Healthy Weight Loss

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by sassy_girl

mmmm honey,, I cannot say enough about honey.

It's a wonderful sweetener, and it's also a natural antihistamine. Buy as local as you can get, so the bees are into the same pollen that you inhale, it's great!

Stevia is great and we grow it here on the farm, pretty good in lemonade too.

My Sister makes lemonade freezie pops, MMMMMM

Is stevia hard to grow? And do you just mush up the leaves or let it steep in the beverages or??

I'm curious to see if that's something we could grow down here in south FL...we're zone 10.

[Medusa]

Someone that I don't even know at work came up to me just now in the break area and said, "Are you losing weight? You look great!"

Talk about a nice headrush!

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by Medusa

Someone that I don't even know at work came up to me just now in the break area and said, "Are you losing weight? You look great!"

Talk about a nice headrush!

Oh that always feels so good!

[PinkieLee]

WOOHOOOO Congrats Medusa! Nothing like a lil' compliment to keep you motivated that not only you are seeing results, that other people can, too! Keep up the awesome work!!!!

Well, tomorrow evening, I am going to attend my first ever WW meeting. I've been doing the online thing, which is great. But, a local friend of mine goes to actual meetings and she's been wanting me to come with her. Each week they get little handouts with receipes, exercise tips and general info.. which she always grabs me an extra copy & drops it off at my house

I don't know why I have this huge fear of going tomorrow. Being on this journey with y'all is one thing, but being in a room full of strangers seems different. I guess I'm envisioning some scale in the front of the room (like the Biggest Loser) where people are gonna be taking turns weighing in.

My weekly weigh ins are on Thursday mornings, naked in the privacy of my own bathroom.... and I like it that way. Ugh, I know, I'm a creature of habit!

Oh well, we shall see how it goes! Wish me luck!

[Queerasfck]

Kudos to all of you for the incredible strength, resolve and will power. Keep sticking to your plan!!

Had a great weekend beginning with our WW weigh in on Saturday. I am making more progress towards my goal and lost 2.4 pounds. Even better, finally can wear 38's in my Levis comfortably again. I used to be a complete clothes horse. So as the years have added on pounds I have hoarded away my smaller clothes and am so thankful for that as it is helping me stay motivated to get into things I haven't been able to wear in quite awhile. For all the grief I got from apretty about being a clothes hoarder it's paying off now! But in the ultimate anti-hoarder move I am also enjoying getting rid of my larger sizes and hope that it helps my motivation to never go back to size gigantica jeans.

My workouts last week seem to be more intense and I added some new exercises at the gym. I know we've talked about how music is really important to some of us when we get our cardio going. I finally got around to listing some favorites on my ipod.

I hope that some of you will share your favorite musical choices for workouts as I'd love some new ideas! Have a great day everyone. Thanks for this thread!

Punk:
Kiss Off-Violent Femmes
California Uber Alles-Dead Kennedys
What do I get?-Buzzcocks

Oldies:
I’ll be Good to You-The Brothers Johnson
Lowdown-Boz Scaggs

Rock:
White Room-Cream
You’ve got another thing coming-Judas Priest
Ironman-Black Sabbath
Rock & Roll-Led Zeppelin
Ladies & Gentlemen-Salvia
Master of Puppets-Metallica
Enter Sandman-Metallica
Sabbra Cadabra-Metallica
Testify-Rage Against the Machine
Guerilla Radio-Rage Against the Machine


Dance/Electronic:
Absolutely Not-Deborah Cox Queer as Folk Soundtrack 2nd Season
Underwater (Mauve’s Dark Vocal Mix)-Queer as Folk Soundtrack 2nd Season
Hold It Don’t Drop it (Club Mix)-J Lo Moto Blanco Mixes
No More Drama-Mary J Blige (from the Dance For Me EP)
Tush (Anthony Acid X-Rated Club Mix)-Ghostface & Missy Elliot
I Wasn’t Kidding (Freemasons Vocal Club Mix)-Angie Stone
Boys wanna be her (tommy sunshine mix)-Peaches
Beautiful Liar-Shakira & Beyonce
Weapon of Choice-Fatboy Slim
Downhill Racer (Kenny Dope Remix)-Everything But The Girl

[Zimmeh]

This is what I am listening to:

It is a mixture of videos from the Vevo app on my iPhone, YouTube and the iPod on my iPhone.

