Over 200 club!

HI! My name is Laura and i am 5-5 and 235 lbs as of today. I did weigh 240 almot 2 weeks ago. I am counting calories cuz I do not know what ele to do. When i gave birth, I only weighed 201 lbs! My son is 5(his bday is halloween). I cant believe i have put on so much lately. I have high blood pressure so I am on Diovan. I am also on protonix( for heartburn). I took myself off depo provera lat Sept and currently have the IUD, Mirena. Birth control was part of it but that is why I switched to IUD. I am taking it slow, and watching what I eat. I guess I am supposed to stay under 1700 calories and I walked 20 minutes today. I hate exercise now but I have to do it to lose weight the old fashioned Way!
if you have any suggestions, please tell me....

Thankyou vklamorick and piesh for adding me to your friends list and for directing me to this site.  You all sound such fun and really friendly and supportive.  I so need a lifeline to the outside world as my weight has made me a virtual hermit in my own home.

Yesterday was my first day calorie counting and it went well although I am so choked with a cold just now I didn't really feel like overeating as I slept away most of the day.

My name is Elaine and a big hello to everybody, I have 60lbs to lose before I will have to leave you so i should get to know a few of you very well. 

Am i the only Brit. who has found this site?

We are in the process of renovating our apartment in readiness for getting married in July and adding another 3 hungry mouths to feed.  I am looking forward to the additions but I feel the pressure of dealing with the workmen and managing the budget so this will be a great place to vent instead of heading to the fridge which is my usual venue for solace.

I am actually excited about loosing weight, wow, thankyou to all of you.

OK, having a little trouble figuring out activity points for the firm work out 40 minute compelation.  Do I say it is aerobic or weights?  It is both not free weights but not all aerobic.  So, I said weights.  It only burned like 204 calories so I walked the dogs also 2 mph.  I did very well until last night. I am afraid I did get into the oreo bag;however, I only had 8 cookies.  When you realize how small they are it is easy to do.  Even though I did go over my calories for the day I stopped at that.  For me, that is great because it did not turn into a binge.  I am just moving right along and seeing it as a small slip and glitch.  Tully

Tully.....I also can't figure out my activity points. I'm doing the Beginners section of You an a diet DVD, and it's for 20mins, and I do it three times a week. I walk every day. So I'm watching my calories, but worried that it's not enough calories with the exericise part.  Also I'm happy you didn't binge, I struggle with that. I can't have any sweets or chips in the house. I have no self control, and having them out, I now get fruit or nuts. Since I've changed my lifestlye, it has affected my hubby. He's lost weight not even trying, because of me not buying unhealthy foods or snacks. But it really ticks me off, that he loses the weight, and I'm still struggling. Go figure!!

Elaine......technically I'm a brit. I was born in Oxford, England. I came here on the Queen Mary when I was six. My dad was stationed in England, where he met my mother. My best friend Annie married a Scottish fellow three years ago. He doesnt' like it here in America, he can't adjust. So he's taking my best friend to Scotland to live this year. We've been friends for over 26 years, so it's going to be very hard on me. Thank goodness we have web cams. Nice talking to you

Hi, Shane

I know you will miss your friend but Scotland is a great place to live and I am sure you will be able to visit.  26 years is longer than most marriages though.  Is she looking forward to the move or dreading it.  Do you know which part of Scotland she is moving to. I live in rural Perthshire which is really beautiful!

Does anybody know whether i need to count the calories from veg.  I was on WW once and I think they were classed there as free foods.  at the moment i am counting 1250 cals. a day but not including veg.

Oh my this is great!!! I miss one day on this board and it went nuts....so many news ones...YAY!  Welcome everyone!!!

Well, yesterday I worked from 8:30 to 7:00pm  so I was way to bushed to do anything but go to bed early.  But I'm back.  Weighed in this morning and lost 1 lb.  Slowly, very slowly coming off.  My "body" wants to keep it's fat and I'm having fist fights with it...lol.  I'm winning....I think!

kt and all you others who are so close to leaving us....it's ok....we are thrilled for you.  And we know you'll come post once in awhile and tell us what it's like to be under 200 lbs so it will be an incentive for us.  And we also know you will start a board and get it ready for us to join you when we can.  Plus I still have you as friends so I can keep track of you and you can kick my butt when I get discouraged too.  lol. 

