[hopeless2015]

Today
Clif bar, banana, small portion of leftovers from last night. Making chili tonight

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Breakfast: oatmeal with strawberries, banana slices, and pecans; half slice of ham
Lunch: PB&J
Dinner: Turkey Sausage Soup with Fresh Vegetables It's a lot of food, but at least I'll have some healthy leftovers.

Blood sugar is back to normal, thankfully.

[wildflowerchild25]

I've lost 1.5 pounds of the three I gained. So I'm on the right track. Hopefully he back down to 194 by the weekend. I considered stopping for some chips bc I have off tomorrow for the snow, but decided to stay the course. I keep telling myself I can add more carbs when I get to my goal weight of 175. I can't go back to eating the way I was though, I will gain it all back in a month!

[raspberrytorte]

Two muffins, piece of vegan pizza. Zoloft has killed my appetite.

[BPMan]

I have to lose weight. I used to be somewhat thin, but over the last six months Abilify, and then Vraylar has made me so constantly starving I've gained 30 pounds or so. I'm afraid to step on a scale. I had to buy larger pants. I'm so upset about it. Everyday I start out strong but end up eating too much. These meds make me so hungry.

[Wander]

5 beers and some potato chips can't be good for my diet

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Breakfast: scrambled eggs with cheese, toast, sausage
Lunch: PB&J
Dinner: Garlic Chicken Rigatoni
Dessert: Vanilla ice cream and Hershey's syrup

WTF was I thinking?

I went to the first meeting of the weight loss contest. I think i have a fighting chance at winning as i am just too busy and excited to eat and because i am an experienced dieter and know all the tricks. Last year the winner won $400! 'Right now i'm pulling a mild ketosis so i'm hoping for a big weight loss this week. The contest runs for ten weeks. The women are all really nice, especially this one who does quilting. I really got a good vibe from her. The home of the leader is beautiful and so comfortable. I have never sat in a more comfortable chair! It was upholstered leather and so luscious and cushy -- i couldn't get enough of snuggling into it and running my hands over it. The leader must be keen on decorating as there are little treasures where ever you look, a pleasure for the eyes and not a speck of dust any where. I took the bus there with ease which was a relief because taking local buses into bedroom communities can sometimes be a nightmare and the leader's husband graciously offered to drive me to the bus station where service is excellent from there home. I really hit it off with the husband. I like women fine but honestly i find i like men more than women. They're got more fire under their asses!

[bizi]

no beer last night
167.5 this am.
almost back to square one after my week long eating drinking.....
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[bizi]

I also bought a high carb meal to share with a friend whose husband has been out of town.
lasagna
butter rolls
salad
Gelato ice cream raspberry

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[wildflowerchild25]

I'm back down to 194! I've been super strict with carbs since Saturday. Only had one drink on the snow day, zero carbs (liquor). I might lose another pound by my official weigh in day of Saturday. That would be great.

I'm going to go to the thrift shop and buy some jeans in the next size down. My size 18s are getting too baggy. I have one size 16 that fits and one that doesn't. I figure if I buy second hand jeans I won't feel bad if they don't fit yet. I'm looking for something to wear for my birthday weekend (bday apr 4, I'll be the big 3-0!) because I'm planning on going into the city for the night. I'd like my jeans to fit reasonably well.

[gina_re]

I had a smoothie last night for dinner. I'm trying to make it where my largest meal is lunch rather than dinner. Especially since I tend to eat late. I was surprisingly satisfied and was successful in fighting the urge in grabbing something sweet to eat. It was already late and I was actually full. It's all mind over matter. I'm just in the stage of retraining myself to not pig out on every meal. And when I do snack, it's on fruit instead of sweets. So far so good.
p.s. I love this blender!

[Moose72]

I've just been trying to not eat carbs and eat more protein. I lost another pound so almost 20 pounds now. Started at 202 now at 183. Going to the gym twice a week. Wondering if I should increase that but I do walk in-between usually.

[bizi]

congratulations! Moose!
well done!
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[wildflowerchild25]

I managed to lose 4 pounds this week, but I had gained three, so it's a net loss of one pound. Still good though. If I lose another pound in the week coming up I will have lost 20 pounds! That's amazing, especially with my hormone issues. I'm getting blood work done soon so I'm hoping to be out of the prediabetic range.

