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....

Itsmy, CONGRATS on your 4, Jack, CONGRATS on your 5, and Chris CONGRATS on your 3!  I'm right there with you and lost 5.5!!!  Woohoo!!! 

I'm glad I followed your lead Itsmy and stayed with the Monday weigh in.  You were right, it does keep me more aware of my food on the weekends.  Although I must say, I am still struggling staying on meal/snack schedule on the w/e.  Thank goodness the scale doesn't notice!!!

Chris, I'm glad the small plate trick helped you.  It's a mind thing.  Lol

Smiley-you sound like you're doing great and that was a very good idea to byo-healthy foods.  Smart planning!  Good for you!

I hope it goes just as well for everyone else weighing in today!

Hi All.  Congrads on all the losses this week...wow...that's pretty awesome.  Also welcome new ones.

Had a nice weekend. Hubby took me out to supper....Joey's Only....had fish and garlic shrimp and parsley potatoes and steamed veggies.  Very nummy and managed to stay within my calories so I was very happy about that.  We had a nice relaxing time.  We hardly ever do that....go out for supper so it was a special treat and I love shrimp and fish.

I have an extra client now so I'll be working steady more then ever...:(  Wish I didn't need the money so bad but that's life I guess.  So I may not be on here as much either but will check in, hopefully once a day at least.  Need my motivators...you guys are great.  :)

Have a great day.....happy losing!  :)

Happy belated Mom's Day all!!

I so cheated yesterday and Sat night.. We went to mexican resaturant Sat night and I only had  a titanico taco, chips and salsa, and tequila shot and a margarita!!
Yesterday my 5 yr old son Jr, surprised me with Lucky Charms and soymilk in bed! My 7 yr old, Selena, gave me a cereal bar.. I ate one bite of the cereal bar and ate all the cereal. My son was the only one up and made it all by his little self. I had a good day...We had a cookout for my mom and we made steak, potatoes, sald, and strawberries. I think I went way over this weekend but it was well worth it. I havent ate yet today, prob cuz i ate so good this weekend!!
Have a good day all!!

Hey everyone,

Well congrats on all the losses!Very inspirational! Well i am half way through the day and have not gone overboard. This is an extremely difficult task as my cube mate - has a fishbowl full of candy - all the good stuff and it is terribly tempting... but so far so good. I like the idea of monday weigh ins... so I guess Im gonna join you guys and divulge my stats for the first time next week...Hopefully a loss will be the result.

I am so glad I found you guys... i attended another string the first day at CC, before i found this one, and they were horribly mean and judgemental... glad ive found some great people to chat to.. have a great Monday!

Anyways enough of my nonesence. chat to you all soon.

Good Afternoon everyone!  So sorry I haven't been on since... YESTERDAY.... Finals tomorrow for school, studying like a maniac... I took the day off work one. because I was not feeling well this morning and two to study!  AGH... Anyway, so far today have had 610 calories... All from my bagel sandwich on whole grain bagel and my Activia Yogurt... I am SOOOO full now though.... Looking at approx. 600 calories for dinner and some exercise with my cheer team tonight... May hit up the gym, still unsure!  Went yesterday and LOVED it... My elliptical machine loves me!  I do manual and then add resistance by threes for forty five minutes... Got up to Resistance level 9 for forty five minutes and burned 480 calories!  WHEW  Good luck today!!!  I think I am going to join ya'll and weigh in on Monday... I will post my stats on Monday!  (However, since the 16th will be my one month, I will weigh in on that day to see how far I have gone!)

wow!! congrats vk, ginny, chris!!  where's tabby????  today is her w/i also...although she is an afternoon girl. 

rockin-  i also lovvvvve shrimp!!  any which way it is cooked!!!  yummy!!!  we have been enjoying boiled shrimp lately...but fried is my absolute favorite!! 

dream- those were probably the best calories you could have ever consumed!!  made with pure 110% love from your little man!!

salbel- i'm sorry you ran into that other thread.  i did the same a long time ago...funny, i didn't come back for a long time.  then, dreamcruz posted this...and i was right there waiting (i was post #1!!) now, almost 1300 posts later..... so glad you found us!

bqueen you are burning some calories!!!!  wtg!!!  whew....your training makes me tired...hmm....wonder if i can burn cals by reading your post???????

