Posts by sadiesmom67

Forum	Topic	Date	Replies

Motivation	Slow-paced dieters? Let's rally!!	Aug 24 2007 20:57 (UTC)	225
Thanks for the nice words all. I will keep trying. I have been stamping my feet and throwing my fit long enough now. I have a conference this week end so that won't help much but I am determined to get this thing back under control. I have to be stronger than the food and the urges to eat bad things. I did feel better when I was getting all my water in and now that I haven't been..well... I just don't. So..once again I will say that I will start over. I just had a bad week or two and now it is time to put that behind me and get back at it. I told myself when I started all this that I was doing it to be healthier and I wouldn't obsess over the scale and that it just what I have been doing. I have to remind myself how much healthier my heart is when I get my walks in and how the water flushes all the toxins out of my body. Plus, my little girl needs to see that food does not own me. I do not want her to have the same struggle with it that I do. What better motivation? Have a great week end everyone. Drink your water. Shanelle
Motivation	Slow-paced dieters? Let's rally!!	Aug 23 2007 23:04 (UTC)	230
You all are doing so good. Keep up the hard work. I am having one of those why am I doing this, it's too hard and I just won't bother times. The scale doesn't seem to move...the water makes me want to gag. Ugg...I am being such a whiny brat. Sorry. I am just in the dumps about the whole thing. I keep hoping things will get better. I think school starting has something to do with it. It has changed my whole schedule and I had worked really hard to get it to where it was. I will just have to work on adjusting it and hopefully get back in the swing of things.
Motivation	Slow-paced dieters? Let's rally!!	Aug 21 2007 21:15 (UTC)	255
Hi all... Kthompson...glad to see that those pounds are coming back off. I knew they would. Drink, drink, drink. My ankle is mending but I have not been able to go for my walks and the scale is reflecting it. I have gained about a pound or so. I am still slogging on my water. I find I am actually starting to be thirsty for it now. I can get the 64 oz in very easily and am working on upping that every day. I think my ankle will be well enough tomorrow for me to walk. I hope so cause I can see that I a not sleeping as well and I sure have the munchies a lot more since I haven't been able to exercise like before. I go back to the doctor on September 17 and I am hoping to lose five pounds before then. So far I haven't lost any from the last time I saw her. It is starting to get pretty depressing.
Motivation	Slow-paced dieters? Let's rally!!	Aug 18 2007 21:27 (UTC)	277
Kthompson---drink,drink, drink that water. It will help to flush out all that bad (good) stuff you had. Don't beat yourself up too much. Just work out a little more and don't eat quite as much for the next couple of days.
Motivation	Slow-paced dieters? Let's rally!!	Aug 17 2007 21:55 (UTC)	281
You all rock! Go drink a glass of water. For that matter go drink two! Hee, hee. I have more to chug today but the pitcher is emptying. It is satisfying to see the water level going down. I am such a visual person and I need this kind of reinforcement. Hey, anything that helps, right? I twisted my ankle really bad this morning! Dumb pipe laying in the floor that I didn't see. So, anyway, I didn't get my walk in. So, everyone please send good thoughts my way so I will be able to go on my walk in the morning. I am so glad I found this thread and that you all are so real and make me drink my water.
Motivation	Slow-paced dieters? Let's rally!!	Aug 17 2007 13:21 (UTC)	287
Morning all! Ugg...yesterday was spent on the road and eating out twice! I don't even know what the calories were. But I am happy to report that I did get my water in so that makes two days in a row. That is probably a record for me! I bought myself a gallon pitcher and I am going to fill it in the morning and try to have it empty by days end. That will give me a visual goal to work towards. I was waiting with my little girl for the bus, she was wearing an adorable brand new yellow shirt and eating a gogurt, the bus pulls into the driveway, I reach for the gogurt and it squirts all over her brand new yellow shirt! Nothing can be done except to wipe it off as best as I can and tell her to try to clean it up when she gets to school. Oh, the gogurt was purple! She didn't cry but I wanted to! Thank you to everyone who has been encouraging me to drink my water. You don't know how much that actually helps me.
Motivation	Slow-paced dieters? Let's rally!!	Aug 15 2007 23:00 (UTC)	312
Whoo hoo for me! I drank 64 oz of water today. That is a major thing for me! Thanks for all the encouragement. Let's do it again tomorrow, huh? Sending prayers up for a job for kthompson. I have a very stresful meeting at church tonight....that usually sends me to the comfort food. Help..... Shanelle
Motivation	Slow-paced dieters? Let's rally!!	Aug 15 2007 16:07 (UTC)	325
Morning all! I had a lovely walk this morning and I am trying to get in the groove to clean. This is my daughters last day of summer before kindergarten. I have had 32 oz of water so far! For me that is really good. Now if I can just choke down at least 32 more I will count today as a victory. Keep telling me to drink that water--it actually helps! Remember-This day holds 1,440 minutes. Enjoy as many as possilbe. Hope everyone has a great day. Shanelle
Motivation	Slow-paced dieters? Let's rally!!	Aug 15 2007 00:55 (UTC)	335
