Posts by m_saluone

For me wanting isnt enough it has to involve a whole new way of thinking. So really I think it like reprograming the way I do things. And taking things one day at a time. I am the type of person who wants it right now! I hate waiting. so weight loss is very difficult for me to look at it like its a journey. I just dont have the patience. I am also a perfectionist so I am really hard on my self if I mess up durring the day. I am learning to take it easy and realize that it will happen but I have to keep at it and its ok to mess up once in a while!

I have so many areas to work on that I have to just tackle them one at a time, or it starts to feel overwhelming! I have a bad sweet tooth so I dont buy snacks if I can help it. If I have snacks sitting by my desk when I am working I will eat the whole package! I so now I take outwhat I will allow myself for the day and hide the rest in a diffrent room.

I also have to make sure I drink enough water.  I am so busy durring the day I just forget. To make sure I drink enough I try to always have a glass of water next to me when I am working, I just slowly drink water the whole time.

supersized- I have 4 kids ages 7, 8, 11, 12, so they are older and dont need to have me home ALL the time! I work 40 hours a week from 12 noon-8pm so I have to go to the gym in the morning, I just leave my younger ones under the charge of my 12 yr old. I work from home so that makes being a working mom easier on all of us!

I really need some suggestions! I am not loosing much weight I have been at the same weight for 2 weeks! I have been sticking to around 1300 calories I am 5' 2' and I am at 140 right now with a goal of 120. My biggest problem is that I am on a heart medication that as a side affect lowers your metabolism! So since this inhibits weight loss Im really not sure what to do! This is very frustrating for me since really want to get back to looking like me! Any ideas?

Woohoo! Its the weekend and I'm still on the wagon! I always have a hard time on the weekend so I am so happy I did it this week. I have been doing this for about 4weeks and now I really find it easier to stick with. I don't want to undo all I have been working for. Now that I seem to have my diet under control, my next step is to try to add more exercise. With 4 kids its harder that it used to be! I try to think of things I can do with them too, but some times I just want to go out on my own, you know get a little ME time. I only make it to the gym about 2-3 times a week, most of the time I have been trying to do extra things around the house as a form of working out. Its a good thing though, the house gets cleaner and all those projects that I have been meaning to do are starting to get done.

I did in High school a few times, I think it was s stupid choice and I dont drink at all now.

I work from home so It wouldnt affect me at all in that regard! My kids walk to school since its 3 blocks away so when school starts again It would still be ok! My husband dose have to drive to work and school so we would just cut out all my extra driving! I only do shopping on the weekend too.  Really Im very lucky! It would be very irritating but it wouldnt kill us.

Peera-just saw your post. Congrats!! I have 4 kids so I am definatly a veteran! One thing i found was that if I didnt eat the morning sickness got worse. You can try eating a few crackers before you even get out of bed in the morning or right after. Also the prenatal vitains I took had Iron in them, this made it MUCH worse! I had to ask my doc for chewable prenatal vitamins, they were easier on my stomach. For some reason one of the only things I could stomache was masked potatoes. You should not worry about weight loss when you are preg. but remember you are not really eating for two! The baby will take what it needs, I was told that I should only increase my calorie intake by about 500 calories. You may want to ask your doc about that. If you need any support or just want to talk feel free to email me! I have been there!

I haven't had much time to do a real post! Being a mother of 4 doesn't always leave lots of time! I will try to get better at it. For the most part I am still on the wagon, slipped a few times but never fell off completely. I have a very sweet husband who is happy with the way I look, he is always telling me how beautiful I am , which I love, but because of this he isn't as supportive as I would like, by this I mean he keeps bringing junk into the house! I also have to cook separate meals for myself and the rest of the family, The kids eat healthy but most definatly need more calories than I do right now. So between family and working a full time job I am very busy.

This group has been great at keeping me on the wagon because I know I have to account for falling off.  I am also just sick of not being happy with the way Ilook. I am 5' 2.5" and I'm 140 right now I want to get down to 115-120 but I will see I may just shoot for 125 I will just keep loosing till I am happy with the way I look. I used to be a super small 100 lbs and I don't wish to be that small. My biggest problem is that I never had to work at being small I just was. Then after my 4th baby I broke my tail bone and was very inactive for several mo. got into bad habits and now my baby is 7 yr old and I need to get back to being me!

My plan to stay on the wagon is to log what I eat every day. For me this works very well since logging at what I am eating makes me have to decide if I really want to eat it or not because i will have to log it. Also I see how healthy/unhealthy I am eating! to keep my self motivated I keep a picture of myself from my pre baby days, in a bathing suite,  by the computer where I log my food intake. Then when I look at it,  I tell myself will this help me to look like that again? I also drink water a lot! I never drink anything else, even when we go out all I order is a water with lemon in it. The way I see it is why waste calories on a drink! I also got my whole family addicted to skim milk. My husband now says that anything else just tastes like drinking pure cream!I try to keep snacks out of the house (unless my naughty husband sneaks them in!) I let my kids snack on yogurt and fresh fruit and veggies, I also stopped buying fruit snacks for them,  I buy raisins instead. Any way I hope this plan works I think it will not only keep me on track, but hopefully will teach my children good eating habits too.

First of all if your best friend is teasing you about your weight then she is not a very good freind. Friends are suppose to make you feel good about your self not make you feel like you need to do something damaging like only eating 400 calories a day! Chances are she is just making fun of you because she is insecure about herself and it makes her feel better to focus on your flaws. If you want to loose weight do it for for you, not her.

Next, to be successful at weight loss you have to make changes you can live with long term. You cannot live on 400 calories for very long and you will end up overeating and gaining the weight back plus some, not to mention the damage you will do to your body and metabolism.  Just eat right and find an exercise plan that will work for you. In the end it will be worth it!