:)

happy losing!!  (i love that saying...rockinmama!)

Hope everyone had a great Mother's Day! Whether or not we are mother's at the moment, we all have one!  :-)

Bqueen, you are awesome on that workout! good luck with that! I am going to try the "friend" thing right now, don't know what I'm doing but I'll sure try!

I am here...I am here!

Aww itsmy...you remembered that today was w/i day for me too...but my meeting is not until 5:30pm so I am later than most of you. 

I thought it would be awful...I ate badly all week...I was mentally prepared for a gain...and I lost 2.6...woohoo!!!  I am down a total of 9.8 since April 23...can you believe it?  I can't...

Congrats to everyone who had a loss and to everyone who had successes that might not have included weight loss!  Cookouts...special dinners...all part of Mother's Day!  And I hope that everyone had a terrific day!!

I had a successful day...22 points so far...and even a McDonald's alad for dinner!!  No cheating this week...I have got to show a loss even next week, though my leader says not to be surprised if my poor eating catches up with me at next week's weigh-in...so I am more determined as ever to show another loss!!!

Hugs to everyone!  I am so lucky to count you all as my friends!!

Hi

Well I didn't overeat at my moms but unfortunately it was because I was really upset and not because I had willpower. This was the first time I've ever had a crappy mother's day. My sister and stepdad and my mom were fighting and I got myself in the middle of it and I've been really depressed ever since. Before my stepdad came into the picture we all got along really well and had so much fun together and now it's just a nightmare. I've decided I need to stay out of it and stop trying to be peacemaker cuz it just got me in trouble. yuk! I haven't eaten much today either so maybe at least I'll lose weight. Anyway, I'll be okay and hopefully everything will work itself out. I'm just having myself a royal pity party.

ellbell and mabear, I hope I didn't offend with my comments about the low calories.   You all have been so great and encouraging and I enjoy reading your posts.

Hey everyone!  How's it losing?  I weighed today and I'm at 237.5 again, and again, and again.  But I looked at my chart and it looks like my trend is trying to head down.  I just have to get to 234 to reach my first goal.  I overdid it Saturday and Sunday (Saturday was almost 2400 cals and Sunday was nearly 3000).  So considering everything, I think I was pretty happy to see 237.5 and not 241. 

Last Monday was 235, Wednesday was 239, and today (Monday) 237.5.  I've had 1920 calories today.  I will weigh again on Wednesday or Thursday for my Challenge at work.  I guess I really have 2 weigh in days.  My target says 2050 so I guess you could say that I'm ok there.  My personal goal is 1500 or under, so I blew it there.  Not too orried about it though.  I'm going to hit my husband up for a walk tonight since I didn't get to do Zumba today.  Our instructor was out sick.  :(   I'll be walking tomorrow if the weather holds out.

Ginny-  It looks like we're at the same point in weight.  How tall are you and what is your calorie limits for yourself?

Tabby -- glad to see you back.  Hope you've had a chance to enjoy the nice weather.  I'm hoping to be in Cincy this weekend if I have the money.  I'm hoping to get to go see my Mom for a belated Mother's day and birthday.

Ho are you guys doing the paper clip chain?  Any other neat ideas.

Ho do you post pictures for everyone to see?

I'm going to try to be more accountable and post my numbers here everyday.  Give me your support but if you see where I'm going wrong, let me know, QUICK!

Thanks for the friendship!  Be a LOSER!

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Hello.  I found this web site while searching how much calories that sugar has in it.  I kept up with my calories today and it is hard to believe I had eaten so much.  I think it is my food choices more than the food.  I wish each of you luck and success.  Have a great and healthy week.

Looks like it might be a good week for everybody. It is certainly starting off that way. Hope I do as well on Friday.

Welcome diztgs.