I bought myself a new pair of shoes for my walks today. They cost a small fortune but I am hoping they will help my feet and ankles stop hurting. I am trying to walk faster and that has seemed to make my ankles hurt more. I also bought some grapefruit juice. Someone told me it might jumpstart my weight loss. I don't know if it will help or not but it is the lite version and it is only 40 calories a serving and has 100% of the daily need for vitamin C. My goal for tomorrow is to drink at least 6 glasses of water. Someone please hold me accountable.
Motivation	Slow-paced dieters? Let's rally!!	Aug 14 2007 17:45 (UTC)	343
It is so nice to see women who aren't talking about losing 100 pounds in six months and how much they work out in a day so that I get to feeling like I could never compete with them and just give up! I did my 2.2 miles in 53 minutes this morning which was seven minutes faster than yesterday! I was quite proud of myself! I was really huffing and puffing though. I take a multivitamin every day. I have done that for several years now and I think it helps a lot. I wish I could find a way to get my water intake up. I just don't like it. I have tried several "tricks" to get myself to drink it but nothing seems to work. I know all the benefits of it and I think I would feel better if I was drinking more but just can't seem to do it. Food is my problem. I can't seem to cut my calories near as much as I should. I now eat on a salad plate and I use a child size fork and spoon. That seems to help some. I am trying to never take second helpings. The scale has just been stuck for awhile and I am getting discouraged. When I started this I told myself that I was doing it for my health and I wouldn't let the scale run my life but it is so hard not to want to see some progress. Hope everyone has a great day. Got to take my girlie girl shopping.
Motivation	Slow-paced dieters? Let's rally!!	Aug 13 2007 20:28 (UTC)	353
I would like to be on your friends list. I can't seem to compete with these people who are eating so few calories a day. My doctor wants me at 1400 calories a day but I haven't gotten there yet. I have lost about 13 pounds so far but it has been very slow. I am also 5'3" and this morning I weighed 244. I am walking six or seven days a week and am now up to 2.2 miles which takes me an hour to do. My doctor says go more miles and go faster. I can't seem to do either. I keep going every day but I don't seem to be making much progress. I sorely need some motivation.
Motivation	100+to lose club paper clip challenge	Jun 26 2007 22:59 (UTC)	18
I love this idea. I have been doing it for awhile. I change colors of clips at each five pounds and now am at my third color of clips since I just got to 11 pounds lost!!! I like reading all the posts ... it is such good motivation to see that others struggle like I do. Some days all I want to do is sit around and eat sweets all day. I don't..so I guess I am gettting better. Yea for me.
Motivation	Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club!	Jun 01 2007 17:10 (UTC)	83
Hi everyone. I have been reading and reading but never writing so here goes. I have lost eight pounds so far. yeah for me. It is a long process. I am working with my doctor and she is wonderful. The main thing I am having trouble with is keeping the food journal. My doc wants me to have it and I know it is important but I just can't seem to do it. I did for several weeks but can't seem to remember to do it every day. I bought a bike and I have been riding a little bit. It hurts my backside!!!! I can't go very far yet but I enjoy what little I can do. I live in the country so I count telephone poles and I challenge myself to add poles. Something I find interesting is that my insurance will not pay for any part of when I go to the doctor for anything about "obesity". Isn't that funny since being fat can cause so many health problems?
Motivation	Forty year old overweight mom could use a diet buddy!	May 02 2007 16:39 (UTC)	1
deamarie--isn't is awful to have to watch others eat the things that we really want? I think that is the hardest part of dieting for me. I want to have what my husband can have. I don't know how to change my mindset so that I care more about what my body looks like than about what is on my plate. I have switched to a very small plate at meal times and I am actually using measuring utensils so I really know how big servings are. Maybe it will help.
Motivation	Forty year old overweight mom could use a diet buddy!	May 02 2007 01:35 (UTC)	4
hello everyone... I hope I can join your group. I will be 40 on the 15th...I still can not believe that is true. I have two sons..one is 22 and one is 19 and a little girl who is five. I think I must be the fattest one on here. I am 5'3" and weigh 257. Ugg..that is even hard to write. So embarrassing. How did I let that happen? I have been to the doctor yesterday and she wants me to start coming in every two weeks and working with her to get the weight off. She wanted me to get on line and find the calorie content of food and that is how I got here. Some support would be great. My husband is wonderful but he can eat a horse and go work the next day and lose five pounds. He loves me the way I am but is supportive if I want to lose weight. I just hate to exercise and I love food. I eat in front of the TV, when there is stress, when we go out, when we have friends over, pretty much any time. I have a treadmill which I don't use as often as I should. Motivation and stick to itiveness are my big problems. Any help would be great.

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