lorieaucoin Member

I've been using Pahla Bowers channel for about a year now and love her videos (and her attitude -https://www.youtube.com/user/PahlaB1/featured) - she has playlists for level (seated workouts too), length, equipment, etc.

Name: Lorie Age: 31 Height: 5'8" Starting Weight (on MFP 2/22/17): 310 Total 2017 Weight Lost: 46 Goal Weight: 135 Starting Weight (1/1/18): 264 Current Weight: 255.7 Challenge 2018 Weight Lost: 8.3 This week's successes: I ate at maintenance all week, but at least I logged everything? This week's challenges: I broke my…

Name: Lorie Age: 31 Height: 5'8" Starting Weight (on MFP 2/22/17): 310 Total 2017 Weight Lost: 46 Goal Weight: 135 Starting Weight (1/1/18): 264 Current Weight: 255.5 Challenge 2018 Weight Lost: 8.5 This week's successes: I had a calorie deficit of about 6700 for the week so I'm happy about the 1.8lbs loss. I think my body…

Name: Lorie Age: 31 Height: 5'8" Starting Weight (on MFP 2/22/17): 310 Total 2017 Weight Lost: 46 Goal Weight: 135 Starting Weight (1/1/18): 264 Current Weight: 257.2 Challenge 2018 Weight Lost: 6.8 This week's successes: I'm back to being able to eat my normal stuff without having tooth pain - plus I'm finally getting…

Name: Lorie Age: 31 Height: 5'8" Starting Weight (on MFP 2/22/17): 310 Total 2017 Weight Lost: 46 Goal Weight: 135 Starting Weight (1/1/18): 264 Current Weight: 257.3 Challenge 2018 Weight Lost: 6.7 This week's successes: Finally got off antibiotics! My weight trend is 257, however my actual weight today was 254.4 so I'm…

Name: Lorie Age: 31 Height: 5'8" Starting Weight (on MFP 2/22/17): 310 Total 2017 Weight Lost: 46 Goal Weight: 135 Starting Weight (1/1/18): 264 Current Weight: 258.7 Challenge 2018 Weight Lost: 5.3 This week's successes: Lots of exercise and sticking to my calorie deficit. This week's challenges: I had to start taking…

Name: Lorie Age: 31 Height: 5'8" Starting Weight (on MFP 2/22/17): 310 Total 2017 Weight Lost: 46 Goal Weight: 135 Starting Weight (1/1/18): 264 Current Weight: 257.9 Challenge 2018 Weight Lost: 6.1 This week's successes: Lunch has been going really well - I find myself not snacking as much, and I've been sleeping better,…

Name: Lorie Age: 31 Height: 5'8" Starting Weight (on MFP 2/22/17): 310 Total 2017 Weight Lost: 46 Goal Weight: 135 Starting Weight (1/1/18): 264 Current Weight: 259.3 Challenge 2018 Weight Lost: 4.7 This week's successes: I decided on better lunch ideas and came up with a weekly menu to make things easier (it costs more,…

47lbs (March 2017-December 2017)... still have over 100lbs to go, but I'm committed to the whole slow and steady idea.

Feel free to add me! I have about 150 pounds to lose - I started at 420 a very long time and lost well over 150 pounds, but then got married and gained quite a bit back, lost some, then got pregnant, etc. I started again here this March at 310 and I'm down to 285, but still have a way to go.

I haven't read past your initial post, but I wanted to share because your story is very similar to mine. (Losing a lot of weight, then gaining it back after you get into a relationship - and also wanting to get pregnant) I've always had irregular periods and was always told it was because of my weight. When I went on birth…

I'd like to join!

Name: Lorie Height: 5'8" Highest weight: 420 (Several years ago) Goal weight: 130-140 Starting weight (Mar 1): 305.8 March Goal Weight: 296.0 Mar 4: 304.4 I've let the weight creep back up on me, especially since I got pregnant in August 2015 but I'm more committed and focused this time especially because my son is about…

Mashed cauliflower - this is the recipe I use http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/george-stella/mock-garlic-mashed-potatoes-recipe/index.html. I use 2 tablespoons of light cream cheese and sprinkle butter instead though

I limit myself to about 110g of carbs a day - I have Total for breakfast w/ almond milk (or egg beaters on the weekend), and usually either tuna salad or fish salad with wasa crackers for lunch, and then for dinner I usually have mashed cauliflower, green beans and chicken (or fish and brown rice). For a snack, I usually…

I'll have to try this. Thanks for posting!

I found a recipe on foodnetwork.come for this (I tweaked it a bit so it didn't have so much fat) and it turned out SO good. Even my husband agrees that it's delicious and he's a food snob lol. I've been missing my mashed potatoes and this is an awesome substitute.

Every day is a new day - silly, obvious statement, but so true when trying to eat better. Just because you "cheated" one day, doesn't mean that tomorrow isn't going to matter - in fact, it doesn't mean the rest of THAT day isn't going to matter. You CAN do this. No matter what your story, how heavy you are, what your goal…

I've always found that filling out my food diary at the start of the day helped me. That way, I already know if I have any "extra" calories/fat/carbs, etc left for a treat or a snack if I get too hungry.

I'm almost 27 and I still don't have my license - I'm lucky that my husband likes being my chauffeur lol Seriously though - I got my permit when I was 17, took driver's ed, and did great but the actually getting behind the wheel of a car terrifies me to this day. I always explain it as "It's not the fear of driving that…

That's what I track too.

I agree with what someone mentioned about drinking water. I always make sure to drink a full glass of water with every meal - it helps me not feel "hungry" right after I eat. But, with only eating 1200 calories a day (I'm doing this too), you're probably going to feel hungry.. I just try not to look at it as a bad thing.

Sure, I added you! :) I've always been asked by my family (pretty much everyone in my family is overweight) what my "secret" was - it's funny, whenever I told them there wasn't really a "secret" they were disappointed, like I wouldn't share with them. I think the main thing is motivation - like I told my dad, even if you…