Healthy Weight Loss

[Softly]

29.8 pounds lost lol
I wanted to reach 30 by now, but oh well!
hope you all are having a wonderful weekend

[Zimmeh]

Congrats Softly!!!

Zimmy

Originally Posted by Softly

29.8 pounds lost lol
I wanted to reach 30 by now, but oh well!
hope you all are having a wonderful weekend

[bigbutchmistie]

I am subscribing to this thread due to the fact that in the last few weeks I have started having swollen feet where I cant get my shoes on. I have been borderline diabetes and high blood pressure for awhile now. I just have this superman complex since leaving the hospital a few years ago after nearly dying.

Its easier with my work schedule to just eat out. But its not the eating out that is bad. Its the quanity and quality of food I am eating.

Now that I have been moved and getting settled in the new place. I have to start eating right. I would welcome some suggestion since I cant stand vegetables. Maybe V8 LOL

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by bigbutchmistie

I am subscribing to this thread due to the fact that in the last few weeks I have started having swollen feet where I cant get my shoes on. I have been borderline diabetes and high blood pressure for awhile now. I just have this superman complex since leaving the hospital a few years ago after nearly dying.

Its easier with my work schedule to just eat out. But its not the eating out that is bad. Its the quanity and quality of food I am eating.

Now that I have been moved and getting settled in the new place. I have to start eating right. I would welcome some suggestion since I cant stand vegetables. Maybe V8 LOL

thats why juicing is good. You just down it. Plus you can add apples, pears, lemon, different things to find the taste you need. Don't do v-8.

Mia's sister is 5 years old. I can't get her to eat any veggies but I can juice fruit like berries with veggies and she'll drink it.

[Zimmeh]

Good Evening BBM,

I love broccoli, carrots, yellow corn, sweet peas, black beans, bell peppers. I like to buy the frozen vegetables, this way I can season them my way. Im not a big fan of V8. Add plain water to your diet and watch how much salt and fried foods you consume.

Good luck and we all will be here to help you out!

Zimmy

Originally Posted by bigbutchmistie

I am subscribing to this thread due to the fact that in the last few weeks I have started having swollen feet where I cant get my shoes on. I have been borderline diabetes and high blood pressure for awhile now. I just have this superman complex since leaving the hospital a few years ago after nearly dying.

Its easier with my work schedule to just eat out. But its not the eating out that is bad. Its the quanity and quality of food I am eating.

Now that I have been moved and getting settled in the new place. I have to start eating right. I would welcome some suggestion since I cant stand vegetables. Maybe V8 LOL

[Sachita]

also eat lots of mushrooms cooked with food. They are very filling and low calories.

[bigbutchmistie]

Originally Posted by Sachita

also eat lots of mushrooms cooked with food. They are very filling and low calories.

Thats good to know love mushrooms. Also, since I am not a cook how can I grill some chicken on a george foreman with great taste?

[Zimmeh]

I season the meat before I put it in the George Foreman grill. I just season one side of the meat.

Zimmy

Originally Posted by bigbutchmistie

Thats good to know love mushrooms. Also, since I am not a cook how can I grill some chicken on a george foreman with great taste?

[bigbutchmistie]

Thanks Zimmy and Sachita I appreciate it. I am knocking out the fast food completely and definitely water.... Its gonna be tough at first but hey, it will be worth it in the long run! Thanks again

[Sachita]

Originally Posted by bigbutchmistie

Thanks Zimmy and Sachita I appreciate it. I am knocking out the fast food completely and definitely water.... Its gonna be tough at first but hey, it will be worth it in the long run! Thanks again

how about start with a 3 hour diet. eat every three hours but no more then 8 oz. There are quite a few frozen dinners that are 8oz. As you lose weight make healthier choices.

Always keep food with you to avoid snacking. If I run errands I take food with me.

[bigbutchmistie]

Originally Posted by Sachita

how about start with a 3 hour diet. eat every three hours but no more then 8 oz. There are quite a few frozen dinners that are 8oz. As you lose weight make healthier choices.

Always keep food with you to avoid snacking. If I run errands I take food with me.

Thats a great idea Thank You!

[Zimmeh]

If you need to chat, I'll be around. Just get to feeling better! I love Boar's Head Ovengold turkey breast with spicy brown mustard, 2% Swiss cheese and lettuce on whole wheat bread. I also keep either the Weight Watchers, Lean Cuisine or Healthy Choice dinners in my freezer for the nights when I work late. I also have a salad without the dressing and the flavors of the salad ingredients make the dressing.

Zimmy

Originally Posted by bigbutchmistie

Thanks Zimmy and Sachita I appreciate it. I am knocking out the fast food completely and definitely water.... Its gonna be tough at first but hey, it will be worth it in the long run! Thanks again

[bigbutchmistie]

Originally Posted by ZimmygLrL

If you need to chat, I'll be around. Just get to feeling better! I love Boar's Head Ovengold turkey breast with spicy brown mustard, 2% Swiss cheese and lettuce on whole wheat bread. I also keep either the Weight Watchers, Lean Cuisine or Healthy Choice dinners in my freezer for the nights when I work late. I also have a salad without the dressing and the flavors of the salad ingredients make the dressing.

