Do you need to lose 60 pounds too?

Rhaeven

@Hernandez :drinker: (lots of water) cheers on the 20lbs!!! It took me an entire year (last year) to successfully lose and keep it off, 20lbs. I very slowly changed what I was eating, which wasn't too hard cuz I don't eat much junk or fast food to begin with, and then started walking again. A few years ago I had some crazy virus that attacked my lungs leaving much of them scarred, so it took quite a while to even walk 1/5 of a mile with out having something similar to a major asthma attack or worse. So those first 20lbs were miracles for me to get rid of. I'd lose 4 or 5, then TOM came and I'd gain like 5, I spend the entire year scooting down only like 1-3lbs a month sometimes I'd just go up. I just kept at it, refusing to give up. I'm 33 and don't want to be a lonely, unhappy, fat and SINGLE woman at 40, so I'm sticking with it. I'll get rid of the pounds by sheer determination. LOL

The difference for me now is that I'm even more determined, and my BF (not really BF more like FWB) is an ex body builder/personal trainer, who convinced me I need to be eating more since I was only taking maybe 800-1000cals a day, if that. NO appetite whatsoever. I'm also doing a major increase in exercising, ok, well when I can anyway. lol

I think that losing slow is really best, and to make it enjoyable is even more important. Otherwise we will be losing/gaining and still being unhappy. You can do this, you are so worth the happiness that being more healthy will bring you!!! Just keep at it.

OH the agony of drinking enough water LOL That is what I've been struggling with myself. I have a bunch of the SOBE lifewater water bottles that I refill, unfortunately the kids and my brother & niece that moved in, kept stealing my bottles, so I'd not have any to use, or wouldn't be willing to drink out of some of them. :sick: So, the other day I went to target and found some cute 16oz water bottles that were only like $1.50 or so... I bought 4 and figured that would cover my 8X8 water....Today is the first day of my new plan to fill them all up and put in the fridge as "counters." I just keep one with me and drink it, when its done I set it on the counter. My goal is to drink those 4 at least and then increase as I am able. The kids and everyone know that they are not allowed to touch my new water bottles, and there is no mistaking them for one of theirs now.

I think you are doing good. Keep it up!!

GooBeGone

hey ya'll. it's like i can't keep up this past month. :brokenheart: now i can't really exercise b/c i have abcesses (they are like large boils) under my arms... :sad: this is startin 2 suck. i haven't been eating that well at nite 4 the last month & i haven't been exercisin at all. this evenin i'm gonna join my softball team as a substitute (which means i may or may not play) & it'll b the only exercise that i'll have had in a month. the abcess under my right arm is the 1 that is killin me right now. so i'm wonderin if i'll b able 2 even swing a bat or run :frown:

i'm goin 2 the dr this wk 2 c if i can get them drained. the appt is 4 friday but i may go 2morrow nite if i can't take the pain no more :frown: then i won't b exercisin 4 a while again <sigh>

but this wk i'm gonna get my eatin in order at least. then later when i'm feelin better i'll get 2 workin out again. so i'll b MIA 4 a while :grumble:

i haven't been losin any weight this whole time also but that was 2 b expected. i've been yo-yo between 229 and 232. but hopefully that will change.

Rhaeven

@GooBeGone-- Wow sounds like things are really tough. Pain of any kind really shuts down any progress of any kind, I am so sorry. I think you are right about working on your eating though. So many people will say that losing weight and getting into shape is 80% diet and 20% exercise (give or take a few depending on person). I think this is really true, just changing what I ate and how much has made such a huge difference in my overall weight and health. I wish you tons of luck and I hope that you can get your abscesses fixed up and feeling better.


--Water. So my plan to load up my new water bottles ahead of time worked out. I have 4 new 16oz bottles and just put them on the counter as I finished them up. This worked awesome! No kids stole my water bottles, I didn't lose track of how much I drank and I even ended up drinking an extra bottle of water! So that was a good start for the week.

