Healthy Weight Loss

[sylvie]

Okay, posted in here yesterday morning..
Then, i deleted it..

i'm having issues, big food issues, and i'm working on them..
i'm super plateau'd still at 217 lbs.. i need to get moving.. i'm not faithful with exercising, other than getting out walking.. (to work, back home from work, to work again, back home again...)

Trouble is, my body is used to *that* exercise.. So i need to get back at gym workouts, brisk walks at the lake, hiking, situps, etc..

i need motivation, i'm not always good with motivating myself..
What do ya's do to remotivate yourself ? Probably just going to have to be me kicking my own ass and pushing myself out and committing...

Some people say maybe i just needed the rest/break.. Well, great but it's been about 2 months of a break LOL.. i get random workouts in, just not as faithful as i was!!

[deedarino]

I have a long list of things I use to motivate myself. Each day is different and that smaller pair of pants I am waiting to wear may not be a motivating factor on any given day. My list of motivations can be wanting to try out a new playlist to wanting to learn pole dancing...

When in a plateau, I have come to think that my body thinks I am starving it to death and starts holding on like crazy to it's "blankey". So I trick it by feeding myself a lot for a day or two (try to keep it healthy but I eat extra). My body then gives a sigh of relief that I am not starving it and the weight starts to come off again...

Me and my body have trust issues...:-)

[Hollylane]

Originally Posted by sylvie

Okay, posted in here yesterday morning..
Then, i deleted it..

i'm having issues, big food issues, and i'm working on them..
i'm super plateau'd still at 217 lbs.. i need to get moving.. i'm not faithful with exercising, other than getting out walking.. (to work, back home from work, to work again, back home again...)

Trouble is, my body is used to *that* exercise.. So i need to get back at gym workouts, brisk walks at the lake, hiking, situps, etc..

i need motivation, i'm not always good with motivating myself..
What do ya's do to remotivate yourself ? Probably just going to have to be me kicking my own ass and pushing myself out and committing...

Some people say maybe i just needed the rest/break.. Well, great but it's been about 2 months of a break LOL.. i get random workouts in, just not as faithful as i was!!

Hi sylvie...I can't say that I am successful every day at motivating myself. The best motivator I have, and try to keep in perspective daily, is that my health is the most important thing in my world. I want to live the fullest, happiest, amazing life that I possibly can. If I don't get my ass moving on a daily basis, and control what goes into my body, I know that I won't be enjoying my life as much, and I won't be around as long to enjoy the life that I have.

I definitely have my days where I am a complete lump, but I try to keep those to a minimum.

[sylvie]

Originally Posted by Hollylane

Hi sylvie...I can't say that I am successful every day at motivating myself. The best motivator I have, and try to keep in perspective daily, is that my health is the most important thing in my world. I want to live the fullest, happiest, amazing life that I possibly can. If I don't get my ass moving on a daily basis, and control what goes into my body, I know that I won't be enjoying my life as much, and I won't be around as long to enjoy the life that I have.

I definitely have my days where I am a complete lump, but I try to keep those to a minimum.

Originally Posted by deedarino

I have a long list of things I use to motivate myself. Each day is different and that smaller pair of pants I am waiting to wear may not be a motivating factor on any given day. My list of motivations can be wanting to try out a new playlist to wanting to learn pole dancing...

When in a plateau, I have come to think that my body thinks I am starving it to death and starts holding on like crazy to it's "blankey". So I trick it by feeding myself a lot for a day or two (try to keep it healthy but I eat extra). My body then gives a sigh of relief that I am not starving it and the weight starts to come off again...

Me and my body have trust issues...:-)

thank you both SO much....
falling in that slump, it's a hard place to push oneself out of sometimes..
And the answers are so easy, just not easily found within..
So being reminded of those simple things is exactly what the doctor ordered.
That's why i love this thread, thank you! ♥
(and those of you who repped ideas as well..)

[sylvie]

Today i am stepping out of my blahs.. (long overdue!)
i am meeting a friend at his gym, and he's taking me through an arm & core workout that will work to tone loose skin for me.. So grateful he is willing to do this with me..

Also, i just super cleaned out my fridge & cupboards..
A few things i have been really struggling with eating (slightly overeating)..
Really on the verge of losing myself - today it stops.. i dumped it all in and tied the garbage bag and ready to bring it out to the dumpster.. After the gym, i will stop at the grocery store and get some more fresh fruit, veggies & meat .

