Healthy Weight Loss

[jelli]

Well, here goes nothing. I keep looking in my mirror and saying "if not now jelli, then when?" key word here is "keep" as in "continuous" as in "omfg would you just get it together sister".

I am a mom of 5 who has had medical issues requiring several surgeries. I am an emotional eater. I love food.

I have worked at de-stressing my life and I have reduced the migraines to seldom, but the eating gets away from me sometimes. I know I eat because I am feeling lonely because cruel is out on the road. Sometimes I eat to numb the feelings. I could insert a lot of excuses in here, but in the end I own it. I know what I eat.

I have done the bariatric diet. I have gone to WW 3 times now. I get all psyched, lose weight, and within a few months gain it back. I am tired, but apparently not committed enough to change much. Then comes the negative talk. Vicious cycle be gone!!!

I have been reading this thread everyday and thank everyone for posting. I keep hoping this magical light of motivation and inspiration will finally go off bigger and brighter than ever.

Why am I getting in my own way? What is the payoff?

[Tcountry]

Originally Posted by Bard

... so and I lean heavy on the meat and potatoes

if u can stand butternut or acorn squash....they are better alternative to potatoes. U can bake or mash...




Jelli...think lifestyle change not diet.
Start with ONE thing...either take one "bad" thing away or add one good thing...do it for 2 weeks then do it again adding one more thing. By the end of 6wks you will have changed 3 things & probably lost a little weight in the process.

[Medusa]

EEK!

This morning's weekly weigh-in revealed a 2 pound GAIN!

So, my old cycle would have been to get all butthurt that I had a gain, do a lot of ugly self-talk, and then go on a massive binge. We aren't doing that this time

I know what I did differently this week than I have been doing that probably contributed to my gain:
* We ate out 3 times this week where I had less control over the ingredients in the food and I overate all 3 times (damn those crab rangoons!)
* I drank more Fuze and less water.
* I didn't move as much.

Couple that with the fact that LADYTIME is right around the corner and I feel like I have a good understanding of where I am and why. I feel good about that, positive even. Positive about a gain? I know, but I do.
I feel in touch with my body, even if it's 2 pounds heavier this week and am thankful that I know why it happened and don't feel ugly about it.

Things I will do differently this week:
*more water
*more movement
*less eating out!

I've been steadily losing for weeks and weeks now and think that this tiny tiny setback is just part of that process.

[Zimmeh]

Good Morning Everyone,

I had a wonderful and healthy dinner lastnight. I had: grilled chicken tenders with garlic salt, basil and crushed red pepper; green peas with crushed red pepper and a dash of garlic salt; and rice with a small dab of butter, basil and crushed red pepper and fresh French rolls from Alexia.

I then got ready and headed to go power walking. It started to sprinkle, so I hit the fitness center instead. I was walking on the treadmill on speed #3 and the incline on 10. I power walked for about ten minutes before my thigh muscles started yelling, hehe. Tonight, I will be doing the same routine, but I will be adding in lifting weights for good measure!

Have a great day,

Zimmy

[Gaige]

So I usually just do a mile on the treadmill and 100 curls every morning when I get home from work. Yesterday though I was playing with the buttons and it started up in one of the 6 custom workout modes. They're all 30 minutes of various speed and incline changes and both days I ended up walking over 2 miles. Today's workout (park trail) was grueling but I made it through and have noticed that both yesterday and today the hunger that I had before the workout was gone after the workout. I think I can devote 30 minutes a day to improving my health.
My goal is 20 lbs

[jelli]

Originally Posted by Handsome Devil

So I usually just do a mile on the treadmill and 100 curls every morning when I get home from work. Yesterday though I was playing with the buttons and it started up in one of the 6 custom workout modes. They're all 30 minutes of various speed and incline changes and both days I ended up walking over 2 miles. Today's workout (park trail) was grueling but I made it through and have noticed that both yesterday and today the hunger that I had before the workout was gone after the workout. I think I can devote 30 minutes a day to improving my health.
My goal is 20 lbs

WAY TO GO!!!!

[jelli]

Does anyone watch Dr. Oz? A friend of mine was telling that this morning Dr. Oz was talking about healthy weight loss tips. this one in particular was referring to eating apples before your meal. Apples contain pectin and pectin help you to feel fuller longer.

http://healthy-weight-loss-plan.info/lose_weight_fast/

http://www.healthy-eating-made-easy....se-weight.html

[JustJo]

Originally Posted by jelli

Well, here goes nothing. I keep looking in my mirror and saying "if not now jelli, then when?" key word here is "keep" as in "continuous" as in "omfg would you just get it together sister".

I am a mom of 5 who has had medical issues requiring several surgeries. I am an emotional eater. I love food.

I have worked at de-stressing my life and I have reduced the migraines to seldom, but the eating gets away from me sometimes. I know I eat because I am feeling lonely because cruel is out on the road. Sometimes I eat to numb the feelings. I could insert a lot of excuses in here, but in the end I own it. I know what I eat.

