Posts by jessiemccrory

my guess is you will see and feel much greater results when you start excercizing.  i am not much smaller than you, and for me to loose when i am sedntary i need to be closer to 1250 cals.  I tend to put myself at sedntary and then log my excercize and keep my deficite to about 500 calories. 

and it is going to be slow if you are doing it right.  it didnt jump on in 4 weeks, if you loose it that fast, it will just come back.  the advantage to slow loss is building new habbits that will stick with you so that you can keep your healthy lifestyle after you meet your goals. 

so, if you aren't using a scale to track progress...(and that can be a very good thing, scales are fickle and fluctuate for strange reasons) what are you using to judge your progress?

apples!  right now i am on a serious apple thing.  mmm! apples

i was so touched with my daughter's birth my SIL bought me a pretty white cotton night gown.  i felt so yucky and i liked having something pretty and loose to put on.  she also brought playing cards to the hospital which was great casues i had a nice 4 hour lull in the action.

i have the same question! i just found out i am pregnant, and have been between 1250 and 1500 for so long! i am also really afraid to gaining too much with this pregnancy... i just lost 50 lbs this year and don't want to have to start over!  so is 1500 (maitaniance or current+300) ok for me, or 1800 (maitaniance+300) where i need to be?  and do i have to start now, or when i actually start feeling hungerier? i am only 5 week and don't feel different yet.  i see the doc on the 30th. 

well, what i like about this is that you can eat whatever you want.  I use this site to help me make better chices and be aware of portion control.  Measure, see how it fits into your overall calories for the day, try to keep balanced meals, and use the site to train yourself to live a healthier lifestyle (which may include ricearoni or other treats...) 

one of my thoughts is the dog is only alowed in my daughter's room at bed time when daddy reads to all of us.  for a while he may have to spend that time outside and get his own cuddles before and after bedtime.  when everyone is comfortable with the idea, i can sit with him in the doorway during story time, he can still be part of the family time, but less threatening for the kitties, and i think we can probably keep her room a dog free space.  i think that in itself will likely endear the space to the kitties. 

daughter is 7 and shouldn't have much difficulty keeping food and water available (probably on her desk) for the kitties.  and she loves giving treats. 

it sure would be a lovely surprize to find munchkin waiting for me on the porch one day.  although i know she would be absolutly incenced to find more animals in her space.  she has such a lovely distainfull air for others that want mommy's attention. :)

i am planning for the kitties to sleep and eat in my daughter's room... and she is already clear about how kitties like to be treated versus the dog.  she can roll on him all she wants and he loves it. 

as far as "my kitty left us" i am sad about it.  she was 15year old indoor kitty.  she lived with the dog fine for 4 years, so i was kidding that she left because of him.  she didn't care for him much, but he didn't really bother her.  she avoided him for the most part. 

what happened was that she often went out on the porch with me in the morning while i was getting ready to go to work.  when i left and locked the door, i would shoo her back inside.  one day this fall my husband was leaving just a bit after me, and Munchkin was still on the porch when i left.  he wasn't successfull shooing her back in, and left for work figuring it would be fine and we could let her in in the evening after a fun kitty adventure.  well, she hasn't been back and no one has seen her.  i am trying to convince myself that she adopted a dog free family a few blocks away and is living in comfort and security unable to return to me.  but signs up in the neighborhood, calls to the local vets and repeted serching and asking the neighbors has produced nothing.  i think the pitbull at the end of the block who is let out to wander the neighborhood some evenings probably got her.  he is a nice enough dog, but i wish his owners would restrain him, and i know he has gotten at least one other pet kitty someone left out by mistake.  husband feels bad and now we don't talk about it much.  Munchkin is fine in a dog free home we can't see. 

made me cry.  again.

Sorry i have been gone all... looks like a bunch of us took a break at the same time.  i think we rely more than we think on your daily questions molly... so is this club going to keep going?  who still wants to play?what are your goals?i am holding steady... but that is ok.  i sprained my shoulder 2 weeks ago, took off to disneyland, last weekend, and then was training for the last week which kept me too busy and exausted to log anything (or even check in)  i did OK food wise, although my only measure is the scale... i KNOW i didn't drink enough water, so i wonder how much the scale stability has to do with possible dehydration, and my regular snacks/ mini meals disapeared.  ( i binged wednesday cause i hadn't eaten enough all day)  i am recommitting today to logging, smaller meals with snacks between, and hope to get back to working out soon.

apparently not today though, as the fam wants to go on a picknick, and hubbie bpinted out that since my shoulder was bothering me last night, this morning probably isn't the day to get back to the dojo.

yeah! i knew there were ways to make decent choices even amid a fair of fried foods!

new goal.  I want to be in the low 120's by January.  i am hoping i can fight again by then,  and i would like to be more solid muscle... i know i have flab to trim.  i also know these last 15 lbs are likely to be difficult.  (they already have been difficult... for the last 3 months i have been holding steady) 

to achieve this, i will focus on my water, protien(1/4 of my cals) and fiber intake, and getting at least 400 cals excercize per day.  some kind of excercize.  hmmmm. maybe average 500 cals excercize daily over a week... which sounds easier to stick to?

well, i kind of like that there is something to stop in her to check and respond to, but i am not sure it is helping motivate me much... but a few clearly have.  your fiber question has shifted my eating, and i like the soup question and what haven' you tried question a bunch.  so, if those struck me, maybe others like the food color questions have helped others.  but i agree with medveditsa, not many people are answering regularly... perhaps if we took turns asking questions, or combined questions with&nbs p;weigh ins... or revisiting our goals... celebrations, hmmmm what else is motivating?

Quinoa ( not sure i spelled that right) it is a grain with a high protien content.  supposed to have other benifits i can't remember... but it seemed high on the calorie content to me, and hasn't jumped off the shelf at the grocery store to me, so i havn't tried it yet. 

probably try almond milk before i try quinoa... 

i am going to answer again! still holoween, but this year, daughter (who has a plan and a theme for everything) wants to be an Ewok, so our dog can be either Vadar or Yoda, I get to be Leah and hubbie gets to he Hans.  Ewok got done this weekend except for elastic in the waisband of the legs.  i am super excited to be Leah on Endor... i think it is a brown peasanty wrap dress thing i am looking for... and  hair down with braids :)  If i have any starwars friends out there with more specifics about her outfit....

carrots, sweet potatos, pumpkin.  mmmm orange is a good color. 

times other than fall i am also partial to oranges, manderines, and tangerins.

i am for 500-700, cause i am already farily small (short) so my base unless i get excercize is less than 1700... and if i do excercize, i got teh idea i should eat back half of the calories i burn anyway.  when i have a good judo workout, i sometimes go higher, and lately, i have been much closer to maitanance. 

Thanks Digi and Molly for the good ideas on fiber.  i am even more hesitant about almond milk (i love milk.  it is one of my favorite things), but on your recomendation i may try it.  i will let you know. :)

IDK. don't eat the canned meat. so i can' t judge. the emails i delete if i don't want to bother with them, but for some of my family members, the only communication i get is the passed on jokes, so i read them, respond with others, and the occasional personal note... just so we know the link is there if we need it.

 i should try the fiber 1 cereal.  how does it taste? i'm scared ...

-dont like new foods.  dont trust'em without personal testimonials from folks i trust-