Today is about reinforcing my tools, hopping back on track and continuing to get healthy! It's also about incorporating different things into my program, changing things up and embracing this body i have, loving it and taking care of it because i want to be healthier...

Tomorrow is my appointment with my Dietician. i will not cancel - i.will.not.

Happy Tuesday Healthies! ♥

[Tawse]

Last night - I did a harder course on the stationary bike than last week - ended up going further than I did on the easier course - in the same amount of time - with the same average heart rate.

YAY!!!!!

[Cowboi]

Good afternoon friends.
I have been hitting it hard at the gym. I think I have pulled to many carbs from my diet, (was weaker than my norm) so I am going to tweek my diet a bit and see how that goes. So, today was a carb loading day.

Its almost hump day!!! Keep up the good work!!!

[Lady_Di]

Originally Posted by sylvie

Okay, posted in here yesterday morning..
Then, i deleted it..

i'm having issues, big food issues, and i'm working on them..
i'm super plateau'd still at 217 lbs.. i need to get moving.. i'm not faithful with exercising, other than getting out walking.. (to work, back home from work, to work again, back home again...)

Trouble is, my body is used to *that* exercise.. So i need to get back at gym workouts, brisk walks at the lake, hiking, situps, etc..

i need motivation, i'm not always good with motivating myself..
What do ya's do to remotivate yourself ? Probably just going to have to be me kicking my own ass and pushing myself out and committing...

Some people say maybe i just needed the rest/break.. Well, great but it's been about 2 months of a break LOL.. i get random workouts in, just not as faithful as i was!!

I sometimes, when my spirit is a bit lagging... I get inspiration from folks like you all here, and my mentor along this path less traveled. The one that refers to her bosom... as 'I used to be a 44FF now and I am 40L - which stands for Long...' She is the one that though much heavier than me, swims at least a mile each and everyday she can. Only thing that has ever stopped her was when she had an open wound that refused to heal for a bit. I think she may have had the skin surgery, as she has also lost several hundred pounds. I adore her, amazing sense of humor and I simply love her attitude. She has always been large and proud, has been a professional burlesque person and has even been in several movies. She is a dynamo. My mentor RAWKs!

She blogs too, so if you want some inspiration, let me know and I will point the way.

I also read things that support the path I am on, with tons of suggestions. Particularly inspiring for me is The Spark from the fellow that started Spark People. I can not impress on you enough, how much his attitude and approach to change has helped me. Emmensely is an understatement.

From making a Vision Board, that you see each and everyday... one of my favourite suggestions he makes... to nutrition tracking, exercise tracking. All very helpful for me. Helps me identify what I am working towards and patterns of my own behaviour. Helps me, for a whole host of reasons. And I like getting points everyday there. Strange but true. It works, not sure why. I compete with my own self. There are folks there that have checked in everyday for years now. I am no where near that perfect. I know I do better when I can just do it, tracking really is helpful. Helps me to be accountable there to my own self.

The Spark is what worked for him. Spread that spark. Join a team, read some of those incredible blogs there. Not everything do you have to do, but everything I have tried, I have enjoyed. *sorry my grammar sucks today~ somedays I really hate English - today nothing I say looks exactly right. May just be semantics, I do not know, but I think you get my drift, no?*

Like the 10 minutes of exercise each and everyday, come hell or high water. That is one of the more active teams I am over at spark people, the 10 min a day exercise group. Everything over that 10 min is Extra Credit, which always feels good. I know I know... silly, but it works on the way my brain works. Gives me positive reinforcement, instead of beating myself up all the time for not doing an hour or two everyday. For me that is exceptional. *though not in the pool, which is hard to get me out of - and just check out how many calories are burned just treading water, oh my goodness me!!!* Anyhows, I like going the extra mile, getting extra credit. It psyches my head out somehow, not sure exactly why. He goes into it a bit in his book there.

Even on my worstest days ever, I can usually pull of a mere 10 minutes of something or nuther. I also finds it helps to shake things up and do things that are simply fun for that 10 min. I love to walk in the outdoor sculpture gardens here. Fast brisk walks, or long and leisurely, all of it counts, imo. Better than being stuck behind a computer screen or the telllie. Or like bouncing a ball against the garage. A bit of tennis anyone?? Or hitting a batting cage, whatever. Heck, bowling might even work if you keep moving. It surprized me a while back that bowling could make me sore. In a good way, it was a challenge at that weight. Now my only concern is if there is any twisting pressure on my knees. I will protect these brand new knees with my life.

