cupcakemom - don't you slink off anywhere! I'm sure we all want to hear how you did it. Other people's success keeps us motivated! Please share your tips with all of us! Congratulations, by the way, on your feat!
Hey Flava!!
Welcome to the group!!!!!
What is the "sugar busters" diet? Sounds interesting!!! You lost SIX pounds since Monday????? How is that physically possible??!!! I gotta say I'm intrigued! Anna
Hey Anna!! I started the monday before this past monday...if that makes sense. 
I'm sure it's water weight too. Plus, I have ALOT of weight to lose! 
The sugar busters diet is cutting out refined sugar and refined white flour. All high glycemic carbs. I eat meats, veggies, fruit, (except for ripe bananas, pineapple, white potatoes and corn) I can have whole wheat bread, pasta and wraps. I NEED a cappucino in the morning so I bought the sugar free stuff. When I need something sweet I have no sugar added ice cream. It is actually pretty good! They have no sugar added klondike bars and you can't even tell! They are soooo good!
Your root beer float thing sounds good! I'll think I'll try it with some no added sugar vanilla ice cream! You use diet root beer right? That sounds so good I want one right now!!!
I just finished my work out and showered so I've gotta go get the babies!
Good Morning everyone!
I cant wait to be able to work out again. I am getting so motivated by all of you that it kills me to just sit!
I wanted to get back to WW but DBF may have his hours cut, so we will be a bit tight.
cupcakemom, dont go anywhere!!! please post here for all to read!!! We encourage and want all good information and great cheer leaders.
Tina, how is it going?
Carol, take the kid exchange for the summer. then take at least half of that day for yourself, if you feel that you must be doing something "productive" at least give yourself 1/2 day for anything you WANT to do, not HAVE to do.
Great job to everyone, I also am interested in everyones ideas for snacks. At the moment I am eating those 100 calorie packs.
Ok...I lost about 40lbs and now weigh 116-119 (it fluctuates). I started going to the gym twice a day--once early before kids got up and then again in the evening after they went to bed. My gym has treadmills that have a tv connected. So, I'd make sure to go during the hour that CSI reruns were on as I would get engrossed in them w/ my headphones. I would set the incline to 15% (as high as it would go) and my speed would be at 4.5 (I started out at 3.5). I would do this for exactly 30 minutes each time. Trust me not a minute longer as I hated every f**n minute of it (still do). I dropped my calories to 1200 a day. This was the hardest part as I LOVE TO EAT!!! But, it was only for a short time that I had to eat like this. It sucked as it was hard and I was hungry and VERY cranky for the first few days. But, the weight started pouring off and I found this very motivating. I stopped consuming sugar completely. I have a sweet tooth like there is no tomorrow. So, I had to go cold turkey. I can't have any sugar or I want to eat a ton. I equate the feeling to what an alcoholic feels when they crave a drink...can't just stop at one. I also gave up junk food (no pizza, chips, etc). My diet daily consisted of the following:
Breakfast: one packet of PLAIN oatmeal w/ a small handful of raisins (less than 1/4 cup) and sprinkled w/ cinnamon. Two cups of tea or coffee w/ skim milk and splenda.
Snack: 1 wholegrain english muffin w/ a schmear of peanut butter. When I say a schmear I mean put it on, scrape it off, then whatever is left gives it a taste.
Lunch: a ww meal.
Snack: small handful of pretzels (little bows) mixed w/ raisins.
Dinner: Big salad w/ the following in it:
1 bag of romaine (like Dole) Yes, that is ONE BAG.
2 handfuls of small carrots.
1 small handful of dried cranberries
1 small handful of crumbled bluecheese
1 small handful of crushed walnuts
2 handfuls of sliced mushrooms
1 avocado
Pour as much balsamic vinegar on as you like...no oil. Sometimes I would switch it up and throw in some mandarin oranges if I was feeling crazy.
I would drink water and Crystal light all day. The "fake" sugar helped me curb my sweet tooth slowly.
