Hi Leah and other October starters. I too am hoping this plan will help get the job done once and for all.  I've struggled for several years now and hope to get the weight off and keep it off for health reasons and just to feel and look better. I began the meal plans this past Monday and will begin taking Alli capsules tomorrow. 

Best Wishes to All of You,

Lanora

 Hi everyone,

     So I officially had my first slip up with my Alli plan.  I came to a great conclusion afterward though...  that personal pepperoni pizza was definitely not worth the treatment effects :-)

  I can laugh about it now and I know that it's ok to slip up ~ I'll just think twice about doing it next time.  Keep up the great work everyone!!  Hope everyone has a great week!!

-Danielle

REMINDER:  Weigh In WED

For those interested, we are going to try and weigh in on Wednesdays and report back. 

Ready, I have been sick too. :( I think it is going 'round (everywhere... tis the season!). I've got some of my friend kicking me in the butt for skipping the gym the last couple days because I felt so crappy, but today is a new day and I feel better, so I plan to at least walk, if not go for a short jog tonight after school/work. I hope you start to get better soon too!

Squidmonkey & Ready, yes..hope the both of you begin to feel better.  Ready, hope the doctor gave you a good report and that its just a cold or seasonal stuff.  I too am SO bad with my water. But, I'm trying now to only drink water with my meals.  No more colas or tea, since I need the water intake. 

and I usually have a big start in the mornings with coffee, I think I'm probably drinking 12-16 ozs.  The bad thing is I usually put the french vanilla creamer in and I just read how high in calories those little packs have.  But, its all evening out, but I will try and see what else I can use and still enjoy my morning java. 

I too havent been to the gym in a few days since my aunt FLO paid me a visit. T.O.M. or whatever you call it.  But, I would like to give it a try tonight since i'm slowing down with "it".  I had a foot beginning to bother me when i was on the treadmill...the back of my ankle, but I'm not sure if it was due to some new shoes I began wearing this week that are much more higher than I usually wear, or too much walking too soon.  So, I'm wearing my flats today and hoping it improves so I can get back on that treadmill.

Okay everyon, try and drink water, move..and count!

Have a GREAT Thursday everyone!

 I apologize for being out of touch as well!!  My computer went totally down on Tuesday and I finally had someone come out and fix it yesterday.  Didn't lose a pound AGAIN this week, but I know why and I am happy I am still down 6 lbs over all.  I hope I have the motivation this week to make the number move again!!!

Happy halloween everyone!

 jvega0523, thanks for asking about me...i am alittle better...doctor said it was just a seasonal cold...and ot take robitosin dm (sp?)  i, like you, need to cut out some of my coffee becase, like you said, i put creamer and sugar and it suck up almost all my calories...black coffee is not good and coffee with no sugar is also not good. so i managed to just drink 4 cups a day...and  hopefully next week cut is back another cup. small steps, i think, works better for me then cold turkey...

i am not a cola or juice drinker just water and cofffee, some nights i drink green tea wiht mint...love it!

yesterday i did manage to do 45 minutes on the treadmill, no incline, flat as can be, i walked for about 2 miles, it a good start. today i did 45 minutes again but with an incline, burned about 300 calories and walked for 2.65 miles, a little over 2 1/2 miles. i try to wear flat sneaker for walking it help me stabilize my feet on the treadmill....becaue at one time i twisted my foot with the wrong pair of sneaks...i hope you find the sneaks that works for you.

it friday and tomorrow is Holloween, what is everyone doing??? I am going ot stay home and study..i don't want my children going out to trick-o-treat...since the swine flu is going around...

Keep in touch everyone!!! :)

Ready

YAY, Glad it was just a cold you had READY, would have been terrible to bring something else around your family.

Good job on the treadmill!  I NEVER do the incline, wow that's even harder.....I just prefer to try and get my 3 miles on there and that's it.  And try and improve my timing.

