Posts by butterfly69870

I wasnt too sure about finding people either.  The way I was able to have somebody find me is have them look through the threads that you posted or posted on and VOILA there you are!

Thanks everybody.  I actually felt a little silly right after posting this.  I started to think you guys would think im crazy.  Things really do change with a kid. You want to do everything to protect them especially their little feelings.  I was never this sensitive before he was born now Im fighting back tears when he says his ABC's. 

Well at least I dont feel so crazy anymore.  Thank you all!

Original Post by santonacci:

Original Post by butterfly69870:

 Have you ever had somebody say something to(or in front of) your child that you just wanted to slap them for?

More times than I can count.  While my hubby and MIL don't agree with it at all, the majority of my hubby's family is rather racist.  I didn't slap them, but I have had to request that they don't say blatantly racist comments around my children. 

And my FIL has a habit of calling his other son, the black sheep in the family, a "dodo boy", and consequently my 8 year old son thinks its okay to refer to people this way.  It's taken us a lot of time to rid him of that habit.

And FWIW, I think your little boy's hair is wonderful, and does not make him look girlish at all.  I hope you're able to talk with him and let him know he's wonderful just the way he is.  If his father and father's friends can't be more responsible, I agree that time around him and his friends should be supervised.  Good luck!

 Wow, that would be hard.  Some of my family is like that too but they have yet to say anything around him yet.  I would hope they never do but they always did around me when I was growing up so who knows. 

When the guy said it I explained as I usually do that I love his hair.  I have heard from a few people that I need to cut his hair but they were talking to me and not to a 3 yr old "sponge".  I didnt realize that it had much of an effect on my son until later on when he was trying to cut his hair and told me he didnt want to look like a girl.

I got a kit to make a mold of my baby's handprint with plaster-of-paris(sp?) its something that I know I will never get rid of and im sure my son will probably keep it long after im gone...

Original Post by d-a:

Thanks guys for the good laugh....I thought I was the only obsessed one...yesterday morning I walked around with my scale and wieghed myself in every room with a hard floor just to "see" of the bathroom was making me heavier...also I have weighed my set of dumbbells to make sure my scale is accurate-

 I do the exact same thing!  I did it last night as a matter of fact :D I have 2 scales in my house...one is a digital in the bathroom and the other is in the kitchen and is an old regular one with the little spinning thing(dont ya just love my knowledge of scales!) anyways my bathroom scale was saying 205 and my kitchen one was saying 198! Thats a big deiference IMO so I switched the scales just to see if the gravity was higher in the bathroom or something.  I got the same thing.  Then I saw a post here on CC that said the springs in old scales can wear out and say less so I weighed my dumbbells on it just to find out it is exactly right.  I got so happy thinking I weighed this all along!  then I did something stupid and weighed the dumbbells on the digital scale and it said the right weight too.  Im so confused!

Now I'll just stick to one scale and worry about the weight DECREASING then the actuall number till I can find me an honest scale like at the dr.'s office.......*sigh*

*BUMP!!!* 

Since I too, would like an answer to the above question, although it was nearly 2 years ago!

-here's hoping

Hey ladies!

I guess I have been absent for some days, huh?  Oh well I just hopped on the scale for my weekly weigh-in and I am down to 201.4  from last week's 205.6! (SW 211)  I am soooooo happy.  I am so close to being below that dreaded 200 mark!  I cant wait. 

So, enough about me for today. How is everybody else doing?

Ok,  I just have to put my 2 cents in on this issue.  Sorry if anybody disagrees with this opinion...

I believe that eating healthy to lose weight is MUCH more expensive than eating badly.  I used to survive on the BK, McDonald's, Wendy's etc value menues.  2 burgers is only $2 (HIGH cal, fat, sodium...you know the rest).  Theres a meal.   Also Ramen noodles are very handy and VERY cheap.  You cant beat 15 cents a pack! Also, they are loaded with cals and numerous other "bad" things.  Water is more expensive than soda where a 2 liter is 50 cents at Walmart (dont even suggest tap because even with a filtration system Im buying filters way too often)! The list goes on, you get the point...

