I'm tired of feeling this way like there is no hope. I'm tired of feeling sorry for myself and hating the way I look in the mirror. I'm here because I want to make some serious changes in my life and I want to have something to reflect on to talk about what I went through along the way.
Today I started to clean up my house and put on this pedometer that I have bought. I was hoping to get to 10,000 steps but fell FAR short.. I guess this is going to take time!:(
1412. That's it so far today. Well tomorrow is a new day. I'm going to bed now with a sore behind and bloated.. and TIRED. Success to all.

Hi 10000 steps,

Yeah, it takes a little while to build up to the 10,000 steps, but not long. You did great with the 1412!
I found as I was eager to hit the 10,000 mark I would "find" reasons to move more. Like extra trips up and down the stairs, getting up to change the tv channel manually rather than with the remote, etc. As I added more steps I found more ways to be busy and moving, it'll come, just give it time.

But the important thing is that you're moving, and all movement is good!:D

Donna

Hi, :wave:

WELCOME TO DIETTALK AND TO STARTING YOUR WONDERFUL WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY

My name is Monica and I have been a DT member for 19 months. I am sure you will find much support and encouragement here at Diettalk.

Each one of us is using a weight loss plan we can live with .... that will enable us to achieve our weight loss goals.

There are countless forums and chats that you can participate in .... you will never have to fear about being judged .... NO ONE AT DIETTALK WILL JUDGE YOU ... you will find nothing but POSITIVE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT. If I can ever be of any help .... you can either private message me or you can post in my Journal.

YOU CAN AND WILL SUCCEED ... :) ..... I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE HERE .... WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO SUCCEED. Again welcome to Diettalk and make it a great day and have and make it a fantastic weekend. Always, Monica :wn

Well today seems to be going better. I thank you for your posts Donna and Monica. I'll have to see how things are working out for you as well but from the looks of your stats you have been successful! Congratulations!!! I bet you feel wonderful!!!! I can only guess what "cleaner eating" is but I bet it doesn't include chocolate chip cookies!:(
Well I woke up today NOT BLOATED>.... amazed. I have been pacing while cooking instead of sitting down.. standing while talking on the telephone.. parking further away.. and walking to the post office and library for more steps and I have made a pact with myself that if I have to do something nearby within a mile radious or so from my house I will walk it. Bet that will help.
I'm also going to commit to keeping track of what I eat. Not ready yet to change it but I figure if I have to log it in here I wont want to go too crasy with my eating. And if you can't be honest about your diet you aren't going to lose any weight.. I am telling myself that. I'm also going to try to keep track of my calories but I'm new at reading labels so HOPEFULLY I will get in the ballpark but I'm at a loss as to what I need to be eating.
My guess is less! 8-| go figure.
Well the day is young and I still have more time to put in my steps so far I'm at 2507. Already surpassed yesterdays mark:D that's good!

So far I've had a hot chocolate, a mug of coffee made with a packet of equal and two tsp of non dairy creamer and a large chocolate chip cookie.

Not that healthy but I put the cookies away.. would have been better not to make them I KNOW.... but try telling that to my taste buds. They can argue a mean point. UGH!
Can you say CHOCAHOLIC??? :( dunno how I'm going to get around that one.
Well.........back to the grind... I need to go clean something and get some more steps in.. I promised myself I would do my best to get myself moving and I meant it!

If you want I have a diabetic recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookies plus other desserts ...... if you are interested let me know. Also if you have certain main dishes that you would like to try .... let me know about those as well.

To record and keep track of your food intake .... caloric and nutritional values you might want to try www.fitday.com ... which is a free site.

I CAN TELL YOU ALREADY .... YOU ARE ON YOUR ROAD TO SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVING YOUR WEIGHT LOSS GOALS. As always, Monica

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr THIS IS REALLY GETTING FRUSTRUATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had made this REAALLLLLLLLLLLY long post and then it said I wasn't logged in anymore.. never mind that I had just logged in and checked my private messages!:(
Anyway I am just too frustrated now to do it all over again. Suffice it to say that I checked out FITDAY and love it.. going to keep a food journal there and here I will log my steps and today I managed 3760.
Thanks to everyone who responds. God bless and goodnight!

