Posts by dmp63

I suppose I'm lucky I can't think of one thing I learned in my childhood that I'd like to unlearn. 

We ate at the dinner table as a family most nights and always had a balanced meal.  We didn't get snack everyday forget about multiple times a day.

The snacks we did get were healthy once in a blue moon there'd be sugared cereal or cookies. But normal snack was mostly fruits, jello, pudding, fig newtons.

We learned to exercise as part of life not an extra it was almost required definitely expected. 

What about grilled portabella mushroom with melted mozzarella on a whole wheat bun? Very good.

My husband actually has my son working out in the morning before he eats because it's suppose to help release growth hormone.  Don't know how true this is but when I work out in the morning I do it before I eat also.  If I eat first I usually don't get around to working out.  I perfer to workout then eat when I get to work. Otherwise I'll eat at home and at work, double the calories and no workout to burn them

If you excerise during your studying you will probably do better in school.  Excerise should relieve stress which can be caused by hitting the books.  I'd suggest during your study breaks to do some stretching.  If you know any yoga moves that would be good.  Otherwise do situps, pushups, calf raises, lunges, jumping jacks,etc. 

I agree every little bit helps.

Yes most of us don't have enough free time.  Since I started working out again the house is a mess.  One day a week I make that my workout, an hour of cleaning. 

Three times a week I either walk on the treadmill or do wiifit. The other three days I just do an abdominal tape(Denise Austin hit the spot abs).

In a few weeks I'll probably forget the ab tape and start some strength training which will include situp.

I'm jealous I wouldn't have a hard time eating 1950 calories I'm having a hard time keeping it down to 1500.  I'd be very happy eating 1950 but would probably gain.

For the holidays I'd be happy to maintain.  I never did reach my goal but I was only a pound away before Thanksgiving.  Now that Thanksgiving is over I"ll get back to logging I did gain 2 pounds to much eating and drinking.  But I'll get back to trying to lose after the New Year.

I agree go shopping try on everything things you might not think you'd like.  Take your daughter with  you and ask for her input.  It might be a good mother daughter experience.  The big clothes will make  you feel good because they are no longer snug but they won't look great.  There's got to be an inbetween swimming on you and showing all you have.  Keep experimenting and you'll find the right fit.

Good luck. Congrads on the loss.

I believe when you walk you are using lots of muscles not just the leg muscles which would lead me to believe even though its a cardio workout  you are still gaining muscle.

I agree.  I made the mistake of not reading the label and buying the weight control because of the name.  Then I read the calorie amount to log into the food log and was shocked I was getting more calories then the regular so I finished them by the way they tasted horrible.  But I can't see wasting the money so I ate them.  Next time I looked at the low sugar saw less calories and actually like the taste. 

Don't avoid him.  Being with him will make you both feel good.  To have the marriage stay healthy you need to stay close to him emotionally and physically.  Make his day and have a good time tonight, you start the fun and you'll see it'll all be good.

Enjoy

Kimberly,

I can't imagine you can be that active and be overweight.  Are  you compairing yourself to others your size height wise. 

There isn't a real official sign up.  Once you get an account enter your data and start logging.  I use it for weight, activity and food log.  I never really new how many calories I consumed so now I log everything and I have a better idea.

Befoe beginning the weight loss use the tools, BMI,etc.

Good luck

Not good for the diet but banana with peanut butter.  Sweet & salty granola bars.  My new snack is Cocoa puffs.  Yogurt with fruit is always satisfying. I'm loving the fact they have all these 100 calorie packs now because when I'm in the mood I can just reach and I don't have to think how many can I eat and how many calories is it.  I just open and enjoy, it's usually enough to satisfy the craving.

Thank you all.  I just read the entire thread and have been laughing out loud.  Something I really needed.

Have a good night all.

You don't drive so walk, walk, walk.  It's great exercise, no equipment needed. Also there are many exercise DVD with short workouts 10-20 minutes, try them, every bit of movement helps. 

I just checked your info it says you have kids.  Play sports with them, ride bikes, roller blade, play ball, it's good for everyone.

Good luck

I have the same problem with 1200 calories a day.  My problem is I can't just eat three meals a day. I also have 3 snacks a day.  The only time I was able to eat 1200 calories was to eat lots of salad and fish.  Vegatables have very little calories so you can make a really nice vegatable medely and put it in a flax seed wrap.

The problem is if I can eat the 1200 calories and get down the last five pounds I'm afraid I won't be able to keep it off. 

But I suppose I should worry about that once I can actually lose those last 5.