Healthy Weight Loss

[Lady_Di]

Originally Posted by Miss_Tia

thanks for the welcome, Lady DI, and the good advice! Kick started it today and did very good....not perfect, but very good. Tomorrow, another day!

Each day is a new beginning.



one day, one hour, one second at a time

we can start anew

I love new beginnings!

[Cody70]

Stepping in to say hello!

I have made a lot of changes over the past year to both become healthier and to lose weight. Beginning my journey, I lost 80 pounds but then gained 40 back. I have lost 20 of that 40 and am still working on the final 20. I am in no rush and am taking it nice and slow...I've done the fast weight loss and it never lasts. I changed up my diet completely and am currently eating a vegetarian diet (that most days is completely vegan). I move my body in many ways and attempt to get at least 30 minutes of exercise every day. I've currently hit a plateau but I just keep on doing the things that I need to do. Eventually it will budge and more will come off. Here to support everyone else in their journey.

[Soft*Silver]

I am making healthier choices as I eat. I do indulge in a left over wedding cookie after dinner, as a treat. I am swollen in my upper area by my rib cage. All stress. Between my daughter's wedding and opening the store, life has been very stressful.

Tomorrow is the 4th. No party. We had a wedding recently and our family is on burn out. It took everything out of us to get thru that wedding. Still licking our wounds. So no problem staying away from unhealthy foods.

I have alot of customers that come in, from weight loss groups and after bariatric surgery. We have started discussing starting a generic gathering for those who in groups or after surgery, at my store. Just for addtl support. While I sell plus size clothes and chant self esteem credos to everyone who enters, my biggest chant is Healthy Choices...for mind sets and ways to eat and live...

[Thamca74]

I was just wondering what the habits of weighing are for everyone. I find that sometimes the scale is just my worst enemy. I can feel great weigh myself and if the number isn't good will set me up for binge eating. Or just a day of not liking myself.. what is your experience??

[Tawse]

Originally Posted by Thamca74

I was just wondering what the habits of weighing are for everyone. I find that sometimes the scale is just my worst enemy. I can feel great weigh myself and if the number isn't good will set me up for binge eating. Or just a day of not liking myself.. what is your experience??

I love the scale to be honest. I measure myself multiple times a day and enjoy seeing the fluctuations as long as the weight in the morning is doing it's thang. I especially love it on the days when my weight is more in the morning than it is in the afternoon with a body full of fluids and food. Those are great days!

I do have several friends who just can't tolerate getting on the scale more than maybe once a week. Seeing the fluctuations due to sodium or other factors just throws them into a tailspin that is unnecessary and harmful to their weight loss endeavor - like you experience.

[JustJo]

Hi healthies

We had our usual 3 mile walk on the beach this morning, but switched it up with 2 short jogging sessions....I'm blaming Sylvie

It felt surprisingly easy....but I'm feeling it this evening. Definitely need to do it again. I'm under doctor's orders of "no running", but the exception to the rule (lucky for me) is that barefoot in sand is okay.

My "big news" is that I'm finally going to have to relent and buy some clothes. I can now take off all of my shorts and capris without undoing the buttons and zippers....and things are looking downright baggy. This will involve spending some time in the dressing room figuring out what size I wear these days!

[Leigh]

Hey everyone,

Well I figure its about time I get my butt in here, I need my friends to help to motivate me again. I went to the doctor's this morning and found that in 2-3 months I've gained back 15 lbs I went from 330 to 345; I'm not happy about it but I know what I have to do and that's not only get my ass back to the gym but also I asked my doctor if she could refer me to a dietician who specializes in helping people with diabetes. I need to start getting a grip on the food I eat and get back into working out, walking when its not work out day and also starting to eliminate sugar in my daily life.

I'll be coming in here more often, leaning on my friends here and looking for inspiration from others (including Jo, JustJo and Sylvie), plus I plan on logging back into Spark People so I can use their expertise ~ all in all I am determined to lose those stupid 15 lbs I gained plus more

[Soft*Silver]

I am back...I had my store's grand opening and my sub's surprise birthday party, all on the same day, so all the planning and work made my intentions so hard to fill. But i wasnt so bad. Seriously. I am actually quite proud of myself for not falling completely off track.

I am heading to the YM in a few minutes to get in the heated pull. I overdid the labor and stamina levels and now I need to find some relief.

i got a juicer and am going to start using it. I plan on doing one meal a day as juice, probably breakfast because I loath eating when i first get up but love to drink and this can replace my coffee intake. I am going to stop at the store on the way home from the pool and grab some veggies and fruits.

I dont weigh myself at all. Its not about my weight. Never want it to be. This is about my health. I am putting too much of the wrong things in my limited stumach and I am feeling the problem. (I also had a serious bulimia problem in my 20s and i am not going to start that up again. Weighing myself could bring up old triggers. And with the surgery I had, even the thought of self induced vomiting could kill me.)

