COMMITTED LOSERS [Group Open Again!]

Hi guys!  I'm baaaack!  Basically spent about 6 months UNDOING all of the weightloss you all helped me with last year and am now at a whopping 148 lbs, 8 lbs more than what I started with last year.  I feel disgusting and totally ashamed.  Time to get back on track.  Hope to be down to 130 by the end of the summer.  Anyone new want to join me for weekly weigh-ins and daily motivation?  Anyone still around from last summer?

[OP from last summer: I've been doing weekly weigh-ins in a couple of CC forum groups, but no one seems to want to offer support and motivation on any other day than weigh-in day!  Everyone checks in about once a week and that's it.  I need an active forum that I can turn to every day for inspiration.  I think it would be best to limit such a group to about 15 really committed members with similar stats and goals.  I'm looking for people who can check in and post regularly, people who turn to this group instead of binging, people who will share their weaknesses, rants, raves, progresses, and plateaus as often as possible.

I'm proposing that we weigh-in on FRIDAYS and that we keep "weighing-in" metaphorically every other day of the week.  Who's with me?]

Todeinotation

Quiting Smoking is the hardest and best thing you can do for yourself,  we'll stick by you.  I used the patches and for me they really helped.

As for the drinking I'm right there with you and I'm only allowing myself one glass of port after a meal if we go out (Not very often).  Normally I'm a beer queen but even though I drink lite beer they add up when you have between 4 and 6 a night!

I give you all so much credit for all the exercising.  I just can't seem to get back in the swing of it.  I'm hoping some of this wears off on me. 

I'm heading out to dinner tonight with friends and I don't know what to order.  It is the http://weststreetgrill.com/ any help?  I'm sure I can start with a salad but then what?  I like everything so I'm no help to myself.  The servings seem to be small so I intend on eating it all.  I'm not used to going on like this my speed is more like applebees.

I'm off to work for my one afternoon a week.  I hope everyone has a great day!

Original Post by leanne21071:

Quiting Smoking is the hardest and best thing you can do for yourself,  we'll stick by you.  I used the patches and for me they really helped.

As for the drinking I'm right there with you and I'm only allowing myself one glass of port after a meal if we go out (Not very often).  Normally I'm a beer queen but even though I drink lite beer they add up when you have between 4 and 6 a night!

Yeah.  See, the thing is, my problem is not cigarettes.  It's pot.  :( I smoke to relax at the end of the day and then I get the munchies and eat everything in sight.  I really need to stop.

And about the beer... I'm exactly the same.  Only 75 cals in a Michelob Ultra Light?  Then I'll have 6 please!  (Even though this beer tastes like the worst rotten eggs to me.)

I'm a mess.

EDIT: This is what I would pick at the West Street Grill...

WOODFIRE GRILLED ORGANIC SCOTTISH SALMON
Melted leeks, haricots vert, roasted organic beets, naval orange,
Bermuda onion and citrus beet reduction

Well,

Yesterday I was able to write everything down and also to travel in a car for 6 hours for a 12o minute event.  I ate reasonably yesterday and seem to have regained my focus today.  I will be going to costco this afternoon and this is always a challenge for me as I like to graze while I am there.  How do people count grazeing calories?  I am thinking of logging 100 cals per sample and hoping it all averages out? 

Wish me luck.

Didn't work out yesterday, went out to dinner w/ my family and drank a few beers.  So Yesterday does not count will start over again today.  Will be going for my walk/run and will also do 30 day shred. 

My weakness is beer, chips & salsa and cheese.  I could care less about sweets but I could eat an entire bag of chips.  It is getting warmer and I love sitting on the deck with a cold beer relaxing.  I would love to give it all up but I don't think that is realistic for me.  I want to be able to incorporate it all in at some point.  Everytime I have tried to quit my weakness- I do good for a while then I totally binge and that usually lasts for a while.  As we speak I am trying make up for the last few weeks of giving in. 

