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Ladies and gentleman, Tamara proudly presents another attempt at weight loss. I was sitting here saying, " self (I knew it was me cause I can recoginze my own voice) I should really get serious about this weight loss thing". So I've decided to do it. I have to do something about the way I feel and look.:c(

So this is what I'm going to do. Every day I will type out everything I eat the water I drink :water: and the excersise I do. Many other on here are doing very well with their journals and it has motovated me to do the same. So please keep my butt in order and help me to stick with this once and for all.

Oh ya I'm doing weight watchers at home by myself and plan to join on thursday for the meetings. I think that will help also.

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well I didn't do to well today, I went over my points big time. I think because I'm joining weight watchers this thursday I don't have to behave myself until then. I know that not good but it seems to be an excuse right now. I will try better tomorrow.

Talk to you soon.

Welcome to the journals Tamara,

You will do just great if you keep coming and working at it and making friends.

Now what is this about waiting until Thursday!!!! Might as well start getting used to those points now and then you will be that much more successful at your first weekly weigh in next week.

You can do it, but it won't be easy all the time, it will be downright grouling, but you can do it. You are in the right place for daily encouragement and then weekly from WW.

Thanks for trusting us to help you along.

Tamara,

Congratulations on your decision to begin your weight loss journey. You will never regret losing weight and developing a healthy lifestyle. It isn't easy, but it sure is worth the effort. You will find alot of information and support at Diettalk. Good luck and best wishes! CJL

P.S. Tamara:

When I decided to lose weight I went to one of the doctors I was seeing and asked him what he thought I should weigh and how I should lose weight. This doctor responded saying, "At your age, you should just accept your body. You will never have an hour glass figure again." Well Tamara, I did not listen to him. I lost fifty pounds. I don't know if that qualifies for an hour glass figure or not, but I sure look better than I did!:D I am definitely glad I didn't take his advice!!

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Thanks crazy2 for putting it to me like that, you are right I should just get to it and stop waisting time and possible putting more weight on that I will have to lose. I know it will be hard but I'am glad there is a place like this for everyone to go to.

Thank-you for your reply, Talk to you soon.

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Hi CJL thank-you for your kind welcome and words. I'am glad to be here with all of you and hope to get to know you all better. Talk to you soon.:wave:

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Hi CJL that doesn't seem like a nice thing for a doctor to say. Of all people he should encourage you to look and feel better. Thats what I would think and good for you for not listening to him. Your messurments sure sound hour glassey to me. Is glassey a word probably not but you know what I mean. HE HE HE. Do you have anymore weight to lose or are you done.

talk to you soon, bye.:tongue:

Tamara,

I am basically done. I wouldn't mind losing 2 or 3 more pounds. What I really need to do is to exercise and tone up. Maybe I could go back to my doctor and ask him his advice on toning up!:D

Hello and welcome,

your heaed in the right direction by keeping a journal and using it honestly. being honest here with ourselves and others helps alot.

some days will be easy and other days tested big time.
some days we do well and other days not so well but just keep moving forward one day at a time.

you will get there. we are all here for the same purpose and understand each other. this site is a miracle.

take care.

Tamara,

So glad you didn't mind what I posted. I have had my head bitten off for less you know, lol. But not here very much, it is pretty safe here.

Glad you took it to heart.

You will do just fine and just look at all your visitors so far.

Take care!!!

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CLJ that's really funny, ya I definitly recommend a vist back to the doc's:down:. Just a few more pounds huh, I sure wish I could say that. Thats really great that you have succeeded, I bet you feel proud of yourself and you should.:cheers:. I love to excersies that has never been my problem. I find it stress relieving. I love to walk and I do it everyday( just about). Some walking and a little weight training will have you toned up in no time. :lift:.

Keep up the good work, keep in touch, Talk to you soon.:wave:

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Thanks minnie mouse for your reply, I figure if I can't be honest with myself then were will that get me. Just being here the short time has already made me feel better. I agree this place is great. Hope you are doing well.

Talk to you soon.:wn

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Hi crazy2, I don't mind at all I need to here it like that it keeps me focused. I think this place will make all the difference in the world. Iam very impressed with all the replies I have recieved in the sort time I have been here. It's very reasuring.

