Weight Loss Help...with The Chunky Monkeys!
Lounge By TexasSugar Updated 28 Oct 2011 , 1:50pm by TexasSugar
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I'm debating between the Mexican place we usually go to, or going somewhere different for a change.
Hello....just wanted to join the Chunky Monkey club since I need HELP 
Before my cake life I had always been a yo-yo dieter, then in 2007 when I reached a staggering 225 pounds, I decided to lose it and keep it off.
Well, I lost 72 pounds buy running and training for the Chicago marathon. I ran it and finished in little over 6 hours (it was 85 degrees that day!).
I took some time off to recover and never made it back on the treadmill. I started a second job, then started cake decorating classes, then my weekends were reserved for cakes.
I got on the scale the other day, and over the course of 2 years I have gained back 60 pounds 
. So I'm here to join the club and lose this weight once and for all! Someone needs to stop me from licking the bc off the spatula too!
Welcome Kellbella! And Happy (late) Birthday!
I'm working on mentally preparing myself so that when the first of the year rolls around I can just push forward. 
Happy Birthday TexasSugar and Kellbella!!!
I too am going to refocus on January 2nd, for now I am trying to wear tight pants and not over eat, hopefully it will help! LOL I am also starting to look for some new and exciting low fat recipes - I am really getting tired of grilled chicken salad!!
Welcome Kellbella! And Happy (late) Birthday!
I'm working on mentally preparing myself so that when the first of the year rolls around I can just push forward.
Thank you and Happy Birthday to you as well! I can't wait till al the holiday parties are over....too much temptaion 
Thank you Karen and Kellbella!
The holidays will be over before we know it, so be sure to take a moment to enjoy them before they are.
Tracy, did you have a nice birthday? Where did you go for dinner? Hope you had a great time.
Ok, got a question. Does anyone on here have an exercise ball? Ya know the great big ones, like 55 or 65cm? I'm thinking about getting one, so just wondering what others think of them. It looks like you could get a pretty good workout on one if you do it right. Whatcha think?
Margie, I did have a nice birthday. We ended up going to this Italian place here. Had a yummy dessert! It was a Creme Brulee Cheesecake with a very nice creamy texture.
Saturday night I went out to celebrate with my friend and we went and had sushi, which was a first for me, followed by too many beers. 
I have a exercise ball, but I think my nephew has had more fun playing on it than I have actually used it so I can't really give you opinions on it.
Glad you had a nice birthday, Tracy. Wow, that dessert sounds yummy!
Is there any way that you can show us your new haircut without going on Facebook?
Hello everyone!!
I knew it had been a long time since I was on here, but I can't believe that July was the last time I was on here! I hope that everyone is doing great. I have gained back almost all of the weight I had lost. 
Oh well, time to start over again. I'm hoping to lose about six pounds by Christmas. I know that's alot. But I'm going to give it a try.
Happy birthday to the other December b-days! I hope y'all had good ones. Mine was pretty lousy! Too much family drama. It was also our 23rd wedding anniversary - too bad the hubby was mad at me! He actually packed a bag on friday night (dec.3rd) to leave me. I talked him into staying (silly me!). Sometimes people just need to grow up and count their blessings. Things are better now, but it was still a bad birthday. Poor me 
!
Anyway, it's good to be back. I'll try to stick around for a while. I could use the support!
Melissa
Thanks Tracy! Hugs right back to you!! It's good to be back - now I just have to get back on track! I'm thinking about going back to the gym, we'll just see what happens.
I'm doing ok, emotionally - about my husband. I'm learning to rejoice in all the good things in my life and not dwell on the bad stuff. I am so blessed. It seems disrespectful to God to only think about the trials in my life!
Have a great afternoon! What are you planning for dinner?
I'm still working on the mental refocusing for all of this. Hopefully come Jan I'll be really ready.
I was pretty down before my birthday, but now that I've made a few decissions about this up coming year I'm feeling better. It is funny that you don't realise how much being in limbo can drag you down. Even though I can't implament the new things coming up yet, at least knowing I'm working towards them helps alot. And losing weight is a big thing on my to do list.
I have class tonight, so dinner will be easy and what ever I can come up with when I get home. I finally made it to the store this weekend (after not going for almost 3 weeks) so that is a plus that I now have some food in the house.
Three weeks without going to the grocery store!?! I can't go three days! Seriously, I am there ALL the time. That's what happens when you have a big family!
I know what you mean about being in limbo. I am so bad about putting things off and it just depresses me. I feel much better when I have a handle on things.
I want chili and rice for dinner. But I don't have the stuff to make it. I do have a can of chili beans in the cabinet. I can just have that and some brown rice. That sounds pretty good.
Well I do live alone, and I'll be honest I did go over to my parents and forge in their fridge a couple of times. I was okay until last week when I was out of my breakfast yogurt, that for some reason really threw me off. One morning breakfast was a cheese stick and a cookie (but the cookie did have cornflakes and oatmeal in it, if that counts for anything.)
I'm ready to get back into a routine again with the eating. And have decided that come Jan 3, I will be pulling out the food journal again. I don't want to depend on writing and weighing everything out the rest of my life, but I do know I do better at losing when I am doing that.
