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 everyone!  I'm here...I was feeling so happy that I ate my way through the weekend.  I did gain back a little bit of weight but, I'm still under 200.  Only by a little....right now, I'm 199.8.  I'm pretty sure that it's a lot of water weight gain.  I can feel the puffiness in my fingers and toes.

Last night I checked in and read everyone's posts.  Thank goodness!  It re-focused me and today, I'm back to my oatmeal and yogurt.  I plan on running some errands a little bit later today and that'll be good for an exercise. 

Yesterday, I ate a lot of junk but, I did also spring clean my house.  I was a bit more active yesterday than I would normally be so, I logged the activity.

I'm so happy to see all of you guys doing well!  I'm very proud of everyone...I"ll check in later!

Hi guys...another thread had this link on it...body fat percentage test...

I went to take it and I am 40.3% fat....It told me that I am 142.8 pounds of lean muscle, bones, and body water...and 96.2 pounds of fat.  When you multiple 142.8 by 1.25 (I would then have a body fat % of 25 %) it tells me I should weigh 178.5 pounds...I am so excited...My goal had been 185 and two weeks ago I decided to make it 180....If I weigh 180, I will 26% fat, recommended is 22%.  Yahoo.  I can't wait...

glad you are back on track Hye>>>

DREAM are u using the fat free or sugar free coffeemate, i use the sugar free was just curious

I am using fat free--Maybe I should  be using sugar free!  DuHHHH MEEE! I am a tart sometimes!  I have had only coffee today but a Mcchicken with tomato and pickle sounds real good!!
I am so bored today!! I need to do something, I made the kids french toast and didnt even eat anything!!
I have something to ask... When you have sex do u log it as an activity??  LOL --I was just thinking  that today!! hehehe  just a thought

lmao well i havent logged it maybe i should, maybe i should have more to burn more calories!!

well the sugar free has 15 calories per serving as oppsosed to 25 calories for the fat free, so i switched!! 

i saw ur on myspace dream ill have to add ya!!

mornin everybody! congrats to al the losers! i did the lil spike thingy today, but my trend is down, so i guess i'm doin ok. i've been exercising a lot more, and i've been told that can level out the loss for a bit, so i guess there's no need to get upset about it.

bqueene....i'm not in caly, but i'm on the west coast...sw washington, about 50 miles north of portland. sure has been beautiful weather here lately. what part of caly are you in? i have lived in san diego and way north near yreka. it's a beautiful state. sy hi to arnie for me...lol!

HI Everyone,

Well congrats to everyone that is exercising their butt off and losing. I never realized how hard this counting thing really is. The hardest thing for me is that when I am at work I stick to my snacks and small meals but when i get home i just cannot stop myself. My goal is to eat 1650 calories and I ranked in a whopping 2,068. Im not good at math but that is rather a huge deficit!!! anyways. My husband and I have been apartment hunting and that was my only real exercise yesterday... I just cannot seem to get motivated to work out. I have these great exercise videos " slim in 6" and when i first started the program... i ate relatively healthy and lost 12 lbs in two weeks but obviously the workout is hard and i just cannot bring myself to do it...AAarrgh! Guess that is my next goal. Workout today for at least 15 minutes... not including walking my dog...

Have a great Tuesday!

Dream, I switched to the sugar free coffee mate too.  I guess a lot of people in my area found out the same thing because they just can't seem to keep it in stock!!!  The FF is always there though.  I start searching to replenish my cupboard when I'm only halfway through my container.  Lol

Hye's BACK!!!  :)

WTG Tabby and nebtanhai!!! 

sounds like everyoen is doing pretty good this week so far! I'm jealous!

the scale has been messing w/ my head this week. sunday i weighed 218.2, monday 220.0, then today 215.8! so i have zero idea what i weigh right now lol. We'll see what number tomorrow is close to. I need to see my progress though and this is makign it difficult! I've been really stressed and kinda depressed this week adn I'm trying to shake it but it's not working too well. I'm gogin to teh gym tonight hopefully so that should help. I've been staying at about 1100 calories the past couple of days which is really weird. Some days I go over my 1300 calories by a few hundred and then some days I just don't feel like eating anymore! it's been pretty weird. I'm zigzagging adn I don't even know it!

eveyroen keep up teh losses! I see some people are really close to breaking the 200 mark!I can't wait to get there too!

