Calling All Non-Moms Again!

sweetie89207

i'd like to join this discussion! Non-mom here and have been overeating for 1 my whole life...time to get on the right track...nice to have all of you gals here for support and such.

now we just have to learn how to really eat for 1 and only 1 haha

WA_Teacher

Happy Friday Non-Moms!!!:bigsmile:

We made it through the week and it's time to relax and enjoy the weekend!! Oh wait not me, I have to do report cards this weekend :ohwell: My goal for the weekend is not to fall back into my bad habit of stress eating...wish me luck.

ttfn

tammilk

Off to a good start for my december goal....lost 3.4 lbs this week If i can keep my weekend eating on track, i know next weeks weigh in will be another big one!

niknok28

Hello all! Hope your weekends are going well! So far so good as far as progressing with the weight loss hopefully I'll be able to hit my goal of 155 by the new year. That would be an amazing way to kick off 2011!

Running is going well. The weather here is perfect lately (50's during the day and 30's at night) so I'll be taking advantage of that to push myself further to try and hit that 5K goal.

chelsiescheuerman

I am 30 years old. 5'10 and 240 lbs. I am a non-mom and have a severe heart problem. I am currently awaiting a heart transplant and must lower my weight to be matched. I struggle with Congestive Heart Failure, which means my heart does not function enough to get all the extra fluid off my body. I take enough diuretics to make an elephant look like a mouse. I struggle with exercise because of the CHF and because my heart only functions at 30%. I do as much as I can, but tire quickly.

I am married, have an 11 year old step-son. I spend a great deal of time with nieces and nephews so the junk food is an obstacle I face a great deal. I would love to have some extra support and give support to others. I think this is a great group and would love to join!

janetay01

I'm in! Non mum - happily married for 3 years and will probably be a mum at some point but not yet! I'm a fair way through my weight loss quest and have a further 10lbs or so to get to my weight goal. Had been stuck on a plateau for weeks but my weigh in this weekend showed a 2lb loss - woohoo! I do well during the week but risk undoing the work with good food and deserts with my husband at the weekends. Was hoping to get to my goal weight by christmas but circumstances have conspired against me and I'm happy that I'll get there when I get there.

Love the support of this site - we can all do this!

WA_Teacher

:flowerforyou: Hi Non-Moms,

Happy Sunday, hope you all have had a good weekend. Stepped on the scale today and was pleased that I lost 2 pounds this week. :laugh:

asltiffm

I'll join in too. I weigh in on Mondays so I'll come back and post then. My only kids are 4 dogs who like to keep me active, but they think 60-90 minutes a day of walking/running just doesn't cut it! If I miss a day, I surely know it!

asltiffm

I lost 1.6 lbs this week! A good start to my comeback to MFP.

kksn

Hi All!

So I've been trying to think about what my December goal should be and I just keep getting stuck. I am about 7.5 pounds from hitting a "normal/healthy" BMI, so while I think I could get really close, I don't think I will make it before the new year. However, I am only 1.5 pounds from being back in the 150s! So I am hoping to reach that in another week or so... but that doesn't seem to me like much of a goal for the month if I'm so close to it. I am happy to report that I'm finding old clothes in the closet that I can fit into again, but still some that I'm not ready for. I'm in the last 6 months of my graduate school program and am beginning to send out applications for jobs and post-doctoral training. Perhaps I'll make my December goal be to fit back into my business suit (well enough) for potential interviews in the new year. I know I'm not there yet, but another 5-7 pounds ought to do it. Wish me luck!

chanstriste13

hey everyone! welcome to all the new faces, too!

just came back from c25k, but i didn't get very far. i just got over a mile today, about 8 minutes running and 6 walking...i was just *so* tired and felt like i couldnt' keep my legs moving! but i'm glad that i went a gave it a go, all the same. i might do a dvd at home later on to get more workout time in...

i've been hovering around 202 for the last few weeks - the closest to my november goal i've been was an unofficial weigh-in at 200.6, but now i'm back up. i'm hoping it's salt. i'm trying not to get too disheartened, but it is starting to bother me a bit. but my plan is to keep on trucking. with as much as i've been working out, i have to be losing inchese, and surely it is paying off with my heart and lungs, so i'm going to try and keep focused on that aspect, even though i'm fairly sure i won't be getting ton 193 by new year's! anyhoo, hope everyone has a fabulous monday. sweat some today!

chanstriste13

Perhaps I'll make my December goal be to fit back into my business suit (well enough) for potential interviews in the new year. I know I'm not there yet, but another 5-7 pounds ought to do it. Wish me luck!

i think that sounds like a great december goal! best of luck!

chanstriste13

I lost 1.6 lbs this week! A good start to my comeback to MFP.

