[Kevi12]

Basketball time tomorrow morning haha, I'm gonna lose 2 lbs soon and ill be 204! I gotta look forward to it Goodnight everyone, rough day for me.

[nataliejo]

Hello all
I gained a pound, but between listening to my father congratulate me barely on my fifty, he said I had ALOT more to lose.. at first I was down than realized .. he is damn right, so I better get back on the weight loss forum and keep trecking because I do have a lot more to go, fifty maybe great, but not as great as sealing the deal with another fifty ...

So here I come, uncovering my beauty ... I feel like I am uncovering my fat and peeling away the layers, and I am showing up as the diamond that I am, a beautiful diamond, full of passion and I will win this battle. I am strong .. Go Me

Go us all!~!
love you guys always


your awesome ..
love yas
natalie jo

I think we should have a thread party just because your the greatest friends a person, me, could have!!

love you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ar ty:

[pink clouds]

I feel fatter!! I am afraid to go on the scale and see what the damage really is, but I think I am looking so fat. aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa(that was screaming)

sorry to hear that you had a bad day Kevi but I am sure u r having a good one today

to you Nataliejo!!! Keep it up, you are doing so well hun and you have a marvelous personality as well. You will make it!

[cameraobscura]

WORKING SUCKS. I put in my 2 weeks for my 2nd job today so soon I'll go from 60 hours a week to a normal 40. I just can't do this 7 days a week with no day off thing anymore. I'm getting migraines and I have zero energy to go to the gym after work. And why didn't anyone warn me that people in offices eat alot of food?! I thought I was gonna be good and not have time to eat but jesus that is not how it is at all! I'm scared to get on the scale.

In other news, my boyfriend and I found a house! We move in June 19th, so right around my time I get rid of one extra job I'll start packing up my stuff. I'm so excited!

okay everyone, I'm shopping for a gym membership. We don't have a 24 Hour Fitness in Tucson so I'm choosing between Ballys and LA Fitness. Which one do you guys think is better?

[pink clouds]

Hi Cameraobscura,

It depends on what you're looking for in a gym. I joined L.A. Fitness. It's really convenient for me...right across the street so it works out well for me. They also have membership that you can pause or cancel @ any time. Pretty cool I would say to check them both out and see which one you like more. I am happy with L.A. Fitness

[nataliejo]

Originally Posted by pink clouds

I feel fatter!! I am afraid to go on the scale and see what the damage really is, but I think I am looking so fat. aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa(that was screaming)

sorry to hear that you had a bad day Kevi but I am sure u r having a good one today

to you Nataliejo!!! Keep it up, you are doing so well hun and you have a marvelous personality as well. You will make it!

Thanks Pink Clouds!! I wish I could lose it quickly, but I know its going to be a slow decline. But I am trying to stay positive, pep talking myself lmao. I plan to hit the pavement tomorrow. I am travelling today. I am actually at my sisters right now in Somerville MA, but I am travelling back home tonight, its such an icky day, well its ok, but there are clouds and it rained, no sun is supposed to come out today lol

but anyway
Pink! Your doing awesome girly! You have a great personality and you can do this hun!!
Keep trecking!!

love yas
always
natalie jo

[Kevi12]

Man, I need a job over the summer so I won't waste my time! I still will be working out I won't be working full time so yeah. Any opinions guys? Since you guys are older than me and some people here are mothers . I played bball yesterday and man I did embarass a navy hehehe. I blocked this shiz out of the ball and the outcome is me having a sore back.

[pink clouds]

Originally Posted by Kevi12

Man, I need a job over the summer so I won't waste my time! I still will be working out I won't be working full time so yeah. Any opinions guys? Since you guys are older than me and some people here are mothers . I played bball yesterday and man I did embarass a navy hehehe. I blocked this shiz out of the ball and the outcome is me having a sore back.

How about working in a sporting goods store Kevi? I think you would do great there

Nataliejo Thank you so much for your kind words How are you hun and how was traveling?

[Kevi12]

That would work, but I'll find where haha. Man, first time cooking dinner in months! And I'm amazed how much I can pace myself and good the food is . Veronica it's adobong manok :-P

[Hope2]

Hi guys!!!

Thank you thank you thank you!!!

I'm glad everyone here is doing well!!! I've been freestylin with my exercise a little to much. So I'm getting back on a more main stream plan...

You guys are one great group, what can I say! I think all of you are just really cool people!!!!!

I'm in the dumps again... Dam.. I'm really really trying to keep up the motivation, the nutrition thing is way more easy for me to keep up with then the exercise when I'm depresed... But I'm trying. I just want this drama in my personal life done with...

Anyway, I'm glade everyone is doing good! Pink don't be silly, you might just be retaining some more water, perhaps "Aunt Flow" is comeing for a visit soon... Your doing great, keep it up, we all have "puffy" days..

[pink clouds]

Originally Posted by Hope2

Anyway, I'm glade everyone is doing good! Pink don't be silly, you might just be retaining some more water, perhaps "Aunt Flow" is comeing for a visit soon... Your doing great, keep it up, we all have "puffy" days..

"Aunt Flow" THAT is tooooo funny!! But yeah you could be right. One of my friends just told me today that my shirt is getting bigger on me and I was like....yeah well I think I am getting fatter....and he asked me how I could be getting fatter when my clothes are getting bigger LOL . I'm still avoiding the scale like the plague though.

