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From: bridesmom
Date: 01-07-2006, 11:27 PM (1 of 152)
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Just checking in on those of you who resolved to lose some weight for 2006. How's it going?? Any success happening out there??
Laura
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From: Hogmami
Date: 01-08-2006, 12:34 AM (2 of 152)
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Yes, I have lost 70 pounds since May and my husband has lost 50. All we did was change our eating habits. And stopped pigging out on junk food.
Carolyn
Michigan |
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From: Magot
Date: 01-08-2006, 03:51 AM (3 of 152)
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That is a whole person missing Carolyn! Wow!
love and kisses, Jan
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From: bren
Date: 01-08-2006, 07:12 AM (4 of 152)
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Carolyn way to go ...that's is wonderful!!!! I started on Monday doing WW and have lost 2 lbs...last year I must have tried 5 times to stay on a diet ...I feel stronger this year LOL...and I can't get into any of my clothes...that kind of gave me the extra push... LOL... I did not join WW... I have all the books here...I swim everynight...with two other Lady's from my building ...and that helps alot ...there trying WW also... Bren:
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From: Dede
Date: 01-09-2006, 07:31 AM (5 of 152)
| Bren, looks like you have your own support group right at home. Good for you. I rejoined a gym as there's no way I'll lose anything without exercising. I know that from past experience. I'll go workout about 5X/week but no dieting. I hate that word. I've cut down on bread, fat intake and wine. I already eat a lot of fruits and veggies so that should do it. First goal is 15 lbs. Ultimate goal: 25lbs. |
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From: bren
Date: 01-09-2006, 08:42 AM (6 of 152)
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I am glad we have the Pool ... and the day they close the pool for cleaning ...we walk the Halls ... I just found out I have ostioperosis ...so I really need to do weight bearing exercises to...I have hand weights ... I need to fit those in to... Bren:
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-09-2006, 09:21 AM (7 of 152)
I gained 4 lbs. over the holidays. Not a lot but I can feel it. It's all around my belly.  I do some weights Bren. I read somewhere that most women don't have heavy enough weights to do much good. How much are you lifting?
MaryW
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From: carman
Date: 01-09-2006, 10:44 AM (8 of 152)
| i have lost 60 so far and have 40 more, and i will be a HAPPY camper lol. |
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 01-09-2006, 10:50 AM (9 of 152)
Wow, way to go everyone. I gained about 9 lbs and haven't started to do anything about it. So today is my day to get back in the swing of walking everyday at lunchtime. You guys are inspiring me to do it. Keep up the good work! 
TTFN from
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-09-2006, 11:16 AM (10 of 152)
Carman, oh my gosh. That is wonderful!!! Good for you girl. I walk the dog twice a day, about 15-20 min. each time and I also exercise a little. 
MaryW
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From: Dede
Date: 01-09-2006, 11:45 AM (11 of 152)
I took a class Saturday where you work with "the ball". I loved it. It was hard but doable. The ball was on sale at Canadian Tire so I went and got one. Now, let's see the cats try to play with that one  That will be fun to watch LOLCongrats Carman. Keep up the good work. Mary, you have a good point about the weights. Most women can easily work with up to 15 lbs (for some exercises, not all). I did weights for a long time and am working my way back up by starting with the 2-3 lbs. Don't under-estimate yourselves ladies, you can do it. |
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From: bren
Date: 01-09-2006, 11:51 AM (12 of 152)
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Carman...WAY TO GO!!!
Bren:
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From: bren
Date: 01-09-2006, 11:54 AM (13 of 152)
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Mary... I have three to ten pound weights...
Bren:
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From: Magot
Date: 01-09-2006, 11:59 AM (14 of 152)
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If you are talking hand weights Mary , I though you are not supposed to go more than 1 kilo a hand - weights at a gym under supervision may be a different thing entirely! I find it hard to do weights at the moment due to tennis elbow - hence the Return of the Bingo Wings......I want to lose about 5 kilos for my daughters weddingin April. I started at 63.3 and after one week am now 62.6 - right direction anyway! I put on about 1.5 kilos over Christmas due to a combination of a)alcohol b)cream and c) sitting on my but. In theory I was to go on my excercise bike after school and instead I am talking about it. What was that about procrastination being the thief of time? love and kisses, Jan
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-09-2006, 12:30 PM (15 of 152)
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Hogmami, you are on the right track obviously. What do you have instead of junk food. Carrot sticks get old real quick.
MaryW
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From: Hogmami
Date: 01-09-2006, 02:19 PM (16 of 152)
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My husband is a retired Chef. He's changed our dietary intake, so that it's more towards a low carb, less caloric intake. We haven't really done without anything. We just eat less. He measures out our meat and proportions our side dishes. Plus, we try to eat slower, allowing our bodies, to react, to the intake and tell us, when we are full, instead of woofing it down, in 2 minutes. As for the snacks, we still eat chips, buttered popcorn, etc., but, we started to substitute a lot more fruit and veggies,(oranges, apples, V8 juice, broc, caul, zucc, carrots, celery, with a dip, (gotta have dip)! Instead of sitting down and eating a whole bag of chips, in one night. We portion them and it'll take us a week to finish a bag.
Carolyn
Michigan |
User: Hogmami
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 01-09-2006, 02:36 PM (17 of 152)
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I found buying chips in the lunch packs is the best way for me. If I sit down with a bag of chips I will keep eating. so the smaller bags (though more expensive) help. I tried doing my own in sandwhich bags but I would eat while making up the bags.
Barb
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From: Magot
Date: 01-09-2006, 03:19 PM (18 of 152)
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At our school crisps (chips) have been banned as a snack food- healthy snacks are encouraged at mid morning and kids can still have crisps with their lunch but we found that kids were eating a bag on the way to school for breakfast,one at break time, one at lunchtime and more when they got home. At a recommended daily limit of 6g of salt a day and 1.5g per bag of crisps this is really unhealthy not even counting the fat content. But I love salt! We try to only buy crisps at the weekend - I have tried buying smaller bags but I just keep opening them.. I went on the bike for 20 mins - it's a start. If I do that everyday I may get somewhere despite the fact thast it is the Bike to Nowhere. love and kisses, Jan
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From: DorothyL
Date: 01-09-2006, 03:21 PM (19 of 152)
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The only way I don't sit down and eat three bags of chips is not to have three bags of chips! I will eat any chip I see! Sweets are easy to pass up. My husband made some great cookies and banana bread with whole wheat and Splenda for the holiday. Dorothy |
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From: SnufflesMama
Date: 01-09-2006, 04:48 PM (20 of 152)
| This is a hard one. I gained 5 pounds, like Jan, conbination of stuff, including sitting on my butt. But, in 1998 my husb and I had the weight surg. Is a ruin-y gastric exclusion. I lost from 480 to 210 and Husb lost 698 to 350. I have had the plastic surg for skin and all that stuff. But I still have to be careful not to let it get out of control again. NOTHING in this world is free. Was a LLOT of work, but has been the best thing I ever did. So, pass the carrots and the ankle weights please............ |
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From: SnufflesMama
Date: 01-09-2006, 04:50 PM (21 of 152)
| By the way...I'm with Dorothy....I see chip, I eat chip. And damn the torpedos...or fat pants, or whatever. |
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From: bridesmom
Date: 01-09-2006, 10:54 PM (22 of 152)
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You gals are doing great! Keep up the good work! I was so stressed out before the holidays that I lost 10 pounds and have kept it off so far, so now I am exactly where I want to be, now I just need to keep at the gym to tighten it all up more. I'm not a big chip eater, but I am a chocoholic at times, and I love caramel anything, that's my downfall.
Laura
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From: Hogmami
Date: 01-10-2006, 12:21 AM (23 of 152)
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I also found out I am diabetic and had to start taking drugs. My doctor is very pleased with how I have been doing and says I may be able to go off the drugs. This runs in my family. So, it was either stay overweight like I was or lose it and have a better life. It sure has taugh me a new way to eat.
Carolyn
Michigan |
User: Hogmami
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-10-2006, 12:25 AM (24 of 152)
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Great News and Way to Go Carmen and Carolyn. I know the feeling of how satisfing that feels to lose so much. GO GIRLS!!!!!!!! Well I was doing good until today. I started back on WW again and lost about 4 pounds this week but............ This weekend I ate a little off the diet and then today I did the same but I also washed one side of the house and cleaned and dusted the furniture, washed clothes, changed my bed linen, anything else I could find to do to equal out the guilt I had after I went to the chineese buffet with my daughter in law for lunch today. Tomorrow I'll have to travel down close to where we were flooded out and get the signatures of my siblings so I can go Wednesday to the gov building down in Chalmette and give them permission to tear down our houses and the house we inherited when my Mother died. It's not easy but I'm ready to take care of this mess once and for all so we can move on. With all that mess to take care of I'm sure I won't have time to get off the diet. (Another words I won't be home to think about eating). Tip for all of you.......I found when I get to craving something, I drink a low cal or no cal drink and it takes the craving away and also makes me feel full. I love salty things and Caramel is my first love. And if it happens to have Chocolate around the caramel,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,well that's as close as I can get to heaven. I gained about 20 pounds over the last 4 months so I have to get back to business and lose it all so I can keep going. I lost a total of 52 pounds in a 1 year time frame and I'm not going to get back into my big clothes again. They floated away with Katrina anyway. 
