Accountability partners anyone?

**AerieFae** · February 2nd, 2010, 02:30 PM

Of course you can jump on! And itaurus if you can't cheat every once in a while especially when you are stressed, my diet would fail miserably! There are these hostess 100 cal cupcake packs, the vanilla and the chocolate didn't really do anything for me, but the strawberry ones are amazing. And I'm sure that before my first month is over I am probably going to have a piece of cake, since my nieces' birthdays are on feb 12 and I'm making the cake. And I will probably sneak into their goody bags and steal a snickers miniature lol. The thing is that if you deny yourself you will eventually end up calling off your diet and guzzle down tons of bad stuff. So a little cheat every now and again isn't the end of the world. I know you can do it, so don't let one little cheat bring you down. =]

**wishflower** · February 2nd, 2010, 08:09 PM

Fae a few girls around here have mentioned using diet soda when making a boxed cake in place of eggs and oil. Whether something orange, citrus or cola it's supposed to taste good. I will have to try it myself one of these days.

**Harbor-lover** · February 3rd, 2010, 12:38 AM

Okay so I weigh in tomorrow.

I wanted to have lost more weight by my 1st weigh in, but it is what it is. I have only been taking 1/2 of 37.5 pill per day. Hopefully my BP and HR are good (which they should be) and he will prescribe me the whole pill. I feel like I could lose more with the whole pill. My Doc only gives 1/2 a pill to start with to see how your body reacts. I'll post later and let y'all know how I did.

Ash

**iTaurus** · February 3rd, 2010, 03:41 AM

thanks wishflower and fae, i will look for those snack packs when i go to the grocery store again. i havent cheated since then (yay me!) but i knw next time not to take it so hard if i do. ill stop depryving myself for sure...i really dnt want to over do it. which was exactly where i was heading saturday and sunday.

*harbor - good luck on your weigh in. im hoping to lose atleast 9 by friday my next weigh in, but with the weather being like it is, the doc office may be closed. hope not (crossing fingers)

*jenpuma - ive never heard of ballywood where would i find this?

anyone have any good recipes or easy meals low in calories for lunch/dinner? im starting to feel like im eating the same thing every other week. im really not but my options are kind of limited on this program. the meats i can have are chicken, ground turkey, shrimp, fish. so if u know any tasty dishes and would like to share them, drop em in the thread. thanks!

**Harbor-lover** · February 3rd, 2010, 07:08 PM

Okay,
So today I went to the docs and have lost 11.2 lbs so far per his scale. When I weighed myself this morning naked I weighed 225.5. With clothes 228 His scale 229. I'm starting a whole pill now so hopefully I'll lose more this next 2 wks.

**iTaurus** · February 4th, 2010, 03:36 AM

Originally Posted by Harbor-lover

Okay,
So today I went to the docs and have lost 11.2 lbs so far per his scale. When I weighed myself this morning naked I weighed 225.5. With clothes 228 His scale 229. I'm starting a whole pill now so hopefully I'll lose more this next 2 wks.

awww i am so happy for you harbor. how does it feel to be 11l.2bs lighter i know your uber excited as would be anyone. keep up the great work

**AerieFae** · February 4th, 2010, 01:18 PM

Harbor I am so excited fo you! I have officially lost 10lbs all within my first two weeks! I am very excited. These next few days are going to be a challenge thoough. My oldest sister is in town with my twin nieces and my middle sister is coming down tomorrow with her 2 yr old and 11 month old girls. Needless to say whenever they all come in to town all we do is go out to eat, and if we make food it's something like spaghetti! Ugh. So keep your fingers crossed for me guys, I don't want to gain any back! lol. =[

**Harbor-lover** · February 4th, 2010, 02:01 PM

iTaurus- It does feel great. I am hoping for bigger numbers next time. Good luck Friday!!

