Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Our dear friend Beth has lost over 100 pounds - what an inspiration!!!! Let's put all of our downfalls aside and start fresh. I have been on and off the weight loss wagon so much in the last three years that I'm getting car-sick. Or wagon sick...well, you know what I mean. Let's put all of our excuses aside and start fresh for the 2009 year to come. Let's lend each other an ear to get through the hurdles that occur while trying to focus on a better you. Although LPers love each other as they are, we all know that some of us can use a little tweeking when it comes to our curves. And I, for one, vow to have better curves instead of floppy ones LOL!! As Obama says....YES WE CAN!!
Originally Posted By smedley I am in, I so need to lose some weight it's insane, and I am right there with you on the wagon sickness too!! Will have to hold back on the exercise for a couple of weeks, but the sweet stuff etc has to go!!!
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS I'll start. Today is the last day of 2008. I will be eating as usual today. I vow to: 1) Go to my first 2009 WW meeting this Saturday, Jan 2nd. 2) Post my official WW weight here after the meeting, because I think that if I'm honest with all of you, I can't lie to myself. My goal is: 1) To get to 150 lbs or better 2) To attempt to do it within a year's time 3) To finally fit into a sexy Halloween costume
Originally Posted By smedley Ok, so my aims 1. to get to 165lbs (I love being tall lol) 2. to be running 10k by October. 3. to buy myself some cool clothes in DL as a treat, perhaps an expensive jacket or something.. Assuming I make the size 10-12 I am aiming for.
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl I want to play too! My 2009 goals: 1. Lose 10 lbs. by my birthday (March 1) and then to get to my goal of 160 during the year sometime. 2. I too will make the plunge to head back to WW. Not sure that I will go this week I'll aim for the 2nd Saturday of the month. I'm still wearing a boot on my foot following foot surgery 2 weeks ago. 3. I also would like to start running again (foot permitting) maybe aim for a 5K in May or June. For sure I will start walking tomorrow and the Wii Fit. This is a big year for me: I turn 50, celebrate my 30th wedding anniversary, and I'm thinking I may even have a kid getting married this year too.
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ Okay, my goals aren't as lofty as some of you (I DON'T run)... but I would like to lose all the weight I lost 2 years ago (it's all crept back). A girlfriend and I are going to do it and when we reach our goals (about June or so), then we're going to take ourselves on some kind of road trip...and shop for new clothes.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS This is great!! So far, I have a shopping date in Dec 2009 with Smedley, going to watch csgoofygirl run a marathon, and stalk tiggerdis on a road trip. What fun it is to lose weight, right? LOL!!
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS Can we take a moment to discuss coffee?? Here is my issue: I need coffee every morning or I'm not functionable. Really. I make it with a little creamer and one packet of sugar. I have no issue replacing the creamer with nonfat milk. But I hate coffee with Splenda in it, and find that coffee without sugar just isn't pleasurable. Do you all think that if I'm really structured with my sugar intake in other foods, but allow myself just one packet of sugar a day it will hinder my weightloss?
Originally Posted By csgoofygirl How many calories are in a packet of sugar? 16? 25? If you are on WW is it even a point? It's gotta be minimal. As a fellow coffee addict, I say have your coffee the way you like it. I think that you should be able to still lose weight AND be functional AND have a smile on your face. I've been eating up all the bad food in the house today. How's that for shooting myself in the foot. (Not my bad foot! It hurts enough without added injury!) I'm addicted to CANDY. I'm also craving Cheetos (a dairy product, right?) today. True confessions are an ugly thing. Jan
Originally Posted By pixar_fan Can I get in on this too? My motivation is a DL trip in May, and my health, which has suffered a lot in the past couple of years. I haven't got a lot to lose, but obviously the extra pounds that have creeped up on me are taking some kind of toll...my asthma has become progressively worse in the last year or so. So I'm envious of you runner-types! I'll cheer you on from the sidelines! csgoofygirl, you make me smile! And I second your thoughts on the sugar. 999Haunts, you've got to be able to eat at least some of what you enjoy. (Or need, in the case of coffee!)
Originally Posted By mele I'm in. Along with losing weight and getting into shape, I really need to manage my stress better. It's starting to really affect my health and quality of life. It's probably an even bigger goal than the fitness/diet thing. I bought a really neat journal yesterday. I'm only going to write in inspirational things and treat it like a scrapbook with photos of things I want or that make me feel good. It will be an entire book of happiness. It's not going to be really fancy because then it'll be just another thing I feel pressured to do. It's just going to be something for my eyes only. Something I can grab and look through when I need a little pick-me-up. I'm looking forward to it! Not that I don't have tons of notebooks with magazine tear outs, and a couple of folders of things on my laptop...but this will be for 2009 and easier to grab when I need it. (And most likely hide in the bathroom with since it's the only place I *usually* can be alone for a few minutes. LOL)
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD Can I join too? I did manage to end the year about 10 lbs less than I started with. I have started excersing and I got two new workout DVDs for Christmas so now I have variety. My goals: 1. to get to 160lbs 2. Fit into a size 10 3. Just be in better physical shape. I would love to run a 5 or 10K this year. That would just be too cool. I haven't done that in 20+ years.
Originally Posted By mele Haunts, have you tried Agave syrup? It looks like honey but doesn't have the flavor...it's just sweet. It doesn't affect your blood sugar like regular sugar does. It also doesn't have the bitterness that Stevia can have.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD Haunts - I don't think that little bit of sugar would hurt your dieting at all. I think it would be far worse for you to try and give up the coffee. I think for sure that would undermine your chances of sucess.
Originally Posted By mele I think moderation is way harder than strict dieting. It's the moderation I have the hardest time with. I'm way too "all or nothing". And in the case of diet and exercise...mostly nothing. ;-)
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter Okay, I cannot believe how hard this is. I've been trying to drum up the wherewithal to post here for a couple of hours. So here I go. I don't honestly know for sure how much weight I want to lose, but it's probably 10 - 15 pounds. Might not sound like much, but as someone who was freakishly skinny yet ate like a lumberjack for the first 30 years of her life, it FEELS like a lot to me. I am noticeably pudgy, and I hate the way I look. So. Count me in. I could really use some moral support in this newly turned leaf. (And if I report in with accounts of not exercising for three weeks or eating two dozen cookies in one sitting, I would really, truly appreciate some vicious verbal abuse from my Partners in Health). Here's to a healthier 2009!!
Originally Posted By mele What a coincidence...vicious verbal abuse is my forte! Add in some sugar withdrawal symptoms and there's no telling how far I can go. Oh, and jealousy over your lumberjack past.