Now, for a meal, its veggies (from frzn) and a chicken breast. which is much more pricey than the dollar menu.  Also in order not to go into starvation mode I have to keep the calories UP and fat down with lots of veggies, which doesnt have many cals at all so therefore I have to find other "healthy" things to fluff up my calorie count.  Fat-free milk helps but that is expensive also!  Chicken, fish, etc are all still expensive even if its the frozen "cheap" kind. 

This is embarrassing to admit but I made bad choices and therfore I am a single mother and living in the poverty level.  (tried turning it around by going to community college and had to quit to get a 3rd job to pay bills, now grants are out of the question)  I am spending A LOT of money on food.  Now I literally work to eat so me and my son can be healthy.  The way I see it is I want to be healthy so I can enjoy life with my 3 yr old.  I want to live to see him have kids of his own.  That is my motivation.

So, in conclusion, I am eating tons more healthy foods and more often to keep my calories up and to avoid going into starvation mode.   That gets expensive... 

Well gurlies, I have had my 2nd official weigh-in this morning and am KINDA happy to announce that I went from 206.2 last week to 205.6.   Its not as much as I hoped but it is a loss and I am darn glad that it didnt go up!  I'll just have to step up my game this week and hope for the best.  I have to admit that I did have a few slip ups last week.  I work as a hotel desk clerk and the vending area is in plain view.  Those Milky-ways were screaming my name for hours...so I indulged  :( OH BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT!  OK, OK time to get serious again!

Wow, Conngrats!!!!! Can I rub your head to see if I can catch some luck too? lol I know how you feel I am now at 204 (the lowest I have been in 3 yrs) was at 211 about 2 weeks ago and I hope to get below that 200 mark one day also!

Again, great job and KUTGW!

Thanx Olivia!  I can tell I am going to love this site!

I am 21 (finally) and I am able to "legally" get out and have fun now but theres one thing stopping me...my WEIGHT! 

 I had a great body when I was 15 or so (at an age when it doesnt really matter) and I got my first job at Waffle House a week after turning 16.  Good money at that age but there was a problem.  The food was free for employees and I had the late shift.  That packed on the lbs. 

 I made a few bad choices and got pregnant at 17.  My son is now 3 yrs old and MY LIFE but I still have the nasty fat left over. 

My wake up call finally came when a person I care(d) for and thought he cared for me called me a fat-a** but more words and much meaner...can you imagine?  I knew I wasnt going to be happy until I was happy with myself.

I am at 206 now and I have been a member of CC for a week.  I was 211 at the start of my journey ;)  I have been laying off of the junk and eating a balanced healthy diet along with some weight training videos.  My goal weight is 140 and I really feel like I will get there this time. I would love to meet some people on here that I can relate to.

Alright, so weightlifting is essential along with cardio.  I can get used to that.  I was just a bit confused :P

Thanks northbeach!  Congrats!  I hope to be able to say that I lost that much weight in 6 months.   :)   That is amazing.  I have never been able to stick with anything long enough to lose this weight.  I hope this is it really.  I see a lot of people on here who have had so much success with this site and the tools along with the motivation and support.  I am using that to keep me going.  I get didcouraged very easily.  I even had a friend take my bathroom scale and hide it :P  I know if i step on the scale everyday I will be discouraged by the progress.  I am very impatient. This time I am going to take it slow and await the results in time.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): Butterfly69870
2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Butterfly
3. Age & Sex:  21 female
4. General Location:  Florida Panhandle
5. Married? Single? Single
6. Kids? Furbabies? A 3 yr old little boy who is my everything, Dominic
7. Favorite color? Purple and Pink
8. Favorite movie? Fast and the Furious (Vin diesel, baby)
9. Hobbies?  Lately just my son and work...I have seemed to cut off outside life :( 

10. Favorite Snack?  anything with sugar, sadly
11. Favorite Beverage? again with the sugar thing...i have been replacing a lot of my usuall sodas with water though but I am still guilty about having an occasional sugar free red bull
12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?  My sugar and carbs craving and then binging :( also my laziness...
13. Weight/Fitness Goal?  now-211 goal-140 (healthy BMI)
14. Least Favorite Household Chore? Washing dishes...yuck
15. How did you find Calorie Count? Google!
16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share? I have been SEVERLY depressed for about a month now and am usually very bubbly and fun natured.  I want to change that and be me again and would love to make a some friends that share my goals to talk to.