Posts by bryank1977

April 1st Weight - 190.5

Wait...what? I LOL'ed at the quoted line below.

I agree with the above posters, you should just incorporate the "cheat" meal into your daily calories. I've had a little candy for the last few days that I have incorporated into my daily calculations. I feel like I'm cheating even though I actual am not "cheating", per se.

Cheers!

Original Post by chrissy1988:

So, for example, you could have 1-2 slices of people and eat really well the rest of the day.

(edit: added a paragraph)

Amen! Man, I can think of nothing else. I try to watch a DVD or listen to my iPod, but I just can't wait to be done with it...

Original Post by tskrueg:

I think about being done...

Welcome everyone. My weight loss has slowed down quite a bit recently...the one downside to not eating planets anymore...er, being quite as fat anymore. I went to the gym for the first time today. I feel that I didn't do enough, but it was quite an experience. I was nervous, but luckily I had my brother and my iPhone to keep me company. I also used the ellipitical trainer for the the first time...man, that's a rough piece of equipment. I was ready to take a nap within 5 minutes.

Anyway, I felt like sharing...I hope that's okay.

I'd like to join this group. I've been doing a fantastic job on this lifestyle change. Over the holidays I didn't once eat too much and I actually exercized a little bit.

My story (I'll keep it short):

My name is Bryan and I am 29 years old. I've always loved eating and am extremely lazy. I work pretty hard for my employer, but when I am off I love doing absolutely nothing and I used to eat 5000 calories a day without even trying. That has certainly contributed to my being overweight. I still do nothing, but I throw in walking and bicycling as often as I can.

Starting Weight: 320 lbs. (July 11, 2008)

Current Weight: 219.5 lbs. (January 1, 2009)

My goal weight is 200 lbs., but judging from my utter hatred of myself in the mirror still, I'm going to adjust it to 160 lbs.

Happy New Year!

I know how you're feeling. I went out about 10 years ago looking for something open (to spend my Christmas money) and found nothing but the occasional gas station. I believe companies have realized, and this is purely speculation, that opening on Christmas day is not worth the expense and they will end up saving more money by closing down for this 1 day. Perhaps they want to reward their employees by giving them a guaranteed day off (doubtful) or have found that in the past it is almost impossible to adequately staff the business during this day.

I planned on counting what I had eaten for Thanksgiving, but once I started to calculate everything on my iPhone I decided it was too much of a pain in the giblets. I did keep a mental image off what I was eating and I believe I did an amazing job.

Considering the kind of person I was at this time last year, I am very proud of myself.

I'm pretty much up for eating anything once, but that just looks disgusting. If they made that prison food I bet there would be less prisoners...and not just from the heart attacks.

"Prison? Nah, man, you don't wanna know what they feed you in there!"

Original Post by hmking:

 Awe, that's sweet...and posting it on a thread that's been dead for over a year makes me think bryank1977 may have a bit of a crush on the OP!!!  

I didn't even notice that the post(s) were a year old. This topic showed up in the "Hot Topics" section of the CC toolbar and I clicked on it. I suppose I should pay more attention.

Seriously, everyone does look great...helps reassure me that I will make it too.

I've always been attracted to many different types of women (short, tall, thin, fat & etc...), but none have ever been attracted to me. I'm pretty sure my weight is the problem with my self image, so I eagerly await the day that this weight is all behind me. I truly do believe that it is what's on the inside that matters and I hope to find a woman, one day, who feels the same way. No one's perfect so why should there bodies be?

I work with a guy who sleeps with several women on a daily basis and it's rather annoying to hear about it because I would like to find just one. Not that I actually put myself out there but, from what I can gather, I think overweight women have an easier time finding that special someone than overweight men. From my POV, it's because overweight women are still beautiful but overweight men, at least in my case, are just disgusting to look at. Man, I never let anyone take my picture because of my weight.

Anyway, OP you are beautiful, regardless of your weight...someone's out there for you, you just have to wade through the trash to find them

"Keep Smiling!"

I know Kroger carries one brand of tarragon in the spice section. I looked for it for a customer one time and was only able to find that one brand. Every Kroger may not carry it (depending on sales), but more than likely they do. Of course, any grocery store should carry it, but I can only tell you what I know. It took me almost 5 mintues to find it sifting through all of the different spices.

I probably would have agreed with him. It sounds like he was just making an observation (possibly just making small-talk & at the same time venting over the unhealthy foods in the Bakery). I am the Frozen Food Manager at a local grocery store and I can certainly agree with the cashier's sentiment. I do believe that he meant nothing by his comment, but I also believe that he would not have said it to a person who was not overweight. I'm sure running a cash register ran be rather tedious & boring and he just wanted to start a conversation...a lot of the cashier's I run into are rude, immature and won't stop talking to a fellow worker long enough to acknowledge me.

Just keep smiling.