Today is day #1. <br />I really need to post so I can hold myself accountable. Time to face the facts!

1/13- 205<br /> <img src="graemlins/sigh.gif" border="0" alt="[sigh]" />

Way to go!!! You'll get there all too soon <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> keep up the work and i like your thinking. <br />good luck and god bless

Hi Kelly,<br />Welcome here! Keeping a journal really works.<br />Lots of success! <img src="graemlins/rose.gif" border="0" alt="[rose]" />

Angie

Yesterday was horrible! I was okay until around 1:00. I couldn't resist a Twinkie. Then, some pie, then I thought "Oh well, I may as well just throw in the towel". I ate honey roasted peanuts and more Little Debbie snacks. <img src="eek.gif" border="0"> <br />When my husband got home from work, he asked if I wanted to go have pizza. Well, of course I did! <br />I know that today is a new day and I could start over, but I am still feeling very low from yesterday. I have already started on the wrong foot again. <br />This is going to be tough, but I will do it. I have just got to get in the right frame of mind. I hate coming to this journal and admitting to my mistakes. Maybe this is what I need. Maybe having to come to "confessional" everyday will help me. <br />Tomorrow will be different. <br /> <img src="redface.gif" border="0">

What I can remember from confession is, that in the end you're always forgiven.<br />So forgive yourself and start over again.<br />Tomorrow is going to be great! <img src="graemlins/rose.gif" border="0" alt="[rose]" />

Angie

Okay, so yesterday wasn't that great. I had McDonald's sausage McMuffin for breakfast and I snacked on peanuts, an oatmeal cream pie, and some salami for lunch. For dinner I had a hamburger and a few french fries and 2 stuffed jalepenos. Definitely NOT a good day, but I lost a pound anyway (204). I am sure it will come back though! <br />Today is a new day. I know I can do it.

Well, I have not been back to post in a couple of days. I am just too embarrassed because I have not been doing a good job focusing on my goals. I have pretty much thrown the sensible eating out the window. I haven't been able to get on track at all. I keep finding excuses to "start tomorrow" and I binge all day. <br />MONDAY. I am going to commit to starting on Monday. <br />I will keep posting.

Warning! Girl Scout Cookie time!<br />I didn't realize it was that time of year already! My mom and I only bought 7 boxes. Think I can knock 'em out before Monday when the diet starts? <br />I am sure I'll have help. What is left will go to work with my husband or my mom or dad.

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It's Monday. I am doing great (so far)! <br />I have lost the weight before, so I know I am capable of doing this. I've had such a hard time getting started again though. I am going to take diet pills for a week or two, just to get myself going. I really don't like resorting to taking pills, but I don't think I can get going without them this time. I used Hydroxycut (from GNC) before and worked well for me. I have never finished a bottle because I only use them as a crutch for a couple of weeks. <br />Anyway (pardon my babbling) <img src="graemlins/crazy.gif" border="0" alt="[crazy]" /> I weighed in at 207 this morning. I knew that today was going to be the first day of the new ME <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> so I binged all weekend. I am sticking to my diet plan and drinking at least a gallon of water a day. <br />I will be on a cruise in 77 days! I will look and feel great! <br />Look out 175-here I come!

(I ate a box of peanut butter Girl Scout cookies this weekend <img src="redface.gif" border="0"> )

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Here I am again. I haven't posted in almost a week. My husband had to suddenly have foot surgery Monday afternoon, and it's been really hectic. I haven't lost any or gained any, but my eating habits have been awful.
Going to try to get going again Monday............

Hi Kelly and welcome to DT :) I've been here for about two and a half months now with success. I hope that you can find the same success here as well. I wanted to give you some, what I consider, motivational tips that have helped me and probably some of the other ladies and gentlemen along the way.
First of all, get all of the food that you know you shouldn't have out of the house, being there means it's just screaming your name to go and eat it.
Second, want to lose the weight for yourself, I have tried before to lose weight but it had been for the benefit of other people and that didn't work, it only got me back to my start weight plus at least 5 pounds.
Also, try not to specify a day that you will begin your diet, that way you don't have the chance to binge on the days before and then you'll step on the scales and feel bad cause your binging will show on your "first day of dieting".
Every time you think you are hungry, keep a bottle of water with you and drink the water instead of eating when you aren't really hungry.
Count your calories so that you know what you are taking in, fitday.com is great :)
Have a set amount of calories for each day and don't let yourself go over that set amount. If it helps, mine is between 1200 and 1600, when I meet that, I DO NOT eat any more regardless of what time it is or what. That still gives you space to eat something with a little higher calories that you might not want to give up just yet and then eat something with low calories for the rest of the day.
Don't give up when you've made one mistake and then mess up your entire day, just say, oh I made a mistake but it's okay, I have the rest of the day to make up for it.
Keep coming to DT and keeping your journal so that you can get motivation from the great ladies and guys here who are doing so great (it sure has helped me a whole lot).
Read other people's journals so that you can see their progress or happenings in their diets.

