i eat breakfest an lunch but I often forget dinner

oh an I walked 7 miles yesterday woot go me

go you!!!!

You forget dinner???
I think my thing is that eating is something I do when idle, and in the morning I'm getting ready for work.... after work at home (dinner) i eattttt.

I do often forget it cause i have cook it most the time an half the time we have nothing in the house that will not go together

Name/Nickname: Lilith
Current Weight: 220
Target Weight: 175
Body Mass Index: 30.7
Number of Pounds to Lose: 45
How Many Weeks: as long as it takes
Diet/Exercise Plan: Swim an hour at least three days a week. Walk at least an hour the rest of the week. Eat healthier, drink more water. Give up soda.

I just found this thread and I love it.

Lilith!!! Welcome!!! glad to have you!
Your goal is very reasonable, and your plan looks good as well!
Swimming is such a great excersize! I'm not A very strong swimmer myself, so I chose walking instead!
Anyways, glad to have you on board!!!

*reminder to self* update front page.

I can't Excersize/hardly move. I ended up taking a small teenager to the knee yeah it hurts!

@Hollywood- Thanks ^^
Swimming is great especially for me because my knees are bad.
I like walking and as soon as it stops raining and storming I plan on walking too.
Thanks, I'm glad to be here.

And of course the day I decided to exercise I get sick and can barely breath.

Name/Nickname: Sikuyi-chan
Current Weight: 206.4lbs
Target Weight: 150lbs
Body Mass Index: 35.4
Number of Pounds to Lose: 56.4
How Many Weeks: 30 weeks or however long it takes.
Diet/Exercise Plan: No more than 1500 calories a day and walking stairs every time during school. Walking around neighborhood on weekends.

Sikuyi-chan-- WELCOME!!
I am so glad to see new people coming to do this. It's awesome to want to make a change for the healthier!!
Your excersise plan is good for now to ease yourself in. Give yourself a month of that and maybe bump your neighborhood walks up to 3 times a week! Just keep challenging yourself and you will do great! :)

@ Cuppycake +Lilith-- OH NOES!! I hope you both feel better soon!!!

I did SO much walking yesterday. About 3 hours of continuous walking. It was so gorgeous downtown, and there is so much going on in my city for the long weekend that I had to check it out.
Today I only walked for about a half and hour home with groceries.... but at leas it was something!!

Keep it up ladies!! xoxox!

*pokes in her head*

Hiya Bound Birdie!
How's it going?!!!

this poor, slow moving little thread.

Well guys, I seem to have dropped a couple of pounds without even really trying! I feel great today!
I am probably going to be a little bit naughty over the next 4 days... it's my birthday on saturday (i'm turning 25! omg) and for example, today my parents are coming for a visit and we'll go out for lunch.... and they'll probably buy me an amazing candy apple downtown... and then of course i'll have to have some cake on saturday... oh well. At least I'll be playing tourist all day, so I'll walk it off!

yeah walk it off I've been drinking water with lemon juice and getting some sun an that's been helping me somewhat

I have a lime sitting in my bag, with a knife. This is so incase I get thirsty at work I can cut up some lime and put it into my water.... instead of running to the store to grab a pop or juice. I think pop and juice are some of my biggest vices right now, and trying to cut down will take a lot of will power.

... T_T I gained four pounds. -pokes my tummy- Whyyyy.. I've been eating less and walking more. Arghh

The summer is bad to me.. >_> there's nothing to eat but snacks and junk, because I cant eat a lunch at school. At least 3/5 days there's something healthy to eat..
I'm considering just eating breakfast, which is usually cereal, and skipping lunch to eat dinner later.
Is that a bad idea? >_<

I'm also trying to find the motivation to go out biking every day for at least an hour.. I don't have money to go swimming at all this summer. ):


/not posting a profile because my weight is humiliating

it's a bad idea.
You should try to eat at least 3 good-sized meals a day. Ideally, you want 5-6 small meals, but who has the time in their day for THAT? (not me!)

I skip breakfast and that is my WORST habit. I really REALLY need to push myself to get better at that. I just generally don't like breakfast foods... so even if I have to make myself eat a spinach salad or something, I really need to start doing so.

Mmmmm now I am craving spinach salad...........

Name/Nickname: Birdie
Current Weight: 175 - 185
Target Weight: 150 to 160 depending
Body Mass Index: 23.7 - 25.1
Number of Pounds to Lose: 25 or so
How Many Weeks: oh I hope not to long....
Diet/Exercise Plan: Yoga routine every other morning and walking to work 5 out 7 days (about 45min) Eat healthier overall more in the morning and not so much at night drink V8

*waves at hollywood and Rain*

So I have a question about scales. My friend has an old fashioned scale and it says I'm at 175 (which I think for my size and build is okay high end of okay but okay just the same) but I bought this $10 digital one and it says I'm any where from 183 to 188 o.O so I'm not to apt to trust is when it gives me such a varied result each time. How can I tell if my scale is reliable?

That is a bit off Birdie. lol
My scale is off by 5 pounds and no matter what I do to it it stays that way so we just take off five pounds.

I wish I knew how much it was off then... It's going to be hard to track my progress with such a pissy scale *pouts*

You just need to use the same scale each time you weight. It doesn't really matter what the number is, as long as it's going down. :D

My scale is 3.5 pounds heavier than my doctor's scale, but I go by my scale instead. I'm always happily surprised when I go to the doctor and they say I weigh less than I think i do. :)

The scale I grew up with was 3lbs heavier, so we always subtracted 3lbs.
The scale I have now, I'm not sure if it is accurate or not, but like Sizzla said, it doesn't really matter what the scale says initially as long as you use the same one consistently and the number goes down.
Also, it helps to consistently weigh yourself at the same time of day each time you do it.
Either first thing when you get up, or last thing before you go to bed are good options.

Really? Time of day matters... o.O
Is it also true that it's really easy to mess up the calibration of your scale?
Thanks all for your advice >.< I suppose I must stick with my ever varying scale.

I always weigh when I get to work, 8 a.m. exactly. And I'm always lighter in the mornings too, so that's something to consider. You gain between 1-2 pounds during the day just from eating and drinking. :)

And I'm not sure how you could uncalibrate a digital scale... I think that's just how it's been made.

Lmao, I recognize most people on this page from Flowerless. xD Hi guyss. I need to start eating healthier again now that it's summer and I have time to go grocery shopping and make my own food. Summertime also equals exercise time :o

My scale bugs... my old one broke, and I know this new one is inaccurate in a million ways.

Well I fallowed Hollywoods sig I guess I'm not the only one >.< I guess the munchies are really taking their toll on us huh? Exercise in the summer isn't so bad because you can do so much more outside: swim, hike, beach walks, bike rides. I can't do anything like that in cold rainy weather.

So I started weighing myself right after my yoga in the morning and today at first it said 178 so I got excited and got back to double check and it said 184 o.O How much do scales generally vary by? because I might just invest in one of the fashioned one.

I eat a lot when I'm about to be on my period ._. but I lose all the weight afterwards. I have been eating a lot at night lately though while I'm stoned or drunk, like right before bed. WORST THING YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR WEIGHT. I want to go hiking more often, and I have a pool now so I can go swimming and get a tan while I'm at it :D

Yoga is awesome! Have you tried pilates?
I think your scale is retarded, lul. It shouldn't vary by that much; actually, your weight on the scale shouldn't change at all if you just got on and off and on again.