Zimmy

Thats another great idea. But I am curious I have always thought any kind of bread was bad?

[moxie]

Originally Posted by bigbutchmistie

I am subscribing to this thread due to the fact that in the last few weeks I have started having swollen feet where I cant get my shoes on. I have been borderline diabetes and high blood pressure for awhile now. I just have this superman complex since leaving the hospital a few years ago after nearly dying.

Its easier with my work schedule to just eat out. But its not the eating out that is bad. Its the quanity and quality of food I am eating.

Now that I have been moved and getting settled in the new place. I have to start eating right. I would welcome some suggestion since I cant stand vegetables. Maybe V8 LOL

I experienced this is my last job. The hours were not regular and I worked a lot. What I tried to do was cook a bunch on a day off so that I knew if I just came home for dinner I wouldn't have to take a lot of effort to eat. That would keep me from going in drive-thrus.

Now I have a regular schedule and can cook nightly; however, I don't have access to the same selections of food that I did in my old town. Not a lot of produce selection, or spices, or things that I considered staples. I have to drive at least an hour to buy things like feta cheese and corn tortillas.

I told myself with this move, it's a chance to make me into the person I want to be. I have stopped drinking soda at the levels I was before. I get one a day but I get it with extra ice. And I am drinking at least 48 oz of water, mostly when I get off of work.But it has to be bottled water for two reasons: 1. the water supply here isn't safe
2. There is something psychological about it being in a bottle where I will drink more. I can take the water out of the bottle and put it in a glass and I won't drink as much.

I am also taking my lunch every day to work, which with my last job and the hours being so irregular I sometimes wouldn't eat lunch and when I did it would be drive-thru as I saw my clients in their homes. I also never ate breakfast because it would make my stomach hurt. But with my schedule being more regular, I have started eating breakfast. My breakfasts consist of a bagel with light cream cheese on the weekends and during the week a Fiber One Oats and Chocolate bar. When shopping out of state this weekend I also got some greek yogurt with honey on the bottom. If I like it, I will start having that for breakfast.

I am also not a fan of most veggies, so sometimes I will drink a small can of V8 but the best way for me to eat the veggies is to make a soup out of them and use the immersion blender and I get the tastes without the texture differences that bother me.

I've also started trying new things that I didn't think I liked. One of them being almonds. You can eat few of them and feel full and the Chili-Lime ones I found during my shopping trip are sooooo good.

All of this, which aren't huge changes, is helping my immensely. I am sleeping better, I am feeling better (which I contribute to the water intake), clothes are fitting differently. I haven't weighed myself because I don't want it to get me down. I am happy with feeling better and clothes fitting better.

[Rockinonahigh]

I have been eating whole wheat bread for a long time the only time I ever eat white bread is if I every once and a while either bake my own bread or go to the bakery for hard crust french bread,white sandwitch bread dose not ever end up in my house.I also keep grilled chicken brest in the fridge so f I want to snack on it or make a sandwich I have it,I also have lots of calorie free veggies in the fridge to snack on right along with bowles of things to make a salad with.Also I am makeing my own derssing with various vinagaretts where I can add diffrent flavors to them to keep it intresting.
Im doing a restricted carb diet..not adkins where u cant hardly have any carbs but the diabetic plan the doc gave me,I can have as much as 130 carbs a day but usely around 70 some carbs a day even tho sometimes I stretch it to the limit if I hav something thet has more carbs than I should have,the next fue days I eat salads and veggies so at the end of the week it all averages out.I also test three times a week to see that im useing carbs the right way.So far my test have run betweek 85 wich means I am really hungry when I get up and 111 when I use up my carbs or eat after 9pm.Plus im working out a lot so I really need to keep my emging running by not getting to hungry cause then I run the risk of over eating when I do eat.

[JustJo]

Welcome BigButchMistie....so glad you joined us!

I see you're already getting lots of good advice. I'm a big advocate of making small, progressive changes. Usually when we try to do everything at once, it's a lot harder to stick to.

Cutting out fast food and drinking more water is a fantastic place to start. Like Zimmy, I've become a huge fan of the greek yogurt. The first time I tried it, I didn't like it...but I tried a different brand and that made all the difference. I like the Oikos (Stoneyfield) Organic non-fat greek yogurt...although I like the ones with fruit at the bottom (and not the honey or fig flavors ). Sometimes it just takes experimenting.

If you're not a veggie fan, I'd say drinking a V8 is better than no veggies at all. I love puregrrl's idea about the soup too....you get all the goodness that way.

Stick around and keep trying different things. You've got lots of support here!

[Anastasia]

Originally Posted by JustJo

Welcome BigButchMistie....so glad you joined us!

