rubbing his head, etc. He became a pet to me. Then one day I came home from school and my bull was missing. That did it for me. I stayed a vegetarian up until I got pregnant with my first son when I was 20. I was craving meat so bad that I gave in. Then I stayed an omnivore for a long time. This year I started going back to vegetarianism slowly. I still do fish, but I won't touch anything else.

Ooh, another fun one that I recently learned about was vanity sizing. They do it in a lot of the mall shops like Express. That's where they make the women's clothing a bit too big. Like they'll make a size 6, but put size 4 on the tag. That one confused me for a bit.

Then I wanted to do something different, so I hit Ambercrombie. I was with my bud and we were checking out some shirts. I thought they looked unusually small. He found his size and put it on. He could hardly move. I'm guessing that they make men's clothes smaller and women's clothes bigger??

We actually have to work out separately. I'm the early bird, and he isn't ready to move that much until afternoon. I think my military training is still in me, LOL. When we do end up trying to work out together, either he quits on me because it's too early in the morning, or I don't seem to get as good of a workout because I already started my day. I'm one of those people who hear the alarm and is up, dressed, and ready to go in like 5 minutes. After that, my motivation starts slipping the later in the day it gets. Well, that's just my experience with it.

LOL, my shoe size shrank too! I used to wear an 8, but now I go between a 7 or 7 1/2 depending on the shoe. It's nice to know that I'm not weird.

I vary my foods pretty much on a daily basis trying different veggies, fruits, and recipes. There are a few things that I HAVE to have. Peanut butter, bananas, salsa, Eggbeaters, protein shake (different recipe each day), cod or tuna, almond milk, Boca burger, and either a high fiber snack bar or some cereal. Usually after I have most of my everyday foods, I go on a search for new recipes to finish out the day.

For me it happened when I got back down to a size 7. That was the size I was before I had my boys, and I never thought I would see it again. Then I decided that I wanted to become more toned. That included a bit more weight loss but have been evening it out with healthy food. Now I can look in a mirror and see my muscles and I feel great. I'm in yet another spot where I didn't think I would ever be. I can watch a workout video and instead of saying I want to look like her, I can say, hey I have a body like hers.

I think it's really different for everybody. As long as I can see my little muscles, I'm good, LOL.

I actually have to get remeasured myself. I started this whole weightloss thing at a 34DD, then one, two skipped a few and am somewhere around a 32B. I stopped at a 34D for awhile and had the same problem. I would find all these great bras, but they never had my size. They were either too small or too big. I thought I was pretty normal, LOL.

I had a problem eating enough calories also, but I couldn't seem to get even 1200. Some great advice I got was to eat peanut butter and banana sandwiches. Those things are now my little addiction, LOL. They are soooo tasty and are full of calories to bump you up a bit. I have to have one everyday.

Yay! I'm a master. That last round was rough though. I don't eat out nearly enough to know the portions of those. I just know they are huge.

That's the same thing I've been tripping out on. In the mornings I do about an hour of Tae Bo and on this site I burn usually around 200-250 calories. On another site where I had to put in my weight it said that I burn between 544 at the very least. I guess I should go with the higher one also. I don't have a heart rate monitor though.

I usually peel them first and then put them in a freezer bag. I do this pretty much as soon as I bring the bananas home because they go bad so quickly. It has worked out well so far.