Shane- Yes, count the veggies too dear!

Largo-  Aww that is hard when a friend goes so far away. Yes thank goodness for webcams. 

Aw rockinmama...I missed you!  I gotta say I loved that peace sign though.  Heehee! 

Elaine-I'm glad you found us.  You are in very good company here.  I've seen other brits on CC but I'm not sure if any of our forum buddies are.

Shane-I even count my water even though it is zero calories, it still contributes to nutrition.

vk-  lol...I liked my peace sign too....stilll not sure what I did to manage that.  Don't think I'll do as well today though..bad start.  I didn't realize bagels were so high in cals.  270 cals just for the bagel.  Then I had cream cheese and a banana.  Had it late too so I guess it was brunch.

Hello, my name is Ginny.  I read through this thread and thought that you guys really offer each other support.  It is nice to be able to talk to those who weigh over 200.  I am down to 247, again.  Last year at this time I weighed 238 (my lowest) but went back up to 275 and now am on the way back down.  My highest was 362.  My goal is 185.  I have great support now from my husband and I am looking for more support from others.  I appreciate this website, it has helped me over the past few months with calories and suggestions so yesterday I decided to become a member.

Thanks for listening,  ginny

Wow, so much just happened I'm not sure where to start! Congrats to everyone doing a good job! Even those that feel they had little setbacks, just keep going forward and don't let it stop you! You're all an inspiration for me!

Yesterday I took my two breaks here at work to do 10 min walks. It was a little hard because I was sweaty after each but I guess my co-workers can deal with it. ;)

Last night when I got home I made my own healthy dinner and then I changed to workout at home. My husband had already turned on FoodTV on the television I use to workout. I told him I wanted to workout and he kept saying "Just relax, you deserve it." So at about 8pm I finally got him off of the TV to help my daughter with something and I quickly switched it over to workout even though I didn't really feel like doing it. =) Funny thing is he seemed to get really annoyed by it and then he wound up working out after me. =D

I was stuck on what to get for lunch today...one of the last Fridays of lent.  I went to Denny's for a veggie omelette and for the first time I ordered eggbeaters.  I had already told myself if I didn't like it, I'd eat it anyway and just put it on the list of dislikes.  I couldn't tell the difference.  Ha, I get to add another new food to my list.  Yeah!  It's the little things in life!  Lol

Hi Ginny!! Congrats on your MAJOR accomplishment so far!  Did you celebrate when you hit the 100 pound loss mark?  Geez, you are definitely my inspiration. 

Piesh-good for you!  And good for being a good influence on your hubby.  How old is your daughter?  Mine is 5.  She thinks the treadmill is a toy.  When I do get on (not often lately) she goes on about me needing to get off because it is her turn.  I clip the key to the ceiling so she doesn't get it started on her own.

hello all---happy Friday afternoon!!!  (although this was spring break so it's not like I wanted Friday to get here!!!)

it's time for the weekend!!!  is everyone ready????  I'm planning ahead (remember last weekend pizza got me...not this tim)

tomorrow is my daughter's birthday party and we are having pizza.  I am having a lean cuisine!!!  :)

can't wait to hear successes over the weekend!

Hi i am just starting and i weigh 218 and wish i did not. I just lost 15 pounds before christmas only put on 1 over christmas then it all went down hill!!! I find i lose some like this then it all stops. Love to offer and recive support anytime

Well...I am grumpy tonight.  We have inventory this weekend at work this weekend and my boss is an idiot.  Our service department is supposed to help us count and he told them they did not have to come in tomorrow...now who is going to do our recounts?  Good grief...and my husband is being a butthead...he has been yelling at everyone for 2 days...every time I open my mouth he is being snotty...and yelling...and crabby...makes me so so mad!

Here is the good point...I am not hungry...well not too hungry...but I have to make dinner...and I know i won't be anything good...and I will eat anyway...and tomorrow we will have doughnuts and then order out for lunch...and Sunday will be more of the same...so I am feeling discouraged before I even get started...

