*cough cough* HI there... anyone notice me? O.O

I have dropped a size

IwanttoKEEPfit. said:
Hi Caroline,

Thanks for the message......
You are for 50% right..... In the past I have some discussions with friends on the internet and because I really said too much to a few people, so I hurted their feelings.. It was soon over with the contact (I know them real life). I still see them sometimes, but we aren't that close anymore..

Haha.. I bet it's my picture that makes you think that... I am not really photo-genic.. and it's a webcam picture... I don't have any pictures on this laptop right now. (Hope this one looks better) The "good" ones are on my brothers computer.. Too lazy to put in on my laptop now. But I will post them definitely after I reached my goal... I want to post them so badly..... So that also keep me motivated to keep fit.....

Talk to you later, Caroline... =]
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Good Morning Esther,
Healthy as some great advice dont you think? I love the new picture it makes such a difference, I dont believe you when you say you are NOT photogenic, you look beautiful girl. Dont worry about not being close, I made friends with a woman up at school and we drifted apart because I spoke truth into her life and now one year on she as come back to me and we are good friends, I didnt want the relationship but because it happened so naturally I had no choice really, we are firmer friends now then b4 and I am happy she came back because I love her company very much. So if they are worth anything they may come back to you, and remember we meet new friends all the time some are forever and some only for a short season. I would prefer you to be honest with me then pretend to be something else, WHOOPS, I am talking to much again.

love
caroline
xx keep in touch, bye for now.
 
Lynnsssokc said:
It sounds like you are on a good start...Hi..by the way I am new here....I don't think you should deprive your self on the (GOODIES) You will just want more if you do....Just don't go overboard....Well, Good luck to you I will be checking back in with you....Lynn
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Hi Lynn.. Thanks for passing by my pagie and leave a comment... =] Well.. the start was very difficult... It was around my moms birthday and new year... But I am glad I started it.. I have never been on a diet for so long.. (7 weeks already) Ofcourse I didn't stick into my diet always. But I have learned that I can do it right the next day... A new start.... Good luck with your weight loss journey too...! =] I will update about my weight loss... Stay tuned!! =P

He@lthy said:
The most important thing to remember is staying consistent with what you are doing.
Given that some people's metabolism rate is higher than others, everyone can benefit from a healthy lifestyle. Cycling, jogging, active sports are all fun exercises that will definitely help. Another thing to mention is many people seem to forget the importance of water, and food rations.

Water can quickly fill someone up, and having 5-7 small portions instead of 2-3 huge meals will not only increase your metabolism but decrease the production of free radicals in your body as well. If you don't know what free radicals are you should definitely Google that. In short, they damage body cells. Lastly, remember that it's not only when you eat but how you eat.

For many this may be a new years resolution that you're working on. Keep focused and motivated and you will burn that fat!!!

Good luck and cheers,
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Hi Healthy girl,

Thanks for so many advices... and passing by... I know I need to drink a lot water.. But yeh... When I keep thinking about the food I can not eat.. I sometimes forget to drink what I have to. I am lazy with exercise too.. Just doing some some dance dance revolution. I can do weight lift after I lost some certain amount of weight.. How are you doing your weight loss?
Good luck with yours too!! =]

bodymatters said:
Good Morning Esther,
Healthy as some great advice dont you think? I love the new picture it makes such a difference, I dont believe you when you say you are NOT photogenic, you look beautiful girl. Dont worry about not being close, I made friends with a woman up at school and we drifted apart because I spoke truth into her life and now one year on she as come back to me and we are good friends, I didnt want the relationship but because it happened so naturally I had no choice really, we are firmer friends now then b4 and I am happy she came back because I love her company very much. So if they are worth anything they may come back to you, and remember we meet new friends all the time some are forever and some only for a short season. I would prefer you to be honest with me then pretend to be something else, WHOOPS, I am talking to much again.

love
caroline
xx keep in touch, bye for now.
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Good evening Caroline... I think you live in the USA/Canada if I am not mistaken.... You know what.. I am from Europe... Haaai... My english is also not my mother language.. =] (As you notice in some mistaken grammar I made.. =P)
Yeh... a picture can be misleading sometimes.... That friend you were talking about, you know her in real life? I am happy for you that you two are friends together.. Sometimes it's hard to let a person comes to you to make it up...

I gonna weight and measure myself today.. I am so excited if I have lost some weight.... I will find out later...

Well..... till then... Have a Nice evening!
 
