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Denecee | Monday, May 12, 2003 - 03:51 pm     Congrats Enbwife on your weight loss! It sounds like you are doing it right. I cannot wait to get off work today. The weather is just begging me to go on a walk and do some yard work. I finally made it through a weekend without feeling guilty about what I ate. |
Whit4you | Monday, May 12, 2003 - 05:10 pm     WTG all you weight losers - I'm still contemplating becoming one of you I've officially become a diet pop drinker. Only took me two years to make this final committment but I'm there. It's going on what 10 days? (I've finally lost count lol) of nothing but diet and now I'm 100% sure it'll stay that way. It's finally starting to taste less bad... not *good* yet but that'll come I think based on the fact it's tasting less bad each day. |
Egbok | Monday, May 12, 2003 - 06:10 pm     Yay for Whit! I applaud your final committment to go "diet soda". You are basically becoming one of "us" because by drinking the diet soda, you are reducing your sugar intake by bunches. I bet within a few weeks you'll notice a slight weight loss. Way to go!!
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Allietex | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 - 08:09 am     WTG, Whit. I don't know about the other "diet" things in your life, but if you are really interested there are tons out there and some are as good as or better than the "real" thing, for example: low calorie\low fat salad dressings low fat cheese- much better than in the past low fat cream cheese-can't really tell the difference low fat margarine-not really there yet but getting better bread- there really is a difference in the calories, check the labels low fat crackers-Krispy puts out one that is better than the regular, very chrisp. baked potato chips instead of fried-not as good, but better than not having any at all whipped toppings-can't tell the difference hot chocolate mix-a dash of vanilla in it and it is as good as the regular pop corn-They now have single servings, Only have a cup instead of three, therefore 1\3 the calories and fat. The list goes on and on. Be a label reader. Always choose the one with the lower fat or lower calorie count. It really makes a difference. Maybe some of you can add to the list. |
Happymom | Wednesday, May 14, 2003 - 01:44 pm     Here's a tip, and it'll make you laugh too! Go to the "Weird Things That You Like" thread in General Discussions! It will curb your appetite for sure. Although, it could possibly backfire and give you strange cravings... |
Essence | Thursday, May 15, 2003 - 10:26 am     A little humor for those of us trying to lose weight... How to weigh yourself
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Denecee | Thursday, May 15, 2003 - 11:01 am     lol |
Ginger1218 | Friday, May 16, 2003 - 11:03 am     Ok, got weighed today and lost another 4 pounds, so that makes it 11 pounds in a little over 3 weeks. I am really very happy. I feel good, and most important, I feel totally in control and aware of what I am eating and what to eat. So, it is working, but will take it slowly, week by week and month by month. Not think ahead to far, or you can set yourself up for failure. |
Whit4you | Friday, May 16, 2003 - 07:28 pm     Just realized my first day on Diet pop was the first this will make it easier to count lol. Anyhow I'm at day 17 now and diet pop no longer taste bad at all. YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It *almost* tastes good - and here's the funny thing. Twice in the past two days I wondered if I accidently poured regular instead of diet (you know out of habit) so I went and poured a little diet to see. It was diet in the cup prior to that! So - don't know if any one reading this or lurking (like I've lurked on this thread forever lol) but I was a diehard 2 or 3 32 ounce pops a day person and it took me 17 days to get where it doesn't taste at all bad... it *almost* tastes good now... (I think what's left is just physcological because as I said twice I thought it was regular pop (in other words good...) I don't know how much calories pop has but I have to be saving alot of calories - especially since now that it doesn't taste bad I'm filling myself up with it before eating LOL. Thanks for the tips Allie - Now for a low cal pasta - I'm a pasta fanatic LOL |
Meme9 | Friday, May 16, 2003 - 08:24 pm     Great news Whit!!! You're probably saving alot of calories...I use to know how many calories that would have saved. Good luck to you. |
Whit4you | Friday, May 16, 2003 - 08:42 pm     thanks Meme - just realized how silly my first sentence sounded my first day of diet pop was the first... what I meant was the first of the month (have a record of it here...) I'd been keeping track of the days till I finally realized that I was completely committed this time (after 2 yrs of attempts) to switching to diet. Anyhow so now I'll always know when I made the switch it was the 1st of May 2003. And in a year - with no doubts - feels so good to say this lol (if anyone knew how many times I switched to half and half and then gave up...) Yes obvoiusly this is a biggy for me - huge. I love pop and have not been able to drink it guilt free for almost 2 years... and I think I'm just days or perhaps two weeks away from enjoying the taste of diet pop and imagine being able to enjoy your #1 addiction guilt free again after 2 yrs? It's going to be sooooo sweet. I'm at the point of assuming it really will taste as good as regular soon - hopefully I'm not wrong this but I really don't think I am since twice now I thought I'd accidently poured regular (out of our fountain at work) So... I don't think I'm wrong. And yes I'd love to know how many calories 3 32 ounce pops have... (pepsi was my drink of choice) because I think it might help (might) help me make the final plunge to a real diet if I know I saved X (2,000? 4,000?) cals a day by switching to diet.. you know? I'm guessing 3 32 ounce pepsi's have around 3,000 cals...that's my guess but no idea. LOL. |
