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Denecee

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - 09:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Nancy!

Nancy

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - 04:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
one more down that's 53.5 in 36 weeks :)

Danielle

Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - 06:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think you people are ammmmmmmmmazzzzzzzzzzzing! I would like to know how you did it Spygirl and Bob? I know Nancy did Weight watchers! I need to lose 50 so I can fit in the wedding dress of my dreams.. but honesly my goal is seeming impossible.. I cannot get motivated and When I do I fall back sooooooo easily.... Can someone give me some advise... etc....

Nancy

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 02:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
danielle i think that both bob and spy are doing their own diets--(although spy checks in with her doctor for her wiegh-ins)--

basically cutting out sweets is a big piece of that--and cutting back portion sizes goes along way...

I think a big piece of the puzzle is you have to be in the right frame of mind..i.e. ready to do it before you can really do it--its not easy believe me there's days that you may want to chuck it all--but you've got to look at the big picture for your health -and say no i don't want to be this way anymore--and also if you do mess up one meal one day --say that's ok but i'm not going to let it ruin all i've done...

Spygirl

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 07:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You're right on, Nancy. I eat very small portions of food. I eat anywhere from 3 - 4 times a day.

No sweets
No sugar
No sodas or caffeine
High protein
Low carbs (but I still have them)
Only about 1000 calories a day
Vitamins (a multi-vitamin, sublingual B-12 daily, Citracal supplement, and Flax caps)
Exercise

Kady

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 01:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Danielle....Don't think of it as 50 pounds. Just focus on 10 at a time. If you do mess up...remember it is only for that day. Start fresh the next day. When you lose your first 10 treat yourself with something special thats not edible. It doesn't have to be expensive unless you are just loaded with money. LOL Highlights in your hair, new cologne, a new shirt or just anything that makes you feel pretty and special.

Most important is to eat the right foods and to learn portion size. I was into WW when they used exchange list. You had a certain amount of servings a day from each food list and could spread it out however you wanted. I would suggest 5 to 6 small meals a day. And any excercise would be helpful. Park your car in the fartherest parking space you can find. Walk up a flight of stairs instead of taking the elevator.

Losing weight is hard but maintaining the loss is even harder. It means having to make changes in your diet and continue those changes even after the weight comes off. I wish you the best of luck and we are all here to offer advise and encouragement. We are also very sympathetic when you mess up too. :)

Nancy

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 01:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
kady is right on--i never looked at it as needed to loose 65 lbs i would have freaked at that..

and what i did was at my 10 lb loss i got myself a charm bracelet and at each 10 lbs i'd buy a new charm for it..

also i'm not sure when your wedding is--but i tried not to set a specific time frame either--i know in the beginning i was loosing 2 to 2.5 lbs a week but now that i'm withing 10 of my goal weight(and even when i was within 20--i've slowed down to a little less than 1.5 a week :)

Bob2112

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 02:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Danielle,

I think Nancy, Spy and Kady have it covered pretty well. For me the first 2 months were focused more on getting back into an exercise routine and I only made some little changes in the diet. The last 2 months, I have made some great improvements in what I eat and how much I eat. I have maintained around a 1.5 to 2 pounds per week weight loss over the entire 4 months, but I think I would have reached a plateau a month or 2 ago if I didn't improve on the eating.

For exercise I have been doing 60 minutes of cardio (mostly on an elliptical trainer) and 30 minutes of weight training (both machines and free weights). I usually get to the club 3-5 times a week, but usually 4. I believe some weight training is critical for increasing your muscle mass and your metabolism. It also helps you get through those 3 pieces of pie days! (You can ignore that day if you read back through the archives! ) This is probably more than you need to do to achieve results, but I had some other fitness goals besides the weight loss, so I felt I needed to do this much.

Diet wise, I am more similar to Spy in that I have a list of foods and habits that I have either greatly reduced or eliminated. These would include (in no particular order):

  • Regular or diet pop no more than once a week (usually at the movies).
  • I mostly drink water and have little water bottles all over the place. :)
  • No french fries and only other fast food has been chicken breast sandwiches (with lettuce and tomato only).
  • No vending machine snacks at work.
  • No "biggie size" or "super size" of anything.
  • Apples and other veggies to munch on.
  • Minimal sugar.
  • Less Carbs and more protein.

I still have 2-4 "bad" meals a week, but this is down from 12-15 "bad" meals a week. During the "pie-gate" incident, that was my only bad day of eating for the week. I actually lost 3.5 pounds that week due to increased exercise and 6 other days of very good eating.

