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Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 5:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Yay everyone. Well I'm plugging away at this.
My friend is also on a diet, but she also has diabetes. Her diet is with a local weight loss clinic. She is struggling to stay on it, as it's very restricted. I like the WW diet as it's a lot more flexible.
I've eaten out a few times this week and I've been able to stick on diet each time. For example, we went to OUtback for dinner the other night. I ordered the chicken with mushrooms, artechoke, etc. The chciken came with steamed vegetables instead of rice or pasta. I was full! I'm finding most restaurants will cook omelettes with Egg Beaters..just order no cheese. That it's easy to make my own dressing for salads with oil and vinegar.... It's nice to be able to go almost anywhere and still stick on this diet.

Shadoe, I'm also using your suggestions with the dieting, too. =)

Liss
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05-14-2006

Monday, October 02, 2006 - 6:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Liss a private message Print Post    
yay twiggyish!

Liss
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05-14-2006

Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Liss a private message Print Post    
weigh in today at weight watchers - I'm 3.4 lbs down.

oh and I signed up for curves yesterday - one opened here in eudora this week. I go tomorrow for my first offical workout!

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 6:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Good job Liss and Twiggy!

I weighed in at 197 this morning...so I went out for pizza tonight to celebrate.

I'm slowly chipping away at it again. :D

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 7:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
ROFL!!

Good going Nick! You sound like you are doing GREAT (except for pizza..LOL). What's your weight goal?

Liss
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05-14-2006

Thursday, October 05, 2006 - 3:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Liss a private message Print Post    
yay nick (well except the pizza)

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Monday, October 09, 2006 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Let's see, I ate out Friday night, Sunday morning and we made homemade enchiladas and I'm 2 lbs heavier than Friday morn!! Ugh, when am I going to get serious? I have the exercise part down, but it's the eating that is killing me!!!
I'm such a loser, oh wait, no I'm not. Starting today, I promise myself to be more serious about getting these love handles off my body!

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Monday, October 09, 2006 - 9:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Don't fret, Denecee!

I too have my struggles. I have the hardest time sticking to my diet. I'm up and down weekly. My thing is when I get down a few pounds, I think to myself..."Well, one chinese buffet is not going to ruin it." Then the next day it's..."ok, One chinese buffet and a Mexican platter won't hurt me...as long as I work out. I'll work out double this time."

Next thing you know I'm up 10 pounds.

Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Monday, October 09, 2006 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Oh Denecee and Nick, I'm with you both in that mindset! It is so easy to give yourself too many allowances, without even realizing it. I've done a little of that this week. Of course, my biggest problem right now is that I'm at my heavy time of the month. I'm always about 5 lbs heavier due to the bloating and all that, so I'm not seeing my weight really drop, which makes it harder to stick with what you are doing! I'll be back to "normal" next week. (And I hope this wasn't TMI for any of you guys...some men are so strange about that stuff!). I have my grandmother's birthday party coming up this weekend and we are having a cookout. I just KNOW I'll be tempted to overdo it with the burgers and hot dogs...potato salad...cake, ice cream. I'm trying to think of ways I can make it a bit healthier...like making sure we get wheat buns, low fat cheese, etc. But I don't think I am going to go so far as insisting on veggie burgers for myself...I like veggie burgers, but they just aren't the same! And I'm the one making the potato salad, so I'm going to try a few changes in the recipe to make it a little lighter. I just have to consider how it tastes to everyone else (not that there aren't a few other people in my family who could stand to lay off the calories!)

Anyhoo, great news today. I stopped by a new Coffee Shop and got their Mocha Frosty Java...which is comparable to a Starbuck's Mocha Frappucino. They had a list of calorie/fat comparisons to Starbuck's drinks and it turns out their drink is less that half the calories/fat of the Starbuck's version! Heck, even with the whipped topping it is less than half the calories of the Starbuck's without! They even have fewer calories/fat than the Light version from Starbuck's, and that stuff is just awful. The Mocha Frosty Java was REALLY good! So, I don't have to treat myself to the Frappucino once a week and give up a meal to do it...I can have the Frosty Java in the place of a snack! Makes for a very happy me.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Monday, October 09, 2006 - 12:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Thanks Nick & Cdbga, for making me feel I'm not alone in this struggle.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, October 09, 2006 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
No Denecee, you aren't alone! We all understand.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 7:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Last night I managed to not eat after my dinner! I actually talked out loud about not eating a snack.

