Healthy Weight Loss

[Kelt]

Originally Posted by Zimmeh

Good Morning Everyone,

Well, come November 21st, I will be giving up my favorite foods. No more coffee, sweets or anything bad..I will be getting a couple of teeth pulled due to cavities and genetics. I will be getting braces in January. I will be having yogurt, apple sauce and babyfood until my braces are taking out.. It is going to be hard, but I can and will do this...

Congrats to all who are losing weight and keep up the good work!

Zimmeh

What the heck are they going to do? Wire your jaw shut?

I get that sugar will be out, insidious stuff, but all solid food? How about some decent stews or soups. Maybe some slow cooker stuff.

Knowing nothing about braces, I'm wondering how long this is going to take.

[Zimmeh]

Good Morning Kelt,

Your first part of the post just made me laugh...No, they aren't going to wire my mouth shut, but I have heard for the first week after they *apply* them, you cannot eat nothing solid. I am going to slowly add solid food but for the first two weeks, I will more than likely be eating soft foods. From what I have heard from my coworkers, it can take up to a year or longer. I am shooting for a year and hoping that it doesn't take two years, like it did for one of my coworkers. This isn't my idea and I am wishing that I didn't have to get them; but thanks to genetics, I have to...My dentist was telling me, that since I don't smoke, drink soda or anything else, that my teeth are very healthy and it shouldn't take long for them to heal once this happens...I have a very good pain tolerance and I will be taking Aleve to help with the soreness...

My roommate is excited about me not drinking coffee anymore, he will have the whole bag of coffee to himself...

Have a good day,

Zimmeh

Originally Posted by Kelt

What the heck are they going to do? Wire your jaw shut?

I get that sugar will be out, insidious stuff, but all solid food? How about some decent stews or soups. Maybe some slow cooker stuff.

Knowing nothing about braces, I'm wondering how long this is going to take.

[PinkieLee]

Originally Posted by Zimmeh

Good Morning Kelt,

Your first part of the post just made me laugh...No, they aren't going to wire my mouth shut, but I have heard for the first week after they *apply* them, you cannot eat nothing solid. I am going to slowly add solid food but for the first two weeks, I will more than likely be eating soft foods. From what I have heard from my coworkers, it can take up to a year or longer. I am shooting for a year and hoping that it doesn't take two years, like it did for one of my coworkers. This isn't my idea and I am wishing that I didn't have to get them; but thanks to genetics, I have to...My dentist was telling me, that since I don't smoke, drink soda or anything else, that my teeth are very healthy and it shouldn't take long for them to heal once this happens...I have a very good pain tolerance and I will be taking Aleve to help with the soreness...

My roommate is excited about me not drinking coffee anymore, he will have the whole bag of coffee to himself...

Have a good day,

Zimmeh

Zimmeh....

I have a few friends that have braces, and they didn't have ANY problems at all eating solid foods. I guess each person is different... but we will hope you are one of the lucky ones that doesn't have to suffer with liquid/soft food diet!

[Zimmeh]

Thank you for the information and I am hoping this to!

How are you doing today?

Zimmeh

Originally Posted by PinkieLee

Zimmeh....

I have a few friends that have braces, and they didn't have ANY problems at all eating solid foods. I guess each person is different... but we will hope you are one of the lucky ones that doesn't have to suffer with liquid/soft food diet!

[PinkieLee]

All is well here with me.... just getting back in the full swing of tracking food and getting in some exercise. My body is still feeling a lil' sluggish right now, but it's because I ran out of multivitamins a week or so ago. But, it's on my shopping list for the day!

[Zimmeh]

Glad to hear that you are doing good! I say, we should have some kind of exercise time in LR next year..This way, we all can hit the gym at once and be happy...If not, I will find some way of passing along the jokes so we all can laugh until our sides hurt..Maybe another birthday cake?

Zimmeh

Originally Posted by PinkieLee

All is well here with me.... just getting back in the full swing of tracking food and getting in some exercise. My body is still feeling a lil' sluggish right now, but it's because I ran out of multivitamins a week or so ago. But, it's on my shopping list for the day!

[PinkieLee]

Originally Posted by Zimmeh

Glad to hear that you are doing good! I say, we should have some kind of exercise time in LR next year..This way, we all can hit the gym at once and be happy...If not, I will find some way of passing along the jokes so we all can laugh until our sides hurt..Maybe another birthday cake?

Zimmeh

Hopefully we can plan a lil' exercise routine... even if it's just 30 minutes in the morning. I know that every second of the reunion is full of events... so maybe we can figure something out.

**don't make me give up any beauty rest though *

[Sachita]

I started back juicing again and just in a few days its amazing how much better I feel. I'm doing mostly organic romaine, celery, cilantro, green apple and organic spinach.

I bought a bunch of packs of frozen organic mixed veggies. I make rice in my rice pot ahead, stir fry the veggies with some nice live cultured soy (just a dabble)

I feel so much better when I eat fruits and veggies.

[Sparkle]

Back to life, back to reality...

I confess I've fallen off track the past few weeks in the rush and mayhem of big events, a bit of vacation time and power outages.

I have not tracked anything I've eaten or any of my exercise. And more importantly (for me) I've become really lazy about my food planning and prep - which means I've been eating irregularly and with a fuckit-i'm-starving-attitude. I know that when I am thoughtful and organized I eat more consistently and make much much better choices.

And I know that if I don't get myself back on track now, I will use the flurry of the holidays as an excuse to be less vigilant.

So for the next three weeks these are my goals:

*Use WW online to track what I am eating on a daily basis.

*Be more mindful in my grocery shopping so that I have everything I need to prepare my breakfast and lunches for the next day.

*Plan a few dinners for the week to come and make it easy for myself to execute them. (ie. make a big salad that can stretch a few days, grill up a pack of chicken breasts, make soup, etc.)

*Re-run week 8 of the C25k to get myself back on track. And get through week 9 (and the end of the program).

*Make it to 2 to 3 pilates, stability ball or core strengthening classes a week.

*Take my 32oz water bottle to work with me every day (as religiously as I take my thermos full of coffee)