Hi all,
Well I just joined this web page yesterday and I am trying to get settled in. I posted a bio if you interested so I am not going to write about myself now :) I know me.......
I thought it would be great to start an on going journal to keep a record of triumphs and failures. Maybe people will read this and learn from my mistakes or maybe others will have insights and advice for my mistakes. It is going to be a growing process. I hope to grow with all of you. I only have a few more days off from work. I am a school teacher. I want to get good and plugged in so this is not yet another one of those things I start and do not commit to.

Hello Konnie and welcome to DT.
This is a truly wonderful sight that has stopped me from giving up many times.
You will find endless support and friendships here plus much understanding and no one judges anyone here. Its like one big family.
alot of love to go around.

there are chats and challenges and different sights of interest.

which plan are you following for weight loss?
I am on ww points. i gave up during the holidays after losing 47 pounds and i gained some during the time i stopped and i have 70 pounds to lose yet so hope to get to know you better and help each other out.
take care.

Hello Konnie, The jonery of anything takes the first step and you got your walking shoes on and you are ready to run. I will stop by to make sure you stay on track and even if you slip up come and journal about it so we can be here to support you that is what's it is all about...support for each other. Ruthieb

Just checking in,

I am not using any specific plan just trying to change my eating little by little so I won't get discouraged.

Already my biggest road block is trying to eat when I am not even hungry and eating several times a day just a little bit. I bought a hard cover journal book and I am using it to jot down good ideas I am finding and goals as I think of them. I am using a section to keep track of my food. Yesterday I did OK. I made myself eat a slice of toast with light raspberry cream cheese and a serving size glass of skim milk. I had an orange for a morning snack. Lunch I had a half chicken breast on toast with light miracal whip, diet soda and raw carrots. No afternoon snack. Supper I ate with the family spaghetti but I had half a serving size of what I would normally eat in a setting and no seconds. about 7:00 pm I had a slice of toast with the cream cheese again because I felt uncomfortable hungry. I got in my 8 glasses of water through out the day. I did pretty good except for not having an afternoon snack and eating past 6:00 pm.
I had a Doctor visit on 1-2-2003 my doctor said I have slowed my metabolism down so much because for a very long time now I have very seldom ate any meal but supper. I told her I need an excercise program I don't eat that much and I really do not eat bad foods often. I was convinced with out a doubt my eating was not the cause of my weight. I am learning it is more the cause then I realized.
Any way I got up this morning and got busy around the house before I knew it it was 10:30 and I had not yet eaten any thing so I had a bowl of cereal. Next thing I know it was 2:45, again I had not eaten anything so I had a quick apple. Then my mother-in-law calls and invites us out to eat 6:30 pm meet them at the restraunt. There goes my not eating after 6:00 pm. At the restraunt I ordered my usual but salad instead of fries and I removed all the cheese from my sandwich. I figure better than nothing.
I have no family support what so ever. Now or any other time I have ever tried to watch my weight. I am trying not to draw attention to my efforts with family members because some will go out of the way to make it harder. Especially my husband. he is a wonderful man and I am happy but when it comes to eating he is my enemy. He can eat anything and food is social for him he likes me participating and he really loves me no matter what I look like.
I am hoping he can go with me back to the doctor when all the results come in because I have asked my doctor to speak with him and try to get him to see I may be fine now but being over weight can greatly affect my health. I want her to tell him I have to lose weight. He can be so insecure thinking I want to lose weight to get other men's attention or even if it is not my goal it is what he feels will happen. In His mind another man will pursue me and he will lose me. He can not see past that issue. He can't even relate to the health issues that will eventually be an issue if I do not lose weight. I am hoping my doctor can get through to him maybe even scare him a little into helping me. Who knows Anyway it is late I better get to bed. Anyone else have problems with no support from family members or even family member sabatoge?

Hi Konnie :wave:

WOW! Reading your last post was like looking through a mirrow at myself.

I too have NO support offline. But you know what - it's ok :)

I have met many people here at DT and by posting and reading posts I get all the support I need.

I use to think I could never lose my weight without some family support, but now I see that I can and I hope you see this too :)

My hubby is 6' and weighs 150 lbs - grrrrrrrrrr! and eats anything he wants!

We are here for you Konnie - please keep posting and join in some different threads here and soon you will have several online support buddies.

There is the 100+ thread that is super, as well as the exercise thread to help get you moving and many other great areas here at DT :)

Jade

Well I got up this morning and scrubbed my kitchen and dinning room floor before church (hands and knees) and before anyone else got up. What a work out I have to find sneaky ways to exercise. As soon as my husband notices weight loss this is what he will do. He will start bringing me home snicker bars and suggesting we go out to eat even more than we already do which is way too much and various other things. I have to devise plans on how to get around his attitude. The only meal I really have to have with him is supper during the week so what I need to do is find things that I can make either in the crock pot so it is started before I go to work, things that are fast and ways to alter his favorites so they are healthier for me. If he comes home or gets home before me and something is already in progress he would never suggest going out to eat because it is wasteful. This is my ace in the hole although it requires me to become a lot more efficient in the kitchen which I currently am not.....
well I weighed this morning just for the fun of it since we at out at a restaurant and I was still down 3 lbs. My mother in law just called I guess we are off to go grocery shopping this should be an adventure I will check in again soon. I start back to work tomorrow so I will not have very much time on my hands any more.
take care all....

Hi Konnie, Sound like you have a lot on your hands right now but just stick with it and he will come around soon enough. If not you still got us to support you. Ruthieb

I really understand how rough this can be - but you are on the right track - I too had to learn how to cook all over again , but now me and my crock pot are best of friends :)

Hubby never really noticed a difference.

I am counting calories, so I actually can eat what ever I want, within reason of course.

here are a few examples of our dinners that may be of help to you.

1. chicken breasts in ff BBQ sauce in crockpot
low/fat - low/calorie french fries
tossed salad
steamed vegs with no fat butter

2. ham baked in oven
low fat pierogros fried in no fat spray
tossed salad
steamed vegs

3. speghetti with 1/2 turkey meat and 1/2 low fat hamburger -
I use a low fat low calorie sauce

4. sloppy joes - buy a low fat low calories sauce and add your own spices, vegs etc and serve on low calorie bread

Now mind you as I said I am on low fat and count calories, so this works out for me.

just be creative and you can come up with great ideas that I am sure hubby will enjoy eating.

As for him bringing home "junk" foods and such - you may have to do what i did. Raise the roof! I gave hubby a small box and said if it don't fit in there - you don't need it! Now there is just a small amount of junk food in the house.
Plus I still eat my junk foods - I just buy low fat choc. pudding and stuff like that :)

Don't get me wrong - hubby gave me a very rough go about this and still does, but I refuse to stay over weight for his own silly benfits.

Wish you the best :)

Jade