dfpenguin checking in for the S and O Club -

Lost 9 lbs. so far and this is my third week.  I took off from work last week to do somethings around the house to prepare for putting it on the market.  Pulled up wall-to-wall carpet in three rooms, stripped wallpaper, and painted.  Also, spent two evenings at a friend's house helping her to get organized after a recent move.  My husband is working 15-16 hour days so I've been doing all of this while caring for our 6 year old son.  It's sooooooo nice to be back at my job so I can rest!  I didn't come close most days to the calorie and fat intake that I'm supposed to have due to being so busy.  Some days I forgot to eat due to being so involved in what I was doing.

Now that things have slowed down a bit, I can concentrate on my eating to be healthy.  40 lbs. to go!!

Well I had no loss this week but I had 3 pounds loss last week.  So I guess I will have to be happy with that.

SW 192

CW 181

GW 135

Good luck to everyone this week.

Michelle O'Leary

OK - fellow "shorties" :-)

Here I am at goal.  I now weigh 126 lbs, down from 168 (BMI from 31 to about 23).  I did waffle when I reached goal about going lower but have decided to try to maintain this weight for at least six months and then see how I'm doing. 

Maintaining is soooo hard - and there's not much help on this website.  It seems that I have been either "on" a diet or about to "go on" a diet for the past 40 years, so I have to learn this maintenance thing. 

Is there anyone else at or near goal that might be able to give me some tips.  Or, how do others plan on adjusting their foods?  Should I just gradually increase the calories but keep the balances?  

Ann

I'm short too! 5'3', in fact. Started Alli on October 8th.

SW 258

CW 247

GW 140

Im 5'2' and 147, I just started last week and didn't loose anything, but I'm trying.  I need to be more consistent about writing down what I eat to hold myself more accountable,  it is easier to go of if I don't write it down.

 Good to know there are others like me out there!

There seem to be a lot of sweet tooths out there, Here's an idea

An apple cut up into slices, dip it into fat free caramel sauce (in the fruit section at the grocery store). 

Great for the season!  Maybe not the healthiest topping but a good tasting, fat free, no prep treat every now and then can't be that bad.

I use that caramel topping on FF SF vanilla ice cream now and then.  Thanks for the tip about apples.  I hadn't thought of that, but I do eat apples.  I have to write everything down, or else I end up eating more than I realized.  Good luck.

Tikii

Hello Everyone,

I'm a shawty too! I'm 4'11'' and I started at 172 lbs and my goal is 135. I'm working my butt off and I really don't won't to give in.

 In one of my aerobics classes the instruction read a quote, it helped me so I won't to share it;

"unhappiness is temporary, it can last a moment, an hour a year or two years but if you decide to do nothing about it will last a lifetime"

sw:172

cw:166

gw:135

I must admit that I just weighed myself and it says I've gained 2 lbs putting back at 168lbs, but I can't get discouraged my final say isn't until monday. But I'm hoping that its muscle b/c I've really been working hard.

 Hi,

We sound a lot alike as far as size . . lol

I am 5'0 I am starting at 175 pounds. I am just starting the Alli today. I am really excited because a lot of you have had great results! I have a 14 week old daughter. I am trying to loose the 50 pounds I put on during my pregnancy.

I Loved your Quote!

Hi. May I join in?

I'm Leslye, 58 years old, 5'3" and I started Ali July 1 at 202. That is what I weighed when I gave birth to my daughter, 23 years ago.  I am now 189 and my clothes are starting to hang on me.  My goal weight is 150.

Earlier in the thread, many of you were saying you were craving sweets and chocolate. Before Ali, I had the biggest sweet tooth! Chocolate was my undoing, in any form. But since going on the diet, those cravings have gone away. I am never hungry and if I want chocolate I have it as chocolate soy milk, In that way alone, Ali has been a blessing for me.

Thanks for letting me in!

Leslye 

 I cant believe how many short people are on Alli, especially all of us 5'2" 's  !!! I started at 209 and am now 149........ with a goal of 135 but maybe a little less to give myself some room...........

brody803:

I cant believe how many short people are on Alli, especially all of us 5'2" 's  !!! I started at 209 and am now 149........ with a goal of 135 but maybe a little less to give myself some room...........

Wow!! Huge congratz on losing so much weight. Do you feel like a whole new person now?

brody803:

 I cant believe how many short people are on Alli, especially all of us 5'2" 's  !!! I started at 209 and am now 149........ with a goal of 135 but maybe a little less to give myself some room...........

 

 Me too... I feel like the Queen of this club LOL.  I started at 215 in Feb. 08 without Alli I lost 12 lbs over 6 months.  Then started Alli 3 weeks ago at 203 and have already dropped 9 lbs and I am now 194.  I too am only 5'2".  And BRODY803 your are saved in my FAV's !  I LOVE your story.  You are a true inspiration to me.  I can't wait to to catch up to you !!

 Thank you so much !!! I added you too!

 Hey ya'll i'm also short I'm 4'11' and have been this height since i was a freshman in high school, i used to weigh like 145 2 years ago and then got pregnant. My pre-pregnancy weight was 138, and now almost a year later, im at 131.  I can't seem to break down past the thirties.

  Hi.

I'm also 4 ft. 11 inches. Small bone.

I started Alli June 16 O7at 180.

Now I weigh 150.

I have been off Alli for while and getting back on.

My goal is 125lbs. and then take it from there.

 I go to curves 5 days aweek.

Just got the Jack lalanne juicer. and will be juicing too.

Good luck to a heathly way of life. We can do it if we keep trying.

lets help each other.

janet