Vevo:

PitBull:
Shut It Down
Give Me Everything
Be Quiet
Hey Baby <Drop It To The Floor with T-Pain>

Jennifer Lopez
On The Floor <Featuring PitBull>
Waiting For Tonight
Do It Well

Enrique Iglesia
I Like It <Featuring PitBull; Jersey Shore Version>

Rihanna
S&M Remix with Britney Spears
S&M Original Video

Katy Perry
ET <With Kanye West>
Waking Up In Vegas

Britney Spears
Circus
I Wanna Go
Til The World Ends

Lady Gaga
Bad Romance
Judas

Guns N Roses
Patience
Sweet Child of Mine
Paradise City
Welcome To The Jungle
November Rain

Poison
Every Rose Has It's Thorn

Nine Inch Nails
Down In It
Head Like A Hole

YouTube:

Rammstein's
Du Haust

Metallica
One
Seek and Destroy
Master of Puppets

iPod

The Cure
To Many Songs to List

Black Eyed Peas

Lacuna Coil

Loreena McKennitt

Marilyn Manson

Michael Jackson and

Cradle of Filth

I truly am a music junkie, lol..

Zimmy

Originally Posted by EzeeTiger

I hope that some of you will share your favorite musical choices for workouts as I'd love some new ideas! Have a great day everyone. Thanks for this thread!

Punk:
Kiss Off-Violent Femmes
California Uber Alles-Dead Kennedys
What do I get?-Buzzcocks

Oldies:
I’ll be Good to You-The Brothers Johnson
Lowdown-Boz Scaggs

Rock:
White Room-Cream
You’ve got another thing coming-Judas Priest
Ironman-Black Sabbath
Rock & Roll-Led Zeppelin
Ladies & Gentlemen-Salvia
Master of Puppets-Metallica
Enter Sandman-Metallica
Sabbra Cadabra-Metallica
Testify-Rage Against the Machine
Guerilla Radio-Rage Against the Machine


Dance/Electronic:
Absolutely Not-Deborah Cox Queer as Folk Soundtrack 2nd Season
Underwater (Mauve’s Dark Vocal Mix)-Queer as Folk Soundtrack 2nd Season
Hold It Don’t Drop it (Club Mix)-J Lo Moto Blanco Mixes
No More Drama-Mary J Blige (from the Dance For Me EP)
Tush (Anthony Acid X-Rated Club Mix)-Ghostface & Missy Elliot
I Wasn’t Kidding (Freemasons Vocal Club Mix)-Angie Stone
Boys wanna be her (tommy sunshine mix)-Peaches
Beautiful Liar-Shakira & Beyonce
Weapon of Choice-Fatboy Slim
Downhill Racer (Kenny Dope Remix)-Everything But The Girl

[Softly]

hey guys

I wanted to share the website I spoke about earlier...
myfitnesspal.com
or you can download the APP to your android/iphone for free

I have forever been on diets and such, this is the only thing that has helped me stick to my calorie and exercise goal. the community there is amazing, the success stories are inspirational and, it really works. you HAVE to put every single thing you put in your mouth (hah!) and I mean everything : creamer in your coffee, little mayo, anything. You will be amazed at how many empty calories are going into your body.

