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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Mar. ~ 2005 May: Health Center (ARCHIVES): Who Wants to Lose Weight With Me? (ARCHIVES): Archive through April 25, 2005 users admin

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Fabnsab
Member

08-07-2000

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Congrats, Nacy, MJH, and Kitt! Keep up the good work!

I made my 10% this week at WW. I lost 2.2 for a 29.4 total. My new goal is 50 lbs lost. i hope to do that by June sometime.

The real goal in my head is the weight I was when I met my husband. I gained 70lbs since we've been together(7 yrs). We both did, actually. I was heavy still but not nearly what I am now. I was 216(size 16) when we met and I started WW in Jan at 284(size 24). When I get back to 216, I'll be super happy then I'll just keep chiseling down from there.



Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Monday, April 04, 2005 - 10:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That's great Fab! I'm sure you can do the other 20 by June, what a great present to yourself for summer! Just keep on with what you're doing, it's clearly working.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Congrats to all of you! You inspire me! And Puppylov...WOW!!! Way to go!

Just wanted to share something I heard on the radio yesterday. He is a Dr. in Marin Co. CA who specializes in nutrition. He said 50% of our diet (diet =what we eat, not a "diet") should be from veg. and a big part of that 50% should be salad greens and green veg. Exercise 7-10 hr. per week. Don't eat many processed foods such as lunch meat and cookies. He had good info. Oh - he also said french fries are not vegs! He has a list of about 10 things that are very beneficial. I think he mentioned drinking a lot of water especially if you are trying to lose weight. I will post more if I can ever find out who he was.

I am also doing low carb and restricting bad fat. I am convinced that eating low fat (which for me included a lot of low fiber carbs) for so many years is the biggest contributor to my weight gain over the years.

I am trying to bake a lot for my kids mostly to keep them away from preservatives and get more fiber into them. I have been using grnd. walnuts and grnd. almonds as substitute for some of the flour. The bags (of the ground nuts from Trader Joes) actually say you can substitute half of the flour with the ground nuts, I haven't tried that much yet.

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Beware of calories if you're substituting ground nuts for flour. 1 cup of ground almonds has a massive 750 cals. There are some types of whole grain flours that are high in protein, I think quinoa and amaranth are good. Or you could use some straight bran or wheatgerm, rather than all the flour, that's extremely high in protein. The calories in both of those are less than in the flour.

Nancy
Member

08-01-2000

Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 8:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
down .8 this week--not too bad considering my thyroid is out of wack--and that 6.4 in 3 weeks now :-)

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Kitt, that is a good point about the calories. I made the kids pancakes last night for dinner and threw in a fair amount of wheat germ and they had no idea!

Fabnsab
Member

08-07-2000

Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
WTG, Nancy. Thats more than 2lbs per week, which is the recommended amount.

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi, you losers! Can a new dieter join in or is this strictly a WW thread?
Last week I joined a group at Curves where they are teaching a high-protein low-carb diet for 6 weeks. It is different from the Atkins type diets, with the primary aim of raising one's metabolism.
The first week was brutal for a bread and spuds kinda gal, but I wasn't hungry for one second during the last 5 days. Guess, I should be grateful for small favours, esp. since I already lost 6 lbs. I had heard about those big losses in the first week, but didn't expect that kind of luck for myself. You coulda knocked me over with a feather.LOL

Nancy
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, April 11, 2005 - 3:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
yeah lumb good 4 you!!! and no not a ww only thread

Nancy
Member

08-01-2000

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
yeah 2 more lbs for more which makes it 8.4 in 4 weeks :-)

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yay, Nancy!!!! That's a really good pace!

Fabnsab
Member

08-07-2000

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 7:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great job, Nancy and Lumbele!

I merely maintained this week. I expected something like that though. My mom went in for heart surgery on thurs and my sisters and I all basically ate out every meal. I tried to make good decisions but it obviously wasn't good enough.

Hopefully, I am back on track this week.
GL all!

