Posts by andriav69

Put me down at 294 for this weigh in. Not terrific but better than I expected.

Last month 299.6

This month 298.8

Loss: 0.8

But that's ok since I weighed a couple weeks ago and had a gain which had be back at 302.

AndriaV69 

Jan. 8:  311.2

Feb. 1:  299.6 

Jan Loss:  11.6

I'm fighting those PMS hungries right now! I have been for almost a week. But, for me, it's chocolate that I crave. The best thing I know to do is run to the store, buy ONE chocolate bar, and then account for the calories if the craving won't go away any other way. Luckily, I live in a rural area and it's not worth the drive to the store for one chocolate bar and I don't need anything else from the store right now. LOL

You could try exercising, drinking water, reading, anything to take your mind off the craving for the chocolate. I just find myself walking to the fridge and looking several times a day, even though I know chocolate hasn't magically appeared in there since the last time I looked. And, like Tina said, try other things that are healthy alternatives to what you are craving and see if it helps. Like a 60 calorie sugar free chocolate pudding cup or those 60 calorie hershey sticks. If salty is your thing, try sunflower kernels. A 1/4 cup serving of them has 180 calories (a little high) but if you are like me, I can't eat that many at once. I usually have 1/2 a serving if I'm craving salty foods. They also take care of the crunchy craving, too. 

I'm 38 and have 150 pounds to lose. I just started using CC on the 18th so this is day 3 for me. So far, it's going pretty good. Although, I think I might have picked the wrong time of month to start it, if you know what I mean! LOL

I do great without craving chocolate or anything like that until the week leading up to my period...and of course, that's this week. IF I can keep the chocolate cravings under control the first week of doing this, then I should be fine the rest of the time...at least I hope so. LOL

Thanks for the welcome, Sun. I didn't want to post the long story again in here since I'd posted it twice but it's also on my journal if anyone wants to read it to get to know me better.

I agree, it's really hard to do so many things that people with less weight to lose take for granted.  My hips and knees right now prevent a lot of walking, same with my back. Some days, it's a struggle to walk to the mailbox and back. I'm really looking forward to the day I can do that without getting totally out of breath. I also have to watch my cardio because my heart beats too fast. I've got to start out really slowly and work my way up to 30-60 minutes a day. Actual walking is pretty well out for me right now so I'm buying a treadmill on payday, along with a total gym. At least that way, I can stop if it gets to be too much on the knees, back, hips, heart. I might only be able to do 5 minutes at first, but I will be able to do that 5 minutes several times a day. 

I think the total gym will also help with strengthening my back and with toning. I had one years ago and loved it (back when on weight watchers). They really give a good workout. I live out in the country so there's no gym or YMCA close to go to regularly. Heck, this county doesn't even have a library or Walmart, let alone a Y or gym. I found out yesterday that they just started doing weight watchers meetings here in the county about 3 months ago. But, I'd rather lose the weight without going to Weight Watchers this time. The points plan and calorie counting are basically the same. One point averages out to about 50 calories so if I can save $48 a month and do it with calorie counting and with online support and friends, that's much more my speed. 

Thank you for the welcome, Denise.

My current weight is 308 and I just joined CC today.  

I just joined the site today on the recommendation of my daughter. She's a member as well. I weigh 308 right now which is close to the heaviest I've ever been in my life. My highest weight ever was 325. I'm 38, been married 2 1/2 years to my second husband, and we are both worried about what my weight is doing to my health.

My bad cholesterol was ok at my last doctor's appt in December but my good cholesterol was only at 26 and my VLDL was at 46. I really need to reverse those two numbers. I had to have a heart cath this past summer along with my gall bladder removed. I have PCOS, sleep apnea, and my hip joints, knee joints, and back hurt constantly. My blood pressure was high last summer but I've got it back down under control now with diet alone, although the doctor put me back on my blood pressure meds to slow down my heart rate. I don't have diabetes (yet) but my dad is diabetic and my mom's lvls are close to diabetic range. I've been lucky so far that my blood sugar levels have always been normal.

I know the problems that I'm experiencing can be taken care of with weight loss and exercise. I joined weight watchers back in 2000 when I weighed 325 and lost down to 201 but when my sister died of breast cancer in 2002, I just turned to food to help me deal with the loss and I'm just now getting to the point of turning away from food and realizing my sister would want me to be as healthy as possible and killing myself isn't showing her memory any respect. Not to mention the stress it puts on my husband worrying about me having a heart attack or something because of my weight when he's at work.

That's probably also another factor in my weight issues. My husband is a towboat captain. His job takes him from home 28 days at a time so cooking healthy isn't really something I do. I do quick and easy because it's just me here. Plus, the turning to food for comfort due to being alone so much. I do eat much better when he's home. I know I've got to continue that when he's gone as well. It's just so much easier to fix a sandwich or something instead of cooking healthy. That's a habit I've got to break.

Anyway, that's enough about me. I really hope to make some friends on here and give/receive support in this long journey ahead of me. My first goal is to make it to 280 which is a 10% loss (Roughly) and then to get down around the 200 mark by my 40th birthday in March of 2009.