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It looks like a good one to watch, I found myself identifying with a lot of what the preview was talking about...  "Xcept, i kept thinking how gorgeous she was and "I wish!"...

Original Post by egoheen:

I've been struggling with finding the right diet since forever it seems. I am the world's pickiest adult eater and trying to find things that I like is nearly impossible. I am trying to keep low calories, low fat, and low sugar. I love potatoes and bread and butter which is hard for me. I hate salad and most green veggies. I've tried to limit my red meats and only eat fish and poultry. I am hoping someone can offer some suggestions for me. Sometimes I'm so desperate I think about only eating chicken and apples (two things I know I like).

Thanks for making this post, I'm very much the same way...  Mmmm Butter, Cheese, LOL!!!

I have found egg dishes to be great.  Add just a bit of cheese (I use measuring cups and allow myself a serving (or so, it's all measured and accounted for... this is a lifestyle change so I want to enjoy it) and some cooked spinach or broccoli (I have no problems with these two veggies, but that's really about it LOL)...  Easy, Breezy... Good for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner

So ye want to hear me story do ye?  (Yah, I'm a recovering WoW addict too, but it's been a few years since I was sucked down that whole)...

I'm 32 (will be 33 in a few months), happily married with no children...  I'm probably close to 80 lbs overweight technically, but honestly think I'd be happy losing about 50... Heck, I'm actually fairly comfortable with myself right now...

I've battled weight issues my entire conscious life...  When I was 15, I weighed 103 lbs, but thought I was fat...  I wanted to get down to 76 lbs for some outrageous reason...  Thank the gods, that never happened LOL!!  Now that I'm about 100 lbs heavier, I look back at those pictures and chuckle...  I realize now, that when I look in the mirror, what I see is not realistic... I feel the same fat feeling I did when I was 15 and I now know I wasn't fat then.

Well, I've dieted off and on and lost good amounts of lbs a few times...  Once from hard work and well, obsession really, and once from a misdiagnosis and really really horrible medicines...  I was literely being poisoned by my doc and lost over 50 lbs in less than 2 months...  (One interesting thing I've notice since I've lost some weight from exercise now is I can wear the same size now and I could when I was 20 lbs lighter from the drug reactions...)

I have really slacked off on the calorie counting, but still watch what I eat.  The last few weeks have been hard because I keep going out and getting fatty cheese foods...  (Cheese is my downfall) but I seem to be maintaining, so I'm not going to get ticked at myself.

As I said in my earlier post, I have a fitness goal that's my priority now...  Next month there is a "Relay for Life" in my town that I'm going to volunteer for...  I get to walk/run for 2 hours and get donations based on how many miles I walk/run.  The proceeds go to cancer research...  My cousin recently ran a marathon and I saw how proud everyone was of him and decided I wanted to complete something like that (but more to my abilities, I'm not a runner LOL)...

So thats my story and I'm sticking to it LOL!!!

I'm totally with GI Jane on this one...  I've yo-yo'd for years and years...  because I keep setting myself up to fail...  This time around, my outlook is much different and may actually not be acceptable for most people.  I really don't care about my weight at this time.  Sure I look at the numbers each day and do my best to count my calories accuratly, but I've found that the key to my happiness is exercise and better nutrition in general. 

I really just want to feel better and the changes I've made are helping that.  I still have days that are bad, where I feel like I'm binging (and I probably am) but I remind myself that is just one day in the rest of my life. 

Sure, my weight isn't going down very fast, if at all actually... But my self esteem has gone up beyond previous levels (even when I was 103 lbs)...  I feel sassy, sexy and fit at 200ish lbs (5'2" and 32yrs old if you want all the stats)...

I think you gotta get to where your ready to do this for yourself, and noone else...  You'll find your groove, a fad diet may be that for you, it's just not for me...

I'm game!! Although, it sure feels like my metabolism hit that wall... Maybe because I never ever had "that one sport." Rocking out and dancing around like an idiot with my friends seemed to do the trick back then... I'd blame it all on hubby, but I was with him back then.

How much background shall we ask about? I'm jumping in with the basics... I'm 32 (for a few more months LOL), 5'2", 200 ish lbs (ya know how this changes from day to day :O...)... My suggested "healthy" weight is 123 lbs, but seriously... I don't want to be that skinny, curves really are sexy... No really, I would be extremely proud of myself and overjoyed if I got to the 150-160 range. I know that it's still technically obese, but not everyone has the "typical" healthy weight.

I don't really enjoy physical exertion... In fact, one of my favorite sayings is "I'm inherently lazy!!!" However, I have began enjoying working out alot more than I used to... I really think that has more to do with how I fell before, during and after than any amount of "FUN" LOL!!! But hey, whatever works.

Oh ya, I tend to ramble endlessly LOL!!!! Well you brought up the subject !

Original Post by jasmin3w4:

Hi everyone.

I drink 2 large coffees a day with 2% milk and 2 sweeteners in each cup. Do you think I should log the coffees or can I get away with not logging those calories?