Where on our way

Good Morning Esther,
Just about to go on my dog walk but I thought I would float by [lol] , yeah that friend I was telling you about made some big changes because of what I had said, the point I was hoping you would get is that, although you think you sometimes say to much or even say the wrong thing, you shouldnt stray away from what you really think because lots of people can take honesty and if they think anything about you they will come back or even never leave you. So dont be hard upon yourself, I like you because you are chatty and if I need to know the truth I am sure you would speak it into my life, so remember not everyone is like the people you have experienced in your past. Anyway I hope the new you is growing strong and positive, my task this week is to sit on the table with 17 Ib of sugar and to visualise my weight loss, I dropped a bombshell when I weighed myself on the second of jan, I weighed in at 208 Ib and now I have lost 17 Ib, I wrote my weigh in weight in my journal but some how thought of my other weight before I had put the extra bit on weight, So my mindset was from a weight I had previously been for a long time, its just sinking in at the moment that I was 14 stone 12 pounds [208Ib], I am shocked really but know I am well on my way. So my weight today is 191Ibs, I need to go and clear my head at the moment Esther.
I live in England, My mother is Austrian so I know all about broken English, anyway I am off for my dog walk now, cant wait to call back later to see your weight loss. Let me know the link to put a picture up.
Take care
caz xx
 
Hi Caroline,

Guess what... Yesterday I weighted myself in... I was like 57.5 kg.. differs... 0.2 kg from last week.. Today, in the morning... I weighed myself.. and I was like 57.2 kg! It's like 1 lbs difference.. I don't know if it's because I went to toilet.. I wonder why I am so much heavier in the evening..

What kind a dog do you have? Is it difficult to take care of a dog. In the past I wanted to buy a dog, but I was worried about the things that came along when you are having a dog, like sickness and so on.....

I do have goldfishes. They are so cute. I have them for almost a year now..
I had only fishes when I was very little... So it's totally a whole experience to have them for my own now...

Ow, have you been to Australia once? It must be a beatiful country... if I think about the fishes, clean, blue water.. nice landscapes....

~*~*~dreaming away~*~*~*~
 
SOMETHING IMPORTANT i forgot to say:

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 17 POUNDS WEIGHT LOSS!!!!
Way a go girl!!! How did you do that? I am very proud at you...
Haha... You have catched me up!!!! I am so happy for you.....

We can do it! It would be so great if we hit our goal... KEEP GOING!!! =D
 
we can do it Esther

Hi Esther,
Thank you for the compliment about my weight loss, all I did was make a start on my journey now that I have to see to the end, something inside me just went mad and I am so proud of myself for finally getting up of my butt and changing my eating habits. All I did for 3 weeks come this friday was stop drinking red wine, like 4 bottles a week maybe more, I stopped eating my crisps like one large bag every night with dips, fizzy pop, eating out b4 my tea at home, constantly thinking about food, I stopped myself eating while cooking, eating the kids left overs, cut down on my bread, just generally stopped eating junk. It is a big weight loss I suppose but I have room for it, so now I am 17 Ib lighter I am in my old jeans, I am hoping in the next few weeks I can go and buy a new pair because some of my other jeans are hanging of my bum and I need to feel my waist to continue with the weight loss.
No, I havent been to Australia but I have heard it is a beautiful country, I have a border collie dog aged 12 and half years, I bought him at 6 weeks, unless you want to be tied I would stick with your fishes. Not so sure WHY! you are heavier at night maybe you are due on a period or maybe we have more fluid at night. I will google it for you.
Let me know how I can get my picture up, go and check my ugly mush on my profile.
caroline
xxx I will write to you later, as tonight I am spending all night on my computer. :Angel_anim:
 
hope this helps you

You weigh less in the morning because when your body
converts food materials to energy, CO2 and water vapour are released as waste products - and are expelled from the body (that's why when you breath on glass condensation appears). If you think about it - this is happening all night - so a fair amount of water leaves your body. A third of the body's water loss occurs at night - and can amount to about 2 or 3lbs.
Also, you will clearly weigh more when you eat/drink something - you will be adding the weight of that food to your body. However, this won't necessarily make you 'put on' weight because the food is essentially burned off/ waste products leave the body (unless excessive calories are consumed which are more than the number you use in a day) - so basically, you will essentially stay the same weight if you eat a normal amount of food.


Because you get up and eat and drink. The food that you eat does still have weight even after you eat it. So does the drinks.


during the night, the body enters a fasting period where your kidneys filter wastes and your digestive system works uninterupted. because your in a state of rest, your heart doesnt have to pump extra and your kidneys is efficiently removing unwanted water into your bladder, so in the morning you dont have extra water and bulked up blood in your system. this is why this presents the best time to weigh, its like a control. during the day your weight (water weight) fluctuates depending on activity, food, emotion etc. but in the am your just waking from a fast and your body is at equilibrium.



you weigh less in the morning because you have eaten nothing and you stomach is not carrying anything besides what you really weigh.After you eat and drink it increases because your stomach have food weight in it.I usually weigh myself in the morning so that I know how much I really weigh.