I am back on my vitamins too...and Jo, you reminded me to ask about b12 shots again. I dont care if they are paid by insurance or not. I need my shot.

gosh i am tired and exhausted...see you all tomorrow...

[JoSchmooze]

Here I am at my new assignment and the
lovely ladies (snort) I am working with
do nothing but talk about food all morning
long........

I just had to put my earbuds in to concentrate
on working instead of all the dang
food they are talking about.....

[Soft*Silver]

I have been sick for the past few days with a horrid stumach virus. I have not been able to eat. I must be careful now, as I eat over the next few days because I am hungry now and can tend to overeat.

thanks to the support I have been getting...it means alot!

[morningstar55]

This is such a awsome idea....... am ordering. 1 .. maybe 2 ..ha.
http://www.ezweightplate.com/

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Thamca74

I was just wondering what the habits of weighing are for everyone. I find that sometimes the scale is just my worst enemy. I can feel great weigh myself and if the number isn't good will set me up for binge eating. Or just a day of not liking myself.. what is your experience??

i would weigh myself 100 times a day if i could, you have to know that so many things can make that number go up and down and that for ME the way to truly measure if i am doing well is based on how i feel and how my clothes feel on me. The numbers usually catch up. i like that if it's up it's a reminder to behave and that it can come on quicky...

But like Tawse i like watching it go up and down.

[JustJo]

I'm an every day weigher also....it helps keep me on track. I don't worry about a pound or two one way or another, but it makes me feel like I have an "early warning system" this way if I start to get too free and easy with my eating or skipping too much exercise.

[stonewalldog]

I just weigh in every morning. It works for me. I am still not at my goal weight which is prolly not realistic for middle aged. Bah.....

[Rockinonahigh]

I weigh about twice a week,if I weighed more than that it would drive me nuts cause the numbers arent falling fast enough.I know my body has changes as I work out and then am loseing inches from building mussels from loseing fat.

[JustJo]

Hi healthies

Well, I've taken the plunge and signed up for the pilot weight loss program at work. It's one we'll be out marketing later on, and we're piloting it with colleagues now.

It includes some pretty nifty trackers, weekly (!) coach calls for the first 3 months, and is a 2 year commitment.

Based on my current weight, activity level, etc. they want me to eat 1500 calories a day. I know this is a good level for me to lose at, and will nudge me off this plateau. It also means that it's time to get back on the weight loss wagon for me and stop being quite so lax with my eating patterns.

Wish me luck...

[Cowboi]

Pre workout supplements in...
Headed to the gym in a bit.
Today is leg day......
Oh how I Love/Hate leg day!

[JoSchmooze]

Good for you, JustJo!
Go get 'em, Cowboi!

I just negotiated here with the hotel that
I can leave my food and kitchen utensils here over the
weekend when I fly back to Arizona and check on
the furbabies.

So far (just 4 days) I have been able to stay on the
diet and not be tempted to go astray.....
the fitness room in the hotel is not too terrible
and I have bonded with some of the hotel guests
who are staying here long term.....

I just keep on trucking day by day and hope to lose
what I need to lose......
Y'all keep on trucking!

Also, since I am being medically supervised,
I weigh in at home every morning and then once a month
when I am checked at the clinic.

[ruffryder]

Originally Posted by Cowboi

Pre workout supplements in...
Headed to the gym in a bit.
Today is leg day......
Oh how I Love/Hate leg day!

what supplements do you take regularly Cowboi? Anyone else take supplements or are dedicated to certain weight loss or workout pills, shakes or foods? Anyone that does this or has in the past, what is your experience and what works, doesn't?

What amount of proteins, carbs should be taken before and after a workout? Does anyone do a certain amount of grams per day and find that it is working for them? Does it depend if you will be doing cardio or lifting for the day?

Most importantly if one wants to lose weight first then gain muscle what is recommended as far as supplements, foods, workouts?

I know everyone is on a different level and different sizes and different things work and not everyone takes supplements or pills. I'm looking for what is a constant in one's life and seems to be working for you?

Thanks!

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Thamca74

I was just wondering what the habits of weighing are for everyone. I find that sometimes the scale is just my worst enemy. I can feel great weigh myself and if the number isn't good will set me up for binge eating. Or just a day of not liking myself.. what is your experience??

When I was working on losing, I weighed religiously, every single morning.

Once per day, sans clothing, before any food or coffee. The truth was there, right in my face. I have found that not weighing every morning contributes to denial for me.

I am sure the use of past tense is noted.

My medical issues are pretty much resolved now and I will be back at work today; so it is time to "get back on the horse" as the old saying goes and start weighing on a daily basis again.