Posts by caroljoy

I'M ON THE RUN THIS MORNIGN, SO WILL CHEAT AND REPOST MY JOURNAL ENTRY HERE...SORRY!

We have had loved ones in hospital, financial woes (don't we all these days!) bad weather (again, don't we all) and high pain days. AND I STILL KEPT ON TRACK AND AM GRADUALLY LOSING!

We have healthy plans for superbowl snacks...won't deny ourselves one traditional treat...football shaped ritz with beef stick and cheese slices....maybe even some port wine cheese ball. And we are adding veggie tray and some lite uncle dan's ranch for hubby and Pace Picante in lite sour cream for me. And lots of ice water in lieux of soda pop. Will likely go over on calories that day, but will make up for it before and after. i'm learning to binge proof myself! hubby is eating lighter with me, too. that really helps.

HI SUSANBETH! GOOD TO SEE YOUR COMMENT!

oh and musn! no beating yourself up! it doesn't help!

kudos y'all!!! sounds like everyone is getting back on track! i had a very bad day emotionally, but broke even on intake vs activity, and it was all healthy food. i actually got sick from not eating enough this afternoon, so ate extra. we don't bring junk into the house any more, so i was safe from that. will be back on track with my 1500 calories tomorrow. i think i just needed a vacation from the typical so i didn't binge. didn't go ove the top, so i can sleep tonight without fearing i'll wake up a 300 lb blimp again, LOL!

Good morning Songchild and Changling....and everybody!

I hit some big changfes and disappointments and gained, too, and am back. We just gotta get back on that horse and ride! Mine is coming back off steadily now.

I found that when i started exercising regularly that i gained a few pounds of muscle mass....that's a good thing, so don't get discouraged! Muscle weighs more than fat. It will help you lose the fat. Good for you for the five days of exercise! Watch out that you don't eat too little and throw your metabloism into starvation mode and slow it down. I heard about that just recently...i think on The Biggest Loser.

p.s. i lost another .4 lb yesterday. 291 today. i have a ways to to relose all i gained back, but i'm on my way.

WELCOME MAFOBO! always glad to see new sistahs join us! yup..i understnd yoyo-ing....*sigh*

Well, today was the monthly birthday party here at our senior apt complex. I was going to stay away, but decided to make room for the goodies in my daily calorie count, so it's chef salad for dinner tonite. lettuce, tomato, boiled egg white sliced up, and for dressing two or three tablespoons of salsa with a tablespoon of lite mayo stirred in. Should keep me well within my 1700 calorie limit, and maybe even below that. Right now i stand at 1288. I'll drink extra coffee and heb tea tonite to fill my tummy. Our water here tastes like medicated baby poop! Gonna be buying a Pur water filter for my faucet on the first!!!!

Hey, i actually ate right for a whole day, and i was full, and i felt great! If i have more days like yesterday, i'll do just fine! Now i gotta add the water and the exercise, and i'm on my way! I broke my weigh only once a week rule this morning, and had lost 1.4 lbs, so i am very encoueraged today.

...yer welcome muns. i needed to get back here too. hopefully i can start losing agin one day soon...

hey. welcome ladies! please do join us, we need all the help we can get, LOL!

oh, muns, if you're the queen, i'm the queen mum, LOL! I lost 66 and then put all but 8.8 back on! but i'm doin great today, and at long last, i might add! i  lost 3 lbs since i hit 300 again, and am sincerely hoping there will be a bit more down on Friday.

by-the-way...i resurrected the Friday Weigh In thread if anyone wants...or dares...to join me there...mwahahahahaha!!!!

maybe i need to go back and find our fight song again? *snicker*

Hi everyone...thanks for the encouragement! I REALLY needed it! The New Years goodies are almost gone now, so today should be MUCH easier to eat healthy. Got my bananas, my oatmeal, and my slimfast now, so i'm off to a healthier start. Just another month of cold weather here, then i'll be able to get out of the house and walk. I know that will help a lot. And i'm looking forward to making my low sodium/lowfat homemade chilis and soups again. I guess i'm getting the taste for healthy food again...YAY!!!

Wow...time to resurrect this group! I lost 6 tenths of a lb this week. 297 today.

To be truly committed to my health in 2009. Last year i was down to under 250 for a while (from 308 max), and am back up to 300 as of this morning. I am diabetic, arthritic, and miserable. I turned 60 in November, and feel like i'm 103 today! I can barely stand up and waqlk across the room. Enough is enough. 2009 is the year i figure out how to reasonably and sanely steadily lose a reasonable amount of weight on a regular basis. I honestly feel like it is do or die.

UGGGGHHHHH

After a long absence, i have to weigh in at an ugly 270.4.

keeping myself honest here....gained a lot over the last three months, and working to get back into a healthy eating pattern *SIGH*

i wrote this the other day, and it's happening outside my window again :-)......

thanks sistahs...i need you, too! i'm trying out a new strategy...less restrictive....hope it works better. i guess i wasn't very realistic last year...i got way too struict with myself and it backfired! in just 3 mos, i gained back 9 mos worth of weight loss! a lot of upset in our family had me in a deep depression that i didn't even recognise for a long time. comfort eating has always been my downfall. *sigh* i know that our super rainy winter hasn't helped...i've had to keep the heat way up to keep my pain level down, and that makes me sluggish. some serious planning before winter next year is in order. this is a long, long learning process for me, but it's about life, so it's worth it.

 hey, where is muns, anyway????

i signed up for the challenge. i printed off 5 copies of the personal contract, and am going to put them in 5 stragecic locations around my house....including the front door! i gotta do something....i really got off track, and came within 1 lb of my forbidden ceiling weight of 260! i flat refuse to go backwards! i am resetting my goal for 190, and will leave it there until i have held that for 6 months. (hey, if the ol bod decides to keep losing at that point, that's just fine with me!) i am darned serious about this thing! i will do whatever it takes to get healthy and stay that way!

i just got off the phone...son-in-law called again, was im'ing with my daughter who told him to call and ask me if i want to go shopping with her!!!! looks like patience, time and prayer...and an e-card i sent for thanksgiving (love) did the trick! she is coming to pick dad and i and brother up at 2:00!