Gram's New Journey

Wow, this is so new to me, but I have to find a way to begin.

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  • Name: Graminmo
  • City: Warsaw
  • Region: Missouri
  • Country: United States

My Weight Loss

Height: 172.7cm
Start weight: 248.90lb
Current weight: 230.70lb
Goal weight: 165.00lb
Lost to date: 18.20lb
Remaining: 65.70lb

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07/08/2010 15:00

Still Going

Well we survived the 4th and I managed to really watch my calorie intake.  I'm pretty happy with my results so far, but I sure have a long ways to go, I'm just hoping I can find the get up and go to keep going on with it.  I am finding that livestrong is the best calorie counter so am using that, its easy to find the foods.
 
Okay, someone out there tell me how you add images to your blog.  I'm usually pretty computer savy, but I sure can't figure that out and I've noticed that some of you have really nice things on your blog.  I want to "brighten" my blog up a little bit.
 
My therapy on my knee is going well, but it is still hurting and I'm still having a problem with sleeping all night in the bed, I usually end up in the recliner around 2 a.m.  Of course, this is when I usually have a cookie or two, why does a person do that.  So far I have only done that once since I started counting calories so I'm happy with that.  Unfortunately I have always been one to get up in the night and eat a cookie, a piece of cake, or something - those calories don't count at night, right?
 
But I'm down 10 lbs right now, so one step at a time, one calorie at a time.  I sure would love to hear from more of your and I will answer any of you that contact me.  I really do like to get new information from others, how you stay on track, what little bits of help you can give me.  I so want to get this weight off, but I know its a long road ahead, why can't it be as easy to take it off as it is to put it on?  Question of the day, right?
 
Hope everyone has a good day today, I'm hanging in there and still working on the calorie charts so am feeling pretty good about that.  But the next problem will be to get some groceries again and that can be my downfall, sometimes we don't have enough money to buy the "good" kind of groceries and then you end up with the carbs, sweets and those things.  But hoping to get some fruit etc in the next day or so.  So far, so good. 
 
Keep on keeping on everyone and write a note - would love to hear from you.
 
A struggling Graminmo

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07/04/2010 12:28

Celebrate the 4th

Happy 4th of July to all who read this!!  May you have a  safe holiday, but one where you can stay on track, that is what I'm going to try to do.
 
Wow, slow but sure - I can't believe that I have stayed on track, but I actually look forward to entering my food in the food diary to see how I'm doing, then before my evening meal I calculate how many calories I can eat.  But Praise God, it seems to be working, I'm down 8 lbs!!!  Now I know I won't lose that all the time, but what a glorious incentive for someone like myself to have, and I do like the calorie food counter on livestrong.com so much better, so that is the one I'm using.  At the end of the day I print off the diary and put it in a three ring notebook and after 7 days I print off the total sheet, this has helped me a lot to check to see what something is before I fix it for myself.  When I go to the doctor at the end of this month, I'm going to take it along and show him what I've been doing. 
 
I feel so much better already, mostly attitude I guess, but I feel like this is something I can do for myself and it has helped tremendously to have gotten ideas from others.  I so appreciate hearing from whoever drops me a note and I in turn am going to try and encourage others, but want to get a couple of weeks under my belt now.  I guess the biggest surprise is I'm not looking for the "sweets", "candy", etc because they are out in the garage for the most part and I'm staying away from them, which is something I've never been able to do before.  But it does help to have them out of the kitchen, my husband still can eat them, so we both are happy.
 
Once I'm done with therapy on my knee tho, I could have a challenge, because right now because I go to therapy three times a week, I'm busy and occupied, so I'm going tohave to find a way to keep busy once I'm done.  I will be cleared to drive now so that will help a lot too, so I can get out of the house if I have to.  Hopefully soon I will be steadier on my feet so I can start going for short walks and that will help, but we live in a very hilly, kind of rough surface to walk on so I have to be very careful not to fall. 
 
Thanks for all the help, look forward to hearing from you and I hope everyone is doing well.  We do need to encourage each other, but wow what a week I've had!!!
I love it!!
 

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07/02/2010 12:05

One full week

Wow, I don't believe myself - I managed to follow a 1250 calorie count all week long.  Usually by the 3rd day, I've gotten tired of keeping track and just give up, but so far so good.  Although I must say the food diary on this site doesn't have the food list that the food diary on livestrong.com does, it is too hard to find the food that I've eaten on the extrapounds listing.  Does anyone else have that problem? 
 