I was hungry, but it worked like a charm for me. It only took a couple of weeks to get over the hunger and the weight poured off. I didn't miss food and I made sure that I ate first, then fed my family. For two weeks, I would leave the room while they ate. This way I did not get tempted. I've kept the weight off since December. I can now eat a lot more as my metabolism is kickstarted, but I do stay away from sugar as it is my downfall. let me know if you have questions. It is hard to do, but well worth it. I can't describe the feeling of being thin...I didn't realize just how miserable I was being chubby until I lost the weight...Very, very hard to do, but it CAN be done. IMO you just have to go COLD TURKEY. I tried WW and lost weight, but it would come back. I found this method worked wonders for me and it was a healthy way to lose.
cupcakemom - holy cow! You are one disciplined woman. That's awesome. Did you eat salad EVERY night?
I think your suggestions are awesome and totally inspiring. How long did it take you to get rid of all of the weight?
I'll be PM'ing you for more details . . . can I be your little weight loss protege???
I lost 30lbs in 6 weeks no pills...no tricks...just exercise and diet....works everytime.
OOOHHH I want to be a protege tooo! I am getting so inspired by everyone, just a few more days and I can work out!
I'm here to help...Let me know what I can do.
cupcakemom - looks like you need to change your signature line "never trust a thin baker . . . " LOL!
You're SUCH an inspiration. Enjoy every minute of the pride that you feel cause you sure did earn it!
Good Morning
How is everyone doing? I have managed to control my eating while I am un able to work out. I am so proud of myself!
Good news... I may not be able to join WW right now, but I found my old make shift slide thingy that you can use to figure out how many points something is. This will help a little. Now I just have to remember how many points I get, I thought it was 22 or 26.......
Have a great day everyone!
Good Morning
How is everyone doing? I have managed to control my eating while I am un able to work out. I am so proud of myself!
Good news... I may not be able to join WW right now, but I found my old make shift slide thingy that you can use to figure out how many points something is. This will help a little. Now I just have to remember how many points I get, I thought it was 22 or 26.......
Have a great day everyone!
Karate, you should be so proud of yourself!!! Way to go!!!! You must have some powerful self control. Has your Dr. told you when you can work out again? How long has it been since your surgery? It's only been a few days hasn't it? Hang in there, you are doing great!
Here is the chart for points:
less than 150 20pts.
150 to 174 22pts.
175 to 199 24pts.
200 to 224 26pts.
225 to 249 28pts.
and so on. If anyone wants to know more, pm me and I'd be glad to help. I have all the books and pamphlets from when I joined and was going to the meetings.
I had another good day yesterday. Which was hard since it was my Birthday. I kind of figured I deserved cake!!! I didn't make myself one but had some cake scraps in the freezer so I ate some of that. But otherwise I stayed with in my points and did the three mile work out DVD again. I'm pretty proud of myself that I have been sticking to the program and have worked out for eight days in a row. I'm a bit perplexed though why the scale isn't moving!!!! What more can I do anyway? I'm starting to feel like no matter what I do, my body will NOT shed any weight. I've worked so hard for about three weeks and have gotten no results. I'm not ready to give up yet but am so discouraged!!! The work out DVD I do says that you burn a whole meal's worth of calories!!! I do it every day and stick to the WW plan so how could I possibly NOT be losing weight?? Can anyone enlighten me??? 
I'm beginning to feel like maybe I should try that "sugar buster" diet for a while. I don't eat sugar but I eat allot of stuff with Splenda and have a major sweet tooth. I'm just at a complete loss. HELP!!!!?
Anna
Thank you so much for the points info. I may pm you with questions as I go along.
Do not get discouraged! remember that muscle weighs more than fat. You may not see the scale go down, but you should see a difference in your body. Have you been measuring? Keep it up, perhaps change it up a bit and throw in a different workout in once a week. You are one of my inspirations, so do not give up.
I see my DR on Wed. He didn't tell me not to work out, I just felt the pressure and felt that I would wait. I would rather wait a few days than do something too soon and undo, or worse yet do damage.
