ICNWTBS's SparkPeople Blog

I'm back!

Wed, 25 May 2011 11:31:17 EST

I can not say how glad I am to be back communicating with my spark people! I went away on vacation and returned to computer issues and was all together computerless for three weeks! I am happy to say that I ate good things and made good choices but I know my calorie limits were higher than they should have been. I still lost but only lost a little. The way I feel? I was on vacation, drank beer, ate crab cakes and still lost weight so I feel GREAT!!!! :) In the past, I would easily gain ...

Good Bye 300 FOREVER!!!

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:09:36 EST

Today I am so happy!!! I weighed myself this morning even though I swore I was only going to do it once a month, but I was so close to a personal goal I couldn't help it. I'm so glad I did! The scale said 298.8! I know a lot of people would pass out if they saw that number because it's pretty high, but it's the first time I was out of the 300's in 8 years!!!!! 253 244

My weight has always been a problem in my life, but it got much worse as I got older. I ...

Adding to the plan...

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:05:28 EST

I woke up yesterday morning and was able to put my wedding band back on my finger for the first time in almost 9 years. I can't say how excited I was! It made me feel like a million bucks! It inspired me to add to my weight loss plan.

Since I've gotten so big, I've stopped getting done up. I put my hair up- never curl it anymore. I wear make up to parties and sometimes to church. I wear the same jewelry everyday (up until yesterday which included a replacement wedding band ...

Man, was I doing it all wrong!

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 20:41:47 EST

I can't begin to tell you how happy I am to have found this site. All the years of battling my weight I thought I was a pro at dieting. I would go to Weight Watchers and tried every new fad that came along. I thought I knew it all. But I am finding that hiding behind "points" and having someone else figure it out for me really took away the power of understanding what I was putting in my mouth and what I should/could be putting in my mouth!

All these years I thought I was eatin...

How quickly people can deflate you

Sat, 9 Apr 2011 18:41:17 EST

This is only my first week of my new life change. I feel WONDERFUL. I have faithfully exercised and recorded everything I ate, sticking right in the middle of all the ranges. I decided I'm not going to weigh myself every week because I don't want to give up when I have those 1/2 pound weeks. I am doing it once a month. But even without knowing the pounds, I feel better about myself because I'm doing it! I feel proud. Just knowing I'm on my way makes me feel good and I actually got a li...

Make Time

Wed, 6 Apr 2011 21:24:13 EST

I am finding out quickly why I have given up so easily in the past. I wasn't able to do my exercises this morning because I was helping a friend care for her children so I tried tonight while my husband gave my son a bath. In the middle of my squats, my son came down and started asking me where his book was. He went back upstairs and the dog went to the back door and cried to be let out. Then while doing my lying abduction, my dog kept jumping between my legs like a game, and my son came ...

Motivated!

Mon, 4 Apr 2011 11:07:46 EST

Here I am at the begining of this lifestyle change with so much energy and determination and MOTIVATION! I have started so many diets before and they failed. I am trying to constantly remind myself it's not a diet- it's a change and the start of being healthy. I just don't want to get back into that slide. I wish there was a way to bottle up the way I feel so it lasts until I reach my goal. I'm hoping to shift my addiction into an addiction to working out. I've set goals that I am in co...