Emalyn

I don't currently have a spouse or boyfriend or anything, but my ex bf was kind of like that! He would get jealous over the smallest things, even if they didn't seem to hinder our relationship at all. Mind you, I couldn't even mention another man's name without my bf playing 20 questions with me. I would tend to avoid…

:love: :love: :love: Ahh I'm totally obsessed with MFP, so I hear you! It's so addictive! I love all my friends and tracking my food and exercises. It's the first and last website I go to every day. (And about a million times in the course of the day...) :) There really isn't anything else like it, not that I've found…

WOOHOO MAINERS! Carolyn, I'm in southern Maine as well. :) Great to have you on here, it's a wonderful site!!! (And here I was thinking I was in the Maine Minority as well...hehe)

Wow, these are awful stories. Those poor nurses :(. I'm terrified of nurses and doctors, but I just run screaming, I don't yell at them!! Haha :) (but honestly, I would become one myself if I wasn't downright scared of needles!) Well...maybe not now that I've heard how awful the patients can be. I've had a few rude things…

We all have some bad nights with eating. I made the mistake of making some cupcakes yesterday, and while they aren't as bad as they could be, they're still sugar and unnecessary calories!! I hear you on the calzone thing - I don't drink (obviously, look at my age, lol!) but calzones and pizza and all that stuff is sooo…

That's great, the waitressing job. They definitely run around a lot waiting on tables. I'll be waitressing in August for a week and I hope that helps as well. Haha, vacation certainly does happen. I don't understand why temptations are harder on vacation, but they are! I'm terrified to see what I gained back, that's why…

Woah...I haven't looked at this thread for a while. I'm happy that you guys are doing well and losing weight. I haven't been very successfull, just very busy. I was maid of honor in my sister's wedding and then went up north for a week and a half where I ate sinful SINFUL things. Now I'm back on track and hope to weigh…

Eeeek! I'm so excited! I weigh myself every other Wednesday now (ever since two weeks ago). This morning I weighed myself and found out that I lost 5 pounds in the last two weeks. :) Maybe the October deadline is actually possible!

Hahaha woah. Yes, that's a lot of calendars. I have one above my desk and one on my iPod, but I don't use my iPod much except for exercise music. xD It sounds like a good idea then, cause you have calendars from all angles pretty much yelling at you to do your exercise. My schedules are really unpredictable, so I can never…

That's a really good idea. I always look at the hours that MFP wants me to put in for exercise and stuff...but I never really plan to do it at certain times. I'm just like "oh, I'll go on the treadmill tomorrow", and that hardly ever works. Good for you...I should do the same. *Grabs calendar*

That's good! :) Just regular walking can help a lot, too. I wish I had access to an elliptical! I hope your baby steps turn into huge leaps soon.

I haven't been "with it" much either. I can't seem to exercise consistently and I just feel out of it. But keep holding on, you'll get through it! I hope the hurting subsides. My sister is leaving me in a week in a half. I know it isn't a child, but changes are always hard. Make sure to call him all the time and bug the…

Yayyy Cammons! And - no! You won't need kernels to cover you up! Good job, I wish I had your strength.

Oh my gosh that sounds SO good! I'm going to have to make it as well :)

Dress up for Halloween as a famous pro wrestler or something! Or...superman, minus the fake 6 pack that usually comes with it. Lol!

EEEK I promise I'm STILL doing this!! I had such an off couple of weeks. Bad break up of a 1 1/3 year relationship = junk food. I couldn't help it. I gained back 6 of the 8.5 pounds I had lost, so I'm back to 176ish. I'm at a loss for motivation - my family still is buying tons of ice cream, making cakes, going out for…

I haven't been on MFP in over a week, and I doubt I lost any. I was eating crazy foods in excess. I was soo busy and had a reaaaally bad week. :( I hope I can lose a few in the next two weeks. I'm not weighing in this week, cause I think I'd be too embarrased. I will find inspiration and I WILL lose it, though!!

Are we weighing in next week, the 17th? Or every other week? (That would be the 24th)???

I live in Cumberland County!! I lived in Windham for the first five years of my life, then moved over to Raymond. :) I love Maine! It's neat to see some Maine-iacs on here!

I'm up in Maine!! :) (USA!!!)

Don't be sorry for the rant, we all feel like that. Do not starve yourself!! Eating enough food can boost your metabolism. If you starve yourself, your body will latch onto any food that enters your body and hang onto it, but it won't be so greedy if you give it some more. :) Have you thought about maybe trying a different…

I had this problem years ago when I dropped 45-50 pounds and couldn't seem to lose anymore, even though I wanted to! (Obviously I gained most of that back, otherwise I wouldn't be on here, hehe!) All I can say is keep plugging on. Strength training can be good to tone up your body, but it might not take the weight you want…

Ay yi yi I want to quote tons of people!! Thanks soo much for all the tips. I get obsessed sometimes with what I "should weigh". Wow, there are a lot of people like me, I guess! 5'7 must be popular, hehe. I appreciate everyone's posts. I think I will keep my MFP goal the same for now, but play it by ear all the same. If I…

I've heard of people switching to more strength exercises after they lose weight, but I never thought about it, really. This is very true. When I was around 149-150 I was still extremely disappointed in my stomach and thighs. They never seemed to want to go away as much as I would like. I would love to wear a size six, but…

That helps a lot! I don't have a very big frame at all, and my bones are definitely small ( they're actually realllllllly fragile!). And I have little to no muscle. It's great to know the ideal range, thanks! Like others have said, I will get to where I feel comfortable and just see how it goes. I've gotten down to 149…

I'm with you, then!! My starting weight as of today is also 170 - WE CAN DO THIS!!! :) 130 here we come, baby!! I weighed in today and at first it said 169.5, but then I tried it again and it said 170.0! Tricksy little scale. So - starting weight: 170

I'm in, too!!! I've lost 8 pounds, and need to lose 40 more. I was hoping to be able to wear a nice bathing suit this year, but Halloween seems like a better goal, hehe!! I'm totally in - I should go on the treadmill now. xD I'll be weighing in tomorrow and post. :)

I'm 5'6 or 5'7 and I've gotten down to a 10 US size before (in skirts, never pants!). I'm hoping I can get to a size 6, but I don't know if that would be unhealthy for me, cause I'm verrrrrrrry very very very curvy (it's ridiculous sometimes...my stupid hips!!!). Even if I reached a 6, I don't know if I would be able to…

I weigh myself every week, but it is tempted to do it every day!! I like to weigh myself every two weeks now, though, because there are more results, and I feel like trying harder just so there will be a huge change by the time two weeks goes by. But every week on the same day is good!