I just found out today from a friend that has several horses that her nieghbor also still rides just fine and she had her knees done, as have several others she knows that have horses. For me hearing that was like Nirvana.

Something you can do at any weight is play in the water, be it the laps, or PT or what I fondly like to call Yogalates. Which combines yoga and pilates in the water. It is fun, the hour is usually up and stay in for more on my own. Exercises my PT gave me at the pool, just plain fun.

anyhows, I am just meandering with you here. If you were close by I would invite you to the water aerobics I do with the Silver Sneaker folks, most of whom are on Medicare. They get free memberships to most gyms in the country. I have met some really great folks there, who never miss a day. Totally non judgemental too. Which is a big deal if you are self conscious as I have been in the past. My mentor gave me the suggestion way back when to just get out there and smile at everyone I know and say hello to at least 10 strangers/people a day. You never know what sort of doors that might open up. Might turn you on to stuff that is going on in your own community that might be fun for you. Mud races are big here, not sure what is big where you are at. I can't risk it with my new knees, but it does sound like fun.

But that is one of the reasons this is the nations' worst dressed folks. Fittest, but worst dressed. Most folks dress for comfort and for the activity they might engage in. I love this area. But Madison Avenue we are not. Happy to not feel judged by anyone. Even in the shape I am, compared to most here... I still have a long way to go. Though when I engage with people, turns out they are super happy for me and suportive. More supportive than my own partner ever was! Sad but true. I am so happy to be free and single today. No plans for a relationship on the horizon, too. Though I do know sex is a great physically demanding sort of thing, or can be... might be something you also might consider. Anything that can elevate your heart rate is a good thing. Definite perks...

So have a little fun, get a little clean sweat in your life. Enjoy it hon!

[deedarino]

I take Iron, Calcium, Vit c, Vit D, B Complex, St John's Wort...I do not feel good without them now. I would like to add Magnesium and I should do some research on iodine. Chewables are my favorite!!!

Thanks Lady_Di, I am going to check out that link. Any motivation is good motivation. I actually use my pinterest boards a lot as "dream" boards. I also find exercises and recipes like crazy...

I too will be having surgery when I am done. I ain't gonna loose all this weight so I can be flappin in the wind. No. I want to be able to move with nothing jiggling...lol.

[Lady_Di]

Originally Posted by deedarino

I take Iron, Calcium, Vit c, Vit D, B Complex, St John's Wort...I do not feel good without them now. I would like to add Magnesium and I should do some research on iodine. Chewables are my favorite!!!

Thanks Lady_Di, I am going to check out that link. Any motivation is good motivation. I actually use my pinterest boards a lot as "dream" boards. I also find exercises and recipes like crazy...

I too will be having surgery when I am done. I ain't gonna loose all this weight so I can be flappin in the wind. No. I want to be able to move with nothing jiggling...lol.

I don't mind flapping, per se. I do love birds. lol... Birds of a Feather, a queer retirement community in Santa Fe, NM... but I digress yet again.

I want the surgery as imo and the doctors is it medically necessary as it is a health hazard. Have had more than one patient with terrible skin underneath those folds. They keep it as clean as they can, and yet still yeast and what not can and do grow in dark moist areas. Not even gonna tell you some of the stuff I have seen growing on some folks!

Another even bigger issue, imnsho... is that there is real danger especially for people over menopausal age, whatever that may be. Our skin as we age gets thinner, that is pretty much part of everyone's aging process. As part of that, one of the problems often encountered is skin tears. I am not a diabetic or anything, have beautiful labs, as I mentioned earlier today. But... a skin tear allows bacterias and viruses to get past our biggest defense system. Skin integrity is a big big huge issue imo. Thus to prevent the possibility of a skin tear, or at least lessen the possibility... getting rid of the flapping is just simple physics, it tears easier when it is flapping about all over the place.