I am happy to see our new members...piesh, ginny, jilly...welcome to our fun crazy little group...I need to lose 80 pounds (26 to be below 200) but at this point, I think I am going to be around for a while...:) 

I love reading everyone's successes...with the scale, support at work, whole wheat pasta, etc...:)  You guys are keeping me going whether you know it or not...thanks for being here!

Hello all, 

thanks val, for the congrats, I did celbrate by getting married which was great.  I posted 2 pics of me on my profile, one when I weighed the most and one at about 260.  I haven't had any pics taken lately.

Jilly, I do know ups and downs and support is the only way I have been able to lose the most.  I have the best support now, from my husband which why I am doing well right now.  A year ago it was different and I gained back up to 275.  Support, support, support.  That is why I wrote today, I need the support so I can continue to reach my goal.

Tabby, I wish we could make it better for you.  I hope there will be something bright in your day tomorrow.  If you will be ordering pizza tomorrow, tell them to bring a salad too.  Have a slice and a salad, then you might not feel so down.  I wish you the best.

Hello everyone!  I look forward to my time here with all of you.  You are all such a big encouragement.  Everyone has so many things that they are overcoming and it makes me see I'm not alone.  So thank you...all of you!

ginny-  All I can say is WOW!  Do you realize you've lost 115 pounds?  Yes you went up then down again but wow!  This really inspires me because I too have been up then down then up and now going down again.  260 was the most I've weighed....now I'm at 218 as of today.  All we can do is keep doing what we're doing now....it really works.  And we have each other.  So happy for that.

Jilly- Hey jilly, welcome.  You weigh the same as me...we can encourage each other.

tabby- So sorry you're having such a bad day.  Hard to stay motivated when things go likethat.  Better days ahead sweetie.     :)

Thanks everyone...it is hard to be grumpy with such terrific people to come here and get messages from...:)

I don't think it will be pizza tomorrow...probably sandwiches...I will try to order something low-fat.  I drank soda today too...trying to stay awake and with it...this is my first inventory with this company and everyone is already mad at everyone...lol...tomorrow ought to be terrific and I have to be there at 6:00am...on a Saturday...good grief...:)

I will keep plugging along...with the support of all of you!  I already know that there is not going to be a loss this week...I just know it...I have not done well...but back on the wagon...back to trying to get up the desire to walk...back to not drinking soda...back to remembering what I want to look like and feel like...my husband's ex-sister-in-law might have had a mild heart attack this week...she is 48 and overweight...talk about a wake-up call...time to do this...I don't want to die...from heart disease...high blood pressure...etc...I want to see my kids grow up and get married...I want to play with my grandkids...I want to be with my husband for more than the 2 years that we have been married...

I am going to start trying tomorrow...but Monday is my official "Back on the wagon again" day...and I am really going to try to stick to it this time...I have to...for me...for my kids...for my health...for my life!

Yes tabby....for you and your kids and hubby too but especially for you dear.  :)  We're always here somewhere.  One of us anyways.  Try to have a positive weekend and we'll talk to you Monday and you can tell us all about it....good or bad.  Keep smiling! :)

thanks rockin...I think I will better when my prescriptions come in and I finally get back on all my medication...BP, Thyroid and especially the "happy pill"...lol...it is just so tough sometimes...

I am headed to bed for my long weekend to begin but I am going to make the best of it...:)  I appreciate your kind words!!  I will check in tomorrow and see how everyone is doing!

Tabby - When crunch time comes to me, I do best when I get myself worked in a zone.  Sometimes that means headphones with some very good music and then sometimes that means working in a rythmic form to music in my head.  I always find that to help me with my stress levels.  I hope it is over quick and your butthead boss comes to his senses and calls the other dept. in.  In the meantime, log the exercise you're getting from all this "out of the ordinary" work and maybe you're calories won't be as bad as you think....  Sandwiches:  turkey on rye, grilled chicken, or tuna. 

tabby- that really sucks. I had to do inventory once for a job and it was miserable. everyone is just in a bad mood adn its no fun.

its gonna be such a long weekend! gonna work at least 8 hours tomorrow adn probably 5 horus sunday. but then i'm goign to a hockey game! so that will be fun and a nice way to end the weekend. I really need to go shopping though which is gonna be tough since i'm paying rent and taxes and tuition! ahh the life of a poor college student lol