Posts by naturallyd

I would like to join. I have not been very successful at the weight loss game as of late. I need to change that.

AGE: 28

SW: 169

CW: 169

GW: 145

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First of all, don't waste your money on one of those store bought cleanses that costs 40 $ or more. They are mostly fiber pills and you'll be swallowing up to 20 pills a day. I've done those and they are a total waste of time and money. Your body detoxifies naturally, for one thing, but if you want to feel lighter, less bloated, less sluggish, then you can do a sort of detox cleanse on your own. When I'm feeling that way, I just eat completely clean for awhile and add a lot of fiber, extra water, and mostly whole fruits and vegetables to my diet. Lots of cayenne pepper and cinnamon help too. I usually make a low sodium vegetable soup w/ lots of cayenne and cut out the coffee for awhile and replace it with tea with lemon and cinnamon in the mornings. Doubling your water intake alone will flush out that bloat. Citrus fruits, green tea, sweet potatoes, things like that are also natural diuretics. Try cutting out dairy, excess salt, red meat, anything processed or fake (like artificial sweeteners) for a week and I bet you'll feel a million times better.

Well, I was down to 168.5 this morning. Still half a pound higher than when we started this challenge, but at least I'm not at 170 anymore. Aiming for 160 by Halloween now. That will be weight lost, gained, and lost again, so I'll still be 8 pounds lighter than when we started this challenge. Yeah, I wanted the 20. But as long as I don't fall off the wagon again (and I am pretty focused this time), I'll be happy.

Hello everyone. I have not been in the group for awhile. I hate it when people do that. But...I fell very hard off of the wagon. I've been incredibly stressed and dealing with a lot of personal issues recently, but it looks like those are starting to wind down and things are looking up. As of today, I am back on the wagon. I have been eating nothing but crap for weeks. I've been drinking very heavily and I have not been exercising at all. So as of today, I have started a mild cleanse, and I am back. Trying to lose 12 pounds by Halloween. As of this morning, I weighed 170 (gained what I lost back plus more). I know a lot of it is water weight from what I've been eating and drinking recently so I will work hard, cut out all alcohol, and hopefully meet my goal of 158 by Halloween. After that, it's on to the thanksgiving goal of 148.

By the way, I went back and read all of the old posts, and you guys are doing fantastic!!!

Hello All! I weighed in at 165 this morning! YAY! That's 3 pounds down, 17 to go for my Halloween goal. I'm getting really excited!

Pixie, the New Year's challenge sounds like a great idea. If I make it to 148 by Halloween, I would love to try for 135 by New Years. That is actually my ultimate goal. If I made it to 135, I would be thinner than I have been in 8 years. If I hit 130 then I'm back to what I weighed my senior year in high school. Roght now, I can't even fathom that, but it would be AMAZING!!!

Cassie Bee -- I know what that's like. All I can tell you is...WHO CARES what those people think? Lose weight for you. Because you know that it will make you feel better and look better, and if you can rub it in their faces later, then hey - that's a perk. But honestly, if the male wait staff is sizing up the women in private, then they are douchebags and you shouldn't be giving them the time of day. I know what that pressure feels like and it sucks. Use it as one of your motivators. But use YOURSELF as your primary motivator.

Congrats to everyone who lost this week!! I know it feels great, because I'm feeling that myself. Good luck to everyone this week! I plan on being 163 by next week. We'll see how it goes.

so it's TTOM and I refuse to weigh myself until it's over because I always get discouraged when I do. Planning on weighing in on Sunday and hoping to be down to 165. I would be thrilled if that were the case. I've been doing pretty well, so hopefully I'll keep it up. I'm getting really excited to be in a NORMAL weight range for Halloween!!!

Did we ever decide on a specific weigh in day for everyone?

scale said 167 today! 1 pound lost. 19 to go.

I am officially

STARTING

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as of today. I am at 168. Gee. Goody.

Doesn't matter! There is no wedding or festival or vacation coming up to throw me off. I am back on track. Goal is to be 150 by Halloween.

