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100 lb challenge *JUNE*
Okay June is here. Hope you all are doing fantastic. Swimsuits, BBQ's, beaches, and all those fun summer activities are upon us now. We can fight through this! I guess there are no excuses now that nicer weather has decended on us. Good luck to everyone...... 100 lbs is a big challenge and we hope to see you through to…
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hi everyone...
it's really good to see that this board looks active - because boy, do i need some help with my stick-to-it-iveness. my partner and i joined a gym at the first of the year. we did great - for about 6 weeks. then life got in the way. then we did ok again - then something else interrupted us. then we started up again - then…
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Oh Happy Day!! Yay!
Somebody noticed my loss at work today! i very good motivation considering TOM and how bloated i feel right now!
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Surviving Summer Weight Loss Challenge - Week 7
MFC Starting weight: 285 Starting weight: 276 Current weight: 267 Challenge Goal Weight: 250 Goal weight: 202 Weight gain/loss this week: 0
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Foods for a 12hr shift?
:angry: well i know how to screw it up now. I went to work without any food! I was in a hurry and didn't have time to take anything so I had to eat out..i hate to eat out. The foods are so not good for you. I thought I was doing ok by choosing chicken, but nope.. 750 calories!! I almost gave up after that but I know now I…
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Accountability...
Up and down, up and down. Ugh it's so frustrating it feels like i've been dieting forever. I wait for the next big event to come so I can get motivated. I have no one, nothing to be accountable to/for. I just turned 30, went on a cruise busted my but since March to try to tone, try to lose some inches, by the time the…
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meh. =( i feel horrible...
so i did really well this last week.... but then last night and today i totally blew it. i ate so much, i can't even record it all, because i don't even remember half of what i ate. it's not even that i wanted the food. even after i felt completely full and sick, i just kept eating. the thoughts that went through my head…
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Getting annoyed
ok I am working out like crazy watching my calories (litterally everything that goes in my mouth) - I am a bit confused though if I workout am I supposed to eat those calories? I dont think I am and I haven't been either. I have burned 5,095 calories total (thats just from my workout) since 5/5- I have gone over my daily…
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Ladies and Gents..... I need your help!!
Good Morning MFPers, :happy: I have a small problem and I really need your advice on this matter. I really would love to get my husband to join me in losing some weight. I'm overweight (a little bit) but, I feel he's really overweight for his height :noway: !! I tried , sneaking in healthier snacks and cooking low cal…
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About those Size 14's My hubby Told Me to Get Rid Of....
I'm wearing them!!!! After three years of not being able to get into them! I'm so glad I didn't get rid of all my smaller clothes. Now I'm going to get rid of all those size 16s and 18's:bigsmile:
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What exercises to do when the gym is not possible????
So things are a little tight right now. Though there are many things in the works that will change our financial situation in the future, I find myself having to put my gym membership on hold for atleast a couple of months. I have been doing so well and I don't want to lose any momentum. Can anyone give me advice on…
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Need support
Hi everyone! I am here to renew my "vows". I have NOT been eating right and it really shows in the extra fat on my body and the blow to my health and self-esteem. I really want to get back on track. I was so discouraged after doing everything I was supposed to for 2 weeks and only losing one pound. It sort of sent me into…
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Different scales, different weight, same day.....
I weighed myself this morning and was very excited to see I've lost 6lbs in July. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Then when I got to work we did our monthly weigh in for the contest we're having and it showed I only lost 1lb. :sad: :sad: :sad: I hadn't ate yet, I waited until after the weigh-in. I drank some water, that's…
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rewards
so i was making up my list of rewards for myself as i meet my weight loss goals, which will hopefully motivate me to keep going forward. i have a lot to lose, so i have several benchmarks for myself, progressively getting better the more i'm down. i decided that every 25 lbs. i can have a fun non-caloric (as my old ones…
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Resisted!!!!!
I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good today!:smile: Worked 12 tonight and I usually get hungry at the end, especially if I also drink coffee like tonight. Someone came in in the morning with 2 (two!!!) huge boxes of all kinds of donuts. I LOVE DONUTS:mad: I HATE DONUTS:mad: They are one of the biggest temptations…
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Lost it!!