1200 calories a day...NO SUGAR, NO JUNK, NO WW POINTS. Just eat healthy, non-processed foods. Just for a short time you need to stick to the 1200 calories. If you stick to this, along w/ serious exercise, you can walk, but FAST and you need to get a full-game sweat going. I promise, you WILL see results. NO CHEATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU CAN DO IT. Just take it one day at a time. It is good for your body to feel hungry, so you can guage when you are actually hungry and not eating out of boredom or emotions.
Thanks Karate and Cupcakemom! I needed those words of encouragement. I think I will try it your way Cupcakemom! I'll start that on Monday. I want to finish out this week this way. Then I can go Monday to Monday and see what happens. Is it hard to count calories? There aren't labels on everything. I'll try to eat only food that has labels. I've been doing WW for nearly a year and a half so am a little leary to give it up but am pretty excited to try something new to! Mind if I pm you from time to time? I think I might also work out twice a day rather than one. I have a gym membership, it's just hard to get there with two kids home all day and a DH that is never home. But I could get to the gym after 5:00 PM and do my DVD in the morning. Thanks again!
Well, I know I have been MIA for awhile.
My hubby really liked his college graduation present that I bought for him. I got him a class ring and a small flask with his initials engraved on it. His party was small and cozy, but everyone had a good time nonetheless.
I have been off my diet and exercise program with everything going on and I can totally tell in my mood. I've been depressed this week about stuff, including my weight, and I talked to hubby about it last night. I'm glad I did because now I can move on again and get over it.
My hubby said that he would have no problem with me going to Bally's 3 times a week to work out so that I can loose the weight. He only wants me to be happy and he knows that I need to do this for mutliple reasons.
My son is still in tae kwon do, and it's doing wonders for him. Now that he will be done with school for the summer I am going to get him to tae kwon do whenever possible and I can work out while he is in class
Anna, do you think you might just be at a plateau? In my Sugar Busters book it says that people could hit a plateau for a few weeks. Just a thought! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY by the way!!!!!! 
P.S. You DO deserve a little cake on your birthday!
Well I'm doing pretty good so far, exept I had pizza tonight. They were just 2 little thin crust squares but still. I can have pizza on my diet, but not really the take out kind! I'm going to way myself tomorrow but so far I think I lost 8 pounds. We have a wedding to go to tomorrow so that will be hard, hopefully they won't have good cake!
Oh boy HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNA!! Hope you had a wonderful day!!
m0use keep your chin up! Glad to hear your DH is such a support. Sometimes DH's can be pushy about our weight. Thank God my DH has supported me even when I was at 256lbs! As long as you have DH support you can take care of business & get to the gym like you want~ Good Luck with that!
Good Luck to everyone else~ Have a great weekend!
Thanks for the Birthday wishes Jesse and TC!!! I did have a nice day but wish I had made myself a yummy cake! If I'm at a plateau I've been stuck at it for months now!!!! I was stuck at 170, I could not get into the 169's to save my life!!!!! Now I'm stuck in the 175's!!!!!! Been working my a#$ off for weeks with no results. It would be great to have such support from DH that Mouse has. I talk to mine about my weight and he just grunts something at me and continues to shovel his supper in his mouth. He eats what ever he wants in front of me with absolutely no regard for how that might make me feel. I usually just try to ignore him or leave the room! The truth is that I wish he would be doing this WITH me!!! He is 5'7" and last I knew tipping the scales at 200. You would think that watching me being so careful about what I eat and working out that he would get the hint that he should at least TRY to help himself! 
I just don't want him to let his weight get so out of control that he looks like his brother! YIKE!!!!! I don't know how to tell him that I wish he would be more health oriented. Anyone else feel like their DH has let themselves go and you haven't? Guess I went off in a rant there. Sorry!!
My DH is crazier about his weight then I am about mine. He has never ever said anything negative about my weight but goes nuts over his own. So I don't have that problem. He is military so he's has to keep tabs on his weight. The highest he ever got was 190 & gosh I loved him at that weight! That was when he was deployed after 9/11 & all he did was work, eat, & sleep... & probably drink beer 
. After he got back home he went on a strict diet & got back down to 170. He's worse then a woman about his weight. If I were in your situation I think I'd just tell your DH that ya'll need to start focusing on eating healthy & doing more things to get in shape. You have kids right so there's a good excuse to use! Then if he doesn't listen then tell him you don't want to be married to his brother! LOL! Good Luck.
