NEED TO LOSE 100 LBS OR MORE !

Saturday Success-- Two picnics today, and I am under my calorie allotment! Barely, but I'm there. There were lots of instances today where I made good choices. There is still plenty of room for me to make better choices, but I know that last year, a day like today would have been a washout. I'd have been over, feeling guilty tomorrow. Even if I would have made the same choices, I wasn't logging, and would have felt guilty for what I could have done better. BUT, I did start by having breakfast. Come to think of it, last year I would have skipped breakfast and placated myself that it "helped". I can certainly see today that a banana and a glass of V-8 didn't stop me from enjoying the festivities later. Today was planned for with a few tweaks. Not over. Many good choices. No guilt.

Christine-Congrats on your success and not eating out your depression. You have come a long way in a short period of time. A great way to take control of life.

Karen- I love Cross Fit Activities- they have a great variety and can be done by anyone. My trainers uses the exercises with me many times. My least favorite is jumping but he modifies it so I can be successful- fear of falling forward stops my progress in that area. I will find some of the links he has sent me in the past regarding crossfit so you see for yourself. It is cool that your school system is promoting this program for its teachers and you mentioned that it will be on-site as well.

To all the teachers out there- Good luck with the start of the school year. May we all have a wonderful and successful year ahead. I start back on the 20th of August so not ready to go back.

Success- Today, I went to the Navy football Blue and Gold scrimmage game. It was at noon so I was a little hungry but I did eat a snack before I left. I overcame my desire for a soft pretzel, hot dogs, popcorn etc. I settled for my water because I wanted to eat correctly today. Normally, I would give in to the temptations and go for the pretzel but not today. I went to the grocery store after the game and did not buy the junk food either had a salad and some chicken tenders for lunch.

While leaving the grocery store today, I was talking to one of the employees near my car. As she started to walk away I noticed she was limping and she said she did not feel well. The next thing I knew she had fainted- just went down to the ground easily. I went in to the store to let them who fainted and to call an ambulance while other customers came to aid as well. Come to find out she had not eaten today and did not have any drinks either. Luckily, she did not hit her head on the ground and the ambulance is across the street literally. She was sitting up by the time they got there. The lesson to be gained from this experience- you need to eat and drink even when it is hot. She works inside and outside doing parcel pickup and was wearing long and heavy pants which did not help. She is doing okay but I will check with her the next time I see her.

@monarchris ~ Congrats for fitting into your 3XL a little easier! Woot! Woot! It's funny that you should mention how your waist measurement seems to be down in your hips. When I belonged to WW, I watched a woman lose a lot of weight, and it seemed she lost from the face down. She literally got thin face first, then waist, then hips. Anyway, good for you for feeling a looser fit in clothing!

@tigerlinly ~ Yes, you can do it! I joined MFP only a month ago and have found it to be very helpful and the members of this forum very motivating! I think the biggest step is deciding you are going to do it. There is something about getting into that mindset. Once you make the determined decision to do it, you do it. (I hope, for me anyway!)

@alleycat ~ I'm glad your fiance will be talking to her as well. That speaks a ton (showing his support for you!)!

@robin ~ Thanks for introducing me to Weight Watchers chocolate dipped raspberry ice cream bars. They're like eating raspberry truffles, and oh so yummy! I would love to scarf the whole box but have managed to limit myself to one (or two).

Saturday success: It's back to work for me on Monday, so I went in yesterday and today to start setting up my classroom. I noticed that I had little difficulty climbing up and down on a chair as I decorated my walls! I remember last spring what a struggle it was climbing up and down on that chair when I was taking things down. I've done a ton of bike riding this summer (practically every day), and I contribute this success to acquiring muscles that are hidden somewhere in my thighs! :bigsmile:

Hi. I'm new here and this is definitely the thread for me. I need to loose around 150 lbs. I am starting TurboJam and Biggest Loser 10 minute videos. (10 in the morning and Turbo after work.) I hope to join a gym once I loose some weight. I have so many reasons to lose, but mainly, I need to do it for me. I also want to be an example to my kids. I have one that is heading down the same path as me. (9 years old and wearng a boys 16-18). I don't want him to grow up worryng about his weight so he is going to be my little work out buddy. However, it would also be nice to have adult friends and accountablity partners.

