Posts by sisikoff

Those were good tips.   Here's some more motivation.   Think about how great you are gonna feel when you get to your ideal weight, especially if you are including vigorous exercise in your weight loss program.   You will have more energy to do the things you love to do.  You will be happier at how you look in the mirror, and when you go to try on clothes at the store you will be ecstatic.   You will have accomplished something that is tough to do, but can be done with persistance.   You are young, so you are not yet thinking about long term consequences of being overweight, but your body knows the score.   Your arteries will thank you, your heart will thank you, and your joints will thank you.   So when you look at the delicious binge foods in front of you, just weigh the pros and cons carefully.   And if you just gotta have them, count the calories in them, eliminate something else, and stay within your limits for the day.  If you blow one day, go back to your limits the next.  Persist persist persist.  That is the main thing, especially when you are not that far from your goal, cause it seems to get slower and slower.  And keep on coming to calorie count, everyone here has similar issues and there are many successful healthy eaters here.

Molly you are right about airfares.   We just booked to return to St. Maarten and the price for pet travel is up to 100 dollars per pet and we have two.  Might as well buy them their own seat at that price.  And you have to book on the phone to assure a pet reservation (limited numbers allowed in the passenger cabin--tho to be honest I prefer the pets to people as flying companions).  I don't even object so much to the price, after all, if I can afford to have a condo in st. maarten, I shouldn't grouse about getting there, but the reservation process took 45 minutes on the phone and the airline employees were downright rude.  I went out and pulled weeds all day to get over my anger at them, and came in and tried to log onto cc and they were down for database something or other.  And when I tried again it let me log in and then kept error messaging and saying contact customer service and when I did that it also error messaged.   So I went and ate everything in the refrig.   Dumb, huh?  Ah well, cc works today, and I am back on the wagon.  Have been at the same weight for 2 months but with all the travel we did, I am okay with that.  Still would like to start losing again.

Congrats, sujihime, on breaking that 180 mark.  Those 10 pound levels are very important.  For me they are the new level that I will never never let myself get above again.

It really makes me nervous to hear everyone pushing more and more water....has anyone here heard of water intoxication?   Yes indeed, even a substance as innocuous seeming as water, when taken in excess, can be harmful to your health. It washes out your electrolytes, can cause brain swelling.    In normal people thirst is a great guide to water need.  I am trying to find scientific studies that show that drinking lots and lots of water is beneficial....if you know of any in respectable medical journals, I'd love to hear about them.  In the meantime, I will trust my thirst, and so should you.   Which is not to say you should not switch to water from other less healthful things like soda.

For some reason my computer refuses to go to a separate area after I quote....oh well.

Hi, y'all, back from the grand canyon and colorado river.  Neat trip but gained 3 pounds.  The food on the rafting trip was outrageously good and the guides lied...you don't lose weight trying to maintain your body temperature...at least not enuf.  That water was mighty cold, though.   Never thought I could sleep on the ground at my age, but it was not a problem.  Back on the cc wagon tomorrow.  Oh, if only it is all just water retention, wouldn't that be great?

ohmigosh, ka2007, you are an inspiration!   Saying no with your family is about the hardest thing to do.   And 20 kg since january is a ton of weight.   You are so awesome!   Okay, you have inspired me.   I am starting fresh right this minute.  Vacation or no vacation.  Thanks!

100 calorie pack kettle corn

Whew, so glad  to hear from you, Molly, was getting worried.   To me it does not seem nuts to be depressed and anxious when someone you love is going into harm's way.  If you can just keep focused on how well trained and capable your DH is to deal with whatever happens, it might be some comfort.   And upping the thyroid may assist your mood too.   Your lab results look terrific, tho, what an accomplishment.   Wish you all the best, hope your clouds lift soon.

Where is everybody?    I miss y'all!

Original Post by love2hatetreamills:

THROW OUT THE SCALES!!!!  ALL OF THEM!!!  SCALE BOYCOTT!!!

RANT TIME:

I was all proud and happy about my wonderful workouts this weekend.  My mother was over and I joyously show her my biceps.  Yup, biceps from weight training Saturday.  She wrinkles her nose and says "do you really want to be all muscles?"   Yet another woman who believes that having muscles turns you into She-ra.  YES, I want muscles, so my underarms don't jiggle and I can be proud to wear a sleeveless shirt.  GEEEZ!  How about some support. 

(to put perspective, my mother is a petite little thing who says things like "oh, man, I am back up to 110"; I obviously take after my father)

 

It is amazing how mothers have the unique ability to inflict hurt, isn't it?   Even when they think its in "your best interest".   Well here is some support for you from an old lady who is suffering with those creepy bat wing underarms.   Keep it up!   My arms are a little smaller since losing weight but still baggy flabby, and at this age it is really hard to add muscle (tho I keep trying).   And there is nothing wrong with being strong, it comes in handy sometimes.   But work on those triceps too!

My scale is not cooperating either but it is because my mouth is not cooperating.   Today is a new day....starting over with new resolve.  I will not return to being a sausage!   And even tho I have 2 lunch dates this week I will not let it put me off track.    Easy to say.....we will see.

Sort of like the dh who says "lets go for a walk"   and then he walks a block ahead of you.   Sometimes I just want to take a wrong turn and see if he misses me at all.

Thank you to whoever it was who posted that runners world site, I went to it and got inspired to add some running to my morning walks.   I was kinda disappointed to see what bad shape I am in tho...could only run 1 minute out of 5, so that will have to be it for my first week.   We'll see how it goes.   I have always wanted to run a little because I don't know any overweight runners, it seems like really good exercise that doesn't take too long to do.   Don't know if my 61 year old joints will take it tho, we will see.   Back home to good old USA on Wednesday.  

Just click on the "start recording"   and then double click the first point in your planned walk, then the next point and then next.   When you double click a point a little marker will appear.  You need to put points at all the turns so you get an accurate plot of your path.  When you are done the meter in the upper left will show you the distance.

What a great idea!   Thanks for the link.

I would really like to rant today but if I start I will not be able to stop.   We have a guest (one of the problems of living on a tropical isle when it is cold elsewhere) who shall remain nameless, but who is driving me nuts!!!   Let me just say that I will be serving dry lettuce salad for the rest of the week and there are plenty of restaurants he is welcome to go to and buy his own darn food for a change.   This guest does not know how to be a guest.   We actually have a guest rating system, DH and I, which goes from 1 to 10.  Depending on rating, that determines whether the person is ever invited back.    Minus two is this week's rating.  I feel like emulating my cat.....yowwwwl!