Healthy Weight Loss

[JustJo]

Fiber is definitely your friend.

Raw veggies, lightly steamed veggies, raw whole fruit (including the peels), sweet potatoes....and we swear by Benefiber, which stirs in to beverages without even being detectable (except carbonated stuff....but that stuff is bad anyway).

[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by JustJo

Good morning healthies

I had to order a prescription refill (for the diabetes) this morning and, while I was on the website, thought I'd check something out.

Here's a little bonus I received for working on getting healthier...purely in dollars and cents:

• 2010 - total cost I paid for prescriptions was $3,212.29
• 2011 - total cost I paid for prescriptions was $1,331.63
• 2012 - anticipated total cost I will pay for prescriptions is $401.52

That means I paid myself $1,880.66 in 2011.....and will pay myself $2,810.77 this year....instead of putting it in the pockets of the drug companies.

And....cuz I love math....if I had stayed on the 2010 figures, my outlay for meds over the next 25 years (to age 75) would have been $80,307.25.....at the current level, my cost to the same point will be $10,038.....a savings of $70,269.35

Sheesh...My savings, if I chose to calculate them but I won't because I do not like The Math, must be astronomical. Wow. Thank you for putting that into perspective Jo!

Originally Posted by IslandScout

Actually...if you had stayed that unhealthy (assuming it's something you can control, which you seem to be saying), there might not have been another 25 years...

And another amazing perspective here...

Originally Posted by JoSchmooze

Set up my sppointment with the Russian trainer this
morning after I finished my "self motivated" workout....
Only problem is that the only appointment I could get with this guy is at 6 am on Saturday morning!! Holy Crap!
What have I gotten myself into?
His card reads:

"The Motivator"
"No whiners allowed"......
ANd a website - www.motivator.net

On my way to take a look at it before I start working today....

Awesome Jo! Congrats! I hope this one works out better for you!


Evening Healthy Ones!

I had another appointment with the Gastro Doc today. Good news, she is delaying another gastric surgery (gastric pacemaker) indefinitely She says she likes my numbers, loves the way I look, and can't believe how far I've come. I said, "Me too!"

She gave me a dopamine patch prescription for my trip to visit Gaige on the 18th, so that I don't have to take the sleep inducing anti-nausea drugs with me. That will help me enjoy some nice meals during the trip.

I have been slacking a bit on my workouts, but I have been continuing to walk on my lunches and breaks. Since I don't spend all my time smoking on breaks and lunches anymore, I've had lots of time to get some fast paced walking in. Also, standing at my desk, pacing the call center during long high bill calls, and my hacky sack obsession is keeping me moving. But still, I do need to get back to working harder at making time for workouts.

I hope you are all having a nice evening, and I am impressed with everyone's success!

[Lady_Di]

Originally Posted by JustJo

Fiber is definitely your friend.

Raw veggies, lightly steamed veggies, raw whole fruit (including the peels), sweet potatoes....and we swear by Benefiber, which stirs in to beverages without even being detectable (except carbonated stuff....but that stuff is bad anyway).

Just a flash thought about the benefiber and other soluble fibers...

Cinnamon.

I did an experiment a few years back after we had been advising diabetics to get cinnamon into their diets everyday. I was curious as to why. Turns out it is a soluble fiber. *probably some other things in it as well, that help lower and stablize blood sugars*

Just put like a teaspoon of cinnamon into a cup of coffee, for example. If you forget about your cup for a while and forget to stir it, you will find it has gelled up on the bottle of your cup. That is what soluble fiber does, it is why oatmeal gets that gelatinous quality to it. Amazing stuff this fiber.

Just do it.

[thedivahrrrself]

Down 6 pounds from last week!

[Cowboi]

Put in a 12 hour day today, and I am ready to relax and watch some tv.
Gonna have a salad for supper , wash it down with some H2O with some green apple flavored BCAA's mixed in. I will have a chocolate peanut butter casein shake before bed.
Hope that everybody had a great hump day!!!!

[deedarino]

I thought I was doing so terrible but after looking at a back post, I have lost another 10lbs in the last month!

Talkin of chili, I usually keep a pot of it going at all times. I use black beans, and throw in whatever veggies I have. I have come to really love carrots, celery, bells, onions, green chilis, etc. in my chili. It is my go to food when I am feeling extra hungry.