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Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, sausage, and toast
Lunch: two hot dogs on multigrain bread (no buns)
Dinner: Lasagna Deliziosa (a small piece)

Blood sugar is good, but now I'm craving carbs (especially sugars). Not very happy about that.

[bizi]

I just bought wine lime coolers. ONly 100 calories a drink!
Have to try one tonight!
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[Wander]

In the last week I have been snacking on potato chips and drinking too much beer. Besides that my meals have been healthy and I have exercised 3 times (2 swims and one long, fast walk), plus being very active around my flat cleaning and organising. So far my weight is the same, or maybe two pounds up at the most. Going to try to stop the snacks and cut back on beer. Been mixed or hypo so its been difficult to control myself. Increased Abilify so far doesn't seem to have effected my weight. Fingers crossed.

[bizi]

Originally Posted by Wander

In the last week I have been snacking on potato chips and drinking too much beer. Besides that my meals have been healthy and I have exercised 3 times (2 swims and one long, fast walk), plus being very active around my flat cleaning and organising. So far my weight is the same, or maybe two pounds up at the most. Going to try to stop the snacks and cut back on beer. Been mixed or hypo so its been difficult to control myself. Increased Abilify so far doesn't seem to have effected my weight. Fingers crossed.

so what is your dose of abilify?
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[Wander]

Originally Posted by bizi

so what is your dose of abilify?
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20mg now and has been for about two weeks though I cheated on the weekend and only took 10mg. I was feeling great and felt I didn't need so much. Today I am more agitated and feel a bit 'off' so I should probably go back up to 20mg. Have only been on Abilify for three weeks now. Started at 10mg. It has seemed to help as I was descending into a bad mixed episode but that seems to have lifted, and the hallucinations have gone. My pdoc told me it is weight neutral for most people so I am hoping I am one of those people. So far, so good. In three weeks Zyprexa had me put on almost 10 pounds so Abilify seems like a winner.

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Breakfast: Cheerios with blueberries, and sausage
Lunch: Chicken strawberry salad and chocolate chip coffee cake (ugh)
Dinner: small piece of leftover lasagna

The coffee cake busted my blood sugar. Now going to have to watch carbs more. They didn't have much else at the hospital.

[bizi]

I have to cut my internet addiction so will someone else pick up the job of keeping this thread going?
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[wildflowerchild25]

I'm getting discouraged. I'm in my same habit of doing well during the week and then bingeing on the weekend. Saturday I ate McDonald's (nuggets and fries), grilled cheese and fries, chips and dip, and drank 8 beers. I imagine it was somewhere around 3500 calories and I can't even tell you how many carbs. I gained 3.2 pounds overnight. So now I have to do exactly what I did last weekend which is lose 4 pounds to log a net loss of just one pound. If I do lose enough I will have hit the 20 pound mark, which is amazing but also discouraging as I have 20 more pounds until my goal weight, and then according to BMI charts I will STILL be 40 pounds overweight. For the last two days I've stuck to my plan but really, really want to throw in the towel.

But if I go back to eating whatever I want I will gain back all my weight very quickly. I gained twelve pounds just in December! I'm just so tired of logging food and not being able to have the things I want all the time.

I looked at pictures of myself from July and September though and though I'm roughly the same weight now I feel as though I'm carrying it better and not as bloated looking. So I guess that's motivation.

I just wish I hadn't spent so many years hating myself when I was actually thin. I wasted so much time! I don't want to hate myself when I eat fries! It's not the crime of the century! It's just fries. I don't even necessarily hate how I look now. I just know I'm not healthy. I'm getting blood work done soon and I'm hoping my A1C will be down. Maybe that's the motivation I need. To see how this woe is affecting my health, hopefully positively.

I'm going to eat some protein chips. Tastes like cheating but it's not. Maybe that will cheer me up!

[bizi]

I bought some coconut chips that are quite tasty.
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[bizi]

Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25

I'm going to eat some protein chips. Tastes like cheating but it's not. Maybe that will cheer me up!

tell me about these protein chips...is it like beef jerky?
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