PS: I origionally signed up as FLABULOUS but then I forgot my password and was mailed a new one that never worked so I decided rather than wait for another password to just sign up as a different user so Please let FLABULOUS die gracefully.. Thanks. Besides... now that I think about it; I don't want people running around calling me flabby all the time!:o

Good morning again 10,000 steps:D

Don't think chocolate has to be out of the question! Keeping in mind the calories=$ thought, if you decide you want to "spend" 500 calories ($500.) on a candy bar at lunch, then go for it, but remember that it stays with in your daily target calories/spending allowance.
It helps, because some days you'll consciously say, "it's not worth it" and choose to not have the chocolate, other days you'll say, "I'm eating it, but I'll have a lighter dinner tonight!" So you can still have the things you like, just work them in your program.

It's all about balance!:D

Donna

CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES ...... Makes 2 dozen
1 cup all purpose flour
3 tbspn cocoa powder
1/2 tspn baking soda
1/3 cup cup 70% vegetable oil margarine
2 tbspn prune puree
1/2 cup Splenda Granular
3 tbspns brown sugar
1 egg
1 tspn vanilla
2 tbspns nonfat milk
1/3 cup mini chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray.

Combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda together in a small bowl. Set aside.

In a medium bowl with an electric mixer beat margarine and prune puree, Splenda and brown sugar until creamy.

Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Stir in the flour mixture, alternating with milk. Stir in chocolate chips.

Drop dough by level tablespoons onto cookie sheet. Press down on dough with the bottom of a glass to flatten.

Bake cookies for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool on rack.
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Total Calories (for 1 Cookie) 60
Total Fat 3 grams
Saturated Fat 1 gram
Carbohydrates 8 grams
Sodium 30 milligrams
Dietary Fiber 0.5 grams
Protein 1 gram


APPLE CRISP -- Serves 6
FILLING:
2 pounds firm baking apples, cored and cut into 1/4 inch slices
2 tbspns orange juice
1/4 cup Splenda Granular
1 tbspn all purpose flour
1/2 tspn cinnamon
TOPPING:
1/2 cup all purpose flour
6 tbspns old fashioned rolled oats
1/2 cup Splenda Granular
1 tspn cinnamon
4 tbspns light margarine


Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly coat an 8 x 8 inch glass baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

In a large bowl toss the apples with orange juice.

Mix Splenda, flour, and cinnamon together in a small bowl. Sprinkle over the apples and toss. Place apples in the prepared pan.

In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, oats, Splenda and cinnamon. Cut in butter with a pastry blender, fork or fingers until mixture resembles fine crumbs.

Sprinkle topping over apples. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until apples are tender and crisp is bubbling.

Delicious when served warm.
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Total Fat 4.5 grams
Saturated Fat 2 grams
Carbohydrates 33 grams
Sodium 20 milligrams
Dietary Fiber 4 grams
Protein 2 grams


CHOCOLATE PUDDING CAKE -- Serves 9
CAKE:
1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
10 packets sugar substitute
3 tbspns unsweetened cocoa
2 tspns baking powder
1/2 tspn salt
1/2 cup WARM nonfat milk
2 tbspns canola oil
2 tspns vanilla
SAUCE:
1/4 cup sugar
10 packets sugar substitute
3 tbspns unsweetened cocoa
1 3/4 cups boiling water


Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine all cake ingredients in large bowl; mix well. Pour into ungreased 9-inch baking pan.

TO PREPARE SAUCE: Sprinkle 1/4 cup sugar, 10 packet sugar substitute and 3 tbspns cocoa over batter in pan. Pour boiling water over top. (DO NOT STIR).

