Trillian73 Member

Hey there! Like you, I've been trying to lose weight my entire life. I had some success when I was younger, before I had kids, but even then didn't keep all of it off for more than a few months. I'm also sick and tired of feeling fat, sick and tired. I have 3 teenage daughters that I can't keep up with - not to mention the…

I'm gonna go throw up now...

I'm in the Portland area. It's been freezing here the past couple days. :p

Pink Lady by a mile. Most of the other ones in the store end up having kind of a mushy texture, not fresh tasting. The Granny Smiths are fine, but they're kind of sour for me unless I'm cooking with them. The Golden Delicious are usually okay too, but I prefer the Pink Ladies. In September I always go to the local apple…

Pineapple is really good dehydrated.

My miles for last week were terrible because of being out of town for a funeral, 2 days of travel with no time to walk, yada yada yada...so I'm going to add the extra to my highest week's miles and not last week. Great challenge idea, by the way. I'm having trouble getting all the miles in too. :)

Ditto. I watched a couple episodes but all she used was sugar-free this and fat-free that. It sounded gross and not very healthy. I haven't watched since.

I was down 3 lbs when I weighed in on Friday, so I've already exceeded my challenge goal of 12 lbs by 2.5 lbs. Yay!

I was down 3 lbs this week. Ate a bit too much Halloween candy over the weekend though. My grandmother passed away yesterday afternoon, so I'm not sure how I'll do this week. I have to go back home for the funeral this coming weekend.

I'm down 3 pounds this week. Didn't get any official miles in over the weekend, but I was outside standing in the cold for 3 hours watching my daughter's soccer tournament and freezing my butt off (it was like 36 degrees outside) and then walked around Walmart shopping for over an hour, so I felt like I got a workout.…

Down 3 lbs this week. Yay!

Ugh - I looked for my pedometer in the place where I thought it was today and I couldn't find it. :( I found another one in there but the battery is dead. :p Guess I have some shopping/searching to do before Monday...

I'm in! I have a pedometer that is collecting dust now, so I'll drag it out and start using it. I'll wear it for the next couple days and see where I'm normally at and then figure out what my goal will be for the challenge. :)

I hope you feel better soon!

I'm down 2 lbs for the week. Ate well all week except for yesterday, when I had lunch at a friend's house and dinner (and dessert) at my brother and sister-in-law's house. My stomach felt crappy after eating the bad-for-me food too. I've never really had that happen to me before, even on other diets when I'd eat healthy…

I may head to the beach for some miles this weekend. If not, it'll be one of the trails around. Probably both.

Hello all! I'm down 7 lbs this week (so down the 2 that I gained last week, plus another 5.) I stayed away from junk food - if anyone looked at my food diary and saw cheesecake on there a couple times, it was a healthy recipe from a Weight Watchers cookbook ;) I think I did some sort of exercise every day...or maybe 6 out…

Hi all! I'm down 7 lbs this week (so I lost the 2 I gained last week, plus 5 more.) Here are my stats so far: 9/22 274.5 9/30 272.5 10/7 268 10/14 270 10/21 263 Only 1/2 a pound to go to reach my challenge goal of 12 lbs!

Hi all! I am down 7 lbs this week (so I'm down the 2 lbs I had gained last week, plus another 5), putting me at 263. Last week's challenges - I got outside and played soccer with my kids last weekend, I avoided my diet weakness (chips and dip :p). I didn't really work on my bucket list though, so I guess that will be…

I will be walking on my lunch breaks on the nice trail by the water...whenever it's not raining. I had a miserable day Friday sitting at my desk all wet from my walk in the rain. :p I go about 3 miles when I can get out there.

Hi all! I'm down 3 lbs this week. Woo hoo! Did almost 12 miles - mostly walking, but a couple of them on a stationary bike. My exercise yesterday was helping my daughters practice soccer for an hour and a half. I am so sore today! I didn't know how to track that for miles, so I didn't bother. I'd rather just keep track of…

That's awesome! lol

Congratulations! I think you can keep up with most of your workout routine as long as you don't develop any issues, but definitely check with your doctor too. And walking is always good. :)

Yeah, I'm not that far under on my calories, so I know I'm eating enough. And the junk food...I got back from my lunchtime walk and one of my co-workers had bought me a cookie from the bakery next door and left it on my desk. Argh! That sucker is going in my bag and going home to my kids. ;)

I am so sorry. :(

I made another new recipe last night that was awesome. I'll try to remember all the ingredients: Creamy Cauliflower and Cheese Soup (makes 6 first course servings) 2 cloves garlic onion (can't remember how much, as I didn't use it because the kids don't like it) 12 oz. cauliflower florets 2 tbsp flour 1 large Idaho…

I did some of my jumping jacks, but not all of them. Did about 16 miles. I ate a fair amount of veggies, although I don't think I managed raw ones every day. :p I stayed under my calorie goal every day and exercised, and still managed to GAIN 2 lbs. this week. Ugh. It better be water weight. :p No junk food? At all??…

I gained 2 lbs this week. I stayed under my calorie goal and exercised too. :p I'm chalking it up to water weight and looking foward to a new week.

Ugh, I gained 2 lbs this week. :p I was staying below my calorie goal and exercising too. I'm going to work under the assumption that it's water weight. Still discouraging though. Okay, done with the pity party now. This is a new week. :)

For me personally, I get discouraged when I see too many daily fluctuations (which is normal) so I force myself to weigh only once a week, on the same day, at the same time of day. I used to do Monday mornings, but that spurred way too many "I'll start over again on Monday" whenever I cheated, which was often on the…