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ukcatnip

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Dec 08, 2012 11:47

I've been avoiding talking about losing weight too much because I am scared to death of failure. It's kind of like when I quit smoking in 2007. I didn't tell people for months that I had quit just in case I fell back into my old habit, simply because I KNOW that look you get from people. "oh well you tried." or my favorite, "You'll have better luck ( Read more... )

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taillow December 8 2012, 21:00:05 UTC

Awesome, great job!! That is a huge amount in less than 6 months!

I'm "supposed" to weigh about 110, but I'm sure I haven't been there since probably 2nd grade. I'm shooting for about 130-140.

ukcatnip December 10 2012, 02:05:32 UTC

You can do it! It's a crap road lol but you can do it! :)

tat2edsdgirl December 10 2012, 01:57:10 UTC

I feel the same way about BMI. It's a load of BS.

You've lost an amazing amount of weight! What have you been doing? I want to get on the same track you are, I just haven't found my motivation to actually do it.

Although, I walked home from work the other day. It was almost five miles. I didn't feel like waiting for the bus, and knew I could walk in the same time it would have taken by bus. I don't want to do that again anytime soon, though. My back still hurts a bit, and that was Friday afternoon. But, doing something smaller, would be doable.

Congrats! Keep up the good work, and you'll get there!

ukcatnip December 10 2012, 02:08:19 UTC

Melissa, honest to God, I found my motivation when I could not fit into a booth at a restaurant. I was horrified. I was like how did I get this big? So when I got my smartphone I had heard everyone talk about this app called Myfitnesspal. I first signed onto it online and made all my goals and so forth. It tells you how many calories you can have based on your weight and how much you want to lose per week. I chose the lose 1.5 pounds a week plan. So I log in everything I eat. EVERYTHING. And once a month I have a day when I can eat whatever I want. Of course for my vacation this week the whole week will be that, but I am still going to log every bit of food I have to stay in practice. But anyway that is all I have been doing. I also wear a pedometer so I can log how many calories I have burned. Its been easy exception for not eating as many cookies as I'd like ;)