20 weeks to a healthier me!

it is weird to anyone that i can't think of myself being smaller than 175 lbs? that is how much i weighed (approximately) when i was around 12 years old and was actually quite physically active, but didn't eat well. I just can't imagine myself weighing less than that...and for now 175 seems like lightyears away.

I know what you mean about that but you'll know when you get there and MFP works...I mean it so works, it just WORKS like nothing else. I've been eating low-fat homemade prepared foods from cook's illustrated, america's test kitchen and I'd like to suggest a taste of home & cooking light. All of those places do not sacrifice on TASTE yet can lower the cal counts and make things low fat. I also found a book on amazon for Low Fat Mexican Food by someone who has won James Beard Foundation awards, so eventually I will get that too.

I remember back when I was 15 years old and I weighed like 115, there are pix of me, I was absolutely stunning. I had a figure to die for....I'd like to get back to that 110/115, that is still within a healthy bmi for me according to the bmi on this site. But I'll know when I get there, I'll look at myself critically and figure it out....and it's a long way off....lol. I'm hoping that in August we'll renew our vows to this thread because I won't be "there" yet lol. I'll have barely made it to onederland by then! )

Count me in! I lost 1back and have gained 3 back. Ready to get going again

I think I understand. I will update it then every Wednesday. Is that when everyone is weighing in? I really need the accountability and the encouragement. I have been overweight all my life and I really want to lose the pounds but I really want to feel better and be around for my grandkids. I am a high school teacher (at age 51 and this is my first year teaching!) and I am so exhausted each day that it is hard to get myself to exercise. I really appreciate you all letting me in with this group. This is so out of the box for me!





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Hey everybody my 1st short term goal is to weight in at 269 by April 14..My weight today is 274.

OMG, I'm SO EXCITED about this small group! I think it's awesome! I love that we'll do our official log ins on Wednesday. Excellent!

@aslteacher - excellent that you got the "graphics thing" all sorted out - hope my instructions were clear enough! At any rate, you've got your sig in there and it looks great!

@tethomas - so excited about your weight loss! Congratulations!!! I started on January 20, 2011 and I was 244 lbs, look where I am today!!

@sweigal - congratulations on being the last member let in! You can do this!

@Shy- this group is gonna be great!!!

As for me, well I woke up and weighed and I was 223.6! So that's kind of awesome! And I changed my sig ticker. I love Lily Slm tickers.

My goal for this month was 219...I have just 4 lbs to go in 6 days - I might not make it but that's ok! I will be close enough!

On 2/28/11 I weighed 232, and on that date mfp said that I would weigh 223 in 5 weeks. Well, I made it in 4! How cool is that!

My goal this next week is to exercise everyday...even if it is for 15 minutes! and to log my food everyday. I too am so excited to join this group. I want to first just feel good in my clothes and then start wearing some clothes that I loved but got too big for. How fun will it be to get those clothes off of the top shelf and wear them!!!

Just wanted to post some links here for some low fat cooking books. Eat tasty but with LESS CALS!

These two are by author Steve Reichlan "Raichlen, whose Miami Spice won the 1993 I.A.C.P. Julia Child Award for Best Regional American Cookbook, admits that college vegetarianism of "soybeans and brown rice" turned him into a "committed carnivore." But age, health and experience caught up with him, and the result is this collection of 225 recipes relying on such "big-flavored" ingredients as herbs, spices and chiles and flavor-intensive cooking methods like smoking and grilling."

Low Fat Vegetarian cooking

http://www.amazon.com/High-Flavor-Low-Fat-Vegetarian-Cooking-Raichlen/dp/0140241248/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1301195117&sr=8-1


Same author - Low Fat Mexican Food cooking

http://www.amazon.com/High-Flavor-Low-Fat-Mexican-Cooking-Raichlen/dp/0670883883/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1301196130&sr=1-2-fkmr0

Then there's this book that is Low Fat Indian Food cooking

http://www.amazon.com/Indian-Cooking-Without-Revolutionary-ebook/dp/B001UQ5JIG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1301196194&sr=8-3

I love to cook, and I love to make low fat tasty foods!!

I appreciate this group! Yesterday when I was tempted to grab some chips or cookies, I actually decided to read what everyone had written and looked around this website. It was inspiring and I didn't need to go and get the cookies or chips. One day at a time! Yesterday was good for me (I even exercised on the elliptical). I can't wait to weigh in on Wednesday! Thank you all for your encouragement.

This was another busy day.

I hope everyone is doing well and ready for the week.

I also want to let people know that I am checking in every day, so if you are struggling, please make sure to post and I will be here to offer whatever support I can.

VENT ALERT! FEEL FREE TO SKIP.

I had a bit of a frustrating day. I do pretty well with cravings because my partner has very different taste than me and I do not keep foods around that I am tempted by. He is not a vegetarian and I am, he loves sweets and I don't, he still eats some processed foods and I don't etc. I keep snacks and a little junk food around for him, but really nothing that I want.

However, today he requested that I pick up peanut butter and club crackers while I was doing the weekly shopping. Then he asked if I could make him breakfast for dinner.

I really love peanut butter. On apples, on celery, on toast...you get the idea. As soon as I got the groceries home he cracked open the peanut butter and started smearing it on crackers...while I put the groceries away. I could have strangled him.

Moving on to dinner. He asked for duck eggs because he tried them at a tasting day at the co-op and liked them better than chicken eggs. I made duck eggs Florentine, fresh sausage from the co-op deli and whole wheat toast, all of which I could not eat. The smell of the toast was maddening. This was after I came back from the gym and cleaned the kitchen. Again, there was almost a strangulation.

He is an absolutely lovely man and he supports me in my weight loss and everything else I choose to do. He is not as demanding as I made him out to be, I love to cook and have told him to give me a list of things he wants from the store or special meals I can make for him. This type of stuff would not have ticked me off so much had I not been sorely tempted by the peanut butter and crackers and by the cheesy eggs and buttery toast. I don't even like eggs!

This is the first time I can tell that the pretty strict approach I am taking with my eating is getting to me. I was furious for no reason for a good chunk of the day becasue a person I love ate peanut butter and wanted breakfast, after I offered to cook him a "by request" Sunday dinner.

I need to get a grip.

GM everyone!!!

Ok I weighed & I'm down more! Going to change my ticker in a sec, do my morning wo, then I have tons of stuff to do today like going shopping, catching up on housework, etc. Already fed the kitties.....

Well, my weekend took its toll on the diet front -- lots of ch*c*l*t* sitting about for the kiddies and I indulged :-(
But, I did get in lots of exercise chasing them, so pretty much only about 300 cals over each day.
My next threshold is to become a "terrific two" -- I'm hoping to lose the last 10 lbs or so I need to get there by May 15.
(That's not as ambitious as many of you, but I've got a two-week business trip full of restaurant food to cope with! And yes, its an excuse, but I can't cope with too much disappointment right now either.)