You weigh less in the morning because your body has digested the past day's food and you have used the energy just to sleep or have gone to the bathroom. It takes 400 calories just to sleep 8 hours.

As the day progresses, you eat your meals, drink water and such, and you gain the weight back. It's not weight loss/weight gain; it's just your body using your food's energy up then "restocking" when you eat again.

because throughout the day your muscles are constantly working, which pumps them up and makes them denser, adding weight. by the end of the day, they can weigh up to 3 pounds than they did just a few hours before.



It's because in the day you tend to eat more than you do in the morning like you know how we don't eat in our sleep well you loose weight when you don't eat and you gain weight when you do eat.

Well, I thought that was a really good question, hope this helps you.
 
Hi Caroline,

Thank you so much for the explanation....... Although I use google a lot..
Sometimes I just forget that you can really google everything... Thanks for the tips.

When you post a message... On that screen.. you have to scroll down..
You will see: Additional Options.
Then go to the option: Attach files.
Click the button: Manage Attachments.
A window will pop out.
If you have an uploaded on the internet. You can copy the link and post it in the space: Upload File from a URL.
If your picture is still on your computer only. You can push the Browse button. Search for you picture and push the button: Upload.
Note that your picture can't be larger than 100 kb for upload on this website.
You will see below: Current Attachments and your picture link.

When you post the message... it will be in it.
 
EDIT: ermm... it's not working.. I don't why.. It should work.. This is the right code.. Maybe they disabled it for people who don't have that much post or just joined in.. I dunno... I will tell you later when I find out...

If you want your picture between your text, like this:

attachment.php


You have to right click on your mouse while your mouse is on the picture in the current attachment. Choose copy shortcut.
Use this code to put the picture up:
[ i m g ] -Past the code between here- [ / i m g ]
(no spaces between..)

Hope it works for you now.. If not.. you can ring me anytime... =]

Yeh.... it's feeling great to have size smaller, isn't it?
Hopefully we are still enjoying our journey while it isn't that easy always.
We have accomplished a lot.. no way turning back....

Cheers to our journey... (cheersing with mineral water =P)
 
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I am hanging on

Good Morning Esther,
Just clocking in... thanks for the tips but I will get down to some more serious stuff tonight [with my picture] right now I want my coffee. I have been letting things slip Esther and it was only when another friend on here spoke the very words from my actions, so it goes to show you that we can do it because now I want to mend by ways, although I have been eating crisps again [my biggest downfall] I am going to be nipping it in the bud. I have been buying the girls crisps and begging for one or two and then a few days later I had 2 bags in a row and I have started having them with my tuna salad, anyway I need to get some french fries as some body on here gave me a tip not long ago. I also think that for 3 weeks I have been strong if I have had crisps in the house but if I lived on my own then I wouldnt buy them it must be amazing to diet on your own in your own house with out any distractions.
Right thats the guilt trip finished with and my new wave of energy is with me, it has been a struggle recently but now I feel I have you and Brenda plus my walking friend on a Monday so I feel a little boxed in and dont want to be seen in a bad [failed] light, I am fighting with myself at the moment with feeling accountable to you guys but if we are to succeed together we need to talk about it, hopefully I will feel better shortly. Like a few days ago I was buzzing on the fact I am in my old jeans, it sort of takes me back to the days of me being that weight, Its kind of funny trying to balance your old memories with your current weight, I suppose you may be to young to understand that but I have learnt not to gloat to much because when I did come down I found it hard to handle and nearly caved in and went on a major binge. Recently in the local newspaper a group is forming in town and it is about over eating, I would like to attend to listen to other people and their struggles but I feel like I dont have much to say now because I am doing it, losing weight and my thoughts might not understand what these people are at because I am 17 Ib lighter. I think I might be better in a aqua aerobics class as I have always wanted to do this, I am not a gym person I have tried over the years and I hate it.
Off to the shops, as the girls have a party this weekend, then its dog walking again in which I love.
take care
caz :Angel_anim:
xx
ps I love the picture.
 
Hi Caroline,

You are not the only one who is fighting with the food and life circumstances...
Just now.. I really really really want to eat some salty stuff, like chips, french fries, macdonalds, KFC..

