Ok a little about me, Im 26, married, 1 son in heaven (RIP angel baby) and a cockerspaniel dog....I am from Panama City Fl, but recently moved to houston tx w/my husband...I've been married almost 6 years......so I am starting a whole new journal, it has been a while since I've been on here....almost a year actually... I've done alot of different diets, lost 40 lbs at one point then gained it all back, but never got over 305lbs...So here I am ready to lose this weight. I am currently at 296lbs right now. I have dealt with ALOT of emotional road blocks over the past few years, and I kept back sliding, but I've come to realize IM the one in control of my body, Im the one LETTING my weight hold me back. I am going to change the way I eat, not just some fad diet to lose weight fast like before, which hey, they do work for some people, just not me.....but Im going to eat healthier, and Im going to start by drinking more water, less cokes, less sweets, and gradually cut down on my mayo & sour cream intake, b/c I eat those 2 things on practically everything! Im not only doing this to be HOT anymore, I'm now doing this for health reasons.

Reason 1: I have P.C.O.S....which is preventing me from becomming pregnant
Reason 2: I am pre-hypertensive...meaning Im in the beginning stages of high blood pressure
Reason 3: My ankles swell all the time, and now it appears that my legs are starting too as well.
Reason 4: I just dont feel well being this heavy
Reason 5: It impairs my life, and my marriage.
And lastley I do wanna look better in my clothes.

So Im going to try really hard to keep all that in mind....I am a serious emotional/bored eater, and I dont really like veggies alot, so this isnt going to be easy, but IMO nothing in life thats worth anything ever is right? lol.

I will be posting my calorie intake each day, and as for exercising, Im going to start when I get back from out of town, I'll be gone july 23-Aug 2nd, which will be hard to eat ok...but Im going to strive.

Anyways to those of you I know on here, I've missed you all, and I apologize for my abscence, I will stay on track this time! :D

Ok I'll post again tonight w/my stats for today.....

hugs

Steph

Hey Steph!!! Welcome back, AND no more leaving!!! LOL, I always tell people this.

Anyways, you have some very compelling reasons to get this weight off. You certainly don't need any of those health issues at your young age!!! You need to be free and feel good about yourself!!!

Feel free to join a few of us who are also counting calories and posting together in a thread in the Calorie Counting forum. I post my total for each day. Helps keep me a bit more on track knowing others will see that NUMBER, lol. I need all the help I can get most of the time.

Are you doing any kind of activity/exercise? I am walking this summer and just recently have started adding some weights. It all takes time, one step at a time.

Hope to see you back lots. Love your backyard pose!!!

Hi there! Welcome back to Diet talk..so glad your here!!!! :) Definitely all very good reasons to try to lose weight and be more healthy....I'll be rooting for ya!! The veggie thing can be hard...do you like salads???? I know..seems like a stupid question...but there are some really good salad dressings...and salad with grilled chicken and low fat chees....a subway salad has the equivilant (sp?) of five servings of veggies!
There is this stuff called "go greens" too...a powdered drink that you can get online or at gnc...and you mix it with a bottle of water and it's supposed to have the equivalent of a salad in every bottle...just 35 calories! :)
I don't know...just thought i'd throw those suggestions out there! lol
Take care!

Hey Steph!!! Welcome back, AND no more leaving!!! LOL, I always tell people this.

Anyways, you have some very compelling reasons to get this weight off. You certainly don't need any of those health issues at your young age!!! You need to be free and feel good about yourself!!!

Feel free to join a few of us who are also counting calories and posting together in a thread in the Calorie Counting forum. I post my total for each day. Helps keep me a bit more on track knowing others will see that NUMBER, lol. I need all the help I can get most of the time.

Are you doing any kind of activity/exercise? I am walking this summer and just recently have started adding some weights. It all takes time, one step at a time.

Hope to see you back lots. Love your backyard pose!!!