Now we come to a holiday, BUT since we won't be entertaining or going any where to eat out, I should be able to stick to my plan.  Just having this success this week has made a big difference in my attitude towards counting calories.  I know I'm not 100% writing down, but I'm allowing myself room for the calories I don't get counted such as a squirt of margarine on veggies, a squirt of Hidden Valley on a rolled up totrilla or whatever, so if a piece of beef comes up and it seems to be more than I've eaten, I know that the small amount is covered, but I'm being very careful. 
 
Haven't weighed myself yet today, need to go take a shower, weigh myself and get ready to go to therapy, then start the day.  So will probably write again later on. 
 
Still want to know how you make your blog more interesting with colored background, pictures on it, etc - I haven't figured out how to do that.  So anyway- a start to the holiday weekend-bug its been a good week - later.

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06/29/2010 13:12

Successful day

Well, had a successful day yesterday, kept track of my calories on two different sites, (checks & balances) and so far so good.  Taking it one day at a time-one meal at a time and see how it works.  Picked up a three ring binder and am printing my food diary at the end of the day so I can see what/where/when I ate - gives me some kind of an idea of what I'm doing.
 
Question:  How do you get the color, animations, etc on the blog page.  I'm usually pretty computer saavy, but this has me stumped.  I would like to decorate my page up, make it a little nicer, but can't figure out how to do it.  Suggestions, please.
 
My therapy on my knee went well yesterday, only two more weeks left of therapy unless I want to extend it and I might do that.  But the new knee is working well, just stiff yet - need to do my exercises again today, she really pushed yesterday to get the bend to 103, want it to bend to 124 at least before end of therapy.  After that maybe I can get myself into a exercise regiment, do some walking and work out on the Wii to get my balance better etc.  There is so much I can do, but I just haven't done it, so now is the time. 
 
Going to get a little work out in this morning, do a little dusting, cleaning, etc - so will be busy and that always helps me.  Mind over matter (food)!!  It is so rewarding to hear from all of you and to know you are facing the same struggles, but have over come them and that encourages me too.  I use to go to Weight Watchers, which is a great program, but the encouragement wasn't the same as it is here, I always felt like a failure if I didn't lose a lot in one week.  Here it doesn't matter, the only person I have to be accountable to is me - and one pound or two gone is enough.
 
Will write more later on today - best get some breakfast going, start the new day, sun is shining, birds are singing, what a glorious day.

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06/28/2010 12:16

Good day - tough nite!!

Boy, what a tough night I had, my knee was aching and with the restless syndrome really kicking in, I had to get up and take extra meds to get to sleep.  Of course, when this happens I will have to be really on guard today that I don't let my guard down.
 
Had a really great day yesterday and I managed to get my food written down, actually in two places.  Someone recommended the site www.livestrong.com and that is very easy to keep track of stuff.  I just hate that most of them you have to pay extra if you want to take full advantage of what they offer, but for now I can use them both.  I liked the livestrong one because I could copy it when I got done last night and I can have a record of what I ate and the calories, makes it easier to look it up.
I tried to copy the food diary on here, but it only copied one page, couldn't find a place where you could print it anywhere.
 
Thanks so much to the ones who have responded to me, it really helps a lot and I'm taking all the "little words of wisdom" that you give me and writing them down, going to make up sticky notes and put them on the fridge to remind me to do this one step, one calorie, one saying NO at a time.  I haven't gotten on the scale yet this morning, but I was down some yesterday.
 
My weight loss tracking doesn't seem to set right, not sure what I'm doing wrong, but it looks like it's adding the pounds instead of subtracting them.  Are most of you Gold members on this site, or do you just do the free site.  I think you can probably do more if your Gold, will have to consider it later on.
 
Boy they say life is a journey, well my journey has sure gotten off track, but I'm determined to get it back on.  It is helping to have the "goodies" out in the garage where my husband can eat them and I'm not tempted, out of sight, out of mind really does work.  His whole family is thin, (good metabolism) wouldn't you know he always has great everything when he goes to the doctor, everything that is supposed to be high is high and low is low; whereas mine is low is high and high is low, I hate having tests done sometimes.  But now my biggest fear is having diabetis and that is why I'm so determined this time.
 
Time to get a shower, get ready for therapy and start the day.  Again, thanks for the information, help, whatever, please continue to keep in touch with me, I will be so glad to correspond with others, young or old.  Have a winning day.

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