Posts by prettypinktress

60 minutes of kickboxing class!  I love Mondays...

Original Post by amandasjourney:

Original Post by sfredbull:

honestly it sounds like your thyriod has gone from hypo to hyper.
hopefully you will just need to have your thyriod med adjusted - get in to see your doctor.

best of luck.

  I def think sfredbull is right, I have hypothyroidism and they upped my meds too far once and that is how my body reacted.  Def call your doc and get your levels checked again.

I third this.  I think the thyroid medication dosage may be too high, causing your thyroid to be hyper.  Please visit a doctor as soon as you can if you're experiencing symptoms as bad as those.

Eggs - Scrambled, sunny-side up, or boiled?  Scrambled

Potato - Fried, baked, roasted, or mashed? Baked

Berries - Frozen, fresh/raw, dried, or cooked/pureed? Fresh

Tomatoes - Stewed, paste, raw, or juice? Raw

Beans - Soup/chili, salad, or as a dip? Dip

Corn - Whole kernel, creamed, or as a flour (ie tortillas, cornbread)? Whole kernel

Cheese - As sauce, in salad, or with fruit? In salad

Meat - Lunchmeat, main course, side dish, or salad? Side Dish

Nuts - On salads, stir-fries, desserts/snacks, or as butters? Desserts/Snacks

Green veggies - in pasta, cooked as a side dish, or in salads? Cooked as a side dish

Carrots - Raw, cooked, or in dessert? Cooked

Milk - Pudding, smoothies, or by itself? Smoothies

Rice - On its own, in desserts, in soups? On its own

Fish - Steamed, grilled/broiled, in soup, or raw? Grilled/broiled

Oats - Oatmeal, baked goods, or granola? Baked Goods

I've only had Korean food a handful of times, but I agree that Bulgogi is AWESOME.  Galbi is really great too.  I also try to fill up on the sides... the kimchi, tofu, seaweed, etc. 

Have fun on your date!  Korean food is SO yummy, so enjoy it.  =) 

My friend did a really cute thing last year that I was upset I didn't think of it first!  Her boyfriend was Howie Mandel from "Deal or No Deal" and she was one of the models with a numbered briefcase... it opened and everything!  She just glammed herself up and crafted herself a nice case.  Her boyfriend's sister even was a model and the three of them walked around together all night, but I'm sure that just as a couple, it would work out very well too!

Good morning!  Happy weigh-in day! 

sw: 123

lw: 122.2

cw: 121.8

gw: 115

So I'm slowly losing, but hopefully getting there!  My menu today:

B: Strawberry Yogut Nutrigrain Bar

L: Leftover hot wings from football games  =S

D: Vegetable Beef Soup

Optional S: 2% Kraft Cheese Stick

So I definitely watched Grey's Anatomy last night completely forgetting about The Office.

Thanks to all of your comments in this thread, I just HAD to watch it on-line at work!  Haha... that episode was GREAT.  Absolutely hilarious.  And yes... <3 Jim and Pam.  Wow... that was such a fantastic episode.  Best 40 minutes at work ever.

Hello!  I want to join!

Height: 5' 3"

Starting: 137

Current: 123

GW by Halloween: 118

I seriously would give anything do see the scale say 11X.  I think I'd cry.  I've been in the 20's all this year!  I'm trying to do this slow and steady... It's working so far!  Time to move down into the teens.  =) 

Happy Monday, all.  =)

SW: 123
CW: 122.2

It might be slow going, but I'm determined to get down to 115! 

The best "light" trick that I always use is the classic diet soda one.  When I bake chocolate cakes, I always just grab one of those prepackaged cake mixes and mix it with a can of diet coke instead of eggs, oil, and what not.  Then for the icing, I would just mix light cool whip with a package of dry chocolate pudding. 

With vanilla cake, I would just do diet 7up.  Then, I'm sure you could mix cool whip with dry vanilla pudding. 

Inspired way back in the day from this post: http://www.calorie-count.com/forums/post/4208 .html  

Hi, Makeupdiva.

I had a very similar situation about a year ago.  I found CC and was very grateful... it helped me lose 14 pounds after I found out I had a thyroid problem that got the best of me, which was 10% of my weight at the time, and I was extremely happy.  I went from 137 to 123.  I found that calorie counting eventually drove me crazy...

Sometimes I would be at 1,000 calories before noon even hit because I gave into some snacks... then I figured my plan for 1,200 calories for the day was shot, so I would end up eating 4,000 to 5,000 calories EVERY day for about a month.  It was an uncontrollable cycle... and the more I did it, the more depressed I was about gaining the weight back that I worked so hard to lose, and the more I ate.  It was terrible.  I would bake cakes in 13"x9" pans, slather it with frosting, and eat it all in one day... I'd have a jar of peanut butter with a box of graham crackers, and that would be my "breakfast" over the course of three days (when I finished the jar and the box).  I would eat an entire gallon of ice cream for dinner.  I would go get some Taco Bell and realize the drive thru line was too long, so I would get something at McDonald's and eat it to get me through WAITING IN THE DRIVE THRU LANE of Taco Bell.  I stopped a fast food restaurant once or twice every day.  A lot of times I would even break down and cry WHILE I was still eating, yet I continued to finish what I was eating.  It was truly extremely depressing, and I gained eight pounds in one month doing so, so I shot up from 123 to 131. 

I decided to take a break from counting calories... I actually stopped visiting this site up for about a year up until earlier this week.  I still binged for about another week, but I soon began to just listen to what my body wanted instead of thinking about food all day and wondering how many exact calories were in everything and whether or not I was going over my daily goal.  I didn't even make a goal actually... I gave up everything regarding calories altogether.  I'm happy to say that in about four months, I came back down to 123 without even counting anything, and I've been maintaining it ever since.  I haven't even set foot in a gym in a year.

It took me a while to relearn not caring about calories, but it was a relief to eat what I wanted whenever I wanted to by listening to my body, instead of what I was doing before -- binging because I didn't meet my goal or because my day was already ruined by what I had already eaten.  To be honest, I don't even think I was hungry most of the time I was binging... I was binging just to binge, and towards the end of a binge, I remember getting so full where I felt like I had to throw up, but I would still keep eating whatever I was just to finish it.  Somehow, I felt like whenever I opened a bag of chips or anything, I had predetermined that I was going to down the whole thing before I stopped.

I just thought I'd share my story and let you know that you aren't alone and as bad as it seems, it happens.  What worked for me was to stop counting calories for a while... stop worrying about setting a goal and obtaining it, and just listen to your body and what it wants.  It sounds counterproductive to weight loss, but it certainly got me out of downward spiral.  It may take some time... you've just got to figure out when you're actually hungry or when you're eating just to eat or to "get back at yourself" or something along those lines.  Another thing that worked for me was that I separated myself from the environment of when I would binge.  I would normally do it when I was home alone, so I would go over to my boyfriend's place and hang out with him.  Or I'd go to the campus library and do some homework over there.  Really, just anything to separate myself from when I knew I was likely to start binging.  Just stop worrying about losing weight for the moment, and just get yourself to stop binging for the moment.  Once you can do that, whether it be tomorrow, next week, or a month from now, THEN decide when it's time to start dieting again and to start losing the weight again.

I know it's tough, but I hope my advice helped at least a little bit.  Let me know if you need anything further, and hang in there. 

I agree with the others.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Hi, everyone!  I hope I'm not too late...  can I join?

After some intense months of dieting last year, I took about a year hiatus to let my body just do it's own thing, and I want to get back on track to lose these final eight pounds by December.  =) 

Stats:

• Age: 20
• Height: 5' 3"
• Current: 123
• Goal: 115