YAY for you!

ickybella

Well, I was mostly absent this weekend. I logged my calories and exercise and was under both days, but mostly, my husband and I just spent time together. It was nice; we ended up going out to eat on Saturday night and taking a walk afterward, then just kind of lounging around on Sunday. I did day 1 of week 3 of c25k today and the track seems to be off. It ends in a run. Not really sure what to do about that, except just cool down for the last two sections. On the bright side, I can run for four minutes, ten seconds. It's nice to know. I've got a loaf of wholemeal bread rising in the kitchen right now so we can have bread with our soup tonight. How's everyone doing after the weekend?

Chanstriste, that sounds really frustrating. I'm sure if you keep at it, though, you'll see even better results. Besides, you seem to really be getting in shape. I very seriously doubt I could do the hiking you do!

JulieTX86

I am down 1.5 pounds this week. yay! I will come back and read all the posts later, I have to go to school. Boo.

Hope everyone else is having a good weigh in.

cowpoke06

Hello ladies I did really well this week with my 1200 calories a day which makes me happy. Sunday was my designated cheat day...and I ate sesame chicken from First Wok...lots of sodium so I'm actually not weighing myself until tomorrow. I don't want to be dissapointed because I'm just retaining water. I hope December is finding everyone well I'm still sucking at my p90X, definitely losing my motivation. I do it some days but other days I just don't feel like it because by the time I have time to do it it's midnight and I don't want to be working out until 1:30 in the morning...and I go to bed typically at 2 am so I never get up early enough to work out before work...but that's my own fault

Flora_Delirus

I'm a non-mom (except for havnig 4 legged 'kids')... (hard to type non-mom...kept wanting to type nom nom nom nom )

I've been absent from here for a full month, and actually haven't logged anything except one day in November since October 6th. I've no idea what threw me off but since my log in one month ago (the one day I logged) I've gained 2.5 lbs

But I'm trying my best to get back into the habit. I'm back to excersising during lunches and getting in extra time for excersise like horseback riding and such.

But here come the excuses...I'm tired, it's winter(ish) and cold, I want to hibernate...*flop*

Any help anyone can offer and support and motivational sayings...anything to kick me in the *kitten* and keep me coming back to keep logging and keep excersising, especially through the holidays.

chanstriste13

But here come the excuses...I'm tired, it's winter(ish) and cold, I want to hibernate...*flop*

smirk...the *flop* effect had me laughing out loud! thanks - i needed that!

anyhoo...unflop yourself and get back on the bandwagon - just dropping in a line here every now and then will help keep you on track too. good luck and we'll look forward to seeing your progress!

lauramorris85

it seems that a lot of women on here are overweight due to having children, but we wanted to start a group for women who are overweight due to eating and poor health choices!

That is me to a T! My whole family is overweight and once I reached my magic number of 149 (pushing 150!) I said no more. I started MFP at 147 and I'm down to 138-139 in just over a month!

Now, if i can only get my boyfriend to do the same thing (lol)!

asltiffm

I'm a non-mom (except for havnig 4 legged 'kids')... (hard to type non-mom...kept wanting to type nom nom nom nom )

I've been absent from here for a full month, and actually haven't logged anything except one day in November since October 6th. I've no idea what threw me off but since my log in one month ago (the one day I logged) I've gained 2.5 lbs

But I'm trying my best to get back into the habit. I'm back to excersising during lunches and getting in extra time for excersise like horseback riding and such.

But here come the excuses...I'm tired, it's winter(ish) and cold, I want to hibernate...*flop*

Any help anyone can offer and support and motivational sayings...anything to kick me in the *kitten* and keep me coming back to keep logging and keep excersising, especially through the holidays.

