Amanda This IS the year I get healthy.

Posts by smood

Forum	Topic	Date	Replies

Motivation	Calling all Masters Students!!!	Oct 28 2007 15:32 (UTC)	14
Hi guys. I just want to vent some frustrations, and this feels like as good a place as any to do so.. I've been totally all over the place lately with my calories. I'll go most of the week keeping it around 1200 and then I'll go out for drinks, or eat half a box of cereal or something else absurd and unnecessary for one or two or three days of the week. I know that it isn't the end of the world, but it is frustrating - I haven't access to a scale any more, but I'd weighed myself at a friends house (after a crazy month where my life was in shambles and I wasn't counting or exercising) and it said I was actually down, so I felt quite proud of myself. But then a week or two later I was at a doctor's office, and I snuck a peak on THEIR scale and it said I weighed about 7 pounds more! So, it seems I was a little premature in congratulating myself... Just now, I looked at my calories for the past 5 weeks or so, and if they're accurate (which they likely aren't - sometimes when I go overboard I stop logging), I've lost MAYBE 1 pound when I could have lost 5. That's irritating. I need to stop coming home at the end of the day and comforting myself with brownies. Now is not the time for me to be developing a baking habit! Law school is making me crazy. I sincerely don't even feel like myself anymore. :(
Weight Loss	major chocolate cravings	Oct 17 2007 02:17 (UTC)	3
I currently have diet coke brownies in the oven - One box fudgy brownie mix (110 cals for 1/16th of the mix), and one cup (not can, cup) diet coke. I made them in cupcake tins, so I've actually got 24 brownies at 73 cals apiece! And I just tried one - super chewy and delicious. Can't taste the coke at all. I sound like a commercial, but really I'm just pleased because I've been craving chocolate/baked goods for days, and these really hit the spot in a manageable way.
Calorie Count	Too difficult to enter multiple items -- suggestions for improvement	Oct 14 2007 22:01 (UTC)	4
I agree wholeheartedly that there must be an easier way to add multiple items. Love the checkboxes/drag and drop suggestions. C'mon CC, you can make this happen!
Motivation	Calling all Masters Students!!!	Oct 07 2007 06:36 (UTC)	85
Hi Booster! I'm not really in a masters program, but I did just start law school a few weeks ago - equally stressful, perhaps? I know it has definitely presented some challenges for my attempts at a healthy lifestyle. Too many new social situations, new friends who love beer and pizza, and new stressors that are triggering major comfort food cravings. PLUS, I haven't found any time to exercise in the past month. So I think it's going to be a rough ride; any extra motivation and support would go a long way, I think!
Motivation	Help! Canadian thanksgiving	Oct 07 2007 06:29 (UTC)	1
Ah! I'm from St. John's, too, so I appreciate the Newfie customs being represented. :] More on topic, I had my thanksgiving dinner tonight, and, holy, I'm sure it added up to about 2000 cals. More wine than I should have had, and too many dessert 'samples'... but what the hell. It's once a year, and I ate very well during the rest of the day. Tomorrow it's back to carrot sticks, but I don't regret a bite.
Weight Loss	Anyone up for a July weightloss challange?	Jul 19 2007 14:15 (UTC)	110
I won't be able to post for a while, but here's my stats for today (the 19th)! Start date: June 30, 2007 Start weight: 140 Height: 5'3.5"; Goal for this challenge: 130 July 7, 2007: 139 July 14, 2007: 138.3 July 21, 2007: 136.5 July 28, 2007: Grand Total Weightloss: 2.5 pounds Slow and steady, I guess!
Weight Loss	monday weigh-in club	Jul 17 2007 15:32 (UTC)	43
Late, but I want to record it anyway! I'm 137, down two pounds from last week, aparently. That seems miraculous to me. haha
Weight Loss	Anyone up for a July weightloss challange?	Jul 14 2007 15:11 (UTC)	161
Start date: June 30, 2007 Start weight: 140 Height: 5'3.5"; Goal for this challenge: 130 July 7, 2007: 139 July 14, 2007: 138.3 July 21, 2007: July 28, 2007: Grand Total Weightloss: 1.7 pounds Not such great progress... Though I had A&W last night, so my sodium was through the roof. Maybe I can blame water retention! Also: Actually bothered to measure my height, and realized I am not actually 5'5"... I'm only 5'3.5". LAME!
Health & Support	Green Tea Extract and Birth Control?	Jul 13 2007 10:53 (UTC)
