Posts by jpeterson_8

Thanks for the info, bubbasgirl! I do take calcium supplements every day, so I'm not sure if that's the cause.... although I'm curious if they aren't working! I hope it's not peri-menopause. I AM going to the dr in a few weeks, so hopefully she can clue me in to what's going on.

I say if it works for you, keep it! You might want to hold onto the receipt for 30 days or whatever just in case. My problem was just that it wouldn't give me a heart rate if I was moving at ALL, and that's pretty pointless since the whole reason you want the HRM is to tell you your heart rate WHILE exercising! Good luck! I hope it keeps working for you.

My grandparents have been to Australia twice and LOVED it, so I definitely want to go at some point!! Yes, this trip this summer will be short & sweet - just enough really to get our feet wet with traveling outside of the US. My boyfriend just started a new job in Jan and won't have many vacation days by then, plus we don't want to spend a ton of money right now. So we might opt for something like an all-inclusive place in the caribbean or somewhere else not too far away. I forget how much time flying someplace takes up! We'll definitely be saving money and vacation days over the next year so hopefully next year we can go somewhere fabulous!!

Yeah, I had considered Mexico, too, but my boyfriend said he's heard about a lot going on with abductions lately. But I'm sure it just depends on where you go. The Yucatan Peninsula would probably be ok.

WOW, that sounds awesome. I'm a dessert fiend, too. Do you have any other recipes you've cut calories from that have been successful?

Yeah, I'm in Athens, GA. I drove to the beach for a few days mid Sept, then on the way back I didn't have to stop for gas, thinking I would just fill up when I got back into town. Well, as I drove into town, every gas station I passed had bags over the pumps, and I thought, "What the heck is going on?" I finally got to a gas station that had gas - $3.95/gal which is cheap right now - and they had a limit of 10 gals. All week it's been that way, (prices ranging from $3.99/gal to $4.39/gal) although it seems like the past couple of days I've seen a few more gas stations with gas. HOWEVER, this weekend is the UGA/Alabama game, sold out - an extra 95,000 people coming to town. An OIL EXEC was pushing to postpone the game until we get more gas coming in, but the governor said he was just being dramatic. I've seen the big bus-motor home things heading into town and am wondering how they're going to get any gas to go home! And what WE'RE going to do once they're gone!

Well, I didn't really lose it FAST, but I guess it was just a realistic goal of losing the final 10 lbs in 6 months. I logged pretty much EVERYTHING I put in my mouth every day - stuck to around 1400 cals per day. Then any exercise I did I logged into my activity log. I would usually walk about 50 min 3-4 times a week then go to the gym on weekends. My calories from eating and alcohol went up to about 2000 on weekends, but I would spend a lot of time at the gym on those days, so it pretty much evened out. So you can certainly have cheat days here & there, but make sure you exercise regularly. Also, upping your calorie intake here & there keeps your metabolism from stabilizing. Good luck!!! 

I'm right there with you! I'm finally averaging right around 125 so I decided to switch to maintenance mode today. It told me, too, that I would need 1200 to maintain which I know is crazy! So I'm just going to try and move my calories up to somewhere between 1600-1800 and see how that goes. It's funny, though, I feel like I've been in 'weight loss mode' for so long I'm not sure how to maintain! Good luck on your maintenance!!!

My scale tends to give me different readings most of the time! Sometimes by just a .1 of a pound, other times by a whole pound. So some mornings I'll just get on once if I like the first number... other times I'll get on 2 or 3 times and see what numbers are the same. And then my boyfriend's scale always says I'm 2 or 3 pounds less than mine does! They're both digital, different kinds though go figure. I DO weigh every day, but I keep a log and take a weekly average so the little highs and lows every day don't freak me out.

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not too far from my goal weight, so I guess I'll stick it out until I get there and then up the calories to maintain. At least it's almost summer, right?   :)

I actually went through my closet and drawers and am FINALLY going to get rid of all the shorts and skirts that are too big. I hate to do that - I really like some of those things. I'm nervous to get rid of the stuff, though, 'cause I keep thinking I'll gain the weight back - I've always kind of yo-yo'd. But a good friend of mine gave me good advice - GET RID OF THE TOO BIG CLOTHES! That way I won't even give myself an option of gaining weight - if the smaller clothes start feeling tight, it's time to watch what I eat again. The main problem right now is money... I really don't have the money to buy any clothes right now!

I wish birth control wasn't so complicated! There are SO many different kinds out there you'd think there would be at least ONE that worked great for each person! If only it didn't screw up your cycle switching between different kind of pills. (sigh) Thanks for the comments, ladies. Maybe one day they really WILL come out with a pill that doesn't kill your sex drive. Of course by that time, I'll probably be menopausal!  ;)