Posts by smiles2come

"No point being slimmer if all it means is you live in a constant state of nervousness." Wow gijane this is sooooo true. I was chunky before kids at 165 and 5'4 but I NEVER worried about my weight EVER! I loved the way I looked and was fine with the size I was. Actually I thought I was pretty good lookin. haha. THen I had two kids in one year and went up to 221! I lost all my pregnancy weight plus another 30 pounds. At 135 I'm still not happy with it and my weight goals continuously change. Now I want to get to 120. Everytime I reach a goal I push it lower. It's so ridiculous. I'm always thinking I look fat in anything I where, I'm always nervous that if I sit wrong or move a certain way my clothes will shift and I'll look like a whale. My thighs have always been a problem and even though I'm in 5's now instead of 13's I still think they look exactly the same as they used to even though I know that's impossible. It's so sad that losing weight can do this to people, but I"ve herad it a lot. I'm not dissapointed with losing weight, it was something that needed to be done, but I definately think that it's caused some self perception damage. Bottom line I like what you said I hope more people read it!

Wow 90 lbs mossi good for you!

That monthly visit flat out sucks. :) I've always gained 4-5 pounds like 3 days before it starts, and get constipated too. THen like 3 days into it I drop the water weight and everything. After having kids I now have the same thing happen in the middle of my cycle, when I ovulate. So I basically have a big gain and loss twice a monthly. OH the perks of being a woman....

I never seriously lost weight until after I had two children in a year! hahaha. I was always small chested but even without nursing I was a large D by the time I had my second. That was the first place I lost definately.

Either there was a miscommunication or your dr has no clue when it comes to weight loss and maintenance for that matter! I had a dr once tell me too that I had to JOG for an HOUR 5 days a week to lose weight. Needless to say I never did that and I've lost all of mine and then some. One thing I do know is that if you start excercising that much one you will eventually not lose anymore. You'll be burning to much and not taking in enough and you'll have to get PAST starvation mode to continue to lose. Not clue how long that would take. THen IF you did lose all your weight doing this you would have to continue to do that 2 hr a day thing to maintain. Believe me I've done the excessive excercising, it gets some pounds off fast but eventually it slows down to nothing and it comes back REALLY fast!

OMG yes! Periods totally suck. I always always always want smores and peanut butter. hahaha

I was never a "thin" person. Even my pictures as a kid I was always a little chunky. haha. Anyway in high school I was around 145-150 at 5'5. I got married the dec after I graduated and by our 2 yr mark had shot up to 165! Then I became pregnant with our first child. Wow. NEver could have imagined that eating the same way could be so different when you are pregnant! Anyway by the end of my first pregnancy I think my highest was 210? Lost 30 pounds in like 3 wks, but 7 wks after my delivery I was pregnant again with our son! Yeah. Got up to 221 by the end of that pregnancy! I knew I was big because of the numbers but ya know I never thought I looked that big! hahaha. Anyway I lost a good bit relatively fast and easily, got down to 180 a couple months after the delivery, and then the work started.

I have gone almost completely vegetarian, still eat fish and when we go out chicken sometimes. Pilates, ellipticals, and yoga were my best friends in the beginning because they don't cause very much strain on weak muscles.  I also realized how much cheese I was eating! And now know that I"ve felt bloated my whole life because I am slightly lactose intolerant! Amazing the things you learn isn't it?

Now I am walking and jogging every other day. I try to limit it to 30 min cause I don't want to lose weight by working out 2 hours everyday cause I just don't have time to maintain that!

I am down to 134 am attempting to get to 120 and that way I can say I lost 100 pounds!

Food is still not my friend, I don't think it ever will be, but I"m getting there. To me over eating is like the worst problem you can have! If you have a drinking problem, smoking, drugs, they are all things that you don't HAVE to do. When you have an eating problem it's so much worse because no matter what it's always going to be there. You HAVE to eat. SO the problem is always right in front of you. I totally support those who are over eaters and feel like they just can't stop. I know what it feels like, and I sympathize. But it is possible to control, it will just be a lifetime of work. Good luck to all my fellow losers! Feel free to email anytime!

hahahaha! SO TRUE!!!!

I know it doesn't count as much but when I got pregnant I went from a small B to a Large D! It was great! hahahaha Now I've lost all the pregnancy weight plus another 30 pounds and yeah small A. So sad. :(

I don't know if this is the same thing. But I"ve noticed that when I do the runner the pads of my feet seem to go numb like after about a half hour. By an hour it is uncomfortable. THing is it doesn't happen when I walk or run. weird huh?

To GI-JANE: I am VERY happy that I"ve lost the weight that I have. I know that it's not easy for anyone to do everyone has challenges with it. The reason I still do'nt want to be done is that I've had two children, so already my body isn't going to go back to how it once was, but I"ve gotten lower then I was in high school even and my lower half still isn't there yet. ya know? My stinkin thighs and butt are still kinda flabby and I don't want to stop until it's gone. I've also heard that jogging can help ummm burn muscle? I don't know if that's the right way to put it. In high school I did softball so I had to max out on free weights. I always did better on legs so naturally did more of them cause htey were easier. :) haha anyway my calves have like no fat on them but are HUGE compared to the rest of my leg, and my dr told me before that he didn't think my thighs would get much smaller cause of all the weight lifitng I used to do. I've maxed out at 300 on leg press when I was in high school. I don't want to look like a body builder I just want to get the fat off and slim down my legs. Will running do that? Slim down muscle?

And to Hafarrell: Thanks...I can't believe that I let myself go thatmuch when I was pregnant. Somehow I thought that a 60 pound kid was going to come out. hahahaha I started the jogging cause like I said I have two kids and our gym is like 1/2 hour away. I'm a stay at home so it would be kinda late to go after my husband gets home. I have a runner and weights at home and I've started running in the morning before my husband goes to work. YUCK! but it does help me do better for the rest of my day. Any input on the running burning muscle question?

The rule I"ve always heard was to wait three days. So say you pigged out on Monday...if by Thursday the scales still haven't moved they probably won't. :)