Posts by susabelle64

please keep me posted if you do, I lurk alot but am always amazed by some of the responses I see out here.

Good Luck Helenlyn and if you ever need a shoulder, just give me a shout

Hi Rvince, I agree a regular multi-vitamin can be very helpful. I have been at this for over a year now and have lost 30lbs..........actually I had lost 40 but gained 10 back grrr, It is a setback, but here I am again...

as far as advice I would say to find something active you love to do. For me it is swimming, but it can be anything. If you love to do it, it stops being excercise and becomes recreation. So join some of the classes at your gym, you may be suprised what you find fun!

setbacks can be overcome, if you are bad for a day or a week (or 6 months in my case ), that doesnt mean you have failed, just pick it up where you left off and keep going.

I also was (and still am a bit) self concious in the gym, and in the pool there is no hiding anything, but it is getting easier and I can say that the others are right, if anyone does "notice" you, it would probably be complimentary on your efforts.

Also, I agree with the others on 2 other points, make sure you eat enough and go down gradually, and dont burn yourself out by making too many lifestyle changes at once. One thing that helped me is to choose certain items to take out of my diet, and I would make better choices. You can also compromise for things you just dont feel you can give up. I will not give up my real butter, however, I have switched to "whipped butter" which goes further for fewer calories. It is always better to choose moderation over absolute denial. (at least where food is concerned)  Ask people what sort of substitutes they use in place of high fat or high sugar foods and everyone will be more than happy to share their substitutes.

The only place I really miss is Red Robin. I LOVE LOVE LOVE their fish and chips....... Outside that........I dont need any more good places to eat! I live in Charleston SC and god knows there are good places to eat on every corner.........give me strength They have a Mellow Mushroom Pizza joint here that is sooooo good!

I joined a health club today to use their pool. I was getting frustrated trying to swim around teenagers and toddlers.....and dodging storms... A girl I work with joined today too, she is also a swimmer.

I have never been to Savanah, I have been meaning to go but you know how it is............busy busy busy.

Ya know, I have always thought it funny about other countries, I have been chastised for this countries politics, like I had Bush's ear or something, yeah he sure was listening to me! NOT America's politics havent been so popular in the past several years. It is just plain ignorant to blame or fault another person for the faults of  their government.......especially a country such as Russia or China where the people have not a lot of say in what happens. Even in this country we elect people we think will do a good job, but things dont always turn out the way we hoped. I really believe that  we are all so much alike really.

I am off to bed, I am really wooped!

Susabelle

For me, I work out whenever I can. I have started swimming again, so basically whenever I can get in the water I do. Sometimes several times a day. I work out both mornings AND evenings on weekends and usually evenings most other days. I would like to switch over to mornings during the week, but that has more to do with thunderstorms picking up in the afternoon and ruining my ability to swim than any consideration to calorie burns. Either way I feel great when I'm done, I love my workouts and miss them terribly if I cant swim at least once a day. I hate gyms, so my entire workout is swimming (with stretching of course), especially since I live in the deep south and running in 95 degree weather with 90% humidity is insane (although this is probably just a cop out for me since I hate to run anyway ) With all this said, work out whenever you can and find something you love to do. Swimming IS my recreation as well as my excercise...........what could be better?

Thanks Lynhaslost.........I appreciate the welcome!!! I wish you luck with the Ali, I actually bought some myself months ago, but I'm not that good at being consistent with taking a pill, it may have even worked for me.........but I think you actually have to take it regularly! LOL

Minda, you crack me up, I actually enjoy your rants......LOL I feel the same way, I think one of the reasons I have not been on this site in months is because of some ninny that chastised me for eating sugar free pudding.......because that is bad food ya know??? Bite me.......Anyway, I am enjoying the posts here. I will pledge right here never to chastise you for anything!