Thank-you for your support , talk ot you soon.:wave:

:rofl: :rofl: Well, that is just the funniest thing I've heard all day.

"I was sitting here saying, " self (I knew it was me cause I can recoginze my own voice) I should really get serious about this weight loss thing". "

*wiping tears from my eyes*

The key is to pay attention to what you are doing and why. Then you can plan your strategies better. Journals are great for this!

Too often when we fall down (and you will, don't kid yourself, over and over and over again) we get caught up in feeling bad over it, like we have to do penance and crawl down the emotional staircase on our knees. But if, instead, we really examine what happened, who we were with, how we were feeling, what things we said to ourselves, etc, we can learn more effective strategies for dealing with similar circumstances when they occur again.

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Hey elivi, that is wonderful. I'm going to write that one down and read it when ever I get down on myself, and I will log it in my journal. What I was feeling, who I was with and everything. There are a lot of verty insightful people on DT and you are one of them.:bow:.

Acually I've been crawling that ladder for about 3 days and crawling on my knees in shame. My eating habits have been so poor. We have had house guest since monday and I just noticed I've been eating just as they have. They are eating chips and junk, but most of all they only drink pop and nothing else. I haven't drank pop every day for about a year and now all of a sudden I've had it every day more then once. Isen't that funny. I've been so hard on myself for days and all I've been doing is going with the flow of the house. Now that I see this I can now prepare for it. :coach:. This is good news.

Thanks again, talk to you soon.:x

I have had to do this too lately - my MIL is staying with us and as a result I was really getting off track with my food intake. For about 4 days I was just plummeting down and eating more and more.

It took a real effort to snap out of it and say Stop It! Pay Attention! I realized that I was stressed out about MIL being here and reacting to that. No problem, I can do other things to calm myself. Then I realized I'd filled my house with "treats" for her - but I was eating them myself! I'd have to do more planning and less grabbing. And so forth.

I also get to do the same thing when I make GOOD choices. Which cements the " good choice = good feeling " connection in my little brain and makes it more likely I'll repeat the behavior.

:sb LOL

So how have you been doing lately?

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Hi elivi, I do feel for you I really do. So thats why we have to be strong, and prepare for everything in advance.

I joined WW today and read all the info I recieved. It hasn't changed that much since I was a member last time. I do feel better knowing that my efforts are being monitored, and if I don't give it my best I will be waisting my money ( that I don't really have). So this is going to be a good thing.:cheer:.

I will let you know how I do on my first day. How are things going for you, well I hope.

Talk to you soon.:rose:

Hiya Tamara, I live in the journal around the corner from ya LOL

This is really a good forum and you have awesome people visiting you!
I love what you said about recognizing your own voice.. I am cracking up laughing..
Dont ya feel like telling yourself to hush up at times? hehe
I am in a rut myself here. Pain and lack of energy. Its really ticking me off..
Hubby said he was going to inject me with uppers..hahaha

Nice meeting you Tamara..

Of all the diet plans out there, they are probably one of the best. But I prefer to take my time and use my own common sense (or lack thereof). Well, and I go to TOPS meetings but they don't tell you what to do, it's just a support group like this.

For awhile I belonged to jenny craig, but I had to quit that! First of all after a few weeks on their menu plans I realized I could make up a better menu in my sleep, LOL. Hardly any fiber, whole grains, etc. Too many simple carbs, not enough variety, so so expensive, it was a mess. And very restrictive. So tiring making my own dinners AND a seperate dinner for the family. And on and on.

I'd take the "JC" can of, say, chili that I had to buy and compare it with a healthy chili from my cupboard and realize that the store chili was actually healthier. And about 1/5 the price, LOL.

Then I started doing the math and realized as much as I was paying for the program and food, by the time I got to goal I'd have shelled out about $50-75 PER POUND LOST. Yikes! I'd rather be fat! (Well, not really, but you get the point.)

So what is the WW program like these days? Do you have to buy their food?