I lost three pounds of water weight!! Yay!! When I did my "official" weigh-in on Sunday and saw the number i saw......goodness!! It was two pounds over my starting weight!!! Ok, y'all have a Happy Tuesday!! :flowerforyou:
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COME ON SHOW SOME SKIN!!!
Ok so awhile back iluvsparkles started a post show some skin or I think she may of re-posted it? ANYWAYS.... I wasn't brave enough to join in at the time, but today I was trying on my new bathing suit and decided to...GO FOR IT!!! OK OK more like a REALITY CHECK!!! God I see all the areas I need to be focusing on....my…
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Just not seeing it...
I had about 28 lbs to lose, I have lost 6. I hate to sound like an ingrate, but I can't see or feel a difference. I mean I look exactly the same. When I have told people at work I lost that much, they are like huh...can't tell. Just frustrated I guess. Other people tell me you can really start to tell when you hit the 10…
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Enter exercise, depression exit stage left
No one's life is a bowl of cherries, obviously. I went through a rough spell and to be honest, the only cure I've found recovering from depression is exercise. Honestly. Sometimes, not always, it'll take an army to motivate me to even go outside. It's an internal conflict and sometimes the mindgames try to set in. But when…
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They just do not understand!
:sad: I belong to an internet ladies group. I crumbled tonight and I ate 1 cheese Krystal. For me that is a VERY bad thing. It is like a gate way drug instead it is a gate way food. They keep saying it's okay it was just one. they just do not understand! I am not the type of person who can have the occasional treat. :sad:
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Can't work out :(
Hi folks, I'm here to lament that I've just spent a weekend camping and indulging in copious amounts of all sorts of no-no foods, and I just learned today that I need to avoid exercise for awhile :brokenheart:. I have this terrible heat rash that isn't going away and a nurse advised me to avoid things that will aggravate…
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Beating the Weekends
Weekends are ruining my weight loss efforts! It seems like I do so good all week and lose weight, then undo it all on the weekends. We always end up eating out on weekends. We also go out with friends quite a bit and the beer really adds up those calories. We are having a party July 4 and I've already entered my beer…
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Need Motivation....Vacation Ruined it!!!
Hello all.... I started MFP about 2 months ago and I was doing great. I had lost a total of 10 pounds in my first month; however, at the end of May we went on Vacation. I totally lost all of my motivation. I just got back from another vacation with my hubby and next week we have one more vacation with his family for four…
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making myself accountable Day 13
Hello I just wanted to say I wont be posting every day becouse not only was this weekend long with all my family here, I got a call from my husbands sister today and now they are coming over this week with her family so i'm going to be very busy so i wont have the time for posting, I will still watch my calories and…
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mild depression
any1 else suffer from mild depression? i have been on pills, but have stopped as i want to start trying for a baby. i then went to a councellor, i sorted out some stuff. but these days some days are great, some days are a huge effort! any1 got any tips to keep going with the weight loss when you are feeling low . . . .…
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Cookies in the Office!!!
Someone brought 4th of July cookies to share with the office. They're moiste sugar cookies with frosting and sprinkles....they look so tastey and there is a HUGE box of them. I am going to resist bc on the 4th I'm gonna have a free day....but as the day goes on it gets harder and harder! Does anyone else have to face a lot…
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So my weightloss was an error
So my weight loss was an error and I am back at where I was originally- I am very depressed and discouraged i am sick and tired of working out and watching what i eat with no results I am going to schedule myself an appointment cause i am seriously burnt out and fed up-- Its getting bad because i am obsessing over my…
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SUPPORT
“Inspiring people are vitamins for our spirits. They come in all kinds of disguises and descriptions. If you open your heart to being inspired, they will appear.”
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weight fluctuation question
So, I'm 2.5 weeks into my journey and I have absolutely no frame of reference for weight fluctuations. I need some motivation and some HELP!! :sad: I know it's not a HUGE deal but for the last 2.5 weeks I've been down in weight every time I've checked and yesterday and today I've been UP. Yesterday was by 0.4lb and today…
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funny weightloss pictures/comics
Does anyone know where I can find some?:laugh: