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 OW and Missy...welcome ladies!  Missy, you and I are pretty close in stats.  Accountability does help.  It makes you think.

kt- there's nothing horrible about weighing everyday so long as it doesn't become a reason to make you want to quit trying on your journey.  It really dragged me down when I did it daily, but everyone is different.  If you can handle it then go for it! 

I'm off to lunch...leftovers from dinner. 

Hye-I used the Asian Silk Spray to make my chicken and veggies last night and yum yum yum...it was delicious.  Even lil'v got into it!

welcome oleswife.missy. and smare! Thanks turtle for the RA RA, keep going with that energy girl!

good job ellbell!-"NO SCALE...NO SCALE!!!" 

good for you too mabear! It's way harder than I would have thought!

Hye- NO, NO don't go! You can stay can't you? We can make an exception,lol.

I'll come back when I'm home. I'm at a computer at the library(I'm on a layover) and the stupid thing keeps interrupting me every 5 seconds to tell me how many minutes I have left!

Hi all and Congrats to you all! I am down 15 lbs since i started this post~~ !! I am so excited that I am losing and I still cheat on the weekend ( usually 1 Day, I eat what I want!)  I will try to talk more on my post but I get pretty bust with the daycare thing!!)

welcome to missyessica and to oleswife... you came to a great group of people. 

I walked an extra 25 minutes today (slower pace but still walking) while my youngest was in therapy.  That made me feel really good.  (I made it up to 3.6 mph on my treadmill this morning for 16 minutes of my workout.) 

I'm thinking the Strut your "Under 200" stuff is the best name for the new group.  I can't wait until I get there.  230 is only 55 days away so then 200 won't be too long after that.  I am still trying to stay positive and visualize that I will be under 200. 

Keeping this thread at the top of page one has gotten so many new people to come on board.  That's cool.

Hi vk...I am with you on the picturing yourself skinny.  I weighed 125 at 10 years old and went up from there.   That's why it was so cool the other night when I dreamed of being skinny.  I put it in the post asking if anyone had ever dreamed of being skinny.  I never had until last week.  Then Sunday night I had another one, that the "love handles" on my back were going away.  My husband told me it is "the secret" working in my life, finally allowing me to visualize that I will be skinny.  I am so excited and that makes me put it out to the universe even more. 

If you haven't seen the secret... you need to.

Ow and Missy - Welcome!  This is a great board!

blue - You think everyone else will let me stay? :)  To me this board is about support and motivation, less about the number.  Although, that is the original reason why I joined.

V - That Asian Silk is yummy on chicken and I bet it's good on veggies to.  I didn't care for on shrimp but, maybe I didn't let it marinate long enough.  I can understand why lil'V would get involved.  It's fun to pump and spray!

Alright, I had a major letdown this afternoon.  I had to go to downtown.  I live in Montreal.  This morning I sat and planned out what I planned on eating for the day.  The odd timing of my appointment I didn't really get a lunch.  So, I had a snack before leaving and saw that I had about 400 calories that I could use for eating out. 

I was soooo diligent and looked at everything.  Skipped right over the fast food stuff and went to this vegetarian place called Commensal.  (If you're from Canada you know this place.)  Well, I just grabbed a little bit of 1/2 cup white bean salad, 1/3 cup quinoa salad and vegetarian eggroll.  I knew I was pushing it with the vegetarian eggroll but, I really thought I was still within my calories.  Over 700 calories!!  I have no idea why this place is considered healthy!  I'm sooo mad.  I could of had a Subway sub and it would have been better this place and I would of felt like I really splurged!  

Even though I can change what I planned to have for dinner, I'm not going to because I know I'm going to be really hungry if I do.  Anyways, just because it looks healthy, says it's healthy, its not.

I'm sooo mad that I'm about ready to write this place and yell at them!  The only good this is the beans and quinoa are good because they are whole grains.  But, man it burns my butt because I was actually trying to be good!! 

Okay....breath....breath.....relax Hye Chong.....where's my cheerleaders??

Okay, I was mad enough that I just wrote the company.  I'm sure it won't do anything meaningful but, it felt good telling them off.

Hahahaha! 

Alright, I'm calmed down.

Welcome Wife & Yessica - glad to see you here!  Come on in and make yourself comfortable! =)

Hye - you know, sometimes you just go over! Stick with what you were going to have for dinner! Going over happens and it's OK.  I've got my pom-poms out for you so are you ready?  OK
Give me a "H"
Give me a "Y"
Give me a "E"
What does that spell?
YOU CAN DO IT HYE!  (hee hee hee so I forgot some letters) =)

My day is going, not like yesterday... I have energy again today, but because work is going SO crazy and I'm having issues w/programmers and customers I'm ready to just shut my computer down and grab some Dove Chocolate bars!! (I LOVE THOSE THINGS).