I see you're already getting lots of good advice. I'm a big advocate of making small, progressive changes. Usually when we try to do everything at once, it's a lot harder to stick to.

I could not agree more. In my experience, if I go from completely out of control to 800 calories of celery and twigs a day, I find myself foaming at the mouth in a Baskin Robbins within a month.

I am by no means an expert, but I stay within 25 pounds of my preferred weight ( I know that is a lot. I have food issues, ok? ) because of changes I made about 10 years ago. I exercise a lot, and while that is good for your overall health too, I have found that it is not the answer to weight loss for me. I have to eat less and eat better.

I hate that part.

Anyhoo...

Things that help me when I need to get a handle on food again :

1. No fast food. Even if they have this "great new XYZ that is only 100 calories!" Eventually I will be ordering a Double Whopper with fries/Burrito Supreme/etc. etc...

I call fast food the 'gateway drug' once i allow myself to go there, it is only time before I am recognized and called by name when I come into the store.

2. Drink a glass of water before I eat a meal.

3. Find a salad dressing that I can stand that does not have a ton calories (like 100 cal/2 tbsp I like any of the light balsamic vinegrettes), and salad toppers that you like (no more than 50 calories Here is the one I like )

and then eat my salad before the stuff I want to eat (I dislike/borderline hate veggies too. It makes me eat them and takes the edge off my hunger so I am less likely to chip a tooth on the plate, as I try to inhale my dinner because I let myself get too hungry )

4. Drink water all day long. I carry it with me. I drink until I feel like I am going to float away. Then I drink some more. It helps me by making me feel fuller. I tend to binge eat and eat portions for a person twice (or three, four, five, times) my size. Feeling fuller helps curb the need to fill with food.

5. Pack my lunch and snacks to work. When I my little bag is out of food. I am done. Hopefully that is not by 10 am, like today. Progression not perfection, as they say.

5. Be honest with myself and write down everything I eat. It makes me make better choices when i know I have to look at the whole bloody list and see just how bad it was.

I am currently doing Weight Watchers and I find it to be a pretty realistic and sustainable program.

Is it perfect? No, but am I going to eat perfectly? No. I loves me some cake and shortbread cookies too much for that.

[nycfem]

Some suggestions:
1) Start drinking only water (no other kind of beverage). This can lead to 30 pounds off all by itself.
2) Stop eating any of the white stuff and switch to 100% whole wheat, whole grain. Quit white bread/white rice entirely. Bad for those with diabetic issues.
3) Keep a daily journal of everything you eat and the times and how you feel. This alone can make a big difference in it's weird, magical way.
4) Go right to a doctor. You may need some medication to keep you safe along the way. I'm worried for you, my friend.
5) Read every post on this thread. It's full of useful information and support. Make it a part of your daily routine.

Originally Posted by bigbutchmistie

I am subscribing to this thread due to the fact that in the last few weeks I have started having swollen feet where I cant get my shoes on. I have been borderline diabetes and high blood pressure for awhile now. I just have this superman complex since leaving the hospital a few years ago after nearly dying.

Its easier with my work schedule to just eat out. But its not the eating out that is bad. Its the quanity and quality of food I am eating.

Now that I have been moved and getting settled in the new place. I have to start eating right. I would welcome some suggestion since I cant stand vegetables. Maybe V8 LOL

[Medusa]

This is my menu for today:

Breakfast:
Mixed berry smoothie:
1/2 c mixed berries
1/2 banana
1/2 c Greek vanilla yogurt
splash of sugar-free OJ
lots of ice
Total: 2 pts


Mid-morning snack:
2 small plums
Total: 0 pts

Lunch:
Turkey sandwich:
2 slices of very thin wheat bread
2 thin slices of cajun-smoked turkey
1 slice of "buffalo" cheese
lots of lettuce
regular mustard
Also on the side - Fuji Apple
Fiber one bar
a handful of green seedless grapes
Total: 9 pts

Mid-afternoon snack:
a few of those Quakes chocolate mini rice cakes
Total: 2 pts

Dinner:
Grilled chicken breast marinated in smokey bbq seasoning
side salad with carrots and lite ranch dressing
grilled bell peppers and onion
grilled new potatoes
steamed asparagus with lemon zest and garlic
Total: 7 pts

Snack before bed:
Sugar-free banana popsicle
Total: 0 pts

Total points for the day: 20 points

As you can see, I kinda graze all day long and use fruits and veggies to bulk up my diet. Plus, fruits and veggies are great for your needed fiber intake.
I also drink water all day long and might add a random Fuze drink (0 pts) if I'm feeling like I want something different.

[nycfem]

As an insomniac, sleep is always an issue for me.

From a Yahoo pop-up article:

"People who don't get enough sleep are more likely to have health issues. People who don't get enough sleep are 15 percent more likely to have a stroke and 48 percent more likely to develop or pass away from heart disease. Additionally, people who sleep four hours or less each night have a 75 percent higher chance of being obese due to the fact that sleep deprivation can affect appetite hormones."