Posts by laura_loo95

I wanna join too!! :P

I am happy to say that I went from having a bmi of 28.7 (5'6" and 178 pounds) to 23.3 (144 pounds).

My ultimate goal is to be comfortably between 135 and 140, allowing some wiggle room for off days and such.

Geez, it is HARD to believe I am so close to my goal. I have been losing weight like crazy lately, too, so with any luck I will reach 140 in the next couple of weeks.

As for exercise, I am really into running lately. It is amazing how quickly I see improvement in my speed/endurance. For anyone out there afraid of running (I know I always was), just try it for a few weeks. You will see so much improvement! And what a great way to blast calories and tone up at the same time!! 

I really enjoy the sugar free mocha syrup. I tried it in a frappuccino light and it was quite a treat. A tall sugar free mocha frappuccino light would be about 100 calories. Not bad for a really creamy, somewhat chocolate indulgence.

I find the SF mocha tastes kinda like marshmallow. No, it's not the same as regular mocha, just different.

Hey there,

Count me in too!

I'm 146 right now, and 140 has been a pretty big goal for quite some time now. It finally seems within reach, although realistically I know it may take a while to get there.

I find that the closer I get to this goal, the harder it is to lose. But on the plus side, each lost pound of fat is more and more noticeable.  

Hmmm, I would try browsing around some men's body building web site if I were you.

But the basic info that I do know is that you will want to do a lot of strength training exercises, i.e. lifting, crunches, lunges, etc. and for cardio, do short sprints rather than long distance. As far as food goes, you will eat more calories than you burn, and eat a lot of protein, which is necessary to build muscle.

But yeah, I would definitely look on body building web sites to find more specific info on exercises and food choices.

well, we didnt end up going down today because he promised that he is going to come up and visit tomorrow, but we'll see... i dont see how he could pull himself together enough to get to the airport and buy a ticket.

anyway, thanks for all your kind, kind words. i have been feeling like my sister and i are very alone in all this, but of course there are many people who deal with this all the time. it somehow makes me feel better to know there are so many of you guys out there.

now time to get busy checking out all those links.. al-anon sounds like a really good option. my aunt's been going for years, but i never realized until lately that im probably a good candidate too. denial i guess.

thank you so much. 

I love my brain, or my intellect you could say. I love how I have always been able to do well in school and that I actually enjoy learning; that I prefer reading a good book to almost anything; that I think about my life philosophically and thus understand myself in the context of the world; that I hold myself to high standards and don't settle for mediocrity; that I would rather listen than talk about things that I don't understand. I have always considered myself kind of a nerd, and thought of my braininess as something that I should apologize for, but as I get older I am starting to see that it is who I am...

and hey, i'm starting to like my body pretty well too! 

Well, age is just a number.. There are plenty of 40-year-olds who are still at a 13-year-old mentality, and some 16-year-olds who probably have more wisdom than some people ever will. To me, it seems immature to start drawing boundaries between people where none are really necessary. We can all learn from each other, right?

Hey guys,

i like to make smoothies like this too! I have them for breakfast all the time

I like to throw fat free yogurt into them, because it makes it really creamy and flavorful. for example, raspberry or strawberry yogurt with frozen berries plus some cocoa powder and a bit of chocolate soymilk.

or i use banana, but instead of fresh one i use one that's been in the freezer overnight. throw this in with some chocolate soymilk, cocoa powder, and a tablespoon of better 'n peanut butter... mmm! for some reason the frozen banana really makes it.

Good job on all those 4.0's! Who knew that us calorie counters were so intelligent? Oh wait, of course we are.

At my school A minuses don't count as 4 points, they count as 3.8, so getting a 4.0 is pretty tricky. That being said, I have to maintain a 3.25 in order to keep my academic scholarship, so I'm assuming/praying that my grades will be along those lines.

congrats to all you guys who got accepted!!! must be such a relieving feeling.

did anyone not get into their first choice? don't be embarrassed, we're here for the moral support.

Hahah, oh man, this time two years ago was pure hell. I checked the mailbox every five minutes starting at two pm every single day.. and then there was this whole mess with my transcript getting lost, and i had to wait a whole month!

everything has a way of working out. i got into the ultra-competitive nursing program only to figure out that i dont even want to be a nurse. had i not gotten in, it would really not have been the end of the world.

I bought the chocolate dip at Luckys. It was in the section of diabetic foods because it's sugar free. Now I haven't experimented with it too much yet, but the taste on its own is just okay. kind of strange. but i agree that it tastes better when combined with other things. I got those little 100-cal pack shortbread cookies, spread a tiny bit of peanut butter, and then topped it with the walden farms chocolate spread and it was super good. So yeah. I think it would also be really good in smoothies, in oatmeal, mixed with a banana and peanut butter to make a pudding, in ice cream, i dont know. I'm excited to experiment with it some more.