Posts by tomiddes

I have asthma too (and arthritis), so I know how hard it is to get a good workout going.  I took up walking, and it seems to work for me.  This seems to be a good place for support and all that, so I hope you stick around.  I'm not great at the forum stuff, but I saw yours and figured I'd give you a welcome.  I'm new here myself so i know what it's like to not know anyone on the boards.

So, welcome from one newbie to another!

I have a specific fear of dead things (even bugs) coming back to life and somehow taking out their deadness on me.  Yes, it's strange, but there it is.  Maybe I saw too many horror movies as a child, I dunno, but I can't even sweep a dead bug off the floor, or vacuum it up.  Someone else has to do it, or it will sit there forever.

I fear being haunted too.  Yes, I'm afraid of ghosts. 

I also fear making phone calls.  I don't mind people calling me, but I don't like calling other people.  I don't know why.  I just don't like to do it.  I'll put it off for days and days, even if it's urgent.  I'd rather talk to someone face to face or over the internet than call them up.  

Thanks for the welcome everyone.  Sorry if I don't answer everyone individually right away, I'm really awful about things like that so don't take it personally, okay?  I'll do my best to keep up with who is doing what though.

I'm gonna try to come online earlier 'cause it was one of my New Year's resolutions to have this silly thing off by 8pm, and I've been running over since I started logging on here.  I have to time this better or rework my resolution (too much time on the computer means nothing else gets done).

Anyway, will try and post back when I have more time, but thought I would thank y'all for the welcome.  

Take care!

Is it too late to join this little over 40 club? I didn't have a chance to read through all 62 pages of this forum, but y'all seem like a tight knit bunch. I just joined calorie count about a week back, and haven't really been active on the forums (I've been ill), but would love to make friends.

I'm 41, and while I don't diet per se, I do watch what I eat. Portion control is the name of my game. I eat whatever I want, just small amounts. I'm in college (yep, at my age), so right now, I eat what I can afford. How I got to be where I am (full time student with no job) is a long and detailed story.

So, I've been overweight for a long, long time - since puberty. I've been fighting genetics, medication side effects, and now, middle-age. It's a wonderful battle, and one I aim to win. I topped out at 285 pounds in 2005 because of anti-depressants and other various medications. My knees and back started to let me know that really wasn't a good weight to be at, so I dropped that down to 220 and have been pretty much stuck there for about three years. I'm doing my best to break that plateau.

So, if it's not too late to join y'all, I hope you'll have me. Let me know how it works, other than posting here, and I'll happily jump right in.

I eliminated high fructose corn syrup from my diet because I found that it was giving me migraines.  That cut out *a lot* of processed foods right there.  You'd be surprised what foods have that in them.  I was.  Unfortunately, a lot of veggies give me heartburn, so they had to go too. 

I like caffeine. I've tried to cut my coffee back to two cups a day.  It works sometimes.  I still use sugar in my coffee because I don't use artificial sweeteners of any kind.

Normally (these last few days notwithstanding)  I try to stay away from foods with ingredients I can't pronounce.  However, since I was too sick to cook, I ate a lot of canned soup.