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Hey there bird songs nice to meet you. Thanks for dropping in. I will come see you in your diet journal. I'm sorry to hear your in a rut, I know how that is, about 1 month ago I had a terrible time with my back. I could hardly move and that was hard to do with a nine month old child. Doctor told me that as long as I kept picking her up I would not get better. So I did as least as I could with the help of my fiancee and six year old son. They were big helps and did'nt even complain. Now I'm mostly better, I can walk and now I plan to start doing some excercise slowly. Just hang in there and be strong and time will heal you.

Nice to meet you to, talk to you soon.:rose:

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Hi elivi, WW is by far the best diet plan I've tried and succeded on, and I've been on many. I did jenny creig as well and I know what you mean about the cost, HOLY MOLY that's the reason I stoped going. 50-75 per pound thats rediculous know wonder it's such a large corperation. With WW you don't have to bye their food. You can eat anything you want as long as you keep within your point range. Thats what I like about it. You never feel deprived. However there is still some days where your point range is just not enough to keep you satisfied. But you can have days like that on any diet.

Juess what? I did great today and I feel great. I found some new recipes and it made it so easy to stick to. I stayed within my points and have six banked. Still have more water to drink though.

Anyway I'm off, talk to you all soon.:water:

Hey Tamara,

Sorry I haven't been here for a few days, busy, busy, busy.

You are doing great.

I love how both you and elivi, became aware of what you were doing and DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT, instead of feeling defeated, that is FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!

Keep up the good work!!!!!!!!!

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Hey crazy2 nice to hear from you again. How have you been. I know how it is to be busy busy busy!

elivi is pretty smart in that repect isn't she, she sure opened my eyes to it all. Makes it easyier to say on track when you know what is making you hungry and why. We wont be defeated this time, I'm determined to succeed.

Thanks for the support and I will talk to you later.:snow:

Hey everyone, hope you enjoyed your weekend. I did ok the last few days. Stayed within my points, but not without a sruggle. Man did I sruggle this weekend. It sucked I had to find some of my skinny picture and tape them to my fridge for some motovation. But with my mans help I make it. Lets see what tomorrow brings.

Talk to you tomorrow.

So how is your weekend going so far!?

I loved the idea of sticking a picture of yourself on the fridge. I might have to try that! Did it work?

My hardest times are evenings and weekends, but I'm *paying attention* and hope to have a plan in place soon to deal with those times.

Hang in there lady!

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Hey there elivi, weekend went pretty good. My company went to their mothers for the weekend so i had my house to myself again. It was nice. I did really well with my eating and stayed within my point range the hole time. The picture on my fridge really works I mean I still have to struggle with the feelings of wanting something but in the end it's there to remind me of how bad I want it. Give it a try what do you have to lose ( a few pounds)LOL. Bad joke.8-| I also have the worst time with the evenings and weekends, they are so hard. I'm thinking maybe stocking up on some low fat or fat free treats to make me think I'm getting what I want. I'll see how that works.

My weigh day is tomorrow, I'm a little nervous. It's at 11:30 keep your fingers crossed. I really tried hard and I'm afraid that if the scale dosen't move I'll become discouraged.

Talk to you tomorrow:wave:

Hey Tamara,

I like the picture idea too but it is a bit scary, to have to see myself skinny, and long to be there-----------------

Glad you are staying strong, good for you.

Good luck at weigh in!!!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone, I lost four pounds:cheer: . I'm so happy and it give me more power to keep going strong. They have a new system with the points and it does'nt sound to bad at all.

Anyways I will be back later, My daughter is screaming and is really cranky.:c(

Bye for now

Congratulations Tamara!!!!

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Thank-you crazy2, I feel pretty good and I'm still going strong. Today will be a challenge though its the weekend and my Man's bothers birthday so you know that means cake and burgers or something. Anyways I will do my best to stay within my points. Actually you know what. Usually I take one day a week and make that my day off, where I eat what ever I want and not feel guilty. Well for some reason I'm afraid to do that now. Today should be my day off but I'm afraid. I feel like I should stick to my diet or I may not lose anymore. I know thats not true because I used to do this all the time and I still lost. I don't know what to do.