This past week I have shifted my focus away from weight-loss goals and more towards some fitness goals I have not accomplished for 9 years. I'm playing volleyball twice a week and just started in a racqutball league again and will be playing that once to twice a week. Tonight I will try real running and see how well the elliptical trainer has prepared me for that. My first goal there is to run/walk for 60 minutes and then run for the entire 60 minutes and then run 5 miles in 60 minutes and eventually I want to get that down to 5 miles in 40 minutes (which I was doing 9 years ago). You can watch my progress in the Exercise Thread, but it may not be pretty in the beginning. :)

I would expect to continue losing weight with this approach until my body finds some equilibrium point. That may be 195 or it may be 220. I'm currently at 223 and think it will be somewhere in the 200-205 range. As long as I'm able to be competitive in the activities I choose, I don't really care where the weight ends up. 9 years ago I got down to 195 and was around 10% body fat, so I think I won't be going below that.

OMH! I think I got a little off track.

Yay Danielle! Welcome to the "losers" club!

Danielle

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 06:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you for responding everyone. I'm gonna try and get back in the swing of things and post here ....

I think I'm gonna cut out pictures of girls in wedding gowns maybe that will help me if I put them in my kitchen.

Last year I was really doing well I had a personnal trainer and lost 10 pounds and 17 inches in 6 weeks... But I moved and lost the contact I had with my trainner she really helped me follow through.

I have to also choose nights to go to the gym ... If I don't discipline myself I don't GO!!! I always have an excuse!!! LOL But I like the treating yourself .... I get my nails done every 3 weeks ... so I'll give myself like a 4-6 pound goal to be able to get my nails done!!! The hair thing is a good one too cause I pay lots of money to get my hair done, so I can also you that for another motivator!!!!! Thanks for the great tips...

Spy: The pills you take; citracal supplement, flax caps, sublingual B-12 do those help weight loss?

My weakness is chocolat, especially when Aunt Rosie is visiting ( monthly sickness) I get bad cravings!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wedding is August 16th, I'm gonna shop for a dress sometime in january but they can take it in no problem... So I have till the beginning of August to lose.

I need so much help though... I feel like the more I tink about the more I get stressed the more I'm stressed the more I eat!!! This week I feel ugly and fat.... And I don't like myself....So I need to get back Up! and start losing.. I was so happy last year when I was losing everyone was noticing it .. etc....

Anyway, thanks everyone... I'll be around for a while!!!!

Spygirl

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 06:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't take any pills that are for weight loss. The are just vitamins that your body needs, especially if you cut down on your food intake. The B-12 really helps with energy -- I believe EVERYONE should take it. The Citracal is calcium, the multivitamin is simply (don't laugh) Flinstone Chewables (they have EVERYTHING -- LOL), and the Flax caps are for the Omega-3 necessary fatty acids that your body needs if you cut down on fat and carbs. It keeps my skin from flaking.

I choose not to take any other herbal vitamins or anything for weight loss because of bad past experiences with high blood pressure and the potential for heart valve damage that comes with some of the caffeinated-type pills.

Danielle

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 07:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Flinstone chewables eh!? Very cute!!!! LOL I'm gonna look for the B-12... When I did kickboxing I used to take an energy pill and let me tell you It got me moving

Scorpiomoon

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 10:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Spygirl: I was just looking through the posts on this thread. I saw yours--the one in which you mention your average caloric intake is 1000 calories.

I have wanted to get that low, but I find the hard part is that period of "withdrawal" one goes through when making such a huge adjustment. Can you tell me how you got through the beginning stage of change?

Scorpiomoon

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 10:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Even though I haven't contributed to this thread up until now, I wanted to add my hints. I've lost 70lbs over the past year with, sadly, much more to go.

As someone mentioned, drink tons of water!!

I've become a workout video fanatic. I HIGHLY recommend the Leslie Sansone videos for cardio and the Cathe Fredrich videos for strength training. Check out videofitness.com for lots of info.

Even if you don't get the eating part worked out right away, just working out makes such a huge difference.

Think about cross-training--cardio, strength training and flexibility workouts. You will feel so good!

Sia

Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - 11:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
A question for those of you who have cut out sugar entirely, or who are strictly limiting your sugar intake, please: have you switched to a sugar-substitute? If so, have you noticed any of the side-effects of which some sugar-substitute users complain? I've heard bad things about aspartame (in Equal/nutrasweet) causing headaches, memory loss, etc., and saccharine has long been accused of causing cancer in lab animals when consumed in high doses.