AerieFae- Congrats on the 10lb loss

Don't worry about your sisters coming to town. Stay strong. Take your pills everyday and if you go out to eat then just order the healthiest thing on the menu. If that's not an option then drink lots of water and eat less. Take a doggie bag home. If y'all make spaghetti use lean hamburger meat like 93/7. Also no garlic bread. You could also make a salad. I'm sure you will do fine. Just stay strong and don't give in. I also have been faced with the same food conflict and that is what I did. I ordered lowfat and only ate 1/2. I ate the other 1/2 the next day for lunch. I also said no thanks to the rolls on the table. We ate @ Logans Roadhouse w/husbands parents. My mil kept pushing me to just eat 1 roll, but I stayed true to my promise to myself. I'm tired of being a fat a** and never having anything to wear. I want to look good like I use to. I felt good about myself at 170 size 10-12. Right now I'm a 16 and refuse to buy any clothes. So I just keep wearing the same thing. I don't want to go out b/c I feel self-conscious. I'm a nurse so I wear scrubs all the time. I think about those things when I'm faced w/food decisions. Sorry for rambling on. Good luck hun. Let me know how things turn out.

**AerieFae** · February 4th, 2010, 02:45 PM

Totally not rambling! I completely understand! I refuse to buy any clothes because if I lose weight, which I am going to do (positive thinking), then whats the point in investing money into clothes that I can only wear for a month or so. Before whenever we would go out to eat I would half the plate immediately and ask for a to go box to put it in right then. It helped a lot, but with my sisters they have perfect bodies, so they are always trying to get me to "cheat" for special occasions and such. But I will just have to have will power and think about this summer when I want to look half way decent in a bathing suit!!!! lol.

**iTaurus** · February 5th, 2010, 05:46 AM

hey everyone, just a little update for ya! i went to the dr today instead of waiting for friday. the weather is going to be horrible friday into sunday here (close to 3ft of snow). well in short i lost 5lbs its not the 9 i was hoping for BUT it was in my minimum of 5lbs every 2weeks. 16lbs in a month aint bad at all. so im happy!

**Harbor-lover** · February 5th, 2010, 11:21 AM

iTaurus

16 lbs is great you should be proud of yourself. Keep up the good work

**AerieFae** · February 5th, 2010, 04:55 PM

So exciting 16lbs is soooo good! You are an inspiration to all of us! =]

**AerieFae** · February 6th, 2010, 10:28 AM

Where has everyone gone? lol. Well Yesterday was a workout day for me. I did a Walk Your Way Fit video. Walked/Jogged 2 miles while wielding 2lb weights in my hands, it felt so good! I weighed myself this morning, even though I'm trying to cut down on my habit of weighing every morning, and I had lost 1.5lb. Yay! Well my twin nieces who are about to turn two have been in town since tuesday, so I have been getting up every morning around 7:30 to help my pregnant sister. Which is actually a good thing because I've been taking my phen a lot earlier than I normally do. So I think it has been working better, and I can def sleep better at night. So yay! I want to buy a Zumba video, my sis said that they are super fun. Has anyone else tried one of those videos? Well good luck everyone with your weight loss this weekend! I know we all can do it!

**iTaurus** · February 8th, 2010, 05:27 AM

hey thanks guys, im uber excited about my new life change. its amazing. im happy i could be of some sort of inspiration to you or anyone at all

- well ive been kooked up in the house since friday. the storm came and there wasnt much i could to. allthough i had my planned "bad eats day" i did pretty fine the other 2days of the weekend. i havent made it to the gym but ill be digging my car out of a 4ft snow wall the next few days so that should help with the lack of work out the weekend.

how's everyone else doing here? well i hope. ill check back soon. ttyl

**AerieFae** · February 8th, 2010, 10:06 PM

Doing good so far! Today is a workout day, I'm gonna do a walk your way fit video, since it's been storming all day. I bought some weighted gloves to use while using the video. I had a bad eating day yesterday, I ate at long john silvers! =/ but I didn't gain any so thats good! I hope everyone is doing well! And that everyone finds there way back here since our numbers have kind of dropped. =[ lol. Good luck this week with diets and workouts!!