I know it's hard to diet/eat right if everyone in your house isn't eating right. I forbid my family to bring icecream or any sweets that I like in this house! I hate oreo's so that's the only cookie I will allow 
They don't understand that I can not control myself. IF it's in the house I will eat it, even if it takes me a few days I will eat it! I've been wanting to make cakeballs... I have all the ingredients but I'm afraid to make them because I know I will go overboard with them. I can't get them out of the house fast enough! You never get away from your habits. It's very scary too! 
That's the hardest for me. I can't trust myself with sweets. Food yes, but sweets NO Do any of you have that problem?
Yes, the sweets are one of my biggest problems!!!! I am also starting to resent that fact that I can't eat the same things everyone else in my family does, I can't go out to eat and enjoy my meal, I can't eat anything that I don't prepare myself with low fat, fat free or sugar free everything or that came out of a red box. And for what!!!!!! I so ticked off right now. I've been at this for a year and a half and only lost 25 lbs. I slacked off for a few months and now I'm stuck almost five lbs. heavier and can't seem to get the scale to budge!!!! Working my A$@ off for three weeks and for nothing!!! I get hungry like everyone else in the family, I enjoy food just like everyone else. The only difference is that I can't have it and I am still fat and frustrated. Festival in the park is today here in town. What am I supposed to do while everyone else goes to the food booth and gets a burger or a hot dog or a big piece of pizza?? Stand there and watch them eat and while the smells from all the surrounding food booths fill my nostrils and make my mouth water. Wait till I get home and warm up some frozen entree. Yippee. My life sucks at this very moment. If I were to just give in and eat with everyone else I would gain another pound and be even more miserable. That's right, just once and I am screwed!!! I think my body is screwed up or somebody up there hates me!!! JK.
Anna Happy late birthday....I really need to be more observant about the birthdays in our little family. Sorry I am late
Dont get too down on yourself, relax. If you think too much about it and let it frustrate you too much you will give up and gain what you have lost. I know... EASIER SAID THAN DONE....and you are probably thinking that since I have only lost 8 pounds in the last year that I have been on this thread, what do I know. Well I have been there many times before. Worked my behind off for months, ate only good stuff and lost noly 3 or 4 pounds. Got so angry, decided that my body was just made to be fat and quite. Well I gained another 40 pounds before I realized that I made a horrible mistake........Now I have to loose 50 - 60 pounds instead of 10 - 20.................
Can you go look at the arts booths at the time that family is at the food booths? Take a snack that you love and snack and look at the art, or jewlery, or any other booths that are there! Hard I know, keep telling yourself that you are worth it!
m0use, glad you are back, was going to send a pm soon if you hadnt returned. It is good you DH is so supportive. I can say that DBF is semi supportive..If I want to loose great knock myself out, but he doesnt think I need to. So he doesnt actively make it easy for me, but does not go out of his way to keep me from it either. The only thing that makes it a challange is dinners. He ABSOLUTELY will not try anything new, and whenhe cooks it is so high in carbs and bad stuff. He does most of the cooking because he knows if I cook I will try recipes from my diabetic cookbooks. Which by the way are yummy!!!!! I have decided that I will just have to cook two things, one for him and one for me.
Flava, where inMN are you from? I grew up in Rosemount. My sister still lives in Isanti and I get there about once a year, lots of relatives in the Dakotahs! Hope the wedding was fun and you had a good time!
Tina, how are you doing? I find that if the bad food is out of my sight, I dont think about it. We bought cookies I put them in the pantry, and we got busy. I forgot all about them until DBF was eating the last few, the I was like cool cookies I want some....in between chewing and swalling DBF said he just ate the last. Great for me!!!!!! Then a couple of weeks later we brought home cookies, I didn't get in the cupboard the layed on the counter. I saw them the next day and ate almost a whole row all by myself! (Oreos, just love 'em!!) So, if I can keep them out of my sight I am fine. Try the cake balls for the 4th, take them to your family get together, this way you can try them and they wont be in your house!