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Hogmami
Date: 01-10-2006, 12:32 AM (25 of 152)
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I know how you feel. When I was getting ready to go to Gulfport for my brothers funeral, I was trying to find dress clothes that fit. I would try something on and just stand there and watch it fall off. I couldn't believe that nothing fit. I guess I haven't been wearing any dress clothes in the last 6 months. I finally did find somethings to take with me.
Carolyn
Michigan |
User: Hogmami
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From: toadusew
Date: 01-10-2006, 09:43 AM (26 of 152)
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Mary, I've been working with a trainer in a local gym and have learned a lot! I did this for health reasons and I must say it is paying off! One thing I learned is that you're actually supposed to eat more often during the day if you want to lose weight. I thought these people were nuts until I witnessed how well hubby did when he followed this. He lost 42 pounds; his blood pressure returned to normal and stabilized; his cholesterol is 160; and he finished a stress test that the cardiologist said nobody ever finished! This was all accomplised over the course of about a year to year and a half. The key is to get the metabolism going and here is what I've learned: weight/resistance training is what will bump up the metabolism and eating several small "meals" per day also help with that. My trainer says to eat abaout 5-6 times per day, which translates into three meals and two snacks per day. I don't think you can stay on a steady diet of the chips and cookies as snacks, though.  Our snacks are some of those granola/protein type bars; fruit, peanut butter crackers, etc. We don't diet--we just try to eat healthy and fairly low fat. Once a week, or once every two weeks, we will go out to get a dessert, but we share one, instead of each of us eating a whole dessert.Cardio is also important and another thing I learned from the trainers is the most effective way to get your body into fat burning mode is to warm up with a light cardio for about 5 minutes, then do 20-30 minutes of resistance/weight training, and then go do 20-30 minutes of cardio after you've worked with the weights. I recently read that cardio is very important for burning the fat. The weight training will help build lean muscle mass and that helps your body burn fat, even when you're just sitting around. All of this information surprised me, but it does work! My current trainer has me working with either 3 pound or 5 pound weights (one in each hand) when we do the free weights and on some of the machines, I am at 20, 30, or 40 pounds (some of these machines work back, legs, and chest.) Her recommendation is that women may need to work with lighter weights, but do more reps. She usually has me do 3 sets of 12 reps, with a rest in between. Hubby and I both eat a square of Dove dark chocolate twice a day. Since dark chocolate has medicinal qualities, we claim it's our "medicine". Another thing I learned is that carbonated drinks aren't good for you--and that includes the diet kind. My first trainer said it was the carbonation. That's the one vice I haven't given up yet, but I do limit myself to one diet cola type drink per day. After typing this novel, it appears I missed some posts. Good luck to those of you trying to lose weight, and congrats to those of you who have lost some weight already. 
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-19-2006, 12:23 AM (27 of 152)
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I have messed up so much on this diet!!!!!!!!! Yesterday I went to the grocery store hungry and came home with more junk then food in my bags. Then I commenced to eat everything in site. I am out of control here with eating lately. It's the stress I'm under but I'm even more depressed since I can't get back on track. I keep thinking about my clothes not fitting and if I keep this up Im going to have to buy more clothes and I don't want to do that. I need to get to my meeting again and soon!!!!!!!!
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Magot
Date: 01-19-2006, 02:13 AM (28 of 152)
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You have only got to do one day at a time Susie - think "It's only today - I can do today" and all your todays will add up.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-19-2006, 02:27 AM (29 of 152)
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I know Jan ROFL But today has been yesterday and the day before and I just can't seem to do what I have to do today!!!!!! LOL I really think the stress I'm experiencing right now is getting to me. It will all be over hopefully by the end of February. That's when I think I'll have all this mess with the taxes and the mobile home park taxes under control. Now that everything is so far away from me it's hard for me to go to Weight Watchers and know I have to step on that scale and be accountable for my eating every week. But I'll have to push myself to go next week maybe I can start again. The closest meeting in the day when I can go is 30 minutes away.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 01-19-2006, 07:31 AM (30 of 152)
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Susie, I can relate. I have gained back about 9 lbs since I went back to work end of September. For close to 2 years, I walked faithfully for 45 min. every day at lunchtime and used my treadmill at home on weekends - reason was to improve my cholestrol so I wouldn't have to take medication. Well the benefit was that I lost weight - about 15 lbs...but the doctor said although my chol. was better it wasn't down enough and she suggested medication. So I've lost the motivation to walk and of course the wacky weather that we have been having hasn't helped and with Christmas goodies...well all this has added up to the 9 lbs. I don't know what the weather is like where you are...but would you be able to go out for a long walk whenever you can't go to the WW meetings. Here in Ottawa we have the Rideau Canal which has pathways along side. I usually go and walk there. When I go I feel better and more alive....I just have to keep that in mind for motivation... 
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From: Dede
Date: 01-19-2006, 08:00 AM (31 of 152)
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Suzie, you are eating your emotions (I'm very familiar with that). I don't buy junk food 'cause I know I'll stuff myself once I get home. Same (or worst) with cheeze. Just deal with one problem at a time so as not to get discouraged. You know the old saying: If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. Pat yourself in the back and enjoy life. 
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-19-2006, 01:29 PM (32 of 152)
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I agree about the walking. I take our little dog twice a day and it does me the world of good. Like Judy says, it makes you feel alive. A few deep breaths and I can start to feel the tension subside. Susy, I can sympathize. It has been stressful around here as well. No fun at all. Hubby is sick with a terrible head cold and cough. A sick man around the house is about as much fun as  scrubbing ceilings.
MaryW
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From: Dede
Date: 01-19-2006, 02:02 PM (33 of 152)
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A sick man around the house is about as much fun as scrubbing ceilings. ROFLOL Thank you for making me laugh. I needed it. |
User: Dede
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-19-2006, 06:16 PM (34 of 152)
You wanna listen and look after him?  Such a big baby!
MaryW
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-19-2006, 09:04 PM (35 of 152)
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All men are like that when they're sick...they whine worse than little kids.
Chrys
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 01-19-2006, 09:15 PM (36 of 152)
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My DH has had kidney stone problems since Oct. They are going to blast it with sound waves next Wed. I wonder what excuse he will have after that.
Barb
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User: Mom of Six
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From: Dede
Date: 01-19-2006, 09:24 PM (37 of 152)
| Dearest Mary, you probably have a lot more patience than I do. Take my word for it. |
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-19-2006, 09:50 PM (38 of 152)
Judy, I can walk to the front of our property and back and that's a good ways. If I go down the street it's a good ways but the dogs on my street are bad about chasing you in the car so I don't know what they will do when you walk. I guess I could get some maze. We just moved here so I don't want to cause trouble with my neighbors, the ones I don't know are the ones with the roaming dogs. Some are wild dogs they tell me. Anyway I really need to stop eating. It's very hard to eat right when you have people who are eating with you and are picky eaters, not hubby he eats anything, my son and his wife. I have to cook what I call junk food, for them because they don't eat vegetables. What I'm calling junk food is the fried food, the food full of cheese and butter and foods that are processed. I'll get back on track...........I hope 
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: carman
Date: 01-19-2006, 09:59 PM (39 of 152)
hey tell them if they don't want to eat what YOU are cooking, for you, they can cook themselves, then see what happens 
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-19-2006, 10:10 PM (40 of 152)
Some how I missed Mary's post on top here. Mary you don't have to tell me about a sick man. I raised 3 sons and their Dad I've had my fill of sick men. The whole world stops when they are sick. Let you get sick and you become "a whiner" and "a complainer" for now apparent reason. You're not suppose to get sick. Seriously, Raymond is attentive to me when I'm sick. But I have to be really sick, in the bed sick before he believes it's that bad. Then he helps and checks on me every two minutes. I think he's scared I'm going to die and he will have to do everything for hisself then.  Carmen I tried that then I feel sorry for them and feel worse then cooking them all the bad stuff. So I comply. LOL It's my fault I know but I have a soft heart, what can I say. I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Bama
Date: 01-24-2006, 07:00 PM (41 of 152)
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My husband is a big baby when he gets sick. Of course I never get as sick as he does. How would the cooking, laundry, and running kids around happen if I did???? Back to the subject of weight loss..... I joined a group of ladies at the school where I work and started a diet last Friday. I can already tell a difference in the way I feel. We weigh in again this Friday. I'm thinking I'll stick to it better now that I'm being watched. We all put $10 in a pot and whoever reaches their goal by mid May gets to be in a drawing for the money. We'll have meetings twice a month right after work to share recipes and encouragement and weigh in once a week. Alot like WWs, but alot cheaper. Plus we're already at work so how can I not go to the meetings? One of the teachers that came to weigh in told me that one of her students heard her talking about it with another teacher and he asked, "Are you going to Mrs. M's room to eat diet food with all the other big ladies?"
