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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2005 Dec. ~ 2006 Feb.: Health Center: Who Wants to Lose Weight With Me? (ARCHIVES): Archive through January 10, 2006 users admin

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Nancy
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08-01-2000

Friday, December 23, 2005 - 2:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
That is awesome! I've maintained since thanksgiving which is pretty good since i've been sick with bronchitis and walking pneumo. At my w.w meeting this week there were only 8 of us who stayed--one who was just starting that night..

we all commended her on joining 5 days before the holiday! :-)

Xxwriterxx
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11-07-2003

Friday, December 23, 2005 - 7:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Big Hello to Justavice and Nancy!!

Workout clothes... great suggestion! I hadn't even thought of that. You know what I'd like to workout in? Those doctor scrubs... big, baggy, lots of free-flowing air. <G> I have MS, so staying cool is a priority.

The reason I seem to have this awesome control <g> during the holiday season is that I finally got the notion that food is fuel, nothing else... not pleasure, not reward, just fuel. That one little correction in my brain is giving me the strength to move forward in a different direction. And you're right, Justavice, about my approach. I'm not going to deprive myself, but instead control portions. It's the same advice I recently gave my daughter. If we're going to see this through as a lifestyle change, we must learn to make it work in the real world. I sincerely hope this works for us! It makes sense.

Oh, Nancy... congrats to you for sticking with it. Hope you're healing from your double-whammy! I've been on w.w. in the past, but I quickly tired of point counting. The nutrition basics I learned from them have stuck with me, though. If portion control doesn't work out for me or if I start to backslide, I'll definitely pull my w.w. books out again! (A great friend shared them with me!)

Xxwriterxx
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11-07-2003

Monday, December 26, 2005 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Day 9: .5 lb
My total: 2.5 lb

Holding steady... Beginning to feel better on the treadmill, too.

Xxwriterxx
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11-07-2003

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Day 10: .5 lb
My total: 3 lb

3 lbs... that's 11 DVD's in their cases, including Lara Croft's Tomb Raider!

Nancy
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 6:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nancy a private message Print Post    
XX do you feel it helps or hinders you to weigh every day? I know at w.w. they say not to weigh every day because it can discourage you--

today i lost 3.4 lbs! :-)

Xxwriterxx
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11-07-2003

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Congrats on the 3.4!!

Well, I have to say I don't know yet. I know there will be many ups and downs because that's just the way our bodies work, but right now, I'm afraid if I don't go to the scale each day, I'll fall away completely. Maybe after I get going a bit, I'll choose a weigh-in day for each week. Is this what you do? Thanks for sharing w.w.'s advice!

Xxwriterxx
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11-07-2003

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Day 11: 1.2 lb
My total: 4.2 lb

Yes! That's 11-DVDs in their cases, including Lara Croft's Tomb Raider, 1-paperback copy of Cook Right 4 Your Type by D'Adamo (must try the Zucchini Omelet!), and 1-6 oz can of Starkist Chunk Light Tuna packed in water, endorsed by the Amer. Heart Assn. ... I think I'll have tuna for lunch! Wanna join me?

That treadmill deserves a smooch today!

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 9:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Has anyone used MyFoodDiary.com, or other sites like it? I'm considering it based on a recommendation, but thought I'd ask if anyone else uses it.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 11:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Havena' used that one Yankee -- but right now I'm using Journaling to Success. It's based on WW points, but I use it w/o the points just to keep track of my food and exercise. Writing down my food seems to be the most important thing I do when trying to drop some pounds (and guess what I REALLY need to do for the new year?? LOL). :-) The link is:
http://www.journaltosuccess.com/

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Teach. Has anyone else had any experience with MyFooddiary.com or other sites like it?

Xxwriterxx
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11-07-2003

Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 11:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Day 12: .2 lb
My total: 4.4 lb

Okay, that would be 6-DVDs in their cases, including Merlin, 1-hardcopy of The Four Ingredient Cookbook (easy recipes for the non-cook types!!), and 1-softcover copy of The Bodacious Book of Succulence: Daring to Live Your Succulent Wild Life! by Sark (she writes about lots of succulence--).

Hope no one minds me having fun with this weight-loss thing. It helps me to visualize the weight I've lost...silly but it's working.

I'm off to check out the diary links posted. So good to see more faces showing up!

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 12:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
I haven't used that one, Yankee, but I went and peeked at the site. I have used Fitday.com, which I think is quite similar. It was fun and interesting for me. I found it to be a very helpful tool.

Justavice
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11-22-2005

Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 2:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Justavice a private message Print Post    
Xxwriterxx- I think seeing physical evidence of the weight you lost is a great idea. It is fun to read your list, a little like a Partridge in a pear tree... My dad used to line up stick of butter on the counter to see the fat he lost. Really amazing to see.

Xxwriterxx
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11-07-2003

Friday, December 30, 2005 - 6:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Day 13: Ooops!!

Forgot to weigh...got sidetracked somewhere between the toothbrush and the dryer this morning.

Love the idea of butter sticks! --LOL

Buttercup
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09-10-2000

Friday, December 30, 2005 - 8:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Buttercup a private message Print Post    
Yankee, I used BalanceLog which I downloaded from www.healthetech.com (I believe it was a one-time fee of $49). I got the version that worked on my pc as well as my Palm which made it easier for when I was out and about and wanted to look up certain foods and/or record my intake on the go.

I needed to lose some pregnancy weight last year, and this product worked for me. You can sync your information on the web as well, though, I didn't use that function.

