Healthy Weight Loss

[Mister Bent]

Originally Posted by EzeeTiger

Why worry about something that's not happening??? You still have your right hand bro.

With Kung Fu grip!

[foxyshaman]

Originally Posted by Mister Bent

With Kung Fu grip!

You two made me laugh!! Thanks for that!!

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Hola Everyone! Happy Friday

I made an awesome dessert today that is guiltless!

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/06/r...ry-trifle.html

It is a great summer dessert! I really encourage you to try it. One quick tip: the recipe calls for White Chocolate Pudding. I couldnt find it at the grocery store so I used Cheesecake Flavored Pudding and it was just as yummy!


Hope everyone has had a great week!

[dixie]

Originally Posted by little_ms_sunshyne

Hola Everyone! Happy Friday

I made an awesome dessert today that is guiltless!

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/06/r...ry-trifle.html

It is a great summer dessert! I really encourage you to try it. One quick tip: the recipe calls for White Chocolate Pudding. I couldnt find it at the grocery store so I used Cheesecake Flavored Pudding and it was just as yummy!


Hope everyone has had a great week!

Ooh, I've made this before. It's super yummy!

[Thinker]

Down 0.8 for today's weigh-in

It's a turtle's pace, but at least the turtle is heading in the right direction!

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by Thinker

Down 0.8 for today's weigh-in

It's a turtle's pace, but at least the turtle is heading in the right direction!

Go turtle go!

[sylvie]

happy healthy friday everyone!

Yesterday, i went shopping for a reward gift for myself for the weight i've lost since back in April.. 19 lbs, go me! i bought a prettylicious handbag i've wanted and that was on sale 80% off..

it's a slow pace for me as well, but wanting this to be done the right way, so i'm okay with the slow pace.. long as it stays off!! heheh

my next goal is another 10 lbs ...i've been loving all the participation in here, and been reading back!
i've learned some music suggestions for workouts, recipes, tips and still have more to read, you all RAWK!

PS - i have never tried cottage cheese!

[Sparkle]

A very interesting 20year study done by Harvard, the results of which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine early this summer.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/he...ewanted=1&_r=1

It disproves the principal that "everything in moderation" is okay in terms of losing or maintaining weight and it lists the foods that are the most harmful and those that are most helpful. A good summary.

/snip
“This study shows that conventional wisdom — to eat everything in moderation, eat fewer calories and avoid fatty foods — isn’t the best approach,” Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and epidemiologist at the Harvard School of Public Health and lead author of the study, said in an interview. “What you eat makes quite a difference. Just counting calories won’t matter much unless you look at the kinds of calories you’re eating.”

/snip
The foods that contributed to the greatest weight gain were not surprising. French fries led the list: Increased consumption of this food alone was linked to an average weight gain of 3.4 pounds in each four-year period. Other important contributors were potato chips (1.7 pounds), sugar-sweetened drinks (1 pound), red meats and processed meats (0.95 and 0.93 pound, respectively), other forms of potatoes (0.57 pound), sweets and desserts (0.41 pound), refined grains (0.39 pound), other fried foods (0.32 pound), 100-percent fruit juice (0.31 pound) and butter (0.3 pound).

/snip
But contrary to what many people believe, an increased intake of dairy products, whether low-fat (milk) or full-fat (milk and cheese), had a neutral effect on weight.
And despite conventional advice to eat less fat, weight loss was greatest among people who ate more yogurt and nuts, including peanut butter, over each four-year period.

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by Thinker

Down 0.8 for today's weigh-in

It's a turtle's pace, but at least the turtle is heading in the right direction!

slow and steady wins the race!

It's not my intention to take anything away from Thinker, I wanted to stop in and support it is the right direction.

I'm a recovered *fat* person who had emotional eating issues. As many of you know, you replace one addiction with another. Now I am an endorphine junkie, A much better choice (except now I don't feel pain, but thats for a different thread)

I lost 103 pounds after my heart almost quit on me. The Dr. told me either make radical changes~immediately~ or you are going to die. That was the morning after, I promised myself if I lived to see another morning, I was going to get my act together, I was not prepared to die. I lived to see the morning and then he delivered that message to me. He was right, but I already knew that.