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From: plrlegal
Date: 01-24-2006, 09:51 PM (42 of 152)
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Man somedays I wish I could get my hands around that "Eve's" neck!!!!! I really think that's one of the curses God put on women when He threw Adam and Eve out of the garden is having whiney husbands when they're sick or don't feel good. Geeesh, my dh has been whining for a month now about his sinuses being all stopped up. So, we make a trip to Walgreen's for Claritin and not only do we get the Claritin, we also came home with a blood pressure monitor ($50.00) because he's sure his blood pressure had bottomed out on the new meds the doctor put him and we have Breathe Strips and nose spray. Then, he asks me if there's anything I need. Ahhh no -- just a new comb and treats for the dog. I hope this man I'm married to never gets really, really ill. I might have to just finish him off. Patsy Patsy
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-25-2006, 04:40 AM (43 of 152)
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And there was me thinking that "woman's colds = men's flu" was just a UK affliction! I'm now part of a "virtual" group for weight loss. We all know each other directly or indirectly, and can only really keep in touch via internet, text messaging and email. We offer support to each other at times of crisis - like when the cookie jar is calling very loudly! It's quite a diverse group: government policy people, truck drivers, builders, taxi drivers, personnel manager, police dog handler, customs officials, industrial chemist.......I've managed to lose 8 lbs over the past 2 weeks, only another 28 to go! Boy, do I miss chocolate! |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 01-25-2006, 11:52 AM (44 of 152)
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Good going Domestic Goddess. I think the accountability when dieting make us all more apt to stick with it. Patsy Patsy
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From: Magot
Date: 01-25-2006, 12:06 PM (45 of 152)
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Well done Dom! I have had an epiphany! Saying that you are going to lose weight doesn't actually do anything unless you either a) consume fewer calories or b) excercise more. Neither of these options is particularly appealing to me. Each day I go to the staff room with my apple in my hand and I eat it, and then I eat the biscuits as well. No will power. Shocking! Still I can do 80-100 sit ups a day love and kisses, Jan
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-25-2006, 12:49 PM (46 of 152)
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Jan, you must have a wash-board stomach! My spine doesn't allow me to do sit-ups and similar but there are many ways to exercise and I'm certainly burning more calories now. I put on a lot of weight between April and Christmas last year due to enforced immobility and it HAS to go. I too have no will power so this little support group is excellent. We all know each other well enough to be able to tease or be cheeky so it's all very good humoured and less rigid than Weight Watchers or Slimming World. |
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From: Magot
Date: 01-25-2006, 04:09 PM (47 of 152)
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The muscle tone is quite good - but it is hard to find under the excess baggage - my waist is only 6 inches smaller than my hips so I am an apple shape. I tend to carry weight like a bloke - I am not overweight for my height but I am fed up up looking like a tree trunk with boobs. There are ways to dress and disguise and I will exploit them as much as possible - but buying fitted tops for a 14 bust,18 waist, 12 hip is tricky. At least I've got a good bum and legs! Having typed that last message about needing to eat less/excercise more - I bopped inthe kitchen for 20 mins while cooking tea - sausage and mash! (I had one sausage and a tablespoon of mash with lots of peas and sweetcorn - portion control my dears, very helpful) Perhaps I can bop more while cooking as I feel disinclined to ride the bike to nowhere. I don't think I could face going to WW or slimming world - the ladies I know who have gone to them say that the leader is so serious if they don't lose weight and has to have a heart to heart with them if they put on. I couldn't take it with a straight face! love and kisses, Jan
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-26-2006, 01:07 AM (48 of 152)
 I am sitting her reading your post about Weight Watchers and just realized I may never see the lady who lead our Weight Wathers group again. I have no idea where she is or if she will go back to Chalmette. She was a great leader, she didn't make us feel bad when we got off track, guilt sometimes can be worst for us because then we say what the heck and eat more. She was good at not putting us down or being too stern. I think living far from everything is getting to be a hassle to me now. Today I had to go about 55 miles to get some felt fabric for my granddaughter so I could make her a poodle skirt for Friday. Then I came home and made the skirt, all the while eating and eating and eating. I start off good in the morning but by the time the evening comes I'm out of control. I'm eating and not realizing what I'm doing. I pick and pick. I have to do something I feel really bad eating all this junk. I have to have the junk in the house right now because Raymond quit smoking again and I'll do anything if he can succeed. I wish spring would hurry and get here then I could work in the yard and not be stuck in the house or the car running everywhere.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-26-2006, 06:18 PM (49 of 152)
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portion control my dears, very helpful That's how most french women stay so slim despite the rich food you generally get served over there - they only ever eat a tiny portion. I've started using smaller plates so that the portions look bigger - an illusion that seems to be working on my hubby! Mother In Law, I've found that having a decent sized portion of porridge in the morning helps me stop picking throughout the day if I'm at home - the slow-release carbohydrate helps stop blood sugar dips and I'm less tempted to snack. The words "snacker" and "picker" were invented for me. |
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-27-2006, 08:42 AM (50 of 152)
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Domestic Goddes, That's very interesting because they just had a piece on the tube about that very thing about the French women. Only thing is I'm almost all French and I've always had problems with my weight and so did my all French Mother and Grandmother. I guess we can contribute our weight to the Italian influence in our area. Stuffed Articokes, Pizza, Manicotte, Lasagna, ect, ect, ect.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Magot
Date: 01-27-2006, 10:40 AM (51 of 152)
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buy smaller plates Susie, and no seconds
love and kisses, Jan
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-27-2006, 07:20 PM (52 of 152)
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Tube = Television? Have I got that right? Over here it tends to mean the London Underground! I've spent many holidays (vacations) in France and the women seem to be like sticks or nice and cuddly ("plumptious" is a good word) and nothing in between! I worked in Lithuania (wonderful place, big links with USA) for 5 months and the younger generation are all very thin, despite the high starch and carb intake (lots of potatoes in any form or variety of your choosing). I used to feel like the Jolly Green Giant! There's a thought that their national shape changed throughout the years of having little food available during WWII and then soviet rule, and that now there is more money and food a-plenty this could change over the next few generations. Genetically I'm half Anglo Saxon (so that could mean some french, some Roman, some Viking, some Dutch and a few others as all have visited the shores of East Anglia, the area where my maternal family come from) and half Chinese so what shape should I be! |
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-27-2006, 11:01 PM (53 of 152)
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Jan that makes sense when I'm eating Breadfast, Lunch and Dinner but my problem is not all about eating those meals. My problem is my nerves and boredom. When I'm nervous, and most of the time it's not something I'm aware of at the time I'm doing it, I eat. Not a meal but pick here and pick there. With all that is going on in my life at the moment I need structure, another words I need to become more aware of every little thing I'm putting in my mouth. Trouble is most days I'm not aware of anything I'm doing I'm just doing what needs to be done at the time it needs to be done and no set plan to a schedule because that's the life is now hectic. So the food part of my days are unscheduled also and that gets me in trouble. I know what my problems is I just have to make up my mind to stick to a plan and keep it in my mind all day and all night. Once I get back on track and it becomes second nature again like it was before I'll do fine. It's getting back on track and that mean pulling my life back on track to a more normal daily routine. I sure hope that will be soon. I hate living like this. It's better than it was now that I'm in our new place but now there is the taxes that is now way more involved because of the losses we incured, and the taking care of the property making sure the place is cleaned up so it can be sold, and then trying to make this place as comfortable as our other place was before the storm. I keep thinking BABY STEPS SUSIE, BABY STEPS SUSIE.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: ninifav
Date: 01-27-2006, 11:29 PM (54 of 152)
| But, Suzie, you're Cajun French!!! that means warm and fuzzy and cuddly and a calorie-magnet!! True, No?? |
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-27-2006, 11:47 PM (55 of 152)
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tube, boob tube (for idiots, twits) = t.v. here...or tube as in tube top. (no breasts and they don't stay up well, breasts too big and they bounce off tube tops are made from stretchy fabric, big again now that the 70's are back). We only have underground rail systems in parts of the U.S....subways.. usually called by their names BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit, San Francisco), Metro (Wash.,D.C.), EL's, (Chicago, elevated trains). Some go underground and above ground too. Suz...do what I do. Chew gum, walk or just go out to the store/mall and window shop. I don't keep snacks in the house, but my downfall is chocolate. I also like Glucerna...the stuff in the can and the bars (fudge). Also nuts are good for taking the edge off and they're good for you. Chrys
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 01-28-2006, 12:15 AM (56 of 152)
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Susie, I am with you when I am bored I will nibble. When I am nervous I don't eat. Since I now only worked part time and watch mom the rest of the time, I am bored alot. I have gotten better a what I nibble on, but boredom for me is the kicker. I was fine with my weight till I came to take care of the folks. Dad was underweight and we had to get him to eat more than he wanted to. Having his body go toxic from kidney failure made his food taste like metal and he didn't want to eat. So I would sit and eat with him and I was very non active. So needless to say I gained 40 pounds over 2 years. I still am not as active as I use to be so for me losing this weight is a lot harder than before. Summer