I was eating almost double than I should of been eating! I mindlessly ate all day not thinking that a bagel for breakfast took most of my daily calorie intake then grazing on a little here, little there...it does add up!

now my day is like this (I eat what I want, just not as much):
Breakfast
Luna Bar - Iced Oatmeal Raisin, 1 bar 180 calories
Dunkin' Donuts - Medium Ice Coffee With Cream and 2 Splenda, 24 oz 85 calories

Snack 1
Mw: Generic - Fuji Apple, Medium, 1 small 80 calories

Lunch
Home Salad - 2 cups 180 calories
Chicken Salad Sandwich Lunch 290 calories

Snack 2 (is coffee a snack? lol)
Starbuck's - Venti Iced Coffee - Nonfat Milk - Dc, 24 fluid oz. 160 calories

Dinner
Wonton Soup, 1 cup w/ 2 wontons 115 calories
Chinese - Steamed Chicken With Broccoli (No Sauce), 2 cups 280 calories
Chinese Mustard Packets - Chinese Mustard, 7 tablespoon 35 calories
Chinese - Fortune Cookie, 0.5 cookie 13 calories

all under 1500 calories for the day
+ going to the gym, per my heart rate monitor, I burned 235 calories in an hour

it becomes fun!! and it's a healthy loss every week!

[Softly]

OH and I downloaded an APP on my phone called JANGO and it has helped me forget I am even on the treadmill at times.

I like the hip hop station.
I worked out to Dr. Dre and Snoop tonight hah

it's like Pandora but a million times better.
lots of stations AND you can skip songs as many times as you want to!

[Sparkle]

Originally Posted by EzeeTiger

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I hope that some of you will share your favorite musical choices for workouts as I'd love some new ideas! Have a great day everyone. Thanks for this thread!

I workout to dance music exclusively, I find I need 120-200bpm to sustain an aerobic pace for more than 30minutes.

I also love properly mixed dance cds so the transitions are seamless.

four current favorites:

Cream Classics Vol. 1, Disc 3

Defected Sessions mixed by Full Intention

Hard House Euphoria mixed by Lisa Lashes Disc 1

WURK! mixed by DJs Zero & Steamy Brown, Vixen 6/24/06

I don't think any of these are available on Itunes in the US, but I'm trying to suss out a way to share via a cloud service... if I can't figure it out soon, I'm happy to copy the discs and send them on to anyone interested.

Always happy to share good music!

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by JustJo

Is stevia hard to grow? And do you just mush up the leaves or let it steep in the beverages or??

I'm curious to see if that's something we could grow down here in south FL...we're zone 10.

I grew and sold Stevia in Florida zone 10. It will have a hard time in summer. You need to grow it in part-sun part shade there and maybe even consider a small screenhouse for it. Otherwise its really easy to grow.

To use it, you can crush and soak in beverages or you can distill it:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4843789_dist...ia-leaves.html

Keep in mine that Agave and Stevia are still sugar and even if they are slower, they still are sugar just like honey. Stevia just cant be good for you in large amounts. No plant or herb is. I'm not saying not to use it but use it in moderation.

I make lemonade with it and tea, crush it with mint leaves and put in my drink. The taste is ok but does have an after taste.

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Hello Everyone! Doing some catching up here! Back from our little vacation.

First off, Congratulations for pounds and inches shed! Whooohoooooo!!!! Great job on healthy choices and food adventures!

WARNING SLIGHT DERAIL!
I have to say that the hen topic made me giggle a little because I have been harrassing T about that the last 2 months. I keep telling him I want a few chickens and duck (no idea why the duck! I am an animal lover and want to include a little pig in the mix). Anyhow, I had to inform T that I am not crazy and listed all the people who want or own hens! SO :P T if you your threadstalking and reading this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok progress through vacation. We did well with meals. I had 1 awful meal!!!! But all other meals if naughty we split. It was great not to walk around feeling grossly full. I had to try the state foods, but made sure to eat half. So far that is an accomplishment for me. Usually I come back 10 pounds over and feeling pretty terrible!

Hopefully this week brings better progress for me.