Chili does sound kinda good. I have some cooked turkey meat in the freezer, I could always make some soup using it, cabbage, tomato juice and some diced tomatoes. Hmmm!
Hello Monkeys!
I have been reading through some of your older posts and feel like I already know you!
I lost 40 lbs about three years ago and have since watched it slowly creep back on. About two weeks ago, hubby and I decided that enough was enough and we *had* to start doing something, because people our sizes don't live to be 100! I'm a law student, and I knew that if I put it off until after finals or after the holidays, there would ALWAYS be something else coming up that would keep me from doing it. And, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that "the holiday season" ends up being about 3 months long when, really, we're only talking about a couple of days worth of temptation!
Anyway, we both saw a doctor who approved us for a medical weight loss program- which is a very low-calorie program where you eat several weight-loss supplements a day and then one "lean and green" meal (lean protein and green veggies) a day. So far, it's working out ok. It's definitely not for everybody, and we were fortunate that we don't have any kids or anyone else living in our house, so there's nothing here besides our diet food! It has been fairly convenient, though also fairly hungry, but do-able!
My goal right now is to keep staying on plan and working it! Looking forward to checking in with you ladies often!
I completely feel the having to do something now thing. Unfortunetly for me, I knew that if I tried to make all these changes in a very stressful period, that it wouldn't work out. Thankfully even though my emotions have been highs and lows the last three weeks, I haven't given into too many periods of emotional eating. Now to just get rid of the Christmas cookies!
I am sooooo ready for next week. I can't wait to be away from the real world, especially since the thought of Christmas with out my grandma is really playing a toll on me. I'm ready for some family time to just chill and relax.
And I'm ready to come home, and focus in on my goal of losing weight and accomplishing it, so I can move on to the next phase of my life.
TexasSugar- I am so fortunate in this whole weight-loss thing to not have a lot of family living with me/ around. It's just me and my hub, so our holidays really are quite limited to a few days of the whole season. If I had a lot going on like you do, I would definitely feel like starting something big during a time with SO much temptation would not be a good idea! I was using it as an excuse, but I know everyone else is different! Hope I didn't seem to imply that it was an excuse for you or anyone else- just my own personal failing!
So far, I am doing alright on the diet. One of my major problems is finding out what to do now that I'm not spending so much time cooking and eating and snacking!!
Kitty, what ever works for us is what we all need to do. I think it is great that you are tackling it, with out putting it off.
We are doing Christmas Eve at my parents house, eating peirogies and snacky foods. Christmas Day we are having dinner at my uncles. The real problem for me comes the next day. We will be leaving on the 26th for New Mexico and won't be returning until the 2nd. We will be cooking our meals, so I do have some control of what we will eat, but we won't be doing a three meal a day thing. Plus there will be alot of drinking, and yes I know that is alot of empty calories, but I need this week of just being with family, no work and nothing else to really deal with.
Last year I came home from the trip, cracked down and list 15lbs in the first three-ish months of the year. I'm hoping I can do that again this year, plus some!
Merry day after Christmas! I am totally exhausted!!! But I'm getting excited about getting back to eating healthier. Our daughter (she's 11) got the wii fit plus for Christmas. So I'm anxious to try that out. She's already using it and it looks like alot of fun. But my biggest issue is finding healthy food that my whole family will eat. I don't want to be a short order cook! But I want everyone to eat healthy and enjoy it. Any ideas? There are a couple of cookbooks that I want to check out - Deceptively Delicious is one of them. But there's another one that got better reviews. And there's one at a health food store that's something like 'Healthy Junk Food'. I guess it's like finding the Holy Grail - healthy, low-cal, delicious meals!
Have a great afternoon!
Melissa, what are things your family will eat and will not eat? Maybe we can give some ideas based off of that.
I'm pretty sure when I was young I hate my parent's rules of eating what ever was on the table, but I'm thankful for that now, since I'm pretty good about trying things and I had plenty of experince eating veggies when I was younger. This week I've had to work around a bit of a picky eater. I forget what that is like because most of my family eats the same things as I do.
We made it to Ruidoso, NM yesterday after leaving home about 4am. We got to town then hit up the grocery store. I'm sure I'll gain more weight to what I gained over the last two months, but I'll deal with that soon enough. This is the one week of the year that I actually get to really drink with my SIL and just enjoy ignoring the real world, We are only one day two of vacation and we have pretty much finished off a bottle of rum between the two of us.
As I have said before, Jan 3rd will be the turning point. Until then, well we are just having a good time! And maybe if we can talk ourselves to walk down the big, no HUGE hill then back around the circle, maybe we will go for a couple of walks. Last year we walked down the small hills first then at the very end of a very long walk had to go up the big, no huge hill. Okay, take a moment, close your eyes and invision a hill (on the side of a mountain) that is pretty much straight up and down. I know you think I am exadirating, and maybe I am, a little. But let me tell you, we were very very very close to calling my brother to come pick us up because we realy didn't think we would make it back up the side of the mountain, it was either that or roll back down and walk allllllll the way back around the majorly big circle to get back to our house. Some how we pushed our selves up the mountain, and made it, and were smart enough not to try it again last year.