I didn't exercise my full hour, we walked only 20 mins. My friend who I've been walking with the last few weeks just can't go far, and I have had some more family drama with my brother, so 20mins was better than nothing. lol Not seeing my week of exercise improving beyond that since I have some crap to deal with regarding my dumb alcoholic brother. ARGHHH I need to stay positive and make this work....pfft....

EboniA

Sian, hang in there. Pain is a pain but don't beat yourself up over it. It is beyond your control so focus on what is within your control. What about walking, can you do that until your arms are better? I hope you have fun with the softball too.

Rhaeven, I'm glad the water bottles worked out for you. Revel in the small victories. I heard somewhere that women see their current lives as if it will always be like this and men see the now as a small moment in time. Remember that your life won't always be like it is now.

Well, I am celebrating small victories today. I also drank extra water today and my mom took the kids out for frozen yogurt so I took my butt to the gym for a quick 30 on the elliptical. Perfect timing too because tomorrow is my weigh in.

Rhaeven

@EboniA I honestly enjoy the fact that each day I survive is a small victory. LOL My life is so crazy, insane and full of drama that I am just grateful to land in bed each night. Some days its more difficult for me to stay on track and keep positive about being healthy and losing the weight, which usually isn't an issue for me (the staying positive part). Anyway...I do enjoy all of the little victories and miracles each day. I'm so blessed.

Today was kind of a crummy food day. While I managed to stay under my calorie goals, I ended up eating WAY more rice and not enough protein than I normally eat. I have to go grocery shopping. LOL

EboniA

Yesterday I ate really well. We had brown rice pasta in the chicken casserole. It was really good. Today was horrible for eating. I guess you would call it a free day. At work we have a month end lunch and it was extra special this time becuase we had a great month. Pasta in creamy sauce, bruschetta, and tiramisu. I ate it all. I was so stressed from reporting deadlines. The good thing is that I drank a lot of water. I still need to exercise though and I don't want to. :frown:

mamaDaisyJ

The last week has been crazy here! Had my nephew over and stressing with homework, and my man made a large purchase we now have to try to back out of. Lots of stress and no time for exercise. Got my kids gone for the weekend and one of them for a week. So, I'm hoping to get back on track. I mean, I haven't totally binged out or anything, but I have been a bit less mindful eating and completely blowing off my workouts. Went grocery shopping tonight and even with my man shopping, we walked out with some healthy food that include all my needed nutrients. This week will be for focusing on me and my homework and reaching my goals. Oh, and I am gonna start level 3 of the shred tomorrow, and I am determined to do it each and every of the 10 days. Then I get to measure!~

Rhaeven~ It's so hard to claim anything as our own with kids around. I totally feel that. Congrats on figuring out a way to get your water in!

EboniA~ great job realizing and seizing that oppurtunity to get your workout done. How did your weigh in go?

Rmeikel

What a great idea. I want to lose 100 pounds. I know I can do it. I have tried and lost 60 before, but I gave it. If have friends who keep me accountable, it will really help. How do we add each other as friends? Right now, it says I have no friends here.

mamaDaisyJ

Hi Becca! Welcome to the thread. Some days we are quite talkative, and others not so much. I'll send you a friend invite. When you see someone you would like to friend, click their name to look at the profile, then there is a button to add, you can also view other diary's this way too.
How did you lose your weight before? I've never lost more than 10 pounds at a time until now. I love this site!~

Rmeikel

I did Weight watchers... but it got too expensive when I wasn't losing anymore, so I lost my momentum and then the desire. I had to take three months off when I went on a Fulbright exchange to Uruguay, which I ate what my hosts fed me -- lots of beef... lots of cheese... etc. I gained and just didn't want to pay to go back when I wasn't feeling the success. I gained all 60 back over two years, but I know I can do this! I want to be healthy!!!

Rmeikel

The last week has been crazy here! Had my nephew over and stressing with homework, and my man made a large purchase we now have to try to back out of. Lots of stress and no time for exercise. Got my kids gone for the weekend and one of them for a week. So, I'm hoping to get back on track. I mean, I haven't totally binged out or anything, but I have been a bit less mindful eating and completely blowing off my workouts. Went grocery shopping tonight and even with my man shopping, we walked out with some healthy food that include all my needed nutrients. This week will be for focusing on me and my homework and reaching my goals. Oh, and I am gonna start level 3 of the shred tomorrow, and I am determined to do it each and every of the 10 days. Then I get to measure!~


That sounds like a recipe for stress eating and a routine disruption. Hang in there!