I just ate some fried ananas.... ">.>
Yesterday it was worser.. I eat a lot.. too much....
Each day is choosing between weight loss and food... I ate too much before.. Now I just can't let myself eat a little bit of unhealthy stuff. Some people don't understand and they say: just eat a little... it won't harm. But it does.. after one, you want another one.. and another and so on.. (Pringles commercial: once you pop, you can't stop.... they are so right.. >.>"

Speaking of not being a gym person... I am this kind of person. I really don't feel like to gym or exercise.. Yesterday I promised myself to dance for one hour each day, but now.. I really don't feel like too. I don't know... Just don't feel bothered to do it.
Those dance game songs aren't really my favorit... so it's getting boring.
I am trying to think what kind of exercise I can do more... without going to a gym school...

Now I just wanna eat and that's why I went to this forum.. So my eyes and mind can be focused on writing this message and not on all the food I want.
And.. you know what.. I haven't that strong feeling for eating now... It has reduced while I am typing this... How great...

But still... each and every one is struggling for that here on this forum.. That's why we can motivate each other the most..

I have been overweight since 12 years... so in that way I would not understand how it feel when I am right on weight with jeans I have never fitted... So yeah...

But the struggling with food and emotional feelings.. I know it...
Good luck, Caroline...

Hope you feeling better soon...
Don't forget that Brenda and I are standing in your shoes too!!

Esther
 
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Goodnight x

Hi Esther,
Its 1.27am OMG, its a late one [lol], just a quickie to say thanks for caring and thanks for being my rock, you are at the bottom for me and I cant really fall if I think about your help each day, I am like you I need to talk about it, talk about how I feel, it helps me to see things more clearly. We are 2 peas in a pod, very rare really because we openly talk about it, not everyone shares to such lengths and depths. I will post you a private message tommorrow as I find we have had about 300 people view our correspondence and nobody seems to want to talk. I am off to bed Esther but I will write tomorrow on my feelings and we can share some more buddy.

Take care
caroline
xx
 
lets keep up the good fight

Yes, I understand you perfectly well Esther that strong feeling that goes away when you talk about it, thats my downfall to but we can work it out together buddy. I am going to google emotional feeling/ food feeling. I will let you know what I come up with, lets not give in just yet? I went up to school yesterday and one of the mum"s has lost 2 and half stone thats 35 pounds, so I decided to have a chat with her and she asked me about my diet and I said to her 17 Ibs, so its good when we offer inspiration and that was my intentions. Yes I know what you mean we need to keep busy and not concentrate on food, I reckon you know many pitfalls and yet you are so young, I reckon you will conquer it because you dont want it to get any worse. I am 40 and I started to put weight on at 24, so I have never been fat, I can say I have had a good time not worrying about food, just have one big party, so now I need to get back to being slim and theres no 2 ways about it, being overweight ages you.

Have a successful day
caroline
xx
 
Hi Caroline,

I have a headache now.... It's not really that bad yet.. But will sleep earlier today... My diet went until... just few minute ago.. I ate some candies =.=" Sometime you just know not to eat and then you eat it while knowing not to.. I wasn't even hungry.. Thanks for so many tip.. It's quite a lot of useful information about the emotional eating and the psychologic hungry. Usually when I am down, I eat a lot of chocolate. Chocolate has some stuff in it what makes you feel better.. Especially for women during the period is chocolate a must have.. While.. I must admit.. When I am period I allow myself to eat max 2 little pices (like 50 kcal together) of PURE chocolate. It gives you the most of the chocolate and it has less sugar and other stuff that not chocolate...

Some really personal information or message I will you use the private message. I think there are still people who are following our comments... Reading it in silence.
Sometimes I do that too.. Following some one's pages without letting them now.. Just don't want to interrupt that person blog.... Erm.. if you know what I mean... o_O"
You know what Caroline.. Since this thread became "ours".. I would really love to add your personal information/introduction on this thread too.. So that we both are introduced. Just give me a sign if you agree with that.. I would only do it, if you allow me too...

Congratulations with your husband birthday! Hope it was all fun..
I have a birthday party tomorrow.. They are going to eat chinese. Chinese food in a restaurant is FAT FAT. They use so much oil to make their food tasty. I really don't want to go, because I don't what I could eat there... But it's quite close related friend. So I think I will go.. Just a bit worried what I gonna or maybe... to eat nothing there.. I dunno.. @_@

I think eating a cake on a birthday couldn't harm.. if it stay at one... Maybe you can do some work-out later.
Have you ever done pilates, tae bo or anything like that?
I think I will start to jog next week... everyday for one hour............ Now... at home.. I really don't think like to exercise at all.... =|

Okay, I don't know how long this message will be.. I keep going on and on... =P

Good night in advance.

xxx Esther
 
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