Messages By: lisa_n_

Hey, finally we are back online!! I didn't think I would see any of you ever again!! I found it so hard not having the great support here everyday like I used to! I am so glad  I found you all again, let's hope all of our buddies will find their way back soon!

How is everybody doing? I am doing ok.  I lost 1 pound last week, I know it's not much, but I have been gaining weight like crazy for the past few months, and now to see that I lost a pound, its very exciting!

Also, I got a call and I won a free week at the gym!! Yippee, it's a women's only gym, so I hope I like it there, and then once I get bills caught up, I can save up to join the gym if I like it.

So glad I found this board again, I had a bunch saved in my favorites, now they are all gone, and I don't remember any of the boards except this one. Oh well, this one was my favorite!!

MODERATOR: I noticed in my profile that my birthday is wrong, and that it lists my username as my email address, how do I change them, I want to keep my old username.

Ok, thanks for letting me know about the birthday thing. My username is fine, and my email is fine, but in my profile, beside username, it lists my email address instead of my log in name, are they the same thing, or does everyone's email addy go beside the username in their profile?

thanks

Lisa

It's so great to see some of the old faces around here! We will get this board hopping in no time!! Well, it's getting late, so I am going to bed, talk to everyone tommorrow!

Lisa

 HI everyone, thank goodness it's friday!! Long weekend this weekend. I am going away tommorrow with my parents and 2 of my little cousins, they are 4 and 6 years old, we are going camping with them for the night at the beach, it will be lots of fun. I did get some swimming in last weekend when I went up to our family camp, and I'll be doing a little more swimming tommorrow. I don't know how much time I'll get in swimming, because I'm usually watching the little ones in the shallow end of the lake, but hopefully I'll get at least 1/2 hour of swimming by myself. I love swimming, I'm not as fast as I used to be though, because of the weight gain, but I'll be changing that in no time.

I made an appointment to go see the gym with my mom next tuesday, I won a free week there for me and a guest, so I'm taking my mom. It's not far from home, so I think it will be good. I can't afford a membership right now, but at least I got a free week there. More and more people are telling me how great it is to work out at home, so that's what I think I'll do for now, work out at home, and everytime I have a little extra money, I'll go buy some more weights or equipment.

anyway, eating this week has been very bad, not sure why, I've just been eating like crazy. I think it's because I've been so busy this week, that I have been skipping meals, and yesterday we went to get groceries, and by the time we got home it was supper time and all I had up to that point was cereal, so of course I bought cookies and ice cream at the grocery store, that's why you should never buy groceries when you are hungary!!

anyway, hope all is well with everyone, have a good weekend.  Val: so sorry about your news, I wish you the best of luck with everything, I hope everything works out ok for you, you are strong, rememeber that.

Lisa

 HI everyone, well today is just not my day. I am getting angry and upset and emotional.

First, since this board was shut down, I started going to a different site, healthyweightforum, anyway, a person posted a question today about how much fat you should be eating. Lots of people jumped in and said no more than 30 % fat, and no more than 10% saturated fat.  I answered that I try to stay within 20-30% fat, and no more than 10% fat, but I try to stay within the lower range. Anyway, this guy jumps in and says everyone is eating too much fat and you should only be eating 10% fat. I replied back because I don't know how someone can only eat 10% fat and still eat enough calories, if you are only eating 10% fat, you must be hardly eating because I track everything on fitday.com and I eat no more than 1500 calories a day, and my fat intake is usually around 25%, so  I don't know how he is coming up with 10% fat, which is not healthy. He replied back quite nasty to me saying if you eat fish or chicken and lots of fruits and veggies and oatmeal, you won't be eating more than 10% fat, well I eat that way most of the time ,with some fat free dairy and low fat carbs, and it is no way 10% fat. Anyway, he's just got me really upset, telling me I'm wrong, and everything. How can people be so rude to others they don't even know??

And to top all that off, I had to go look for a pair of shorts tonight, oh my, what fun, NOT!!  I really had it with clothes shopping, it is too depressing, nothing fits, they never have anything in my size, my fat is always hanging out, those mirrors in the dressing rooms are brutal!! I always look so washed out and pale, and the mirrors are so up close, you see all the fat and dimples in your body, I was so disgusted with myself. I know I shouldn't beat myself up about it, but I have gained 60 pounds in 6 years, and I am totally disgusted with myself. It really hit me tonight, it was the first time in a long time I looked at myself in a mirror with just my undergarments on. I looked so disgusting! I know alot of the weight gain was due to medication and other health issues not known yet, but part of it is my own fault. I want this weight off so bad, and I have so much to lose, I don't want to wait forever til it's gone, but I know it will take at least a year. I'm just so upset and emotional right now, I really want to get that ice cream from the freezer, but I am not going to, I don't want to disappoint myself or you guys.

