Posts by melissak753

They sell like discrete ankle and wrist weights at places like walmart/target.  They strap on with velcro and are pretty comfortable, you could try wearing those to work and it would help make those moves more effective.

Try not to over do it on celebrating your own success.  As a woman, nothing would annoy me more if I was having a hard time losing weight while my husband was gloating and celebrating.  Tell her she looks beautiful, and that you will love her at any size.

I love the suggestions of doing a fun healthy activity with her, or you can always go with my fiancee's favorite line "sex burns lots of calories its good for you!"  seriously though, even if shes not in the mood knowing that she turns you on is a real confidance booster!

I have the exact same stats as you, im 20 5'6" female, and started my diet at 160.  I have lost 30 pounds since then and I am by no means emaciated or skinny at all.  A healthy weight range for our height is like 115-150 from what I have gathered from various sources, so your goal of 136-145 is right in the middle of there and I would say thats great!

Your doctor was probably just telling you 10-12 because thats what it would take to get into the "healthy" range and doctors really shouldnt be promoting young women to lose more weight than they have to to be healthy, you get what im saying right?

As for your mom, my mom says the same types of things.  Mothers can be like that. idk I am sure she will be happy as long as you are happy and healthy.

I have an excercise video that does exactly what you are talking about.  (Jillian Michaels 30 day shred) its a brief warm up then 3 sets of: 3mins strength, 2 mins cardio, 1 min abs.  I have been doing it for several months now and thought it has worked great for me.  I feel like I am getting a full workout in and burning a lot of calories, since I am usually dead tired ready to fall over by the end of it!  The think about 20 min workouts though, is you have to go fast and hard to get the full benefit, if you slack off even a little its just not as effective.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

enjoy your pizza, you deserve it!

My bf and I were having our standard "date night" we were planning on going to this huge rose garden that we go to every now and then, but it was raining so I didn't want to go.  He made me go anyway, so we got our umbrellas and went.  He got down on one knee in front of the fountain in the middle of the rose garden in the pouring rain.  It was so beautiful and incredible.

i actually got my sugar fix from some fat free berry yogurt, its probably not for everyone but its worth a shot.  normally i dont like yogurt that much but it seemed to work well for me as a dessert replacement.

I am getting crest whitestrips supreme (professional strength) they are on amazon for like $40 and they are supposed to work a lot better than the regular crest white strips you get at like walmart.  I haven't tried them yet but they have been getting amazing reviews on amazon

looking at the issue from a purely economic perspective, it costs much more on average carry out capital punishment than to keep a person in prison for the rest of their lives. Its not just a little more its several times more.  this is due to all the costs of appeals and all the judicial review that needs to go on

personally I am opposed to capital punishment and not just for economic reasons, I could write a book on why, but I have homework to do.

hang in there!

breakups are really one of the worst things you can go through, but it will eventually make you stronger.  When my ex and I broke up, I cried for a week straight, all I did was sit in my room and cry.  I didn't eat or sleep or anything.  Since then I met an amazing guy who is perfect for me, and makes me wonder why I even dated my ex much less cried over him!

Things will get easier, you just need time to heal.

**hugs**

I am always looking for new friends!

SW 160

CW 135

GW 120

I got the whoe "eating right" thing down pretty well, I just need someone to give me a cyber butt kicking to get me working out! I am sooo lazy.

So, how are we doing this?  Checking in on this thread, through journals?  I would like to really get more involved with people in the site and keep up with what I say I am going to do.

I usually eat powerbars for lunch when i have my long days of class.  they are easy and dont get squished and ruined in backpacks.  For dinner, try some of those frozen dinners, some of them are actually really good!  Be warned though, some (especially the good ones) are not that filling, so when I eat them I stuff myself with celery or some other veggie because I need to feel full after dinner or I snack all night.

DRINK! I drink insane amounts of no calorie flavored water it really helps fill me up, jut plain water works well too.   if you need to chew something either chew gum or what I do is cut up lots of celery or carrots and just eat them raw. you can eat as much of them as you want without feeling guilty

i had instant oatmeal for bfast

and now im at the library trying to eat my snacks without getting yelled at for having food by the computers

no lunch today because I am too busy with classes for a full meal so my afternoon snacks include: chocolate powerbar, 1/4 cup raw unsalted almonds, as much celery and carrot sticks as i can choke down, and fat free yogurt

for dinner I am planning on having either a lean cusine pannini or some smoked sausage with a big salad

maybe more snacks later depending on where i am with calories

I did the same thing and its been working great for me!

I broke it up into 5 pound intervals and so far I have gotten a purse, wallet, sunglasses, and sexy shoes I didnt need.  I felt great about myself because I was losing weight and it made me feel even more confidant walking around in my new shoes and everything else I got myself.  It was a really great motivator even if the things were not that expensive it made me feel good to have something new that I "earned".  For my last goal I am buying myself a bunch of new clothes that actually fit!

good luck!