Posts by ciosa1020

Female; 34 yrs old - work full time; married w/5 year old daughter

medium frame; 5'6"; cw 170; gw 155

Has difficulty sticking w/the plan; finding times for exercise and eating well....

Looking for others to support as well as people to help me stay motivated... whether we are similiar or not -- send message if interested and good luck to ALL!

If its only what I see in the mirror that I disagree with, meaning I'm a caring, positive, suportive and honest person... Yes, I can accept and love myself. 

If I were not the other non-physical things... I would have a much hard time accepting myself.  I, along with many on cc, want to lose a bit of weight... however no one will ever be perfect-- and thats not a bad thing.  Variety is the spice of life... and attaining a healthier weight (whether losing some or gaining some) will help keep your life a longer less complicated medically one.

Look to be the best you can in all you do and self acceptance and love will follow.

btw--good question ;)

thanks for the reminder to check in. 

I've been doing loads better with exercise (from none to 3x/wk.  2 of the 3 days including Zumba aerobics with friends :)  Food I've been hit and miss but making more and more healthy choices gradually. 

So... I'm still on the preverbial wagon... but not currently seeing many results.  Going to get the Hungry Girl cookbook this weekend and try out a few dishes. 

Hope all are well... til next time..............

hmmm ... I also need to figure out a reward to staying on plan?... supersized sure does keep track of all of this so well (thx!!). 

When I get to 160-- I'll get a spa pedicure -- when I get to 155 I get a spa pedicure/manicure -- when I get to 150 -- I'll go out and buy new clothes as I'll be at my goal weight!  When I'm able to maintain 150 x 6 months I'll plan a trip out of town... maybe to fam/friends in Phoenix :) 

Sounds motivating to me... and it's me who it has to motivate so that's good.

Ciosa1020 Good plan! Congratulations on making it! Now that you have the "how I am going to loose weight plan" don't forget to make your "why I am going to stick with my weight loss plan, plan". Yes, that is a plan to keep a plan, but it really really helps.

 so I should make a "why I'm going to stick with my weight loss plan, plan". 

1) because I'm tired of being annoyed by 15 extra pounds 2) I'm tired of looking at a closet of clothes knowing only 25% fits right 3) I want to be a good example for my dd and 4) so I can be healthy and in shape again.  Lately I've been exercising for 30 minutes and whew I'm dizzy.  I'm only 33 and 165#-- I should be able to hang a lot longer than that. 

Those are my motivators... as well as the friends I've met along the way (including you supersized... your effort to keep this going is helping -- so thanks!)

A consistency plan... Well I have been focusing on diet and not doing so well.  Really good w/ really bad days.  My exercise routine has recently been "revamped" from nothing to something.  So-- I'm definitely in the right place to make a true plan.  Here's my plan-- a) eat within calorie range 6 days a week with one day a week up to 300 calories more b) exercise x30 minutes 3x/wk x4 weeks then 4x/wk from then on. (I'm going to post this in my profile... so hopefully it will keep me on track)

hope others have their seat belts on and are on the wagon /;)

Copper- I too agree with bran that Alaska does sound beautiful and lately, the the 90's - 100's heat we've been having in the southwest-- I'd love a chance to be on a train in Alaska.

Nicci-- Paris-- wow!  I'd love to go to the museums there... dh though would rather go to russia! UGH!  I too would love information you could pass from the nutritionist. :)

Bran-- welcome back.  Good to see you here... thanks for the information about yourselffitness.com.  I'll check it out.

Nurse-- hang in there.  Get in 15 minutes here and there and it will add up. :)

Our trip to NM was fine.  4 1/2 drive through deserty/mountaineous country to Albuquerque.  Swam 2x in the hotel pool, walked around a zoo/aquarium x5 hours, rode a camel, ate at a brazillian bbq and came back.  Fun family time... although I am feeling after a week home with dh that I could use some girl time.  Planning a trip to the movies tomorrow with 2 gals from work and my dd to see Wall-E.  Should be fun.  Dh to go to a bar to watch UFC fights with friends.  I often go along, but am looking for a little space... so made movie plans.

I'm back and ready to be concious of what I'm eating again... have held my weight even at 165 (5'5")  Doing ok today so far... but have a bbq set for this afternoon and I'm bringing frosted cupcakes and a salad (cupcakes-- Ugh! It was a request-- going to try and only have a 1/2 of one and keep the other junk out of my system... and that's why I need to bring a salad.  Wish me luck!)

Happy 4th all... take care..

an activity challenge... great idea spook! 

I've been busy decorating our dd's bedroom (lots of roller and hand painting).  I've got to get into an exercise routine... but am going to opt out of this challenge.  I'm on vacation this week-- and although we should get a bit of walking/swimming in-- and I'm going to TRY and keep my calories within my limit-- i'm not going to be around to post/comment. 

