Healthy Weight Loss

[Chancie]

Originally Posted by Chancie

Because I want to post on this thread

I am pretending that it is the Just Listening thread.

I have been using an app on my iPhone and

I am keeping track of everything I eat.

I entered my weight and my height and my weight loss goals, and

The app produced a certain number of calories.

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Originally Posted by Chancie

Update: It's been about three weeks, and I've lost about 11 pounds.

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It's been a month and a few days, and I've lost about 17 pounds.

I feel really great about how good I am being to myself.

I was reading and posting to the community associated with the app, and

I have found it helpful, and I have been able to take what I like and leave the rest, but

It turns out that it's not my community.

[Cowboi]

Had a great chest and back workout...
Hit a new personal best...45 lb dumbbells, flat bench press
8 reps. Had a spot on the last 2, but..... I am staring those 50 lbs dumbbells down now!!! ...LoL

[ruffryder]

Lost just over 12 lbs in the past few months. Mostly due to my new job and being more active with that. Haven't really changed my diet but It seems I'm eating salad almost every day. LOL I still need to drink more water!

Ran across an article and thought I'd share that diet soda may pose an bigger threat linked to diabetes than regular supar-packed soda.

http://www.newser.com/story/162478/d...ary-stuff.html

[ahk]

My lady and I started WW (Weight Watchers) last June. Then we got lost again around November, of course, around the holidays but continued to weigh ourselves weekly with a pound or two gone here and there. Starting the 1st of the year, we decided we needed to get back with entering our foods, going by our points, and exercising again. January went by -- February started. I jumped on the scale and gained 8.8 pounds, I was down 22 lbs, but ( I think mostly mine is due to weight shift and muscle change, since starting T(estosterone) ) so, here I go again with round 2 of WW. My points are way different than before and I just can't seem to eat all my points (61), I usually get to about 42-50 per day. I feel since I started WW again, my water intake has increased, my wanting to eat more veggies/fruits has increased, and decisions are changing too-- Saturday is my weigh in day - so I am excited to know what I loss this week. The gym is slow, but we do go at least 3x week (mainly just cardio) but I am going to start lifting with a few trans guys here in town soon.

Congratulations to all that have been posting here regularly and have been loosing weight and changing their old habits!! Such positive insight!! Yay.

[starryeyes]

I have always been successful on WW when I track and don't cheat. I started back again last week and lost 3lbs. Still on track! Yaya

Now, I need to increase the exercise! That's my new goal this week. I will walk 5k everyday.

Time to get steppin!!!

Hugs.

[Sweetfeme]

Well it has been about about 2 weeks now on a high protein/low carb way of eating and I feel much better. I still need to lose alot of weight but more importantly, I want to be kinder to my body.
Just got a cold so I spend the week end in bed, but I am going for a walk tomorrow for sure. I need to get out an move my body.
Starry good for You! Chancie I also agree with you that diets don't work. Cowboi good for you about the weights. You have inspired me too.
Any suggestions on meatless high protein choices would be great, Thanks

[thedivahrrrself]

I lost 5 pounds last week.

I don't feel like celebrating, but they say you should celebrate the little victories. So I'll post it here.

I hate talking about weight loss. Everyone wants to tell you what they think, and at the end of the day it just makes me feel like a fat cow and a big failure.

I've had only water to drink for the last 3 weeks, I've made a homemade lunch on average 3 days out of the week over the last few weeks, which is really a pretty big deal for me - I'd never really cooked a meal for myself until maybe 2 years ago - but of course it's not good enough.

I have most of my meals planned for next week. I'm hoping to increase my home cooked meals to be cooking the majority of the meals I eat in a week.

One of the biggest things I learned from the researchers I watched on the doc I mentioned in my last post is how important it is to control your stress. That cortisol triggers a crazy drive in your brain for heavy fats, salt, sugar, and carbs. They say it's one of the strongest desires we have. So, stress management is extremely important to fixing my relationship with food.

I'm a terrible manager of stress. Right now, I'd like to crawl in a hole. But I got shit to do....

[Kelt]

Originally Posted by thedivahrrrself

I lost 5 pounds last week.

I don't feel like celebrating, but they say you should celebrate the little victories. So I'll post it here.

I hate talking about weight loss. Everyone wants to tell you what they think, and at the end of the day it just makes me feel like a fat cow and a big failure.

I've had only water to drink for the last 3 weeks, I've made a homemade lunch on average 3 days out of the week over the last few weeks, which is really a pretty big deal for me - I'd never really cooked a meal for myself until maybe 2 years ago - but of course it's not good enough.

I have most of my meals planned for next week. I'm hoping to increase my home cooked meals to be cooking the majority of the meals I eat in a week.

