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....

Hey, hey, hey!!!  Rockinma, I'm so happy you'll get to see you're daughter for the weekend!  And yes, remember to log the extra work and remember to eat back those calories! 

Hye-I don't know Tim Horton's but I'm glad you turned it down. :)  And it's a good thing it wasn't a side effect from being sick!  Lol

Kt-jeez, you sound so busy.  6 flights of stairs!  Good for you!  Yes, down the water.

largo-kt's right, check the journals, check the forums, people are always around to pick you up if you need it.  OR-post your own journal and one of your friends will chime in.

Yay for you rockinmama! I make sweet potatoe fries too. I don't even peel them. Just slice them up, mix em with a little olive oil and rosemary. I like to cook them till they get a little brown to them, seems to make them sweeter.

I might just try those banana muffins. When I get bananas start to get too ripe to eat but good for baked stuff or smoothies I put them in the freezer,peel on, and when I'm ready to use them I zap em about 20 seconds in the microwave and the peel comes off easily. One of those tips you get from women's magazines.  And my husband thinks those magazines are not useful!

well i have not added exercise in yet as i have just started this new life style as of the april 4th. I am down 4lbs (242) probably water weight but its better than nothing. I have been good today so far and plan on staying good!!! pan to start exercise when i loose some more weight.

hey staben....i did the same thing, workign exercise in later. I only make it to the gym once a week right now but have been sticking to counting my calories and that alone has made a big difference (7 pounds in march!). I think it's easier to stick to it when we don't try to overhaul everything at once. good luck!

Thank you ktcort13! great job on the 7lbs in march thats great! good luck! to you as well when i start i think im just going to go for a few short walk a week

I actually have calories left to use after dinner. I could eat like 300 calories! This is unsettling. I'm not even hungry. Maybe I'll have a couple pieces of the dark chocolate bar I've been chipping away at(later-when I'm hungry)

well, hello all!!  i've been away for a few days! 

welcome stabenowrj!  I hope you have enjoyed it here!

my husband had to have gall bladder removed, but is doing better..kinda!  He can't get comfortable at night...so neither of us sleep!  But I had to get up to take my daughter to an Easter egg hunt.   sigh.....

During his surgery and recovery, I have made good food choices and some bad food choices.  I haven't weighed b/c I was doing so good that I didn't want to see any bad results.  At least until Monday, which is official weigh in day for me

I hope everyone is doing well!  I've missed being on here for support and encouragement...as well as cheering y'all along!!

Have a great day..and Happy Easter!!

I hope your husband is doing well...itsmy.

Happy easter to all...

I did something this year I have never done before for my kids...( they still believe in the easter bunny)...I had my husband pick up 2 pre-made baskets.  Normally I do the whole chocolate and candy thing adn then there is candy in the house for a while.  With the pre-made baskets, they get a little candy and I do not.  Yipppeee!!

Good for you ginny...I did well with the baskets this year too...I bought candy but I only bought a little...waiting until the last minute to shop helps too...everything is almost gone...so there won't be hardly anything left over for me to be tempted by...

I hope your hubby starts to feel better soon itsmy...it is tough when neither of you are getting any sleep...my wishes for a speedy recovery are on the way!  It is tough to make all good decisions when you are dealing with surgery...hospitals...stress...etc...I am sure you did just fine!

I am not doing so well...but I did not buy any packaged meals this week at the grocery so I am interested in how my week will go...they have so much sodium...I have to find normal foods in my house that I can eat...if I don't, I will never make this a lifestyle change because I can't eat pre packaged meals for the rest of my life...I have to fit in foods that I can eat with my family and still make it work...so wish me luck...I have a very addictive personality and I have trouble saying NO and stopping when I know I should stop...this is going to be tougher on me than just about anything...but I have to do it...

My husband has a cold so we are staying in all weekend...my stepdaughters are with their mom until tomorrow and my son is with his dad...I can stay in my jammies all weekend if I want...lol...and just be lazy...it is so cold here...was 82 on Wednesday and snowed yesterday...good grief...I don't need 80 in April but 60 would be nice...without the snow...:)

Hope everyone is having a terrific weekend!

Hi itsmytime!  It must be rough right now.  I am also sure you probably did better than you think.  Something like that can be very stressful.

Ginny, I have been buying premade baskets all along.  The last couple years and this year I buy the kind with activity toys inside.  They're harder to find but it's better than all that candy.  The good side with those is they come with jellybeans and those types of candies.  Nobody in the house likes those kinds of candies so they go right in the trash.

Tabby, prepackaged meals are very hard to stay away from just because of their convenience.  It is so hard to come home from work and whip up a healthy home-made meal.  I find myself baking everything together...chicken breasts, pork chops, whatever gets thrown in a baking pan with veggies and seasoning and wala, quick meal.  The problem is it gets old after a while.  PS, I think we practically have the same weather!  Lol

HAPPY EASTER!!!