Liss
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05-14-2006

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Liss a private message Print Post    
yay denecee (in weight watchers we call that positive self talk)

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 9:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Cool, I'm teaching myself ww speak!!

Jmm
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08-16-2002

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 9:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
Good for you, Denecee. Isn't it amazing when you really start to think about it before you eat? I realized that I was doing a lot of "bored" eating.

Did my WW weigh-in tonight and have now lost 20.4 pounds, I am really proud of myself. I had to go into the classroom building today to the second floor and was up the stairs and half way down the long hallway before I realized that I didn't have to stop and rest at the top of the stairs and I wasn't breathing hard at all. I couldn't do that just 2 months ago.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 3:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Yay Jackie!

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I started a 10-week program on October 1. One of my Spinning instructors, who is also a dentist and who minored in exercise/nutrition in university, is doing the plan with me. I know he doesn't need "me" to do it for him, but that he's doing it for "me" and I'm fine with that.

I'm basically continuing my cardio (Spinning 3-5 times a week) but adding in one to two weights sessions and supposed to be adding in a yoga session (or a stretch class) which I admittedly haven't had time for.

But the biggest thing is the diet. I'm not dieting, but I am logging everything I put into my mouth on FitDay.com -- you're able to see the nutritional composition of everything you eat, and it's definitely motivation to eat the "right" things and smaller portions. I'm eating good-for-me foods, drinking 2-3 liters of water a day, and having good snacks in between meals like a handful of almonds or a tangerine.

In any case, I've lost 3 pounds since 10/1.

My end date for my 10-week program is 12/10 - just before I take off for summertime in New Zealand. The goal I set for myself by 12/10 is to lose 10 pounds. My overall goal is to lose 20 pounds (I'd said 30, but the instructor said that was unrealistic for someone with my body type who works out (i.e., has muscle)).

P.S. -- Congrats Denecee, Jackie and everyone else in here!

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 8:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
congrats to Jackie and Yankee! I love reading the successes everybody makes.
Last night I didn't talk myself out of three pieces of Halloween candy that my dd opened. Dang it, I knew I should have told her not to open those bags!
Today I will choose not to snack on candy!

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 12:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Yankee, cool!! Hope you keep us informed. I'm really curious about diets. Good idea on the fit website. I'll check it out.

Liss
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05-14-2006

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 4:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Liss a private message Print Post    
congrats JMM and Yankee

ww weigh in tonight down .6 which puts me back at a 70 lbs net weight loss.

and I joined curves last week. I love it. They opened a new one in the town I live in. FInally convenience!

Jmm
Moderator

08-16-2002

Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
Great job, everyone, with all this support we will all be successful.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Monday, October 16, 2006 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Hi, everyone. I'm down between 3 and 4 pounds, at the 2-week mark.

I just got back from Spinning class, and for dinner I'm eating a small serving of organic oatmeal with a little flax. Since I don't get back from Spinning classes until nearly 8PM, I try to load most of my fuel during the day and have an easy-to-digest meal at night. My "trainer" recommended protein shakes, and I may move to that, but it seems ... extreme. (shrugs)

With my diet, in the past 2 weeks I've made a lot of little changes. Went down from a venti skim latte every morning to a grande. (I also gave up Starbucks and switched to a locally-owned independent coffee shop that uses organic beans.) Drinking LOTS of water. Still snacking on unsalted unbleached organic almonds between meals (and a tangerine here and there too). Basically, eating more often, but way better stuff and smaller portions.

I'm getting in 5-6 days of exercise per week -- 4 hard cardio sessions at minimum, but then again I always worked out that much. The main difference has been my eating.

I had a few "bad food" moments this past weekend (I had a beer on Friday, etc.), but I'm trying to stay positive. I keep thinking what I could be accomplishing if I stick to it, and that usually gets me over my cravings.

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 12:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Yay for Yankee!

One of the exercises I do is the elliptical and mine has the readout which tells you miles, calories burned and such. Well it takes me 26 minutes to do 1 mile and that little readout says that I burned 600 calories! It's wrong, I know it because if I do that 3 times a day that would be 1800 calories which is about how many calories I eat a day. I should be skinny by now, lol.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 1:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Good for you guys! I'm walking more, as I'm now stuck at one weight for a while. dang.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Unfortunately, the "calories burned" on machines aren't accurate. You can burn between 600 and 700 calories in a one-hour Spinning class, or one hour of cross-country skiing, so if you can burn that many in 26 minutes on the elliptical, I'm getting on the elliptical! LOL I guess what I'm trying to say is that I never trust those readings on any machine or monitor.