Still here. Barely. Not losing anything. I havent logged in awhile because I haven't really been doing anything. There is waaaaaay too much stuff going on in my life right now and by stuff I mean food and drinks and no time to exercise. I work in a creative industry and bc I'm the marketing side of everything I have to go to ALLLL the parties. Plus, it's summer in Chicago and all my friends wanna come visit or someone's getting married or I'm taking a trip somewhere...I know I shouldn't be complaining but I really just want summer to be over. I have not been getting up to exercise and I don't ever have time to after work. I'm rarely logging my calories, but it's pointless anyway because when I have a good day, that means I've had 1500 calories and then burned 2-300 so I have a decent deficit, but then the next day or that weekend, I'll have 2500 or so calories so it doesn't really even matter. And yeah, I could be stricter on myself and not let myself be sucked in by peer pressure and not drink so much and FIND time to exercise. Yeah. That's what I should be doing. But I'm not. And every day I tell myself I will. But I don't. So...I don't know...thoughts? Maybe now is just not the time for me to be focusing on weight loss. But then I feel like if I say that then I'll just start gaining again. I don't know. Sorry for the rant, but any thoughts would be appreciated.

First and most importantly, the wine day is the best idea I've ever heard. Maybe if we all decide that one day a week, we can indulge with one of our favorite diet destroyers, it'll keep me from over-indulging on the other days.

Okay, secondly, I am up to 166 because...well, I don't know. I'm sure it's a combination of things. One, my boyriend's brother got married this weekend and Drew was the best man. And their entire HUGE family is from New Orleans and are big partiers and really wanted to initiate me, I guess....ugh...still recovering...

well, I guess that's the only reason. That and the wedding food and the slacking on exercise. I did get to work out one of the days. I went to the hotel gym, but time was limited. Oh well. Hopefully it'll drop.

edited to add: I've had a great day today. I'm right at 1200 calories and I have had very little salt and a ton of water, so I'm hoping that my weight will be down at least a little bit tomorrow morning.

the Sunday weigh-ins are killer! I had a bad weekend. Got some exercise in but indulged in some fattening food and ...yeah, some alcohol too. I had friends in town so I guess that's my excuse, but it shouldn't be an excuse. I know that weekends and booze are what's throwing me off, but I still keep slipping. So the scale said 165.5 this morning again, which is the same thing it said last Monday and then it said 163.5 on Tuesday. I'm gonna try to steer clear of alcohol and salt for awhile and start chugging some water. Usually that takes off 2 or 3 pounds of water weight - sometimes within a day. I'll let you guys know if the scale drops under 163.5 this week. Otherwise I've maintained for the week.    :(    Still at it though! Have a great week everyone!

good advice from spirochete. It works. I do the same thing. If I have my work out clothes and shoes on then that's it. I have to do it. I have never - not once - gotten my entire workout clothes together and not gone to work out. Try it. Just make yourself do that. It'll help.

Hi guys! Sorry I didn't post yesterday. I was busy busy busy all weekend. BUT, even though weekends usually kill me, I did alright this weekend. Considering I went to 4 different barbecues, parades, and the beach twice, I managed to eat MAINTAINANCE which is pretty good considering I also got a decent amount of exercise. I weighed in yesterday at 164.5 but was at 165.5 today...? Well, it happens. I'm gonna claim 165 for this week and hope to claim 163 next Sunday. I have a great plan for this week already. Good luck ladies!!!!

yeah. I don't know. IS it progress? I mean, yeah, I'm an ex yo-yo dieter too and I'm definitely happy that I"m not drastically cutting calories anymore to lose ten pounds in a week and gain it all back and more. I am happy that I've at least maintained that 15 pound loss. BUT STILL. I'm STILL overweight and I am still working at it. Or so I think. HAVE I learned anything? I do well in the week and ruin it on weekends. I feel like I've definitely just taken yo-yo dieting to a different form. So let's stop that. Stop that! Stop that, I say!

I'd like to join you guys! I'm 28, 5'6", 165lbs and would like to get to 135 as well. It's been super slow going for me. I lost 15 pounds in the beginning of last year but I've been fluctuating the same 5 pounds for almost a year now...and I've really been trying! I'm pretty good about getting exercise, and I'm usually good about what I eat during the week but weekends KILL ME. Plus, my boyfriend is a chef - which can be nice, but....jeeeeez it's easy to overindulge on really great food (especially when you pair wine with it...oops...)