Good luck to all-- hope people stick with their challenges!!

have had some internet/computer issues.  thankfully we have 2 computers... although the one that is newer, faster etc crashed... and this one needed some work.  That work, is now completed and I'm online again.

I'm still on the eat healthy, conscious look at what I'm eating, drink water and get exercise plan, but due to the above have not done much regarding counting. (hard enough to do it online--let alone on paper!) 

Also--I'm on a week vacation (I needed one!)... and we are leaving town tomorrow for 3 days/2 nights.  I'll be concious of my food choices-- but not too rigid.  It is a vay cay right?

Hope all are well... Ciosa

spook-I'll have to remember your pack a cooler idea for car trips. dd and I are going on a 4 hour trip in a little over a week.  Going to be staying at a La Quinta though... as they have fresh fruit as part of their breakfast and that should help... with replenishing our snacks for the day.  Also-- glad to hear the logging in is enlightening.  I've been slacking off... but am trying to at least eat healthy.

branblow--I hear you about starbucks.  I get a small (whatever they call it?) sugarfree, fat free cinammon dolche latte and it does the trick.  Not sure how many calories.

copper--I cant live without my am coffee either.  Like what drea mentioned... I get the sugar free creamers (in the refrig. section) as they have less calories than the non-fat... and I add some of that as well as some of my skim milk and I'm set for a fairly low fat drink.

drea--I;ll have to try your frappachino version.  Tried one similiar from hungrygirl.com.

hello all... it was my idea to log/track and I've been the worst of them all.  Had a mini-crisis (friend in hospital) as well as work stress... so I haven't been logging in the calories.  Hope it's helping others... I'm honestly not sure how long I'll be keeping up with calorie counting.  Find it a bit tedious and makes me focus on food more than I already obsess about it.  I may keep up with my journal-- but not sure how much actual calorie counting I'm going to keep doing.  I'm going to eat well... and not too much... but logging in everything is hard to keep up with on a daily basis. 

Kudos to all of you gals that have been able to keep on the wagon!

tracking food religiously would be a cool challenge.  I'm good about it when I've eaten within my means...and terrible (i.e. don't do at all) when I've eaten over my plan of calories. 

Who would be willing to commit to track and post all caloried eaten for the next work week -- this coming Monday til the next Sunday? June 16-23rd??  Say log in... get your analysis and post here the pie chart, grade and calories part.  Even if we go over...or get poor grades... to just be honest about it and put it out there... to help increase the awareness throughout the day??  Please reply by Sunday night... if you are in... and don't worry if you'd rather sit out. 

I;m glad to see my quest for finding other working Moms was a success. It is harder to work and have a family.  All the other female professionals with me... are all newly graduated (2 years to 2 weeks) and while some have boyfriends...none have daycares to run to or husbands to keep up with.  I'm the big sis of the group... having now had 12 years post college...and am a few of life's steps ahead of them. 

My saving grace though is a woman named Marybel.  We live on Mexico/USA border... and she helps me with the house for 45$/week.  She buses 2 hours each way to my home... for this $.  She does it all.  That's all the cleaning of the house plus laundry.  It's easily the best $ I spend a week...and it allows me to enjoy my family.  I know for those of you that are trying to keep up with homes... it's so much harder.  Too bad I can't clone my Marybel.

copper... your plan of attach regarding work snacks is so much like mine!!  We have similiar palates.  I'm always looking for new low cal ideas though... please feel free to offer up new ideas... that goes for anyone in the group

til next time... keep on keeping on and keep your goals in sight.  I even wrote an "anonymous" 145 on a sticky on on my computer at work... so I could remember at work.

guess the question of the week was about cravings... I find that i can usually find a low fat low calorie version that will work.  Thankfully I'm not too picky about chocolate and cookies.... which is the one thing I crave the most.  I get the grab and go type of things... 100 calorie packs of cookies, chocolate, icecream bars etc.  I'm a skinny cow fan for sure.

I've just barely gotten back on the wagon... after a jump hop and skip off a couple of months ago.  I'm tired of the nagging pounds and the closet that looks so much better when I'm a size 6-8 rather than 10-12.  I've adjusted some goals...and am going to make it this time!  20 pounds is doable... especially when I see so many others lose much more!

Anyone here know the sodium recommendations?  I cant find it and I remember last time that I was on board this wagon... I had to watch that pretty close. thx in advance...

Welcome to you both!!  I will add you as friends if that is ok?? Feel free to add me and/or post here!

spook... We do seem to have a lot in common - cool!  Are you babies with family or in a day care? My daughter is in a church daycare/preK that we are very pleased with. My hubby is in the moving industry and currently working 60+ hours a week... 80 would be hard.

copper... I definitely think that if you care for, buy for, clean for, organize for etc that they definitely do count! Also.. are you ready for such a change in schedule!  Sounds better (at least to me) but may be hard to juggle.  How old are your step kids? How do you manage working 100 hours/week!  Glad to hear your eating habits are going strong.  Any tips you'd like to share.  Easy prepared is all good w/me!