http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/KS-Julie's Bloghttp://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,58570/Tue, 01 May 2007 08:27:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,58570/Well, I am down at 146# but certainly not due to any exercise I did for the week.  I cut my calories back to 1,250 since I wasn't exercising, but I could tell my weight loss was slowing down, my muscles were losing their tone very quickly,  and I felt ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,56804/Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:16:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,56804/Well, I did make it down to 148 by Monday but only because I got my period and blew off some water weight from bloating.  This has been a bad week for following my program.  I haven't felt any desire to exercise since last Tuesday.  Other than doing a lot ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,54491/Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:35:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,54491/Well, for the first time in 15 years, I have a Normal BMI again!  :-)  Prior to getting pregnant with my oldest son in 1992 at the age of 26, I had always had a Normal BMI.  Little did I know that during 3 consecutive pregnancies I would change from ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,52853/Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:03:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,52853/Well, I wasn't an Easter bunny casualty!  I went to my family's Easter lunch and only ate filet mignon, meatloaf, and beans.  At Mark's family's dinner, I had one hamburger and a deviled egg.  No candy, no dessert!  Nada.  This is the first holiday occasion in two years that I haven't ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,50980/Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:21:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,50980/Well, after the previous week where I ate way more than I'd wanted to at a medical conference over dinner, I was really dreading this last Friday cause I had an all day conference from 7:45 to 5:00...so two tempting meals to get through with people eating all around me. I ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,49761/Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:09:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,49761/Well, I had a medical conference to attend last Wednesday night which included a dinner.  I had the best of intentions heading over there that I was just going to eat the meats and veggies, but by the time I finished my salad, the bread basket which had been taunting ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,47748/Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:18:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,47748/This whole week was pretty ordinary with nothing much to report other than I'm just starting my lovely PMS bloating phase. Ugh!  At least I didn't gain any weight, but my abdomen's all pooched out and squishy...I feel like a water balloon...my cravings are all weird...and I'm snapping everyone's head ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,46120/Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:27:00 -0700http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,46120/Well, apparently my old shorts/pants that are 6 sizes too big aren't quite cutting it anymore since they almost fell off my 160# butt yesterday at the gym while on the elliptical! LOL  Fortunately, I'd already decided that my "reward" for hitting 159 would be some shopping on the Victoria's ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,44691/Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:16:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,44691/Well, I did make yesterday's goal of 162 pounds but only by treadmilling like a maniac over the weekend.  I was actually ahead of schedule the previous Monday since I was already 162.5 by that point due to dropping some PMS weight suddenly and had 6 days to drop only ... http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,42664/Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:59:00 -0800http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/283397/blog/action,comments/blog_post_id,42664/Well, I guess I get an F for regular blogging! LOL  The bad news for February is that just about everything that could go wrong did; the good news is that I didn't put on any weight during all of it (I'm sitting at 164# at the moment).  Yay me! First ...