small weight loss group wanted (closed)

 just read a topic on a weight loss group that sounds like an awesome idea. However i think they had gone over their limit so thought i would try and start my own group.

Previously I have lost 13 kilos (about 30) pounds through a personal trainer. It worked really well for me as someone was pushing and motivating me. Unfortunately I had to stop as I could no longer afford it, however still have food plan, food diaries and gym workout which I am happy to share. (no charge)

I started a 12 body challenge at work with my staff  (with the info from my trainer) and had 1 guy loose 23 kilos /50 pounds. He was very overweight tho and it came off very quickly the ladies averaged about 9 kilos. We did a weekly weigh in and I motivated them throghout. The unfortunate part about all this is that I had no one to motivate me as I was motivating them.

Due to being unmotivated I have gained another 6 kilos :-(

Not sure how to start a online group as I have only signed up today but would love to hear from any1 else wanting to join. :-)

My ultimate goals is loose 13 kilos 28.7 pounds, pls help !!!!

WOW --  you girls are doing great!    ( : 

So I may not be on very much til Sunday... My best friend came to visit and she's staying with me over the weekend.  I'm pretty sure we'll be busy sightseeing and hanging out so Good luck!  Cross your fingers for me... Sight seeing + friends + weekend = huge increase in likelyhood (sp???) of binging and overeating :(  Well, I'm going to do my best!

I fell off the wagon :( I ate pizza and cheesy bread this evening. I feel so horrible. I worked out really hard when I got home from work and then I ate that crap. I'm so disappointed in myself. I thought I could control the temptation and before I knew it I had eaten two pieces of pizza and two pieces of cheesy bread! That's like 900 calories! I probaly gained back atleast 3 lbs in one sitting. I feel ashamed of myself for not being able to control it. Junk food is evil lol.

Back to square one for me. Today wasn't a very good day.

Don't worry your not the only one  It was my husbands birthday yesterday and I ate chocolate cake. I counted my calories and left some room for the cake but was was over by 300 . The worse part is that dam cake is in my frig and I keep walking pasted it and eating a fork full. I just added my daily calories and we are talking about 1600 todayyyyy. I feel like S--T!!!!!! I have to get rid of it!!!! It's okay, I can't let it get me down. It's done and digested and I need to move on. It's back on the wagon tomorrow.

Let's just keep going ladies...we can do this. Once in a while we can have fun in the candy store 

 

tracy --  ( :   tomorrow is a new day (you too miss cutie)

Life is always going to throw things like that at you.  It is staying on the proverbial wagon afterwards that makes us the hot studs we are, right?? 

Take a walk or dance around to some music.  I like easy calorie burning.  : D

You can do this!!

Thank you ladies. It's makes me feel better to know that I'm not alone :) I ate good today and worked out a bit. I made my own low fat chicken quasadilla. It was a little experimental but it turned out super good. If you like mexican food you may wanna give it a try.

• 2 thin cut chicken breast tenderloins (chopped is about 1/2 cup - 200cals)
  
• Non Stick cooking spray
• Seasoning of choice (I used Mrs.Dash Table Blend)
  
• 2 whole wheat tortillas (I used Mission Carb control - 80cals each)
• 1/4 cup Fat Free cheese (I used Kraft Natural Fat Free Chedder - 45cals per 1/4 cup)

Season the tenderloins as desired. Heat a frying pan and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Cook the chicken until it's done then chop both pieces into small chunks.

Spread some chicken pieces evenly on one of the whole wheat tortillas. Sprinkle the 1/4 cup of cheese on top of the chicken and cover with the other tortilla.

Warm up a gridle and spray it with the nonstick spray. Cook your quasadilla until the tortilla is crunchy and the cheese is melted. If you don't have a gridle you can use the same frying pan the chicken was cooked in.

All together it's no more than 450 calories.  You should have some chicken pieces left over for a yummy salad.

Hope everyone enjoys

I LOVE DOING THAT>  taking my fave "bad" foods and maing it healthy!!!!

some faves of mine are low cal "grilled" cheese sandwiches, 100 cal oatmeal with sugar free grape jelly and a little pb, caramel apple empanadas/wanna-be, tacos, yum!!!  

Ooooo...the empanadas sound really good.

hi everyone,

it feels like it has been ages since i posted.

Well i was doing awesome this week with about 2 - 3 pound weight loss. Then it all came crashing down, the company I work for announced it was closing the doors.  I work in property investment so we kinda seen it comming but it was still a horrible shock.

So I was made redundant and now am officialy unemployed. crap so without realising my diet went out the window.

Went through a few days of emotianal eating and a huge drinking binge last night !! not to forget the pizza and diet coke i just downed. yuck !!! then today, on comes the depressed guilt of ruining the diet and realising I only have 4 weeks left to fit my dress. crap crap crap ..............

 Well thanfully after reading your posts it has given me the motivation to get right back on the weight loss challenge. which i thank all of you for that, so that is exactly what i am going to do......

As of tommorrrow lots of water to get rid of all the toxins, may even hit the sauna to help. Then its fresh vegies and protein....... another 3 weeks left and i am going to make every bit count. !!!!