My eat meter says to eat 1200 cals a day to a pound a week. I am finding this really hard to stick with (I am getting a lot of headaches and blow my diet if I go that low) so I am eating 1400. Have you found eating a little more has slowed down your weight loss at all? For those of you who do eat 1200 a day, how do you do it?

Thanks

J

I log my extras such as cream and milk, but don't log the coffee itself. 

As for your calorie amount, ya, it's hard to tell without knowing all your stats, but it sounds pretty low to me also.  I kinda zig zag and not on purpose.  I've still not found that magic number and somedays eat around 1500 and somedays around 1800 (which my doc fully approves of that range).  Then there are days like yesterday, when I totally blew it at dinner, I didn't even log it because I didn't know how.  We went to Sizzler and I had the salad bar (no they are not always good for ya LOL) and I'm sure I bumped my number up to around 2000 because I hadn't been very careful all day.  Well, I lost 1.8 lbs yesterday...  Go figure LOL!!!

My advise (and I'm no expert) would be to try upping your calories, if the headaches don't go away, or if you start gaining, I'd say check with a doc.  That really is what they are there for

Original Post by mortalmonkey:

Nice! Good job. I can look down now and see my doodle!

 Doodle?  Come on Monkey, that just sounds wrong  LOL!!!

I actually noticed my ankles...  I know that sounds very victorian, but I now sport perfect ankles and show them often LOL!!  (I'm a hussy what can I say )

I'm a little surpised and intriged by this fact.  It just seems off that fruit would be fatty...  But I just never really thought about it, in my head I guess, fat always comes from an animal (or nut I guess).  But then I realize I use "Vegetable Oil." 

Gee, thanks for making me use my brain so dang early !!  (I know my time stamp says eastern time, but really its not even 6:30am here in Oregon).

P.S.  I viewed your before and after pics and you are absolutely gorgeous and my guess is yes, your cousin has some jealousy issues.  (For one, even in your before picture, your still gorgeous)

Personally, I might feel a little uncomfortable about my doctor discussing me with someone else.  There are actually laws against that these days (HIPPA).  But he/she may have just been meaning to convey the compliment.

Too funny, I was just looking at your profile because I saw your post on the "Are my boobs going to be nice again?" (or something along that line).  I loved your response about before and after pics LOL!!!!

I can totally see a difference, but can I give just a 'bit of advise?  (Its the same I've hounded my guy about if that helps )  Everything looks much smaller and nicer with better fitting clothes...  Even though I can definatly see a difference (great job, by the way), the baggy undershorts made it harder to compare the pics.  Although, if we'd seen before and after pics in those (sorry, couldn't resist ).....

Anyways, your great, doing a great job and love the sense of humor!  Thanks for posting :)

I haven't really paid a whole lot of attention to if I lose around ovulation (I'm not sure if I'd know when exactly that is ).  I do notice, I usually gain a few pounds the day before or of (sometimes a bit before that, depending on my habits) and then seem to see a good size drop right after it ends (2-3 lbs that stick).

I have noticed my appitite increasing by huge amounts though.  I don't think I ever noticed that before I started tracking (except the obvious chocolate craving...  What's with that?  Is there some scientific explanation? LOL).

Now you've got me curious and I may take my calander and compare it to my weight chart to see if there is a pattern.  If I get around to that, I'll try and remember to come back to this post and let you know what I find :).

A little off topic, but what's "Spinning?"  I thought it was on a stationary bike?  But I'm very much an exercise newbie so it wouldn't surprise me if I was mistaken.  One of the reasons I'm using this sight is because everything I learned about exercise and healthy eating I learned watching TV from the couch LOL!!  (Not totally true, but not to far from it either).

That's sooo funny that I see ya'll's post today about cake.  For the last few months, I've been able to avoid and turn it down.  I'm not a huge cake fan anyways.  Well today, one of the mangers brought each of us HR Specialists a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and strawberries.  I couldn't resist (besides, it was a very sweet and thoughtful thing) and ate one small piece.  I'll just be careful the rest of the day.  Maybe eat my apple instead of my 100 calorie snack bar.  And a light supper tonight and I'll be okay.

I have to say, it was sooo worth the wait.  The others I've denied have been store bought and this was homemade and very tasty.  Now I'm going to go wrap the left overs and put them in the fridge for my hubby who can eat a horse and still lose weight

I totally understand what your talking about and what you feel may behind those feelings.  I also agree that it may have to do with the attention.  I get extremly uncomfortable, especially since my loss isn't as great as it could/should be.  So I just turn it around and exclaim on how great I feel since I've made these changes and rub in the fact that I eat chocolate every day !!

Thanks for the encouragment.  My numbers aren't going down as fast as I'd like, but they are going down (and up and down LOL)...  My doc is very pleased with my progress and how I'm getting there, so I do my best to take that cue and be pleased as well.

One thing that makes it much easier (yet harder in some aspects) is that I've really tried to make my goals about "health" not weight loss.  It makes it easier in that it really is a life change and it's easier to forgive myself for "falling off the wagon" so to speak.  It also makes it harder, because I don't track as strictly as some others who've seen great losses.  I know I could lose faster, but I don't want to deny myself anything, I want to learn what will keep me healthy and have it become second nature.