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....

Good Morning All !!

Counting the calories and reading/comparing the labels does help a lot hyechong. 

I think I'm starting to get the swing of it.  I do believe it'll be easier having a place like this and people to relate to. 

I've gone up and down a few since I started here but right now I'm down a half a pound.  It doesn't sound like much but every little bit helps, right!?  Lately, the up down margin has started shrinking.  I'm crossing my fingers and hoping this means something...(not a plateau, not a plateau, not a plateau). 

Hi motivateme320.  Hi urbanrose.  Wow on your lost pounds guys!  :)

Urbanrose- of course you're welcome here.  We'd love to have you and anyone else.  18 lbs gone- good going!  I lost 19 lbs so we're pretty much the same.  They come off slower now eh? :(  But at least theyare coming off.  Once you get those 4 lbs off to be 299 we'll have a party on this board for you....lol. 

Checking in! I weighed again this morning cause someone told me I should.  Well still no loss, still at 221. :(  But I'm ok.  It will come off.  This is my life now eating healthy and exercising so eventually my body will understand that I'm not gonna change my mind.  It is definately all gonna come off.  If it takes 2 years or more so be it.  I refuse to give up and get discouraged.  And I'm not stepping on that scale again now till next friday.  Hope everyone has a good weekend.

vk-  Yes a half pound definately counts.  Good for you.  I agree, having someone to vent too and talk things out really is helpful.  Again congrads on your loss. Keep doing your happy dance and stay postive. hi5

Hey rockinmama...thanks.  hi5 back at ya... 

I think that's a good idea that you're only weighing yourself once a week.  I keep saying I'm going to do that but they keep a scale at work in the ladies room and then of course mine at home.  It seems they call out to me.  Lol

Oh yeah...and a Happy St. Patrick's Day people! 

Just a question.  dreamcruz started this post but I haven't heard from her recently.  dreamcruz where are you?  If you read this, I just wanted to thank you for posting this club.  I've met some very helpful people on here and it has really kept me motivated even on bad days....and beleive me...it's hard for me to be motivated on bad days...lol.  Anyway, thanks dreamcruz, and I hope you're doing ok.  We'd love for you to check in sometime soon.  Keep trucking girl. :)

well of course urbanrose--you are more than welcome here!!!  We can't wait until you post with a big woohoo for being 299!!!!!!

this is a great place, isn't it?????????????

i understand the slow go...I really thought as overweight as I am that it would go "poof" the first couple of weeks (ya know, like on the Biggest Loser)  but then again.....I am not working out 6 hours a day and whatever else they do......

and rockinmama---you keep rockin!!!!! 
vk=--woohoo to your 1/2 pound!!  it's a 1/2 pound you don't have anymore...1/2 of the paperclip! (did you see that challenge?)
official day is Monday

Happy St. Patrick's day!

whew! what a relief it was to see the numbers go back down on the scale again this morning! I was chugging water yesterdya thanks to rockinmama! I think she should be like our club "mom" cuz she's just awesome! I was even able to indulge in a little alcehol last night hehe. now i'm sittin here munchin on my yogurt w/ granola and yummy strawberries mmmmmmm.....hope everyone does great this weekend to stayin on track! it's so great to talk with everyone on here!

I didn't see the water posts until this AM.  I had a tuna sandwich for lunch yesterday.  It made me so thirsty that I had four glasses of water throughout the afternoon.  Talk about rushing it home with a specific purpose!  Lol  

Monday...I can wait until Monday.   

i wouldn't let myself have a diet coke until I drank a big ole bottle of water!! 

Well, back from grocery shopping! Man it's not only gas that's gone up groceries, especially the healthy stuff like veggies and fruit, ridiculous!  Can't wait for gardens to start producing but I think I have a long wait eh?

kt- You're so cute.  Club "mom"......hehehehe.  If you only knew how many times I've failed in my life with losing weight you wouldn't say that...:(  But thanks....it sure cheered me up some and put a smile on my face.  Glad the water is helping. I knew it would. 

vk-Heehee one thing good about tuna eh?  Makes you thirsty so you drink more water. 

itsmytime- oh good idea.  I just bought the new Diet Dr. Pepper-Berries and Cream.  I usually try and stay away from pop because of the sodium and my swelling but sometimes when I am craving sweets I find having a glass of diet pop helps alot.  So I will try that...drink a huge glass of water first and then sip away at my soda...hehehe  Thanks for the idea.  Hope it works.

rockinmama- I think we've all tried and failed too many times to count. you are just so motivational and positive! It's always nice to see what you have said for everyone. I hope you're having a great weekend!

I second the motion! 