**Harbor-lover** · February 9th, 2010, 07:50 AM

Good morning

I'm up early this morning drinking my coffee and getting ready to work out. Last night I did 1 hr on my ellipitical and multi reps of arm weights. Only 5 lbs and I just do diff things like box, bi curls and so on. I'm taking my grandmother out to lunch for an early v-day. My grandfather and all of their children have passed on, including my mom.

So I try to do little things for her. We are eating @ Applebees and I plan on ordering a 550 cal meal the spicy shrimp (it's new) and I'm only going to eat 1/2. I got to stay on track. I am also eating @ the Olive Garden with my husband on Sat. and going to see the new V-day movie. I cannot cheat on my diet so wish me good luck. I go to the doc on that following Wednesday on the 17th. I go every 2 wks. Last time I weighed 229 on 2-3-10. So far I have lost 6lbs since weigh in. Good luck this week with goals everyone.

AerieFae - Congrats on doing good girl. Keep it up and b4 to long you will reach your goal!!

iTaurus - Keep up the good work. I wish it would snow where I live. We had an ice storm but no snow. We get a few inches every few years and everything closes. Lol

Don't forget BL comes on tonight if you're a fan. I am. I want steph to win. Her determination is so contagious. I recap the show in my mind when I want to give up after 30 min on the ellipitical and that pushes me to keep going for 1hr!!!!

Ashley

**Harbor-lover** · February 9th, 2010, 09:49 AM

Lets get a challenge going!

What do y'all think?

**AerieFae** · February 9th, 2010, 05:22 PM

I would def be up for a challenge!! What should we do? I'm up for anything! I lost another pound today! Yay me. lol. I want to get a Wii so I can do wii fit and such. I think I may go get one this week! Especially since I am going up to dallas on thurs for my nieces bdays and I won't have access to the gym! So I can do that and my other video. I hope everyone is doing well! i <3 you guys! Yall really push me to workout, otherwise I'd be like eh... lol. I always think I wanna workout so I can go and post about it! haha.

**iTaurus** · February 10th, 2010, 05:05 AM

*harbor: im up for a challenge. in a few so far, vday challenge and a 25lbs by easter. i also have my own challenge/goal to start drinking half my weight in water. its hard getting that many ounces in. i get about 60 to 80 in now. but yeah have got anything in mind as of yet?

*fae: i want a wii so BAD!! i Youtube the games/tricks/reviews allllll the time (doing it now as a matter of fact) haha. im waiting for the money to get right to grab one while their still 200bucks. i want to do the EA sports challenge thy have going too. i may just stop at kmart and put one on lay away. or i can file my flipn taxes and just go get one (urrrg) so much on my plate at the moment.

*im still wondering where everyone went....seems like its just the 3 of us lately

**AerieFae** · February 10th, 2010, 05:32 PM

I know it does seem like everyone else fell off, but oh well sometimes just having a small groupis good too! But anyone who wants to join is welcome. I know I'm gonna keep posting here! And on the other threads I am suscribed to. I think the three of us are doing the 25lbs by easter challenge, it seems like it's gonna be fun! Working out 5 days a week for 60 mins, I normally do 3 times a week for 30 min but I need to kick it up! For some reason I really don't like going to the gym. I would rather do a workout video or run on my treadmill here. BUT when I do go to the gym it feels like I get a better workout. lol. But I am excited about losing 25lbs! I'm going to try to aim for 30lbs though so that I can be in onderland. That would be so amazing, haven't been there since my junior year in high school! lol. But good luck everyone, I hope that everything diet/workout wise goes grerat today!

itaurus- I'm sorry that you have so much on your plate. =[ I hope everything goes smoothly this week!