Hey girl! Thank you for referring me to the cal counting group! :D
I havent started exercising yet really, but I have a gym membership, so I plan to do that 3x's a week. But yeah its really good being back :D And thx hehe glad you like my pic...anywho congrats on ur weight loss so far, we can do this! :D

Hi there! Welcome back to Diet talk..so glad your here!!!! :) Definitely all very good reasons to try to lose weight and be more healthy....I'll be rooting for ya!! The veggie thing can be hard...do you like salads???? I know..seems like a stupid question...but there are some really good salad dressings...and salad with grilled chicken and low fat chees....a subway salad has the equivilant (sp?) of five servings of veggies!
There is this stuff called "go greens" too...a powdered drink that you can get online or at gnc...and you mix it with a bottle of water and it's supposed to have the equivalent of a salad in every bottle...just 35 calories! :)
I don't know...just thought i'd throw those suggestions out there! lol
Take care!

Hey girl, thank you bunches, its good to be back. I'll be rooting for you too. Yeah veggies are only good smothered in cheese lmao, but that defeats the purpose lol. I will check out that go green, that sounds good! Anyways keep in touch! hugs

7/15/08
Weight: 296lbs
Calories In: 1242
Calories Out:2770
Calories burned:1528 :D

Hello! Well another successful day. I will start posting what I eat along w/my stats, starting tommorrow.

7/16/08
Weight: 295.5lbs (down 1 lbs, yay)
Calories In: 1700
Calories Out: 2770
Calories Burned: 1070 :D

7/17/08
Weight: 294.5lbs (down 2 lbs, yay)
Calories In: 2000
Calories Out: 2770
Calories Burned: 770
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i didnt do as well as i wanted but still burned 770 :D

Hi Steph! Congrats on the 2 lbs lost! Great start!! :cheer:

Don't go running away again, I might have to track you down and drag you back :D

Hey girl! hehe thanx :D Yeah i plan to stick around this time, hehe.
thx for stopping by! hugs

Well Steph,

I have just come back to Dietalk as well. It's great that you are making an effort.. way to go, Girl. Why settle for less than you can be..

Keep up the great work.. Best regards from Melly

Hey Steph,

Congrats on those 2 pounds gone!!! Keep up the good work.

7/18/08
Weight: 294.5lbs
Calories In: 2700
Calories Out: 2770
Calories Burned: 70 :(

Ok so obviously I binged yesterday...but it wasnt on bad things, it was just a diet food binge, lol. I had one to many 100 calorie packs and lean cuisines lol.

today, ive done good so far :)

Melosa- Thanx for stopping by! :) Welcome back to DT as well, maybe we can help each other out hehe.

Crazy- Hey girl, thanx for stopping back by...Im definetly giving it my all!

I'll be stopping by you ladies journals tonight. *hugs*

7/20/08
Weight: 293.5lbs
Calories In: 1700
Calories Out: 2770
Calories Burned: 1070

yay down another pound!!! the 19th, i had my cheat day, lol. i didnt go too over board tho, still watched what i ate, i think i had around 2700 cals that day.

thanx for all the love ladies!

This time I was away b/c I was out of town. I got back monday but we had a tropical storm hit here and I had alot of things to get caught up on. I unfortunetly, gained back to 300lbs while I was on vacation X-( but Im back down to 299.2. I have NO more vacations planned until november lol.I fell off the wagon and now Im back on. Actually while I was in Tn, I started having a dull achey chest pain under my left breast bone area, close to the middle. Ive been having it for about a week on and off. It happens everyday but its not a continual pain. Ive been watching my BP and it seems normal. The only other health problems I have is swelling of my ankles and PCOS. I had my cholosteral checked a year ago and it was still good, altho my good choloesterol was a little low. My bad choloesterol was normal. It was like 190 I think. I havent done anything to pull a muscle. I do have acid reflux sometimes though. And I've noticed when I belch latley I feel some acid, so Im thinking that could be my chest pain but Im not sure. I bought some Zantect 75 today and just took one, so maybe thats it. Or it could be stress...Im really hoping its not my heart. I also have anxiety/panic attacks, so this has got me really worried. I had one so bad last night it made my shake and have chills. :( SO needless to say this has freaked me out good and proper. SO today Im really striving. Im not gonna exercise until my chest stops hurting. I know Im not gonna eat any more of those frozen dinners b/c they have high sodium, so Im going to change how I eat. More veggies and fruits and natural things. Its gonna be REALLY hard...but I have to do this b/c I dont wanna die. So does anyone have any ideas about why my chest is hurting or do you think I should go to the doctor or just wait and see what happens over the next few weeks?