My problem is that the rest of my family is not interested in eating healthy and I have to cook what they eat or they don't eat and they complain...things like beef roast with carrots, potatoes, gravy, and macaroni & cheese...or beef & noodles, corn, and macaroni & cheese...how much starch do you need in one meal...lol...but that is what they want...

So I have been buying the pre-packaged meals for lunches and dinners because it is easy, the servings are already figured for me, and I don't overeat...but mostly I had to quit buying them because I can't afford it...we are struggling right now and I can't afford to buy different for me and for them...so I have to figure it out on my own...and make it work for me!

Thanks for the support...I am going out to by my paper clips on Monday morning...and as I have said many many times, Monday is my start-over day again...lol...I am going to reset my goal date...start with my plan and follow it...I have some Crystal Light for my bottles of water and I am ready...I have 100 calorie popcorn and my sugar free butter toffee lifesavers...let's make a lifestyle change!!  :)

How's this for starch, my husband makes himself mashed potato sandwiches!!!  OMG, yuk!

ok i'm the ultimate mashed potato addict but in a sandwich? where do you come up w/ that idea? lol

How nice to know I am not alone and my family is not the only insane ones when it comes to food and the foods you eat together...lol

Usually we eat out on weekends when we don't have any kids...well, we order in...lol...but not this weekend...neither of us can decide what sounds good...so he ate pb&j for dinner...I am going to have a salami sandwich...that meat is definitely my downfall...good thing it is expensive and I can't afford it all the time...:)

I also love any kind of potatoes but not on a sandwich...the other day, I watched our youngest put spaghetti on a piece of butter bread and eat it like a sandwich...I was going to yell if she spilled it on my couch...:)

Hahaha, Tabby, the hubby makes spaghetti sandwiches too!  I just don't get it. 

ugh....i feel so fat tonight! I ate too much mashed potatoes (haha i guess i got cravings after i read here) adn have been drinking tons of water and i feel like my stomach is just protruding in front of me! and i'm supposed to go to the bar tonight w/ my best friend who i ahvent' seen in months and we are both 21 now so we are finally going to the bar together. i had been feelign really good the past week b/c i was down to 224 adn i still was this morning but i just dont know why i'm feeling like this tonight. ewwww i hate this feeling :(

Sometimes I think we just feel this way...no reason...you might feel like you ate too much...but sometimes I just feel "fat" without really having any reason...

Have fun tonight...enjoy the time with your friend...don't drink too much!

I made some mini muffins and I am happy with my little muffins. I was left with batter that didn't fit in the pans though.  Small quandry. My mom made some stollen(sp?), a heavenly German sweet bread, that she usually only makes at Christmas. No way I could turn it down, but I had a small piece without butter so it couldn't have been too bad.

mashed potato sandwich??????????  okay, now i loveeeeee loveeee mashed potatoes....and i love bread...but i have never thought of putting them together!  lol

tabby, vk, ginny----thanks for the words of encouragement.  i hope it won't be bad on Monday. 

and good for y'all for thinking ahead of Easter baskets!  (I picked out candy that I just "don't love"..but they do!)

All of those feelings are coming rushing back.  Those same old feelings of..."oh, I've lost this much...but that will be it and I'll gain it back"

kt-how are you?  i hope you are feeling better about yourself today!  good for you for getting this all together at 21!! 

and yum blueotter---that homemade bread sounds wonderful!  you did good by resisting the butter.  oh...that would have been hard!

It's like it is already in my head that I have done "bad" so I might as well wait until Monday.  Which I didn't want to do.  My mother in law invited us for Easter dinner ...she is the most awesome cook!  I thought she might ...and last week, I was prepared! I thought...I will be ready!  But now, after the last few days, I am thinking..well, I might as well and start over tomorrow!  BUT....the more I eat the more I will have to fight to get it back off!  AND I've worked sooooo hard!

Okay, thanks for letting me vent.  I think I just talked myself down from the ledge. 

Time to get ready for church.....my daughter has the cutest polka dotted dress....which will now be covered with a coat b/c it is soooo cold here!!  (at least for the south!!)

Happy Easter!  And thanks for listening...err...reading....my long post!

Hi all,  I've been sick now for 4 days.  I have severe abdominal and back pain too.  I am unable to move much at all.  When I am sick I tend to eat, and eat and eat comfort foods.  My mom always took wonderful care of us when we were sick, but by feeding us too.  Well I tried, and tried....

I am going to have to get back on track. 

My dh and dd's came home late last night with a huge turtle sundae, I couldn't resist.  It has like a whole days calories and fat grams in it.

When I am sick I have no will power.  Anyone been like this??

I sure hope things get back to normal soon.