TLynn0568

I could feel a 20lb weight loss in my clothes, but it wasn't noticeable to others until around the 25lb mark, and at that I was asked, "Did you have a relaxing vacation? Change your hair? Something is different about you..." Yeah, 25lb off me is what's different! Depending on how much you have to lose, I think it takes a…

Yeah, raisins got me too!

With the exception of French Onion Soup, I would say everything on the TGI Friday's menu. I ended up with just soup for dinner because I couldn't justify the calories for how the food tastes. Just not worth it.

I always have an unflattering picture of me handy so before I reach for that donut I always look at that first and force myself to acknowledge that "just one" of those donuts too many times lead me down the wrong road. Then I force myself to honestly answer the question of if it's worth it. If I've been really good…

When I get that way - and I do, I'm a bonafide food junkie - before I give in I think about WHY I want to eat it. I mean, really, WHY. I find that when I'm in a "screw it, I'm doing it!" place it's irrationally emotional. I think about what I want and why I want it, and then if it's worth it - after I eat it and the guilt…

Not liking myself for what I let happen weight-wise. I know I'm worth more than I think of myself right now. I want to say that one's appearance isn't EVERYTHING; on one hand it seems to silly to base my entire self-worth on my APPEARANCE, yet, *I* don't like the way I look, and I don't like the way I felt when I knew I…

Oh this is not good, not good at all! I just turned 40 in Sept. and HOPE that the 25 lb. I've re-gained won't be ridiculously hard to lose now that I've reached that horrible metabolism-stopping age, with a total of 38 lb total I want to lose to put me at my most ideal weight!

My goals are to lose 38 lb and be able to start participating in 5k runs and more with good timing. I want to be healthier, eat better, look better, feel better and extend my quality of life.

The ID channel with a cup of hot coffee!

I do agree with this. I do. But - When I look at a picture of myself now it's a reminder of how dissatisfied I am with how I look simply because I KNOW I can do better for myself, and want be better. And have been better, only measured by the expectations I have for myself. Example - I had pics taken of me when I was 200+…

Depression is the very reason I said "screw it" to everything and gained 17 lb. over the course of this year. All I wanted to do was NOT move. I'd eat whatever, however much of whatever I wanted, make sure my daughter was taken care of, and lay in bed and watch TV. Every morning I'd set my alarm for 5:30am with the promise…

As much as I LOATHE getting up at 5:30am I do it because I'm realistic with myself these days - I KNOW that it's an empty promise to tell myself "I'll workout when I get home." I NEVER do, unless it's a "bonus" workout. I feel hard off the wagon over the past year and gained a whopping 17 lb., as did my BFF. Now I KNOW how…

I have become so much more productive with small goals, as the OP mentioned. I used to have grandiose goals - "I'm gonna run for 45 minutes straight!" and by the 15 minute mark I was about ready to die and then I felt like a loser because I couldn't "reach" my goal. But now I'm at smaller time interval goals, or "just one…

Yes, I agree with your POV 100%. When my mother "called me out" about my weight of course I was embarrassed/ashamed that I had let myself get to a point where it was so noticeable - and not improving - that it prompted her to say something, but it made me take a hard and honest look at myself and what I'm doing to myself.…

My perspective is I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm going to eat great food, drink fabulous wine and not pass up a beer. And then I'm clearly going to walk 500 miles (and I will walk 500 more) and make it go away apparently. :laugh: On special occasions like Thanksgiving, I suspend the belief that I can actually "say no" for…

Of all the things I was ready, willing and able to sacrifice when I changed my eating/drinking habits, coffee was NOT - COULD NOT - be one of them. I drink my coffee with a little extra half and half and if that consumption pushed me back in the weight loss oh well. :laugh: If I don't have that ONE large mug every day I…

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"How do you pick yourself up when you feel like the worst person in the world? When you feel worthless?" If I can't reconcile my feelings in a few weeks I'm all about counseling. There's a high value in having a 3rd party help you see the other side of you, the better side that you can't see for whatever reason. And a good…

I really don't see anything wrong with his request, assuming that he's looking for a woman that is within a reasonable weight range, dresses decently, has social manners and doesn't find bathing/grooming abhorrent. If he's looking for ONLY a designer label-clad, fake nails, hair, tan, and boobs mini-skirt wearing Goddess…

Back/shoulder muscles. And oh yeah, the indentation right above the hips when a man is in shape...nomnom

Favorite(s): Erdinger, Yuengling, Sam Adams Least favorite(s): Any dark beer is off limits to my taste buds.

Yep, that one has my vote. Followed by: The Omen Amnityville Horror

I'll combine them both - The Exorcist and the theme song from The Exorcist. I can't shake the chills at the though of either!

I was never really into designating a song but when I heard "Overjoyed" by Matchbox Twenty that was IT for me. That WILL be our wedding song, even if I have to do it all off-key karaoke style drunk from all the champagne I'll consume celebrating! My FH always says his song to me is the Allman Brother's "Blue Sky."

I agree that the day isn't NOT salvageable! It ALWAYS is! No matter what you do, it can be reversed. Eating right is a life-long commitment and sometimes we mess up even with the best of intentions. I would do as thingeringer suggested and get a little exercise in and if you're feeling better eat a healthy dinner. And, if…

I never thought I would be a size 4 and smaller than a friend I always hoped to be built like...but now I am. I never thought people would call me "skinny again...but now I am. I never thought I would be so diligent about working out...but now I am. |I never thought I would find my inner confidence and strength to keep…

OMG how adorable are you!! You don't even LOOK like the same person - MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS to you for your accomplishment!!

YES! I did that this weekend too, right down to my "I hope to get back in these" clothes being TOO BIG and having to be given away!

Absolutely, yes!!! I still feel much much heavier than I am. Since I spent so much of my life avoiding mirrors I only have a dresser mirror in my bedroom and it's not like I'm getting a full-body view in that thing. The only other mirror I come into contact with daily is the one in my office's bathroom and seriously, an…

Some times I feel like I'm battling an addiction to food, or better said I'm battling coming OFF a food addiction. But unlike (most) drugs and alcohol, I still NEED to eat food to live and I'm sorry, on those bad days chocolate beats broccoli every. single. time! There are some days when the urge to binge is just so…