I want to know how you guys do.  Maybe I will give up one thing and see how that goes.  I was really doing good a few months ago and I could have just one piece of cheese or one serving of chips  and I hadn't had a single beer for over 2 months, and was okay with that but lately I have really gone over the edge.  I just can't seem to get back on track. 

But that is what this is for-the venting and reading other struggles really does help!

Good Luck

So, I just made the horrible decision to go to Kohl's on my lunch break and try to look for a shirt to wear Saturday.  Saturday my fiance's band has a concert. 

To work, out places, I wear the same 5 outfits EVERY SINGLE WEEK.  Not because I don't have clothes but because 1. I can't find anything I like anymore, 2. Because I have a whole closet (walk in closet) full of beautiful clothes that I can't fit into.

So, I leave Kohl's even more depressed then when I walked in.  Feeling really crappy on myself and beating myself up for allowing it to get this bad.

My poor fiance is trying so hard to help me through the emotional struggles.  It does in the sense that he is always there for me to cry to, complain to and never once gets frustrated. He is overweight too so I know he can empathize with me.

I am so incredibly frustrated and sad and wish I knew what would actually work so I could go ahead and do that. 

Edited to add:  Today is a gym day though so i know I will feel better after that but then I end up looking in the mirror again.  The next non-gym day I have is Friday so I am going to try to do my home work out at 4am on that day, see how I do.

Original Post by lovinmylife24:

So, I leave Kohl's even more depressed then when I walked in.  Feeling really crappy on myself and beating myself up for allowing it to get this bad.

I think that feeling is very common when you're trying to lose weight.. I know I keep my old jeans out on my desk for motivation.. but sometimes in just makes me feel depressed about myself.

Keep up the workouts, you'll see the results soon enough!

I could care less about sweets but I could eat an entire bag of chips.

Me too. I can and I do from time to time. I can't just have a handful - if there is a bag in front of me, I will finish it. Best thing is to not have them in the house. Rice cakes dipped in salsa have a good satisfying crunch and can sometimes distract you if you focus on the beautiful day/joy of being on the deck.

Lovinmylife, I totally hear you as well.  Going out is supposed to be fun and it makes me miserable when I can't find something to wear. I feel like I have good fashion taste and no one ever gets to see it b/c I can't fit into the really cool stuff. It's the designers'/stores' fault but I never think of that at the time, I just keep thinking "if only I could lose 10lbs" and it always seems like no one else has the same problem - b/c when you actually get out of the houe and go go to the concert everyone seems to look good.  My main suggestion is try a different place to shop, buy a larger size that fits well and cut the label off. But when you get there smile and have fun and be positive and share good energy because that is REALLY what makes the difference - it's just so hard to see that when you're in front of the closet.

I've been trying to wean myself off antidepressants...and it's really freaking difficult! I am having terrible cravings whicih is totally out of character for me. Oh, and I'm also really fatigued, which means I'm having extreme difficulty getting back into exercise. I've managed probably 500cal deficit the past few days...it would be more if I could get moving again! I'm going to try my hardest but boy, it sure is difficult.

Yesterday I went out and needed lunch so I bought sushi. Once upon a time I would have gotten at least 4 rolls, plus other goodies. Well yesterday I just got a pack of 2 mini inari sushi and 2 avocado rolls. I ate realllly slooowwwllly in the food court and boy, was it filling! Actually taking time to eat makes such a different for me.

Weigh-in tomorrow. I'm not gonna lie, I'm nervous! I haven't weighed myself in about a week and since then I had a bingey weekend. Fingers crossed...all the best for everyone :)

i'm finally done with finals, and i flew back to texas today! this means - super on track. my mom is a health nut and doesn't keep junk food in the house (yay!). i'm terribly exhausted from my lack of sleep lately and i finally get to rest tonight.. however, i'm going to get up early and go for a jog i think. i'm really feeling it :)

hope everyone is doing well!

I really kicked up my commitment yesterday. Logged and jogged and stayed in my deficit. A bit sore today, but nothing intolerable; just that good "oh, I worked out" soreness. I have been trying to get to 127 lbs since Jan, but all I managed was maintenance. I guess that is good given I am in grad school and work is excessively stressful. At least I am not gaining.