So anyways I have a great vacation, we went to six flags in KY and I got to see Nashville Tn, and see my mom and my sister. I ate ALOT of junkie food tho, obviously. lol. But Im back now and its time to get a cracking. lol.

So I'll be keeping everyone posted. OH btw, a reward for myself when I get to 279 is Im gonna get my nose re-pierced lol.

Ive missed all of you!

Hi Steph,

I sometimes get sharp piercing pain in my left chest also which I had checked out at the doctor's because I was worried about my heart. This was in April or May when I went I think. They checked me out thoroughly and said it was muscular, but not heart muscle. I was stressing a muscle in my chest wall from the way I was lying in bed to read (I was sort of lying propped up on my left shoulder, and it was stressing the muscle). I stopped lying that way and it stopped happening for the most part. The doctor said that if I have chest pain like that (muscular pain) not to worry about it if it's only like 5 minutes, but if it's more like 45 minutes, that might be a heart issue.

A few years back I went to the doctor with bad centralized chest pain and that was diagnosed as stomach ulcers and I was put on ranitidine (that's what Zantac is). It was VERY effective and I never had a problem again. In my opinion, Zantac is a great drug and it might well solve your problem. I was taking 150mg a day and it really helped. I was supposed to take it every day in perpetuity but after only like a week I never needed it again as the problem was solved. They said it was from poor eating habits that caused it.

Blood pressure isn't the best indicator of heart health if you're having pain. It's best to go to the doctor when it happens. If the Zantac doesn't help and it happens again, I would go to the doctor. You could also try stretching -- not when you're having pain, but just in general. Lie on your back and put your forearms on the floor and push your body up into the air. Also you can just put your palms together in front of your body and push them together. Those two exercises stretch your chest muscles which could be the problem if it's muscular. If it's acid, the Zantac will help as well as improved diet of course.

Anxiety can definitely cause chest pain -- my boyfriend has this. When he has anxiety, it manifests as pain in the left side of his chest, which scares the crap out of him (which I think is the point of anxiety, to scare us) and he has gone to the cardiologist a few times and always checks out okay.

Hang in there. I'm sorry to hear about the tropical storm! That sucks. You can't control the weather, but you can control what goes in your mouth!! :) That's a good thing! Have a good day :hug:

Hello everyone, well another succesful day. Now when Im tempted to cheat, I just ask myself, would eating that be worth dying for? lol...So that seems to be helping. My chest pain is a little better. Its my 2nd day taking the Zantec 75 & Im trying to reduce my stress as much as possible. Im going to give it a few days and if my chest continues to hurt, then I'll go to the doctor. But I got to thinking that I rode a rollercoaster w/this chest pain, so if it was heart probs I assume that would have made it hurt or something lol. I'll keep a watch though.

Here are my stats for today:

Weight: 298 (heading back down again lol)
Calories In:1500
Calories Out:2785
Calories Burned:1285 (yay)
Water intake: 64oz (yay)

Nausicaa- Hey girl, thank u so much for the post. That helped alot. Im sorry to hear about the chest probs you and ur man had but Im glad they are better now. :D But yeah Im thinking its anxiety related. *crosses fingers* lol. Thanx for stopping by and have a great weekend! Hugs

Hello everyone! Well I just woke up and felt like writing haha so here I am! I am 296.8 today! yay! I know I should weigh daily but its so tempting lol. Plus right now it keeps me motivated even more. My chest so far seems to be still improving altho last night my ankles got swollen as did my leg a bit...but I know once Im down about 40lbs or so it should stop. I'm so excited the biggest loser starts in Sept. Its always a great help to have that show to watch every week, by that point I will be weighing in weekly so that will be good.

I woke up today with alot more energy, since Ive been eating fresh fruits and veggies for the past few days. I had an orange and some slim fast for breakfast and omg, I really enjoyed that orange, so juicy and sweet! Its like the more fruit and veggies I eat, the more im craving them. I know Ive only been back on track a few days but still, this is the 1st time ive ever really just tried to change my eating all together. Noramlly its just slim fast and frozen dinners, or something ya know? Which frozen dinners can be a helpful dieting tool, but right now they have too much sodium for me lol. I'm also doing great on my water. I havent really done any exercising yet, but Im going to start walking monday, providing my chest is still improving. :)

Anyways I guess I'll go, I'll be back on tonight w/my calories.

