Healthy Weight Loss

[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...

[JoSchmooze]

Originally Posted by Miss_Tia

well I am joining you all in here. I have added 10 lbs in stress eating, which for someone who had stumach surgery, means i ate ALOT in order to gain these 10 lbs. Havoc wailed on my senses and dulled the affects until the stress was over and now I am dealing with the aftermath. Its DANGEROUS for me to eat like that. I only have 1/3 of my stumach left. So...time to modify and eat more healthy.

My daughter got married. Talk about a stressor. and it was complicated. So add more stressors. I ate and ate and ate and ate all the wrong things. Things i have been told NOT TO EVER EAT AGAIN.

so...I feel like i did when i quit drinking...prepared for the jonesing and scared of it. Its not the weight I am worried about. Its the lifestyle. I will kill myself if I keep doing this. And just because the wedding is over doesnt mean the complications are...and they will keep me eating like this...

but they wont. I need to stop.

I am not suppose to have carbonated drinks.

Nor sugars

Nor whites

I am going to fast for a day to get this stuff out of me and then work slowly into introducing foods back to me.

Welcome to the thread, dear friend.
All here are supportive with all kinds of tips
and tricks.....
I just learned a new one on Sunday.
I was watching Extreme Makeover - Weight Loss Edition
when one of the commercials came on and it was the trainer.
He was talking about drinking plenty of water.....
But, did you know that cold water leaves your stomach quicker than warm water? Nor did I.....
He said that if you wanted to rehydrate after exercise
to drink cold water but f you wanted to curb
cravings or to tide you over to the next meal,
to drink warm (unrefrigerated water).
I have taken it a step further and drink cold water with my meals
so that hopefully it washes all the calories out!

Good luck with your quest to ease your stress
and make good healthy decisions....We are
all rooting for y'all!!

[Tawse]

I can't stand cold drinks - always on the cold side so drinking something with ice in it? Will leave me with goosebumps the entire time I drink it. Sooooo tap water is great for me - but good to know it helps more with the food cravings as well!

[Medusa]

Checking in after a long absence!


I wanted to check in and update you all on where I'm at in my process.

I had gained back 9 pounds of the 50 I had lost and had kinda felt myself slipping back into "I don't give a shit-ville" after all of my hard work. I was starting to ignore the gym, quit posting here, and eating tons of crap without a regard for what it would do to my body. Most of my "stuff" was centered around not managing my time effectively and feeling really stressed out with work and family stuff.
It was so much easier for me to ignore the call of my plan and do some of that famous "avoidance" that I have apparently become fond of in my adult years. Because, yanno, it's sometimes easier to avoid the process than actually do the work to get through it.

So here I am, back after 5 months to say I have recommitted myself to getting healthy. I am back in the gym regularly, I have completely revamped my eating plan, I am getting more sleep.

And I am happy to say that this morning when I got on the scales I was back down to 284, which was my lowest weight while on plan.

My goal is to be down to 279 by the end of July.

Don't get me wrong, it isn't about "The Numbers" but it definitely is a way for me to mark my progress.

I appreciate this thread!

[Medusa]

Forgot to add:

I have been and will be doing all of my blogging about my progress over at my blogsite:

http://www.tokenfatgirl.com

Please feel free to link to me and add me on Twitter!

[PearlsNLace]

I'm on a journey to reduce my Bmi by half. It was 50. Now my bmi is 45. It has helped a lot learning I was not cursed with fibromyalgia but was simply allergic to gluten. With better mobility I am kayaking !! and hiking. My current challenges are portion control and time management. Food is a sense security and entertainment and that also adds to the challenge. Glad this thread is here.

[JustJo]

Hi healthies

I haven't been posting much either...my apologies.

I'm plateaued again *sigh*....right after breaking the 200 lb. barrier my weight loss came to a screeching halt. My body is still changing though, and my clothes keep fitting looser and looser. My butt is smaller, my boobs are higher (TMI perhaps, but hey!), my arms are toned and I have less wobble in the triceps....I'm seeing some definition in my back and thighs and....oh what the hell...I'm rather happy that I'm getting cute little dimples over my butt.

So, I think what's going on here is increasing muscle, decreasing fat and toning things up....without any net change in weight.

That's okay....I can give it a little time.

Also, I've relaxed my eating somewhat. Not abandoning it....just relaxing a little. What I'm trying to learn is portion control and how to eat like a "normal" person....one that can have something sweet here and there or something fried occasionally....without it blowing my healthy eating plan.

