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what would you guys say is a healthy range/# of gram's of carb's in a day?

hello, i'm been m.i.a.... i'm not dropping out, i plan to do the last weigh-in... i need to buy a new scale b/c the old one died.

good luck to everyone!

restless girl, seriously, i went on a chicken strip, cheeseburger, french fry and chinese food tear in the last 2 weeks that was unbelievable.  and ate way too much high fiber cereal too!  AND THIS MORNING MY SCALE BROKE!!!!! can't complain, it's over 5 years old.  i think i broke it when i was trying to weigh my dog.  i needed to weigh him because he's still growing, is only 10 months old, and i needed to know his weight for the vet so i could get his heartworm pill and advantix.  well he's around 75  lbs these days, and i guess that plus my weight (i was holding him, you know the "weigh yourself with the dog, then without, subtract the two and get his weight" method) and our combined weight must have been too much for my scale.  i'm going to have to start just taking him with me when i go to get his med's, and let the vet weigh him.

hopefully i'll have time to get another one before monday, meanwhile i need to stick to the plan extra-well since i won't be able to weigh!

i struggle with motivation too.  i'll be "good" and lose 5 or 10 lbs, then slack off and maintain, or worse, gain.  i agree with an above poster that motivation is very personal. 

i found recently that joining one of the weight-loss challenges helped me alot; i was able to stick with the plan for much longer when i was logging on every day to see how the others in my challenge were doing, and provide and receive motivational messages and feedback.  maybe that would help you. 

i'd read some of the challenge messages first.  i find i do better with one where people respond to your negative days too.... i have joined exercise challenges where when i post about struggling with motivation, i get nothin'.  i suppose it's people concentrating on the postive and that's great for them, but i struggle so much with motivation i prefer threads where people are comfortable talking about the days or moments you are not motivated, instead of just ignoring posts about  it.  you just have to find the group that provides the kind of support you are looking for.  and then when you find yourself logging on and giving support, too, that is motivating as well.  sort of a "yay, we can do this together!" kind of a thing.

i like dill relish in my grilled cheese sandwiches.  of course, what ISN'T good with cheese? 

Age: 37
Height: 5'5
Start Weight: 169
Goal Weight (by September 29): 159. 

1/9/08: 169
8/9/08:
15/9/08:
22/9/08:
29/9/08:

Total weight loss: 

i'm just gonna say it...  my sis is in from out of town this weekend, and i only see her every couple years... my first weigh-in may not be pretty, as i will  have to concentrate extra hard to make sure i get my water and exercise while she is here for 4 days.  i'm sure my mind will be on girl-talk and not so much on cc'ing...

honestly, for years i have wished for a cheese enchilda flavored or ham and cheese flavored breakfast bar.  but all breakfast bars are sweet and desserty, sigh... and could you please make that magically fat-free, cholesterol-free and low-sodium without affecting the taste?  thanks bunches!

i agree that the key is moderation.  when i get "serious" and only eat "healthy" foods for 5 or 8 or 14 days, i feel great, and that's what i want to eat, sooner or later though i have a big mac attack or a wendy's bacon-cheeseburger-episode or something.  so currently i'm trying to eat the good-for-me stuff 75% of the time and incorporate some of the bad-for-me stuff that i crave as well, to avoid a binge.  and count the calories for both.

i suggest you try something new on a regular basis.  i buy one thing i haven't tried before, and i do it twice a month on payday :) 

i tried quinoa, and now i buy it on a regular basis.  bulgur was one of my "tries" and i now buy it a couple times a year.... all the recipes you find for it say to serve it like pilaf, but i make it as a hot cereal for breakfast with fruit and nuts.  this month i tried pb2 (a powdered peanut butter with little fat) and agave nectar.  mixed feelings on the pb2 but i for sure will be buying agave nectar on a regular basis, it tastes a little lighter than honey but the kind i got has the kinda smoky taste that real maple syrup has, it's mild and versatile and better for ya than white sugar or equal. 

haha and failures on my "new food" experiments... bf and i bought this enormous mutant papaya thing and it tasted ok but smelled like someone's hiney.... i could not get past the smell and after it sat in the fridge for 2 weeks already peeled and looking so pretty and healthy, i threw the whole thing out. 

oh, and i think it's morningstar who makes the spicy black bean burgers, those are yummy as are their sausages, and since it's healthier than the real thing but really still a processed food, it kinda helps on those days you feel like if you choke down one more piece of freaking broccoli you're going to gag...

btw i used to like salads but this year they have no appeal, so i'll chop up a cucumber and have it with some baby carrots and make my own dip from yogurt, garlic salt and dill.  you don't have to eat salads to get your veggies.  and ranch  dressing is fatty anyway, why eat it if you don't like it.

