Posts by katie2010

Wow, Paris, sound like fun.  Hang in there, we're all in the same boat (hopefully not a sinking ship).

jodi,

Thanks for the support.  I'm going out to lunch with my niece this Saturday and I went to the store and bought cauliflower and will eat that for supper.  That way I can have something substantial but low calorie for supper after going out for lunch.

Happy Birthday!

I love the show Ruby but they are obviously trying to tie her weight issues with something in her childhood.

Welcome to the group.

I track my calories daily on an excell spreadsheet and when I'm going out on the weekend I save 800 - 1000 calories for my dinner out and eat low cal snacks every couple of hours the rest of the day.

I also go on the restaurant website if I know where I'm going and review the menu and decide ahead of time what I will order and if it is over my allotted calories I bring half home.

Recently I went out for a birthday dinner and had half of a salad and bread I really like and still had enough calories left for a mini hot fudge sundae, plus then I had dinner for the next day.

Thanks for all the encouragement guys I'm not giving up even though it has been a trying week.  A bunch of kids when rampant in our otherwise quiet neighborhood Monday night and did a lot of vandalism.  Mine is purple spray paint on my yard sign, yard light and brand new garage door.

lonestarpenny - I have nieces that live in Austin and San Antonio and I love to go and visit them.  I live in cold Wisconsin and so we are constantly weighing the advantages of heat and cold, rain and drought. 

When I retire I'd like to live in Texas for the winter, Wisconsin in the summer.

Sorry to hear you are having flooding issues - we had that last year and now we are in the midst of a drought which I have to say I prefer, only cut my grass once last month.

I'm still fighting two battles on this weight loss struggle, one is eating when I'm upset which seems to be a common problem.  There other is binging when I eat one thing I shouldn't have.

Finally made 50 lbs. lost and then had a family party on Saturday and blew it.  Now I'm up 5 again.

Is it possible to eat 1,100 calories a day and not lose?  I'm doing it.  I went all of January and February without losing a pound but when I did start to lose again I lost 10 lbs. fairly quickly.  Now I've been stuck again since the end of March.  I upped my exercise, cut to 1,100 calories a day, have tried upping my calories a bit on the weekend when I'm more active.  Nothing.  I have 100 lbs to lose yet so it's not like I'm on my last 10 lbs.  I'm very frustrated.

Original Post by graciek82:

Hi everyone!  Well, I survived the long weekend.  And actually got back to below 250 (249.8), but below is below, so I'll take it. 

We are going on vacation next week and I really, really would like to be at 245.  The reason is where we are going, they have horseback riding, but the weight limit is 250 pounds.  I want to be at least 5 under (like they'll be able to look at me and tell).  Either way, the poor horse will not be happy, but it shouldn't be too bad, right?

Jodi, don't worry, I'm sure you'll bounce back to pre-holiday weight quickly. 

Hope everyone is doing great.

Gracie