Hi Mustlose,
I wanted to stop by and wish you all the best on your weight loss journey! I see you have a great start so far! You can do this and will feel so much better! keep rolling!
......Hugs, Millie

Ok everyone, I used to do cheat days on Sundays but today I didnt, I did allow myself more cals than normal but i didnt go overboard.

Here's my stats:

Weight: 296 (heading back down again lol)
Calories In:1900
Calories Out:2785
Calories Burned:885
Water intake: 32oz






Hey Millie! Thank you so much for stopping by! I totally appreciate all the support. I'll stop by yours asap.

:cheer: You're doing great!! keep it up!! :koala:

Here's my stats from yesterday 8/11/08:

Weight: 296 (same)
Calories In:1785
Calories Out:2785
Calories Burned:1000
Water intake: 20oz (eek)

Nausicaa- thanx girl, hehe im gonna keep striving :) hugs

Wow you are doing really great! You sure are burning a lot of calories, how are you doing that? Just exercise?
Keep up the great work you are rolling!
....Hugs, Millie

Hey everyone! Well this morning I woke up at 294.0lbs :D yyyaay! :D

Yesterdays stats (8/12/08)

Weight: 295.5
Calories In:1600
Calories Out:2785
Calories Burned:1185
Water intake: 64oz

Millie: hehe thanx girl. I think Im finally finding my groove :) How I figure my cals is, I looked on line and my body burns 2785 cals a day just sitting....so I take what I eat and subtract it by what my body burns, and get my amount of clear cals burned daily. That doesnt include any exercising I may do for the day. Which right now Im not exercising, I am gonna start this comming monday. hehe anywho have a great day girl! Hugs

Hi,
WHOOO A BIG CONGRATS LADY WAY TO GO :koala:!! keep up the great work! It sure does feel great to be losing, you are sure rolling now.

Have a great WEDNESDAY!.....Hugs,
Millie

Yesterdays stats (8/13/08)

Weight: 294.0
Calories In:1700
Calories Out:2785
Calories Burned:1085
Water intake: 64oz

and

Todays stats (8/14/08)

Weight: 294 still
Calories In:1750
Calories Out:2785
Calories Burned:1035
Water intake: 40oz

Thank you millie it realy does feel great! We can accomplish this! hehe hugs

Weight for today 293!!! Back to my pre-vacation weight. Yay.

Also Im doing to do a weekly posting of my overall weight loss for the week too.(I go by lbs, but I'll also post my weight in kilos too for those who use that system)

6/15/08-305lbs (138 Kilos)
7/15/08 (started on back DT) 296 (134.5 Kilos)
7/22/08-293 (133 Kilos)
Then I left for vacation and gained
8/8/08-299 (135.9 Kilos)
8/15/08-293 (133 Kilos)
8/22/08-???

SO my goal for next week is to at least be in the 80's. :D

A little update, my chest is no longer hurting. I dont know if the fact that my stress is less, Ive been eating healthier or the zantac helped it, or maybe it was all of the above lol. But none the less Im better, so yay! :D I am going to start working part time this comming week, not really b/c I need to b/c my hubby makes good money, but I just want to be doing something, and have some money of my own. BUT If the job makes it at all harder for me to lose weight I wont keep it. Its at subway, so thats a healthy place, for the most part lol. Big change from doing nursing work... (CNA) but since I only want something fast and PT, I just opted for that. For now. I plan on hitting the gym this comming week...getting that going, Im just going to do cardio at 1st.

So thats all thats new in my life for now...lol. Thx for stopping by! Hugs

Hey there,

First of all, congratulations on getting the weight back down. It sure is a great feeling isn't it. I gained last week because of several different factors but this morning am back down so very happy about that.

Good luck with your new job, its good that they have some good choices there, but remember you don't have to eat their food either. My DS works at a Subway also. I think he gets his subs for 1/2 price.

Anyways, keep up the good work!!!

