[startedover]

Let's try this again girls. I need someone to push me. I NEED help. PUSH ME PLEASE......
Ok, as you can see by my signature, I have set a pretty big goal. I am wandering now if I should take it down just so I can see progress quicker. I need a visual. However I am afraid if I can get motivated knowing I am setting my progress out there for the world to see, that I will stick to it better. therefore I went for a weight I hadn't weighed in over 5 years. I will check in a couple times a week or more. Good luck to anyone who jumps back on with me...

[loveajax]

Hi Started!! I'm still in!!! I lost 3.5 lbs this week and am down a total of 15.5. I still have 40 more lbs to gooooo!! I was doing great exercising but i sprained my ankle two weeks ago. I am going to try to tackle the gym tomorrow. I want to keep motivated! Thx for starting the new thread!!

[Steph-Jason]

HI guys. I posted on the other thread a while back & started a bit but it's stalled. I need to get back in so I'm definately with you!! I'll put mine out there too- I want to lose 20 lbs.. I was hoping by Easter!! I'll check back a few times a week as well. I need someone to keep me going as well so I'll do the same!!

[devildogwife]

I'm still here too!

I'm down 9 pounds since Christmas. I hoped it would be a bit more, but alas, I eat crap sometimes.

I'd like to be down 20-25 more pounds by June. I'm working on curbing me eating out. Working out is still going well, which helps. I'm starting a new set of DVD's tomorrow and am excited about that!

Startedover, looks like we have similar goals. I'd stick to your original goals imo, but celebrate mini goals like 5% lost, 10% lost etc. For me, I just can't wait to fit into my old clothes again!

[startedover]

Welcome back everyone. I walked 4 miles in an hour today. I hope I can do that several times a week.
IF anyone has a favorite low cal receipe, share. I am going to share an oldie, but it gets me through my need for chocolate. I may have shared it last time but here it is again.
1 1/2 cup fiber one
1/2 cup rasins
2 reg size hershy bars.
Melt bars, then stir everything together. Drop on wax paper (on a cookie sheet) 12 drops. In ww they are 1 point each. I eat 3 with skim milk at night.

[GoddessDanu]

Ok, I'm in again. I got lots to lose, why not start now? Thanks for bringing this back. : )

[emtb79]

Startedover, I am also in a couple other online group supports. One is just support the other is a support plus mini goals broken down each month. This mini goal is 8 pounds 4 weeks ending March 1. I say keep your goals small like that because it really is only 2lbs every week. It really is helping. The final goal is 100 lbs in2009. I am 280lbs trying to lose back down to 125 and I will be happy with that weight. I also needed that kind of support because you guys are great, but I also needed the BIG girls group support.

So trying a goal for each week of 1lb or every 3 lbs 2 weeks would be better and make you feel like you are going somewhere. Big goals I have found make me feel like am never going to get where I want to be.

[JPDakota]

I have lost 23 pounds since Sept. 1st. I went from size 26 to size 18. My husband has been very sick so I have become the food matron. Anyway, I have a lot of weight still to lose. And this weekend I had a 'hungry' weekend. I hate that! I ate a couple of those little chocolate hearts from DD's Valentine's stash. OK, it was more like 7. Then I had a cereal bowl of potato chips. Then popcorn. Then cheese. If there had been ice cream in the house I would have eaten that too. Dang, today I almost got up from watching the Daytona 500 to drive over to Dairy Queen. Geez, I hate days like this.
Anyway, tomorrow morning I'm back to behaving. I hope anyway.

[startedover]

Goddess :We are goingto do this.
Susan : you are totally right. I am setting my first goal at 15 pounds in 2 months. kind of steep, but I wantedto put a bigger one on my sig. I may still change it.
JP:I too have ALOT of weight to lose. I just have to get right in my head . My heart wants it and I am hoping this support helps my head get it.

[GoddessDanu]

Heck ya, we're going to do this!!!!

