Loseforreal - My journey

Hey there I hope your not on the path of getting this crappy
bug thats going around I thight my sneezing was do to the air quality
or allergic to something but no I have been sick for about 5 days now
I can deal with it tho.
Oh before I forget :party: CONGRATS ON THE WEIGH IN!!Hope you have a nice day Tammy
 
I am a chronic breakfast skipper too, but I am working hard to change that. Last year one of my friends lost a lot of weight, and she told me that one thing that made a big difference in shedding the pounds was to add breakfast. Then, last night I read that breakfast is important for weight loss and weight control because going longer than 12 hours without eating reduces your metabolism by about 40 percent. So, today I ate breakfast!

MissT
 
hey jennifer!!!!

CONGRATS! you're doing wicked awesome, and you're great inspiration to keep on going!

have a great weekend!!
 
Miss Ladybug,

Thanks for your support! It felt good to wake up and see that number yesterday!


Margaret,

Thanks!! I used your suggestion of taking echinacea and I feel better today. :)

Niapage,
Sorry that you're sick too. It REALLY REALLY sucks. Hope it gets better soon. Try some echinacea and Zicam. Hehe. :)

MissT,
I'm so glad that you're learning all about weight loss. Yes, skipping breakfast can have an effect of gaining weight. I like breakfast. I LOVE cereal. lol. As you can see from my breakfastes every day, I eat it all the time. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great day. :)

Starry...
Thank you!! Have a good weekend too. :)
 
Food for yesterday:

Breakfast: Honey Bunches of Oats, skim milk (405 cals)
Snack: None
Lunch: Turkey Sandwich (220)
Snack: Banana, Blueberries (99 cals)
Dinner: LiveSmart Popcorn Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Peas (500 cals)
Snack: Sugar-Free chocolate, Banana (260 cals)

Total: 1484 cals

Water: 2 Liters

Exercise: Walked .93 mile with my dog. 15 minutes Walk N Tone - All I felt like doing...



I didn't get to post my food last night. Ugh, I started getting chills last night. So I took some echinacea like Margaret recommended. Also some Zicam. And I went to sleep. I feel a lot better today. I still feel like a cold is coming on, but it feels like it may be going away. I hope so. I'm still taking both of them, so hopefully it helps.

Weight this morning 285.2. Ugh. It has to be water weight. I'm not worried about it, it'll go away. It's so funny watching my weight go up and down like this. But at least I know that when it's way down, that it's actually do to weight loss.
 
Hi Jennifer

I am pleased that the echinacea seems to be helping. I often think that it helps. It is supposed to help the little blood cells that are the "soldiers" that fight cold bugs to be extra strong and tough.

Despite being under the weather yesterday you have been good with your food and have done some exercise.

My weight is up too - it is water retention for me too. You learn a lot about your body by weighing every day. I never realised the way my body fluctuates.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
Hi Jennifer

I hope that you are feeling a bit better. I havent seen you posting anything for a few days and wondered whether the sign of recovery had been a false dawn and you were ill again.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
hey jennifer,

from what i'm reading from Margaret's post, you are still not feeling well. get better soon! it's lonely here without you!! :nopity:

hope you get well sooooon!:seeya:
 
Hey Guys--
I do feel better... but...I've been gone for a few weeks cuz I got way off track and sank into a temporary depression. I'm not gonna get into it, cuz its too personal and too much to get into... but I can just say this... A relationship is over. My exercising and lifestyle change started to be about him. And that is just the wrong thing to do. I came here for the wrong reasons, but I came back for the best reasons. And I am gonna need the support of this forum.

So now I am truly ready to get started agian for ME!!!!!!!!!!

I'm gonna mark Dec. 2nd. As the day that I started doing something for ME.

I'm gonna weigh myself in the morning. I know that I've gained weight back. I've had holiday parties. Depression. And I just came back from a casino trip that had an all you can eat buffet. lol.

But whatever. I feel refreshed and ready to get back into the game.
 
Sorry to hear you haven't had the best of days.

but I am very glad you are back & committed to doing something good for yourself. Its the only reason to do this.

& don't worry about missing a few weeks...we all have our set backs now & then. Its the dedication that we try again that separates us. You are trying again... & I know if you keep reminding yourself that its a choice you have to make several times a day, you will do this.

Good luck with the weigh in tomorrow. Its only a starting place...


:hurray: for you!
 
Hi Jennifer

I am so sorry that you have been going through a bad time - but I am so pleased that you have come back to us. I really was getting quite worried about you. :grouphug:

Never feel awkward here if you get depressed for any reason and put on weight. Or for that matter if you celebrate and put on weight. Or you put on weight on a holiday. Put that way - think of any gain as a temporary hiccup on the path to the new you. Probably just about everyone here can identify with all that so easily. Let's face it - I could not live my life at 294 pounds if my natural inclination was to drink water and eat celery when things got me down or for that matter was in a party mood.

I am so pleased that you have come to the conclusion that you can and should do this for you.

I am sure that you will get pleasure from having a more trim body. Very few of us if we could pick and choose our body shape like we pick accessories for a new car would tick the box and think "ooh I want a morbidly obese body please!!!". We just seem to acquire one like that and then get so that we cannot see a way out of it. Quite how and why I lived for over 20 years that size (nearly your lifetime!!!!!) I will never know - other than say that I did try to count calories many times but without exercise nothing ever worked for me.

I hope that the scales are kind to you - but I do know quite how much weight I have been known to put on in a couple of weeks of things going badly. Whatever it is - do not feel bad about it. Just hold your focus, watch your food, drink your water and do your walking. If you do that it will all come away really soon and you will be where you were a couple of weeks ago.

Let us know how you are doing. I know that you can do this.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
Hi Jennifer

Just wondering how you are. I hope that everything is ok.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
Hi Jennifer

Just calling by to wish you a merry Christmas. I hope that things are going better for you.

Take care
Love
Margaret
 
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