Stats for today:

weight- 293
cals in-1350
cals out- 2785
cals burned-1435
water- 40oz


nancy- thanx girl. it def feels good losing the weight .:) we can do this! hehe
thx for stoppin by! :D hugs

Welp

my stats for sat and sunday for my cals are OVER lol... nuff said haha. I dont think i went over enuf to make a gain tho. Plus that T.O.M. is kicking my butt lol. But tommorrow its back to the grind and I start a new job! Anywho ttyl

hugs

Stats for yesterday:

weight- 293lbs
cals in-1500
cals out- 2785
cals burned-1285
water- 64oz


Stats for today:

weight- 293lbs
cals in-1600
cals out- 2785
cals burned-1185
water- 64oz


ok i think i may be at a platuea...is it normal to have one so soon? Anywho hope everyones doing well! :D

Stats for yesterday:

weight- 292lbs
cals in-1500
cals out- 2785
cals burned-1285
water- 64oz


Stats for today:

weight- 291lbs
cals in-1700
cals out- 2785
cals burned-1085
water- 32oz

6/15/08-305lbs (138 Kilos)
7/15/08 (started on back DT) 296 (134.5 Kilos)
7/22/08-293 (133 Kilos)
Then I left for vacation and gained
8/1/08-301
8/8/08-299 (135.9 Kilos)
8/15/08-293 (133 Kilos)
8/22/08-291 (132 Kilos)
8/29/08-???

Wow Steph you are doing great!!

Thanks for your comment on my journal! It was TOUGH but it feels good now (an hour later LOL!!).

Keep up the great effort, you are seeing such great results -- you'll be into the 280's in no time!! :cheer: :koala:

Ok everyone, sorry for the delay in the posting, Ive had a bit of a rough past few days. I may be moving back to FL in the end of nov,early dec for a job opportunity, plus I hate texas, nothing against it mind you, I just miss home. So my hubby will stay here and work for another year and i'll be working in FL, living w/my best friend. So Im excited but its also very bittersweet b/c i'll miss my hubby, even tho we've had our share of marital probs. Oh also, my chest started hurting last night, so I figured it was time to go to the ER, so my hubby took me at 9pm and finally at 4 AM, I was done. None of is slept and he had to be at work at 530am, i felt so bad. Anyways they did an EKG and an xray, and determined, it wasnt my heart or lungs...that its GERD or hertburn/acid reflux plus stress, kinda like I had originally thought. So they gave me a percription. Im going to buy some Zantect 150 1st and see if that helps it, then if not i'll go get the perscription. I am so relieve its not a heart issue, I was so afraid it was, just b/c Ive had the pain on and off for a month ya know? Anywho so thats the story on that. Im going to have to cut back on my diet soda intake, which kinda sucks but i know its for the best.

Anywho heres how my cals went from the last day i wrote.

8/23-8/24: Over. I was intending on one cheat day, it turned out to be a weekend :(
8/25- A little better w/ 1816 Cals
8/26- 1630 Cals
8/27- 1579 cals

My weight as of today is: 290.6, so still losing just a bit slower due to my mess ups.

Hope everyones having a great week so far. :D





Nausicaa- thanks girl, hehe im definetly getting things done this time, granted a few speed bumps but im getting there :)

6/15/08-305lbs (138 Kilos)
7/15/08 (started on back DT) 296 (134.5 Kilos)
7/22/08-293 (133 Kilos)
Then I left for vacation and gained
8/1/08-301
8/8/08-299 (135.9 Kilos)
8/15/08-293 (133 Kilos)
8/22/08-291 (132 Kilos)
8/29/08-289 (131 Kilos)
9/05/08-???


so thats my weekly weight from last week... I made it to the 80's! yay! :D
I did have a few mess up days but Im back on track.

Oh btw, I finally got my chest pain seen about, its just heartburn, so yay. Also
my legs and ankles had been swelling too so I went and had that checked out today and no blood clots fortunetly, its just adema from being overweight, and poor circulation, which sucks, but Im working on my problems. :D So my health probs right now are the swelling, acid reflux/heartburn, and polycystic ovary syndrom, all caused by my weight..and sometimes I am borderline highblood pressure, but when they checked my chest pain they looked at my heart and my lungs, and they are normal. so that eases my mind as well. so overall im healthy, just got a few probs here and there.