Name: Liz
Age: 37
Height: 5'5
Start Weight: 168.8
Goal Weight (by August 29): 159. 

8/1/08: 168.8
8/8/08: 166.8
8/15/08: 165.6
8/22/08:168.4
8/29/08: 168.8

Total weight loss: 0 lbs.

i could talk about the WHY of the last almost 2 weeks of not sticking to anything, but it's not the why that matters, it's that i didn't stick to it.  i will take 2 successes away from this month's challenge... i was able to stick to my exercise, food and water goals for over 2 weeks, longer than ever so far, and i am STILL under 170, so i did not go over it.  i got under 170 right before this challenge and so am happy to still be under it at least.  and i credit this challenge with helping me stick to things longer, so i am REALLY hoping that you do another one, restless girl, you rock!  on to september, hopefully this month i can stick to my goals for 3 weeks, instead of a little more than 2 weeks! 

thank you claire!!

lol, my bf came back from a business trip to germany raving about spaetzle, so for me it was off to search the internet for recipes.  i've made it a few times now but i don't have a spaetzle maker.... so i use a flat cheese grater resting on the pot of boiling water, and it's a HUGE mess!  but he loves it, so i try to make it maybe once a month.

Name: Liz
Age: 37
Height: 5'5
Start Weight: 168.8
Goal Weight (by August 29): 159. 

8/1/08: 168.8
8/8/08: 166.8
8/15/08: 165.6
8/22/08:168.4
8/29/08:

Total weight loss: 0.4 lbs.

i suck!  but i know what happened, i did not log my calories, eat healthy, and i only ran once and went to yoga once.  sigh.  i is a bad bad girl.  one more week!  i can say my success this month so far is to stay consistently below 170 at least.  hope everyone else is doing better than me!

i finally got off my hiney today and did w2d1.  it was harder then w1 days 2&3, but not as hard as the first day of w1.  i'm glad i did it.  and there's still time for me to actually finish week 2 during this calendar week and not get behind.

right back at ya!

i agree with both sides of what people have posted so far.   heck yeah you get treated differently when you lose weight.  and part of it, for me at least, is that i feel better about myself because 1) of what i'm doing to be healthy, and 2) because i see results.  so i'm 100% sure i present myself differently, which is part of it.

i like the positive attention, don't get me wrong, but what i don't like is the increasing number of strange men who leer at me.  you know the type, they stare, trying to make eye contact.  creepy!  and it's not like i'm wearing a miniskirt and halter top... i wear jeans and a tshirt to work.  nothing tight or lowcut, not provocative at all.  and on a dressy day i'll wear sandals instead of flip-flops.  hate the creepy leer-ers.

side-note relating to the leer-ers:  have to say one of my favorite comments from a stranger happened when i was out walking, it was when my weight was on the way up and i was trying to nip it in the bud.  anyhoo, i walked past this little old man and as i passed i heard him say "who said white girls ain't got no back?!"  lol he cracked me up, it was funny.  that time i didn't mind.

Name: Liz
Age: 37
Height: 5'5
Start Weight: 168.8
Goal Weight (by August 29): 159. 

8/1/08: 168.8
8/8/08: 166.8
8/15/08: 165.6
8/22/08:
8/29/08:

Total weight loss: 3.2 lbs.

lost only 1.2 lbs this week, but ttom is pending, so hopefully next week will be more impressive!  sounds like everybody's working hard, that's awesome.  and olivia_77, congrats on the new low! 

restlessgirl, as others have said, love the individualized responses, it helps keep me motivated to check back in.  you rock!