It all began with walking. Everyday. At first, a brisk walk around the block, was brutal. (I am a woman of my word) walk again. Soon that walk around the block was a walk around the neighborhood, then I incorporated some steps into the daily walk. Before I knew it, I was jumping out of bed and looking forward to my walk. In the mean time, I began to teach myself the DASH diet, (it's a heart healhy/balanced eating plan...low sodium) this was going to be my new way of life...not some fad diet. Salt/sodium would cause swelling and fluid retention around my heart, essentially squeezing it, and that will kill me) the walks became easier, I walked faster, further and longer. So far I haven't said anything that sounds awful...have I?

The first thing I noticed, my rings were spinning on my fingers, less fluid retention. I was feeling much better, had energy (more like positive energy) and my clothes were not fitting. I didn't have a scale (yet). In what seemed like no time, the walks were effortless, so I would walk some, jog some (me jogging??) walk some more....and the more I did that, the longer I was able to jog, then further and further....weight loss at the end of the first year 35 pounds. Slow and steady.

Eventually, I got into a gym and continued exercising of some sort. Long story short. My body picked it's new weight of 135 pounds (minus 103) over a three year period. I'd also like to tell you, when I got down to a size 12....I thought, Oh, I like this size...but I kept eating properly and doing what the american heart association suggests 10,000 steps a day and 45 minutes of exercise a day and slowly the weight kept coming off.

In the mean time, I became hooked on exercise (endorphines) and Physically I am in the best shape of my life. I also eat extremely healthy now, I no longer make excuses for the way I eat. (I mean to non dieting friends and family, no thank you and that is it!) I am not suggesting you become an endorphine junkie to achieve your weight loss goal. I'm only supporting, slow and steady weight loss will win. Do the right things as often as possible and it will happen. / yb





ETA....it's been ten years.....its been a new life.....seriously! so glad I changed my cookie binge ways

[foxyshaman]

Well I am going to WW today for my first weigh in, in I think 4 weeks. I am not worried I know I am down. I have good days and not so good days with eating. But I have worked out, danced the rumba, done yoga, and felt great.

I was at the gym the other day and we had to do a move that I would NEVER have trusted my body to do... and suddenly without thinking of it - I did it. I was all like...whoa body who the hell are you??

I know I have shared that I had a stroke a few years back and as a result there are some things my body just wouldn't do. (ie balance) And then I started to change things and incorporate different energy work & now after all these years my brain is finally healing those last little corners that I thought (and was told) would never repair. I am starting to trust my body again. It feels, well I don't really know how to express it except deep and sincere gratitude.

So, I will be back later to share my results!!

[Dominique]

[QUOTE=Yellow band;383534]
=

I'm a recovered *fat* person =


Jennifer, with all due respect.....are you calling me out?

[Zimmeh]

When I lost my weight, my rings were to big and they still are. When I gave up soda in January of 2007, I lost 35lbs in the first month. I also watch how much salt and sugar that I consume. I was showing my coworkers this picture of me back in 2003 and then 2007, and they couldn't believe it was me. I now look at those pictures and say, never again. I like being a size 12 misses pants and a size 15 juniors jeans...I feel more confident with myself and I am not afraid to walk into a room full of strangers...

Have a great night and power walking is the best!

Zimmy

Originally Posted by Yellow band

slow and steady wins the race!


The first thing I noticed, my rings were spinning on my fingers, less fluid retention. I was feeling much better, had energy (more like positive energy) and my clothes were not fitting. I didn't have a scale (yet). In what seemed like no time, the walks were effortless, so I would walk some, jog some (me jogging??) walk some more....and the more I did that, the longer I was able to jog, then further and further....weight loss at the end of the first year 35 pounds. Slow and steady.

Eventually, I got into a gym and continued exercising of some sort. Long story short. My body picked it's new weight of 135 pounds (minus 103) over a three year period. I'd also like to tell you, when I got down to a size 12....I thought, Oh, I like this size...but I kept eating properly and doing what the american heart association suggests 10,000 steps a day and 45 minutes of exercise a day and slowly the weight kept coming off.

In the mean time, I became hooked on exercise (endorphines) and Physically I am in the best shape of my life. I also eat extremely healthy now, I no longer make excuses for the way I eat. (I mean to non dieting friends and family, no thank you and that is it!) I am not suggesting you become an endorphine junkie to achieve your weight loss goal. I'm only supporting, slow and steady weight loss will win. Do the right things as often as possible and it will happen. / yb





ETA....it's been ten years.....its been a new life.....seriously! so glad I changed my cookie binge ways