HELP! Clock is ticking. Lbs still here!
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| Wed, 04-07-2004 - 1:32pm |
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me!! Here's the deal. It's april 7th. I turn 30 on May 30th. I have had a personal goal to make it back to 135 lbs before (or by rather) my 30th birthday. And I am STILL 15 lbs away. The story began when I weighed in at 186 at my heaviest. I was diagnosed with PCOS (I'll explain to anyone who wants one) and since then, have been put on the medication, and through diet and exercise, have gone down to 150 (current weight) and am STUCK!! I've kept that first 36 lbs off now for 2 years. The lighest I've gotten was 144 and that lasted a day I think. I need daily motivational support from someone, everyone, anyone... PLEASE!! I have GREAT exercise equipment at home. I try my best (completely forgot today though) to walk for 20-30 minutes at lunch every day during the week. Weather permitting, I am doing good with that. My biggest problem is, my eating. Not that I eat horrible all the time, in fact, I usually eat healthy, but I think due to hormonal imbalances (PCOS) I get these cravings and fall off the wagon repeatedly. I can eat what I want and hardly exercise and I stay at 150. I want to be 135 by may 30th. I've even said that if I made it to 145 or 140 (or well on my way to 135) I wouldn't be so hard on myself.. but MAN.. I can't get past and stay past this 150 mark!! Any help? Support? Special forks that would zap me every time they touch my lips?? I am desparate. I've even started taking (but definitely NOT every day) a supplemt called ECA Stack. Yes, it has ephedra, but I did all the research and I know how to safetly use it. It ANYONE is willing to help this girl obtain a life long goal.. I'd be more than willing to be the best friend you'd ever had for the rest of my life!! PLEASE!! I need someone to remind me DAILY that I have to and CAN do this. I just need that extra help. I know how to eat right. I know how to exercise. I need someone to tell me everyday.. "are you following your plan?? GOod girl!!" Why I need that?? I dont' know. BUt right now, it's the only thing I haven't gotten.. support. If anyone can/wants to, please write me at smartredfox01@yahoo.com.
Desparately yours,
Pam
ps. I am 5'1.5" tall. I could stand to go lower than 135 but like I said, I want to be realistic..

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Welcome to the 30's board and era Pam!
Alright here's the deal....check in here each day and you WILL find LOTS of SUPPORT and ENCOURAGEMENT from
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So welcome and keep posting and checking in.
KIM
Pam you have found the right place!!
Please feel free to holler if you want to chat. Good luck on making your goal ...
Hi Pam.
Maybe we can help each other. I'm 5'1" and want to lose about 15 by June 12th. I'm going to Hawaii. I intend for the rest of the weight to be off by MY 30th b-day, which is in October. Which would be another 10lbs. Like you, I want to be realistic. My goal is 125lbs right now. To me, that's realistic in 10 weeks.
Maybe we can get on each other about eating better and working out. I have yet to find the motivation to go to the gym. I can't seem to find it. and it doesn't help that 1. I've got pms and 2. i'm moody and depressed right now.
I have no idea what PCOS (you don't have to explain, i can research), and how it affects you, but I can only imagine how having something else to deal with can ruin your "chances" of losing wight like you want to. yuck! For me, something else ALWAYS comes up. I'm such a procrastinator.
~C
OK! Lets do it! Let's get this thing figured out together!! Like I said, I could stand to weigh 125 as well. I thought 135 was a good start for not pressuring myself. I weighed 135 in highschool. SO, I'm almost 30 and not too far off from there!! THere's something to be said for that, right? And I am divorced right now, but I weigh less now than when I did when I got married. I am back into a relationship with my bf who lives with me so I pretty much live like I am married again. And well, I still weight less then I did when I was married. Most woman pack on the pounds (And boy did I ever) but I managed to lose that and keep it off. Now if only I could get rid of these last 13.5 (stepped on the scale this morning and I was 148.5.. so I guess I am staying below 150).
How can we do this?? For starters, I plan on checking in with this message board daily (and on weekends if I can) which I think I am going to make my way of "journaling". I'll "confess" my days events. And well, hopefully, I'll get some "way to go's" or some "what did ya do that for's?" and can learn from that. For instance, today is one of the girls birthday in the office. I just HAD to have a piece of cake. And as I am eating it, I am thinking.. "This doesn't even taste good. Why am I eating this??" and well, as I shove the last bite into my mouth.. I thought "THAT WAS DUMB!!"
We can exchange e-mail addresses, perhaps phone numbers in the future, come up with weekly or daily goals together. And well, be there for each other! I say, lets exchange before and after pics. Constantly remind each other of that one goal that we are trying to reach, me, it's feeling GREAT about myself when I turn 30 and for you, perhaps a bikini in Hawaii??? Lets get started! Dont' waste another minute. You mention that you are a procrastinator?? SO am I.. Let's not wait. Start today!!
smartredfox01@yahoo.com
Looking forward to hearing from you!!
Pam
And should I just post my progress to this board, or perhaps start a new one when I've got something worthy of mentioning?? Too bad there wasn't a "journal" place online that we could log our daily info and everyone could see it to give you input, advice, or learn from it. I think it would be helpful. I mentioned to the reply post to cherbear that I weighed in at 148.5 this morning. I am in SHOCK. I have been below 150 now for about 2 weeks and haven't been dieting. Before, the first day I would fall off the diet, I would slip past that 150 mark again. Only by a pound or two but still VERY frustrating. So, only haveing 13.5 (instead of 15) pounds to lose is a little motivation in itself.
As far as diets to follow, the one I followed to lose the first 36 was the atkins and I have kept it off. But now days, I have trouble staying on it. Any advice there?? I see SO MANY low carb stuffs in the stores now. I think I might try it again since I could have more variety.
Ohhh.. that piece of cake I ate this morning (again, see my reply post to cherbear..lol) is making my stomach do flip flops.. wasn't such a good idea after all *sigh*...
Here I go about my day now... Lets make it count.
You crack me up!!! I will email you in a second. But first. Here's the link the the summer challenge,
the one thing i love about this board is the great response i get when i do what i am supposed to do with my diet and exercise but also the support i get when i mess up to get back on the wagon. i look forward to checking in with you when you start journaling. i also post my daily menus when i journal so we can get ideas from each other on what to eat.
Talk to you soon.
Tara
Pam- I'm going to post a 'Welcome Wagon' in just a little while, hopefully that will help you navigate around the board a little better, and find things you're looking for. I think Cherbear did a great job of helping you find the Summer Challenge- hope you'll join us too!
Great to have you on board ~IG
cl-vi_islandgirl
co cl @Getting Fit In Your 30's
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