Posts by kaleighlynn

Hey girls!  Is anyone on here anymore???  How are you all planning on spending your Labor Day weekend?  Any big plans?  Well, have a great weekend!

Ugg!  I was down to 150 earlier this week, but had a girls night with some friends and training for work so I ate more and exercised less the second half of the week... Weight as of today could be from excess water retention... (fingers crossed?!?!?!) 

CW: 152

Good luck everyone! 

Hey everyone!  Just checking in :)  I weighed myself today and got excited!  I'm now at 151. down 2 lbs, 18lbs to go :( It's all about the little steps  I know I know... 

Anyway, I had to have a biopsy done on one of the moles on my arm today.  It was ok during the procedure, but now it hurts (now that the pain meds wore off :p) My doctor is concerned about skin cancer.  I wouldn't be suprised.  I am most definitely one of those typical California girls who loves to get some sun... 

Well hope you girls have a good week!  I'm going to take tomorrow off of counting since I will be training for a research project that I'm working on and it's all day long... bleh!  I will probably just grab some lunch on campus with a friend.  Again, good luck!!!

Drink LOTS of water!  Go in your bedroom, close the door and just relax for 10 min or so... giving yourself time to de-stress will help ease the tension.  I get stress migraines a lot and I find that if I just let myself relax it really helps... maybe not taking the migraine away but at least reducing it to a headache.  Hope you feel better!  Good luck on your test!!!

URGGGGG!!! I just got back from the gym and I'm still 153... What's going on???  I ate well (at or just below daily recommendations) ran 4 days, biked to school 3 days and I still lost no weight? Frustrating to say the least! New goal: lose 2 pounds by next week...

Congrats to everyone for making it past the first week!!!  Keep up the hard work!

phat83 - Good luck at bootcamp!  I've actually been reading a lot about coffee lately because I feel like I just HAVE to have a cup before I'm fully awake most mornings...  According to what I've read it's ok to have 1-2 cups/day.  It actually boosts your metabolism by about 8%! It also has a lot of and antioxidents if you drink it within the first hour it's brewed.  If you need more caffeine than that, I've read that drinking brewed green tea will also help with the metabolism (increasing it by about 12%) as well as containing a LOT minerals of antioxidents. Hope that helped :)

Good luck everyone!

Olivia - THANKS for the encouragement vibes!   This week has started out ok...  I haven't binged in two days (small steps, that's all that matters!)... I posted a bunch of ridiculous quotes throughout my kitchen.  On my cupboards, in the fridge, in the plate pantry... you get the point!  My roomies laugh, but I think it's going to work. It's hard to get past the large note posted on the cupboard saying "Nothing tastes good as thin feels" or on the peanut butter jar that reminds me that "it takes a ten minute run to burn off one tablespoon"... :)  Yesterday I was at 1260cal (target of 1300) and today so far I've only had about 650 cal.  I'm off to the gym in a bit, so, fingers crossed this continues into the week! 

Sounds like you're doing well with your eating... Keep up the good work! Good luck tonigh!   

bonjour - Ha ha!  I love the "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels"!!!   It's also a good idea to have a note reminding me that I should wait five or ten minutes to see if I'm hungry...  Thanks!

ankow - Thanks!  I'll be sure to put some of those around! 

sam - Thanks for the advice, I purchase all my food so it's not so much that there's junk food in my cupboard it's just that I tend to eat a lot of stuff, even when I'm not hungry... It's my way to avoid that homework or work assignment or cleaning my room, so I go grab a handful of almonds or a cup of grapes or ... you get the point! By themselves these things are really good, but not when they're consumed in large quantities and together.  Good luck with your family! 

Well, I think this will be good!  I already went out to the kitchen once and opened my cupboard... what did I find but a reminder that I should not mindlessly eat... Now I am waiting til I'm hungry enough to make a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast, thanks guys!

Phat83 - Congrats on the new job!  Thanks for the info about WW... I went to a meeting with my roomie and part of me wanted to laugh at these women as they raised their hands to offer ideas about what encourages them through the week in exchange for a "gold star" sticker.  But another part of me thought it was really neat that they had each other to hold themselves accountable and pick them back up... I don't know if I'm going to join yet, finances are kinda tight right now so it depends on what happens with that. 

