Posts by sarah615

how did surgery go?? things are going well with me. i am at 139, which is not great. but i am finally getting serious about losing weight. i'm really watching what i am eating and limiting myself to fruits and veggies as much as possible. mcdonalds once in a while is not terrible, you still have to live a little! i had a (homemade) breakfast sandwich last night for dinner. complete with sausage and on white bread! but i made sure to limit my intake during the day since i knew i wanted to indulge at night!

glad to have you back on the site! good luck!

okay well this is my first week back at work and so my first official week of the new year. i'm really tired of being overweight and i am ready to do something about it. although i have not been to the gym yet i am goign to go tomorrow. 100%. i will go tomorrow. i have been jogging and doing some other little stuff but i would really like to get back into shape.

my bf and i are planning a trip to sunny california in march and i'd like to lose 1-2 lbs every week until then.  i am going to put myself on a challenge and have two piggy banks. each week i am going to put $10 somewhere. 1 bank for when i lose and the other for when i don't. at the end, i will spend the good savings on myself for clothes or a facial or something. the other money i will give away to church. it's only $90 total but hopefully i will lose somewhere between 9-18 lbs! wouldn't that be fun! then i'd be back in the 120's!!! i am super excited about this.

so i went grocery shopping so now i have some fruit and veggies which are very nice. my menu today includes: fat free yogurt, pb & honey sandwich on low cal whole wheat, banana, apple and then dinner. don't know what's for dinner yet but we're going to the grandparents so it probably won't be too healthy. haven't exercised in AGES. going to gym it and take the pup on a long walk sat & sun. hope everyone is doing great!

139.5 woohoo.

glad you're all doing great... i just got under 140 and i'm already dreaming of being under 130.  keep me on track, ladies.

hi ladies! i am back... i don't think i've left any messages in about a month, i was on vacation for 10 days in my defense, and then i've just been really busy. but i did weigh myself the other day and i was at 144.2 so i think the scale is moving in the right direction. i'm eating better these days, even though i'm not exercising as much. and i've been trying to "graze" all day instead of 3 big meals, i think that is helping my metabolism. anyway i hope you're all doing great and i will be back to posting regularly!

girl - congrats -- i am SO jealous. unfortunately my weigh in is NOT happy -- 147.2 which is up 2.2 lbs from when i started! and up 5.7 from my lowest in the past 2 months. i am totally going in the WRONG direction.

but i'm not surprised after the weekend i had.. my parents came up to visit and of course we ate a TON. i cooked for them friday and sunday night... we had both sets of parents for dinner sunday so i also made a cake. i ate so much food and barely exercised. lots of walking but nothing intense.

anyway i can't complain, i'm going to hawaii on friday and even though i'm fat, it'll still be awesome. maybe running around in a bathing suit will motivate me even more. also i'm thinking i need to switch to 6 small meals a day. i don't know how i'll find the time but i'm really determined to lose some of this weight by the holidays. i'm really miserable being so FAT.

okay have a great day everyone :)

so yesterday i ate 1650 calories. i only burned 2000. but i weighed myself and i now i weigh 146.4. i don't get it. and my problem with counting calories is that it is so time consuming!

i think i probably need to change up what i am eating or something. but i just can't imagine that i am really gaining weight! it's pretty frusterating.

i wouldn't mind as much if my weight was fluxuating a lot.. but it seems to go down for a couple weeks, then i'll gain it back instantly. weird. i'm going to try to really log my calories though..

girl -- pup is doing well, thanks for asking! i have to put drops in her eyes twice a day but she's a good baby :)

anyway i try to do intense cardio 3-4 times a week (spinning or running) and then i also try to do pilates or something at least on the days where i do not do cardio.. and i try to be as active as possible, in general, just to try to burn an extra calorie here or there..

i think my biggest problem is changing up what i eat.. i eat the same things for breakfast and lunch pretty much everyday! i am a creature of habit but i think it is stalling my weight loss in a big weigh;) like that play on words?? hehe..

hi girls.. i can't believe you had such a scary experience girlfighting! that's crazy -- i'm glad everyone is okay. cristin -- i'm in connecticut. i haven't weighed myself because i've been eating SOO poorly i'm going to give myself another week. i did take my measurements finally though, which i've been meaning to do. i posted them on my prof so i can track them.

yesterday: blueberry pancakes with butter & syrup; cheeseburger on the grill with a bun; some potato chips; salad with light italian dressing; an apple; carrot cake. NO WONDER I AM FAT!

today: yogurt & granola; 1 can tuna w/ 2 tbsp light mayo; applesauce; 1 mini milky way; apple and i'm not sure about dinner...

but i have to take my puppy to the vet b/c she has an eye infection :'( hope everyone is having a good monday.

ughhhh i am so motivated to be healthy and everything else but the scale is NOT on my side. i swear the less i exercise the more weight i lose. i'm feeling SO discouraged lately. everytime i lose a few pounds, they reappear within a couple weeks. what am i doing wrong??????

ugh i have been eating terribly... i think it is because i have been feeling so BLAH lately... and i haven't been exercising because of my cold... but i'm off to the gym now, so that's a good sign... but yesterday i ate mexican for lunch and then had wings & fries for dinner! i probably gained 2 lbs yesterday alone. oh and don't forget the ice cream i had AFTER dinner.

it's good for me to report out to you girls though, then i can't pretend like i've been eating oh-so-healthy.

anyway i hope everyone has a great weekend!

ladies -- i also don't usually log all my calories everyday... but i have a pretty good idea of what i eat, since i usually eat the same thing everyday, the only thing that really differs is dinner... do you think that is bad, btw? eating the same thing everyday? anyway i hope everyone had a nice weekend; mine was good until i caught a cold yesterday. now i feel like poo!

sw: 145

lw: 144

cw: 143

gw: 125

at this rate, it is goign to take me FOREVER... how do lose more than 1 lb a week??? i swear when i exercise more i lose less.... keep up the good work girls!!!

today's menu:

yoplait light yogurt & golean crunch

2 slice pizza

chicken and veggies (squash, broccoli)

i figure i'm okay on the pizza since i have spinning tonight and that usually burns approx. 600 cals.. and i'm doing mat pilates everyday

rainbow -- whole wheat pasta is really tasty!

karma -- i'm also trying to lose as much weight as quickly as possible (in a healthy way, of course) let's try to especially keep each other on track :)

so sorry to hear about the bad news re: lay off and uncle! :'( i'm sure only good things will come from the layoff.. and i will keep your uncle in my prayers, tiki.

so far today my food includes only breakfast, kashi go lean crunch & yogurt.

lunch will likely be bad because i will eat at the airport. and this weekend doesn't look too promising as i am going to visit family (my nana is turning 90!) and eating is a very social event in my family. or at least, i think a lot of us use socializing as an excuse to sit around and graze...

anyway hope everyone has a great weekend! i'm nervous about monday's weigh-in, i haven't been weighing myself all week....

ok so my stats are: 5'1"/145lbs/ 25 yrs old...

so i think i am eating plenty -- i must be still over-eating :( here's my usual day in food:

breakfast - yoplait light yogurt & kashi golean crunch

lunch - turkey & cheese sandwich on whole wheat, with mustard, baby carrots, and 2 cookies or something else sweet

dinner - chicken & pasta or rice, salad w/ oil & vinegar or veggies

that's my typical day but i get into trouble with snacking. like sometimes i will have some chips before dinner or i might have a couple cookies after dinner.

HELP ME! ahhhh the frusteration..... :)