Trying Again....and again...
 

I've been using the program on MyFitnessPal.com. It has a lot of food items already in it's database so I'm just counting calories. I do watch the fat, sugar etc, and if it's too much of course I say "Janet...do you want to be thinner?" and I put it back......lolol

It will also keep track of your exercise and will tell you when you should be at your goal. It really is a very simple program and I also have it on my iPad2. So far I've lost about 6 lbs, but it's going to be quite some time before I will show any weightloss. I just hate walking by a mirror. Such a big stomach and back end!!!

Anyway, I'm eating more fruits and veggies and less of the bad stuff :rolleyes:. Hopefully I'll reach my goal weight by 2050....:D:D

Oh YEAH, Janet!!! You can do anything that you set your mind to do......you've proved that in the past!!!........and before 2050!!! I'm so proud of you!!

We've had a really hard time getting back on our diet since Christmas. Not that we've gone off of the deep end or anything but it's just so easy to cheat......and all those cheats add up. Amy has gotten serious and has lost another 3 pounds and has lost almost 50 pounds!! Dae Lynn has lost ove 40 and I've lost 25 still. I had lost almost 30 but I've gained a little back but with the girls losing it's really giving me some motivation. When I start swimming this summer and get more active then I know that I'll lose more!!

Janet, find you a partner or someone you can walk or exercise with and that will help!! You're so good at meeting your goals and I know that you can do this one. Just make small goals......not one huge one!!

Thank you so much for the support. I so appreciate it. I am taking one afternoon and driving to a girlfriends house 30 minutes from home and we are going to walk. She's trying to lose also so we've been encouraging each other. She's the friend from school who's mother is in a nursing home.

I really couldn't do the diet you and the girls are on. I can't leave out a lot of the things I like and for as big as I am, I don't like a lot of things. Counting calories and walking will probably do better for me. We'll see anyway. I wish I would have started sooner.....hey..I did..a million times....LOLOL

Good for you Janet. Were all very proud of you.

I don't know how much you use ground beef but I found an imitation that taste exactly like ground beef that can help with your diet.

http://www.yvesveggie.com/products/d...round-original

I have tried other meats but this is my favorite.

Good luck on your diet.

Thanks Jess, I'll have to see if I can find it. Would they have it at Wal Mart?

I have not seen it at Walmart. I get it either at Whole Food Market or Kroger. Theirs also a Soyrizo (mexican imitation sausage) at HEB.

So far those are the only meats I say I like.

Keep at it, Janet! The walking will be nice, and may motivate you more!

How's it going, Janet?

It's going very well. I'm hardly every hungry and I've lost 8 lbs total. I'm using that website I mentioned a logging all I eat. It's hard at times deciding on what I want to eat, but I've got plenty to choose from. I just have to remember to choose wisely. I'm really hoping I will stick with it this time.

Sounds good!!

My scales went wacky after I cleaned it the other day so I'm not real sure where I'm at!! It weighs heavier than it was......bummer!! I've been doing really good on my diet and I think that I've lost a pound or two but without the scales working properly it's hard to tell.

Guess it's just time to buy a new scale Diana....lol. Tomorrow after I take my friends mother to the dentist, I'm going to go for a walk. Hope the sun is shining.

If your weather is anything like ours it will be a nice day!! Enjoy!!!

It is so pretty out, but haven't gone for the walk yet. I've lost a total of 9 lbs as of this morning. Eating all the right things and drinking plenty of water. Sure wish it showed, but when you weigh as much as I do, it will be awhile.

You'll be surprised at how quickly you'll notice it in your clothes even if people aren't noticing it. Nine pounds is really good!! Go to the grocery store and pick up a couple of bags of sugar!! That's what you've lost!!! :cheer: You'll start feeling better without the weight too.

Stinkin' scales!!! I'm just going to pretend that they're right. I really think that they're 5 pounds off of where they were. I'm back on the diet pretty good now. I can tell because I feel so much better!!

I've lost a total of 10 lbs so far. I am thrilled beyond belief. It puts me below 250 lbs now. I wouldn't tell that on any othe forum but here. No reason in the world I should weigh that much except plain ole over eating. I love food.

Logging everything on MyFitnessPal.com is working for me. I'm not doing without either.

Way to go Janet. So very proud of you.

Thanks Jess!! I am so anxious for more to come off. It's like Diana said, that it was easier losing with Amy and Dae Lynn. I have my friend here and we're both doing well. It really does help to have a buddy.

I think that I've lost 2-3 pounds!! Yay......Not exactly sure where I'm at though!!

I bet you're doing really well. Now go get yourself a scale so you won't have to wonder.

Ha! Ha!! I'm too cheap!!! I'll just start back again where it's at........so I have 10 pounds to lose to get back to where I was at!!..........GROAN!!!!!

Good for you, Diana!

After losing 11 lbs I'm stuck. It will pass in a few days I'm sure, as long as I keep doing what I'm suppose to.

I am up 11 pounds from August, and have been just eating and eating!

I may decide to eat healthy again soon. I hope so, before I gain too much!!!

Wow Janet, 11 lbs is a lot! Good luck!

I am walking at least 30 minutes at a day on my treadmill now. My cousin is also trying to work out so we're encouraging each other. She does hers at lunch, I do mine after work! I am feeling better already, after just a couple of days. I think it makes such a difference with me because I sit ALL DAY at work. Then I would usually go home and sit all evening in front of the tv :eek: That's so bad for a person. So even just the little bit of exercise I'm doing I think is making a huge difference in my energy and even in my mind and feeling a little better about myself.