Thanks for the replies, guys! Good to know. I have a feeling I shouldn't have picked them up in the first place.
Health & Support	Green Tea Extract and Birth Control?	Jul 13 2007 02:26 (UTC)	4
No one's heard anything about this?
Weight Loss	monday weigh-in club	Jul 09 2007 14:26 (UTC)	48
Sigh. Same as last week: 139 I need to stop going out to diner (or lunch or movies or drinks or..) every time someone suggests it.
Weight Loss	Anyone up for a July weightloss challange?	Jul 07 2007 14:39 (UTC)	256
Start date: June 30, 2007 Start weight: 140 Height: 5'5"; Goal for this challenge: 130 July 7, 2007: 139 July 14, 2007: July 21, 2007: July 28, 2007: Grand Total Weightloss: 1 pound
Weight Loss	how do you make sure you do not weigh all the time?	Jul 04 2007 19:48 (UTC)	10
I've convinced myself that the scales in my home are unreliable, and so I only use the proper doctor's office one at the gym. :] Also, I go to the gym with my sister every morning, and she already thinks I'm a bit nuts with my new health kick, so I don't tend to weigh myself in front of her and that limits me to a few weigh-ins a week.
Motivation	Free cheesecake? Thanks! I guess....	Jul 04 2007 16:34 (UTC)	2
I guess I should say why I posted, haha. Can anyone relate? Have any advice? I think my coworkers will think I'm strange if I don't scarf the cake. haha
Weight Loss	monday weigh-in club	Jul 03 2007 15:40 (UTC)	54
I know it's tuesday, but it was a long weekend in Canada, so it's monday to me! Last week: 142.5 This week: 139.25! I'm back in the 130s, even if it's only by a little bit. :]
Weight Loss	Anyone up for a July weightloss challange?	Jul 03 2007 14:14 (UTC)	300
Hello! So sorry I'm a few days late - my mum dragged me to a cabin in the woods all long weekend. So, if it's not to late to add my stats, here they are! Current weight: 140 Goal weight: 130 Start date: July 1st (shhh, that's what I weighed that day) I aim to: limit alcohol to one night a week (two MAX); exercise for at least one hour, at least 6 days a week; not let my family's poor food choices influence my own; get outside more and enjoy the limited sunshine that we get here.
Motivation	The woo-hoo thread	Jun 25 2007 16:54 (UTC)	13
My woohoo is that after my first ever week of calorie counting, I've lost 2.5 llbs! I need feedback and reassurance to stay motivated, so these nice little results are very helpful. I hope it keeps up. :]
Weight Loss	monday weigh-in club	Jun 25 2007 14:41 (UTC)	70
Started counting calories last monday and weighed 145. Weighed in today and I'm at 142.5! Yay! I think I need to see concrete results to stick with this, so it's nice to have some right away.
Weight Loss	back fat: the bane of my existance	Jun 22 2007 19:25 (UTC)	20
I've read that if you have rolls of back fat over your bra, you're wearing the wrong bra band size. I believe it means your bra band is too large - not too tight, which you would think. But I could have that wrong. I think, actually, this is almost correct. Most people assume that when they get the rolls they need to go up a size in band, but in many cases it seems that lengthening the straps (so that the band sits lower around your body, where you're likely slimmer since it's closer to your waist) will solve the problem!
Weight Loss	Find your twin on CC!	Jun 22 2007 19:10 (UTC)	1,731
Skinnybecca, I think we're twins! Or quite close, really. I am 145, looking to get to 130 (and 10k would be a pretty cool accomplishment, now that you mention it..), 22, Female.
Weight Loss	Anyone up for a July weightloss challange?	Jun 21 2007 22:48 (UTC)	516
I've just joined CC and I'm eager to get a jump start on getting back into shape. I think 10 pounds in a month sounds excellent, but I wonder if it's too ambitious for me? I'm not extremely overweight by any means (I'm 5' 5 and 145, and I only really want to lose about 15-20 lbs total), and this is my first experience with counting calories and exercising really frequently.. I think I can handle the guidelines, but I'm just afraid my body won't want to drop the weight. Did you all find that you were quick to lose with a big lifestyle change, or did it take a while to see results? My half-hearted past efforts have always disappointed me (but that's probably because they were half-hearted, right?). Anyway, this is probably too far off topic, now. I guess what I mean to say is: if you guys think I can handle it, I'm in!

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