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-28-2006, 12:47 AM (57 of 152)
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ninifav, Oh che, ur rite. That do make a difrence. Den tat do make me jst rit na my fren. LOL My Cajun is rusty but you git the message. How's every thing on your end of the bayou? Here it's just about the same. I did find some people right up the road from me that is from Venice, LA. Ouuugh that makes it nice. Now I have someone to suck heads wit. I'm talking about crayfish heads in case anyone don't know what that means. Jan no smart wise cracks. ROFL Summer I know about taking care of sick parents. It's stressful also so then you tend to eat more also. Hang in there girl we are going to make it through this. I'm going to be back in my size 12's again............. soon Kath, I would do all that if I could think about what I'm doing I do it unconciously. Before I know it I have a mouth full of junk I don't want. OR a stomach full of crap I didn't want in the first place. Unconciously eating. Not thinking about it at all just doing it. I could throw out all the junk food but I'm trying so hard to keep my husband from smoking I'm stocking up on all the goodies he wants, ICE CREAM, Candy, popcorn with butter, cookies, you name it I got it in the pantry. I'd rather be fat then have him die of cancer and that's what is going to happen if he don't quit smoking. It would be easier if I could do away with the junk but for now I can't. I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Magot
Date: 01-28-2006, 07:53 AM (58 of 152)
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My Dad smoked but the heart disease from being overweight got him first.... no comfort I know - any way you can educate Raymond to more healthy snacks Suie? Or keep a huge fruit bowl and snack on that.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: Domestic Goddes
Date: 01-28-2006, 09:27 AM (59 of 152)
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Now this is strange - if I eat a lot of fruit during the day (grapes, baby tomatoes, apples, oranges, bananas) I find I'm less inclined to eat sweet things. Apparently I'm getting my sugar kick from the fruit. The easiest way is not to buy all those snacky things when you go shopping. My daughter still wants to snack (she's a growing girl aged 11) so I've encouraged her to make her own PLAIN popcorn and eat more fruit. She's eating less sweet stuff as a result. It's working on hubby too. The shopping bills are a little smaller as well! Chrysantha, thanks for the explanation about the "tube"! I might start calling the TV the "boob tube" and see what reaction I get from the family
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From: Bama
Date: 01-28-2006, 01:58 PM (60 of 152)
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Susie, Try stocking the pantry with reduced fat and reduced sugar snacks. It would be better for you and won't hurt your hubby to eat them too. The baked chips are not bad. I try to keep a batch of fat-free muffins around for when I want a sweet treat or easy breakfast. I just replace the butter or oil in a recipe with applesauce or mashed bananas, and cut the sugar called for in the recipe in half. You can't tell the difference since the fruit sweetens the muffins too. They're even better for you if use oatmeal, whole wheat flour, or bran in them. I've been trying out alot of different ingredients for muffins lately. My kids love them too and don't know they're for my diet. For portion control, I started making them in mini muffin pans. I lost 2.5 lbs this past week.
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 01-28-2006, 04:12 PM (61 of 152)
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My diet starts back on Monday. Serving school lunches takes away my appetite for a while & I don't have time to snack all day. I found that when I get to the point of snacking at night & I can't stop myself I brush my teeth & then get on the computer & play a game that keeps my hands to busy to snack. Sometimes sewing helps but I have found ways to snack while doing that. My newest game is called Holiday Express. It has pieces you have to put into train cars to see the picture underneath. DD downloaded photos so it is always fun to see which one will come up. Barb
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From: mozeyrn
Date: 01-30-2006, 10:51 AM (62 of 152)
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I found the easiest way to over-buy food (including snacks) is to shop when hungry. When I get home and unpack the bags I say to myself, "I didn't really want that". And since it's in the house I'll eat it. I used to work 12-hour shifts running up and down the nursing hallway but since 4/04 I've been working at a desk, and yes, I've gained some weight (i.e., secretarial spread). Granted my boobs are bigger but so is my hip area . Luckily the woman here at work reminded me that r-t-w sizes aren't the same as pattern sizes and that my pattern size would probably be 4 sizes larger. Ouch! I am still going to the gym and with my luck I'll scale down to a respectable size..... and then get pregnant! God blessed me with an athletic-type body. We're hoping that won't happen till we move to FL (mid-June/July). - Maureen.
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From: pretnichols
Date: 01-30-2006, 03:31 PM (63 of 152)
I'm bummed out. I have been riding the stationery bike in our basement for the past 2 weeks, increasing from 15 minutes to 20. Also a quick 5 minute workout with some weights for the upper arms. I have also been cutting back on the amount I eat and was sick with a cold the first week so nothing tasted good anyway. Needless to say, when I got on the scale this morning I had actually GAINED 3 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I felt so lousy about the weight gain, than I increased my bike time AND took the dog for a 15 minute walk. Granted the walk was leisurely for her and I, but I haven't had her out walking since early November (bad me). THEN I ate a brownie to "drown" my sorrows. Oh well, tomorrow is another day and maybe the weight will begin to come off. At least I am doing something to feel healthier...... Peggy
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From: mozeyrn
Date: 01-30-2006, 04:22 PM (64 of 152)
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Many times people are discouraged when they start exercising that they actually see an increase in their weight. The reason is that muscle weighs more than fat. So even though you work out like crazy and diet, your weight may go up. Don't worry about it. Who cares what the number on the scale says - as long as you see results regarding the way your clothes fit.............people will notice you, not what the scales says about you. Most exercise programs will take a good 2-3 months to see some noticeable changes - don't give up. The hardest thing is when your weight begins to level out (plateau) and you may go a few weeks where there isn't a huge difference - don't beat yourself up - it's normal and happens to everyone. Just keep doing what works for you and you'll get past it.
- Maureen.
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From: Bama
Date: 01-30-2006, 07:00 PM (65 of 152)
I try to get my kids to eat a snack first if they're going to the grocery store with me. Hungry kids with me is a SURE way to over buy on the junk food. 
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-30-2006, 11:20 PM (66 of 152)
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Don't you hate the way they serve FOOD in the stores now...??? Taste this, that and the other thing...it's bad enough the smell drives ya crazy they give it to you to eat too....  (and no I don't snack in stores..I'm afraid I'll eat something I'm allergic to.) Chrys
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From: plrlegal
Date: 01-31-2006, 02:07 AM (67 of 152)
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It's bad enough to buy produce, etc. that you have no idean who has handled it and to eat stuff that I have no idea what's in it or who handled it -- no freakin' way!!! The first thing I do when I get in my car after grocery shopping is wash my hands off with a disinfectant wipe and then hand sanitizer. I also wash all of my produce the minute I get it home before it goes in the refrigerator, fruit bowl or anywhere else. Patsy Patsy
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From: toadusew
Date: 01-31-2006, 09:35 AM (68 of 152)
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I've been working out since early summer--both cardio and some weight/resistance training. After about 3 months, I started to see results--not on the scale because I, too, gained about 3 pounds, but it was muscle not fat. Now I'm noticing a difference in the way my clothes fit, so this is a good thing. I was told that the building lean muscle mass is what burns the fat most effiiciently and while I may have built some muscle and lost some fat, that hasn't translated to weight loss on the scale yet. All of this takes time, so don't be discouraged. Also, I think it's so interesting that actually eating more often helps lose weight. My hubby eats about every 2 hours and lost 42 pounds in the process. (Of course, he exercised regularly as well--still does.)
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From: dyna
Date: 01-31-2006, 10:18 PM (69 of 152)
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I have also found that eating small meals more often has helped me to loose weight without the munchies. If I plan to eat a small fat free snack at regular intervals I don't feel the need to munch on fattening crackers or cookies. I got the "Eating for Life" cook book and the whole family is eating healthier. The kids don't always love the food but I don't force it on them - they're not the ones dieting. Good luck to us all - Janice |
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 01-31-2006, 11:00 PM (70 of 152)
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Hey ladies I'm celebrating tonight. I stayed on course today. I also washed my truck, changed my bed linen, vacuumed the whole place, dusted all the furniture and still had time to go see my brothers new house he signed the papers on this evening. Georgeous!!!!!!!!! 4500 sq ft. under roof and a 100X50 steel building behind the house on 4 acres of land not far from me. The steel building has a game room inside. WOW they are going to get lost in that thing. It's just the two of them. Then I had to come home to my little corner of the world. But then I think this way, it could be worse, I could be in a tiny fema camper trailer. I better not complain too much. Not really, I'm so proud of him getting that place. He works hard and deserves good things. He likes to entertain and now he has a nice place to do it all. I can't help but think, she has to clean that big house!!!!!!! Then I don't feel so left out. ggggggggggggggggg We stopped at a Subway sandwich shop and ate on the way home tonight and I ran into some ladies and they were talking about WW, and you know me I had to join in their conversation. Well it turns out they are meeting tomorrow night and I'm going!!!!!!!!!!! My hubby had to laugh at me, he walked out to talk on the phone and when he comes back in I'm telling him these ladies go to WW and guest what that means? you know what!!! they laughed and he laughed and he said "I know what". I guess after 36 years of marriage he knows me like a book. 
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 01-31-2006, 11:27 PM (71 of 152)
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Yay Susie !!! ( I always wanna call you Suz...my sisters name is Sue Anne and I have always called her Suz... ) Hey....yer box is on the way...