My employer is piloting a new weight loss program and I may give it a try. The fun part was that I barely qualified to participate. The lowest acceptable BMI was 30, the "obese" barrier....and I'm down to 31. That's progress!

[LadyRain]

I think I invented something kinda cool (sic), I froze a yogurt, a chobai greek kind. When I took it out it was a bit too frozen, so I zapped it for 30 sec. It was very very good, and as hot as it has been, it was refreshing too. The frozen yogurt in the store has a lot of additives so it does not freeze solid. This way it is additive free and yummy as well as good for you too! When I was a kid we used to freeze oranges, just toss the whole orange in the freezer, take it out, cut up, and they were good too.

[justkim]

Good morning all!
Doctor finally decided to treat me for thyroid, been taking the meds for a week now and have noticed my energy level is increasing. I most certainly am not so fricken tired that is for sure.
He is also treating me for gout which is also a form of arthritis and the cause of my pain.
While I let my body adjust to these medications I have gone back to eating healthier. Lots of chicken and salads, with some red meat thrown in for good measure.
I will be making some of my turkey chili to freeze so I can just heat it up and go.
The next couple of weeks are going to be crazy busy. The week before I leave to go back east I will be in training with my job. We don't have enough staff to NOT have to work after 8 to 9 hours of training so my days are going to be LONG so healthy food choices are going to be important.
Good luck to everyone and keep up the great work!

[JoSchmooze]

Just came back from getting a B12 shot...
A total of 54 lbs have been lost....
46 left to go to the goal.....

I also start a new engagement where I will be
west of Chicago from Sunday until Thursday night.
I just also stopped at the gym and Al the Russian
gave me a hard time but I let him know that I had been
on the road and was going back.

The Residence Inn I am staying at is providing me a
full size kitchenette with full size fridge - I won't
have to make difficult food decisions!
I am starting to make lists of kitchen things I
CANNOT live without!

Hang in there all....keep on trucking!

[Soft*Silver]

I went to the YMCA yesterday and before getting into the pool I weighed myself. I know this scale is pretty close to my Drs scale. And I discovered I had already dropped 5 lbs. I was so relieved! I havent done drastic changes, and I didnt make some changes I said I was going to, (I am still drinking diet coke. I cant give it up yet but have reduced it to one bottle or glass a day)but its working. I did give up whites. And sugars. Except for my one wedding cookie for dessert after dinner. Giving myself some leeway, I tend to stick to changes better.

As if i dont have enough on my plate with opening a store I have opted to help a friend train her new shetland pony to drive. I go out twice a week to work with the lil one and it is giving me exercise. That, ontop of the YM pool and all the movement at the store, i am getting stronger physically. The BIG thing I have noticed is I catch myself slumping, which I got into when I felt the weight of the world on my shoulder because of the wedding. Now when I catch myself slumping, I straighten up. I feel more solid inside, more support inside, and it shows in my body.

Someone said they dont have fibromyalgia but are allergic to glutten? Really?

Oh, a tooth is being pulled Monday. It cracked more yesterday and half of it literally fell out of my mouth. So I suspect that will help with some weight loss too. Not being able to chew is a great weight reducer...lol.

This heat sucks! I force myself to go out on the days i am scheduled, to work that pony. its 86 degrees at 10PM here. Seriously? I am not in Az!

[JoSchmooze]

Originally Posted by Miss_Tia

I went to the YMCA yesterday and before getting into the pool I weighed myself. I know this scale is pretty close to my Drs scale. And I discovered I had already dropped 5 lbs. I was so relieved! I havent done drastic changes, and I didnt make some changes I said I was going to, (I am still drinking diet coke. I cant give it up yet but have reduced it to one bottle or glass a day)but its working. I did give up whites. And sugars. Except for my one wedding cookie for dessert after dinner. Giving myself some leeway, I tend to stick to changes better.

As if i dont have enough on my plate with opening a store I have opted to help a friend train her new shetland pony to drive. I go out twice a week to work with the lil one and it is giving me exercise. That, ontop of the YM pool and all the movement at the store, i am getting stronger physically. The BIG thing I have noticed is I catch myself slumping, which I got into when I felt the weight of the world on my shoulder because of the wedding. Now when I catch myself slumping, I straighten up. I feel more solid inside, more support inside, and it shows in my body.