Question: I have issues with becoming stressed and emotional eating. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions/ideas??? I feel like I sabotage myself with this and am sick of going through that cycle!

One more thing...Curves are hot!! Own them! That is all!

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by little_ms_sunshyne

Question: I have issues with becoming stressed and emotional eating. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions/ideas??? I feel like I sabotage myself with this and am sick of going through that cycle!

I struggle with emotional eating...big time!

One of the things that has helped (even though it sounds crazy) is to give myself permission and not beat myself up. I will literally say...okay...I'm stressed, I'm upset, I want something chocolate and I'm going to have it. It's okay, and it doesn't need to start a whole binge. Then I eat the one thing I really want....enjoy it tremendously....congratulate myself on managing that stress, and go on with life.

It's when I go into the beat myself up cycle that I keep eating and can't stop with that one treat.

The other thing is that I've found when I'm stressed crunching helps....big loud crunching. I think that's the reason I used to head for chips and doritos and things. Now I try to do carrot sticks, raw cauliflower...seriously loud crunchy food. It seems to help me.

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Thanks I will definitely try these suggestions. Today I am feeling really under the weather cant seem to get up and do anything! I am hoping today is not a hard one for me.

[PinkieLee]

Originally Posted by little_ms_sunshyne

Thanks I will definitely try these suggestions. Today I am feeling really under the weather cant seem to get up and do anything! I am hoping today is not a hard one for me.

We all have those days honey....tomorrow will be a better day! Rainy, gloomy or those dreary days have a way of bringing down our spirits where we have a tendancy to slide. I'm proud of you for being aware of how you feel... acknowledgement is a great step and keeping things under control is a giant leap!

Jo is right, find something crunchy. When I feel signs of a binge, I pop a big ol' bag of popcorn. The 94% fat free kettle corn in my favorite! I can eat the whole bag, for only 4 WW points! It's a great low calorie options, a filler and cures my craving for salty & sweet.

Popcorn lets me eat all I want, without going overboard. Call it a mind trick, but for ME it works.

[ReDo]

First I want to say that I do not ever mean to offend anyone at any time that is not who I am at all. My comment about "fat girls" is harsh and maybe I should have worded it differently however the horse world is sadly that harsh.

I suppose I don't have the needed self confidence to go out there at my size and rock the horse world and make the judges wake up and notice that anyone can do this sport. There are plenty of women who are not tiny that do go out there and make it happen it isn't impossible however points are knocked off for appearance. Something I did not know until I saw my mothers score care who is a size 0. Yup she is tiny and tall and beautiful.

I have a small build except for my hips. God played a great joke by giving me child bearing hips and then made it impossible for me to have children. (that is a whole story of its own). So a size 2 is do able it will just take a lot of hard work and commitment but I know it is possible.

What happens if I don't make it to a size 2 then I smile and hold my head up high and go into the show pen and show them that even at an 8 it's okay I still look great. I just wish I had what it takes to go in right now but for my own self I don't. I would feel out of place like everyone is staring at me and making those comments that hurt the most.

So my journey begins and again I meant no disrespect to anyone at anytime. I am here to support you as well as take in the support from you.

So lets go kick some booty.

[foxyshaman]

Originally Posted by little_ms_sunshyne

Question: I have issues with becoming stressed and emotional eating. Does anyone have any tips/suggestions/ideas??? I feel like I sabotage myself with this and am sick of going through that cycle!

One more thing...Curves are hot!! Own them! That is all!

Little Ms Sunshine I had to figure out what my core issue(s) are/were that I was/am eating. I took a book out of the library called Mind over Mood by Dennis Greenberger. It helped me TREMENDOUSLY. I faithfully create and use the behaviour modification charts. I have only had three overeating/binges since January. I define those as ones I cannot control or my mind takes a walk and my mouth keeps eating. I worked with a therapist over the phone who recommended the book to me and then I had two more sessions with him to move through some of my own blindspots. I have not stopped losing weight since I took my brain on in the battle against my bulge.. or burgeoning hips, whichever came first!!