Anyway, I'm not sure this product has been updated or if it's as good as or better than the websites that have been recommended to you. Just thought I'd give you input on a "stand alone" product

Xxwriterxx
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11-07-2003

Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 8:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Day 14: - .4 lb
My Total: 4 lbs

Well, okay... I can deal... Let's see, 4 lbs lines up with four small bags of very, dirty carrots.

carrots+carrots+carrots+carrots = 4 lbs of sassy carrots

It's funny, 4 lbs may only be 4 lbs, but I can definitely feel the difference between now and the day before I started. That's enough to keep from going back there! Moving on....

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
I like www.fitday.com You can log you food intake and your activities. I like how it tells me that I need more of this or that vitamin. It's free.

I think that just logging my food is going to help with the snacking.

I have decided that I will not eat at the student center much this semester...it will save both money and calories.

I have a conference in April and I would like to fit into some of my spring suits for it.

Xxwriterxx
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11-07-2003

Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Day 15 & Day 16: Failed to weigh both days. I found the glitch in my routine, however. Ever since I moved the scale from one room into another, I've missed the weigh-in moment first thing in the morning.

My jeans are definitely sliding up and down my hips. I forgot to note my measurements before I began dieting to see changes in inches. I'll do that tomorrow morning. On to another day!

Xxwriterxx
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11-07-2003

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 1:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Day 16: 4.4

Woo-Hooooo! Caught up with myself again!

That's 1-red, ragged, hardcover copy of Webster's Dictionary (picked up during the years of President Gerald Ford), and two humble sweet potatoes with one really, nasty rotten spot! Oughta clean up good... let's have it for supper.

Hey, Writer, what's for supper? One humble sweet tater, minus that nasty spot, one delicate slice of smokey ham, and a small heap of tasty turnip greens!

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 5:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I made the big mistake of weighing myself just now, for the first time since the holidays. I've gained at least 4-5 pounds. I'm heading to a spinning class tonight, though, so hopefully I'll be on a more productive path soon...

P.S. -- thanks to all who offered their website recommendations. Still not sure which one I'll be going with -- but I do think I'll end up using one of them. I'll report back after I've been using a site for a while.

Xxwriterxx
Member

11-07-2003

Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Day 17: 1 lb
My Total: 5.4 lbs

Oh, pleeeze let me hold on to that fabulous lb!

5.4 lbs---
1-red, ragged, hardcover copy of Webster's Dictionary (picked up during the years of President Gerald Ford)

2-humble sweet potatoes with one really, nasty rotten spot! (It did clean up good and made for a fabulous supper)

AND

2-small, green bottles of ReaLemon concentrate, the ticket to our famous Lemon Meringue Pie! (a fridge staple, like eggs, butter, Diet DP!!)

Should've compared my measurements today... the jeans are slippin' up and down my swurvy-curvy, mostly swurvy, hips!

Xxwriterxx
Member

11-07-2003

Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Day 18: Forgot to weigh again! Guess I'll have to worry a little longer about that lovely lb. Or I could always put that scale back in the spot where we were tripping over it daily. <g>

On another note, yesterday's Dr. Phil finally featured a real-life person who'd lost the weight and was living the nightmare of all that extra skin draped all over her body. Finally! No one ever talks about this, so I'm left wondering, am I the only one whose skin doesn't mesh back into place when weight is dropped?

You don't hear anyone talk about this. The weight-loss shows and gurus don't even talk about it. They leave you believing all you need to do is exercise everything away! I have a hysterectomy scar, so I'm always wondering if that's the reason my belly will never fall back into place. I was just so thankful to actually hear someone else's truth about this. This lady will need plastic surgery to remove the excess skin. I won't, but still there was that not knowing if this was normal.

Oh, and my Dh and Dd are now on board. It's nice to have such a strong support system in place. All three of us are doing portion control and daily exercise.

Schoolmarm
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02-18-2001

Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 1:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Schoolmarm a private message Print Post    
I watched that Dr. Phil show too. I don't know about the extra skin...you are right...very few people talk about it. I am hoping that my skin is still elastic enough to snap back.

I have lost 4 pounds, probably mostly water weight, this week.

I am logging on fitday.com and it is really east to see if you are meeting your nutritional goals and how many calories your food is. I am not snacking, except on green onions! LOL. I am trying to burn 1000 more calories per day than I eat, and this would yield a 2 pound per week loss. My goal is to drop 40 pounds by my conference in April.

I was sick for most of the week, but I did do 10 minutes of calestentics two days ago. I really don't exercise much. I will have Mom do the 10-minute routine with me when she gets here tonight.

Xxwriterxx
Member

11-07-2003

Monday, January 09, 2006 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Yankee...hope the spinning class paid off for you!

Schoolmarm--Wow! 1000-calorie-burn per day! I'm sure I'm not pulling that much in intentional exercise. Does vacuuming count? <g> Congrats on the 4 lbs!

Day 19: 6.4 lbs
Day 20: 6.8 lbs
Day 21: 7.2 lbs
Day 22: 7.4 lbs

Yes! That's one package of HP soft gloss paper/500 sheets:



Getting close to my son's birth weight!!

Xxwriterxx
Member

11-07-2003

Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Xxwriterxx a private message Print Post    
Day 23: +.2
My Total: 7.2 lbs

Lost a few pages of that ream. Eyes on the prize!

Measurements since Day 17:
-0.50" Bust
-1.75" Waist
-1.00" Belly
-1.50" Hip
-0.50" Thigh
-0.00" Upper Arm
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-5.25" Total Loss

My jeans are new, so I'm hanging on to them as long as I can, literally. <g> Might have to throw them in after a couple more weeks.

For all those who've joined in--keep working at it! The pay-off is tremendous. 7.2 lbs is hardly a drop in my bucket, but I already feel the difference when I move about. The pain in my knees and lower back is definitely easing. Hope everyone is having a similar experience!