Lilysmominpa - Congrats on your weight loss!!!  Of course we're not going to kick you out :)  Good luck in losing your last few pounds!  

Okay well I am determined to do really well this week.  I binged the last few days as it's that time of the month :(  I'm going to the gym later today but I'm dreading getting on that scale!!!  I can't seem to get over this habit of binging the last few weeks.  I'll do really well for about 4-5 days and then have 2-3 days of binging.  I don't necessarily eat junk food, just lots of food.  Like Friday, I ate a good breakfast, and lunch and then in the afternoon it got out of control!  I couldn't stop eating... popcorn, fruits, a smoothie that I made, I ate sooo much and the problem was that it was all halfway ok if I had eaten just that or in small amounts... my way of justification was that it was healthy foods and if I was craving it I probably needed it.  Anyway, I'm done with all that and I'm determined to lose my 2 pounds this week.  I'm going to go to the gym at least 3 days this week, jog outside at least 3 days this week and tonight I'm going to hike up a local mountain with a couple friends and we're going to watch that meteor shower that's supposed to be happening really early tomorrow morning.  Should be fun :p  Any support or encouragement throughout the week would be greatly appreciated... Thanks!  Good luck to you girls!!!

Mini goal for the week: Stick to 1400 cal/day of only healthy foods to recover from a week of binging :(  I'd love to drop the two pounds I gained this week... We'll see! 

Reward: A night out with friends

Hey girls!  So I'm curious to see what your opinions about the weight watchers program is.  My roomie is currently on weight watchers and in 3 months has lost 28 pounds.  She absolutely loves it and wants me to join so we can support each other.  I am going to a support meeting tomorrow to see what it's all about... any thoughts one way or another?  Has anyone been and know how it all works?  My main concern is that say I'm on it for a few months to a year and reach my goal weight, once I leave the program will I gain all the weight back? 
Hope everyone's doing well! 

So I may not be on very much til Sunday... My best friend came to visit and she's staying with me over the weekend.  I'm pretty sure we'll be busy sightseeing and hanging out so Good luck!  Cross your fingers for me... Sight seeing + friends + weekend = huge increase in likelyhood (sp???) of binging and overeating :(  Well, I'm going to do my best!

Thanks!  I'll definitely look at all those links and try to apply them in my life.  I guess I've been going about this the wrong way :(  Thanks for the help!

Melkor,

Thanks so much with your help. Sorry this post has become something other than it was originally supposed to be!  I just have so many questions. I have battled with weight all my life and am sick of not feeling comfortable in my own skin!  I'm trying to figure all of this out and I appreciate any and all answers :)

I looked at the site you recommended and they suggest I aim for 1431 calories (I used the "a little bit more exercise", since it said exercise 2-4 days/week and I generally jog 4 days/week).  This was to lose 1.26 lbs/week...  Since I want to lose 1.5 pounds/week, do you think that CC's recommendation (1300 cal) is closer to what I should be eating?  

Even though I know I need to eat more, in complete honesty, I just don't feel like eating most of the time.   Today's a good example... I had a cup of coffee and some grapes when I woke up, had a handful of almonds for a snack at about 11am, just finished a salad of lettuce, tuna and red potatoes and I'm stuffed!  Yet, I've only eaten 750 cal today...  I wasn't hungry until tonight and that's why I ate the salad.  Should I just eat even if I'm not hungry? Or should I eat higher calorie foods when I am hungry?   ???

Thanks!  I now have this thread tagged and posted!  That's a huge time saver :) 

Lillysmomiinpa - Congrats on sticking to your diet!  Last night my friend and I went downtown and I caved in and ate some AMAZING frozen yogurt, only to regret it five minutes later... I've decided it's really not worth it! 

whatever07 - between work and classes and any tad bit of a social life we're able to keep, it's so hard to stick to a balanced diet!  Keep up the good work!  We can do this!