Looking to lose 100+ pounds... the healthy way!

Hello I love the post, lots of good people. I'm going to friend you if that's ok. I LOVE the idea of fun weekly exercise challenges of your willing to them again!

Where is everybody? I hope that everybody is till doing great & on track.

Still here still working hard to stay on track. My hubby has been out of province all week and my daughter is at camp with her school for a few days. I planned to do extra workouts but ended up getting sick and haven't done nearly as much as I would have liked. Plus I ate ice cream...twice. lol. Tomorrow is a new day! I hope everyone else is doing well!

shirayne wrote: »

Hi there, I'm 42 and looking to lose 100+ pounds (made it to 80 pounds 3 years ago and then gained half of it back) but I want to do it the "right" and learn how to "eat to live, not live to eat". I am addicted to food... it's my own personal brand of drug and I am looking for people who want lose weight eating healthy and tasty foods. I would love to share tips and tricks you've found work for you. I love looking at people's daily diaries and seeing wonderful sounding meals that are filling but still satisfy your hunger. I am tired of being obsessed with food and although I realize that right now that obsession is a necessity (I need to plan things out or I end up making excuses for eating the wrong things), I eventually want to know instinctively what's ok to eat and what's not ok to eat. I'm not saying a doughnut once in a while as a treat isn't "ok"... but I don't want to spend my precious calories on crap all the time. If you're looking for a friend who is willing to support you in your successes and even more so in your "ooopses", add me and let's do this!

I'm in the same boat. Feel free to add me.

Just jumping in to say I'm still among the living and "working-at-it" group! I'm hitting the gym pretty religiously this week, thanks almost exclusively to my step-daughter, but my eating is B.A.D!!! Not the calories, just the garbage making up those calories! That being said, a calorie deficit is a calorie deficit, so I'll take it. Got 100% on our audit at work, and only one more audit to go! YAY!! Hopefully I'll be somewhat "normal" after that with more free time to get in here and chat it up. Welcome to all the new folks and "keep working it" to all the regulars... we're in this for the long haul, so slow and steady wins the race

I feel guilty reading all of the posts of people exercising because I cannot. I'm proud of all of you though!

Ok, so I need some advice. The family and I are going on vacation this next week, and I don't want to backslide the whole week. We won't have internet access, so I won't be able to log on. I know how to eat healthy, but put me out of my routine, the comfort of knowing what to prepare at home, and I'm nervous I'll blow it big time. We do plan to do a bunch of hiking and such. How do you all prepare to eat well and exercise while on vacation? Thanks

melkithall wrote: »

Ok, so I need some advice. The family and I are going on vacation this next week, and I don't want to backslide the whole week. We won't have internet access, so I won't be able to log on. I know how to eat healthy, but put me out of my routine, the comfort of knowing what to prepare at home, and I'm nervous I'll blow it big time. We do plan to do a bunch of hiking and such. How do you all prepare to eat well and exercise while on vacation? Thanks

Just got off vacay myself and I ate lots of boiled eggs, great value pre-cooked chicken that you can heat in the microwave for 2 min., string cheese, honestly, I FAILED big time on veggies, but plan on picking back up where I left off. It's not easy, at least it wasn't for me! But feel free to look at my diary because I stayed on track and never went above my calories! Good luck!

ptkat28 wrote: »

otter_kat wrote: »

Librarian, mom, redhead, fast food eater, 5'2" 280lbs.

In the past 4 yrs. I've had 2 kids, pregnant fairly close together, so gains with each kid, but no loss in between. These two were my 2nd and 3rd children. After having my first who is 13 now, it took 2 yrs. to lose that and lots of money on group weight loss challenges at the gym, personal training and eating basically chicken breasts, wok veggies and salsa. I don't have the money or time to spend like I did with just one. Looking to focus more on simple clean foods and kick the fast food habit.

Anyone know any groups that I might be able to relate to?

We are an awesome group here! We all have different plans, I believe that are helping us to lose! I do not call mine a diet, I call it my NEW way of living! I am sure that you will be hearing from the others soon! I am on a low carb/high protein lifestyle. It fills me up and I do at least an hour of exercise a day. Feel free to ask any questions of anyone!

Pkat28 is right, this is a great group and we all do our own thing here. I'm an absolutely FIRM believer in less calories in than what is needed WILL get you where you want to be. I also hit the gym at LEAST 3 times a week, but that is a more recent development. The first 2 months I was just focused on eating well and tweaking my menu. I'm a creature of habit, hate cooking on work days though I adore it on weekends, so I tend to prep foods in bulk and pack them in containers/zip loc bags so they're ready to go for the whole week. But that's just my way. Others eat clean, eat vegan, eat all kinds of ways! What I think we all have in common is coming to the realization that little changes we can sustain for life is the key. Just like Pkat28 is learning a new way of living, I'm on a journey to develop good eating habits with success being realized by healthy eating 80% of the time. But I'm just blathering now...Sorry! What I wanted to say is read, read, read, take what you think will work for you, tweak it to make it fit you just right, and DON'T set your goals to high. The beginning is all about developing your plan, then sticking to it until it becomes a habit, and one day very very soon you'll realize that when you don't do it, you miss it! It's really that easy. Hope that helps a little

And to everyone else, I've got one more audit this week and then I'll be somewhat human again! YAY! Hopefully I can get back into eating good foods this week. I'm trying not to be too hard on myself because I'm also planning on quitting smoking ((((shiver)))) Wish me LUCK! And I hope you all have a great week!

Sure!

shirayne wrote: »

Now, my corn chowder is done and I'm a bit disappointed... it came out really bland. So... what to do? I didn't roast the corn first which I was supposed do and I think that's one of the issues. So how to fix it? Hmmm... I may add more corn but roast it first and see if that adds enough flavour. Any ideas on what to use in corn chowder to give it added flavour?

SALT.

I've started the journey today to lose 120 pounds.... again. I've tried idk how many times in the past to lose this weight and I find I've gained more than I've lost when I started out. Really am lacking motivation to do this. I know it needs to come from within, but I need more than that. Anyone have any advice?

michaela_g09 wrote: »

I've started the journey today to lose 120 pounds.... again. I've tried idk how many times in the past to lose this weight and I find I've gained more than I've lost when I started out. Really am lacking motivation to do this. I know it needs to come from within, but I need more than that. Anyone have any advice?

@michaela_g09 ... Feel free to look at my diary if you wish! I am on a low carb/high protein way of life. I stay full all the time, and I do exercise everyday! I walk a lot and I dance a lot more!! There are some WONDERFUL people on this group! Feel free to add me as a friend if you like! Good luck! Oh yeah, I had 100+ to lose when I started and I am down 40 lbs and over 40 inches! I have lost that in the past 3-4 months!

want2behappy31 wrote: »

Where is everybody? I hope that everybody is till doing great & on track.

i am in oooooooooooooklahoma! (where the wind comes sweeping down the plaaaaaainns!)