Chrys
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-01-2006, 12:08 AM (72 of 152)
Chrys, My good friend Kathie calls me Suz. You can call me anything just don't call me late for lunch.  Tomorrow is another day but I did really well today so I'm happy. Thanks for the heads up.I can't wait for the thread box to get here. I am going to buy a little vacuum that cleans crevices and cracks so the lint that the thread makes will not be a problems. Messy things like a little lint is just a bump in the road at my house. My other screen name is thread magnet on one of my IM's. does that tell you anything? I'm a mess what can I say.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 02-01-2006, 12:45 AM (73 of 152)
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Sounds like me..I just CAN'T pass up thread...it somehow JUMPS into my hands and then I end up with colors that compliment it...geez...that sounds like my fabric buying too..
Chrys
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From: bren
Date: 02-01-2006, 09:58 PM (74 of 152)
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Hey Bud ...good for you!!! now call Judianne...she want's to get back to WW to ...that is one way to break the ice ...and I will join to from a distance...I need to be kept on track...the only thing that is saving my but is I swim everynight....my dieting latey suck's.
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-01-2006, 10:20 PM (75 of 152)
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I went to my first WW meeting since the storm tonight and then went to the grocery and stocked up on all my low-cal No-cal foods. I gained exactly 20 pounds since the storm. And that's not including the 10 I lost the week of the storm so it's really 30 pounds I put on since the storm. I know I can take it off I just need that "eye on me" so I won't be tempted to cheat. If I have to be accountable every week then I will stick to my eating healthy. I'll try to call Judianne this week coming so we can meet somewhere for coffee so we can talk. I wish I knew if she was off during the week sometimes. It's hard to meet after 3:00PM with me having Kayla now after school and the weekends are hard too with Raymond home and trying to do things with him. I'll call her I promise. I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Magot
Date: 02-02-2006, 10:25 AM (76 of 152)
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Go Susie Go! well done you! It is accountability that does it. love and kisses, Jan
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From: dmoses
Date: 02-02-2006, 01:24 PM (77 of 152)
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*DON'T KNOW WHICH DOCTOR WROTE THIS, BUT I LIKE HIM! WOULDN'T MIND CONSULTING HIM IN FUTURE.** *HEALTH QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION.* **Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true? **A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap. **Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables? **A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products. * * **Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake? **A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up! ** **Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio? **A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc. ** **Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program? **A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good! ** **Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you? **A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you? ** **Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle? **A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach. ** **Q: Is chocolate bad for me? **A: Are you crazy? HELLO ...... Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around! ** **Q: Is swimming good for your figure? **A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me. ** **Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle? ** **A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape! ** **Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets. ** **And remember: **"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming **"WOO HOO, What a Ride!"* Yeah, I'm dyin' to try it, too...I mean, tryin' to diet... Take care,
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-02-2006, 02:29 PM (78 of 152)
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Oh Donna that's my sentiments exactly!!!! Seriously that way of thinking got me into this body in the first place. Live hard, and take life as it comes. You think I'd be happy............NOT!!! Thanks for sharing that laugh with me anyway. I guess I'll stick to WW for now. 
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: plrlegal
Date: 02-02-2006, 03:46 PM (79 of 152)
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Nah!!! Don't want a doctor with that philosophy!!! Seriously though, my doctor says the best diet plan you can have is eating in moderation, push away from the table when you feel full and, he says the best thing you can do is turn off the "boob tube", get your fat posterior end up off the sofa and get moving. DH and I don't eat fried foods at all because high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes are prevalent in both of our families. I see people that are several years younger than me and my dh and they are already almost immobile from excess weight, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. I like to think that the majority of us, as adults, are intelligent enough to know that bad eating habits, excess weight, etc. can lead to an early demise. True, I believe that we all have a certain number of days on this earth. However, I also believe we can shorten our number of days by some of our poor eating habits and lack of any kind of exercise besides bending our elbows three times a day and walking to and from the refrigerator. Patsy Patsy
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From: DorothyL
Date: 02-03-2006, 07:46 AM (80 of 152)
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Ouch --- Dorothy |
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From: bren
Date: 02-03-2006, 04:01 PM (81 of 152)
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Ouch is right!!!
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From: Dede
Date: 02-03-2006, 07:37 PM (82 of 152)
| Patsy, you've got guts and I applaude you. Nobody likes the truth thrown at them; a little reality check is not for everybody. What's wrong with living with the consequences of our actions? We all know what we have to eat and we all know what to avoid, and we all know we have to exercise. What's everybody complaining about? We all have excuses for this, that and the other thing and in the end, we can't face ourselves with all our flaws? Come on ladies ... |
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From: Bama
Date: 02-03-2006, 09:38 PM (83 of 152)
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I lost 2.5 lbs again this week for a total of 5 lbs in 2 weeks.
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-03-2006, 10:07 PM (84 of 152)
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Good for you Bama. Way to go. I know that makes you feel good. All of us have flaws some more so then others but we all have them. I have a weight problem, have all my life and like it or not science is finding out that all of it may not be something that can be controlled by just simply putting down the fork. The ones that don't have the problem can say that it easy to stop eating all you have to do is stop bending your elbows but it's not that easy for us that have the problem. I know my emotions cause me to eat more then I should because it's what makes me feel good when I'm depressed or stressed. Others go to the bottle and drink, where others might clean or exercise excessively. We all have our vises. Some smoke. I'm not saying this is right or even okay but we all have them like it and if we didn't we would be perfect and no one is perfect. People who can keep their weight under control don't know what it's like to not have it under control. There's more to it then just controlling their weight, it runs deeper sometimes why back to childhood. I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: OnAMissionBC
Date: 02-03-2006, 10:29 PM (85 of 152)
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*Sigh* Have been partaking in a 1 month free membership at the local gym and today was the last day, so they retook my measurements to see if I'd made any progress. Well, I didn't loose an ounce, but I lost 2 inches from my thighs, 1.5 inches from my hips, 1.5 inches from my boobs and went down 2% in total body fat. That's from walking 20 minutes to work every day and working out 5 days a week. I feel better, lots more energy, but I can't wait to loose the weight!! LOL Barb
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From: Dede
Date: 02-03-2006, 10:33 PM (86 of 152)
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I agree with you too Suzie. We don't have to be skin and bones; just healthy and comfortable. I too have a weight problem and yes I know I eat my emotions and yes some of it goes back to childhood. I also know that I shouldn't have had that Big Mac and fries at lunch but I did anyways ... my decision ... I could have had something else. There is no 100% right and no 100% wrong. We just have to do what is good for us on an individual basis. Bama, you're on the right track, keep on going, you too Barb. |
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 02-03-2006, 10:38 PM (87 of 152)
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Susie you are so right. You are a remarkable lady, and whoever cannot see that is blind.
Summer
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-03-2006, 10:45 PM (88 of 152)
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That's right Dede, I'm just saying the ones that have the problem struggle with the problem and don't need to be told by people who don't have the problem that we are lazy couch potatos or hogs that can't stay out the fridge. I'm very active. I get about 5 hours of sleep a night. I get on the puter inbetween running after grandkids and taking care of my familys needs. Besides getting on the computer and a little sewing every now and then I'm on the go constantly. I watch tv only while I'm on the computer or while sewing, the rest of the time is spent either cleaning my house washing my clothes or shopping and other activities around the house. I walk to the mailbox which is about a block from my house and back everyday except when it's raining. Most of the time my legs hurt so bad at night I have leg cramps from being on them all day. I tend to eat the wrong foods, I know it's my choice but sometimes it's all I can do to cook one meal for us and my family chooses to eat fried foods and I fix what they like so it's there and I eat it. Before the storm I could eat vegetables my husband eats all vegetables so it was easy but my son and his family who lives next to us and I cook for everyone doesn't eat veggies so I cook what they like. I know it can be changed but it's easier not to rock the boat right now with everyone under the stress we have been under. Sometimes it takes everything I got not to crack up and just sit and ball like a baby I know we can get through all this mess but it's hard and like I said eating is my comfort.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 02-04-2006, 12:13 AM (89 of 152)
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[[[ Suz ]]] WE'RE comforted just knowing you're Ok....it was scary there for awhile. You might need some potassium...I know if I don't have enough my legs hurt and my arms won't hold things. (bananas, grapefruit juice, orange juice, pomogranate juice, dried cranberries and dried apricots, raisins, potatoes). I've become a grapefruit juiceaholic these past 6 mnths.
