Posts by agentstarling

great tips thanks!

i pulled a muscle during step class one night it was so sore i couldnt even hardly walk on that night.  I just alternated ice and heat and took ibuprofen and it was better in like 3 days.  I never saw a doctor.  do you stretch really good before you exercise?

Clarice

I have PCOS and it sucks right now because i am unisurable due to this disease!!!  Well anyways since i have that rant out of the way, it really helps me if i eat a low carb high protein diet i lose alot of weight that way.  I am exercising 5 days a week at the YMCA too.  Exercise is important.  The endocrinologist i see has me on a new drug called Glumetza i take 2000 mg daily.  It has less side affects than metformin which gave me awful diarrhea!! Good luck!


Clarice

So lala what actually do you do in yoga?

Awesome guys thanks! I think i may go with this then.  I went on their try the Y one day about a year ago and it is nice but i didnt ask them many questions we just wanted the free day!! LOL  But i like that you dont have a contract.  I joined Curves a couple years ago and i was stuck in a two year contract and HATED it! I lost maybe 7 pounds! So i think i would like the Y because the whole family can come! you all have made my decision so much easier thanks!


Clarice

I have kicked my diet soda habit! Yeah! Since one of my new year resolutions was to quit it! I now drink more water, juice and unsweetened tea.  I feel better not drinking it.  Juice is much better for you but it does have alot of sugar in it maybe go for a light version?  I have heard some people add club soda to it to make it fizzy because some people miss the fizz from it. 

Clarice

They say if you eat dark chocolate it's better for you plus you dont want as much of it.  (like you do milk chocolate)  Or like the others say i dont think deprivation is the way if you must just remember portion control! If you deprive yourself of something you love you want it all the more. 

Clarice

i once ate an entire bag of oreos with a huge glass of skim milk.  It felt good when i did it but after i ate it oh regret!!


Clarice

Well technically does mine count i was pregnant this time last year i weighed in at around 270 at this time last year and now i weigh around 226! :) 


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Original Post by eerica:

this survey's kinda random and all over the place, but oh well. i rarely see surveys in the "weight-loss" forum, so i thought i'd add one. enjoy!

1) what's your name?: Clarice

2) male, or female?: i'm a girl.

3) how old are you?: 37 years old will be 38 next month

4) how tall are you?: 5'5"

5) how much do you weigh currently?: 227

6) are you happy with your body?: not really.

7) what's your favorite calorie-reduced product? (sugar-free yogurt, calorie-wise mayo, etc): sugar free jello of course

8) do you try to eat clean??? What does this mean?

9) do you have a gym membership?: nope

10) when was the last time you went to the gym, or exercised? Friday

11) what's your favorite form of exercise?: walking

12) what's your least favorite form of exercise?: running

13) do you strength-train?: no

14) how often do you go to the gym or exercise?: try to 5 days a week, take a break on weekends.

15) does anyone else exercise with you? (friends, family, etc): yep, hubby and my 10 month old gets strolled :)

16) what's your #1 food weakness?: cake

17) do you actually drink enough water?:no probably not

18) how many more pounds to do you want to lose?: weigh 227 right now but would love to at least get under 200 pounds my first goal is to get under 200 then will work on making it to 180 then i eventually want to weigh 150! Would do cartwheels if i made it to 150!

19) do you own a food scale?: yep. it's old, but it works.

20) are you craving anything right now?: no, just ate a salad with grilled chicken

I have been using Paul McKenna's cd and it's hypnosis and yes i think it works im walking more and eating less and i have lost about 28 pounds since coming here in April of this year! :)  So yes i believe it works!


Clarice

Thanks tana!! :) 

Clarice

My sister calls hers her "front butt" since she doesn't have much of an "ass".!!! LOL  She has heard others call it a flesh apron.  Yuck i hope to get rid of mine soon!!


Clarice

I have been overweight my entire life and i did get pregnant on my own when i was young but i miscarried my first baby.  But i was thinner then too.  I went for about 2 years with little or NO periods on my own and using NO birth control whatsoever and decided this is not normal i was wanting a baby but couldnt conceive.  I finally went to a REPRODUCTIVE endocrinologist they can do more extensive testing to see exactly why i couldnt conceive.  I had some imbalance of my hormones and i had cysts all over my ovaries so i was diagnosed with having PCOS.  The doctor prescribed clomid and i was on it for 3 cycles before i got pregnant in 1995 and delivered a healthy baby boy in 1996.  Then almost 4 years later i went again for fertility help and clomid didnt work that time i had to do injectible fertility meds and did one cycle of gonal f and IUI and i conceived my daughter.  I had her in 2000.  Then i decided i was ready for another child in 2003 got pregnant again on the gonal f and iui first cycle!  Then miscarried that baby.  Then after i joined weight watchers (was on glucophage also for my PCOS)  and i started losing weight and then bam! i had a period on my own in April of 2007 (which i NEVER did have one without induction of one)  then i coudlnt understand i wasnt losing the weight like i should be folllowing the diet closely and not losing much but i was exercising alot and i think i had lost only like 15 pounds and found out i was pregnant last June!! (yep on my own!!) had my son in Januaryof this year.  So YES even having fertility problems you can have children.  But pregnancy is much easier on you if you lose weight before becoming pregnant.  I had issues with my blood pressure while pregnant.  I only have blood pressure problems when im pregnant.  Has your partner been tested also?? It could  be something simple as him shooting blanks.  Good luck!!

Clarice

Thanks everyone for your kind comments.  I know i still have a ways to go before i can really tell but if i keep on doing what i am doing i know i can do.  Some days are so hard.  But i have to keep my health in mind and i feel somuch better now.  This one lady on the tv the other day said that for every 10 pounds she lost she went out and bought a sack of potatoes (a 10 pound bag) and when she eats out of boredom she looks at those sacks!! I dont have the room to do that but it makes sense!! LOL


Clarice