I hear ya guys...I know I've lost count of how many times I tried too.  I usually get to the loss of where I am at now and then that's it...it stops.  That's why I was crossing my fingers in an earlier post.  This is the first time I'm trying to be proactive about it rather than looking at it as a chore.  And...this is the first time I'm trying to create a good atmosphere around me

My sweet drink that I gave up was lemonade.  I'll add a tiny bit to my water once in a great while, but I am strictly coffee and water.  I have to watch coffee though; a tiny bit too much and I feel like the squirrel on Over The Hedge.  Ahem, I'm a bit seceptible (sp?). 

vk- I guess we just have to look at it like a life long change not just  "until I lose the weight" .  If we view it that way, we don't really need to be in such a hurry to lose all of it at once do we?  Mind you, I'll be the first to say I wish it would come off NOW! and not twenty years from now...lol.  Keep positive everyone.

Oh I forgot to add...I put real lemon or lime in my water.  It's not sweet though like lemonade but you could probably add some sweetener to it.  Or doesn't Crystal lite or Kool Aid make a flavor that you could add vk?

boy, did y'all hit on a subject there with the "until I lose the weight"=  I have been wanting a family picture done by this really great photographer here in town......when I lose the weight.  Well, this fall I am doing it..no matter what!  HOWEVER....I can feel it now...this is going to be good.

It's been almost 2 weeks with this new lifestyle, and it's almost a habit now. 

We went to dinner tonight at friends house.  They grilled chicken and veggies.  We brought salad and dessert.  I bought the dessert...(didn't want that temptation at home) and didn't have one bite!!!!  I could have b/c I am way down on my calories today, but didn't want to "start". 

Anyway, I know I couldn't do this without the support I receive here.  The first thing I did when we got home was come to the computer and enter my food, then immediately came looking for y'all!!!!! 

Have a great evening!

Yup rockinmama...I added limes to my water when I first started the water thing a couple years ago.  Now I just do water plain.  I keep lemonade in the fridge for my lil'V (I call her that because she looks just like me...heehee).  So...once in a while I'll put in enough to cover the bottom of the glass and the rest water.  It barely changes the color of the water. 

I totally know what you mean itsmytime,,,I am still not trusting myself to not get "started".  Just like the chip slogan..."You can't have just one!"  I'm sure I get a look on my face when a friend suggests eating out...LOL  As we learn, we'll get better at making the good choices, right!?

Well...off to t-ball practice with my lil'V!!!

Speaking of Crystal Light is that bad for you?  Does my water become crap if I add that to it?  I'm not a big fan of water at all.  I can drink down Crystal Light, 0 calorie Green Tea or 0 calorie tea with lemon and equal in gallons but not really plain water.  As a result I've not really been drinking enough because I've been trying to just drink water.

motivateme-I've read numerous things from people....specialists included, that it's okay to drink that!  It helps you with your water intake!!!  So, drink up!  ( a long time ago, they all thought just plain old water was the only thing that counted as water intake)

Itmytime- Good for you about turning down that dessert.  You inspire me because today we are going to visit my Mom.  My Mom is the best cook, baker etc...in the known world.  She loves to cook and watch others eat it.  She hardly eats and has always managed to stay gorgeously thin and shapely, (Why couldn't I have inherited her genes instead of my Dad's...:( )  Well I know she is gonna make some sort of scrumpteous fattening dessert and meal.  ARgggh  how am I gonna manage.  I hate weekends. I do so well during the week and then I go visit Mom and Dad and it's gone down the drain.  I just have to get some self-control, I know, but it's not that easy.

vk- No you can't have just on chip....at least I can't they are my worst weakness.  That's why I never have any in the house.  Can't.  Only way I can make the choice not to eat any...lol. 

motivateme- I think it's ok to drink Crystal lite....some on here would definately disagree because of the aspartame but I figure as long as I don't over do it it should be ok.  I must say though I prefer the sugar-free Kool-aid singles because they are sweetened with splenda and they taste better....not as much after taste. Like itsmytime said ...any liquid can count towards your water so the green tea,  kool-aid, all of that counts.

i'm goin to my parents for dinner tonight too! my mom says shes making this chicken in the crock pot w/ chicken broth adn tehn at the end you put cream cheese in! i died when she said that! so I'm making sure to keep my calories down during the day so I don't go over tonight. i did weigh in at 225.8 today which is about 2 pounds lighter than last monday! yay!

I'll have to try the kool-aid singles.  I'm thrilled to hear that all counts towards my water intake because I've only been getting around half of the water I should because I just don't really like water.  I was trying to limit the zero calorie beverage things just in case so I was only drinking 1 of those per day.  I occassionally have a diet soda but for the most part I'd rather have tea or crystal light.