atrayubrandy Member

You look amazing!! You're doing great!!!

I count any drink that is water based (like tea, Crystal light, etc) but not soda or coffee (because it dehydrates you).

I'm hypoglycemic. Some days it gets really bad and other days it's completely manageable. The major difference I notice is on the days when I eat every 2-3 hours I feel great and have plenty of energy. I don't get dizzy or shaky. I don't have trouble articulating or feel horribly cranky. I actually try to avoid sugar. If…

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Name/ real name: atrayubrandy Goal weight on May 31st: 145 05/01: 150.6 05/09: 05/16: 05/23: 05/31:

Name: atrayubrandy Goal weight on April 30th: 149 04/01: 156.6 04/08: 155.2 Hurray!! 04/15: 153.6 04/22: 152.6 04/30: 150.6 Well, I lost a total of 6 lbs this month. I'm pretty dang happy about that. I was hoping to get under 150 but that was just a silly arbitrary dream. Next month I will. :-)

Ha! It looks like you and I had the same idea. I must have been typing while you were posting! :-)

I agree with Stolly, doing short jumping exercises throughout the day will blast a lot of calories and work your heart. Also, there is an AMAZING series of workout videos called "10 minute solutions." They have 5 different segments and each segment is only 10 minutes long (obviously) but they really work you out. It's not…

I have this bizarre fear of people hanging themselves. It haunts my dreams. Seriously, I'm a huge horror movie fan and I can watch blood and guts and decapitations but if there's a scene where someone is hanging I totally freak out! Oh and, of course, spiders. But who isn't afraid of spiders? They are creepy little things.

Congrats on breaking in to the 100's!! You rock!!

Does your gym offer daycare? It would be worth the extra fee. Or, you can try some workout videos at home that involve the baby. They have yoga videos and other types of videos where you basically use the baby as a weight while you work out. I'm not a mom so I've never tried them but it seems like a pretty good solution to…

The bi-mart near me started getting carrying Cadbury eggs in mid-January. My husband and I were so excited that we made about half a dozen trips there during that month JUST to stock up on the eggs (buying 6 eggs each time...which is really only 3 each). The bad news is we probably ate 100,000 calories worth of Cadbury…

Nadyasmom, do you have your diary open to your friends? It might be helpful if you did. They might be able to see something that you haven't.

Name: atrayubrandy Goal weight on April 30th: 149 04/01: 156.6 04/08: 155.2 Hurray!! 04/15: 153.6 04/22: 152.6 04/30: Woot-woot!! I may not reach my goal of being below 150 by the end of the month but I'm still pretty dang happy with my progress. I think losing 4 lbs in a month is pretty dang good especially considering…

You're beautiful!

I am 5'6 and currently 153lbs but I started MFP at 170lbs. You can check my profile to see my progress pictures. I have my weight written on them. When I'm 160lbs, I wear 10/12. So you're definitely in the ballpark.

I used to have that fear all the time. Also, the fear that if I sat on anything (besides the chairs in my house) I'd break it. You're doing great so far. The journey isn't easy or short but I can tell you (as someone who is only 17lbs away from having lost 100lbs), it's totally worth it! It's the little things that bring…

I try to eat 1,200 calories every day. From there, I determine if my body feels like it needs more calories. If I'm hungry or if I have bad cravings, I'll eat my exercise calories back. Otherwise, I won't.

Woah, I'm going to have to check them out!! Thanks for the head's up!

I have about 18lbs left to lose. It's been tough over the past month because my weight loss has basically halted. It even started to creep up a little last week despite my being under my calorie limit and working out almost every day. So, I decided to cut out more carbohydrates and sugar (including fruit...but it's only…

If your toes are going numb, your shoes are probably too small. With athletic shoes, of any kind, you want to go one to two sizes bigger than what you normally wear. You want half to a full thumbs-print between the tip of your toe and the end of your shoe. I used to have the same problem with my toes going numb until I…

Just an aside, the sketcher shape-ups and the MBTs are NOT meant for working out. You can wear them while you take a leisurely stroll around the block or while buying groceries or running errands but DO NOT wear them running or to the gym. I used to work at a upper-end shoe store and the representative from MBT told us all…

I just weighed myself this morning and I weigh 153.8!! That sounds much MUCH better. That makes my pounds lost: 2.8

Name: atrayubrandy Goal weight on April 30th: 149 04/01: 156.6 04/08: 155.2 Hurray!! 04/15: 156.2 Boo! 04/22: 04/30: Pounds lost so far in April: 0.2. Lameness! I've been so good, too. I've had a few treats but I've been under every day and I've been working out almost every day.

Five Things I like about me... 1. I like how I tend to learn new things faster than average (and I'm especially great at math). 2. I like that I'm a good dancer when I want to be 3. I like my big brown eyes...I inherited the shape from my mom and the color from my dad. 4. I like that I like childish things (ie children's…

Oh yeah, and every Friday we would rent a movie, buy a bag of chips, beef jerky, ice cream, a candy bar, and Chinese food takeout...and I would gorge myself all night.

I was raised in the Philippines until I was around 7-8 years old. At that time, I was a really thin child because I played outdoors all the time and only came in for meals that I would then pick at (pb&j, apples and cheese, chicken, veggies, and rice, etc). But the closest fast food place (McDonalds) was a big distance…

Name: atrayubrandy Goal weight on April 30th: 149 04/01: 156.6 04/08: 155.2 Hurray!! 04/15: 04/22: 04/30: Pounds lost so far in April: 1.4lbs!

This isn't about whether women are jerks sometimes, it's about men!! Stop using logic! It's just like a guy to get up in our business to remind us that we are jealous and insecure, too. j/k :-P In all honesty, I can be horrible at times and I'm surprised my husband is my husband considering how many times I asked him if he…

I think it definitely depends on your body. I know some people go on low carb diets and lose all their energy and feel foggy headed (like when you're sick and can't really focus on anything). For me, I gain energy and feel more clear minded when I cut out the carbs. I think the reason why people (supposedly) gain all their…