Hi gang just checking in

Welcome back Hye-

That darn huge cookie I was smart enough to give away on mothers day made its way back to my house:} or at least one that looks like it anyway. I ate a huge piece of it yesterday and man oh man was it sweet. Ok focus .... I am back on track and got to class an hour and a half early so I walked the campus for an hour.

I use the fat free french vanilla from international coffes but that is only when I made the coffe too strong. I like my coffe black.

STUPID POTATO CHIPS!!! they just keep jumpin right inta my mouth...and my mouth swallows them....*sigh* couldn't been me chewn'm...not me...no way!

ok, i confess...i willingly...even joyfully...ate th' lil boogers. i'm gonna shove them down the families throats tonight so they aren't there to tempt me any more, dadgum it!

Well, I have done better on my eating today so far I have around 1500 cal.  I may eat a apple before I go to bed.  Thanks everyone for the welcome. 

I am 5'3" and weigh(no one look) 249 lbs.  It is time for change in my life.  Diabetes and heart disease both run in my family and I would like to be able to go clothes shopping and find my size. 

Blue I hope everything get better for you soon.  Family can be a joy and a pain in the neck sometimes.  My only daughter just got married in December to a navy boy.  It hits me pretty hard that she is gone.  I talk with her everyday but it is just not the same. 

I did try walking today it was one of the days where just walking to the road tired me out.  One day I will succeed at that. 

Just remember everyone that just because you screw up once does not mean the next meal you cannot succeed.  We are human which makes us grand!!!

I have rambled enough everyone have a great night.

dizzy

hello every one just checking in with my stats.

I ate only 781 cals- due to spending quite a bit of time running around in the car Getting in about 1 hour ago and forcing down dinner. did get some exercise in this morning so My calories out are 3019 am I looking on the right page for these that is on my account home page if I go to my activity log it says 1,171 which one do I go by? Yesterday was hard we had another giant cookie enter the house from nowhere Darn thing!! like you carol It jumped right into my mouth and mmmmmmmmm it was so good it would have been a shame to spit it out. any way there are no calories in cookies when they grow right? lol.

any way I am settleing the kids in and they get the cookie cause I know I am thinking about how good it will taste with some coffee....  No No NO cookie was bad girl yesterday No more cookie!!!

oh well I am gonna go night all and will keep everyone posted on how my weigh in goes tomorrow!! 

Mabear, you go by your total calories burned on the home page of your account.  Just above that is your food log, but just a view of it.  Is the 781 including the cookie??  If so, you definitely need more calories, but it sounds like you know that already.

Diz, I tried not to look but I couldn't help myself.  :)  It sounds like you did pretty good today.  Good for you!

I need to go practice what I preach and go eat.  I'll check in a bit.

Okay, I'm here in Chicago today - I was lucky & had no delays in my flight, however my counterpart & my boss ended up being delayed (1hour for 1 and 4 hours for the other) because of the weather.  VK - I've told them about the places you recommended and our goal is to hit the pizza place Thursday!

Okay, I'll admit it --- I've logged sex :)  I saw it and it made me giggle so much that I decided to log it.  Figured it was there and well I, uhm.... we... hhmm.... so sex is there as an activity :: Giggle :: so why not!!! :)

Carol - don't worry about the chips; it happens to us all... my guy LOVES to make cakes.  He loves to eat them directly out of the oven w/out frosting...nice and warm.  So he was VERY excited with me being gone for the week because that means he gets to make some cake!  The only thing I told him was that if it wasn't gone by the time I got home Friday I was going to through out in the back for the racoons to eat in the middle of the night!

Diz - we are so close in height & weight... I'm and inch taller -- so hows the weather down there?!  Hee Hee... sorry couldn't resist :)

Enjoy your Wednesday everyone!!!