EboniA

Hi ladies, my husband was home yesterday with a twisted ankle so it was like having another kid and I didn't get to use the computer. Oh well. I worked on cleaning the garage so we could find our camping gear. Then the kids wanted to ride their bikes around the block (we're on a dead end so than means 7 blocks) but one bike is broken so I had to walk around twice. At least I got my exercise in!

mamadaisyj: I hope you enjoy your time semi-alone and get to workout all you want! Oh, and I lost 1 pound this week. On track!

Welcome Becca. I'll add you as a friend too. We can all use all the help we can get!

mamaDaisyJ

Thanks for the support ya'll. I been getting the homework done, not awesome on the exercise though, did walk the dog. But we haven't been eating out, so it works out I guess. Little guy only stayed at gramma's for one night, but at least I don't have the extra kid anymore :P
Lost 1.4 this week.
EboniA~cleaning a garage can be a workout, at least mine would. Might do that this week too... I wish my daughter would go for bikes rides better. Maybe soon.
Becca~ at least you know you can lose the weight, this time ya can concentrate on learning how to do it without WW... though I don't know what all they do help besides the point stuff.
I am hoping to get back to a full hour of exercise per day this week. Yay for new mini goals right~

Rhaeven

Hey girls Happy Monday.

Sure sounds like everyone has been busy and hard at work. Also I see we are lucky to have another in our little group!! Excellent!! I sent a friends request to Becca.

Today was my weigh-in. Lost another 1.6lbs, just over 9lbs since I started MFP, and 15lbs in about 2months!! So excited about that.

@mamaDaisy WOOHOO on the loss. LOVE IT. Sounds like you've got a ton of stuff going on. Homework always takes up so much time and energy. I'm waiting to start applying for nursing programs again, so hopefully soon the stress will come to me as well! I hope that get get all your homework done and find some time to get a bit of exercise in.

This week is going to be an odd week. I have surgery on Thursday, nothing major... Having a D & C, and polypectomy, AND uterine ablation done. Basically gonna remove a polyp from my uterus and then burn the inside lining. Hopefully it will take care of my horrible TOM. I'm praying they don't fill me up with a ton of gas and IV fluid so I gain a ton of weight. I'm also praying that the procedure doesn't keep me from exercising for too long.

Keep up the good work everyone!!! I'm barely awake, time to finish eating and get some sleep!!

jennmarie9210

I have been on this site about two weeks and I have a lot of weight I need to lose.I plan on making this a lifestyle change,not a quick fix I tell myself i can eat whatever i want,but i substitute lots of things for fruits and vegetables and drink water a lot.Also Im doing really well with my exercise and feel great afterwards.Feels good to have other people going through the same challenge

mamaDaisyJ

@Rhaeven~ congrats on the loss, love to see the big numbers going away I will keep you in my thoughts on Thursday and I hope all goes well. If you gain weight from the fluid, at least it will come back off easily when when you get home and start drinking all that water again, so don't stress :P

I did get my homework completed (for the time being). Now it's my "finals" week though, so need to stay buckled down there. I been staying up all night. Was still up working on homework when my man got up for work twice this week. It's amusing and sad that all night long is the only time to get the time to myself to do the work. And it's math, so it takes Forever~ So, 3am snacks are killing my calorie count, but I figure, I'm still awake, I should have some sort of fuel. This is my last math class, so hopefully I won't have any more that takes me an hour per question, dang linear programming by hand lol.
Anyway....

@Jennmarie~ HI there! Welcome to the thread. It sounds like you are on a great start making all the right changes and getting motivated. Look forward to losing with ya~

EboniA

Welcome Jennmarie. It's definitely a lifestyle change otherwise we risk gaining it all back once we "stop".

Congrats on the losses Rhaeven and MamaDaisy! That's great!