Chrys
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-04-2006, 01:02 AM (90 of 152)
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Chrys, ((( Back to you))) It's been crazy the last 6 months for sure. But one thing I do know is that you can't judge a person until you've walked in their shoes. I sound like I'm strong on the outside but most of the time I'm scared to death about what's going to happen to us. My family is scattered all over the place and they don't know where they are going to be tomorrow. One of my sons wants to move back home, he's gutted his house, it's paid for and doesn't want to leave the place he grew up and has work contact there and not where he is now. The other son is living in a Fema trailer next door to me because his paid for trailer in Chalmette was under water 7 feet. He has three children he's trying to take care of and don't want to go back and live in fear of losing everything again. And my youngest son is renting a place and trying to make it with his son on his own because they won't let us put any more fema trailers on our land we just bought. They want us to put in another septic tank and another well in order for him to move here if the Parish lets us do that after the tanks are in, so for now he's stuck where he is 45 miles from us. There is so many people misplaced that there is a housing shortage in the area and the traffic in the areas that the people ran from the storm to is horrible. Anyway the stress of life is bad. Maybe it's not a good excuse for some but it is MY excuse now. I know what I have to do, I lost 52 pounds over the last two years after I gained weight after stopping smoking. I think that is an accomplishment.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 02-04-2006, 08:16 AM (91 of 152)
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I was told to drink tonic water to help relieve cramping in my legs. After a few months I could drink a glass without cringing at the taste. I use to get charley horses, and this is what the old doctor told me to try. I don't get them as often any more. Maybe it is worth a try?
Summer
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From: Bama
Date: 02-04-2006, 08:40 AM (92 of 152)
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((hugs)) to you Susie. I think you are doing great considering everything that's happened to you and your family. BTW, I have some recipes for "unfried" chicken and a few other things if you want me to send them to you. Sometimes I sneak in foods like that into our meals and my family doesn't know the difference. My MIL tells people when they've put on weight. It drives me crazy. Like she thinks they don't know it themselves so she has to point it out.  Just once I wish someone would come back with "Yes, and you have put on more wrinkles".
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From: dmoses
Date: 02-04-2006, 09:13 AM (93 of 152)
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Hi everybody, I fear that I may have offended some with that joke I posted, but it was really meant as a little comic relief for all of us. I am also trying to lose weight...30 pounds(that's the 20 pounds I was supposed to lose last year, plus the extra 10 I put on ). I have eaten so much veggie soup lately, I'm surprised that I don't just float around. I am not on the cabbage soup diet, but eat it before lunch and supper, so I will eat less of the more fattening stuff. I try to make healthy choices, but find it hard to resist some things...like fresh bread and cheese. Anyway, this thread was started as a way for those of us who are trying to get healthier to support each other, so if my silly joke hit the wrong note, I am very sorry(especially to Susie, whose wonderful attitude is an inspiration). My husband always says that I have a weird sense of humour... Take care,
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From: Magot
Date: 02-04-2006, 10:48 AM (94 of 152)
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My FIL and MIL both have Indian tonic water every day to stop leg cramping in the night - it has t be the type with quinine in .
love and kisses, Jan
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From: DorothyL
Date: 02-04-2006, 11:05 AM (95 of 152)
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Donna -- Your joke didn't offend me. It was the more serious post that followed that made me say ouch. And not because the post offended me -- but because the truth hurts. Dorothy |
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From: dmoses
Date: 02-04-2006, 09:06 PM (96 of 152)
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Oh...okay.
Take care,
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-04-2006, 10:47 PM (97 of 152)
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As I said before Donna I loved your joke. I wasn't offended by it either. I love to poke fun at myself when it hits home but the post after I posted made it sound like it's so easy to just put the fork down and get off your butt and it might be for some easy but as I said before it's not that easy for others. I was raised in New Orleans for heavens sake, people come here on vacation to eat. Donna keep them coming you didn't start anything.
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-04-2006, 11:12 PM (98 of 152)
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Bama and the others. I guess I've had my share of stress lately and you all just got the blownup end of it and I'm sorry. All my children came here today and spent the day with me so now I feel a little better and not so stressed. I have three of the granddaughters sleeping here tonight. And I didn't eat but a small peice of birthday cake and very little supper.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: dmoses
Date: 02-07-2006, 09:38 AM (99 of 152)
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My husband and I are dieting together, except he sometimes eats a second plateful of food, and eats ice cream(lower-calorie) everyday after supper. I rarely do either. He has lost almost 10 pounds, and I have lost about 2! What the heck???!!! Not fair...I'm gonna have to sabotage his diet! *This* is war!
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From: carman
Date: 02-07-2006, 10:58 AM (100 of 152)
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it pays to be a man when it comes to weight loss, thye seem to just think it and poof it goes.
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-07-2006, 12:34 PM (101 of 152)
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Since Hubby has quit smoking the last two weeks he has eaten everything in site and hasn't gained a pound. I'm not joking. He walks in the house looking for something to eat and eats until it's bed time and I just get sick looking at him eating. That's okay Donna. At WW they tell you the slower to take it off the better you are. The more likely you will not put it back on so fast when you quit dieting. Keep up the good work you're doing good. I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Lise
Date: 02-07-2006, 04:18 PM (102 of 152)
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Susie, You have been through so much and handled it all like the trooper you are. You are doing a wonderful job trying to hold your scattered family together when you should by rights be enjoying peace and relaxation with your husband. Do your own thing and disregard any comments on your weight or anything else. If eating the 'wrong things" makes you feel better have a second helping. You are a fantastic lady and I am in awe of your courage. Keep your chin up - things will eventually get better. Lise 
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-07-2006, 04:32 PM (103 of 152)
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Lise, I've always said "If the good Lord gives you lemons make lemonaid. And I do" I'm not courageous, I just don't let life get me down. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to lose it and then something clicks in me and says "Dont' give up and I keep going. You ladies here have been awesome. Thank you.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Lise
Date: 02-07-2006, 06:34 PM (104 of 152)
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Susie, "Not letting life get you down" IS courage ! Lise |
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-07-2006, 11:11 PM (105 of 152)
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Lise, Thanks for the compliment but in my case I think you could call it being "bullheaded" ((((((((Lise)))))) Susie
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 02-07-2006, 11:22 PM (106 of 152)
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Must be the hair covering up the horns....
Chrys
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-07-2006, 11:54 PM (107 of 152)
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I comb it over to the side to conseal them. GGGGGGGGGG (like the bald men do)
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 02-08-2006, 01:50 PM (108 of 152)
| Me, I wait until everyone had left the house, crank up Madonna on the Computer Music Player and dnce myself SILLY. Her music makes me move, and yes she does have SOME GOOD stuff!!!!!! |
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From: Bama
Date: 02-08-2006, 09:19 PM (109 of 152)
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Sometimes I play some classic rock while I'm cooking dinner or cleaning house and that gets me moving. My kids don't mind a little Lynyrd Skynyrd, Clapton, or CCR, but they HATE when I crank up K.C. and the Sunshine band. I went to a health screening yesterday and all this low-fat eating has REALLY paid off. My cholesterol was 113!!
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 02-08-2006, 09:34 PM (110 of 152)
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I'm a head banger...makes my husband crazy for him to see me 'dancing and banging' in my car, when he's in it....hahahahahahahahahaha... My cholesterol was 104 the last time it was checked...(I'm waiting for this yrs numbers....) Chrys
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From: Bama
Date: 02-08-2006, 10:03 PM (111 of 152)
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Chrys, I like listening to ACDC while I'm in the car. And sometimes Queen. People would think we're crazy if they saw me and the kids riding around listening to Bohemian Rhapsody. I try not to play it in heavy traffic. I'm waiting for my hubby to go get his cholesterol checked. He complains about having chicken for dinner so often, but his cholesterol was in the upper 200's last time his was checked. |
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-08-2006, 10:21 PM (112 of 152)
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I lost 3.2 this week. Pretty good for eating cake this weekend. I love Bohemian Rhapsody and Queen. "Mama Just killed a Man.........put a gun up to his head pulled the trigger now he's dead, MAMA!!!!! OOOOOOOOOuuuuu." Oh brother as I was typing this and commercial came on for Yoplait "She wore an itsy bitsy teeny weenie yellow polka dot bakini." What a combo. I love music it's in my soul!!!!! Dance Dance Dance. Bama I love KC. I'm a 50's 60's 70's 80's and some 90's kind of music person. I'm starting to like country music. "Tequila makes her clothes fall off" heard that one yet? Funny It's really a song.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Magot
Date: 02-09-2006, 10:41 AM (113 of 152)
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It's the misheard lyrics on Queen that I sing deliberately "Ba-alzebub has a devil for a sideboard" (possibly true!) "Spare him his life from these pork sausages" (appropriate somehow) I have lost 0 weight but I have discovered that my weight pattern fluctuates over a month by 1 kilo depending on where I am in my cycle - interesting' eh. I weigh myself think "darn I've put on" and eat bad stuff - thus ACTUALLY putting it back on.All I need to do now is weigh myself and think "o yeah, it's about then" and control the eating and I might get somewhere. love and kisses, Jan
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From: Bama
Date: 02-11-2006, 02:40 PM (114 of 152)
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Way to go Susie Jan, my weight fluctuates over the month too. And I tend to crave chocolate each month. I bought some sugar free hot chocolate so I'd stay away from the Milky Ways.I lost 1.8 pounds this week. I lost more the first 2 weeks but I guess that's typical. I can tell my clothes are fitting looser.
