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Pregnancy, Weight Loss, and Motivation
I've had a complete blood work panel complete and my body (according to blood) is working perfectly fine. I'm nearly 16 weeks pregnant. In 4 months I've gained 29 lbs. Prior to conceiving I was hovering around 290-295 lbs. for about a year. I was not actively trying to lose, at least not consistently. When I became…
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Substitutes for Baking Obsession
I have a serious baking obsession. If I'm happy, I bake. If I'm sad, I bake. If I get bored, I bake. When I bake, I bake. If I love you, I bake for you. It's how I show I care. This is extraordinarily difficult when trying to be on a limited caloric intake and when watching sugar, salt, and carb intake. I'm looking for…
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Be my fwend!
Howdy! My name is Mia, and I'm way overweight ((Hi, Mia)). I have super major eating issues. First, I've been overweight my whole life. I attribute my weight issues when I was little to never being taught control, portion size, or how to stop stuffing my face. Adulthood was plagued with a series of events that caused major…
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A million calories
I KNOW this works for me, but goodness I fee like I'm eating a million effin' calories a day. I need to be eating about 3000 calories per day. While that number seems ridiculous, when I *do* eat that much, I do lose weight like insane. I'm a breastfeeding mom (burns calories without all the sweat) and I exercise lightly (1…
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Pledges
1) Wii Fit every day, 30 minutes per day 2) Nightly walks around the block with W 3) Keep track of food intake every day.
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How to address un-supportive families?
So, I'm losing weight for me, I need to. But it just kills me that my family isn't the least bit supportive. I thought my mom of all people would support me, but she just leaves snide little comments on my facebook about my calorie intake etc (I have myfitnesspal linked to facebook). I hate it, I'd venture to say I hate…