But instead (you'll be proud) I went for a mile walk to get some of my venting & frustration out.  One of my co-workers came w/me & she let me vent on her!  Thank you for that!  (but I could still go for some Dove -- so sweet, so good, so nummy to my taste buds... OOppss... sorry everyone!!! Bad Dove, Bad!! -- LOL!!)  Hee Hee =)

Okay, I need to get some work done before I leave in a few hours.  Suppose to get hail, thunder, wind, etc. storms today here in Seattle... but nothing... just a nice sunny, yet cold, day.

Oh and Dream -- I'm so thankful that you started this thread & congrats on the 15 lbs!!!!! WTG!

Keep up the great work everyone!!!!

Jessica and oleswife you are both very welcome.  We're getting to be a big group. It's hard to know everyone really well but you do bond with some that's for sure.  I've made some very supportive friends on here and you will too.

Hye- You don't want to leave us???? Aw how sweet.  You stay as long as your little heart desires sweetie  :)  And don't feel so bad about going over...it happens...not your fault in this situation.  We sure have to watch where we eat eh?  And not take their word for it.

Dream- congrads on the 15 lbs...WTG!  You work for a daycare or you do it in your Home? That must keep you quite active.  Check in when you can...we'll be here.

turtle-  heehee stay away from the Dove bars.  Good for you on going for a walk instead.  We're so proud! :)

vk and ginny-  I'll bet that really works well to motivate us if we picture or visualise our selves skinny.  Good idea. Ok rockin....start emptying your brain..."fat cow"  go away....pooof!  Aw there I am in my bikini....heheheee.  I'm kinda cute.

how come we're way at the bottom of the page again.  lol

Boohooo  everybody deserted me.  lol  Guess I came on too late. :(

I'm here Rockin!!! Missed me already huh?!  LOL

Because of the icky day I had at work I am doing TERRIFIC on calories.  I'm just over 500 for the day, I have dinner left so that means I can have some dessert tonight!  WOOOooo-HHHoooooO!! (Maybe I will have that Dove bar after all -- Hee Hee)!

I'm here too  just feeling more like reading than talking tonight I guess.

Good job walking turtle! That dove bar could really sound good. I'm glad the only chocolate I have in the house is really icky. It's dove but it's that orange spice(dark) kind and I think it's gross! I'll probably end up throwing it away because no one wants it. I could take it to work and watch everyone make faces when they try it. Someone must like it or they wouldn't keep selling it. I don't like my chocolate with flowers(lavender) in it or chili peppers or even cinnamon.

hey dreamcruz we are all glad you started this thread:)

turtle! heehee turtledove bars...lol...sorry, I couldn't resist...heehee    did you end up having one?  Might as well if you have the calories left for it.  Enjoy.  need a treat sometimes.

blue- it's ok...we'll let you read.  Doing really good when you can throw away choclate...lol. 

Yes dreamcruz....this is my favorite thread.

Hi everybody.

I had calories left over today too, turtlegirl. Had 4 cups of pop corn. And I'm STILL gonna have my CHEWY CHIPS AHOY GRANOLA BAR!

Hey, I was just wondering, is everyone in the over 200 club from the west coast? How's the weather out there? I live in the mountains in NY and we still have a foot of snow on the ground here. I wish it would warm up ... I'd LOVE to start walking again.

How ya doin' mabear & blue ... still no scale?

Congrats Dream on your 15!!! 

Hye, you had me cracking up!  So you wrote the company!?  Good for you, I hope you told them off good!  Damn people disguising junk and passing it off as the real thing...they should be have their toenails ripped out.  (I'm not normally this cruel, I just talk a big talk)  Lol

Alright Ginny, you got me scratchin' my head over here..."the secret"?  Huh?  :)

Turtle, did you log your walk?  I bet you were speeding along too...I know I do when I'm angry. 

Ell-I think we're pretty much all over the place...even England.  I'm in the midwest.  We don't have snow now but we did last week....well, sleet and slush.  It killed my tulips and the ones that survived are being eaten by rabbits.  It's all over the news over here about the noreaster you guys are getting.  We're getting hit with some of your cold.  It hit 70 this afternoon but now it is around 30-something. 

ell- i live in cali and it's been in the 60s this week. It jumps up to the 70s then back to 60s but should be consistently in the 70s pretty soon. It's nice.

o boy did I treat myself tonight! I went to this spanish restaurant w/ my coworker (we go out every week for drinks) adn i had tri tip w/ sweet mashed potatoes and veggies, w/ half a pitcher of sangria, and a chocolate mousse w/ strawberries for dessert. omg it was soooo good! I haven't treated myself like taht in sooo long! I figure since the past 2 days I haven't even eaten dinner I deserved to have a yummy one tonight. and i don't even feel guilty which is great! ahhh i'm gonna sleep well tonight :)

Turtledoves -- That got me giggling so much!!!  =)

Logged the walk VK -thanks for checkin' I almost forgot earlier! And we were going a pretty good pace... I was feeling pretty red in the face when we were done - but I felt MUCH better.

