Healthy Weight Loss

Thinker · 08-05-2011, 09:23 AM

Today's weigh-in shows a loss of THREE pounds! Four pounds to go to hit my goal weight.

Thinker · 08-05-2011, 09:46 AM

I haven't checked in here in a couple of days (gone all day yesterday) and finally caught up with what's going on.

Wow!!!

What an amazing bunch of people and what an amazing bunch of successes!!! I'm grateful we have this place!

Medusa · 08-05-2011, 10:50 AM

Absolutely! The positive vibe in this thread helps keep me on track and I am loving being a witness to so many personal successes. That feels like a gift

JustJo · 08-05-2011, 11:07 AM

Soooo.....any change starts with contemplation...considering where we are, considering where we'd like to be, considering the steps we need to take to get there and the tools we might need along the way....

In that vein....I have been talking to a co-worker (who sits at a desk in AZ but she's my closest work buddy) who has been steadily losing weight and getting healthier over the last few months. She's started working out now, and is really proud of herself (for good reason). Altogether, she's lost about 80 lbs since her journey started.

We were talking about her eating plan....not diet. This is just how she now eats...and she shared it with me. I'm contemplating. Not starting it yet, but contemplating hard, because I know that (particularly as a diabetic) this style of eating would be ideal for me.

Here's what she eats in a day....and she says she feels like she is always chewing

6 servings of concentrated protein (lean meat, chicken or fish preferably baked, grilled or roasted rather than fried) with each serivng 3 or 4 oz.
3 servings of legumes with each serving 1/2 cup cooked
2 servings of dairy with each serving about 6 oz. of low fat milk or yogurt
2 servings of nuts and seeds...a serving is 10 or 12 almonds, 1 tblsp of nut butter...like that
at least 4 servings of non-starchy veggies, and the more the better...this is a minimum
2 servings of starchy veggies - such as 1/2 a potato or 1/2 cup of carrot
3 servings of fruit....1 cup of berries, 1 medium apple or 2 small plums are servings
2 servings of grains - 1 slice of bread is a serving or 3/4 cup of oatmeal
6 servings of healthy oils - a serving is 1 tsp of good oils, 8 or 10 olives or 1/8 an avocado

She must eat all of the required servings.....so she's eating a lot of food, all day long. And she's eating a lot more of the healthy fruits, veggies, legumes, nuts and oils than she normally would.

Anyway....I know this would be a big change....but a good one....and I'm contemplating.....

girl_dee · 08-05-2011, 11:40 AM

Some plans (Like Weight Watchers) require you to eat so much of this and that because weight loss is caused by a chemical reaction so certain food combinations trigger it.. is a good thing!

My only issue with WW is that there is SO much focus on food where the brain should be taught to not focus on it so much, I suppose the idea is to catch on then be on automatic with what you eat and how much exercise etc.....therefore not thinking about food all day and measuring, weighing, counting, journaling etc allowing other things to take up mental space!

Also it is very true about the 10 pound rule.. I am 5'1 and a 5 pound gain won't let me in my jeans, BUT it takes me forever to lose that 5 pounds... Which I need to lose currently, plus some!

*Anya* · 08-05-2011, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

Some plans (Like Weight Watchers) require you to eat so much of this and that because weight loss is caused by a chemical reaction so certain food combinations trigger it.. is a good thing!

My only issue with WW is that there is SO much focus on food where the brain should be taught to not focus on it so much, I suppose the idea is to catch on then be on automatic with what you eat and how much exercise etc.....therefore not thinking about food all day and measuring, weighing, counting, journaling etc allowing other things to take up mental space!

Also it is very true about the 10 pound rule.. I am 5'1 and a 5 pound gain won't let me in my jeans, BUT it takes me forever to lose that 5 pounds... Which I need to lose currently, plus some!

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I am so there with you! I was doing pretty well on my own, then my knees flared-so I tried WW since it was successful for me when I was young after my babies were born. It was not a good fit for me.

It, to me, was much easier when we weighed and measured food (in the old days, haha) but when I joined this time about 6-8 months ago, it was all about the points. I just could not do the points thing. Even Skinny Cow ice cream has points.

I just need to do my own eating plan. I do make food much less of a focus for myself. I decide each day what I am eating that day, I stick to it to the best of my abilities and try to eat at regular times as best as I can and not think about food the rest of the time.

I can fixate on something to the point I am half-crazed if I do not eat it. I just can't go there. I don't care if an ice cream has 1/2 points-if it has sugar, I am done for. I can make those 1/2 points turn into 50 points very, very easily.

I have made it to lunchtime now. My breakfast was approx. 3/4 cup of oatmeal with about 20 raisins, one peach mid-morning and one cup of coffee with 1 teaspoon of half-and-half (refuse to give that up). For lunch I have 1 wrap with chicken, cabbage, carrots and low-fat Asian dressing.

It is not just one day at a time for me. Sometimes it is an hour at a time.

Hugs all.

JustJo · 08-05-2011, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Anya/Georgia

It is not just one day at a time for me. Sometimes it is an hour at a time.

Yep....for me too. Sometimes stalling really works. I will literally tell myself (sometimes out loud...thank goodness I work from home)..."okay self, if you still really truly want that x in an hour, we'll go have it."

Most of the time, an hour later...I've decided against it.

For me, eating sweets or chips or whatever can just start the ball rolling...and I'm better off to just not get it started. That's one of the reasons I'm thinking my co-worker's eating plan might be a good one for me....lots of food, lots of crunching, dressing on my salad (as long as I make it from healthy oil myself), nuts to snack on....and it's just plain ol' mega healthy eating, which I know would keep my feet attached and my eyes seeing better than any number of artificially sweetend treats even if I stuck to the points or calories or whatever.

Can I be perfect and never have a treat while I'm eating like that? Nope; I'm old enough to know myself better than that. But, if I can eat like that most days...then I'd be the healthier for it.

little_ms_sunshyne · 08-05-2011, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Thinker

Today's weigh-in shows a loss of THREE pounds! Four pounds to go to hit my goal weight.

Wow! That is rockin'! Not too much further...Way to go! Cheerin you on for sure!

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