Posts by shg_chiquita

Female

5'4.5"

136 lbs

top: s

pant: 4-6

About three times since January I've gotten backed up.  I could not go for 2-3 days and for someone who usually goes twice a day, it was awful.  I tried fruit, I tried fiber, I tried being more active and nothing seemed to kick it into gear.  Unfortunately all three times I had to use pills to get myself moving.

You're not alone!! Try all the natural remidies first, I would not turn to medication until you have exhausted all other opprotunities...using those pills feels miserable.  Awful stomach cramps and running to the bathroom for a few hours. 

my face.  sorry about the boobs, i have the opposite problem.  I lost 39 pounds and went from a DD to a D WOO :(

I'm in, i am trying to lose approx 10 MORE pounds, I'm already down 38 pounds since January.  I'm 5'4.5" and weigh 139.4!  Final goal is 130.

i have similiar problems..i've lost over 38 pounds and am only slightly under 10 from my goal.  My brain realizes that at this point in time, I weigh less than I did in high school (and looking back on those pictures i always thought I was skinny).  My heart just doesn't see it yet. 

Sometimes I do...when I can fit into a size 6 at the store or I have to switch to small shirts at old navy but I still can't grasp it quite yet.  Slowly getting there...

Stay proud of yourself.  You have lost a ton of weight, and the only way to make yourself see it, is to keep pointing it out to yourself when you look in the mirror.  I found that making pictures of myself with my measurements has helped me A LOT!  I can look at old ones I made and SEE the difference on those. 

my dad said to my boyfriend "you better watch out or she's going to dissapear! She's getting skinny!"  ...this comes from a very loving, but very rough exterior father.

I'm almost 5'5"...more like 5'4.5" and my goal is 130.  Right now I weigh 140 and I am content but I would like to lose some more.  I think it depends on the shape of your body and how you feel at what weight! 

1. My boyfriend...he has been nothing but supportive throughout the entire process.  He kept me going through the rough patches and he praises all of my successes.

2. My mother...she got into it after I did and she loves calling me and asking me what I weighed that day.  She thought my goal weight should have been 5 pounds ago, so I can't wait until she sees me at such a low weight (we live a few hours away)

3. A woman from work...she always tells me that I should be proud of myself and that I'm doing so good.  It's always nice to hear.

Confidence and mindset are key.  I live by the saying "life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it."  you can change anything (mostly anything) into a positive situation by thinking about it a different way.  This has helped me SOOO much during my weight loss, and throughout the rest of my life.

i just finished eating chinese food.  nuff said.

I don't think there's anything wrong with having pizza but a WHOLE PIZZA? LOL.

tomorrow is a new day, we all have slip ups.  I agree that you need to eat more throughout the day so you are not ravenous at night!!

Also, don't throw out the pizzas, wrap each slice up individually and freeze them.  Write the number of calories on the outside with a marker, and remind yourself of how many calories they are they you go to defrost them.

Have one slice once in a while or even once a week with salad instead of another slice. 

Everything in moderation. That is certainly the key.  I've lost 37 pounds and I haven't "given up" any food...I just don't eat them as much and I don't eat the same amount.  Now, I don't even desire that stuff anymore.

I have a little notebook I write everything in and I come on here to look up things like fruits and veges!

unfortunately, all the treadmills weren't working last night so I did the whole thing on the elliptical (ugh).  I just went much faster since I was on the elliptical.  Still got a good workout, just frustrating!

haven'haven't been able to go lately because of congestion!  I really hope I don't set myself back but I tried to go late last week and couldn't breathe...wayyyy to much stuff in my throat/nose/chest.

I'm going through the same thing...for the first 30 pounds or so of my weight loss I did not notice much of a difference.  Little things here or there, and the changes in clothes but it never really hit me that I was changing my whole body so much.

Today I have lost over 35 pounds and I can definitely see a difference in the mirror.  The fact that I know I weigh LESS than people I always thought were thin or what I wanted to be is SHOCKING to me.

It's such a good feeling to realize how much you have truly done for yourself!