One of the biggest things I learned from the researchers I watched on the doc I mentioned in my last post is how important it is to control your stress. That cortisol triggers a crazy drive in your brain for heavy fats, salt, sugar, and carbs. They say it's one of the strongest desires we have. So, stress management is extremely important to fixing my relationship with food.

I'm a terrible manager of stress. Right now, I'd like to crawl in a hole. But I got shit to do....

I think all the things you are doing are great, way to go!

[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by Sweetfeme

Well it has been about about 2 weeks now on a high protein/low carb way of eating and I feel much better. I still need to lose alot of weight but more importantly, I want to be kinder to my body.
Just got a cold so I spend the week end in bed, but I am going for a walk tomorrow for sure. I need to get out an move my body.
Starry good for You! Chancie I also agree with you that diets don't work. Cowboi good for you about the weights. You have inspired me too.
Any suggestions on meatless high protein choices would be great, Thanks

I love Quorn products. They are tasty and the texture is out of sight!

[Rockinonahigh]

I have big problem with acid reflux and take nexium daily,i'm also on the Atkins diet cause it's the only thing that works for me.For the last couple of days I have had the belchies and chest pain cause of the stuff that hits me at mid chest and feels liek a heart problem.This happend at my doctors office last week and she gave me an on the spot full ekg with lab work..I told her what it was but she had to see for her self,she agrees with me about feeling like my gaull bladder is fixing to pull a nasty bender wich is gonna make me real sick till it runns it corse.I have had gaull stones before so the old doctor I had said just let it pass then it will be ok,this doctos said if it dose blow this time it comes out,I have been so ready for it to be taken out so I wont have to deal with it.
Anyway with this adkins food plan the only thing that has been a problem is feeling like im gonna wipe out after a hard work out,i'm keeping my carbs around 35 oe 40 I tryed to go on a zero carb thing but I couldnt handle it like I could when I was 40yro.So im keeping baked chicken in the fridge,boied eggs,pnb,cheese to use as a pick up.What use to work was fruit but most have a prob with to many carbs...an small apple has 29 and an orange has 40
so what else can I do? if anyone has a sugestion I would be thakfull for it.

[Sweetfeme]

Holly ~ Was that Quorn Products? Never heard of them, I will check it out. Thanks.
Wayha, I have given up sugar completely and I feel good too!
Very excited!!

[Cowboi]

We started a new workout program today....
I just finished doing 570 reps, chest and triceps...
Tomorrow should be interesting...

[dixie]

I gave up on looking at the scale. The numbers weren't changing as much as I like, despite my pant size dropping. I thought about just using measurements. Changed my mind on that as well. I will just keep going til I am happy with what I see in the mirror. It's all for/about me anyway.

Oh, and the Zombies, Run! app is freakin hilarious if anyone is into that kind of thing. Gotta love story lines and zombies that change as you run, depending on your pace and distance. I've found a couple apps like that which I've been using lol

[JinxieB]

I am doing Atkins and have lost 120lbs since August 2012...I love love love atkins and really feel like it has saved my life

I quit smoking and then fractured my hip two years ago and ended up putting on the 150 lbs I had previously lost on Atkins 7 years before and then some, so there was no better time to take my life back...some days it kicks my butt and I end up eating something I shouldn't but for the most part, I am kickin arse and takin names later

[starryeyes]

Originally Posted by JinxieB

I am doing Atkins and have lost 120lbs since August 2012...I love love love atkins and really feel like it has saved my life

I quit smoking and then fractured my hip two years ago and ended up putting on the 150 lbs I had previously lost on Atkins 7 years before and then some, so there was no better time to take my life back...some days it kicks my butt and I end up eating something I shouldn't but for the most part, I am kickin arse and takin names later

Awesome!!! That's amazing. You have to be so proud!

[starryeyes]

Lost 2.2 lbs this week that's a total of 6 since I have been back on track! Only 18 more to go! I can do this

[JinxieB]

Originally Posted by starryeyes

Awesome!!! That's amazing. You have to be so proud!

Thanks Starry, I am pretty pleased and looking forward to getting more and more of my life back

For me it seems that every pound lost is another piece of myself that I have found...I have thought several times here lately, the more weight I lose the braver I get...and there isn't much that's better than feelin like you are Rockin somethin like a boss Thanks for the support!

[Kelt]

According to this, it looks like the best plan may be to just move to a different country.



Unless you are already somewhere in Northern Europe or Asia. Then, kudos.

[Chancie]

Originally Posted by Chancie

It's been a month and a few days, and I've lost about 17 pounds.

I feel really great about how good I am being to myself.

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I made a mistake when I posted that I lost 17 pounds.

I had actually lost 15 pounds, but on Tuesday, I lost 18 pounds.

I'm thinking about doing some very easy yoga.