I'm tired of feeling sorry for myself. No more excuses. Enough is enough! I want to lose some weight and I'm going to do it! Let's do it together!

Wooooo!!!!!!!!!

[lovemy2boys]

Hello all! I'm about to get pretty long winded, but I need support and encouragement right about now.

I've been out of town so I wasn't here for the beginning of Amoms, round 2, but I'm here now.

I hate to say it, but I'm 5 pounds heavier than I was around Thanksgiving...It's been a very stressful three months ~ but that is no excuse.

What makes it even worse is that Saturday, we are attending our kids school/our church's annual auction, and it's formal this year.

Yep - it's formal, it's in 5 days and I have NOT gone shopping yet...So tell me - how am I going to find a FORMAL dress in MY size in 4 days???

Lately, it seems to be weighing on me alot (no pun intended). I'm on Facebook, and have reconnected with a bunch of friends from high school...They all look GREAT! I look like crap. I have a total of 1 picture posted, and it's from far away, and I'm sitting behind my DH and kids up north...UGH!

Up til recently, I've been feeling pretty good, health wise, but lately, I've noticed that I'm feeling a little "off". I'm carrying around waayyy too much weight, yet I can't seem to shed it at all! I exercise pretty consistently, but I eat poorly. I blame it on my DH because he's the fast food king, and is CONSTANTLY wanting to run to McDonalds, or Taco Bell, or what have you...but in all honesty, it's become such a way of life that I have gotten used to it! But the funny thing is, I won't let my kids eat it, so he basically picks it up while they are in school...UGH!

Anyway, sorry I've gone on and on...I'm just feeling really down and at a loss. I've been in this depressed kind of funk lately, and about 80% of it is due to my weight.

Basically, my problem is that I concentrate too hard on the "weightloss" part of it, and ultimately sabotage myself...what I NEED to do is make some sort of lifestyle change...and I need to do it immediately.

Soo, here I am!

[SuzBerg]

I didn't post on the original thread (I think my daughter had just started gettiing sick again when that one started), BUT I would like to join in with you. I have been wanting to get motivated to exercise and eat better. I need to lose some weight before summer. My motivation was thinking I weighed a certaiin amount and actually weighing 10 pounds MORE. Which means my goal has increased by 10 pounds. I have lost 5 pounds since then and I did 3.5 miles today on the eliptical trainer at the gym.

lovemy2 I think I am in the same place as you! I am depressed by my weight so I eat and then I weigh more. It's a vicous cycle. I HATED shopping for a formal dress for Hubby's Christmas party so my sympathies to you for that. Shopping is supposed to be FUN! It's not fun for me now the size I am. But I am hoping by spring it will be .

[devildogwife]

Okay, on the formal dress thing, I refused to go to my DH's ball (Marine Corps birthday) because I couldn't fit into the dress I'd bought the year before. I refused to go there fat. Yep. I felt great about myself (lots of sarcasm). So good luck lovemy2boys!


Today I weight-lifted for about 35 minutes and ran hard for 20. My eating has been great thus far.

Working out isn't my issue, I sabotage myself with all of the junk I eat on the weekends. I'll do great for 5 days and then let loose for 2 and the damage is done. I'm trying to get my eating under control and stop eating out.

[GoddessDanu]

I was feeling a little down earlier. I was tired, had low blood sugar, and just wanted to go home instead of being out in the stores. I could have easily picked up a bag of Hershey Kisses (which I have done many, many times before) but I didn't. I bought a diet Pepsi instead.

Hooray!!!

Welcome to all the newbies. Why don't you post something that you did to help your weight loss efforts today?

[Steph-Jason]

Ok- so I'm going to admit I'm a total emotional eater & today has been a bad day. We finalize tomorrow so I'm going a bit nuts today. I did alright this morning but tonight for dinner I had a venti vanilla latte from Starbucks & a box of Good & Plenty's. I know once tomorrow's done I'll be better. However- I have not had a soda in 4 weeks- which is a bit thing for me. Because of this I've lost about 5lbs.