The 10% keychain?
Yah. My 10% is 22lbs, so hopefully I’ll get that tonight. I was like 1lb away at my last weigh in.
I’m still around although I have avoided threads III and IV now out of guilt and shame. 
Let’s see… I started with the 1st thread somewhere round-a-bouts 220-225 and went down to a low of 172 on rare occurrences. Typically, I struggled at the low 190 - high 180 and just could never seem to get down where I wanted (175) and stay there. I was looking really good though and honestly getting a lot of compliments about how much better I looked. I was frustrated at being stuck just shy of my goal but overall very happy.
Somewhere around 8 months in I just seemed to lose the energy and discipline to keep going at it and gradually stopped eating well and began skipping the gym regularly.
It’s been about 3 months now and I’m seriously upset at myself yet I have yet to get the will power to make a sustained effort to get back into my old healthy patterns. Thinking about how hard I worked and the sacrifice just seems daunting right now to do all over again. I’m back up to 205, smoking on and off (quit 3-4 days, start again 3-4 days, quit 3-4 days), and back to larger portions of food and unhealthy food choices. I’m pissed at myself, getting really disgusted seeing the gut coming back and the face getting fat again. Of course, the muscle definition I had begun to build up has again turned to jello. It is amazing though how in light of that, I just am failing at getting motivated enough. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are my normal gym days and on Sunday, Tuesday, and now today I find myself saying “I’ll go tomorrow and start again…” but have yet to actually follow through.
So…what to do. Well, I’d love to post a new start/current/goal stat for you all but honestly I don’t think I’m going to keep that commitment right now. Yes, I’m going to try and go to the gym tomorrow, just like Monday and Wednesday of this and the past weeks. No, I probably won’t make it.
Just thought I’d check in with a (not good) update.
Good luck to all,
MeanJoe
MeanJoe, hey, it’s good to see you back, and to hear the news even if it’s not so hot. Why tell yourself “I’ll go to the gym tomorrow”? Why not just go? Today! Or, decide on something you really enjoy doing, and then make a deal with yourself that you won’t do that thing until you go to the gym. Maybe you can bargain with yourself that you’ll go and work out for fifteen minutes, then stop if you really want to. Most of the time you’ll find that the hard part is getting started, then you can keep going. But even if you stop after 15 minutes, you’ll have worked out for 15 minutes. It also might help to get dressed in your gym clothes first thing in the morning on gym days. Then, you have one less obstacle in your way!
Keep coming back!
Thanks norinew, I hear what you are saying. I’ve gone on occassion, but end up making it once or twice in a row and then just stopping again. The “I’ll go tomorrow” stuff is trying to psych myself up for gym day. Anyway, I’ve falling into a common trap I guess. I’ve got to break it and you have good ideas and I appreciate them.
Along the lines of making a deal over something good, I have this week been feeling more motivated. I play competitive volleyball and have been in the few months break between outdoor league play ending and indoor league play starting. This break of two or three months pretty much coincides with my most recent falling off the wagon of sorts. So anyway, I’m trying (since indoor league starts this Sunday) to use the structured sports as a motivator to get my ass into the gym again.
Afterall, I’d not be a very mean MeanJoe if I can’t get my fat gut up off the ground and block or better yet, spike on somebody now can I? 
I’ll be back…
Mean (really a nice guy) Joe
196! Back down. 60 lbs off, on the nose. Yay!
As of this morning, I’ve shed the returned holiday poundage. Yay!
I’m down to 192 this morning. Yay me!
It’s a YAY day!
Not for me. I’m up to 200. I’ve been bad the last two days. A cow-orker’s birthday lunch on Wednesday, and another’s going away party on Thursday.
I exercised Monday and Tuesday to the aerobic DVD i bought, bowled Wednesday, and then exercised last night.
I’ll just get back on that wagon! And quit weighing myself every day.
I put on a pair of jeans that haven’t fit since this spring, and while they don’t feel comfortable, they are button-able and my legs aren’t completely sausage-like in them.
So I guess that’s kind of a yay. I’ve been eating really well all week and avoiding the junk at work. So that’s a yay, too.
I just got back from the grocery store. They had tilapia fillets on sale, so I got a couple of those - I lived on them last summer. They’re a very mild white fish. I saute them in some butter, and add a sprinkle of salt and pepper and Old Bay seasoning. No carbs at all, and with a salad or some steamed broccoli, it makes a very tasty dinner, when the rest of my family is gorging in spaghetti and garlic bread.
I also picked up (on impulse) some Hood’s Dairy “Carb Counting” Chocolate Milk. I went ahead and bought it, fully expecting it to be just hideous. It turned out to be not that bad. Two carbs in a cup. Kinda satifies that chocolate craving.
BiblioCat, if you love fish sticks, here’s something to do with those fillets: Mix, about half and half, some finely chopped almonds and parmesan cheese (or parmesan/romano). Add whatever spices you like (Old Bay works well), then fry them in a pan. If you like tartar sauce, hie thee to a grocery store and buy some Mt. Olive Sugar Free Bread and Butter Slices. Put them in the food processor to chop; mix with mayo.
That fish sounds yummy! We may try that.
Okay, I’m on the wagon. I have been reading these threads with great interest (it’s really nice to read about people meeting their goals!) and occasionally a little feeling of relief that I didn’t have to lose weight. My highest weight ever was 150 a couple years ago, which, according to the doctor I saw at the time was healthy, but I felt miserable. Through improved eating habits and LOTS of water I lost twenty pounds and felt great. (I’m 5’5".) I’d bounced around a little, but mostly I was fairly satisfied with my size.
Anyway, a couple months ago I was fired and began to eat CONSTANTLY. I rather enjoyed it cause, hey, I like eating. But yesterday I stood on the scale for the first time in ages. Oy. 143. My tummy is all pudgy and my bras aren’t fitting right. (And I’m damned if I’m gonna go out and buy new bras.)
So, my goal is to lose these thirteen pounds. I’m back at work, which I think will be good because I’m away from my kitchen. I’m a vegetarian and I think my diet is, in general, pretty good. My big downfall is sweets - I’ve never met a cookie I didn’t like and I have NO willpower. Also, I’m hypoglycemic and if I’m out running errands and I start to feel weak and lightheaded, I always end up rushing into the nearest cafe and getting some sweet - I have to make myself get a piece of fruit instead.
So. 143/143/130.
Yay Ky-ry-ra!
Grapes and peanut butter are sweet once you’re used to not eating sweets. That’s my candy (unless I have a box of Mom-or-Sue-sent stuff).
Yeah, it’s amazing what tastes sweet to me now. Some time ago, a friend was serving wheat thins, and I ate one (I ended up only eating about 6 of them because they’re “wheat blend” not whole wheat), and it almost tasted like a cookie!
That fish does sound good, norinew. I like the fish plain, just with some Old Bay sprinkled on it, but I’ll have to try your suggestion, too, just for something different. Helps keep it interesting.
It’s funny, I haven’t been bothered too much by the lack of starchy stuff, but it is really really hard not to snag a handful of my kids’ Goldfish or finish the rest of that beloved bagel they didn’t. I am so proud of myself for resisting, something I couldn’t do on WW.
One question - how do I get this horrible taste out of my mouth, and does it stay the whole time? Yuck!
As for the bad taste in your mouth, I’ve heard that can happen, but I never really noticed it. Maybe a little, but it wasn’t too bad. I’d get some sugar-free breath mints. I like those breath strips that melt on your tongue.
And drinking the recommended water helps.
Resisting the treats and “bad stuff” gets even easier when you start seeing the weight come off and your pants start getting loose.