If I can keep the sodium intake down, I should do well on my weigh in Thursday. I feel so much better when I'm not all bloated. I peeked at my weight on Monday because of all the pasta I ate on Friday and hamburger on Saturday. I was the same as Thursday. Yay! I usually gain 1 or 2 over the weekend and then lose it again plus 1.

Today was pizza night but I only had 2 pieces. I'm hungry though. Maybe i'll have a banana. :happy: Hubby's home... gotta give up the computer.

Rhaeven

Happy Hump day everyone!!!

So cool to see more people joining our little group. I love having some people who are interested in whats going on.

Everyone is doing so well!! Tomorrow is my surgery...not sure how long I'll be off the computer, probably not long. I'm addicted.

Hope everyone keeps up all the great work, lose a few extra pounds for me while I'm out of commission.

EboniA

My thoughts and prayers will be with you Rhaeven.

mamadaisyj: I feel you on the homework and kids. I was going for my degree and 2 kids in the process. The difference is that I wasn't also trying to lose weight. You're such an inspiration!

Well, my mom made tacos (fried) tonight and weigh in is tomorrow. I haven't logged it yet because I'm a little worried. I guess stress doesn't help either. I'll just have another water and exercise.

I am taking the kids to a free family movie day at the theater. It will be cool to see their favorite Kung Fu Panda on the big screen. I think we'll bring out own popcorn, snacks, and propel. Then I'll take them to their summer program and have a half day to myself!!

Rmeikel

Medical issues can be really rough. I would like to blame my major weight gains on health. I know that's not the only thing, but it's part of the way I came to be as heavy as I am. When I hit college, I was healthy, 150 pounds, and doing just fine. I gained the freshman 15 almost instantly, but then I got really sick. I had strep throat, then strep that eroded into the blood vessels, then kidney stones and surgery, then my sophomore year, I got mono. It basically shut my life down for exercise.

When I got out of the habit, I never got back into it. I told myself that walking the dogs 20 minutes a day was enough to keep me healthy.

I have never eaten horribly, but the lack of exercise had caught up with me over time. 5 lbs, then 10, then 25, and on and on.

I only lose weight now when I am moving. I know that's my magic solution. It's finding the time to make sure that I am getting enough time. I work full time as a teacher, and also teach college classes one night a week. I have a 9 year old son, and he has soccer, lacrosse, basketball, etc. I have to find ways to work it in. When school starts, I am going to get up at 5:30, do my shred workout, shower, walk the dogs, and then hit my day. I will see how long I last at that routine. We shall see.

EboniA

Woo hoo, I lost 2 pounds this week! I did the happy dance then proceded to eat all day long. My husband was home today too so we hung out and ate. Those grand plans to do yard work or clean the house went out the window the longer we sat in front of the tv and computer. Tomorrow will be a better day.

Becca, exercise is the only thing that works for me too. I know how to eat right but that alone doesn't do the trick. Where are you on the shred? I am 2 days into level 2 but I hate it. I think I liked (choking on my words here) level 1 better. I guess I hated level one when I was doing it too though.

Rmeikel

EboniA - Congrats on your weight loss. That's so exciting. I hit a milestone this week too!! I lost 20 pounds last month. I know I just started, and I will always lose more initially... but I am so dang excited about it. I am doing shred, and I am on day #14 (for tomorrow). I am also on level two, but I like it more than level one. The plank jacks are fun, and I can do the walking push ups better than the regular push ups. I haven't missed a day yet, and that momentum for me is key. I have an extremist personality. I can't ever just do anything part way. Which is why I work 120% of full time, and feel like I am going mach 27 all the time.