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 7:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fab, maintaining is an accomplishment, too, especially when eating out, healthy choices or not.
Wishing your mum a speedy recovery.

Myjohnhenry
Member

01-02-2002

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I didn't do well this past couple of weeks...too much stress that I am not handling well diet wise.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 11:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hooray for all of you!!!

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I feel for you, MJH. I think there are always going to be weeks when things don't go as planned. Just try to go completely overboard and get back on the plan as soon as you can. No real harm done.

Well done to you losers and maintainers! I had a big meal out last weekend so I stayed the same this week. I have family coming on Monday for a long visit, so I don't see much weight loss in my immediate future! I'll try and maintain though.

Best wishes to your mum, Fab, hope all is well with her.

Good luck for the next few week everyone!

Nancy
Member

08-01-2000

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 9:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ohh fab i hope your mom is OK..

i was just the opposite when my mom was sick and didnt eat AT ALL..(even ended up dehydrated) but we're all different that way!

Maintaining is good..my leader says Maintaining is "practice" for when you get to goal! :-)

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 10:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
MJH, we all stumble into these "traps" occasionally. The trick is, as Kitt said, to go back to it as soon as you can. Good luck!

Nancy, I gotta remember that one "Maintaining is practice for when you get to goal!"

Fabnsab
Member

08-07-2000

Friday, April 15, 2005 - 8:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for your well wishes, girls. My mom is doing well. She came home today after not being able to come home yesterday because of her breathing. This is the first time ANYONE in my immediate family has been to the hospital so it was very stressful. We have been extremely lucky(knocking on wood)

I felt I made good decisions based on my options but they were still not WW low point food. Hopefully, I'll do better this week.

It was surely a wake up call though. I know now that this way of eating will help me to NOT be where my mom is right now.

Gl with weigh-in, everyone!

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 1:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Fab, I missed your mum's health woes, but wish her a speedy and full recovery.

No luck with my weigh-in. Didn't lose a gram and can't for the life of me figure out why not, since I worked out and didn't cheat. On the bright side, I didn't gain either.

Fabnsab
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 3:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lumbele, thats how I felt the week before when I maintained. I was at least glad it wasn't a gain. On the other hand, this week I lost 6.2lbs(35.6 total)!!! I truly think that maybe last week I was retaining water during weigh in and it came off midweek to add to this because there is no way I lost 6.2 in one week- the same week I didn't exercise once and I had chinese food aplenty on friday night. SO, keep your fingers crossed for next week. You might have the same experience as me.

ps, thanks for the kind words about my mom. She's getting stronger every day.

Nancy
Member

08-01-2000

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
wow fab great weigh in=i lost 1.4 this week for 9.8 in five weeks :-)

Lumbele sometimes as fab said you can do everything right but nothing happens.my friend who i go to w.w. with last .2 this week and was bummed but i told her and i'll tell your body is adjusting--prob gained some muscle weight and you'll loose it next week :-)

Fabnsab
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, April 19, 2005 - 11:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Congrats on the loss, Nancy! Good job.

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 - 7:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow, that is a nice and healthy weekly average, Nancy. Steady does it!
Whatever the reason behind your big loss this week, Fab, don't look a gift horse in the mouth, just take it and smile.
Congrats to both of you.

Hope you are all right about the body readjusting. According to my diet I can now gradually add double the carbs I was allowed the first 2 weeks. About time, too. I am so anxious to hit that cracker aisle.
Our group of 12 lost 61 lbs in the first week. Last week it was only 16 (plus one lady's loss who hadn't weighed in yet). So I was not the only one who slowed down, or came to a screeching halt. Misery indeed loves company.LOL

Fabnsab
Member

08-07-2000

Monday, April 25, 2005 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, weigh in wasn't too good today. I gained 3lbs. I can only assume its because my period(sorry guys). I did everything right last week so I don't have anything else to blame it on. I have been on WW 16 weeks now and this was my second period while on it and the first was 2 weeks into the diet so I have to assume thats the culprit.

How everyone else doing?? Better than me, I hope!