I'm ready though, to join everyone soon on this wonderful, exciting, enlightening journey!
Okay, I'm back to the real world, just ate breakfast, thankfully had something to eat since I got home after 10 last night and so didn't want to run to the store after a 11 hour car ride.
I started a rough menu plan last night for this week. I'll have to work on it and my grocery list today so I can get a good start this year.
I stepped on the scale quickly this morning, and it read 157.something. Guess I should mention I was half awake so that's why I don't remember the .something part. After I pick a weigh in day I'll weigh again and start tracking it. I just wanted a basic idea this morning of where I stood.
So how is everyone doing?
Hey Tracy. Glad to see you got back safe and sound. Yep, I guess it's about that time to start getting serious again. I decided to go back to Weight Watchers online tomorrow. They've done some changes with food and points and I'm looking forward to getting back on track. I chose Jan 4th to restart because that day is a very special day to me. I'm really ready to get started again. I did order a W.W. 3 month food journal and I'm hoping that will help me out too. Got the new W.W. calculator on it's way to me as well. BRING IT ON!!!!!
I'm here and I ready to commit to losing the rest of this weight!! I got on the scale also this morning and gain backed 7 of the 40lbs I had lost last year. So, for me, it's not just the food it's learning how to manage the stress and not run to the fridge for the "comfort food". I am going to encourage my DH to do this with me, so that should help!!!
Sounds like you are ready to jump start things!
I was hoping we'd be home earlier yesterday. Usually we leave out of NM around 6am, but the roads were icey and we decided to wait until the sun was up to see the ice better.
My lunch today is going to be fast food, since I don't have alot of other options. And since I talked my brother into getting it rather than me having to go out and get it I went with what he picked.
Tonight I have to be at my grandma's house at 7. They were sorting her things out last week and tonight we are going to go through and pick out things we want. I'm not looking forward to it, but it is something that has to be done. Since I'll still need to go to the grocery store, as well as my parents, then I'm thinking we may have dinner out somewhere.
Tomorrow though, will be a better eating day.
I'm still working on my list of the things I need to change, and my plans on how to do it. I know that I do have to go back to a food journal, because I do better with that than I do with out. I also need to watch portion sizes (measure/weigh food) and just cut out alot of things that I have gotten lax with. And of course, exercise.
Let me know what you think about the new points system. I'm still curious about WW. I just have a hard time having to spend a bunch of money (expecially since saving money is a goal of mine this year) on something that I've been able to do with out spending alot of money.
Karen, you will have those 7 pounds off in no time. The very first week, you will probably lost a good portion of that. You'll be back on track before ya know it.
Tracy, the online W.W. is for a 3 month period which costs a total of 53.00. It worked well for me when I joined it last year. I only did the three months and then stopped it and did it on my own. I'm anxious to see what changes they have made to their plan. The online is much less expensive than the meetings which I had actually considered not too long ago. I have gained back so much since Sept. It's just unbelievable how fast I can gain weight. But at this point, I just have to forget about how much I weighed the first part of Sept and focus on my weight now and going forward from there. Beating myself up isn't gonna do any good. Just need to focus and have a positive attitude....... I've got to get to the store also. Hopefully, I can find some good fresh fruit and veggies. OK, guys, let's do this........... 
Karen I missed your post earlier. You'll take off those 7 pounds in no time!
I'd have to go back and look at my numbers, but I think am about 4 lbs up from where I was at the start of last year. The lowest I got was like 138, which was 10lbs away from my first goal. I know how to get there, and I know how easy it is to gain back, so I can feel you there.
I also total get the comfort and stress eating. The best thing we can do is figure out when those times are happening and redirect our focus to something else, either a craft or exercise or something that helps us forget those hungry when we really aren't feelings.
Margie, I think if I did WW I'd have to do the meetings for the accountablity part of it. Of course I looked online and none of the meeting times in my area really worked for me. They were either during the day when I'm at work, or on class nights, when I'm at work.
I'm really focusing my energy this year on three main things. One is weight loss, two is saving money and three is getting my house cleaned out. All of these are going to help me with another thing that I want, so they are very important to me.
I'd love to join....
I'm 41 and at my heaviest in my life. In 2006 I lost 60# and kept most of it off til about 08 and slowly regained all and more.... The stress of my youngest son, who we adopted at 4 years old, now 11, has many emotional problems and I receive the brunt of his anger, and I as some of you are an emotional and boredom eater. Feb 2010 I opened a small bakery/cakery in our town and oh boy have I gained the weight.
I can't keep this weight on any longer, I Know how to lose weight I have done it quite a few times in the past with roughly 40 to 60 pounds. This time is much harder as I am surrounded daily by the "comfort food" and am work 12 to 16 hours a day, 6 days a week..... I'm tired, happy, stressed, and much more.
I am soooo open for suggestions, also I keep a kosher bakery and home, so no pork or shellfish suggestions please.
Gavi
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