Just 4 more days and I can work out, I am counting down!
happy belated birthday. anna! i haven't been around much lately (crazy busy), but i am thinking about everyone!!
Anna, you should pick one food that you just absolutely love & let yourself have a treat today! Eat just that one thing. Your not going to gain because of it. We are dieting but we aren't dead! So treat yourself~
Michelle, yep, out of sight out of mind until I find them! LOL! Your right though. I bought some refrigerator Tall House choc chip cookies last week. I didn't open them for 3 days... I was fine till I opened them. All I could think about were them damn cookies! I kept going back & forth to the refrigerator & getting 1 or 2 at a time. DS loves them raw too so he had a few. I told him to eat the rest of them which was 1/2 at that point. He told me he would. I was so relieved!! Yeah! I won't eat them all.. well 2 days later I went to get some cheese guess what I found?? He hide them in the crisper under the cheese! Then the crazy thoughts of just having to eat them wouldn't get out of my mind! So... I ate them! Took me all day but I did! 
That's my problem! I don't have cravings I just think I have to eat them. Maybe it's from growing up in a big family... always having to rush to get to the goodies first. At holiday meals I would always get my desserts first because I eat my meals very slow. If I didn't get the desserts first I wouldn't get dessert. All the others would have them eaten Heck I don't know! But that's the only thing I can come up with other then me being a sweet hog! 
Yes, the sweets are one of my biggest problems!!!! I am also starting to resent that fact that I can't eat the same things everyone else in my family does, I can't go out to eat and enjoy my meal, I can't eat anything that I don't prepare myself with low fat, fat free or sugar free everything or that came out of a red box. And for what!!!!!! I so ticked off right now. I've been at this for a year and a half and only lost 25 lbs. I slacked off for a few months and now I'm stuck almost five lbs. heavier and can't seem to get the scale to budge!!!! Working my A$@ off for three weeks and for nothing!!! I get hungry like everyone else in the family, I enjoy food just like everyone else. The only difference is that I can't have it and I am still fat and frustrated. Festival in the park is today here in town. What am I supposed to do while everyone else goes to the food booth and gets a burger or a hot dog or a big piece of pizza?? Stand there and watch them eat and while the smells from all the surrounding food booths fill my nostrils and make my mouth water. Wait till I get home and warm up some frozen entree. Yippee. My life sucks at this very moment. If I were to just give in and eat with everyone else I would gain another pound and be even more miserable. That's right, just once and I am screwed!!! I think my body is screwed up or somebody up there hates me!!! JK.
Anna, I am sooooooo there with you! It's NOT FAIR that we have to watch everyone else eat the foods that we wish we could eat! I think losing weight is the hardest thing ever! It's not fair! But I know EXACTLY how you feel. But we've gotta just keep pushing on. I understand how frusterated you are right now. I would totally be too. Maybe you should have your thyroid checked? Are you on any medicatioins that could possibly effect weight loss? I wish I could think of something to help you! I've only been on my diet for not even 2 weeks but so far it's working pretty good. Maybe you need to switch it up a liitle? I don't know, I'm just trying to think of something to help.
My husband sounds like yours too, he just had a check up and he has high cholesterol and his triclycerides (sp) were really high, so he has to go on a diet now too, I'm trying to make him go on my diet. Actually for the most part, my family eats what I eat, I'm just more strict on myself. He's not too willing to give up pop tho...
TC, you are such an inspiration! Thanks for being so encouraging to all of us! 
Everyone have a great weekend!
Hello all!
Just wanted to say I'm sorry for being such a whiner before!! I feel bad for complaining so much when this is supposed to be a motivational thread. I was being honest about how losing weight isn't easy and I went off on a rant and didn't mean to. Hope you all are having a good weekend! Thanks for all your kind words of encouragement and Birthday wishes!!!
Anna
Hi Anna and Happy Belated Birthday!!! (Sorry it's late!!!)