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From: Dede
Date: 02-11-2006, 03:49 PM (115 of 152)
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It must look to you like I've been avoiding this site but I was in NB taking care of my father. I didn't mean to offend anybody earlier and I'm sorry if I did. We all go through stress and the only one it doesn't seem to bother is my father. He's lost 5 lbs and is now just on the line of being undernurished so you will have to excuse me if I don't share all your problems but I have my own and I tend to keep them to myself. Most of my time is now spent on the phone with the doctors, nurses and social services so they can try to look over him until I get there, and that's besides working full time and trying to pack my stuff and get my apartment ready in NB which is 500 miles (not km) away. Suzy, you are a good woman and again I apologize if I offended you. This is my last post, I've had it. |
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From: Linda L
Date: 02-11-2006, 06:49 PM (116 of 152)
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I just joined this site today. Saw this thread. I have just starting going to CURVES. I am toning up and have a lost a few inches. Actually gained weight with first month completed. Lost second month. Joined to lose weight, tone up and get my cholestrol down. Anyone else going to CURVES? If so, is it working, what are your thoughts. Linda LaMona
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-11-2006, 08:43 PM (117 of 152)
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Thanks Bama, It's hard. I don't know what it is I guess it's the stress but I am craving food. Some days I'm fine and food is not on my mind at all and other days I'm putting everything in my mouth. I think it's worse then the cigarette cravings because you can stay away from cigarettes but we all must eat.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-11-2006, 08:59 PM (118 of 152)
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Dede you didn't offend me. I'm sorry about your Dad. I know how it is to take care of your parents. I took care of my Mom myself and it wasn't easy and she lived next door. You life shuts down and they become your total focus. Keep on letting us know how you are doing. We are all here for you. These ladies are great as you must already know. You're in our prayers. ((((((((((Dede))))))))) I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: plrlegal
Date: 02-12-2006, 12:47 AM (119 of 152)
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I watched an interesting interview on I think it was MSNBC today or CNN, I'm not sure but anyway it was a man that has written a book about the correlation between our metabolism and weight loss. What he says really made a lot of sense to me and also to my dh. He has written a book on it and I'm going to try and find it so I can read it. Basically he said that the problem most of have with losing weight and keeping it off is our metabolic rates. He says that what helps one person lose weight won't necessarily help another person because we all metabolize carbohydrates, etc. differently and that what causes high choloestorl levels and high blood pressure in some won't cause it in others. Patsy Patsy
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From: MaryW
Date: 02-13-2006, 09:08 AM (120 of 152)
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Dede, take it easy. No one took offense. You have a lot to deal with right now. (((((((((Dede)))))))))). MaryW
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From: MaryW
Date: 02-13-2006, 09:09 AM (121 of 152)
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LindaL, we have Curves here but I have not joined. The commercials make it look like everyone is so friendly and supportive. Is that how it seems to be in your area?
MaryW
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From: suesodyssey
Date: 02-13-2006, 09:29 AM (122 of 152)
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Mary, I joined Curves about 8 months ago and really love it. I haven't been able to go in the last 2 or 3 months because of my gall bladder problems, but I should be up to starting again next week. (Finally beginning to feel human again!) The people at my Curves have called me 3 times to check up on me to make sure I was doing OK. It is a fun place to go. I didn't drop any weight the first 5 months I was there, but I did tone up and my blood tests got down to what the doctor wanted them to be. I have given up on the weight...don't think it is ever going to change no matter what I do. But it is nice to go into Curves, be greeted by name and enjoy the 45 minute workout. My Curves has a few extra things like a rowing machine and a couple of other machines in addition to all the "curves" machines. I will be glad to get back in and going. Sue |
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From: Bama
Date: 02-13-2006, 09:41 AM (123 of 152)
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I work with a lady who is going to Curves. She loves it. She joined to support her sister who was going there. There's several of us dieting together and she has averaged losing 3 pounds a week. I would like to join Curves, but it's too far to drive for me. Especially having to take 2 kids to their practices almost every day. |
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From: Bama
Date: 02-20-2006, 12:47 PM (124 of 152)
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I've lost 11.8 lbs now.
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 02-20-2006, 01:02 PM (125 of 152)
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Bravooooooo That is wonderful Bama. I haven't been to WW this week or last week I had to miss because of my Sewing Guild meeting but I'm going back Wednesday. I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 03-02-2006, 08:23 PM (126 of 152)
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I rejoined the local gym/pool here last week. I have managed to drop 8 pounds, but have to watch when I leave there after working out for 2 1/2 hours (this includes the pool & whirlpool) I manage to work up a APPETITE!!!! I usually come home and grab a can of a slim-fast type drink out of the fridge, but tonight I was so hungry I had to get a fish sandwich!!!!! I am trying hard to DROP THE WEIGHT not PUT IT BACK ON!!!!! Anyone have any good ideas for "chlorine skin?" I shower and put lotion on to try and help it, but I still feel very dry. |
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 03-02-2006, 09:05 PM (127 of 152)
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I messed up my diet again and gained the 3 I lost..............AGAIN I'm on a roller coaster right now. It's my nerves I can't seem to get control over them. Happy, sad, nervous, anxious, any emotion and I go into eating. A lot is happing right now and with the kids all here this weekend and going to court and not getting enough sleep lately I mess it up really good. I am going to try again on Monday. By then my son may be in his house and I can cook normal again for me and my husband.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: plrlegal
Date: 03-03-2006, 01:06 AM (128 of 152)
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Susie hang in there. Things have got to settle down sooner or later. I had a doctor visit yesterday for my 3 month blood cholesterol check and I've gained about 6 or 8 pounds back of the 30 or so I lost after my surgery. However, my blood pressure and cholesterol levels are "marvelous dahling" according to the doc. Oh well, after you pass 60 you can't have everything, I guess. LOL Patsy Patsy
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 03-03-2006, 01:37 AM (129 of 152)
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That's the funny part of all this health stuff. I know that weight can cause blood pressure to be high and also cholesterol to be high but when I had all my blood work done about a year ago when I first started my diet and I weighed over 200 pounds my cholestrerol was very good even after not fasting before the blood test. I didn't realize I was suppose to fast. My sugar has always been good, triclysterals (SP?) were all fine. My blood pressure started giving me problems while I was in my early 40's and at my lowest weight when I was working. I quit smoking and put on a lot of weight and took it off with WW's but really I've always battled my weight. I think it has a lot to do with the area I live all my life along with stress. I keep saying it will get better one day but I think I'm just going to have to learn how to live with the problems without stressing so much over them. I think that is going to be the key to me controlling the weight. I think your cholestrol has a lot to do with how your body reacts to the foods we eat and not the foods we eat making our body react. If you have high cholostrol you will have it even some times with controlled diet. Some folks bodies can handle it and some can't.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: plrlegal
Date: 03-03-2006, 02:24 PM (130 of 152)
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Susie my doc attributes having a weight problem andhigh cholesterol levels to family genes. The women on my mother's side of the famil were or are all very heavy and big busted and the men more on the lean small side. I guess I inherited the female side of the genes, because unless I stay on top of it as I get older, and make a conscious effort to watch what I eat and get some exercise, I'll look like a walking balloon. Plus the women in my mother's family all seem to have high blood pressure and tend to die of stroke related diseases. Patsy Patsy
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From: Bama
Date: 03-04-2006, 01:12 AM (131 of 152)
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This is getting harder for me. I'm still eating about the same amount and it's not coming off as easy now. I only lost .6 of a pound this past week and I'm even walking more now. I'm going to a Tai Bo class Monday afternoon with some of the ladies in my weight loss group. We'll probably all have a hard time getting out of bed by Tuesday, but I'm still excited about it. I'm ready to get up off my butt for a while. Maybe it's because my 40th birthday is fast approaching. Most of my female relatives have gained alot of weight and had high blood pressure after age 40.
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 03-04-2006, 01:42 AM (132 of 152)
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Bama, the older we get the harder it comes off but it will come off so don't give up. Also if you are exercising that is building muscle and muscle burns calories so that is a good thing but muscle weighs more than fat so you may stablize a little before losing more weight. I lost 52 pounds on WW but it came off 1 or 2 pounds a week and sometimes it was no pounds a week so don't give up. Listen to me I'm telling you not to give up and I've done just that over the last few months. I better get my tail going and back on my WW. Some talked about Curves, what does those that joined think about Curves? My grandson's Mom tired it and she loves it. A lot of my problem now is everything is so far away. The closest WW meeting is 12 - 15 miles away and at times that are not good for me. The closest Curves is 30 minutes away. I'm hoping by the time it's gets warmer I will be outside planting flowers and making gardens I won't have time to eat and by the time I come in I'll be too tired to eat.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: bren
Date: 03-04-2006, 05:14 AM (133 of 152)
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Your not kidding your far from things Susie...I love the area your in thow...I decide to join Curves or should I say Stacie... my Darling Daughter...has been bugging since I got home from my holiday's to join up...I made the appointment for Monday night ...My DD loves it ...she hated to excersise ...If you bring a bag of groceries you don't have to pay the $100.00 sign up charges...thats a good deal...and it helps out the needy...I'm all for that...I need to get back on my WW to...I don't go to meeting's ...I know what to eat and how many points I have to eat with...I have to admit...I'm not a good joiner...but I will try...I have osteoporosis ...so I realy need to do weight bearing excersises to ...I swim at night with a few friends in our pool...which I am very fortunate to have an indoor one in the apartment I live in...I love that...and it's a social thing to...Susie you need to get another Pool...I know how you love to swim.It's not like you don't have room for it ...your place is lovely.