I hope these have helped you, I really know that you can do this, you just have to have determination, and the other D's here. Keep coming back and you will succeed, and make sure that you keep yourself motivated. Hope to talk to you soon,

Kristy *
220/192/190/165

I know-I shouldn't set a specific day to start. It makes sense. I just can't start today because I need to go to the store and stock up on my veggies and chicken. I also need to get rid of some cookies in the house.

205 today

Next Sunday it will be 200. Just watch.

So far so good.....

205 this morning. Eating as scheduled, no snacks, lots of water.

I'm gonna do it.

I am going to report a loss for the month of January for the Independence day challenge. By February 1st, I'll be 203. :)

Kelly, I'm so proud of you, just keep taking it day by day and you will do this. I know that sometimes it might not seem like it, but in the end, you can do it.

Good luck with your goal of 203 by February, you can do it if you set your mind to it, don't forget that the only thing stopping you is you.

Kristy
220/192/190/165

Yesterday was okay. Could have been better, could have been worse. I stuck to my plan all day, but for dinner I had pizza. Yes, I know it was wrong, and at the time I realized that it was wrong. I just couldn't turn it down though.

I am not going to beat myself up. I know that it was just a small bump in the road to success.

Today I am not feeling well, and I haven't eaten much. I had my breakfast (3 egg whites and grapefruit juice) and for lunch I just had 2 pieces of toast.

Still have to make it through dinner, and I don't know what I'll have yet. Another day...

Again, I did okay yesterday. Until dinner. I had chinese food for dinner. I shouldn't have done it, but I did.

I slept most of yesterday, so I didn't get to drink as much water as I'd like to either.

Today is a new day.

Okay, time for a change of plans. I have not been able to get motivated enough on the plan I was trying to use. I am switching to a low-carb way of eating.
I think it's the best way for me right now. Today is day number one, so I'll see how I do today. Honestly, I think I can do it.
I haven't been weighing in because I am really really hoping I hit 203 by tomorrow morning. I'll weigh then.

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i'm back. It's been a few days. I did make it to 203 so I lost 2 pounds for January. Woohoo! Thing is, I really could have done better.
Time to do my best and go for more!

I just can NOT get in the right frame of mind here!!!!!! I haven't even come to the message boards in probably a week. I just can't get motivated.
I keep coming up with excuse after excuse why I shouldn't start. I am just clueless!!
I absolutely have to force myself to do this. Here it is, almost mid-February, and I haven't really started taking this seriously.
Kelly, time to open your eyes and be aware of what you are doing to yourself!
I haven't even stepped on the scale. I'll do it tomorrow. (sounds familiar,eh?)
QUIT IT KELLY! JUST DO IT!

Kelly, I do wish that you could be doing better. Do you think that there is a way that you could be motivated even more than DT? Do you have anyone there who can help you out? Kelly, are you doing this for the right reasons?

We are your cheering squad whenever you are ready, but that's usually the hardest part, just getting ready to do it :)

Good luck and keep checking in, I think that just by coming to DT, you will get a lot of help. All right, I'm off of my soapbox.

Kristy
220/192/190/165

This is it! I am ready.
Weight this morning....207
ewwwwwww!
Today it's water! Water. Water. Water.

Still going to eat a little bit every 2 or 3 hours. NO carbs.
Water.
:water:

Kelly, you have to stick with this. Kristy is so right, you need a big cheering section. I'm sure your husband means well, but ordering pizza doesn't help you.

My boyfriend was the same way when we'd go out ("oh, you've been so good, have some chocolate truffle cake"). Finally I told him to be a jerk if he needs to. If I don't have willpower I need him to have it for me. The other night we were watching TV and he left the room. I asked him where he was going and he said, "I'm going to make some popcorn for myself. YOU can't have any." At first I was put off and was about to assert myself, but then I realized what he was doing and I said, "OK" and smiled. It was tough smelling the popcorn but everytime I looked at him he moved an inch away from me!

Here's a suggestion: list your downfalls. Mine are butter, chocolate, mayonaise and cheese. Then find a way to work around them. Try not to eat them, but don't deprive yourself. If you deprive, you'll binge again. I cut out butter altogether, I buy chocolate rice cakes (not bad), I use fat free salad dressings, I only put mayo on one side of a sandwich and put lots of veggies in the sandwich, and I only use lighter cheeses in moderation like mozarella (part-skim), feta, and parmesan. You have to allow yourself a little sin or else you'll sin all the time.

:cat: What Kristy said about losing weight for yourself and nobody else is very true. However, I do it for more than myself. Everytime I lose 5 pounds, I buy a 5 pound bag of cat food, dog food, or kitty litter and donate it the my local humane league. I got the idea from Lindasue here at DT, who donates flour & sugar to her local food bank. I was in the store and was weighing apples and I realize how heavy the 7 pounds I lost really was. I told Lindasue about it and the idea evolved! Tomorrow is shopping day and I will be making a stop to see the kitties & puppies and donate my first 5 pounds. So if I stop and don't lose anymore weigh, a cat or dog won't get to eat. I love animals, so it's a great motiviation for me.

:water: And above all--drink lots of water!!! It really really helps!!!

Good luck to you, and I hope to read your posts MUCH more often!

Julie