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Before, During, After Photo Album
This is to post how we look in the beginning, during, and after reaching our goals!
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Back again....thought I could do it alone without the site....
I wonder who else has been bouncing back and forth here. Since a year ago, I have only lost three pounds from my original weight. However, when I was faithful to the sight, I lost about 14 pounds in 3 weeks. So that proves this website works. Yes, I realize it is a "lifetime" "lifestyle" change, but when life brings about…
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Girl Scouts' Cookies
Beware, they are worst than potato chips. Especially, thin mints. They ruined my day today or did I have a great splendor that will happen again (next month?) to eat the other half of the box. Glad I only bought one. A little bit of humor to brighten your day!
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Handling anxiety in our lives
There are different forms of anxiety that affects us in different ways. This is where we can try to come to a self realization of what turns up our anxiety dial and ways to overcome it.
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October Weight Loss Challenge
Competition is healthy. If you would like to see which member drops the most pounds for the month, enter how many pounds per week that you have lost. Post your amount for the week of Oct. 1-7, 8-14, 15-21, 22-30. The member who is selected for the month will be honored in November as the Victorious Man/Woman Role Model of…
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Life-Style Changes
This is the area for news articles from time to time.
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Combine these 1 member groups into unity
Look up my group on the search tab under groups: Unity-Getting Passed the Struggle If you are interested please join. I have seven members in which none of them have ever responded to the discussions. I would like members who want to be involved!
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Stress Management
Half of all Americans acknowledge that they engage in stress eating – reaching for food when they’re under the gun. Share whether stress makes you more likely to overeat mindlessly, skip meals, grab unhealthy fast foods or reach for comfort foods like cookies and chips. Brainstorm ideas for more positive ways of dealing…
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Pounds are melting away! Realistic Exercise Strategies
Sharing strategies that helped members lose pounds and inches can benefit the entire group. For example, a member might share how she had success in making more home-cooked meals because her partner and kids pitched in with food preparation. Another member might explain that he met his exercise goal because he recruited a…
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Current relationships
This area is to describe current people or events that are influencing the way we eat, think, and feel. Post your thoughts here.
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Past relationships
Is the past creeping in our current lives that is stirring up emotions that is affecting the way we eat, think, and live? Post your thoughts, here.
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Group relationships
This is where we post how we need to strengthen the groups bond into unity.
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Introductions
Share with the group to tell us a little bit about yourself. It can range from your lifestyle, what you like/don't like, good/bad habits, inspiration speech of your progress, etc. It will be great to get to know YOU, not what everyone else sees you as.
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Food Addiction
Now, I know that everyone has at least one food that they are addicted to.....they just can't get enough. This post is to try to understand the drive for the food addiction. Post if you are having a serious problem in curbing a food item.
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Vent and Rage-Open Season
I really don't think I need to describe this area.....do I?
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Recipes from the Brain not your Stomach
Don't let your tummy tell you what to eat! Eat smart and if you need to binge-think low calories. This post is focusing on the criteria for a healthy recipe and quick-and-easy dishes for weight loss.
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Setting Goals: S.M.A.R.T. (Strategic, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-bound)
Realistic weight-loss goals often mean the difference between success and failure. For example, short-term goals provide immediate challenges and benefits. You achieve your long-term weight-loss goals as a result of your short-term successes. Goal setting also means selecting a feasible weekly weight-loss target, and…
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Emotional Eating
Weight-management problems often arise from emotional eating behaviors. For example, you may reach for food to cope with a sad occasion; or perhaps to celebrate a happy event. Anticipating the food’s appeal, and developing a strategy to handle the event without emotional eating, represents an important weight-loss…
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Meal Planning Technology (My Fitness Pal!)
Share your favorite interactive meal-planning tools. For example, the Department of Health and Human Services provides a daily meal planner template for 1,200- to 2,000-calorie weight-loss programs. Select an appropriate meal or snack, and choose from up to seven meal components. Examples include proteins, milk, fruits and…
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Reflections
This is the spot to post your reflections to how the week went for you, how you were affected by members in the group, what is on your mind, etc.
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I am a brand spanking new member
Hi! I am just piddling on the different tabs seeing what this site has to offer. Since they asked for new members to post, here I am. I want to lose 20 pounds to go back to my high school days weight, then I want to go down to the lowest I have ever been since that time, which is another 20 pounds. Looking at it this way,…