I started using Noom on my tablet. It gives me 4 tasks per day - reading an article, logging my lunch, logging exercise, and something else - usually some sort of challenge (yesterday was don't eat in front of the computer or tv... oops, I read that after I had already had lunch in front of the computer and supper in front of the tv - I failed!)

I know eating more healthy foods is a big step but I haven't really done it yet... but like I told Scott last night, eating a handful of chips after exercise is still better than eating a handful of chips after sitting on the couch all night lol!

Oh I used to also use FitDay.com - same basic idea, you log your meals and snacks and exercise online for free. They had almost any food you could think of in their database! You would just choose the type of food, brand name, and which variety you ate! It counted your daily calories for you.

I am up about 11 lbs since winter too - but I was way heavier than you to begin with. I just can't seem to stop snacking at night. That is my problem. I do fine with breakfast lunch and dinner, but after dinner, watch out! LOL!

On my March vegan diet I lost about 5lbs and everyone was freaking out. So I had to gain them back. I had a nice flat stomach but no body care, they thought I was too skinny. :(

I don't think I will stay on the Medifast diet. I love the bars, but I think eating low carb, healthy, small meals is more normal.

Here's what I'm thinking:
Breakfast - bar
snack - bar
lunch - fruit, 100 cal. bagel, protein
snack - fruit or bar
dinner - protein and lots of green veggies
snack - low carb, low cal something good (fruit maybe)
2 tbls. peanut butter - late night snack

I weigh 140.8, and want to lose 7 pounds.

If I ate that Judy....I would absolutely starve to death!!! Plus, it would get old real fast.

I finally broke my not losing streak...I've lost another pound so 12 lbs total so far.

Good for you Janet!!!
And to everyone that has lost... hard hard hard to do. Proud of you all.
I quit smoking last Feb. Over a year now. Good for me! But sadly have gained weight... knew it would happen, expected it to happen.. and about 15 pounds later, I am still 15 pounds heavier. :(

Worse thing is I am darn near OK with that!!!! Older I get... things are not as important to me as they should be. I have the equipment I need to lose. I have the time needed to lose. I have the willpower needed to use.
I just need the mindset to get started...:confused:

All I can recommend girls is lot's of fiber.

Good, Janet! 12 pounds is great!

That's great, Janet!!! You're doing so good!!!

I'm down some more and the scales are just about 2 pounds from where I was at so I'm pretty happy about that. I've been having an Atkins bar and shake for lunch and it's really helped with my weight loss. I have one of my low carb muffins and a couple of cups of coffee for breakfast, then the Atkins bar and shake for lunch, then we have a low carb supper. And I've been snacking on a couple of slices of cheese in the middle of the afternoon. I find that I'm not hungry during the day so this is working for me.

Amy has lost 50 pounds now!! She looks so good!! Dae Lynn is still around 40 pounds and she's struggling right now with everything going on. It's so nice that we're dieting together!!

For Easter the girls make quite a bit of low carb food......but my diet went out the window with Mom's lemon pie.....my favorite!!! Oh well.....I'm back on now!! And it sure was good!!!

I'm go glad you are almost back to where you were Diana. It's hard and not fun trying to lose weight and keep it off. Everytime you turn around there is a holiday, celebration or just something where food is involved.

Got on the scales this morning (drank extra water yesterday) and down another lb. So total to date is 13 lbs gone. I just wish it showed. When you weigh as much as me, then it takes a lot of time. As I mentioned, I started at 259...how bad is that???? I have never weighed that much and it's not healthy for me. Now I'm at 246 and I am thrilled. I know I'll hit another plateau, but I'm expecting it and will get through it. I hope by the next time you see me Diana, that I'll be fit and trim.

Good luck to you too and all of us who are trying to lose.

I started at 250 and by my scales I'm at 223. I'm pretty happy with that and I'm still working on it. I was in size 22 clothes and now I'm getting into some 18s. You'll see a difference soon. It took a while before people started noticing that I was losing weight.

In elastic waste jeans I was wearing 3X and now I have plenty of room in 2X. Same with shirts, glad I didn't throw any out or I would have to go naked and that would not be pretty at all.. :D

It's so hard to wait, when I want to actually see a difference.

I still wear some of my bigger clothes.....expecially my every day things. I bought some clothes last year at garage sales and I will say that they have come in really handy!! I've bought a few things to wear to church that are new. Having to buy new clothes is the hard part of losing weight because I have some things I really like!! Oh well.....it's still nice to fit in the smaller things!!!

Good for both of you! That's where it really shows..when you go down in clothing sizes!

Diana, when I lost 35 pounds years ago, I took my most favorite clothes and had them altered to fit. The tailor thought I was crazy! She kept saying, "Why don't you just buy new ones" Because I loved those ones!!!

Thanks Judy. It can be really difficult at times, but I must say I'm not doing without anything I like and I'm never hungry. I'm just using that application and entering my calories. I knew I would fail AGAIN if I couldn't have things I enjoyed eating. So far so good.

Now with it being warm out again I can get out and get some exercise just by doing my yard work. I'm waiting till May to plant flowers. Just not taking the chance of a real hard freeze. Being outside instead of sitting on my 'you know what' will help out immensley!

Judy, that's a great idea!! At first I thought that my daughter, Amy, could wear them but she wears a different style than I do.....but now we're about the same size.

Weighed this morning and now at 245...yea!!! I'm happy. It's coming off slower now than it did for the first couple weeks, but at least it's still coming off. I think getting out and working in the yard is helping too. I love being outside, this year it just seems better.