I hope I am doing this right - starting a journal I mean. In case I am, well here goes. Once again I have decided this is it - I am going to lose weight. However, my heart just doesn't seem to be in it. Mentally I know I have to do something - I am just getting too damn old (47) to be carrying all this extra weight. I know if I just started eating like a normal person and getting back to riding the bike I would start losing. I've always been tall and, in hindsight, relatively thin (although I never thought so) but since I turned 40 I have just started PACKING on the pounds (averages out to about 7 pounds per year) and I simply cannot stand looking at myself. I know we are supposed to love ourselves, be comfortable with outselves, etc., but that's not going on around here believe me. Anyway, my first journal post so I'm going to be brief. I just made some oatmeal and I have THAT to look forward to (yuck!) so I'll be ending this now. Again I hope I did this right. My new motto for 2003 - "OFF with the pounds!"

Kathy!

Congratulations for starting a journal and for beginning a plan!

Don't think of food as good or bad...think of it as energy to keep you going!

I know you will do this...try to let go of the negative thoughts...try to think positive...believe that every step you take towards your goal is worth the effort and you will do it!

I have faith in you!

Good Luck!

mcmarto:D

Thanks for your support Mcmarto - as an aside I have already been helped by this website - I forgot one of the most important things about losing weight - drinking the water! How I could ever forget that is beyond me but I am working my way through my first giant tumbler. I can feel the fat getting ready to be flushed out already! LOL.

Hey Kathy,

welcome to Dt, glad to have you here with us. There is always room for one more.

You can do this, especially now that you have found all of your new friends here. The water is a great thing, good for you.

If you don't like oatmeal then why do you eat it? I hate oatmeal and don't think I could eat it unless on 'Survivor', lol

I don't know how you keep track of what you are eating but I love using a site called fitday.com. It has a way to post your food for the day and tells you all the calories and even divides that up into fat, protein and carbs. Plus the rest of the Nutrients and vitamins. It also has a place to log in your exercise. We really believe in exercise here so get on the bike.

Well I will try and stop by again sometime soon. Come visit my journal if you like.

See ya.:)

Congratulations for starting to get healthier, Kathy! You will love DT. There is a lot of great information shared here and the support you will receive can be invaluable.

We all have trouble with the water, so it is great that you are trying to increase your intake. You will see that we all ****** and moan about it here and it helps knowing others are struggling right alongside you. LOL

Also, I'm with Crazy. If you hate oatmeal, skip it. There is a pretty good cereal out there by Kashi, called Good Friends. It is really high in fiber, low in calories and sugar. I eat mine with chocolate soy milk and dried berries and I actually like it pretty well. Just a suggestion.

I know that I never stay within my eating plan if it includes foods I hate and excludes foods I love. That's how you lose it and keep it off, in my opinion. So, don't be afraid to tinker with what you've done to lose weight in the past. You'll find your way.

Good luck to you!

thanks for your input guys - I appreciate it. As far as the oatmeal goes, I don't actually dislike it I just wasn't in the mood for it but I know it is filling and healthy, so I usually try to eat it a couple times a week when dieting (you know, in place of the normal bagle, doughnut, or my all-time favorite a giant bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.)

Hello Kathy and welcome to DT.

I love oatmeal especially the flavored kind. I also eat cream of wheat,farina and grits to have hot cereal and for change of flavor.
but for me the hot cereals are filling.
If you really love your regular cereal i would still have it but with skim or lowfat milk and have less of it.
for me losing weight isnt for me to omit foods but am trying to learn how to eat them sensibly,balanced and in portion control.
your off to a wonderful start.
take care and hope to hear from you.

Day 2 of my journal. I'm almost embarrassed to write this. NOT a good day. An early morning appt. for a home inspection in the pouring, freezing, windy rain went blooey when the lock box wouldn't open and after 15 minutes of trying to open the door with freezing, wet ijnspectors and buyers behind me I walked around back to hopefully find an unlocked sliding glass door. (big breath - long sentence) I opened the gate to enter the soaked, muddy yard and 4 bassett hounds jumped all over me in glee leaving muddy pawprints all over my new slacks. We are talking SERIOUS mud here. Now I have neglected to mention how my hair looks by this time. Hmm, how to describe my hair.... oh, wait, has anyone ever seen the Three Stooges? Picture Moe - on a bad, wet hair day. Actually I guess that would be Shemp. Oh, yeah, and I forgot to mention that I had to drive to another state (Delaware) to do the inspection - and be there by 9:00 A.M. (I am SO not a morning person). Anyway, all this is leading up to me gathering the support of everyone here when I explain how by the the time I dragged my soaking, freezing, muddy, Shemp-haired self into the office I was a bit insane. So, I am REALLY not responsible for what happened next. The secretary told me there was fresh coffee in the kitchen and I went in and poured myself a large, fragrant, steaming cup and plopped down at the table and THERE THEY WERE!!!! Two LARGE plates of some sadistic creep's oh-so-delicious Christmas cookies, including the most outrageous fudge (I'm not a big fudge fan but this was just unbelievable). I was a goner. Things didn't get much better after that so I decided that if I already had 3 cookies and 2 pieces of fudge (gulp!) for what could be considered my breakfast (Ok, so I'm reaching here...) why not have cheezits for lunch? Yep, one of those days. I did have a salad with turkey breast in it for dinner so I guess that was okay. Oh, and no water and it is already 7:40 - who had room for water when I drank 3 diet peach snapples? Tomorrow will be better - won't it???

Hello Kathy, Welcome To Diettalk now just remember you might have last one battle but you did not lose the war. You can do this and yes tomarrow will be better if not pm me and I'll get back to you. This is with in your grasp don't forget that. Ruthieb

Hang in there Kathy,
Some days are just awful, but eventually when you blow one meal you will bounce back for the next meal and the bloopers will get farther apart. Thanks for being honest enough to admit the mistakes. Now you can move on freely.

Hang in there, try to find strategy's to help avoid that situation next time. It helps.

Don't worry Kathy...we all have some bad days!

Just pick yourself back up and get back into it...Its the only way to succeed!

The first bite will taste the same as the last.....so stop after one bite!

Oh...and your story above (about what happened to you at the inspection) was rather funny!...heeheehee!

mcmarto