Posts by musicalmind

congrats trashley! yay for 2 more lbs gone :)

and congrats to rollingdogchick too! 5.5 inches. SO cool :)

so.... i ate a really heavy dinner with my family last night, and didn't like the number i saw on the scale this morning  so i'm opting to weigh myself again later, or maybe tomorrow.... lol

I know it's cheating, but i really am going to try to eat better this week, plus this week i'm starting exercising twice a week which i know has to help. See you tomorrow ;) hehe

ack. I just ate like 300 calories of chocolate. sigh. Maybe I'll just be happy if I maintain in the morning

tod - I'm really looking forward to working out again. I took an 8 week weight lifting course earlier in the summer, and I can't wait to get into the gym consistently. And maybe even get my fiance's butt in gear to join me; I'd love to see him rediscover the six-pack he had all through high school *drool*

if you're looking for a natural way to help your period along, try making some parsley tea. Fresh parsley is best, but the dried flakes that you use for seasoning works fine as well. You only need about 1 tsp per 8 oz. of water.

I'm not sure if this will work with the hormonal changes due to Norethisterone, but drinking a few cups of this has helped me before, and with a little honey, it actually tastes rather good.

best of luck

164.2, compared to 165 last week.

not the exciting change i was hoping for this week, but I kinda ate whatever I wanted over saturday and sunday, so I'm not terribly surprised either hehe.

congrats on your weight loss girls! I'm impressed!

i also work as a barista at starbucks, and I hate to say it, but we unfortunately don't currently have a truly 'skinny' option for the white mocha syrup (a skinny drink uses sugar-free syrup, skim milk, and extra foam instead of whipped cream). Jamberlee is already leaving off the whip cream which helps a lot, considering we make our cans of whip cream using 8 pumps of vanilla syrup in 500 ml of heavy whipping cream.

unless you are opting for the soy milk for lactose reasons, skim milk actually has less calories (~80 cal per 8 oz. vs. the ~120 cal per 8 oz. in the soy). the white mocha syrup is rather thick, so maybe consider getting a tall with only 2 pumps of the syrup? you could always add a packet of splenda to boost the sweetness if you really need to without adding cals.

Starbucks does try very hard to make a positive impression on the general public's lives; we are trained to try to remember our regular guests' faces, names, favorite drinks, what's going on in their lives, etc. A major corporate policy is to work towards establishing Starbucks as everyone's "third place" in their lives. First place being home, second place being work, and 'third place' being Starbucks. Doesn't make Starbucks evil, just smart in marketing ;)

welcome to all the new people! more people to keep each of us accountable ;) I'm glad that we're closing up to keep things 'smallish' and tight.

I've been haunting our board lately, not posting much. I haven't been able to really workout for almost 2 weeks and am feeling really gross :/ I managed to get out of the house and walk around the neighborhood with my sister tonight for about an hour though, so at least that is something.

good luck on all your weigh-ins tomorrow ladies! My goal is 164 for this week, since my weigh-in last friday was higher than I had hoped for (166.8).

seems like a pretty rough week for everyone. It's been too hot here to do any exercise outside, and my school's gym is STILL closed.... I hate not working out   my eating has been alternating between incredibly healthy (small portion of lean chicken with TONS of carrots, broccoli, and celery) to terrible (chocolate brownies!), so let's all just hope for maintence this friday if we can't actually manage any loss.

welcome nikki! hope you can find the inspiration you need here :)

dina - stay strong. we're all rooting for you; we believe in you! You know he is NOT worth the emotional strain, he's not even worth a thought. There's someone out there will honor and protect you, not disrespect and hurt you.

Hurrah! I weighed in at 165 this morning!!! I wasn't sure if I'd even see 166, so I'm very happy :)

but I think I know why I got a bigger drop (TMI Warning!) - My stomach has been a little off since thursday, and I ended up going 4 days without anything but liquid waste when I went to the bathroom, very unusual for me . In short, problem solved this morning, and obviously it WAS having an effect on my weight. Yuck.

wow wow wow! I'm so impressed by all of your guys!!! congrats on all your great weigh-ins!

I'm a day late with my weigh-in, but I came in at 166.8. Not quite the drop I would've liked... Especially since I got a 165.8 reading just 2 days ago :( BUT it's still down from my 167.4 weigh-in last week, so I'll take it :)

good luck with the weekend everyone, and WELCOME to all the newcomers!

shannon - I'm glad it worked for you! :)

whew. today was so so long. I opened at work today (I work at a Starbucks in Target) and they had me working the regular checkout lanes instead of the Starbucks counter. People are nuts! I had a guy come in an try to buy 2 gift cards (one of which was for $400!!!) with STOLEN credit cards. Luckily, the credit companies already were aware that they were stolen so the register rejected them. yikes.

I haven't been able to exercise all week... my gym is closed for construction, and it's way too hot to do anything outside. I'm not sure how i'm doing on my calories today, I couldn't find nutritional info for the sandwich I ate at work today, so I'm just guessing 500-600. Here's to hoping that the scale will be nice tomorrow, I'm looking for something in the 165-166 range.

Good luck to everyone for weigh-in day! May all your scales error to the lighter side ;)

Beth - Shame you didn't get any of our rain, it was actually really nice and relaxing to hear it on the roof all day :)

ladyfirelyght - rofl! you've got some moves girl hehehe. thanks for giving me something to compare to as far as calorie intake, I'm trying to adjust to a new level now :)

lozzle - sorry about the stupid scale! It sounds like you taught it quite a lesson hehe

todeinotation - oh my.... thinking of weight loss in calories definitely puts a different face on it! I think mine would be 108,500 calories. YIKES. Although, thinking about it this way may help me not feel like things are going so darn slow!

shannon - CONGRATS!!! What a great milestone :) Hopefully I'll join you down in the 160's in a couple weeks!

so I allowed myself a little leeway yesterday, and had an old favorite for dinner - Lasagne and Garlic Bread (portion control, much?). I thought for SURE I would regret it on the scale this morning, but nope! Weighed in the same as yesterday, before even taking a potty break :) maybe there is something to this 1400 calorie thing, I'll keep you guys posted.

I'm off to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to pick out slip-covers for my fiance's couches. He gave me a budget and basically said "I know you'll pick something nice. Please?" hehe. Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL day!

my fiance is kinda the same way, only we've come to an understanding. His ex-girlfriend almost died from alcohol poisoning, and would go out drinking with all of her 'guy friends' and ended up cheating on him as part of that. Furthermore, his father used to down a 6 pack of beer every night... so his experience with alcohol has always been very negative.

I drink very infrequently, but he and I did have to sit down and come to an agreement about my drinking habits. Basically, I don't drink unless he is present with me, and even then only 1 or 2 drinks (not that I would drink more anyways). This way, I get to have my drink of choice when out to dinner with friends, and he doesn't ever have to worry about me drinking without him or getting falling down drunk. I doubt he'll ever drink, but I certainly don't mind that he doesn't. Everyone is happy :)

yep, it works, everyone just needs to remember to delete the space in the post number. (or just click here)

mondays are fine with me, maybe that will help motivate me not to blow my calorie goals so much on the weekends hehe

the 'magic number' i keep seeing people post for when outsiders start noticing your weight loss is when you reach 10% of your initial weight. So for example, if your starting weight is 210, people typically start noticing when you've lost about 21 pounds. Or if you started at 180, people notice around 18 pounds down.

I don't know for sure if that is true for everyone, but it seems like a good rule of thumb.

congrats on your progress so far! :)