Well one motivation to get out and exercise would be for your four legged kids. I am more active in the winter than any other time of year because that's their favorite time of year to run. If you get in the habit of doing it everyday, they will NOT let you get away without walking them, or at least making you feel pretty guilty about not doing it.

chanstriste13

Well one motivation to get out and exercise would be for your four legged kids. I am more active in the winter than any other time of year because that's their favorite time of year to run. If you get in the habit of doing it everyday, they will NOT let you get away without walking them, or at least making you feel pretty guilty about not doing it.

my four-legged kids are of the feline variety. i'm having a lot of fun watching the mental image of me throwing them outside into the snow and watching them freak out! they would be *so* unhappy - but it would be hilarious! :devil:

knacrelli

Hello, I joined MFP exactly one month ago today, but I just now found this whole support structure online. I had downloaded the app for my iPhone and thought that was it...boy was I wrong!

I'd love to join this group/blog of non-moms, since I too have always been eating for one, but I'm not really sure how to 'join'. And I don't have any 'friends' yet...are friends on here people you actually know? Or people that you find online to build a support team? I don't want to alarm anyone by asking them to be a friend if that's not how it's done on here.

I have three adopted children of the feline persuasion, and one of them has the same problem I do. If he looks at food, he gains weight...we have a special bond. One of the others couldn't gain an ounce if she tried. We've had her almost 13 years, and she has never gone over 7 lbs...I am so envious.

As of today, I have lost 15 pounds, although today's weight is not recorded since I generally do my 'official' weigh-ins on Sunday. Sometimes I wonder how I could have possibly put on so much weight, but I guess it went on slowly...just like it's coming off

Well, I look forward to reading more from the non-moms and wish you all great success through the holidays (the enemy will be plentiful - i need to convince myself to stay away from those darned cookies).

epa422

To join, you just post, so welcome to the group. :-)

I have a mix of people I know in real life and people I've met on the boards as friends. I don't think anyone would be alarmed if you added them as a friend. :flowerforyou:

IrishChik

I'm a non mom. Meaning, I have not given birth to my own child. I do live with my BF, and we plan to marry (are engaged) and he has a daughter that lives with us on the weekends. She is almost 6. So, I guess I am a weekend mother figure.

Flora_Delirus

Well one motivation to get out and exercise would be for your four legged kids. I am more active in the winter than any other time of year because that's their favorite time of year to run. If you get in the habit of doing it everyday, they will NOT let you get away without walking them, or at least making you feel pretty guilty about not doing it.

From the picture it looks like you have dogs that like winter or cooler weather. My two dogs are pansyies. Within moments of being outside to go potty, they are quivering at the back door begging to come in. They have thinner coats...

But I might have to try and find coverings for them and see if I can coax them outside for a walk now and then.

meanness67

I'm a non-Mom and would love to join this group. I just started back with MFP and have set goals for the next couple of months.

For December my gaol is to lose 8 pounds. I started last week by changing up my food and drinking more water...3.5 pounds lost! Yesterday I started Chalean Extreme Burn Circuit and Couch to 5K. I will do both of these Monday, Wednesday, Friday. On the off days I will do treadmill walking and stationary bike and would like to throw in a little Taebo. Weekends I spend on a farm and will be doing some hiking in the woods.

January and February, my goal is to lose 10 pounds each month to reach my goal weight of 140.

My overall goal is to finish what I started! Chalean Extreme weight training and Couch to 5K! Oh yeah, and lose about 25 to 30 more pounds.

cowpoke06

I really want a dog but my apartment won't allow it. I like to go jogging anyways so it'd be perfect for a puppy I'm actually going to move into a house with my boyfriend sometime in the next few months and we want to get a dog...but he likes french bull dogs (they are super cute) and I don't think that thy are very good runners!

asltiffm

I forgot that the weigh in isn't until Wednesdays when I announced my weight loss. Whoops. Well, I'll remember next week but I already did my weigh in for this week. I'll have no time to exercise at all tonight. I'll barely have enough time to sit down and eat dinner and feed the dogs before I have to rush out for the rest of the evening. ( I guess that just gives me one extra day to recover from the soreness of my last workuot.

Kimdbro

I took the weekend off, and now resent myself. But it's ok. I'll be back at it again. I am so gratefull for the Non-Mom thread. I have begun to feel like I'm the only human on the planet without kids and still managed to gain weight.

lilRicki

I took the weekend off, and now resent myself. But it's ok. I'll be back at it again. I am so gratefull for the Non-Mom thread. I have begun to feel like I'm the only human on the planet without kids and still managed to gain weight.

haha nope you're not, I didn't make babies either...i took 2 weeks off from working out to heal too, but i'm ready to get back at 'er...so are we going to start our "work week" tomorrow Kim? I'm definitely antsy...and weigh in is tomorrow...so what do you think?