Korries Diary...take 2!

btw, sorry for the bad things you lived.

and finally, im a newcomer, and do not know how to use the site, you may have already told it but what is your weight? how much do you need to lose?
 
Thanks for all the support guys ((hugs))

I need to rename my diary since i'm gonna "just do it" and not baby step after all. Its hard to say how much I need to lose. I guess i'm gonna start eating right and my body will lose as much as it wants. If I end up at 170 then fine, if I get down to 150 or lower than great. But right now I'm at 250 and its killing me :(

My day has started off well. The nursing home finally called. My oldest daughter and I signed up to be volunteers at the nursing home. I think it would be good for us both and secretly, i'm hoping if they like me eventually I'll get a job there. I used to be an aid for 5 yrs and loved it. Decided to do the nursing thing, but the clinicals and classes were overwhelming. I wish they'd make it a 2 yr course and not a 1 yr...would be so much better...anyways, it didn't work out right now, maybe when my kids are older??

anyways....for breakfast i'm having a bottle of water and a bowl of cheerios w/ sliced bananas
 
Korrie

So sorry to read about everything you've been through lately. That's so sad! :(

I can't even imagine myself to live without my baby boy.

I see we weigh almost the same (245 now). So, let's do it Momma! Let's do it!
For ourserlves, for our kids! :)
I'm gonna be your cheearleader. Okay? :p
Don't quit.

YOU CAN DO IT! :)
Hugs!
 
aww! ((hugs)) thanks!! I need a partner, someone to be accountable to! I'd love to have you in my corner! I was just walking out the door...my oldest has cheer practice and the youngest wants to be dropped off at the pool...so I'll be back and I'll stop by your diary!
 
Korrie said:
So, the last month has really taken the wind out of my sails. Long story short, my brother had his kids taken away, all 5 of them and I tried to take them all...I did it for almost a week but between his 5 plus my kids, my husband works from home, the dog was always barking, the kids were always crying (at least one of them was) and the baby didnt' sleep through the night at all....i just could NOT do it. so i had to give them over to foster care.....anyways, i've been so very deppressed. But the kids are almost ready to come back home and I've gotten to the point where I can't be this deppressed anymore, I have to shake it off. My own kids need me badly.

So I'm gonna recommit myself to life! I wanna live again! and my weight has alot to do with it. I'm ready to tackle this thing once and for all!
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Korrie, I know you tried to do right by your brother's kids, but sometimes its all we can do to keep up with our own. I took care of my father-in-law and his mother-in-law and it was very hard. I had to let grandma, his mother-in-Law, go back to the rest home. But I seen my father-in-law through his sickness until he died. But it was so hard!

Good Luck to you and yours!
 
Hi guys!!! Thanks for stopping by!! I'm sorry I don't post more often,I promise I'll start doign it!!

So hubby and I have been on our lifestyle change for 10 dys now and i've lost 6lbs, he's lost 15! Men suck, lol :) All these years of 'talking' I've finally committed to the 'walking" lol! But seriously, I've NEVER felt better!! I feel like I've come out of a food induced coma and I'm finally awake again!! Every morning I take a walk with my dad. Every evening I take one with my oldest daughter. Been eating about 1200 cals, some days slightly more, some days slightly less. I'm just really surprised how easy it was to make the switch. I guess the time was right...I think my husband said it best when he said "we've made the switch, we've done it...now its about waiting it out"

we mostly eat fruits/veggies and chicken. we did find this 'organic" snack that tastes like apple pie....if you can imagine big macaroni noodles, they are crunchy and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar (although i wonder if its splenda and not real sugar??) anyways, we get 38 noodles (or "straws" as its called) for 130 cals...very very low fat, low sodium...its delish, but we only allow one serving a day and thats it.

They way we eat, the same stuff all the time, is based off of what Dr. Oz said, if you do that, then you are teaching your body food is fuel and not fun...but I worry when I hear people say that maintaining your weightloss is so hard. WHY?? As long as you eat the same stuff all the time how is it any harder then losing the weight to begin with??
 
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Congrats on the 6lbs! :hurray: Glad you're getting back on track! And, I might have to look for those snacks. I love apple pie, so they sound good! :)
 
Yay! So glad you are back on track!! I agree that the timing has to be right in order to decide to make weight loss a priority, sounds like you are there. Keep us updated - I love to hear your progress. :)
 
Thanks guys!!! Those apple pie things are by "sensible portions" and called 'apple straws" I found mine at my local Meijer store.

Ugh, made a huge mistake today! I had a fiber one bar for breakfast..normally would have had an apple to go with it, but didn't have any left....headed to the store for groceries and happen to find the kind of paint i've been looking for to paint my house with. by the time I got home I was so excited to paint the house that I didn't think about lunch. Well, after about 2 hrs of painting in the 90 degree heat on 150 calories, I started getting REALLY sick, lol Guess I won't do that again!!! Its 730 at night and i've only had 600 cals...better get eating!! See, this is what happens when I get busy, i forget to eat...oh well...dinners calling!!
 
Korrie said:
Those apple pie things are by "sensible portions" and called 'apple straws" I found mine at my local Meijer store.
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Thanks Korrie!...I'll have to look for those the next time I'm at Meijer. And yeah, don't forget to eat..lol! I do that too sometimes though. Hope you got your calories in for the day. :)
 
Hey! It looks like we have similar goals ^^. I'm sorry to hear about your brother, and the situation with the kids, but it's good to see that you came back (and hopefully you're still sticking with it!)

I'm making babysteps myself. I tried going hard off the bat, exercising 5 times a week...I crashed. Now I just eat better, I count my calories. Sometimes I forget to eat too :(. But it's all a process.

Good luck! I hope you post soon ^^
 
Hi Korrie, i am glad you are having another bash at this thing. Have you considered getting any councilling support at the same time. It sounds like you really could use it. You sound like you are on the cusp of depression quite often.

As to changing breakfast, my thought was that you'd be better off changing dinner first and not eating afterwards because then you can just go to bed to stave off the nibblies. With a small breakfast, you have to remain tortured until lunch if you get hungry. Anyway i know htat a bowl of cheerios and a banana would not do me. I'd be hungry 10 minutes later.
 
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