No offense taken, blue.

HEHEHEHE Tonights practice was FANTASTIC!  They all did so great...Didn't get to really work out with them and had no will power to go to the gym... Only at 1018 calories though.... Burning brain power with all this studying! WHEW!  Anywho, Monday is going to be my first official weigh in with all of you, so hopefully I will weigh less... I have been eating ALOT of McD's Ice Cream cone... I guess they are better off than scooping my own!  BLAH... No more this week... Wednesday and Friday are gym days.... Tummy was a bit upset from yesterday, my body isn't used to eating fattening foods anymore and it totally rejects them (if you know what I mean) anyway.... I too believe, ell, that this is going to be a great week for everyone!

Is there anyone in Calfornia?  seems like everyone is on the East Coast! 

hey ashley! I see you are right in elk grove. I live in midtown sac right now but grew up in the elk grove area. what high school did you go to? I graduated from sheldon in 03.

I really overdid it yesterday with about 12 oz of brisket my hubby cooked for 5 hours on the grill for mother's day. Then today I have eaten 2,904 calories. Damn Long John Silver's! However, I discovered I do not like it anymore and couldn't even finish my meal. So, while it sounded good, I have been living much better lately and I can tell by my tastebuds and stomach choices. I was supposed to work out with my friend today, but I didn't make it. To spite all of this, I still dropped 2 pounds since my last weigh in.

It is wierd. I am very disappointed today.

:o(

Don't be disappointed nebtanhai. Two pounds is very good. If my weigh-in this week shows a 2 pound loss I'll be ECSTATIC!!!

Good Tuesday morning to you guys...It is so cool to catch up reading everyone's posts... and to think other threads are not so supportive...how could they not be???

So, Blj...we are close to the same weight...I am 5' 10.5".  I have kind of figured my maintenance level of calories is 2800.  My goal to lose is anything less than 2000.  I have been trying to stay between 1700 and 1800.  Saturday and Sunday I didn't, 2687 and 2049.  But yesterday, Monday was only 1749.  I do not "workout" everyday but most days I am doing an hour or more of farm work, cleaning stalls, watering trees, etc.  Posting your stats here can be very helpful...It made me feel weird to post those numbers for Saturday and Sunday...I knew Saturday I ate so much because of that blood test results...Sunday, we went to the circus and cookies, chocolate, and popcorn later I was over 1800 calories...Oh well, I did lose 1 lbs so it is not the end of the world.  :-)  How tall are you?  What calories level are you at/goal to be at?

Neb, 2 lbs is great...Tabby....you can do this, you can show another loss...Bqueenme...I have been craving ice cream...a cone sounds really good right now...Welcome...diztgs, you are going to do great here...Blue...I wish there was some way to make it better for you...I did not grow up in a step family but am a step mom and it is challenging...remember to take care of you, they will ultimately figure out a way to be together...sometimes the growing pains are not pretty...Salbel...next week when you do weigh in and post, we are going to be here for you...Hye??? how's it goin'?...Hi to everyone else, Rockin, itsmy, Chris, Carol, Dream, and VK...I am sure there are others I haven't mentioned...Hi to you too.

Stats for Monday, May 14, Day 28, 1749 calories, 36 ounces of water, and no formal exercise.

Hey, VK...I saw your post about zip-able pants....and 5.5 lbs...Yippeeeeee!!!!!!

Hey ginny, you had cookies, chocolate & popcorn at the circus AND STILL LOST 1 POUND? I think I'll try that one ... sounds like a good diet to me ;-)

Yesterday's stats==957 calories) I wasnt that hungry all day until the night time. No exercise yesterday besides chasin after all the kids! Um....

Hi all!! Hope everyone is doin ok! Had coffee this morning with my 30  calories of coffee mate! I need a lower calories for cream. I like alot of cream but only get 3 tsp of coffee mate! It will take me to lunch to drink it all which is a good thing.....Well off to play my POGO games...lol...I will check by later.
My msn name is Dreamcruz@hotmail.com if any1 wants to chat durin the day!  :-)