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hey all!

I feel better today even though nothing has been resolved with my family. I've just stopped thinking about it as much and I think the beautiful day we're having has helped my mood. Thank you ginny and diztgs and everybody for letting me pout.

ellbell, got any new funny cartoons? We need our fix!

tabby, 2.6 down, WOOHOO! That's so good! It's always extra fun when it's unexpected!

blj, post those numbers! Hope you get to go see your mom

bqueene, McD's ice cream cones are at least sort of low cal aren't they? I haven't had one since I've started here but I love them too. Course I like mine dipped in chocolate! I'm in OR, used to live in the bay area.

nebtanhai, 2lbs is a really good loss!

ginny, I know you're right that they will figure out a way to make it work, I just tend to panic and start imagining horrible holidays and birthdays where no one can get along, but hopefully we can avoid that. Thanks for reminding me that it can be done!

dream, I just picked up some lite choc soy milk which has 120 cals for 1 cup so 1/4 cup would be 30 cals. I think I would like it with chocolate, but you could use the van kind, might be good.

hye, glad you're back on track.

dream, you know I've always wondered where they come up with the numbers for the cals burned during sex. I always thought they seemed kind of high.  I like good sex but I doubt seriously I've ever acheived the kind of calorie burning that they say it does! Sure is one of the funnest forms of exercise, though!

hey carol, I'm about 40 miles south of Portland. I call it Mcmudville, lol. (it's Mcminnville)

hey, salbel, I'm with ya on the lack of motivation to exercise!

kt, how's your tailbone doing?

mabear, good for you for walking for an hour! Cookies are so hard, I actually ate one the other day at work and only ate one which was a big step for me:)

carol, step AWAY from the chips! lol.

diz, thanks and I didn't look:) Keep walking, it will get easier.

wow, really long post, sorry bout that.   have a good one all!!!!!!!

This one's for you, blue. :)

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Okay, so the pizza at Cici's Pizza buffet did me in for dinner today. I think the Long John Silver's poisoned me because I have done nothing but sleep and visit the latrine today. Even still, my calorie intake in 2,600 today. I can't believe I allowed myself to splurge again. I feel like I am on a downward slope and I need to figure out how to turn it around!

I am very listless and lethargic today and this evening though. I still feel a little nauseated though. Weigh in is the same today.

I am going out of town this weekend, camping. It will be good to get away from home. Then, I am going to spend 2 weeks with my grandparents to offer them a little hard labor.

2,600 calorie intake... I am bummed out that I fell off again today.
I am undoing all that I have worked so hard for... and all for some doritos...ugh!

wow everyone seems so busy! congrats on lots of you losing!

i totally knwo how lots of you are feeling about eating foods we shouldn't! All I can say is to be better the next day and try to be stronger teh next time the situation comes around. it's hard but every time you pass it  up it gets easier!

carol-- go buy ruffles light potato chips. much lower in cals and they taste just as good!

blue- the tailbone is still sore. Hasn't seemed to be much change the past week. I swam tonight and so it's extra sore but I have to do something! I just likey my vicodin :)

Good morning everyone...

Stats for yesterday, May 15, Day 27, 1574 calories, 36 ounces water, and hours of yard work...

Have fun camping Neb...I love to camp, haven't had a chance to in a couple of years.

Ell...thanks for the new "cartoon/joke" to see...

Blue...glad you are feeling a little better...

Geezzz, turtle.....LOL...good thing you logged the   Shhhhh...S...E...X...word...it made me laugh...I had logged it before too...I figured why not...I did it...:-))))

Diz...some of us didn't look and some of us did...:-)  I am proud of you for posting...Now that you have that out of the way...think of all the other things you can do...the world is your catalog...You can do this!!!!!!!

Carol...glad you did enjoy the chips...I hate when I eat something now that costs me calories and I do not like it...I feel cheated...I want my calories back for something that I like better...

Kt...the scale will slow down the zigzagging...You can do this!!!

I have to go and didn't get to everyone's posts...please know I am thinking of you....