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From: Sewhappie
Date: 03-04-2006, 10:02 AM (134 of 152)
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Well I have manage to drop another 4 pounds, so now I have lost 12 total!!!!! I have been really trying to push myself to try a new machine each day that I go to the gym. Once I have worked up a GOOD sweat and can feel my lil 'ol heart just pumping, I really start to feel good about all of it. It's that "runners high" that everyone talks about. I am moving easier the past couple of days, I can bend over and touch my toes again. I just overall fell better!!!! (Plus I keep getting hit on by some old fart!!! And I don't mean my DH. I don't know what this old geezer thinks is so sexy about 200 lbs, but I just laugh!!! HE'S NEVERgonna find out.) Come on gang, WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER, WE HAVE EARNED THIS!!!! WE HAVE A RIGHT TO FEEL GREAT ABOUT OURSELVES!!!!!! If you slip for a day or week or month, IT"S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD!!!! Just get back into YOUR head and remember why you want to do this, FOR YOU and YOU only!!!! If you are feeling good, then you have accomplished something for you. |
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From: Bama
Date: 03-07-2006, 05:09 PM (135 of 152)
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I went to Tai Bo yesterday afternoon. I have muscles that ache that I haven't felt in a long time. I was impressed that everybody finished the workout on the first class. I'm sure we looked nothing like Billy Blanks (is that the Tai Bo man's name?), but we sure tried to keep up. It was alot of FUN!! Planning to go twice a week. I'll be nearby waiting for dd at her practice anyway. I don't have an excuse not to show up.
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From: Bama
Date: 03-10-2006, 10:48 PM (136 of 152)
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Wooohooo....... 2 1/2 more pounds for a total of 14.2 pounds. I have nothing to wear that's not baggy. It's been a great week.
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User: Bama
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 03-10-2006, 11:12 PM (137 of 152)
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WOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO Yeahhhhhh Bama Go Girl. That is so great. I wish I had that momento right now. I can't get in the swing. I keep sabotageing my effort for some reason. I know what I have to do and keep ruining my effort. I even tell myself I don't want to get big again and I just keep eating and eating. I need a job. Maybe after this weekend I'll be able to work in the yard and I'll keep my bod out the house and in the mudd A whole bunch of these to you Bama
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 03-11-2006, 12:16 AM (138 of 152)
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Suz...I think with you AND me...it's a case of too much stress (hurricanes etc) and we shut down a bit...I know I have.(too many sick and dying ferrets, hurricanes, etc) It gets to be too much to 'think' let alone 'do'. I 'think' I need to do a LOT of things. (they're pilled all over the sewing room). Sometimes it's an effort to dust the house....It's not depression exactly. (cause I'm not depressed.)I think it's a matter of being afraid to start anything, because you might have to quit in the middle. (illness, hurricanes, etc. have a habit of doing that.) I think if someone gave us a push, we 'might' get up the will power to GO, again. WTG Bama...winning things...losing weight...no fair getting all the good stuff..
Chrys
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 03-11-2006, 12:29 AM (139 of 152)
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I think you're right Chrys. I'm not depressed at all. When I get depressed I sleep constantly and it's just the opposite right now. I need a plan that will help me stay on track. With the way things are now I never know if I'm going to have to stop everything I'm doing and run and do this and run and do that. Yesterday my neighbor was sick and I found out at the last min she was sick and I had to drop what I was doing and run and get my DGD and her kids from school. I get bogged down around here and that's when I get in the food locker. Or I go to the grocery not planning to and wind out eating junk on the way home because I'm hungry. Instead of grapes which I bought and have in the bags in the car I eat the cookies or donuts. Then I'm sick because I ate all the cra*.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: ninifav
Date: 03-11-2006, 11:17 PM (140 of 152)
| But Susie, all those cabbages that you will bring home from the St.Patrick's Day parade are very low in calories...Wish I had my kitchen up so I could cook some...Anyone have a microwave cabbage recipe...Never thought I'd miss having a stove...sigh...6 more weeks |
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From: DorothyL
Date: 03-12-2006, 10:03 AM (141 of 152)
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I have a cabbage to slice up, pour some raspberry, walnut vinaigrette (in a bottle)on it, dump some walnuts on top and call it salad. I love it. Dorothy |
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From: njknight
Date: 03-24-2006, 09:22 AM (142 of 152)
Well I finally decided maybe you all could help me lose weight I just can't seem to get started. Last May I broke my leg,  I did it up good a pin and nuts and bolts, but I keep going and I am now able to walk without a cane and am doing good. I did lose about 5 lbs after Christmas. The weight I put on just sitting befor I could walk. Now I am back in Florida and though I would walk all the time but I can't seem to motivate my self to get up and move. Our pool is not heated so it is cold now but is starting to warm up so I will be able to do that. I also seem to be eating more junk food so I am trying to work on that. I need to lose a good 10 lbs and I would be happy. My clothes will fit me better. Thanks for listening NancyI enjoy you web site very much Nancyjean
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From: Bama
Date: 04-30-2006, 01:02 PM (143 of 152)
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Hi Nancy, The best thing I've found to get me motivated is finding a friend to exercise with me. I have 3 friends that do Tae Bo with me twice a week. When one of us doesn't feel like exercising, the others will make them. The days we don't exercise, I walk. I also discovered it's alot more fun if I listen to my DS's Ipod while walking. I've also been doing a little yoga on some days. I've been stuck for 3 weeks. I lost 19.2 pounds so far but none for the last 3 weeks. I'm eating the same, exercising the same, but I just can't get off any more. I need to lose at least 10 more. My mom always told me the older you get the harder it is to lose weight.
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From: dmoses
Date: 04-30-2006, 03:12 PM (144 of 152)
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Hi Bama, If you are counting calories, your body may have become accustomed to your caloric intake, and adjusted your metabolism to it. To avoid such 'plateaux', I was advised to increase caloric intake every third or fourth day. e.g. If you are taking 1500 calories for three days, then take 1800 calories on the fourth day, and continue in that cycle. The idea is to stop the body from settling into a pattern, and possibly decreasing metabolism and/or conserving fat stores in response to the fewer calories. Hope this helps. Take care,
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 04-30-2006, 05:15 PM (145 of 152)
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Bama, those plateau's are the pits when you are rolling along losing 2 here and 2 there and then whammm no weight loss even when you're not cheating. But I think D is right, your body get acustom to one thing and settles out. Now you need to eat a little more on some days and then less on other days.........trick you body into thinking you're not trying. ROFL On the 19 pounds. You go girl. I found what you lost but I'm back to WW and doing good again. I hope I can stick to it this time. I do have a partner this time to go with so that's going to help me.
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Bama
Date: 04-30-2006, 07:22 PM (146 of 152)
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Thank you ladies. I was worried I'll have to cut back more calories, but I'll try that first. A friend of mine swears it's because I haven't been drinking my green tea. She got me to try it and I had been drinking about 4 cups a day until the last 3 weeks or so. The temps here have been too warm for me to enjoy hot tea, but I told her I'd try making iced green tea and see if it makes a difference in weight loss. There's just 2 more weeks of weighing in for the weight loss group I'm in at work. So far I'm the only one who has lost enough to be in the drawing for the money, but several are catching up. (We all put in $10 for a drawing of all who reach their goal) We had a goal set for us to lose by May 16th, depending on your starting weight. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. If I win I'm spending it ALL on myself. Several of us decided to keep weighing in at least every other week even after the contest is over, so we don't let the pounds creep back on. Several others already gave up.
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From: Bama
Date: 04-30-2006, 07:28 PM (147 of 152)
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Good luck to you Susie. It helps alot to have a partner in it with you.
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From: Bama
Date: 05-05-2006, 10:41 AM (148 of 152)
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I lost 2.5 more pounds. I ate 200 more calories on 4-30 and went back to my regular intake the last few days. Don't know if it was because of that or the green tea, but I'm going to keep up both.
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User: Bama
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From: MotherInLaw
Date: 05-07-2006, 01:45 AM (149 of 152)
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Can you see me dancing?????? I lost 5 pounds this week. Went back in WW. It's hard because when I get up tight I want to munch out on snacks and pick but I've been catching myself and stopping before I do. I also bought some of those WW fruities and they help also. Good going Bama. That makes 21.7 WHAAAAAAHHHHHHOOOOOOOOO
I'm regressing back into my youth, I just have to figure out how I'm going to convience my body to come along with me.
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From: Bama
Date: 05-07-2006, 12:41 PM (150 of 152)
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Way to go Susie!
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From: carman
Date: 05-07-2006, 04:51 PM (151 of 152)
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keep it up ( or down rather) every pound counts
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From: MaryW
Date: 05-08-2006, 09:29 AM (152 of 152)
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I am going to start a new thread for weight loss. Just to keep the bandwidth from going kablooie. It will be Weightloss II. You can post your progress there, thanks everyone.
MaryW
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