Posts by sammasaurus

Hah, I pull that at fast food places all the time.  I guess I don't really "pull" it because it's true. McDonalds makes my stomach churn 50% of the time, so I'm weary of it.  Lord knows I love me some 10,000 calorie McDonalds' breakfast if I'm hung over.

I'm in! I'm only 5'1" and would love to lose 60 pounds, but more would be wonderful.

Even though that would be just amazing, no, not really for the soup kitchen bit.  I'm trying to get people to eat a cupcake with each beer they consume, but they seem to think that's a bit much.  :P  The cake I could throw away easily, but grandma made these cupcakes from scratch -- someone has to eat them!  I don't care if it's a giraffe!

Hey!  I'm a 20 year-old college student looking to lose about 60 pounds (I have a thick frame, so it's hard to tell what my "healthy weight" is; I got them big hips and .. lady bits).  I'm a full-time student and work as a tutor at the university.  I know what that lack of support is like.  My fiance is a super-fit garbage can that eats extra to keep up weight... so while I'm eating a single portion (which is surprisingly small when you measureeee!) he's eating three or four and my friends love to go out to eat.  And then there's me.  I love those fatty coffee drinks.  So, hello, let's be friends. :)

Not only do I think that it would taste awful (probably just from how it's been beat into me that you put milk on your cereal) but if you use that little milk, it would probably hardly help your calorie intake.  Also, milk is good.  All those ad campaigns aren't pulling your leg -- milk is great for you.  Perhaps you should consider doing something else, like replacing all of your sugar with Splenda or making sandwiches with romaine lettuce instead of bread.  But don't cut out on milk--just cut down to skim.

1. Calorie Count Name (user id): sammasaurus

2. Name you prefer to be called in discussions: Sam is just fine.

3. Age & Sex:  20 year-old female

4. General Location: SE Wisconsin

5. Married? Single? Engaged! We both just turned 20 this year.  We want to

    get married soon, but we also want to wait until we're 21 for the sake of

    our honeymoon and buying alcohol for the family at the reception.

6. Kids? Furbabies? Iiii have a pet snake. :) I want a Bengal kitten! I cannot

    get one juuuust yet, though--I'd have to move first (stupid apartment!).

7. Favorite color? Lime green is my favorite, but bright orange (like the preview

    button!) is also super-good.

8. Favorite movie? This question is simply impossible. Not because I'm a movie

    fanatic, but I just am bad at making decisions like this. I do really love Garden

    state, though, and Jungle Book is tops. 

9. Hobbies? I'm a full-time student, and I love it. I started off in Chemistry, but

    I'm an English student now. Strange, I know. I work as a tutor at my school

    and with a high school student; I also work for ChaCha.  I'm a photography

    junky, and I refuse to buy a car because my bike and the bus take me

    wherever I need to go.  I also have three tattoos, and am hoping to get

    more soon.  I love ink.  Gorgeous!  If you've got tats, let's exchange pictures!

10. Favorite Snack? Fruit salad and beef jerkey are pretty much amazing.  I also

      love anything that mixes sweet and salty, like chocolate covered pretzels or

      marshmallows melted onto saltine crackers.

11. Favorite Beverage?  Ice tea and Koolaid are nomnomnomulous.  If it weren't

      for my conscience, I'd drink chocolate malted milkshakes all day.

12. Biggest Obstacle to Getting Healthy?  I just like food too much, and going

      out for food.  I indulge in fatty coffee drinks too much, as well.  I'm pretty

      much the mistress of useless snacking, and I'm trying desperately to break

      that habit by recording anything I think about eating and looking at the

      calorie count for the day before I eat it.

13. Weight/Fitness Goal?  I'd be happy if I could lose 50 pounds, but it'd be

      advisable if I lost about 80.

14. Least Favorite Household Chore?  Cleaning the bathroom -- gross.  I hate

      everything about it, from the chemicals, to having to "touch" the toilet, to

      the back-aching bend to clean the tub.

15. How did you find Calorie Count?  No idea.  I signed up for it some time last

      summer, but I ended up working about 50 hours/week, and forgot all about

      it after a while, so here I am again and hopefully I'll stick to this recording

      bit (which worked last year; I lost 15 pounds during the summer, but of

      course I have it back--booooooo).

16. Anything Else You'd Like To Share?  I suppose I'd like to make some "diet

      friends" so I have some support. My fiance is super-healthy and in great

     shape, so it's not like he'll be working against me, but I think he's too lenient

     with me.  He'd never tell me not to order Chinese food (oh my goodness,

     num) or that I haven't gotten out for exercise today and need to get my ass

     out, you know? Oh the cons of love.  So that's why I'm posting -- I'd like

     some people to sympathize with and be my personal cheereleading team.

     I'd love to be your cheerleader, too.   :)   I'm all about doing something

     positive for yourself.