**AerieFae** · February 13th, 2010, 09:07 PM

This weekend has been crazy! Babies everywhere. Hope everyone is doing well@

**iTaurus** · February 17th, 2010, 05:37 AM

heyyyy ladies! hows everyone doing out there in weightloss land? just checking in since ive been mia for a few. hope all is well. i have a weigh in on friday so ill post those results when time allows

toOdles

**AerieFae** · February 18th, 2010, 04:19 AM

Oh my goodness things have been hectic lately! I just got back from dallas so sorry i've been MIA. How is everyone doing? I hope they are doing great! I went and got a wii and wii fit plus today! So exciting. I really like it alot so far! I need to look into other workout games! Well I hope everyone is well! Good luck everyone with your weightloss this week!! =]

**AerieFae** · February 21st, 2010, 08:01 PM

Ugh this week has been horrible and it has really been testing my habit of eating when I am under emotional stress. I am 19 and my on again off again bf of 4 1/2 years , currently off, has been such a jerk lately. We aren't together but we still go on dates and cuddle and watch movies and go to each others houses and such, and then randomly last week he fell off the face of the earth. Literally. Lying to his mom, dad, and me and had us worried to death. And I know this has nothing to do with phentermine or weight loss but I am just such an emotional wreck I need to get it out somewhere. Come to find out he was over at one of his good friend's ex gf's houses shacked up with her and some of his friends. I love him so much but I know he is not good for me. But it is SO hard to let him go. I have deleted him from my social websites myspace, facebook etc and have blocked his number from my phone. He was like my best friend and I feel so lost. Just please keep your fingers crossed that I don't go on an eating binge. I don't want to lose all of my progress just because some guy is a d***. =[

**iTaurus** · February 22nd, 2010, 02:34 AM

*Fae: i know EXACTLY what you mean. i was in a similar situation with an ex. we 'were' the best of friends at one point single or as a couple. and sadly he was the reason for some of my weight. granted i was a (in my eyes) a healthy 185 (no sagging all toned) pounds when we 1st started but after i was a good 220! then i gained about 15 after i finally cut him loose. he was the only person in the worl that could push my buttons and upset me to the point of no return. it was like he purposely would do it. and when i had those moments id eat and stress horibly. food was clearly my best friend and it showed. i've realised that no1 is worth tht much energy to keep no matter how much u may love them. if they truely lovef u the same as u do them they wouldnt hurt you like they do. once i removed myself from the situation i felt so much better. yes it took some time to get over the initial break especially when ur used to hering from that person daily, but sometimes its needed. im not telling what you should do, i only know what works for me. but if that is ur trigger for stress and emotional eating try to remove yourself from that for a while. take time out to work on you and get yourself back on track and in a happy place (so to speak) im keeping my fingers crossed for u in hopes u have the will power to say no to the junk. youve come so far, so dnt let this little bump in the road get the best of you

**iTaurus** · February 22nd, 2010, 02:38 AM

oh and i didnt make it to the doc this friday (grrr) and my next visit isnt until the 5th. if i could squeeze him in this week i would but im in the process of moving and that is taking up majority of my time *sigh. hopefully the numbers are good come the 5th. that seems so far awaaay GOSH! i swore to myself wouldnt buy a scale until i hit ONEderland but times like these i just want to step on the scale and see my progress lol.

**wishflower** · February 22nd, 2010, 08:24 AM

Taur - Good luck on the move. That definitely is very time consuming. I bet youll be happy to see your progress at your next visit. Im not as an extreme obsessor as some over weighing, but i definitely couldnt do this without having one lol (a scale)

Fae - I know when it comes to relationships its hard to heed advice because a lot of people have to fall and get up/see for themselves, but i second what Taur said. You are better than your situation and how hes treating you. Its easy to keep bouncing back to negativity like that, but if you could picture the you 5 years from now do you still want her to be dealing with the same? Dont waste your good years.. we really only do get this one life, and it goes by quick. I have faith in you.

