TruckerChick

When I was on Atkin's diet I learned one major thing about carbs... anything made with White Flour and White Sugar (capitalized for emphasis) is bad for your body. If you stay away from those things, you will be okay. Essentially that means don't eat any processed foods. Keep it natural and grown and you'll be okay. Stay…

Went to Costco today and bought a big thing of V8 juice... I figure that will help me get my veggies on days I don't eat enough. I mostly get enough fruits and veggies throughout the week, but sometimes I fix supper for the boys and they hate veggies. I try to keep single serving microwavable veggies in the freezer, but…

I have been where you find yourself. I was married to a man for 9 years who is an alcoholic. For a long time, I chose to live with his disease. For a little while, he chose to work with me on our marriage. Then something in him snapped. And we were no longer working together. And his anger became a huge issue. He was never…

I am getting the feeling, from reading the posts on this thread, that a lot of us are turning our obsession with food into an obsession with the scale. Good or bad???

I used to weigh myself every day but it was making me crazy. Now I weigh myself probably twice a week. But I try to keep to a once a week schedule.

Not exercising three days in a row has hurt my weight loss goals. A lot. I am back up to 295. So lesson learned this week.... Get up and move!!!

If you don't like granola but want something crunchy, how about a different cereal? Something with fruits and/or nuts in it?? Maybe like Raisin Bran or something. Just a thought .....

Just an update... I did really really well at the county fair today! So what I did was I timed my walking cuz we actually walked for along time, then sat, then walked again then sat then walked. So I used my Memo pad in my phone to log the minutes. It was easier than I expected it was gonna be. Then, when it came time to…

Doing better with my water (could be why I had a headache for two days) but the veggies/fruits I'm pretty good at. I should do at least one more fruit each day, cuz most of mine are veggies... but I like to save the fruit for snacking and/or desserts (uh oh, the dreaded "D" word. LOL) Anyway, I'm waaayyy excited for this…

Fluctuating weight is perfectly normal, especially if you're a woman. Water weight will help you gain or lose weight on a daily basis. The most important thing you need to worry about is eating healthy and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. If you have that down, the rest will fall into place.

Here is what a doctor told me: If your stomach hangs over and you have an "apron" more than likely you will have lose skin. If your stomach sticks out with very little hanging, then you won't have extra skin... you'll be able to exercise the skin back. The overlapping (or Dunlap) belly means you've lost elasticity and you…

Herbalife when I was 16 years old... hated it, and didn't do a thing for me. Weight watchers, like, 15times... end up not completing any of the programs because of the cost of the meetings. Atkins .. LOVED IT! But once I went back to eating carbs, gained all the weight back within 3 months... and kept on gaining.…

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In my dreams, I would have to say Christie Brinkly ... today, not model days. I think she looks fabulous! But, I will be really happy if I could get below 200 without an overhang!

Of course you could do the sensible thing and not buy it so it won't be in the house and where the temptation is the strongest. That's what I do with all my "snack" foods.....

Me too!!

We just got a WII in our house and we have WII sports and WII Zumba Dance Party ( which we found for $35 at Costco). I don't know if I would recommend the WII but if you are not a fan of going outside to walk or jog or whatever, or have been sedentary most of your adult life (like me), then WII Sports is a good place to…

I love the Zumba but it feels like work to me trying to keep up with the girl.. LOL (and it's actually 1000 per hour.. I don't know about you but I can't do that for a whole hour!!) I would have to say, if I can get out and do it more often, hiking. I love the workout I get and I get to see nature at its best. And riding…

Oh dear Lord, where do I begin!! LOL I just love food altogether!! But mostly Taco Bell.. I HAVE to stay away from that place. All other fast food joints I can do without. Reese's ANYTHING! I love chocolate with peanut butter!! Late night snacking!! I don't buy snacks to put in my pantry cuz I know I'll find them…

OMG That is sooo AWESOME!!!

Okay, I'm in. My name is Denise and I'm 44 years old. I'm tired of my weight yo-yo-ing up and down. I want to lose it and never find it again. I'm new here so this is the perfect first challenge for me. Perhaps this will help me with my goals! Starting weight (as of 7/23) 294.4 Goal for Christmas 264 Woo hoo!

I was spanked, slapped, belted, hangered.. you name it, my mom did it! I swore that I would never spank my kids. Then I had kids. Three boys. And I spanked my first son a lot. Not that I'm proud of it. Because I'm not. It wasn't until he was 4 years old and I was about to hit him out of anger that I realized I was…

I was gonna say Walmart also... they have a wide variety (better than they've ever had in the past) and you should be able to find some that fit you for fairly inexpensive prices!!

Being new to this myself, and having more weight to lose than you do, I have discovered that reading the message boards and the posts by other members (the more friends you have the more you can read) has really helped to get me motivated. I am a sometimes exerciser, and an almost always over eater, so this site is helping…

This makes sense to me... thank you all very much for your input!!! Reaffirms that I made the right decision to join this site!!

My dad had the same stroke you did... but he was in his 60s. I feel for you because I know the problems he's been having so I could just imagine what you are going through. As for riding the bike, I would have to say a lot of your problems have to do with balance. And your balance is effected because of the area the stroke…

I have a question... how do y'all get your weight loss goals and such into your posts???

You know... I haven't really thought of a reward for myself. I'm not into the shopping thing, don't really care about clothes all that much, I get tats when I have the money, so that's nothing special for me. I have all the piercings I want. I guess the only thing missing in my life is companionship and that's not really…

I missed the question of the day yesterday but I'm going to chime in now, if that's okay (or course it is!! LOL) I have been gaining weight since I hit puberty. I'm 44 now and somewhere in my 30's I decided that I was okay with who I was and what I looked like as long as I was healthy. I was still doing things like playing…