I've done great on calories tonight, right at 1300... I'm debating to the dove bar... 330 calories - WOW, not sure if I want to go over the 1600 mark today.... maybe half???

Fred318!  Wow, I read your letter and thought I was reading mine.  How's it going for you?  Do you find it difficult to even move?  Do you ever feel like you're afraid to move because you won't be able to?  For me, it's kind of like that story about the Aggie who swam half way across the lake and realized he couldn't make it, so he turned around and swam back!  I am terrified I will not have the energy... I will be uncomfortable and look disgusting.

Are you finding the motivation and TIME -- with 2 kids?

Gheartoms

Stats for day 54   walked 50 minutes on the treadmill, 25 minutes at the park.  I drank 49 ounces of water. I ate 2021 calories.

I have been so hungry this week I went slightly over 2000 Monday and tuesday but I do not feel guilty for a few extra...I can't imagine 22 caloires hurting anything at all.

I was so good last night.  I have been craving bisuits and gravy.  I made them last night.  Here I make almost everything from scratch, usually without a recipe.  Who knows how many calories we used to eat.  But last night I measured out everything.  My dinner was ohhhh so good and only 708 caolories for a big bowl of biscuits, gravy and eggs.  I had veggies as a snack before dinner.  Yummm.

I am so happy for you KT getting a great dinner and not feeling guilty.  We can not live our lives eating the same things all the time because we know the calorie content of them.  Having that treat will make you happy and make it easier for you to stay on track.

Rockin...sorry I wasn't on to chat with you last night.  I am glad others were.  Normally I do check in now before going to bed but hubby and I watched TV for a while.

Ell...I live in Wyoming.  36 miles from Cheyenne, 20 miles from the nearest gas or milk.  It is still cold here...was expecting blizzard conditions the other day when your storm rolled through here but didn't get much of anything.  It's really foggy this morning but it was a whopping 36 degrees when we got up.  Yeah!

Anybody heard from Tabby lately???

Vk -  the Secret is a book and movie that came out a couple of months ago.  It was featured on the Oprah show.  I didn't see the show but my husband was off that day and did.  You can watch it online for $5 or order it to have all the time for $35.  This is a lot of money for a movie but the movie is life changing.  It gives you the secret to obtaining all of your goals and making your life the best it can be.  It is not a get rich quick sceme or anything like that...it is just a way of focusing your thoughts to achieve your goals.  The SECRET is the law of attraction...you attract to you what you are thinking about and focusing on.  If you think about something like an old friend...what usually happens...someone mentions them or they call you.  "What you visualize...you materialize..." is one of the quotes from the movie.  What made me feel really good about this film is that is has the chicken soup for the soul guy telling you how the secret helped him and the author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Vensus as well.  It is sort of like a documentary film but not a dry film.  I absolutely love watching it.  In the past 7 weeks we have seen it 7 times.    www.thesecret.tv

So for me, being unable to see myself skinny has been a problem because I have never been skinny.  But telling the universe that I was going to be my ideal wight and focusing on being a size 12 has apparently helped because I had the 2 dreams.  Now I just need to stay the course and it will happen.

Good morning everyone!  Beautiful day here today...a little chilly....I am in Northern Ontario...near Sudbury...so still not the warmest but no snow anymore so that's good.  I work only in the afternoon today and hubby is still sleeping after being on nights so I have to be really quiet....heeheh...which means I can shut myself up in the office and play on here to see how everyone's doing and get motivated for the day.

ginny- guess we were posting at the same time.  I haven't seen the secret but have been wanting to since I seen the Oprah show.  Gonna have to check it out soon.  Anything to keep me motivated.  It's been going really well lately...1 -2lb loss a week steady...but I can feel it that it's not gonna stay that way forever.  Plateaus always hit me at the worst of times.  Usually when Im stressed out of my mind and really don't need that added on to it...lol.  You were quite the energetic girl yesterday...good going!

Good morning everyone!  I'm up, I'm up.  hehehehe...slept in a little today.  Okay, a lot!  The bed was sooo cozy....ahhhh.

Well, I'm over my little temper tantrum from yesterday.  I told my husband about it and he laughed at me.  He couldn't believe I wrote to the company.  It's very unlike me.

V - As for the toenails getting ripped out...that's a great way to put it.  Even though you are non-violent.  :)  Right?

Rockin - Sorry, I wasn't on last night.  Glad to hear that someone was.  I was spending some QT with my adorable man.

Ginny - I think I've heard of this Secret before.  It's something that they taught us when I was in sales.  You have to visualize the sale closing...etc.  Visualization is very powerful stuff.  It's like when you look in the mirror, you could feel great and notice all the nice changes that's happening to your body.  However, when you're having a bad day all you can focus on is the imperfections.

Today is homework, homework, homework.  That means that I'll be checking in on you guys from time to time today!

I hope you guys have a nice day!  Check in later.