Whit4you | Friday, May 16, 2003 - 08:51 pm     By the way something I haven't seen mentioned here - isn't not gaining weight a biggy too? An example - I saw some gal on Dr Phil - who's son was 5 and weighed 150 lbs. She'd taken Phils advice and her son was losing a couple lbs a month. He gave her a bit of a hard time because a few lbs a month wasn't enough progress that the docs wanted him to lose more. But not GAINING weight should be factored in. He clearly had been gaining several lbs a month - so the difference between the say 5 lbs he would have gained and the 5 he lost is 10 lbs ... so he's 10 lbs lighter then he WOULD have been had she not been trying. So that's what I'm asking about here - I've been steadily been gaining weight for a few years now. Few lbs a month. So if the steps I take at half - heartedly dieting (with one huge one with switching to diet pop) if I don't GAIN weight. That'd count too. I just ask cause I haven't seen that mentioned here. For someone who's been here a year and lost 20 lbs... as opposed to the 10 they may have gained by not being here (with this support etc) That's a 30 lbs difference in their weight today then it would have been without all this work. Or is all of this just a given. (I don't know I WAS 114 lbs most my life... so I'm really clueless on anything diet related it wasn't something I read much about) and since I've needed to learn more about it I have avoided it since it generally makes me gain a lbs just thinking about dieting. Anyhow - I'm not ready to count lbs lost - but if any of what I'm saying makes sense I"m ready to count lbs NOT gained. And I haven't gained an lbs since I first posted here a few weeks ago - and probably would have so to me that's 2 lbs lost (because it isn't on me!!)
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Draheid | Friday, May 16, 2003 - 09:09 pm     Whit, you asked - here are the statistics from Pepsi's website. Keep in mind this is for their canned or bottled product - fountains will often differ from these but this should give you an idea. Pepsi Contains: Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, caramel color, phosphoric acid, caffeine, citric acid and natural flavors
Content | 8 oz | 32 oz | 3 x 32 oz | Calories | 100 | 400 | 1200 | Total Fat (g) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sodium (mg) | 25 | 100 | 300 | Potassium (mg) | 10 | 40 | 120 | Total Carbohydrates (g) | 27 | 108 | 324 | Sugars (g) | 27 | 108 | 324 | Protein (g) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Caffeine (mg) | 25 | 100 | 300 | Diet Pepsi Contains: Carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate (preserves freshness), caffeine, citric acid and natural flavors
Content | 8 oz | 32 oz | 3 x 32 oz | Calories | 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Fat (g) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sodium (mg) | 25 | 100 | 300 | Potassium (mg) | 20 | 80 | 240 | Total Carbohydrates (g) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sugars (g) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Protein (g) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Caffeine (mg) | 24 | 96 | 288 |
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Whit4you | Friday, May 16, 2003 - 09:17 pm     Oh so if I drink 6 32 ounce Diet pops a day instead of 3 I save 3,600 calories a day... (see how well my mind works!!) Thanks! ' One thing I don't get though is why all the diet stuff has more calories... I don't get this. Like these little tiny slim fasts I"ve been drinking have 200 and a 32 ounce pop only has 400? What's up with that? When I went shopping last I was going to buy all this 'sugar free' stuff but it has tonns of calories. Don't get why. Same with say corn it had something like 80 calories. Hmm |
Meme9 | Friday, May 16, 2003 - 09:31 pm     Whit, I just went look for a pepsi can...I knew I didn't have any...then I remembered my son's room, under the bed...this is where he kicks stuff when I say straighten up your room. (Sorry it's a mom thing) Anyway, I found a can...it says 150 calories per 12oz. That's 12.5 calories per oz...so one 32oz. would be 400 calories saved. If you drank 3-32oz. bottle before, that is a savings of 1200cal. And 1200 calories, if I remember right is about what a women should have a day, total calories. Hope this helps. Oh, and counting what you didn't gain...I don't think so, but it was a good try. hehe. I think they might have been talking about the kid, because it's the nature of children to gain weight as they are growing so I could see them maybe talking about that(I don't watch Dr. Phil sorry). It sounds like you are well on your way to being a real diet drinker. |
Meme9 | Friday, May 16, 2003 - 09:31 pm     Well, Dra beat me to it. hehe edited to add: Whit watch out for things that say Fat Free because they usually still have all the sugars and calories, just no the fat.