Better days are coming Hope and believe me you are doing extremely well!! It takes so much character to keep yourself together when going through tough times, and its extremely courageous to improve yourself in the midst of tough times!! Believe me you have earned my respect (for what it's worth), and one good thing about all drama is that eventually does end

[pink clouds]

Originally Posted by Kevi12

That would work, but I'll find where haha. Man, first time cooking dinner in months! And I'm amazed how much I can pace myself and good the food is . Veronica it's adobong manok :-P

I didn't know you were a chef Kevi I had to look up adobong manok lol It looks soooo good http://static.flickr.com/43/81420607_dd7dc5a98b.jpg

Here is a link to the recipe for all who are interested:
Chicken Adobong (Adobong Manok)

Kevi, maybe you can tell us if it is a good recipe or not I just watched this guy speaking Tagalog, and I see now why Veronica was saying there are similarities with Spanish. He called onions cebuyas and in Spanish onions are called cebollas (ll is pronounced like y). Too cool. Even the word for pepper is so similar to Spanish....maybe I can learn a Filipino dialect

[Kevi12]

Haha pink, I really can't say what the recipe is. I just go base on my taste you know? I cook without thinking with the measuring and stuff.

[spartacus26]

Originally Posted by Hope2

I'm in the dumps again... Dam.. I'm really really trying to keep up the motivation, the nutrition thing is way more easy for me to keep up with then the exercise when I'm depresed... But I'm trying.

Sorry to hear you're in the dumps! I wish I had your problem, though. I only sleep well if I've worked out, but when I work out I eat like a horse. So when I'm stressed I'm like that diabetic horse on Half-Baked, trying to eat until I die.

The point is...KEEP TRYING!! Steve's signature says Slow motion is better than no motion, and it's right. And I'm having a hard time, too, with no real loss in more than a month (see above @ the horse). So hold me up and I'll hold you up!

Have fun!!
amber

[Hope2]

"It takes so much character to keep yourself together when going through tough times, and its extremely courageous to improve yourself in the midst of tough times!! Believe me you have earned my respect (for what it's worth), and one good thing about all drama is that eventually does end"

Gees Pink, this means a lot, I really apriciate this! The last year has been the hardest year of my whole life... I'm at a crossroads, and I'm doing the best I can (hopefully, although you can allways do more I supose), my "best" is being tested and redefined dailey. Which is better then stagnation.... The only constant in life, is change, and I embrace that. I just want things to calm down a bit...


"and he asked me how I could be getting fatter when my clothes are getting bigger LOL . I'm still avoiding the scale like the plague though."

Well it sounds like you are the incredible shrinking woman! You could start measuring yourself, it's really motivating. 1 or 2lbs lost, equats to a lot of inches! I think you can pick up a small flexible measuring tape, at even walmart in their sewing section, if you don't have one already. You are doing great, cloths don't lie!


Amber,

"Sorry to hear you're in the dumps! I wish I had your problem, though. I only sleep well if I've worked out, but when I work out I eat like a horse. So when I'm stressed I'm like that diabetic horse on Half-Baked, trying to eat until I die."

Wow.. That sounds really tuff... Have you tried apitite supresures for night? Maybe oatmeal before bed? Low cal, and really good for you, and it has that fiber that makes you feel really full, through in a banana, and you get MORE fiber, and nutirients, and it's sweet...(just a sugestion) It takes just one minute to cook, (if you get the quick cook kind) from regular nothing added oats.. You know, I had the problem of not eating during the day (stress), and eating only at night, good bad or ugly didn't matter with the food... Stress can do alot to you! I've lost tones of weight because of stress, and I've gained tones of weight becouse of stress. But now I do not want to define my self, my life, my future, because of my stressful sercomstances! My life is going to be stressful, I did not choose an easy life, and life chose to not be easy on me. So I just have to deal with what I have, and get over what I don't! At night when I cry and I think, I want a sweet comforting snack. I drink my water and tell myself that I'm better than that! That I'm not going to let my sercomstances define my life anymore! I'm going to define my life, change my life, and strive for what I want my life to be! I am changeing my reactions that I've had for ever, we are very much in control of our reactions to things, even when we feel like we aren't! You can do it!

Little changes = big results... Steve's qoute is right, in many many ways, internaly and externaly, motion is motion, you will see results! Changes brings about more change! And in the case of us, being very overweight, a lot needs to change inside aswell, there are reasons for things, pregnancy is not even an excuse (which is one that I've used over and over), because there are plenty of women that did not give up on themselves in one way or another because they were pregnant, or had a small child... We might have a harder strugle ahead of ourselves compared to some people on this board, because of the amount of weight we have to loose... But I belive, very strongly, that these acomplishments in inches, and pounds, will effect the person underneth that in more ways then just increasing muscle to fat ratio... I feel a change within me, I am changeing as a person, I think we all are, we just need to embrace it! And love this new person, even though it is unknown and a bit scary...

"So hold me up and I'll hold you up!"

You are great! We can do this! I got your back!!!!! And thanks for haveing mine!!!! Your words really made me smile this morning, thank you very much!

I swear without this board, I don't think at this point in my life, I would have kept going. I'm very thankful...

Hope2

Down one more lb, broke into the 40's