**AerieFae** · February 23rd, 2010, 04:04 AM

Agh! That was exactly what I needed to hear guys! lol. I know I have to kick my bad habit of emotional eating...and my bad habit of him. I had one really rough day this week where I almost went a whole 24hrs without eating cus I was upset...then I snapped out of it. I am better now thank goodness. I have taken the first steps to get him out of my life, farther than I have ever gone before so there is no going back now! Thank you for all of your support! =] I <3 you guys!

**iTaurus** · February 23rd, 2010, 06:28 AM

awwww *huGgs* glad to see u made it through Fae its not always easy but 1step in the right direction is all it takes

*wish: thx! im going to need it lol and a scale if this week doesnt fly by

**AerieFae** · March 3rd, 2010, 07:29 PM

Wow it has been forever! Where has everyone gone!? Well I had my official doctor weigh in this monday and I have lost 19.5lbs and 5 inches off of my waist! Woo hoo! I couldn't have done it without all of yalls support! I hope all of you are doing super with yalls weight loss! <3 I miss you guys!

**iTaurus** · March 6th, 2010, 01:11 PM

hey ladies. man have i missed everyone. it has been a long road since the last time i was here. lots of stress, heartache and pure drama. even with all that i managed to lose 8lbs! brings me down to 212. a 24lb loss. i am uber happy. i honestly didnt think i'd lose anything because of all the drama around me, stressing me out but i made it.

*fae: great job on your weight loss.lrts keep it up. we're closer to our goals than we think

side note: i picked up some resistance bands recently, their kicking my a s s! i found some golds gym youtube vids that i use for the workouts, and im gonna tell you they LOOK easy, but they arent at all. i guess with time everything will become easier lol.

*hope to hear from everyone soon. i should be here more often now. the move is just about over (thank God!) talk to everyone later

**AerieFae** · March 8th, 2010, 11:59 PM

Today was a good day! I woke up at a decent hour. I have a problem of taking my phen late in the afternoon and then I get a jolt of energy around 2 or 3 a.m. and end up going to bed at 4! But I woke up at 7 a.m. today! yay! I had a good breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Then I worked out for an hour and half! Good day so far! Now I'm about to hit the hay! Hope everyone has a wonderful diet and workout week! We can do it! =]

**AerieFae** · March 26th, 2010, 01:39 PM

So I had hit a plateau there for a while, even though I was eating right and actually going to the gym 4 times a week for 2+ hours. BUT finally I lost 3 lbs. So yay me! Does anyone else ever come here anymore? If not where are yall going? I don't want to be here all alone! lmbo.

**iTaurus** · March 27th, 2010, 12:49 AM

CONGRATS!!! fae on kicking that plateau in the butt lol. been there done that and im sure ill be there again. as for me i really havent been to the doc since the 5th of march. work has been cutting into my weigh in days. im still eating right, exsersizing and taking my phen, i just dnt knw my current weight (grrrrr!) lol. not having a scale is killing me but i made a promise to myself and i will be sticking to it. 13lbs will put me at 199 and thats when ill buy it till then im at the mercy of the doc, when i can get there. hopefully this friday comming up april 2nd i can make it with no work interuptions (crossing fingers) hoping for atleast 7lb loss to pull me out the doubles and have me at 205. i havent seen that in forever. but im settling for no less than 4lbs (my half way mark). oh and as far as visiting other sites i actually have an account on another site, i dnt visit there often. just to update my ticker really. i started there first but ran into this site on theirs lol so this is my WL-home. if you want the name of the site send me a msg ill gladly give it to you.

keep up the great work ladies!

**AerieFae** · March 28th, 2010, 01:45 AM

You are doing so wonderful! I should have probably said no weighing myself. Its an addiction and most of the time it just puts me down in the dumps! But then that one day out of the week boom weightloss. lol. I can't believe I'm out of the 20's finally. So excited. =]