mamaDaisyJ

Congrats on the losses girls. 20 lbs in a month! I would be dancing on the ceiling. Even if it slows down a little, you still have a great start which motivates and keeps that lost number high
Personally, I gained 5 lbs since Sunday... Ok, my weigh in isn't actually till tomorrow, so we will see, it might be 6 lbs. Not sure what I have done wrong, and it sure doesn't seem normal. If its not a fluke, I think I will see a doctor, cause I know I haven't eaten over maintenance, much less enough to gain 5 pounds in six days...
The most frustrating part is how close I am to the first digit at 2...
I did quit the shred for the time being, going back to my variety on Netflix. I liked the walking push ups too! They are part of my pilates workout too though, so that's cool. Even on day 10 of level 2, I couldn't work both legs on the plank jacks, totally modified~
Of course, I plan to start shredding again, but gonna add it into the cardio I'm already doing. Last time I did a replacement thing, and so I got bored with just Jillian.
Well, my kids and my man are all gone so I can do what I need to. So, I guess I better get to doing it~ (homework) I don't even understand half of it, think I'm just gonna go through some study plans and take the test and cross my fingers.
I hope you ladies have a wonderful day and/or weekend. Oh, and specifically~ Rhaeven, I hope you are healing well!

Rmeikel

After the 30 day shred (I am on day 15), I want to try something new. I got the biggest loser for the Wii, and it has programs for 4, 8, or 12 weeks. Have any of you done this system? I have done the 30 day challenge on Wii Active twice, but I lose my interest after too much longer. What kinds of workouts do you like?

Right now, I am shredding each morning, then walking the dogs. Then, I do whatever for the day and sometimes get swimming, or biking or something else fun. I am just desperate to get a routine in place before school starts again and I have no more free time!!

Rhaeven

Hi all...Its Monday, I gained like 4lbs, 209 to 213 since last week. I'm PRAYING its mostly water and junk from surgery. I'm doing my level best not to freak out over the small gain and know that today I'm back on track and going to slowly start my exercising again. I didn't eat badly and definitely not 4lbs worth of bad, so I'm hoping it will drop off as quick as it came. Just the same, it was kind of depressing this morning to hop on the scale and watch that number go up. PFFTTT.... :grumble:

This was also an incredibly stressful weekend, which maybe why my weight is all f-ed up anyway. My brother has been staying with me for the last several months, and he is a major alcoholic. Last week I made him sign a contract stating that he could no longer drink if he was to stay here with my niece and that if he drank and was asked to leave, my niece was to stay here where she is safe, and has all her belongings. He is abusive toward her when he is drunk and I was/am trying to protect her. Well long story short...he of course has been drinking and getting drunk behind my back (easy to do, when I'm recovering from surgery). Saturday night I told him he had to leave, and per our agreement, my niece was to stay with me. Yesterday morning he grabbed his stuff and my niece and took off. Needless today I'm terrified for the safety of my niece and today will be spending a portion of my day on the phone with Child Protective Services trying to see what I can do to help her out. She is only 7yrs old and this past year has been a nightmare for her. The whole situation is tearing me apart.

Stress and healing don't really go together, so I'm hoping that things will settle down here real soon, for the sake of my niece and my scale.

Thanks ladies for all the good thoughts!! I really appreciate it. Its nice to know that people are thinking about me. Everyone seems to be doing a great job staying on the up and up.

@mamadaisy--I sure hope you figure out why you have gained. Is it TOM? I'm always gaining like 5lbs from that (Hmmm...makes me wonder if thats where part of my 4lbs came from, started 2days before my surgery) . Keep us posted!

Good luck to everyone this week!!!!

HaydonS19

I'll join you, I've got about 60 or more to lose. And I'm 28

EboniA

Welcome babygirl. Glad you decided to join us.

I lost another pound. How? Who knows. TOM and no exercise are not the magic combination but I know if I don't start working out again, it will be a fluke.

Rhaeven

Happy Friday the 13th Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome Babygirl. Excited to have yet another one to encourage, push and be a part of that journey! LOVE this place, and we have some very awesome ladies in our little group here.

@Eboni Good job on the 1lb down!! Keep it up!

After gaining some weight from surgery, I weighed myself to day and am down the extra pounds plus a little bit. I'm very, very glad of that. Mostly water I'm sure, but its still a huge relief to see that number go back down. So proud of myself that I am not just giving up cuz the scale doesn't like me once in a while. Guess thats the difference between lifestyle change and diet. LOL

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!