Cheryl (Happy1240)

[Happy1240]

Today is Sunday and so far I have done ok with eating. Havent cheated but didnt do a menu or schedule. Things going on in the house that was stressful. So here is what I ate. Fried eggs and sausage both sat and sun. Sat lunch was turkey lulnchmeat with cream cheese spread (chive and onion). Had no dinner on sat which was bad to do but actually forgot and I do not eat past 6:00 when I remembered. So my plan today is Lunch is the turkey lunchmeat wraps and for dinner salmon and green beans. Tomorrow is weigh-in day!! I cant wait. I know the first week is mainly water but will be happy with anything that shows up. I will tell you my big problem where I get myself in trouble. It is hard for me to accept compliments. I have gone up and down my whole life. Once I start hearing compliments is when I tend to stray and gain my weight back. I wonder why? I have to think about why.

[Aradasky]

Cheryl, BlueHex has some good advice. There are so many things that may cause you to feel like you should sabotage th success you have. I wonder if a mantra would be good, something that you can post throughout the house and say to yourself before you reach for the wrong food. Maybe....I am better than this, I am stronger than this, I am ME and I deserve to beat this.

[Happy1240]

Thank you bluehex and Aradasky!! I have to change my attitude about how I look. I shouldnt be down on myself. I can remember seeing pictures of me when I was young and I remember feeling so fat. Now that I look at them I think I wish I looked like that now. I have been skinny. I once got down to 124 and I still felt fat then. All it is is numbers. Its how you feel that counts. I tend to weigh baggy clothes. I do not like feeling stuffed into something.

Did well today. I ate out for lunch and had a salad. I think they called it a Maurice salad. Ranch on the side. The salad had ham, cheese, tomatoes and onions but mainly lettuce. I just dipped my fork in the dressing for a little taste. Had water to drink. Normally I would have coffee or pop. Proud of myself. Dinner I wasnt really hungry so I took a bit of country ribs that I put in the crockpot for the week. I also made some type of pork meat in the crockpot yesterday so Im ready for the week. I was going to have salmon tonight but I didnt know I had to defrost it. lol It all worked. Getting excited about my weigh-in tomorrow. It will really be a week on tuesday (cause of labor day I weigh in at work) so I want to weigh in on mondays so I am early. Thats ok. So thats it for now! I will let you know the results! Good night my new friends.

[Happy1240]

Today is the day!! Im weighing in when I get to work. I can even get into some clothes that were tight. I hate tight fitting clothes. But Im sure they look better on than how I feel. Got a busy day at work today and when I get home Im busy so eating is going to be a problem cause I do not eat after 6. So this will be tricky. My meals today:

Breakfast: 2 eggs and bacon
Lunc: country ribs and green beans
Dinner: salmon and green beans.

I get to move my ticker over today!!!

[Happy1240]

Ok I dont know how to move my ticker!! Can someone help me? It said all I had to do was click on my ticker and it will bring me to where I need to change and I did that and it didnt. Grrrr.

[Aradasky]

Yea!!! You are in the process of changing not only your body but the way you think! I have a lot of that to work on, too, believe me, or I would not be here! As far as the ticker, I decided not to use it because the only way I could find to move it was to remake it! I am on a Mac and that may be the trouble, but I hate spending too much time on something like that so I figured I would just post my progress in numbers.
Congrats on your lunch. I started ordering my dressing on the side a while ago. I love blue cheese. I found I really like the taste of the greens, my hubby says I could graze in a meadow......hmmmmmmm.......anyway, I dig the big chunks of blue cheese out of the dressing and eat them but leave the dressing alone.
I am going to my progress to report what happened yesterday and this am......funny.

[Happy1240]

I lost 2.6 pounds!!! Feel like I lost more but Im sure I lost inches!!!! Yeah!!!!!!

[Aradasky]

Cheryl, that is almost three pounds! Wow!! How exciting that is! A good pat on your back. At that rate imagine yourself three months from now! It seems like a long time, but it will go fast.

[Happy1240]

Well today I ate all my 3 meals. Dinner was salmon and green beans. I looked at Mikes progress and he is magnificent in his detailing. He weighs in once a month. I dont know if I can do that but I should I guess. Set myself a goal in only weighing in once a month. Maybe then I wouldnt be so obessed in weigh in. What do you think? I dont know if I can do it. I will sleep on it and wait for responses. Im kind of disappointed on how these threads arent very active. I love reading them. Seems I come back and see no movement. Oh well school is just starting and maybe people are busy or maybe everyone is skinny and Im the only fat one. hahahahaha

[scottie mike]

Actually, I weigh myself more often -- as often as 4 times a day. Once a week (Mon AM) is the official time. I summarize to the month.

Scales are a tricky thing. For me, they tend to focus my resolve. I am a scientist/engineer. I like data. My major information from all my weightings is that I am (a) lowest in the morning (b) second lowest after coming home from work and (c) at night, I am 2-3 lbs heavier than I will be in the morning.

I tend to be less fixed on my diet -- not really counting everything or every mistake. But then again, I get concerned if the weight is going up and I am not working the plan. I really like the results that have happened so far. That may be my biggest encouragement.



I hope you are not worried that you are the only fat one at school. First, it is unlikely. Second, you are working on your change. You really need to focus on your progress. The results will come.

As for journalling, I think you are doing great. Whatever you need to write is what you should write. I do mine to collect my thoughts at the end of the week. That is what I need.




Good luck. Diligence and patience not perfect.

[Happy1240]

It makes me so happy people read my progress. Very motivational for me. I might do both track once a month and weigh once a week. I am so determined to do this. I hope I don't lose this "feeling". I got on the scale this morning and it moved again. You will see the results this Monday!!

B: 2. Bb eggs and bacon
L: pork and green beans

[Aradasky]

Hi! This hotel was without wifi for the day and I felt like I was in a deep hole! Lol. Now you can say"sheeeeees baaaack!"Yea Cheryl! It is so much fun to watch the scale move, even the ounces look good. One thing about this site is that we can find each other. There is another site that has a lot of traffic but one post gets lost int e shuffle. When I come on here, I can see that there are others looking in. I hope we inspire one or two to come on.... I am going over to post on my progress thread. See you there!

[Aradasky]

PS Cheryl, you definitely are not the only fat one in this class!!! I'm over here on this side of the room, come on over and we will talk, girl..... Lol

[Happy1240]

Wednesday. Ahhhhh the feeling of weightloss. I should think of this all the time instead of thinking of eating crap. Why does the stuff that is bad for us taste so good and the stuff that is healthy tastes like crap??? Is it a mind thing? I havent lost alot of weight my first week but my clothes are so baggy already. Great feeling. I was thinking of a goal for me once I lost my mini goal of 200. New clothes I think!!! By then I wont have anything to wear. Who am I kidding. I have so many clothes in all different sizes. Alot of it I gave away to goodwill tho. Still a good reward I think.

[Aradasky]

Cheryl' I climbed this today, all 498 steps. These pics are not mine but I have some just like them http://www.flickr.com/photos/cienne/...7594316531063/ After, I decided to spend the money and reward myself with a salad for lunch. I had mineral water and a salad with (I had to order each thing in it so here goes) lettuce, tomatoes, tuna, mozzarella, and olives. I added bit of balsamic vinegar to it. Oh my goodness, the lettuce was crisp and crunchy, tomatoes oh so sweet, olives just the right amount of oil and salt, and the tuna? I like tuna but this was the Best I have tasted in a long time! I could have been happy without the cheese but... And it all tasted better than a donut would have and I am still full two hours later. It was not a big salad, but Yum!