Thanks for listening to me rave.

Hi everyone! How is everyone doing today? I am doing great! Eating has been really good for the past few days! No exercise yet, but I am writing up a exercise schedule tonight and I WILL STICK TO IT!!! I am trying to get over my negative thinking, that totally decides whether you do well or you don't. I think I always tell myself that I will not do this, I will be a failure and I will be this way forever,  so that is why I always fail, because I tell myself I am going to. So instead I am telling myself that I am a healthy person, I am fit and I am great and I will accomplish anything I want to because I am superwoman! hehehe!!  I think if I keep telling myself that I am already healthy and fit, that I will actually become healthy and fit, if i keep telling myself that I am fat, worthless and not fit, then I will continue to be so.

see, I have been really working on my stinkin thinking! I am doing really well, I feel great!!

I am setting up an appointment to see someone at the gym next week with my mom, I won a free 7 day pass for me and a guest, and I think my mom wants the other pass. She wants to see them about a family plan, so if it doesn't cost much, and we both like the gym, I think she might buy me and her a membership there, if she doesn't like it, I think she will offer to pay for my membership for a couple months until I get back on my feet and get a job. We'll see though, I want to see how much it is going to cost and if I like the environment. They told me today, that when we come in, a personal trainer will set up a personalized program for us to follow! I think that is great! She said the trainer will set me up on a fat loss program and that I will only have to go to the gym 4 days a week and I will show great progress if I stick to the program they design for me!!

anyway, hope everyone is doing well, and hope we get this board hoping soon!! Where is everyone???

Lisa

Congrats Jackie!!! That is so great you reached your goals!! Way to go!! You are inspiring others that they can make positive changes in their life too! It must feel wonderful!! I know everyone on this board will reach their goals, we can do it!!

Connie,  I am so sorry to hear that you are having trouble breathing, it must be scary. I hope you get lots of rest and get better real soon. At least you got the cookbook to cheer you up now! You can browse through it and pick out something you want to cook as soon as you get better. Take care of yourself!

Well, I'm off to a great start today. I have my eating planned out today, it's very good! Lots of fruit and veggies and water and fiber! I also am starting my 12 weeks to weight loss program, It comes to your email every week with a schedule of what you are supposed to do for that week. I signed up for it at about.com, I don't remember the exact location of it, I'll go look it up in case someone wants to sign up for it, hold on..... ok, here it is, I hope I post the link right: http:    //exercise.about.com/c/ec/1.htm

There is also another site that you can sign up for a free personalized workout you can do at home or at the gym, it is at freetrainers.com

Anyway, I'm off to have my breakfast!

Lisa

My dog and I walked for an hour today!! Yippeee!! And I have been doing so well with the eating this week, and no night time eating, and I have been getting lots of IE in this week,  a little everyday! I am finally on track, and I feel really good and positive!

Niki, have fun going shopping congrats on the new size and have fun on your vacation, you deserve it! I have the opposite problem in my closet, I have a closet full of clothes that are too small, but it won't be that way for long! At least I'll have some clothes I can fit into as I lose weight, that's really good because I couldn't afford to buy new clothes right now anyway!

Alice, good to see you back, and good to see a face go with the name! I love swimming! Unfortunatly I don't get to go that often. We have a summer camp, every summer I'll go up there for a few weekends and swim if the lake isn't too cold.  I've been swimming 3 times this summer, I'll probably get 2-3 more weekends to swim  before fall, I usually spend like an hour in the water swimming and doing some water jogging, that's the only way I can jog, is in the water! I come out of the lake looking like a shriveled up raisin!

hope everyone is doing well!

where are you doing camping in new brunswick?? You sound like my parents, they take our dog everywhere and everytime they go away they make sure wherever they are staying that they allow dogs. Actually we just went camping last weekend at crystal beach, it was very nice, we always go to crystal beach, but this was the first time we went camping there. 

well I lost 1 pound this week, which is great because I had 2 really bad days of eating, and It's that time of the month, so I am happy with the 1 pound, at least it's a start! 

As for exercise, I am starting out slow again, because last week I walked with my dog for an hour, and I was sore for 2 days! So, I am going to try to walk for 30 minutes 3 days a week, and do some light strength training exercises 2 days a week.