Someone said they dont have fibromyalgia but are allergic to glutten? Really?

Oh, a tooth is being pulled Monday. It cracked more yesterday and half of it literally fell out of my mouth. So I suspect that will help with some weight loss too. Not being able to chew is a great weight reducer...lol.

This heat sucks! I force myself to go out on the days i am scheduled, to work that pony. its 86 degrees at 10PM here. Seriously? I am not in Az!

Ahhhhh but it is a DRY heat here in Arizona....
Except during monsoon season, which just started
at the end of June and runs until about the middle of August....
I am a bit worried about the humidity and heat in Chicago...
I leave in the morning, thinking about traveling in shorts which is
sometimes a crap shoot if they lose my luggage......

If you're slumping, try a cold bottle of water -
it helps to perk me right up!
(what is that...diet coke?? Haven't had one in 5 months!)

[Soft*Silver]

ahh, Jo my friend, I drinks tons of cold and lukewarm water! I have replaced the diet coke I am not drinking, with water. I need the hydration. My store doesnt have ac and it gets at least 100 degrees by the window display, which is where my desk is. If I didnt drink water, I would be in serious trouble!

I am SO proud of you for the changes you made in your lifestyle! You are doing so great!

Dont you have some sweatshirts w hoods to send me? Hmmmm....??? I betcha they will be too large now but come fall and winter when i am out there working in the yard or with that pony, I wouldnt care what size they are...lol

Originally Posted by JoSchmooze

Ahhhhh but it is a DRY heat here in Arizona....
Except during monsoon season, which just started
at the end of June and runs until about the middle of August....
I am a bit worried about the humidity and heat in Chicago...
I leave in the morning, thinking about traveling in shorts which is
sometimes a crap shoot if they lose my luggage......

If you're slumping, try a cold bottle of water -
it helps to perk me right up!
(what is that...diet coke?? Haven't had one in 5 months!)

[PearlsNLace]

Originally Posted by Miss_Tia

The BIG thing I have noticed is I catch myself slumping, which I got into when I felt the weight of the world on my shoulder because of the wedding. Now when I catch myself slumping, I straighten up. I feel more solid inside, more support inside, and it shows in my body.

Hi Miss_Tia, it doesnt sound like you have much sit time... but maybe when your at your computer, kick your chair to the curb and get an exercise ball.

I struggle with posture, because I have hidden my boobs since puberty.

Im working on it now, and sitting on the ball helps. To be better balanced, the body tends to straighten itself. I NOTICE my slouch on the ball, and correct it faster.

Its helping my abdominals a lot. JUST TO SIT! I got mine for 20 bucks at weight watchers, but I see used ones for 5 and 10 bucks on craigslist all the time.

[*Anya*]

Weight remaining stable. No further loss since last hospital discharge but no gain either.

Got my fasting lab results back today from blood drawn about 2-weeks ago and for the first time in over 15 years, my cholesterol is normal, actually better than normal-it dropped a staggering 100 points. Triglycerides, HDL and LDL also excellent.

I have been on Lipitor for 4-6 weeks but also feel cutting out high fat diet helped greatly, including remaining off of sweets- no pies, cakes, cookies or ice cream for almost a year now. A recent Graham cracker splurge has been the extent of my sweets.

Good to see so many new folks posting in here these days and so many "old-timers" continuing the good fight to health!

[SingularNYCFemme]

Hi, I'm really happy to find this thread. I have recently put on quite a bit of weight due to a medication I need to take. I believe I can do something about how much weight I put on, and possibly get to a healthier weight, through healthy eating; at the very least, I can stay healthy at whatever weight I might carry. (I confess that because the weight seemed to increase even while eating healthy in the early days, I have slacked terribly in even trying; I was so discouraged.) Anyway, I'm really glad this thread exists, and while I might lurk for a while, I hope to participate as well in time.

[Rockinonahigh]

I have been going to the gym for a fue days and can really tell it has helped me in feeling better,not to mention getting more energy.Unfortunatly my silver sneakers membership only uses monday,wendsday and friday for the days I can go.I am glad I have some work out equipment at home to use on the days I dont go to the fitness center,I figure I can use the machines they have to hit the places that need some extra work with the better machines.
Some of the stuff they have looks like torture wracks untill I figure ho to use them,yes I have ask some of the staff how to use the machines but I get the impression not every one is up on how things work.

[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.

[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.