I did get my swim Friday night........it was so nice, and I even got up to swim this morning. I have to quit getting on the scale myself.......I actually gained a half lb this week, and this is with all my swimming and I have been sooooo good. Oh well, it's like you said Minda..........I am gaining muscle and my clothes dont fit tighter so I'm probably just fine. I cant even tell you how much I enjoy my swimms.......I am a bit worried about my ears though. My right ear has had several surgeries so I am trying really hard to keep the water out, but it is tougher to do than I thought it would be.

I was good today, I did go to cracker barrel for breakfast but ate off the kids menu. I was even full afterwards!!

I am off and running........so everyone have fun and keep your faith!!

Susabelle

Hi all, I love the idea of no deadlines. I have been loosing weight for over a year, fell off the wagon around christmas........gained 10lbs back UGH! So here I am again, I have another 35lbs to go.

My wake up call was all my illnesses.....acid reflux, gallstones, other stomach issues........I would wake up in pain.......excruciating and that is if I even could sleep because the acid in my stomach would make me violently ill. Anyway, surgery was mentioned but the doctor said he wouldnt operate because I was obese!! OMG!!! I cried and cried.......of course he was right, but I was miserable.

I lost 45, have gained 10 back and now am trying another strategy........enjoying myself!

I am counting my calories, and weighing in, but I have rediscovered an old love which is swimming!

Well, my old coach would be rolling in his grave if he saw me swim right now (I can even hear his voice in my head) but I am just going to work with it.

My biggest problem is that I am only 4'11" tall...........go ahead and check out what my caloric intake should be just to maintain at 130............which is still considered overweight for me, oh joy. So basically the only way I can loose the weight and keep it off is by finding an excercise I love and so I can eat more than 1200 calories a day and still loose weight. I am shooting for swimming daily for an hour which is more of a treat than excercise.

Right now though I am sitting on my couch, typing and feeling sorry for myself, I sat out side my pool for an hour tonight praying the lightening would stop so I could swim........it's now 10 and I have given up...........I am so bummed. I know I could probably do something else for the excercise, but I hate almost everything else (I'm in Charleston SC and it is summer so downhill skiing is out). I actually loathe working out on equipment, excercising indoors always seemed unnatural to me. I have tried it, even tried to love it and psych myseslf into thinking I'm having a good time, but I cannot maintain it more than 2 months. I wish I could enjoy it like one of my sisters does.........sigh.........anyway my strategy is just to get active doing things I love love love.......Well, keep your fingers crossed there are no storms tomorrow......

 Susabelle

I'm driving 5 1/2 hours one way to vote today! I didnt have enough time to change my residence or get an absentee ballot.....so, I will sacrifice to make sure my voice is heard. I think this one is too important not to stand up and be counted, regardless of who you vote for...VOTE!!!

I'm heading back to our house in NC to vote, do some work on our house and pick up my daughter for her birthday and bring her to Charleston for a few days. It's a 5-6 hour drive...YUCK!! Anyway, normally I would have rushed out of here, not eaten breakfast, stopped at fast food along the way, etc.... Not good. I'm leaving in a couple of hours, I am getting my breakfast as I type and I'm bringing a roast pork sandwich (left overs from the other night) some graham crackers, a tangerine and an apple (hmmmm, maybe one small piece of dark chocolate later for a reward). I do plan on stopping for something to eat tonight, but having food in the car will prevent me from just stopping anywhere because I'm STARVING. I'm one of those that goes from not hungry to starving, cranky and headachey in minutes. Soooo I'm preparing!!

I wont be able to log in for the next couple of days, so I am hoping the eating habits I have developed over the last several months will keep me from slipping back to bad food. I've already experienced how nasty some of my old favorites taste to me now, so I'm not as inclined to stop for fast food (greasy with an icky aftertaste, bleh) Unfortunately there isnt a whole lot of decent places to stop between here and Eden (not much of a selection when I get there either). So, wish me luck to avoid the chicken fingers at our old favorite place to eat! Southern fried food is NOT condusive to weight loss!!!!

Shrimp, shrimp and more shrimp........I love peel and eat shrimp, I could eat them all day I swear! (well maybe not) But I think it is the only food I have really made myself ill on and still gone back for more.......num num num num. I live in a shrimping town now........look out!!