I am fortunate to live alone so I just buy what I can have in my house. And if something comes into my house (via a party or well meaning friends) I promptly take it to the office the next day, or put it in the trunk of my car to take to the office the next working day. I don't know about where you work (except I think you are on break right now??) but in my office food is right quick. So, less temptations for me.

I have also found the less of something I eat the less tolerant my body becomes when I try to eat it. I have essentially cut out all dairy, except for one cheese that I use 3 pts worth when I am making my vege wrap. Oh and abit of butter here and there for cooking. I avoid sweets, except for my coffee... but I count every one of those points!!! Sometimes that can be hard, but I really am grooving on my success and that is my biggest encouragement.

I had a party this weekend and I thought..oh crap here goes everything. I had it in my mind that I would not be able to control myself... I was soooooo wrong. I made sure I had food I could eat and then ate very little of what were danger foods (roasted pita chips). I am quite happy with myself. And today I took all the unhealthy foods to the office and they were promptly eaten!!

Anyway, we all have different ideas and ways to eliminate and promote healthy eating. I just wanted to share with you some of the things that I have found quite helpful.

[Zimmeh]

I completely agree with you Foxyshaman!

My family drinks soda and whenever I go to my mom's house, I grab a huge bottle of water from Starbucks and I drink that. It is still very hard to walk away from certain foods, but I do it. My friend keeps telling me that I have a wonderful self control mechanism and how I can stay away from red meat, soda and fried foods.

Have a great day,

Zimmy

Originally Posted by foxyshaman

Little Ms Sunshine I had to figure out what my core issue(s) are/were that I was/am eating. I took a book out of the library called Mind over Mood by Dennis Greenberger. It helped me TREMENDOUSLY. I faithfully create and use the behaviour modification charts. I have only had three overeating/binges since January. I define those as ones I cannot control or my mind takes a walk and my mouth keeps eating. I worked with a therapist over the phone who recommended the book to me and then I had two more sessions with him to move through some of my own blindspots. I have not stopped losing weight since I took my brain on in the battle against my bulge.. or burgeoning hips, whichever came first!!

I am fortunate to live alone so I just buy what I can have in my house. And if something comes into my house (via a party or well meaning friends) I promptly take it to the office the next day, or put it in the trunk of my car to take to the office the next working day. I don't know about where you work (except I think you are on break right now??) but in my office food is right quick. So, less temptations for me.

I have also found the less of something I eat the less tolerant my body becomes when I try to eat it. I have essentially cut out all dairy, except for one cheese that I use 3 pts worth when I am making my vege wrap. Oh and abit of butter here and there for cooking. I avoid sweets, except for my coffee... but I count every one of those points!!! Sometimes that can be hard, but I really am grooving on my success and that is my biggest encouragement.

I had a party this weekend and I thought..oh crap here goes everything. I had it in my mind that I would not be able to control myself... I was soooooo wrong. I made sure I had food I could eat and then ate very little of what were danger foods (roasted pita chips). I am quite happy with myself. And today I took all the unhealthy foods to the office and they were promptly eaten!!

Anyway, we all have different ideas and ways to eliminate and promote healthy eating. I just wanted to share with you some of the things that I have found quite helpful.

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Thank you Foxyshaman! This has been an issue for as long as I can remember. In my family, we eat when we are happy, we eat when we are sad, we eat to celebrate, WE EAT!!!! I come from a traditional hispanic home and mexican food was on the table every night. I remember my mother cooking in the kitchen. She would let me know supper was ready and ask me how many tacos I would want, if I said 2 she would bring 4 and so on and so forth. We didnt have much and she used food as a way to show us she loves us. She still does!!!

This is something I will definitely be working om.

PinkieLee~ thank you for just being you! You are always very uplifting and have the ability to make us all smile! I appreciate you!