About 2 summers ago I lost 30lbs in like 3 months and just by walking 3-6 miles a day at the park trail and trying to Eat better by exchanging what I normally would have eaten with a Healthy Choice meal, but then I got married and it all went down the hill from there. Plus, that's not realistic..its best to Learn from everyday foods what we can and can not have, so we know which are the good choices when we go to a restaurant or dinner party at someones house, especially with the holidays coming up, this knew knowledge will come in handy if I use it!

And that's where I feel the Alli plan is going to make a big difference in keeping it off (I hope). If I continue Like I have been doing, it should.

I'm actually LEARNING about the different foods and their effects.  I'm truly happy with this plan and that I've taken the initiative to try and learn how many calories are in what, and how many grams of fat.  After just a couple days of writing in my food journal, it has helped me automatically know what I should and should not have.  

No plans for halloween...hopefully will clean out my back patio and light the firepit out back.

TEXAS

I'VE BEEN BAD!

Thank God its a new day because Friday evening and all day Saturday I ate everything that was extremely bad!  Deep fried burritos, french fries..zingers!  Oh my goodness, and no gym whatsover, nor did I have water.

But ladies.I'm here to be truthful, so we can all learn from one another and encourage each other through this.  I know today is a new day and although I ate terrible yesterday, I can just get right back on that wagon.  Its like being a drug addict...you just need to pick yourself back up and try again.  Its not easy to completely change it takes work & willpower. Controlling "self" is not easy, but yes it can be done.  "YES I CAN!"

Today, I thought about how I LOVE food..and when I eat something, I enjoy it SO much its like a relationship I have with these foods, and while I'm eating something like a, lets say a McDonalds Has brown (I had this morning)..I wanted to savor every moment of every bite..but then, my husband being the goofy man that he is..kept interrupting my "moment" with my Hash Brown.  Annoyed the crap out of me!

After I ate my hash brown I took a long hot bath and thought about my past and where did this passion for food begin??  I was always thin as a young girl, well up to the 5th grade, then in 6th grade I began to pack on the weight. So what happened that summer between the 5th grade and 6th??  Well, two major things in my life..my dad went to Prison, and I went through puperty.  My dad and I were extremely close, he was everything to me, so him leaving was devasting. 

So, when I got out out from my hot bath, I told my husband all of this that I realized:  that I think..what has happened to my eating habits due to my life change during the summer of the 5th grade,  I must have turned to food as a comfort.

I told my husband about how I felt earlier when I was trying to enjoy my hasbrown this morning, and he was interrupting the moment...that I realize I have developed what seems to be a relationship with food. That I've been having an affair for years!  My husband said I must end my affair now!  I told him but food makes me feel better...he said, he loves me and he can help me feel better.  Then he looked at me and pointed his finger and sternly said, "YOU NEED TO END THE AFFAIR NOW!"

We laughed and giggled about it all, but there is some truth to all this I'm sure.  You know we've all heard this..that many turn to food for comfort.  And I'm glad I took the time to think about where it may have all began for me. 

We're supposed to eat food to refuel our bodies, and thats it...I need to try and reprogram myself.  I've been administering it the wrong way, to refuel my emotions. 

My dad did come back home after 4yrs and I did get to go visit him once a month while he was locked up, but lots of things changed for my life back home.  But enough of that, the point here is that I that I realize where it all began, so now i need to use what I have learned and try and help myself back out, back to the person God created me to be.  Back to the core, before Life came along and added its nasty ingredients of "issues".

I wanted to share this with you ladies, should any of you feel guilty for having a bad eating day, and feel disappointed in yourself as I did this weekend.  Its OKAY, we just need to get back on that wagon just like an addict.

I already started off my day by eating that Hashbrown, which is not good, but..I'm STILL going to TRY and get back on track.

IF we dont try, we'll never get there..so we must try and try again. Dont GIVE UP!

I've got my gym clothes on, and hope that I do go to the gym today!