I have done the bariatric diet. I have gone to WW 3 times now. I get all psyched, lose weight, and within a few months gain it back. I am tired, but apparently not committed enough to change much. Then comes the negative talk. Vicious cycle be gone!!!

I have been reading this thread everyday and thank everyone for posting. I keep hoping this magical light of motivation and inspiration will finally go off bigger and brighter than ever.

Why am I getting in my own way? What is the payoff?

Hey jelli...I wanted to come in and post after reading you...mostly because I feel like we have a lot in common. I've not done the diet cycle (although my dearest friend has and I've watched and supported her as she struggled), I've just tended to stay heavy....and I know that's primarily for emotional reasons.

I don't think it's self-sabotage (for me) as much as it is self-soothing. I had to laugh at my own reaction to Dee's post that "nothing tastes as good as thin feels"....because honestly, and please don't take this wrong Dee because you know I think you're wonderful....I got angry.

I've heard these kinds of things all my life...from my mother, from my sister, from boyfriends and girlfriends, from casual acquaintances, from the media, from co-workers....ugh.

Here's the deal for me. I have never been thin. I never will be. I'm not built that way. I have always been, and will always be...big, solid and curvy with a huge ass. I come from that good peasant stock that could plow all day and have 10 babies. My "thin" will never be "thin enough." And I know that. It can get discouraging. Because the core message in all that supposedly well-meaning talk is that I will never be good enough...despite all of my efforts.

Coupled with that...I have felt alone, and lonely, for the vast majority of my life. Even inside an otherwise good relationship, there is a part of me that feels unwanted and alone. I know where that comes from...and I've fixed it as much as I can...but it's still there.

It's that part of me that eats to soothe.

Maybe this belongs in the listening thread...sorry!

[Medusa]

I'll chime in as well on how 'thin' feels!

'Fat' actually feels pretty good to me
I love my body, no matter it's size (and not in spite of its size). I personally try not to get tripped up in "thin" being the ultimate goal. It's not for me. Health is. That will not equal society's idea of "thin" no matter how much weight I lose because I'm not built that way.

I think it's important for us all to remember that we are often fed messages by the media (even diet gurus!) that try to put an unreachable goal (that damn dangling carrot) in front of us. I am never going to be a size 0, zit-free, perfectly coiffed supermodel. I don't want that. I actually rage against it.

[Tcountry]

So....the other day Sunshyne & I were talking...(surprise)
A little background...we are the same height...different builds...but when looking up "goal weight" they don't ask how you're built...so, back to story...

So...she was looking up what the weight range is "supposed to be normal" for our height. She said xxx(I can't remember the number), & said they have categories for weight.
Under weight, normal, overweight, & obese....wth...anyway..."normal" was not doable for sure (I was there once, I looked like a teenage boy)...so I asked "what's the most I can weigh & just be overweight?" (cause obese just sounds bad)
This question cracked her up...

She did give me the answer...so now that is my goal...lol
Sorry had to share...

[jelli]

Originally Posted by Tcountry

So....the other day Sunshyne & I were talking...(surprise)
A little background...we are the same height...different builds...but when looking up "goal weight" they don't ask how you're built...so, back to story...

So...she was looking up what the weight range is "supposed to be normal" for our height. She said xxx(I can't remember the number), & said they have categories for weight.
Under weight, normal, overweight, & obese....wth...anyway..."normal" was not doable for sure (I was there once, I looked like a teenage boy)...so I asked "what's the most I can weigh & just be overweight?" (cause obese just sounds bad)
This question cracked her up...

She did give me the answer...so now that is my goal...lol
Sorry had to share...

I have found that a weight the "professionals" say that I would be healthiest is not the weight I feel or look the healthiest in. Usually I feel and look best about 10-15lbs more.

[Miss Scarlett]

Originally Posted by jelli

I have found that a weight the "professionals" say that I would be healthiest is not the weight I feel or look the healthiest in. Usually I feel and look best about 10-15lbs more.

About a year ago i asked my weight loss doc what he had in mind for my goal weight. His response was his goal for every patient was for them to feel better and improve their overall health rather than reach a certain (and often unrealistic) number on some chart.

[Rockinonahigh]

So far today I have spent a big chunk of it in the ER,I finaly had to do something about the bursitis in my left shoulder,it got so bad I couldnt sleep last night even on my pain pills.They gave me a big shot of Kennalog wich always work when this flairs up then I got one dose Rx for Medrol,I will be gald when this pain goes away..its is more than a pain in the a$$ when it gets bad enough to run me to the ER.I do hope this is better by tomorow ..its a work day,any way I want this gone I got thigs to do.
Hope u all are haveing a wonderful Sunday afternoon,im off for a short nap..kinda tireda at the moment.C Ya later.