Well, I'm still at 130 so I didn't make my goal for today (129). Close enough though!
I think your in a plateau which is perfectly normal!! Sometimes when I'm trying SOOOO hard to lose weight (like now), I can't. So I think to myself - 'the H..L with it'! And then POOF - I'll lose a pound or 2.... It's like reverse Mind Over Matter or something! You think of nothing except losing that 5 pounds and can't! Then the minute you forget about it for a day or 2, then you lose it!
You have the will power to lose the weight! and you will! Your attitude is great as well as your personal outlook and goal seeking!
Please don't give in! I thought of you last week - almost snacked and didn't! Because she's trying so hard and so should I.
I sure hope you had a great birthday and so far, a good weekend! Hang in there!!
Margaret
Hi Anna and Happy Belated Birthday!!!
(Sorry it's late!!!)Well, I'm still at 130 so I didn't make my goal for today (129). Close enough though!
I think your in a plateau which is perfectly normal!! Sometimes when I'm trying SOOOO hard to lose weight (like now), I can't. So I think to myself - 'the H..L with it'! And then POOF - I'll lose a pound or 2.... It's like reverse Mind Over Matter or something! You think of nothing except losing that 5 pounds and can't! Then the minute you forget about it for a day or 2, then you lose it!
You have the will power to lose the weight! and you will! Your attitude is great as well as your personal outlook and goal seeking!
Please don't give in! I thought of you last week - almost snacked and didn't! Because she's trying so hard and so should I.
I sure hope you had a great birthday and so far, a good weekend! Hang in there!!
Margaret
Thanks Margaret! You are doing so great!!!! 130lbs is awesome!!! I would love to be that size!! Good for you!!! Pat yourself on the back and then go out and get yourself a reward for all your hard work!!!! Not food though! Get a new outfit or a piece of jewelry!! You deserve it!!!
I'm pretty proud of myself considering how depressed I was this morning. I didn't eat anything at the Festival today. I had a Jennio turkey dog and some baked lays for lunch before we left. It wasn't quite as torturous as I thought it would be to stand there and watch my family eat. It was hard but no tears! I haven't done my work out yet today but going to do that as soon as I can tear myself away from CC!! Also, I took the battery out of my scale!!! That way I can't weigh myself every morning anymore. I'm so tired of the number I see determining my mood for that day. It's got to stop. Thank you so much everyone for all the motivation, kind words and thoughfulness! You are all awesome!! I know I would have fallen off the wagon if it wasn't for this thread and you all! THX!!!
Taking the battery out of your scales was an excellent idea!! You only need to weigh once a week. Stay away from the scales! Quit beating yourself up too. You are your worst enemy when it comes to losing weight. Take your anger out during your workout & kick some @$$!!
Taking the battery out of your scales was an excellent idea!! You only need to weigh once a week. Stay away from the scales!
Quit beating yourself up too. You are your worst enemy when it comes to losing weight. Take your anger out during your workout & kick some @$$!!
TC, Great advice!!!!! I was thinking about skipping my work out but since you put it that way........ I'm gonna kick some ROYAL A@$!!!!! Thanks!!!!
Anna,
Are you measuring say once a week? The reason I think this is such a great idea is:
Last night I went out with some friends. It was a 50th celebration for one of them. When I posted how I wanted to be 129 by yesterday was because I had a dress that I desperately wanted to wear last night.
Well got ready to get dressed last night put the dress on - and it fit like a glove - perfect! I got pretty excited and smiled. Two weeks ago it was not wearable; too tight across the butt and hips. Well then I got confused because even though I hadn't lost too much poundage, I obviously had lost some inches in order for the dress to fit last night.
Woke up this morning hoping that I was finally into the 120's. Nope. Still at 130.
So perhaps even though your scales are being a butt, you may be losing the inches! Don't go by them. And yes it can dictate your mood for the day for sure!!
As far as buying myself something, I did make $60 last night for the cake for the party (it's in the Naughty gallery). Weds I'm getting my hair done. So I may just have to look for something. Sounds like a plan!
Margaret
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