It being 12:17 Im really stretching the Saturday Success part. Im sitting in a hotel room in Jersey having just gone to an AMAZING concert that went from 4:30 till 11 pm. Lots of dancing and fun. We did tailgate, starting at about 11 am. I ate breakfast before we left - See, Robin, I ATE BREAKFAST GO ME! SOme eggs and juice and fruit. I did have a couple of drinks at the taigate but I had packed myself a turkey sandwich on some good bread and had that instead of anything else being offerred. Then I had water through the concert, and when we got back to the hotel and I was hungry I had some cheese and turkey pepperoni. Were they the best choices? Maybe not. But when I considered the options I had in front of me all day I think I had some good resolve.


I'm a wreck right now so I'm hittin' the hay!! Too much dancing and woohooing!!!

Hey there... I must admit that I've been lurking on this thread for some time but have been shy to post. Thought I would get a post in before page 20 so I can be part of things "officially"! I've been doing MFP seriously for about a month now. My Saturday success would be that I've logged in and completed my charting for 15 days consecutively. Very proud of that. Hoping to get going a bit better on the exercise part this week. Big shout out to all the other teachers out there - I don't start back til after Labour Day (Ontario) but I know many are starting soon and I wish you all a spectacular year!

OMG this thread moves so quick! I cant believe I havent been on here for a week . My computer at home has not been working sometimes it doesnt even turn on, So im taken advantage of it working now lol. I have been driving myself crazy or crazier then i already am if thats even possible. I took my entrance exam today for school in the fall. I was so nervous I go in on Friday for the results and scheduling it is going to drive me crazy till then I hope that I did ok I havent been in school in fifteen years. I havent weighed myself in a wk or so I work tonight so Ill weigh myself there I want to use the same scale. I have had a small nsv though the jeans that i bought two years ago that didnt fit then fit me now. Im going to try to catch up on here with my posts .

Monday- Ive been busy studing and working that seems to be all I do lately,
Tuesday- My goals for this week were to drink water and exercise once daily . ( I managed to drink the water but not the exercise) I
also wanted to log into the message boards all wk but my computer messed up
Wedbesday- My wishes is that I didnt have so much on my plate right now but I also know that I put it there and alls I have to do is
keep reminding myself that I am in control of my life noone else.
Thursday- The truth is I know that I can do better and I will
Friday- I have been walking extra at work at night to cover some cardio and believe me I run around like crazy even if it is a 12 hr
midnight shift ( Im a nurses aide in a nursing home and its like the residents never sleep )
Saturday- I have had my nsv of my jeans fitting. I dont see any change when I look in the mirror but my fiancee says he sees a
difference in my legs cause of the way some of my shorts fit me.

Jeez that was alot!!! LOL!!!
Today is Sunday, lets see to share something that I havent already.... Im 33 yrs old. Just now triing to figure out who I am . WHat I
mean is Im finally looking out for me and not everyone around me. I finally want something for myself Is that wrong? SOmetimes I feel like im wrong for asking my kids to get out of my room so I can read or study or even do my exercises. I just want some time for me. My relationship with my fiancee has improved alot we dont agure as much . Proably cause we dont see much of each other. LOL..

CONGRATS to Everyone on their nsv and wieght-loss goals being hit.
Thank you @Robin for setting up this thread u guys are very motivating I see how much success u guys have had and ur determination and I relize that I can do it too.
@skinny- Thank you for giving me that image of teenagers cooking the food at fast food resturants I will think of that everytime I go by mcdonalds and I know that will stop me LOL

Sorry for taken up the whole page LOL

@believe--glad the image of teens cooking is helpful :laugh: And congrats on the jeans fitting!!

@raven--so funny that I just read your message after coming home late night and finding Chinese take-away in the fridge (DH ordered it after I left for the evening). I decided to have an egg roll and crab rangoon and when I bit into the crab rangoon, I thought "oh, this isn't a very good batch." Then I took a bite of the egg roll and that tasted "off" to me as well. I was wondering if my husband ordered from a different place, or maybe they had changed some recipes. Then I read the thread and saw your quote of my post, and the little light bulb went off over my head (I swear if others were here, they would have seen it light up :laugh: ). I guess the Chinese take-away is the most recent casualty of my changed taste buds.