 

phat --  today is a new day -- as is tomorrow.  ( :   I am sure everything will work out fine.   You already listed all the dietary things you need to do to make that dress even hotter, so I will just add -- get a move on.  Get out there and even just walk for a while most days.   It all adds up.    HOWEVER, super sorry about the job. That just means there is something even better just out there waiting on you to get there! 

miss cutie --  wanna be empanadas.  I was craving terrible Taco Bell, that evil creation even more than tacos, and I asked on here for recipe help.  It is not even close to the same except for the grest flavor.  Take a small, sweet apple (I usually use Galas or Pink Ladies).  Cut in skinny slices.  I foiled a pan and lightly sprayed with ICBINB spray.  SPread apples around, maybe spray a little more butter spray and sprinkle with cinnamon and sweetener  (optional).  Bake in the oven for not too long, maybe 15 minutes on a low heat untiul apples soften.   Eat with 60 cal cup of jello pudding --   caramel or vanilla/with caramel sauce.  YUMMY

I ate super light all day yesterday to try and make allowances for CHinese food last night along with some drinking.  I probably overdid it a little on the booze, but I am awake at 7, messing around on cc and then I will be off to jog and bike, so I wasn't THAT bad.     ( ;

phat83 -  sorry to hear about your job :[ best of luck with finding another one!!  dont worry about overeating-- you will get back on the wagon and be fine :]

I'm sorry to hear that too phat83. You'll be back at it in no time :)

Olivia77: that still sounds good. I love oven baked apples...mmmmm.

So I don't know how you girls did this week, but i'm scared to step on the scale today.  I had a really great weekend with some friends but I ate so much stuff that I shouldn't have!  I started detoxing yesterday and determined to eat only fruit and veggies this week to get rid of all that crap!  I'll let you all know what the scale says when I go to the gym this afternoon :( I'm crossing my fingers that all it will say is that I didn't lose anything, not that I gained... we'll see. 

Phat83- Sorry to hear about your job... I hope everything works out soon!

Good luck this week!!!

I had a few really bad binges this weekend :[

Also, I've had a constant headache for about a week now and I dont know what to do. it keeps getting worse :[

any advice?

are you eating enough?   I get headaches when I undereat......   or wait too long between meals.......

I am trying to not drink my day away now with all the nerves.....    I want to cry, but I am mad about this idiot who wrecked my car this afternoon.  anyone have good car suggestions? 

Whatever07 the headaches could be from eating "junky" foods. I know if I eat a lot of sugar after not having it for a long time I get something VERY similar to a hangover. I also just feel really gross if I eat unhealthy anymore.

I don't know how this happened but this morning I weighed myself before work and I was 139. I have absolutely no idea how I lost any weight this past weekend. I was camping which means I ate more than normal. Maybe its from stress and nerves?

Today I just found out I will be working in the hospices area where I work for the next 6 months. Obviously this was not my first choice as a living area to work in. I just think its going to be so hard to have to watch people like that everyday. I hope no one passes away while I am there. Then tonight at 2am my boyfriend leaves on a boat to South Africa for 4 months and I won't get to talk to him for at least 3 of those 4 months. I just found out today that one of my best friends is moving on the 15th because she just got a new job. Oh! Let's not forget I got a notice in the mail today that I have to appear in court again because of my ex, hopefully this will be the last time because I plan of filing for a divorce. I guess when it rains it really does pour.

Thank you all so much for letting me get all that out of my system! Its just so much bs all at once!

I'm sorry to hear about everything you guys.

It's been a bad day for me too. Today is the 4 year anniversary of my fathers passing. He was 43 and my best friend...my world. I was doing really well earlier in the day, keeping myself busy at work so I didn't think about it. Once everything started to calm down though I couldn't help but think about him. It's unbelievably depressing and all I want to do is eat. Before I started this thats what I would do when I was depressed. I'd eat anything and everything and it made me feel better. Now that I don't have that I'm feeling a little over whelmed. I worked out really hard when I got home and that helped occupy me for a few hours. What helps you when your sad? Help?

because of my headaches, I have definitely started to eat more; I hope I dont gain too much weight.  I have a doctor's appt for wed. also, I didnt go to the gym today :[ I feel guilty and so full from eating

First, I want to start with Phat and express that I'm really sorry you lost your job. But as you said, you saw it coming and anyone can see what is happening in this country. I live in Miami and every day someone I know is out of a job. Something will come up just keep looking. As for Lilly, the hospice floor may not seem like the most exciting but as long as you have a positive spirit, your presents can make a difference in the terminally ill and great lessons of compassion for life are to be learned.

We all are struggling to achieve our ideal weight and it does get overwhelming this count calories business but it really makes sense. When I went out to eat over the weekend, I was able to remember the calories in the foods I looked at on the menu and could clearing figure out what I should a should not eat. But tonight when I had that monthly craving at around 9:00 p.m., I knew i was going to inhale 100 calories worth of chocolate and ladies, I LOVED IT!!!!!!!! I just left that window of space open for it. I know that one of you girls mentioned that if I count and leave a room for that piece of chocolate, I could have a piece every night and still be in the game. Well, I can't remember who told me but it seems to work for me. Thanks again.

Good night!!! 

hope you get the headaches figured out asap, whatever!

great positive post, tracy.   ( :   Isn;t it awesome to have control and knowledge when you go out to eat?  you CAN eat yummy food and still lose if you are conscious and honest.   Good for you on the choc too.  I do the same thing---save for dessert.  If I end up not having it, all the better, but it is a good mental trick!