TheNerdyMonkey Member

Great and nice to meet you, welcome! Congratulations on your weight loss and keep up the great work! :)

Wow, congratulations is not enough! I am very proud of you! Your story is very inspiring! My weight goal is to just be below the highest healthy weight for a person my height 140lbs. When I get there I will decide my next fitess adventure :)

Well said, I agree. He does need to talk to her and really get down to what the problem actually is.

Hello and welcome! I try my best to be motivational by the photo's on my profile, my comments or just by liking my friends posts :)

I totally get what you are saying, but any mother should be happy and proud to see their child doing better for themselves and taking care of their body (especially since his dad has heart problems and she works in a hospital so knows that a better diet could decrease her son's chance of heart problem as well) You should…

Probably should have read some of my reply's to other commenters. I am not frustrated by her lack of health food knowledge, I couldn't care less. She is the only one causing issues. She wants us to come over for dinner all the time, and always asks us want we want and pretends to be up for anything. We usually suggest a…

We eat healthy, she thinks Stouffers mac and cheese is healthy. We are slowly removing animals from our diet and because she has no concept of healthy she doesn't realize that "anything you can eat, I can eat vegan". Even though we aren't vegan, the point is that there is a whole world of great tasting healthy foods out…

I think you are right, I think she is intimidated by something different. She think's Minute Maid juices are healthy, she has no concept of healthy and I think it bothers her. If we brought food to her house, she would get offended and it would most likely worsen the situation. Maybe we should have her over to our place…

True that. I wont even argue with my blood relatives, I have no issues cutting ties when needed and my MIL is working hard for that.

We do to, I don't feel it's mean. If people are just going to be toxic and bring you down, then they have no business being a part of your life. We cut ties from a lot of people because they couldn't leave their teens behind them, we grew up, they stayed the same. If it were up to me, we would cut ties from her. We have…

No we always eat what she serves even though it usually makes us sick afterwards because our bodies aren't used to that much fat, sodium, carbs and junk. We are slowly removing animal from our diet, we still eat turkey, chicken, seafood and cheese. We don't complain when we are there, she does. She will buy Stouffers mac…

Spot on, she doesn't bluntly act that why but makes it very obvious that she likes the control. She also makes it obvious that she doesn't approve of her son since he turned 18. She says she supported all his decisions since then like it was a problem for her. We should have her over, show her what real food looks like.

That might work, or at least help :)

It's not hurting us, it's hurting her for whatever reason. She seems to be getting more upset. Occasionally dropping hints that it's an inconvenience for her. It wasn't a problem the first few times, but by this point it's been over a year. We have been eating like this for more than two years. It seems like we are going…

Also I wanted to add that a few weeks ago I did some gardening. Pulling weeds, roots, vines and digging and I burn over 600 calories in one hour.

Actually that is very possible. Digging is a very active, activity and can easily burn that many calories. My husband works construction and even long days of JUST driving, he easily burns that many calories. Each person is different as well. People like me don't burn calories quickly or easily, people like my mom do.…

I personally keep my food diary open so that my friends on here can see that we all make mistakes and to see the kind of things I have a hard time staying away from. They feel better when they relate to others, it makes this journey feel less lonely for many. I also have been told that people have been inspired by many of…

Black coffee is high in antioxidants and is an excellent fat burner, belly fat especially :)

Sucralose actually cause acne and cystic acne (face and/or body acne) read labels because a lot of low calorie items lack protein, fiber and/or other needed nutrients. Just make sure you don't deprive your body of what it needs just for lower calories.

I don't consume dairy, I'll have cheese here and there (not cheap crap cheese) dairy isn't good for our bodies for many reasons. The only real health benefit is the calcium, which almond milk has 2x the amount. So other than cheese once in a while, I am dairy free. Plus I am lactose intolerant like most people (people can…

You can look up recipes for healthier sweet teas. Don't drink Gatorade or other sports drinks because they are designed for athletes, people who train hard every day and burn hundreds to thousands of calories a day. Just do your research, low calorie foods and drinks aren't always that good either. People will often miss…

I have experienced that so much, I personally rid my life of people like that. As far as my boyfriend goes, I sat him down and put everything out on the table. I told him that to me this is a very big deal and that it's very important to me, to know he is rooting for me. I let him know that I don't need his or anyone's…

Everyone is different and many factors are at play. Just be patient, eat right and put in work when you exercise. Best of luck! :)

You had me at Geek O.O lol you seem pretty awesome, if you would like another Geeky/Nerdy and positive person add me! :)

This past Monday was my birthday and we spent the weekend celebrating with all kinds of junk I shouldn't have had. The week leading up to my birthday, I had lady problems and didn't work out ALL week and ate a bunch of junk! It wont set me back though, I am going to get back on track and continue this journey :) I just try…

Would love to! I am looking for some awesome positive people :) I feel it's really important especially with keeping on track with fitness goals, to surround yourself with positive supportive people.

I don't blame you at all. I feel it's really important, especially when losing weight to have positive supportive people. Even tough love is supportive! Feel free to add me if you want another positive and if need tough love friend!

I am always looking for positive people to add, you can add me if you would like :) I think it's important to surround yourself by kind supportive people, especially when try to lose weight.

I guess for me three things I need to work on is, drinking more water (I drink about 6-8 cups a day) staying on a exercise schedule which is pretty difficult because I have Fibromyalgia (but that doesn't keep me down!) and finding positive people to be around (even online!), that way we can all support and encourage each…