I'm wondering how you cope without sugar, I guess. I understand that the body will crave carbs much less keenly if you do cut them way back, but it's hard to do! I was cutting carbs effectively for a while, but have backslid. *sigh*

Nancy

Thursday, December 12, 2002 - 06:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just an fyi you Don't need to restrict yourself to 1000 calories..I've been loosing steadily at about 1300 calories.. :0)

Earthmother

Friday, December 13, 2002 - 08:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sia, you feel carb withdrawl for about a week..I cut out caffine at the same time so when I went through the dts I'd do it all at once. Actually it wasn't so bad, because losing 7 pounds the first week made it all worthwhile. I do use a sugar substitute in my decaf but try to use as little as possible since they give you reason to want sweets. It is so much better if you want something sweet to grab 4 or 5 grapes,or those mini.mini boxes of raisens which are only 4 carbs per box...This usually satifies me.

Bob2112

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 09:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Last Week: 2.0 pound lost
Total Lost: 33.5 pounds
Total Weeks: 17

Denecee

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 10:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi everyone! Not much but I did lose 1 lb last week. Good job Bob!

Nancy

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 12:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
HEY denecee one lb is great its better than NO lbs :)

Nancy

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 01:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's something to think about denecee

Only One Pound!
Hello, do you know me?
If you don't, you should.
I'm a pound of fat,
And I'm the HAPPIEST
pound of fat that you would ever want to meet.
Want to know why?
It's because no one ever wants to lose me;
I'm ONLY ONE POUND, just a pound!
Everyone wants to lose three pounds,
five pounds, or fifteen pounds, but never only one.
So I just stick around and happily keep you fat.
Then I add to myself, ever so slyly,
so that you never seem to notice it.
That is, until I've grown to ten, twenty, thirty or
even more pounds in weight.
Yes, it's fun being ONLY ONE POUND OF FAT,
left to do as I please.
So, when you weigh in keep right on saying,
"Oh, I only lost one pound." (As if that were
such a terrible thing.)
For you see, if you do this,
you'll encourage others to keep me around because
they'll think I'm not worth losing.
And, I love being around you -
your arms, your legs,
your chin, your hips and
every part of you.
Happy Days!!!
After all, I'm
ONLY ONE POUND OF FAT!!!

Author Unknown

Denecee

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 01:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Nancy! What a great way to look at it. I actually was in a better mood today because of that one lb loss. Thanks again!

Bob2112

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 01:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great start, Denecee! :)

Stick with it and you'll be fine.

Squaredsc

Monday, December 16, 2002 - 01:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i want to commend you all on your efforts. i wish i had you all's willpower. i just got a lecture this weekend from d.h. about changing some of my eating habits and doing some exercise for health reasons. but for some reason i just haven't.

in '98 i joined a gym and exercised about 3 times a week, did aerobics and weight training. i lost about 10 lbs and some inches, but then my job schedule changed and the boys' school schedule changed and i haven't been back. this lasted for about 5 months i believe. oh and about a year or 2 before that i tried a weight loss clinic that some co-workers were going to, took the pills, and again lost 10 lbs in the first 3 weeks but that was it. i went there for about 4 months and stopped 'cause i felt i was wasting my money.

maybe one day i can join you all, but just not today. keep up the good work!!!

Hillbilly

Saturday, December 21, 2002 - 03:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Howdy...I just have a few minutes since work has been so busy lately. I just wanted to answer about the sugar substitute. I've been using the new SPLENDA sweetener and have not noticed the indigestion I usually get from aspartame. Unfortunately, only one cola has adopted it (Diet Rite cola). Also, about a year ago the FDA retracted the cancer claim on saccharin (sp) saying the study used in the early 70's was faulty. Course, I never believed it anyway and have used sweet n low for years.

The splenda also comes in a box form you can use in recipes (instead of having to open all those itty bitty packets). One pack of splenda equals one teaspoon of sugar. And there is not aftertaste with splenda that i have noticed...I usually use it in my coffee at work.

Oregonfire

Saturday, December 21, 2002 - 03:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi--I need help, really. My chins are taking over the universe. I need to lose about 40-50 pounds and how. I sort of got on the weight loss bandwagon last year, but job crises happened and I lost my focus completely. I think I need to start from the food end this time and cut out the junk food. Cookies and sweets are my downfall, saturated fats galore. Yuck. I'll going to work in some walks too, and take classes at the campus when school starts.

I'm going to start with drinking mucho green tea (heard it speeds the metabolism 3%) and some salad. Wish me luck.