Want to know an accident I had many many years ago? My long breast flapping away as they do when I run... well... no easy way to say it, but as I was running past our bedroom door one day, high up on our mountain top... I was running full speed ahead because I heard someone coming up my private road, turns out it was just my dad. BUT.... I was naked at the time and the bloody tit got hung up on the door handle of the bedroom. One of those french door handles... it speared me thru my tit. Quite literally I had to unhook my breast off the handle. I screamed bloody murder. Though I was not in pain, as I have a really really high pain tolerance, just probably was in shock when it happened. My dad got me to the emergency room and all the lovely interns got to come see the freak accident of the flying breast, lol... the nurse sewed me up with no anesthetic, didn't bother me one bit. Left me with virtually no scar tissue. Though it does show up on a mamogram if you really look for it. Amazing what the body can do, how it has such a great capacity for healing. I adore homeostasis, turns me on.

Anyhows... Was actually pretty cool to see the inside of my breast tissue. The nerdie science nut in me was fascinated. It was better than cadaver lab, since I could feel what the patient might experience. It was very cool indeed to see the inside of my body like that. AND I had at that time some really big fat cells. You could see them quite clearly, each one individually was simply huge!

Seeee..... skin flapping around can be really bad for your health. The other lesson I learned... aside from not sitting around naked sewing all day up on my mountain top cabin, was to not panic. I am sure my dad has seen a naked woman before. It really was not a big deal. I would not run today if someone suddenly shows up and I am nekkid. I would cover up, calmly and rationally....


oh the things we learn as we grow up, no?

d'silly grrrrl of the Rocky Mountains

[deedarino]

Originally Posted by Lady_Di

I don't mind flapping, per se. I do love birds. lol... Birds of a Feather, a queer retirement community in Santa Fe, NM... but I digress yet again.

I want the surgery as imo and the doctors is it medically necessary as it is a health hazard. Have had more than one patient with terrible skin underneath those folds. They keep it as clean as they can, and yet still yeast and what not can and do grow in dark moist areas. Not even gonna tell you some of the stuff I have seen growing on some folks!

Another even bigger issue, imnsho... is that there is real danger especially for people over menopausal age, whatever that may be. Our skin as we age gets thinner, that is pretty much part of everyone's aging process. As part of that, one of the problems often encountered is skin tears. I am not a diabetic or anything, have beautiful labs, as I mentioned earlier today. But... a skin tear allows bacterias and viruses to get past our biggest defense system. Skin integrity is a big big huge issue imo. Thus to prevent the possibility of a skin tear, or at least lessen the possibility... getting rid of the flapping is just simple physics, it tears easier when it is flapping about all over the place.

Want to know an accident I had many many years ago? My long breast flapping away as they do when I run... well... no easy way to say it, but as I was running past our bedroom door one day, high up on our mountain top... I was running full speed ahead because I heard someone coming up my private road, turns out it was just my dad. BUT.... I was naked at the time and the bloody tit got hung up on the door handle of the bedroom. One of those french door handles... it speared me thru my tit. Quite literally I had to unhook my breast off the handle. I screamed bloody murder. I was not in pain, as I have a really really high pain tolerance, and I probably was in shock when it happened. My dad got me to the emergency room and all the lovely interns go to come see the freak accident of the flying breast, lol... the nurse sewed me up with no anesthetic, didn't bother me one bit.

Was actually pretty cool to see the inside of my breast tissue. I had at that time some really big fat cells. You could see them quite clearly, each one individually was simply huge!

Seeee..... skin flapping around can be really bad for your health. The other lesson I learned... aside from not sitting around naked sewing all day up on my mountain top cabin, was to not panic. I am sure my dad has seen a naked woman before. It really was not a big deal. I would not run today if someone suddenly shows up and I am nekkid. I would cover up, calmly and rationally....


oh the things we learn as we grow up, no?

d'silly grrrrl of the Rocky Mountains

OMG I am mortified and freakin' dyin over here at the same time!!! LOLOL

So sorry for your....well...you know...

*Giving the girls a little squeeze of appreciation*

[Lady_Di]

Originally Posted by deedarino

OMG I am mortified and freakin' dyin over here at the same time!!! LOLOL

So sorry for your....well...you know...

*Giving the girls a little squeeze of appreciation*

It was hilarious, actually...

[sylvie]

Good morning Healthies.. ♥

Went to my Dietician appt on Wednesday..i didn't gain!
i actually lost 1 lb.. (in 2 months) but.. without exercising or really following my plan, i am happy to know that once i do lose the weight i want to lose, i 'can' & will maintain it!