[jelli]

Originally Posted by JustJo

Hey jelli...I wanted to come in and post after reading you...mostly because I feel like we have a lot in common. I've not done the diet cycle (although my dearest friend has and I've watched and supported her as she struggled), I've just tended to stay heavy....and I know that's primarily for emotional reasons.

I don't think it's self-sabotage (for me) as much as it is self-soothing. I had to laugh at my own reaction to Dee's post that "nothing tastes as good as thin feels"....because honestly, and please don't take this wrong Dee because you know I think you're wonderful....I got angry.

I've heard these kinds of things all my life...from my mother, from my sister, from boyfriends and girlfriends, from casual acquaintances, from the media, from co-workers....ugh.

Here's the deal for me. I have never been thin. I never will be. I'm not built that way. I have always been, and will always be...big, solid and curvy with a huge ass. I come from that good peasant stock that could plow all day and have 10 babies. My "thin" will never be "thin enough." And I know that. It can get discouraging. Because the core message in all that supposedly well-meaning talk is that I will never be good enough...despite all of my efforts.

Coupled with that...I have felt alone, and lonely, for the vast majority of my life. Even inside an otherwise good relationship, there is a part of me that feels unwanted and alone. I know where that comes from...and I've fixed it as much as I can...but it's still there.

It's that part of me that eats to soothe.

Maybe this belongs in the listening thread...sorry!

I definitely self sooth, but somehow I want to be healthy enough to get beyond that mechanism.

For clarification purposes only - I don't do diet after diet. I just have tried several things over the past years.

I said something in reference to Dee's post about how thin feels and was trying to do so in away that stated I didn't agree. I even attempted to cover up my frustration with that statement by using an "lol".

[little_ms_sunshyne]

Originally Posted by jelli

I have found that a weight the "professionals" say that I would be healthiest is not the weight I feel or look the healthiest in. Usually I feel and look best about 10-15lbs more.

Originally Posted by Miss Scarlett

About a year ago i asked my weight loss doc what he had in mind for my goal weight. His response was his goal for every patient was for them to feel better and improve their overall health rather than reach a certain (and often unrealistic) number on some chart.

Originally Posted by Tcountry

So....the other day Sunshyne & I were talking...(surprise)
A little background...we are the same height...different builds...but when looking up "goal weight" they don't ask how you're built...so, back to story...

So...she was looking up what the weight range is "supposed to be normal" for our height. She said xxx(I can't remember the number), & said they have categories for weight.
Under weight, normal, overweight, & obese....wth...anyway..."normal" was not doable for sure (I was there once, I looked like a teenage boy)...so I asked "what's the most I can weigh & just be overweight?" (cause obese just sounds bad)
This question cracked her up...

She did give me the answer...so now that is my goal...lol
Sorry had to share...

I started reading on what is considered a healthy weight. I really dislike the word obese. You know what I dislike even more? The combination of the words morbidly and obese. So when I began to re-evaluate my goals I asked myself "What makes me feel good...What is realistic?" I am in no way one of those girls I consider dainty that I spent most of my adolesence wanting to be like. As I matured, although lacking self confidence quite often, I began to appreciate a more volumptuous shape. I want a curve to my body...I want breasts that are full....I want thighs that someone can dig their fingertips in..... Not to say that wanting something else isnt ok....It really is a matter of perspective and what you want for yourself. Whatever your definition of healthy, beautiful, etc etc is. My desire for a healthy lifestyle is just that. I want to be healthy, find my self confidence, and quit limiting myself.

I shared the "normal" weight standards with T....It cracked me up when hy said...."Ummmm, I dont want to be that. What is the overweight standard? Can I aim for that?" What made me laugh, is that hy and I are aiming to be overweight according to "the standard". lol But really, I am just aiming to be me.

Kinda random...sorry! I tend to have random ramblings...and here I am rambling about my ramblings! lol

[Rockinonahigh]

evening everyone,im up and feeling some better and tomorrow will be even better..I hope.
Once I was in my docs office and the nurses were talking about weight andwhat was obese,then I spoke to my doc about the subject he told me anyone who was 20% over what the mda weights and sise chart says.At the time I weighed 165 and didnt have a fat cell on my body cause ive always been muscele bound by leading a very active life of working on a farm and raiseing horses wich keeps me in great shape.He told me He even condidered me obese at my going weight..said at my 5'6' medeum frame I should weigh 110.I have weighed 110 in my jocky days and looked like I was starveing to death...wich I nearly was to hold shuch weight.After reading up on the weights and measues I knew it was a load of crap then and more so now.All of us have diffrent body shaped and skelatel fram densety that shape our bodies.I may not see 165 again but my goal weight is 200 so I only have 52 more pounds to go after loseing 51 pounds already loseing 35 more may not be such a big deal, I call anything below my goal weigh a plus win win for me
if I dont im ok with that. .

[Zimmeh]

Good Evening Everyone,

I just got back from my walk. I decided to add Metallica, Korn and Motley Crüe to my playlist. My knees are letting me know that I shouldn't have done that, hehe.

Have a great night,

Zimmy