Bake 40 minutes or until cake portion has risen to top of pan and sauce is bubbling underneath. Serve immediately.
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Total Calories per serving 150
Total Fat 3 grams
Saturated Fat less than 1 gram
Carbohydrates 26 grams
Cholesterol less than 1 gram
Sodium 246 milligrams
Dietary Fiber less than 1 gram
Protein 4 grams


Give these recipes a try ...... if you want more just let me know. I would add more but my foot is swelling and I need to go and raise it ..... As always, Monica :wn

You know what is so nasty? When you wake up and first thing in the morning you get a phone call from your neighbor who wants to borrow your vacuum cleaner and some toilet paper and then while giving it to her you see this really cute guy but when he see's me he looks like EWWW a fat chick and gives me this horrible look like I'd committed some sin then doesn't even bother with niceties like Good Morning and Hello but rather decides to act like I"m not even there. What a jerk. Why do we have to run into jerks? And why First thing in the morning?????? Grrrr That was how my day started today.:(
I'm not going to let HIM get to me. I put a pot of coffee on today is going to be a long day and I doubt I'll go without at least a nap but I am going to try to keep the walking going because I made a commitment.
To be sure I am SORE... ugh even my neck aches and I took a long hot bath last night to try to keep this from happening. My knees are swollen and it hurts to get up and down and darn it! My body is going to fight me every inch of the way ... so now I am battling my body and my mind. I've decided after last nights failed post that I will write my posts on before I login and then copy paste them in here.
I went to the mirror to look at myself and I see my face and hair.. not bad... my upper body.. not bad again.. it's when you look down at my lower body and see the belly I wish I could just change lower bodies like a Mr. Potato head! wouldn't that be nice.. oops break your leg.. here's a new one! Ha!:)
Well I can be a bit off in the mornings.. :laugh: that's no doubt. Have a good day everybody and Get those steps in!

PS: Monica.. wow thanks for the recipes! Prunes! How interesting!!!! I can't wait to try out that recipe.. but to be honest I have 3 pounds of chocolate chip cookie dough in my freezer that I bought for a school fundraiser so I guess I'll have to buck up and make the cookies and give them out to all the kids in the apts here. And for myself make MONICAS cookies.. did you design these recipes yourself? Or stumble across them and enjoy them? Yours definately look healthier! Thank YOU!

Donna, Thanks again nice to see your cyber smile around these parts :D I may be sore in body but not in the head and I thank you for the new outlook on chocolate.. I may yet be able to resist it when I look at my calories as dollars. I only get so many... I wish I knew how many I need in order to lose weight but that will come with experience I think. (hope) and research on my part. Well you have a healthy day too!*

Well today wasn't so bad after all:D Although I'm a little miffed at myself because I forgot to put on my pedometer before I went on my walk and to my parents house for dinner8-| sigh.. how am I supposed to keep track of my steps if I keep forgetting to use the darn thing??? grrrr
On the diet front though.. TODAY I made a decision. I am going to bake up all the rest of the cookie dough in the freezer and send it to my son! That will get it out of the house and where it belongs.. a kid! So if I want cookies I will have to make them from scratch and I think I can wait on that for a while. And when I do I will be using your recipe Monica. Thank you again for that.
Well I'm all dolled up.. spent a lot of time on my hair today and makeup and my mom said I looked cheap :( oh well can't win them all.
Have a good night everybody!:x

Hey I forgot to record what steps I actually did get on the pedometer today and (puffs up chest) proud to report I did better than yesterday even though I forgot it on the main part of my day..4211steps!!!:D Getting closer and closer!!!!

And today nothing got to me.. even moms insult! Normally just that look from that guy would have had me in tears and depressed but I guess eating better and excercising is improving on my self esteem! Who would have thought? I thought I wouldn't feel better until I lost the weight! But I feel better right now!

Steps

I just stumbled onto your journal and wanted to welcome you to DT.

I don't know if you plan your meals but I beleive that without planning you set yourself up to fail.

Your moving and pedometer makes me think I need one. Would love to know what mileage I put on during my weekend at the hospital. How many miles is 10,000 step?

Donna