I really find this clean, energetic feeling addictive. It's like the sweat dripping at the gym. That feels good to me. So much better than the nasty feeling after being out late sucking beer and cigarettes. That's a tired, heavy, dirty feeling. I can see why little kids have so much energy--they sleep sound, run and exercise all day, and eat right. Where do they get the idea that grownup life is better?

Blink: Welcome back to Texas. We live near Dallas. Congrats on living through finals week.

J-mom

I did really well yesterday. I ate well, went to the gym, had a healthy dinner, didn't snack like mad when I got home (thats my bad habit).  It definitely shows, this morning scale read 146, yesterday it was 149 I think.  I always end up consuming too much salt and snacks at night that it hurts me in the morning.  I wish I could stay away from the scale every morning.  Once a week would be good.

Going to the gym again today.  I am hoping to do just as well!

I also posted about going off of my birth control and hoping it will help.  Day 1 - no birth control.  First time in a few years.  Hopefully it will help.

Oops.

Glad to see so many staying with their plans.   I still have not started my weights yet but I wil try to at least do a pilate DVD today after a little cardio to warm up. (good for maybe a few hundred calories anyway)

The restaurant was fantastic.  The salad had to many rasins, sunflower seeds and to much goat cheese calorie wise but it was wonderful.  For my main course I had the scallops MMMMMM.....   One  of the poeple who were with me had the salmon and it looked fantastic as well.   Any way the scale actually dropped a little this morning.  I hope it doesn't rebound tomorrow.  (I'm a daily weigher)  I'm going shopping today for some fresh produce and I'm making a taco soup for dinner.  If it comes out well I'll post the recipe.

I too find that eating slowly helps a lot.  I understand it takes about 20 minutes for us to realize in our brains that the food in our stomachs has made us full. ( satiate factor) 

had a really good day yesterday.  Wrote it all down,worked off 1200 calories cycling and at the gym and had a significant deficit.  thanks for keeping me aware and the best of luck to everyone on this life time journey. 

oops

Wow!  It sounds like everyone had a great day yesterday!  Congrats!

My day was good too.  I ended up with a 500 calorie deficit even after eating pizza for dinner.  I jogged for 30 min, did 30 min with the Jillian dvd, and also rode my bike for about 30 min.  Yay!

This morning the scale said 144, which is great.  So much better than 148.

Keep up the good work all!

Looking forward to 144!!  I hit 143 over a week ago but the only reason was because I had dental work done and I seriously didn't consume any food or liquid for over 24 hours.  It was horrible. So, I didn't count that. 

I hope everyone's doing well!!

fatdoc, you worked off 1200 cals cycling?!?! That's great!!!! I have NEVER worked off 1000 in one gym session. Actually, the most I've ever worked off has supposedly been 600 (elliptical machine), though I'm not sure how accurate the cal burner was.

Great job, tod, having a 500 cal deficit! That's good you got to eat something you enjoy, yet still have a def :)

One day until weigh-in!! Ugh, it would figure that my friend called me up to go out to eat tonight the day before weigh-in.

Update: yesterday I had a 500 calorie deficit (no exercise), so I think that brings me to a total of 800 calorie def combining yest and the day before.

Hi all!  Just checking in again before I go out with some friends to a German bar that serves a ton of different kinds of sausage.  Hehe.  I will not be drinking anything except maybe Diet Coke and I certainly won't be eating any sausages.  There!  Somehow it really helps if I actually type that out and disseminate it to an audience (virtual as you may be).

Didn't have time for Jillian or for jogging today.  But I had a very light lunch and am only planning on eating a big bowl of collards and black eyed peas for dinner.  So hopefully I can manage some kind of deficit. 

First official weigh in is tomorrow!  Good luck everyone!

It sounds like a lot of us weight (officially) on Friday. I am with a May weigh-in group that weighs on Friday. I previously tried Monday, but the weekend eating always started my week on a bad note. I hope all of us post our weights tomorrow. It sounds like we have all really tried.