Originally Posted by 7944

Get some sleep Joy!!! It does get frustrating being sleep deprived and trying to eat healthily. Sometimes I just grab a weight loss shake instead of food and it helps, and I keep V8 around.

Well, I want to get a Sam's Club membership so that I can buy those kinds of things in bulk. I don't mind a Slim Fast once in a while but they're so EXPENSIVE. The problem with getting the membership though is that our roommate eats all our food... so I think we decided to wait until we move in January.


It also didn't help that one of the professors brought in 3 gallons of ice cream for us all thursday night LOL!! I actually didn't have too much though. Just Chick-fil-a, ice cream, then yesterday a chinese buffet so really I was okay except for quantities and fried chickens.. ooops. I'll recover.

Stacey - Congrats on the weight loss! You'll get to Onderland soon! I'm so excited for you! For all the gals on here! I weighed in today, down 2 more lbs, but it's not official because I wasn't wearing the clothes that I weigh myself in.. So, I gotta redo it to check for accuracy, but I'm FINALLY below 259... It's only 258, but that's 1 lb that was giving me a hard time! lol... Good luck, girls!!

Originally Posted by 37179

Sheryl - I have to ask... (Since you just posted right above me, and I saw your weight ticker..) What's it like to be 54 lbs lighter? I can only imagine, which is part of what gets me through each day being so strict on myself... I picture myself 100lbs thinner every day, and at times it's really hard, but when I first wake up and do my morning exercise, I feel healthier and can visualize myself healthier and lighter... What's funny, when I talk to my husband about my weight (my goal being 160) I always pull a Freudian slip and say things like... "I wish I could just get below 160.. I've been stuck here for weeks!" and he smiles and corrects me, but tells me I must be visualizing something hard to always slip up on my weight... I love doing that because I think it sort of sets it in your mind that our goals are tangible, and I think we'll all reach our goals a lot sooner than we think! Good luck girls, press on and you'll succeed!! (These little posts are my boosters, btw.. LOL I still haven't figured out where you guys get those cute little things ya'll been stickin on my page! hahaha)

Once I lost about 30 lbs I was feeling like I could do this. I started to have a bit more energy and confidence. I was feeling like I could move properly again and that felt good. I got stuck at about 40 lbs and it came off very slowly for a while. I think I had a mental block to get below 200, I waivered right at 204 -200 for many weeks. Then I hit 199 (the middle of July) then 196(end of July) and it felt great, I felt like a new person. I felt thin (sort of). Then I decided to stop counting cals for a while, I thought I had the eating under control. Then life happened and had to deal with some emotional things, Sept 1st I started a new job and then exercise went out the window and over the next several weeks I went back up to 203. I was thinking I was doomed to be around 200. BUT NOT ANY MORE. I had to make a decision that I DO DESERVE THIS and I CAN DO THIS. Thus the new plan I started 3 weeks ago. I lost that 7 lbs in two week and this week I am on FRESH FAT, I lost 1.6 lbs now @ 194.4.
In some ways I think that break actually did me good. I was getting too frustrated and had been on my same plan for 8 months; I was getting tired of it. Now, I feel fresh and ready to lose the rest.
I am feeling much stronger, literally, and can hardly believe I have lost THAT much weight. At first, I didn’t think I could get back down to 199 but on the other hand, I didn’t think I would ever get over 199 a decade ago.
At first hitting 199 I was feeling thin and now I am feeling fat again. It is all comparative.
Things I can do that I couldn’t when I started that surprised me. I can cross my legs again when I sit. I can touch the floor with the palms of my hands (bending over). I can tie my shoe without having to sit or put my foot up on a chair. I can sit crossed legged on the floor again (Indian style). I put all these things off to age before but really it was because my fat got in the way.
Sorry this was long but I have my fire back and I am excited

Originally Posted by 7944

Hahaha, you MUST talk a lot Sheryl!!! Well, you are the leader of HBR. I appreciate all the support you give us all here at BS! So, you'll be emeritus before me, possibly. I don't know why but I am in a hurry to get to it.

I used to not really give feedback in the blogs and forums as I didn't understand that I was supposed to, or how to even do it.

I think we all start a bit slow some slower than others. Stacey, you are a big part of BS now and give lots of encouragment

Originally Posted by 13672

Well, I want to get a Sam's Club membership so that I can buy those kinds of things in bulk. I don't mind a Slim Fast once in a while but they're so EXPENSIVE. The problem with getting the membership though is that our roommate eats all our food... so I think we decided to wait until we move in January.


It also didn't help that one of the professors brought in 3 gallons of ice cream for us all thursday night LOL!! I actually didn't have too much though. Just Chick-fil-a, ice cream, then yesterday a chinese buffet so really I was okay except for quantities and fried chickens.. ooops. I'll recover.

You will recover Joy. You have do do first-things-first and that project was a BIGGIE so that was the priority. You will be fine

Originally Posted by 37179

Stacey - Congrats on the weight loss! You'll get to Onderland soon! I'm so excited for you! For all the gals on here! I weighed in today, down 2 more lbs, but it's not official because I wasn't wearing the clothes that I weigh myself in.. So, I gotta redo it to check for accuracy, but I'm FINALLY below 259... It's only 258, but that's 1 lb that was giving me a hard time! lol... Good luck, girls!!

GREAT JOB!!! Hey, EVERY ounce counts, so that is a lot

Originally Posted by Joy

Well, I want to get a Sam's Club membership so that I can buy those kinds of things in bulk. I don't mind a Slim Fast once in a while but they're so EXPENSIVE. The problem with getting the membership though is that our roommate eats all our food... so I think we decided to wait until we move in January.


It also didn't help that one of the professors brought in 3 gallons of ice cream for us all thursday night LOL!! I actually didn't have too much though. Just Chick-fil-a, ice cream, then yesterday a chinese buffet so really I was okay except for quantities and fried chickens.. ooops. I'll recover.

I understand about your food getting eaten. I buy low carbs for me and then regular for the kids, my husband. They eat all of theirs and then mine. My husband would get my slimfast powder and drink it because he wanted chocolate milk, so he'd drink it with his dinner or whatever. We have tons of bread foods right now, but I am not supposed to eat that stuff with my diabetes. I see your problem Joy!

I know it's weird, but I stash stuff in my room so I can actually depend on it being there.

I liked Costco too for bulk, which is the equivalent to Sam's Club I think in my area.

Originally Posted by Chelsea

Stacey - Congrats on the weight loss! You'll get to Onderland soon! I'm so excited for you! For all the gals on here! I weighed in today, down 2 more lbs, but it's not official because I wasn't wearing the clothes that I weigh myself in.. So, I gotta redo it to check for accuracy, but I'm FINALLY below 259... It's only 258, but that's 1 lb that was giving me a hard time! lol... Good luck, girls!!

Yay Chelsea!!!!! You are doing great!!

Originally Posted by Sheryl

I think we all start a bit slow some slower than others. Stacey, you are a big part of BS now and give lots of encouragment

Thank you Sheryl!!! So are you! I haven't been as good with the blogs tho. I try to read them but I get caught up in the forums.

Remember when we met Sheryl? I don't really remember when we met, but we were talking about weightloss and being over 40. Or was it about sons? I actually don't really remember for sure.