Also I am moving back to Fl in early december. My husband will be staying here in texas. I will be rooming with a friend of mine, hes my gay husband lol. We roomed together once before when i was 18. I will be working as well...the job there is a great opportunity. Plus I hate it here in Tx. My husband will be back to PCB about a year after me, it will be a HARD year being away from him but on the bright side, we've had a lot of probs in our marriage, so im thinking this year will make or break our marriage. Either way, I really wanna be down to at least 249/250 by the time I go, which is early dec, late november. So thats, 12 and a half/13 weeks away. I have roughly 40lbs to lose by then so that means i need to lose at least 3lbs a week to make it, I think thats totally doable. Anyways thanx everyone, who stops by....

here's my stats for today

Weight: 289
Cals in: 1785
Cals out: 2785
Cals burned: 1000

You did it! Into the 80's! Ah, the 80's... good times... leg warmers, crimped hair, and stirrup pants. :D

Nausicaa- hehe thanx girl, im so happy to be back in the 80s! :D

Ok everyone, sorry its been a while since i posted. Im still holding steady at 289. I think I am at a plateua or was....then I got frustrated and havent been doing as good on my cals. But I havent gained so thats good. :)

Right now Im having to get all "hunkered down" for hurricane ike thats hitting us late tonight/early sat morning. We werent in the mandatory evac route, so we are staying here. Its a cat 2, but by the time it gets to us, it should be a 1. (we are about 1 hour from the gulf, so no worries of floodin really)

So anywho keep us in ur prayers. Thx! ttyl

Ok everyone, sorry Ive not been on, Hurricane Ike hit us and we didnt have power for a while. I didnt really stay w/my diet this past month. So sept was a bust BUT new day, new month, the biggest losers just starting, so yay motivation! Plus I really gotta get my health in check. Bad news is im back up to 295... GRRR BUT im starting a new. So I'll check in here and keep everyone posted at least a few times a week. Im gonna be doing 3dd once every 2 weeks. Today was my 1st day. I'll let u know what my weight is tomm.

hugs

Hey there Mustlose, I was feeling a little down today and went to the journal section for some inspiration. though i am heavier than you, you are much closer to me than the i need to lose 20 pounds club. maybe we can help each other out. I have acid reflux and my diet makes a huge impact on it especially if I go from eating well to not eating well. a few days off the diet and I have a bad attack, (btw, I totally thought i was having a heart attack the first time) I am also a singer and the breathing churns up that acid, not fun. well it looks like you are off to a good start and its great to get to know you.

Ok ladies and few gents, lol....I have decided my biggest problem w/losing weight is exercising, so Ive hired a personal trainer! Yay! 1 year contract. Kinda expensive but way worth it. I see him twice a week, then the other 2/3 days a week I just do an hour of cardio. I started wed and WOW Im sore as heck today lol. I go back to him tommorrow but tommorrow we are going to do measurments and talk about my eating. Hes got me on 1200-1500 cals a day which is what I usually aim for. I have never had a work out like that in all my life, lol. I seriously felt like one of the biggest loser conestants, esp since I almost got sick haha. My weight is 294lbs. I will get it down this time.
Esp w/my new trainer's aid. My scale at home broke so I will be weighing in at the gym.

So here's my stats for today: (Thur 10/16/08)

Weight: 294lbs
Calories In: 1250
Calories Out: 2813
Calories Burned: 1563
Exercise: None b/c I was sore from yesterday lol

Food for today:

Breakfast:
Slimfast 200 cals

Snack:
100 Cal cookies

Lunch:
Lean Gourmet Chicken Buffalo rolls w/Lite ranch- 300 cals

Snack: Plum- 150 cals

Dinner:
Easy mac cup of MacNcheese w/lite mayo: 400 cals

Snack:
100 cal candy bar (diet)

Im going to keep reporting my food and exercise so I can be accountable lol.
No more excuses! :)

Sarah-Sorry it took so long to reply, I'd love to be your diet buddy :)

Glad to see your back and I am so happy for you that you got a trainer. I would love to get one but I can't afford it. keep it up girl!

Hello! yea exercise is a vital part with dieting. they go hand in hand in my opinion. i think its great u got a personal trainer, will keep you feeling motivated.