So, 99 lbs lost total, since April of 2011 - and i got myself back on track.
Yesterday,i went for a 3 1/2 hour long walk, beautiful day & i stopped to visit my godmother's grave and spent some time with her, also found a spot to meditate along the way and meditated along my walk..

By the time i got home, i felt wonderful for the exercise, and much peace within..Today, i just got home from a walk again (am between work shifts) and i feel so strong...

Also, found my triggers from these last couple of months, working on those.
i'm in a healthy, happy place again, and ready to rock this.

♥

[JustJo]

Hey healthies

I haven't posted as much lately...mostly because I've been frustrated and angry and having a little pity party.

So I had my latest doctor's appointment and got my lab results. All is good except that my A1c is up to 7.1 - which is "damage is happening" territory.

Meanwhile I'm exercising faithfully, eating pretty well, dropping weight and frankly looking and feeling better than I have in a long time. The rise in A1c is completely due to going off the Actos....because it may increase the chance of bladder cancer, but it's a darn effective diabetes drug.

So I'm frustrated....because it feels like I'm working hard and doing great and, when it comes to the diabetes, I'm losing anyway.

I'm angry....because it feels like no matter how hard I work it doesn't make enough difference to count....because "other people" can drink soda and eat candy and generally pig out and not have to deal with this disease that would like to blind me and put me in a wheelchair or worse....because I know the judgement is out there in the world that I'm diabetic because I'm lazy or fat or eat garbage, when the reality is that I'm diabetic because of my genetics and all I can do, and only through intense, sustained effort is to moderate the effect of my genetics a tiny bit.

And I'm having a little pity party...because it just isn't fucking fair.

So...my choices, as presented by the doctor:

• go back on the Actos and monitor urine samples faithfully to catch any cancer early if it happens, but recognize it dramatically increases the risk
• double up the glimiperide....which I was hoping to get off of completely because it's the drug that makes me feel sick. It also scares me because it forces the pancreas to produce insulin....which feels a little like I'm whipping a tired horse....something that generally doesn't end well.
• or.....well.....that's it. Those are my choices.

I recognize that in many ways I am fortunate. I have health insurance (with a huge deductible, but still...insurance). I have a good doctor and easy access to medical care. I have the funds to buy healthy food. I have the knowledge of how to cook and eat to maintain my health.

I have it better than many. I know that.

But I also have it worse than many too....who can go eat a candy bar and not have to wonder what it's doing to their eyes, or their feet, or their kidneys, or.....

[Leigh]

Originally Posted by JustJo

Hey healthies

I haven't posted as much lately...mostly because I've been frustrated and angry and having a little pity party.

So I had my latest doctor's appointment and got my lab results. All is good except that my A1c is up to 7.1 - which is "damage is happening" territory.

Meanwhile I'm exercising faithfully, eating pretty well, dropping weight and frankly looking and feeling better than I have in a long time. The rise in A1c is completely due to going off the Actos....because it may increase the chance of bladder cancer, but it's a darn effective diabetes drug.

So I'm frustrated....because it feels like I'm working hard and doing great and, when it comes to the diabetes, I'm losing anyway.

I'm angry....because it feels like no matter how hard I work it doesn't make enough difference to count....because "other people" can drink soda and eat candy and generally pig out and not have to deal with this disease that would like to blind me and put me in a wheelchair or worse....because I know the judgement is out there in the world that I'm diabetic because I'm lazy or fat or eat garbage, when the reality is that I'm diabetic because of my genetics and all I can do, and only through intense, sustained effort is to moderate the effect of my genetics a tiny bit.

And I'm having a little pity party...because it just isn't fucking fair.

So...my choices, as presented by the doctor:

• go back on the Actos and monitor urine samples faithfully to catch any cancer early if it happens, but recognize it dramatically increases the risk
• double up the glimiperide....which I was hoping to get off of completely because it's the drug that makes me feel sick. It also scares me because it forces the pancreas to produce insulin....which feels a little like I'm whipping a tired horse....something that generally doesn't end well.
• or.....well.....that's it. Those are my choices.

I recognize that in many ways I am fortunate. I have health insurance (with a huge deductible, but still...insurance). I have a good doctor and easy access to medical care. I have the funds to buy healthy food. I have the knowledge of how to cook and eat to maintain my health.

I have it better than many. I know that.

But I also have it worse than many too....who can go eat a candy bar and not have to wonder what it's doing to their eyes, or their feet, or their kidneys, or.....

Thank you for posting this