Posts by sakuragreenlily

Hey Guys!

Sounds like you've all had a decent week.  That's great!  Well I weighed in today at 210.4 :S...  At first I was a little bummed but in actuality I've been trying to do some more light weight training to tone a bit, and my clothes fit better... so I suppose just this once I'll pretend like the weight doesn't matter so much, lol.

Have a great week-end everyone!

Tina

Hi again everyone!  Hope everyone is doing great! 

Novi- Thank you, and good luck.  I hope to continue seeing them :S!  I kinda had a run in with some Oreos earlier though... so we'll see, lol.

Teenerqm-Wb!  We all thought you were gone forever, lol.  Nice to see you again!  How have your efforts been this past month or so?

Tina

Name: Tina
Age:22
Height:5'6"
Start Weight (Your February 1st Weight): 
Goal Weight (by February 29): 200

1/2/09:
8/2/09:
15/2/09:
22/2/09:
29/2/09:

Total weight loss:

Hey Guys!  

I didn't post my weigh-in on Friday but I did weigh.  So thought I'd pop on here really quick and post it now.  I was at 211.4.  I'll try to make a longer post sometime tonight after class or tomorrow while I'm at work.  Hope you all are doing great!

Tina

Hey Guys!  Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  I just wanted to check-in, let you guys know I'm still alive, and see how everyone is doing. 

Audrey-  I LOVE the goal/prize list you've set up.  It seems like an awesome idea.  I think I'll definitely be putting one of those together for myself here in the next few days.

Novi- Congrats on breaking that plateau!  It's sooooo frustrating to keep working when you don't see any change.  It's also soooo rewarding when you finally do start seeing that change, right?  I'm really excited for you!  Let's hope it keeps up! And BTW I've used that Palmer's skin firming lotion.  It is great.  I've used the Palmer's cocoa butter forever anyway because it's the only lotion that seems to have lasting results.

Hope everyone else is doing great this week!

Since we're doing weekly weighins on Fridays now (right?) I was 213 last I weighed myself.  Let's see if I can get that to 211 by the end of the week.  TOM right now so I'm not expecting much more than that.

I hope to post more often and I hope you all are having a wonderful week!

Tina

Name: Tina
Age: 22
Height: 5'6"
Start Weight: 216.8
Goal Weight (by January 29): 206.8

1/1/09:   216.8
8/1/09:   213.8 <~~~ Doing nice!  I'm excited
15/1/09:
22/1/09:
29/1/09:

Thanks for the welcome Jen!  Well the year has officially started!  Good luck everyone!

Tina

Well I'm a newbie (I always miss the sign-ups for challenges :( but not this time!) So count me in!

Hi Everyone!  I may have counted wrong but it looks like you all need one more person, is that right?  I'd love to join you guys!

I'm going into my senior year of college so it's been a little while since I was in high school.  In my experience though middle school is probably the most awkward and terrible time of anyone's life but once you start high school things get better and better.  You become more and more independent, make more friends, get to goof off and enjoy not having any extremely pressing responsibilities, AND with the least amount of effort you can do really well academically.  I took honors classes when I was in high school and found them to be a breeze.

It'll be very enjoyable especially if you join a club or two and really branch out.  And just remember while you're having all of that fun in high school... college is 150x better! (Just as an example- K-12 you always look forward to summer break BUT when you get into college summer is the most boring time EVER!  You will be counting down the days until you get to go back to school, and hang out with your friends lol) You've got some great times to look forward to! Make the best of it!

Original Post by ladyfirelyght:

I just never really thought of veggies and fruits melding together in one dish! I'll have to try some stuff out.

 It seems strange to some people but fruits go REALLY well in salad.  Esspecially when you use vinagrettes or salty ingrediants such as olives, meat, or cheese.  I agree with you about iceburg lettuce though :S.  Every time I tell people that I hate iceburg lettuce (and celery) because it tastes bitter they say "Lettuce (and celery) doesn't have a taste!"  I'm happy to hear that someone else hates it too.  Romaine lettuce actually has a better flavor than iceburg and I can stomach it but I do like to put meat (chicken, tuna, something), grapes, apples, onions, and other things in there to liven it up a little.  Oh and Wishbone Salad Spritzers are great for all of your salads!  They're only 1 calorie a spray (a few of the kinds are 2 calories a spray) and I only use 2-4 sprays normally. 

I have the same problems with getting up, I try setting my alarm about an hour earlier than I intend to get up but that doesn't always help.  I also try to put my alarm as far away from the bed as possible so that I HAVE to get up to turn it off.

As for your feet aching I am a college student but during the summer for the last three years I've worked in a factory.  Taking on 12 hour shifts and wearing steel toed boots the whole time isn't much fun but I didn't think that insoles would help.  I got the gel insoles and even though some people swear by them they didn't help me.  A friend told me about the Dr. Scholls tri-comfort insoles.  She said they were great (I didn't believe her, lol) but one day while I was at the store I thought "what the heck!" and I bought some.  They actually did work REALLY well.

If this is a consistency challenge then I'm with you!  One of my biggest problems is remaining consistent.  So how does this work?

:S It can feel really terrible when you KNOW that you've eatten too much in the first place.  Top it off with a family trip out to eat for dinner?  You'll feel awful by the end of the day if you aren't careful. 

Order something decently healthy (don't let salads fool you either, if they pour on dressing, cheese, etc. they can be just as bad as anything else).  Take small bites and drink lots of water.  Try to pace yourself so that everyone else finishes long before you.  If you feel you really ate too much earlier don't eat even half of your food.  Get a to-go-box and break up the food into small meals over the next few days.

Most importantly don't beat yourself up!!!  Once you start feeling really bad about it and beating yourself up over it you'll find yourself doing EVEN more damage in the long run.  Just remember that EVERYONE falls off the wagon now and then.  It'll all be ok. 

Original Post by dumpyj:

not feel self conscious anymore... I can't wait for that feeling!

run... sounds weird but running just makes me feel like there is fat flying everywhere... god help any passers by, they might just end up with a black eye from fly flab! :)

balance better... again sounds weird but I just feel like my balance is so off carrying all this weight around