Anyway I will be back later, talk to you soon.:D

I haven't been here in a while, I forgot all about it. I'am really nervious about weigh day on thursday I hope I did ok. I've been a really good girl today. I cooked bacon a whole pound and only had three peaces of it. I wanted it so bad you can't believe how bad. I stayed strong.

Anyway I will talk to you soon.

Way to go on the 4 pounds Tamara..
Dont ya just feel like doing a cartwheel? lol

Keep up the good work!

Tamara,

You lost 4 pounds last week!!? How did I miss that?

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Well I'm sure you'll do good again this week. Your posts always sound so positive and strong. So good for you!

Hey everyone, today was weigh in and I lost half a pound. I was really hoping for more but I guess it's better then nothing at all. That makes 9 1/2 pounds since Alicia was born ten months ago. Wow when you say it like that it sounds really slow. I will really try better this week for sure.

I think I fell through the cracks a little, many people have asked where I've been, and I said right here honestly. LOL. Lots of people posting so Its bound to happen to someone.

I will be back later duty calls.LOL

Ok so its bin a while since I last posted here. Shame Shame on me! I went up two and a half pounds in my third week. What a disapointment, but I think I know what went wrong. I was putting way way to much pressure on myself to lose. It was to the point that I was obsessed with what i was puting in my mouth and depriving myself food and joy and espeially love. I would punish myself if I made a wrong choice. That CRAZY,CRAZY CRAZY, what the hell are you doing girl. I was learning nothing at WW really I have been a member off and on for six or seven years and I still don't know how to eat properly. :shrug: X-( Whats with that , I just came to this conclusion today, right now. I can't afford WW and quite frankly I have not learned anything. Ok I lost a few pounds but at what cost. I was feeling terrible and lost. I'm not saying that it a bad program for someone eles, it may work great, but for me with my history of eating disorders its not working. I need direction order. Not here spend this because I know I will spend it on what I know I don't need. I was just eating and snaking all day long and using my points stupidly. I'm so confused that I don't know what diet I will do now, maybe nothing I mean why should I make myself feel bad all the time. I should love me for me and then take it from there. Little steps I think, one day at a time. NO PRESSURE! A healthy life style with excercise, low fat and portion control. See what happens with that.

I'am a blather mouth today, but I feel better now getting that out.

Didn't eat very well today, I had for breakfast Tinbits 8 of them
For lunch I had Junk, Dinner I had chicken three drummers scalloped potatoes, peas, and bread with margrine. OHHHH and I don't know how many reese cups. oh ya and POP HOLY CRAP it look horrible on screen.:O

I must do better tomorow, OH YES I WILL! I WILL I TELL YOU I WILL! UHUHUHUHUH! Ok now I sound crazy, but back to myself and that's what matters. BRING IT ON BABY!

Tammara, don't do any DIET. I have beat myself up too over "which diet should I try" this week. Atkins. WW. Jenny Craig. Low Fat. Low Carb. Cabbage Soup. Don't Eat. Eat what I want but exercise a lot. It's all garbage. My suggestion, do what you can. Set reasonable goals. Like for me, soda is my huge weakness. So I am not focusing on eatting carrots and celary, I am focusing on drinking more water and less soda. Once I accomplish this goal, I will move on to the next. I think the key is to be reasonable and honest with what you can do. I know within myself cutting off the very foods and drinks I have had in my life, my whole life, is not reasonable. Cutting them out slowly and replacing them with better things IS. Although I don't know if I have lost any weight YET, I do feel better about myself for trying. That alone makes me want to keep trying and hopefully at this rate I wont give up but only get better. Hang in there girl, you can do it!!

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Thanks Giggs for the reply. I see what you are saying and it make perfect sense. Thats is what I plan to do I think it will be the best way for me right now. Just eat right, portion control, low fat and excercise. That sounds resonable. I should set some small goals to, little ones to start with. I'm going to think of some today. I have to take a good look at myself to see what it is that is stabatoging my efferts and then change then. WORK WORK WORK! I have my hands full. HEHEHE

Anyway thanks for popping in, I love company it helps to get through the day.

Come back anytime, Talk to you soon.