@vidvox--I grew up in Chicago where we never started back until after Labour Day, and I swear, even after 12 years of teaching in the suburbs, I still can't get used to starting back in August. It just seems inherently wrong to me! :laugh: Oh, and welcome to the thread--glad you made it in under the wire!

@liz--nice to see another Chicago sports fan on the thread--AND you picked the right baseball team!! (I'm a north-sider)

@laurie--thanks for the crossfit links! I've actually done some of those exercises in a class a colleague ran for some of us a few years ago, but he never referred to it as "crossfit" so I didn't realize what we were doing. Also, when I think of crossfit I think of these incredible competitions I've seen on TV where very super-fit people are running around swinging from bars and lifting weights, etc. I think some friends and I were in a bar and it was on TV--they were the ones who said it was a cult (they are all PE teachers, so I thought maybe they were in the know). I actually got a chance to talk to my godson about it tonight. He's a personal trainer, so I knew he would have some insight. He said crossfit has the "cult" reputation b/c some of the crossfit gyms/clubs are very high-pressure with their clients--pushing them to spend a lot of money, take more classes, join competitions, etc. But he assured me they aren't all like that. He did warn me that many trainers don't modify it enough for less fit clients (especially in group classes) so people often get hurt trying to keep up with routines that are too difficult for them. All in all, he gave me a lot of good questions to ask the reps who come to our school.

@artemis--good job with the sodium! However, I wish you hadn't told me that about Frosted Mini-wheats--they are my favourite cereal, but I gave them up when I started MFP b/c I can't be trusted to eat just one bowl. Well, back then, I couldn't-- I guess maybe I could be trusted now. I may need to test myself...but the fact that I'm getting so excited at the thought of buying a box makes me think it's probably not a good idea :blushing: .

@helen--great job at the picnics!! I also controlled myself at my cookout and even with some late night Chinese, I came in very close to my calorie goal.

Well, it's after 2am so I''d better get to bed!

Okay, a squirrel just scooted by my patio windows and up a post of the deck and looked at me a little while. Think he was looking for an invitation in for breakfast? HEY BUDDY---no breakfast in here until one hour after thyroid med. Move on!!

A bit about me. Female, 60 on the slide to 61, divorced. Lost my job during the bank meltdown, actually on my birthday in 2008. So in a former life I was a research analyst doing economic forecasting for metro areas primarily in the Southeast and applying those forecasts to supply/demand forecasts for commercial real estate across four main property types---industrial, office, retail, and apartments. Quant woman.

Love to read, love to sing (although for now I only do that in private) and I can sit in front of a computer for hours.

I'm curious as to how many of us are authorized users on this thread. I cannot even hazard a guess.

Okay, going to go and talk to the squirrel if he's still out there. Later.

Lin

Sunday Share:

So I totally have the BEST boyfriend on the planet! He just bought me Brantley Gilbert tickets for when he comes to Jackson for the fair in October! However, the stipulation to them is that I have to finish my 5K in September. If finishing a 5K is all that stands between me and Brantley, no worries. That race won't know what hit it! *swoon*

Alright, let me get back on track...I'm Jana. I'm 26. I'm a teacher (who has already started back btw), and I'm currently training for my very FIRST 5K! (I am on Week 4: Day 2 today!) I'm super excited about it! I joined MFP in January of this year and just recently started using the message boards a few weeks ago. I am so glad I did because I feel more want to stay under my goal and exercise than I think I would if it were just me on my own. It always seems to help when you talk with people with a similar goal. I could talk to my skinny friends about this, but they just don't understand what I'm going through.

About the taste changes that @skinnyjeanz mentioned, mine have TOTALLY changed! Foods that I used to like, like McDonald's no longer have the same taste and I actually can't handle the grease anymore. I have successfully been without a soft drink for over a month now. I think I took a little sip of one recently, but it was just too sweet for my taste. I'll happily stick with my water and milk.

I think that's all for today! I hope everyone has a great day! Keep setting your goals, meeting them, and drinking that water! And a big congrats to all of those who have lost weight this week! Keep going!

