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Spring is here!

Swimsuits are out....

I have been exercising pretty well, but I really need to make a conscience effort to eat better so I am going to talk about it here.

I started at 200 and lost 10 pounds right away. Now I am stuck here. I started exercising in January and I do feel great but why doesn't my body want to release this heavy load of fat??

At least I am past the point of hating the exercise.(never thought I would say that!)I just keep doing it all the while telling myself that one day the weight is just going to start coming off in buckets.

I do need to eat better, I started reading the opera book today and it is very interesting. So heres to the ten steps!!

Mini
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MINI!! Welcome to diettalk!!! you made me laugh!!!...when my friends and I have some juicy gossip we always say "Gossip Alert!!" which we have shortened to "GA" or if we know for sure the facts are right, we say "TGA".."True Gossip Alert!"..prob more info than you wanted right?..lol..

We are glad you found us too! If you want help with your eating just let us know what's going on and you will get lots of great advice!! Oprah's book is really good! Looking forward to getting to know you better! :)

I like the name you chose, talk about postive thinking!! ive come back to dt after a loooong time so im starting over with knowing everyone. dt is great and you wil always find someone to encourage you and everyone here sincerely cares. it helps a lot. im so glad you've decided to come here for support!

Keeping a journal is the best thing you can do. Plus keeping it here at DT you get all kinds of advice and encouragement. Welcome to the party.

Thanks everyone for the great welcome!!
I am very happy to be here!

FRIDAY
GREAT day!
Breakfast missed because I was late=BAD
Lunch Big salad, cheese,pudding snack.
Dinner chicken breast and some mashed potatos

I was very happy with the way that I ate today and I felt very good all day

The only way I would have made it better would be to have eatten breakfast.

SATURDAY
Breakfast...rushed again...ate some cheese and a muffina at work.

Lunch I came home and took a nap before and ended up sleeping all day...I have been not getting any sleep so this was good.

Dinner I belive will be some noodles.

I need to eat more. I knew this morning that I needed to eat beacause I was so hungry when I first got to work and then the hunger stopped so I ignored it long enough that my metabolism probably died. I did finall eat something. Time is my worse enemy. I know I am hungry but don't have time to eat heathy. That is when I eat my fast food. But tomorrow is another day

Mini
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Three pounds down !!! Yeah!!!

I missed breakfast again!!

But I had rice for lunch with some green beans!!

see ya!!! I am happy!!!

congratulations on that 3 pounds gettin peeled right off!!

Hey Mini me-congrats! You are doing well.. Are you by chance the same minime who posts on webmd?
Take care. Linda

Minime, sounds like you're doing good. What I do for breakfast, because I never have or make the time, is a breakfast bar. I actually have a slim fast meal on the go bar, they're 220 cal and 5 grams of fat, so they fill me up for breakfast, plus I get my chocolate in for the day (sometimes). But any breakfast bar or nutrional bar might be the answer. I eat them while I get ready for work, sometimes on the way to work, and sometimes at work. Sometimes all three!

If you need to eat more, try fruits, veggies or yogurt. I have ff yogurt for morning snack.

Keep up the good work.

Sunday and Monday went ok. I need to be more consistant eating wise. I find it hard with my hectic schedule...but maybe I should get some nutritional bars...then I can pick times to eat and eat for sure!!!I think I will.

Tuesday. well ok I exercised both Monday and Tuesday, but I stopped short on Tuesday. I usually do 30 minutes on the treadmill and I only did 20. My legs honestly feel like lead. CLOMP CLOMP CLOMP.
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I honestly love the way my body is changing thru exercise and I feel if I could get the eating thing down to a pattern I would see a great change.

I want to be healthy and I am sorry but I want to be THIN too. I thought about that today. I have been going at this with the thought of really wanting to just be healthy, but I went shopping with my mom this weekend and she is in a size ten again since her high school times and I want to be there to. It took her a long time though. Slow and steady is how she did it.

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WEDNESDAY MORNING

It is morning. I am up early enough to have breakfast. Yeah! I stretched this morning and that is all. I will go walking later in the day. I just don't feel like it this morning. It did feel good to stretch.

i just realised that we seem to have the same thing going on. exercising and loving that change, but eating isn't the best. ive decided today that im going to cut back, and be more watchful of how much im eating, BUT exercise is still more important. so, maybe that's a good strategy for you too?? btw, id love to be a size 10 too! healthy is number one for me but id love to look thinner too!

I just returned from a trip from Missouri to rescue my little sister from an all girls colleges she went to. I spent alot of time in the Ozark Mountain area and then St Louis which was pretty awesome to (altho mom needs to really brush up on one way street driving). The sun was out every day and I have never seen such beautiful weather. I was very happy.

Happy like a PIG!!! I ate everything! I haven't gotten on the scale since I have gotten home...Im scared.

Well, I am happy and the diet and regular exercise will resume tomorrow. Back to life as we know it.

I did get in 3 swims and alot of walking around to places on the trip so that was good.

See ya!!

Mini
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hey mini me :) how have you been doing since you've got back??

Congrats to everybody that is doing great. I've been mesmerised this morning coming in only to find so many other people going through the same things that I am, suddenly I don't feel so alone! So.. don't worry be happy and today is the first day of the rest of our lives.. :)

Oh my!!!

I am in such a state. I haven't touched the teadmill since I've been back. The night I was first back from Missouri our newest neighbor who came up to live in his parents rotting out trailer, was beating up his girl friend and another guy. We called the cops and they pick the girl and guy up but our neighbor ran into our woods. Then the next day he came over here and knocked on the door which I wasn't answering because I was scared and without hubby! he knocked for ten minutes and then broke a window. I came flying out of my room and yelled at him and he was just reaching in to open the door. I must have really scared him. We conversed and he wanted me to call his mom so that he could talk to her and I told him to leave now. He left and I called the cops because everyone said that I should and now in hind sight I wish I would have called them as soon as I saw him that day. Anyways he told them that he tripped on my doormat and broke the window with his head and that he was sorry...mind you these cops know about the night before!!! They said that they had to believe him and he told them that he was leaving town anyways so they took him to the county line and dropped him off...very "dukes of hazzard" of them... well he was back in a few hours and I was unable to stay at my house for a few days because my hubby leaves for work early in the morning and I just could not handle being home alone. We haven't seen him for about 5 days and I feel alittle better about being here alone ( I live in the country) I have just decided that the phone goes everywhere with me and there will be no hesitation to call...or shoot for that matter.

Anyway...My major problem now is that I just have no ambition to get back on track with the whole exercise thing. I was in a very vulnerable state the other day and broke down and ordered the Body Flex system...DON"T LAUGH!!

I need something!!! I just can't seem to lose weight and my motivation is just wrung out totally!!

*sigh*

I am going to challege myself to a three day kickoff. For the next three days I am going to drink 80 oz. of water, Walk on the treadmill for 30 mins, and count calories/ 1200 per day.

hopefully if I just stick to this for three days I will get that feeling of motivation back...

Friday; Saturday; and Sunday(which will be hard because I have a 1 year old's bday party.
I will extend it to Monday also and allow a small break in the calorie restrictions on Sunday...

Ok that is my personal challenge!
See you tomorrow!
Mini :peace:

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HEY! i haven't heard about you lately and i was wondering how you are doing?? i mostly stick to this board so i don't know if you are posting on other boards. how are you doing???