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Meme9 | Friday, May 16, 2003 - 09:39 pm     Corn is a starch, and starches turn to sugar when you eat them, that is why they have more calories. |
Schoolmarm | Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 06:10 am     Corn, peas and potatoes are the high calorie, high carb veggies. You REALLY have to watch the "fat free" items, because they replace the fat with sugar, and often have more calories...and people have little guilt or thought about eating them, so they load up. If you do Atkins or low carb, all of the above items are no-no's or on the limited intake list. WHIT...when I switched from Mt. Dew to Bottled Water, I lost 22 pounds! But I also had a boyfriend and was exercising regularly. I need to get back to this thread. I think I'm down a couple of pounds right now, but I need to make a serious effort to get into shape. |
Allietex | Sunday, May 18, 2003 - 07:12 pm     Whit, the Slim Fast bars still have calories but they are not empty calories like a candy bar would be. They are loaded with vitamins and minerals. That is why you can use them occasionally to replace a meal. The meal bars have 220 calories but they are a complete meal. I also use the shakes from time to time. Not every day, but once in a while for lunch. I use the snack bars (120 calories) as an afternoon snack. I count it into my daily calorie count and that way I am not so hungry when I go home in the afternoon. The peanut butter crunch bars are delicious. They taste like butterfingers. If I am really rushed in the morning I will have one of them for breakfast instead of my usual toast and jelly. |
Whit4you | Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 04:47 pm     Hello Hello! Well it's official - on Thursday May 22nd Diet pop now taste as good - as Pepsi used to. It took 22 days of daily drinking it to get to this point. If I can do it anyone can - I've been an extreme pepsi addict for over 20 years. Drinking an average of 3 32 ounce pops a day during slow years of my addiction. It's tough the first 10 days really tough it took just sheer will power and determination. I decided that day - after years of doing the half and half thing for a week or two and giving up... that I would drink Diet until it tasted good. Just thought I'd share the good news. I'm drinking Diet today and it taste as good as regular used to. It sort of did yesterday as well but I could still 'tell it was diet' just slightly. LOL. So now that I'm saving about 1200 calories a day - I can stop worrying about dieting so much and stop pigging out because I am thinking dieting. WOOHOO Thanks for the moral support and suggestion gang. After I settle in a few weeks on this new found good tasting diet pop - I won't be able to use it to justify other things I'm doing so may take another big move. (Cheese lol) |
Pixie | Thursday, May 22, 2003 - 05:02 pm     YEAH WHIT!!! One step at a time! I did not weigh in this week because of conflicting schedules. (Probably a good thing since I have not been very faithful in counting points this week.) But last week I had lost 2 more pounds for a total of 16 lost in ten weeks. Slow and steady. School will be out for the summer tomorrow. I am excited about being home and able to exercise more and be outside more. If the weather would just warm up a little and the rain would be just afternoon showers I could enjoy my above-ground pool! I expect to have gone down at least one more dress size before school reopens the first of August. Hope everyone else is doing O.K. I guess we have all been to busy too post. |
Egbok | Friday, May 23, 2003 - 06:58 pm     Good for you Whit! Yesterday was Thursday - my WW weigh-in day. Lost 1.8 Total: 20.8   I've got my "I lost 5 pounds" WW Bookmark with 3 additional gold star stickers with "5" in the middle of the star, indicating I lost a total of 20 pounds...so I thought I'd give myself 4 stars here. I'm more than half way to my Goal Weight. I've got 15 pounds to drop and then I'll be able to start the maintenance program. I'm amazed at the struggle with counting points and preparing the foods in the beginning. Now it's so easy and a part of my routine and it's working! |
Enbwife | Saturday, May 24, 2003 - 08:19 am     Sounds like everyone is doing well here. Since I started my run/walk routine with baby Nate every second day, the weight has started to come off every week. Before I would stay the same for a few weeks, then drop a pound or so. The past 3 weeks I lost 1.5, 1.5 and .5 so I feel really good about that. I have 20 more to go to get back into my wardrobe, plus 10 more to get to goal! |
Nancy | Saturday, May 24, 2003 - 12:37 pm     yeah everyone--i've now officially lost 65 lbs----i lost 60 to get to goal and have lost 5 more since then |
Sweetbabygirl | Saturday, May 24, 2003 - 03:50 pm     Guys, what are good veggies to eat? (Didn't realize that peas (a MAJOR favorite!) was a starch. I like brussels sprouts, broccoli, green beans, spinach, cabbage and collard greens. What other veggies can I eat? |
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