~ Jana

Hi,my name is Sherry and I just turned 50 in July,was so depressed about it and how I looked I did not celebrate that day at all,I told everyone before I didnt want anyone to remind me,it was a day I was so happy to end!! so Im thinking,what am I doing? I can at least make myself look better,and just feel as old as I look,and with weight loss and good eating habits and exercise I can feel younger so here I am,I hope I can meet people who can help me stick with it!!! so far I havent been doing so good on my eating and its been a little over a week that I started this,I did make a goal to start walking 1 mile a day and I have stuck with it,every morning I get up and first thing I do is walk my mile!! I also want to start drinking 100 ozs of water a day,that I havent done yet,so this week I am going to work on that very hard!!

Happy Sunday...

Thanks to everyone for being so inspiring. It helps to know that other people are fighting the same battle as I am. And to see some of you winning battles and moving closer to winning the war, it restores my hope that all is not lost.

Sunday's Sharing - I am sixteen days away from turning the big 5-0. I don't feel 50...mentally I feel about 37. Physically some days I feel about 85 - stiff joints, knees that ache, not able to get up off of the couch without help, and exhausted by even a 5-10 minute walk. I hope that as I continue to lose weight and get healthy those things will improve. I ordered a pedometer last night from Amazon so I can better keep track of my movement.

I ate Burger King last night and it (a) tasted good...for about 30 seconds; (b) made me feel sick to my stomach an hour later; (c) is making my feet and ankles swollen this morning; and (d) caused me to gain back 1.8 pounds that I had worked hard to lose. The BK meal looked ugly when I logged it in my food diary last night, and it looks even uglier today on the scale and in my ankles.

Today, I am on a mission to clean the house, scrub, vacuum, dust, and clear all the clutter - an appraiser is coming tomorrow evening to inspect the house for my refinancing and I want everything to be perfect. I am also going to make a turkey chili today - I want to be able to freeze individual servings so that I always know that I have something good in the house to eat for dinner (and thus, NO reason to drive thru anywhere).

Off to chop some onions....

I would love some more buddies!

I WOKE UP TODAY WITH VERY LITTLE PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

I need a dancing emoticon!

So - I am off to the Renaissance Festival, and shall post a proper Sunday Share upon my return. In the meantime, please forgive me while I pat myself on the back, toot my own horn and throw myself a parade! :happy: I'm sorry, I'm just so incredibly happy right now.. so please forgive me if I am a little silly.:blushing:

I wish you all a WONDERFUL Sunday, filled with success and joy! :drinker:

Hello to all, hope you are enjoying your Sunday. I can't believe the number of teachers we have in this group. Go educators go! I lost another lb, yipeee:happy: :happy: :happy: Sunday share: I'm a KC Royals and Chief's fan. Also cheering for our soccer team, Sporting Kansas City (hate the name though). My days are spent in front of my computer most of the time as I am disabled, on oxygen and have a hard time doing a lot. I was able to get 4 walks with Belle last week and that has been amazing to me. Just picture this 267 lb old lady with her walker on wheels, oxygen dangling from the seat with a little cream and tan pom. on a leash.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

@skinnyjeanz, thanks for the noodle link, you are always an inspiration for me.
@Alleykat way to go for moving the dress, let us know how the talk goes, we support you.
@Susan I love portobellos too, the pizza sounded wonderful, how did you fix it?
@tungsten sounds like you had a great week!
@Auntie Great NSV. Making us aware of what we are putting into our bodies is one of the "gems" of MFP.
@lin great NSV you always motivate me.
@Helena great NSV
@Artemis keep up the good work.
@Laurie great NSV at the scrimmage and grocery store, scary about the lady fainting though, good lesson.
@vinson turning down McDs was great NSV although the thought of it now kind of turns my stomach, tastes and body preferences do change.
@Cath Great NSV
@Liz great work out at the Y and walking the dog. When I go to Subway I like to buy the 12" so I have 2 meals.
@Andrea sounds like you had a blast!
@Raven sounds like you have some great support and good goals to work toward.
@Robin I know this has been said time and again, but thank you so much for moderating this forum. It is a life saver.
@SaniD Have you read the book "Change Your Brain, Change Your Body" by Dr. Daniel Amen? It is a great book, I'm learning a lot about how to take care of my brain to make my body healthier.
To all newbies hang in there, log your food religiously, drink your water and come back here for support and motivation.
Will catch those I missed on the next round.
Love you all,
Christine