This is my life, and its time to get back in the passenger seat and DRIVE Down the RIGHT ROAD that God intended me too!  I know everything happens for a reason, but we can learn from it and make a better life for ourselves!

"YES I CAN!"

Hi everyone,

Hi to all the newbies!!

I'm sorry I have been MIA. I have had sick kids now for like a week and now my hubby is sick :-0 I know I am bound to be next! I have been so busy with them all, I ahve had no time to check in this week on you guys. I have slipped up too, I had like a thanksgiving feast at church ( with no TE????? WEIRD!) and I have had an ice cream treat when I hit the 9lb loss. I just had 1 piece of halloween candy today :-0 I am trying to NOT look at it!!! Anyway, I am glad to hear from everynoe here :) I have changed my check in day to Wed. also so we can all be on the spreadsheet :) Thanks squidmonkie!!! Love to you all, gotta go do a lot fo stuff before Church tonight. KEEP STRONG!!!!

I was not the best this weekend either, but also not terrible. I didn't have to skip an Alli pill, and I've had no TE's, so I couldn't have been too awful. I'm excited about our official weigh-in on Weds. It's felt weird being on the plan for almost two weeks now without any check-in, so I look forward to my profile showing progress, which I think it will.

I'm luckily feeling much better this week, mine too was just a cold, so I'm planning to hit the gym hard. I need it! I did so well logging my foods the first week, and not so good last week, so it's back to the nutrition log for me. I think it really helps. It is like being held accountable for every single calories that goes into your body, and the person you let down is yourself when the scale doesn't make any progress. Hopefully on Weds we will all see some improvement, and then we can all begin to build on it and be successful together!

 jvega0523,  thanks for sharing your story...i know it was hard but the bright side of all this mess is you can pick yourself up and start all over again. it happens to ALL of us, we are not perfect...but what's great about this plan is that there are so many tool to help us suceed and an amazing people on this board that will help us with tough times we might experience.

your story is much like mine and i thank you for helping me understand why i do the things i do...i have a relationship with foods, but all the wrong foods and i am trying to break the cycle to eat more healthy foods than bad foods. it is very hard to not eat any bad food because i consistly see it in my home..my family loves the sweets/salty stuff...and telling them i am on a diet and you can't buy that make me so guilty. sometimes/days are better than others..when i am stressed out i eat all the wrong foods because i learned, at a young age, to eat for comfort....and i am  so trying to break this habit.

Thanks for sharing :)

Good morning ladies! Happy Monday!

Yes, I'm excited about weighing in on WEDS too with everyone, although I must admit, I weigh myself daily at home because I cant help it!  I feel it gives me daily encouragement, at least so far it does since it is slowly going down.  Even though I I ate bad over the weekend, it was a surprise to see I didnt gain.  So I'm still very motivated to keep on trucking on!

 Last chance work out days ladies!  Lets DO IT!  Im hitting the gym tonight, and hope to make it tomorrow too but my Tue, Wed & Thurs arent that free, so I may not make it.  But for sure tonight I can.  So I wil.

Happy Monday!

My name is Jessica and I'm a scale addict...

But after today I will no longer update my signature like I what I've been doing, with my losses.  I'll keep it to myself and only report on Weds with everyone, so it will be even more fun for for all.  I guess I just cant help but announce to the whole world every ounce that goes down! lol   Im sure if I gained it wouldnt be this way! HA!

Hello all!  I also  hope that this will be the plan that works.  So far I have lost two lbs. in the two weeks that I have been on the plan.  I am very excited.  I love doing the exercises and my husband is very supportive.  He enjoys  the food that I have been preparing and is even doing the walking with me.  Cutting back on the fat is not as hard as I thought, and I have had no treatment effects.  I will take that pepperoni pizza story under advisement though!  I quit smoking a year and a half ago and put on 50 lbs. that is what I hope to take off now.   It sure would be great if a year from now I was still smoke free and down 50lbs.  I guess that is as good a goal as any for my last year in my fifties!!! LOL   Good luck all-Holly