Weight Loss Thread
 

here is a place for help and support for those wishing to, on the road to, have already lost weight. diet, nutrition and exercise support.

i won't list my degrees or cetifications on the board. many of you know me and know all of it already. ( for the sake of privacy ) i will say that my hubby and own a health club. i have been a professional in the industry since 1989.

for the record...i'm not leading this thread....but starting it and will help as much as i can. now get posting! it burns calories! :p

Happiness! Happiness! Happiness!

I started eating low carb for my diabetes 3 years ago and added walking (back when I could) and lost 105 lbs, then gained back about 55 lbs this past year and now I am 3.5 lbs from my all time low of 195 (198.5 this morning!
I am looking forward to the day I can safely add exercise back in my life as I thrived on it (helped control pain and just made me feel darn good).
Count me in even though I also post on a low carb forum that I give most of the credit to!:)

Does anyone else have trouble weighing themselves?
 

Does anyone else have trouble weighing themselves?

My problem is that I get obsessed with it, and that tends to quickly lead to a feeling of hopelessness.

If I weigh myself in the morning and I'm heavier, then I keep weighing myself in the hope it will go back down...

Sooooo, I've been trying to lose weight by dress size rather than scale.

I had lost 22 in about three months, but then I had so much trouble walking again, after and during stress, that now I'm terrified that there's no change left.

It's that feeling that there's no change, that it's hopeless...

How do you deal with that?

May I join y'all?? :)
 

Hey, everybody! :)

What an awesome idea! :) I wanted to tell you that I started Weight Watchers last August, and in just over a year, I have lost nearly 82 lbs!!! :D There's still plenty to go, but I know I can do this for the rest of my life. If anyone wants the scoop, let me know via PM.



LIZARD :)

Hi Lizard, wow, is that ever exciting!!!!
Well done!!!!

I was going to join, but then when my condo was foreclosed and sold without me knowing I got scared because I was thinking I would have that money to take care of myself in my old age. So then I was afraid to spend the little I have.

what I think I'd like most about it is the company... the friends sharing the same goals..

I'm kind of looking forward to this thread... friends... sharing...

wieght watchers is wonderful lizard. it teaches you lifestyle changes not a diet to follow.

wow junie, that is a fantastic weight loss! any type of exercise is good for you. even isometric until you can go out walking again.

the scale can be a friend or foe consider this. if watching you size works for you, then stay off the scale. keep up with your weight by your waiste band.

i can get discourged by the scale since i have a higher muscle mass. years ago i would get on the scale after a co-worker and she would be bigger than me and weigh less. that was not fun.

ok slogo....
 

where are you? :p

I was using Shaklee Soy Protein along with a vitamin pac and doing great. Lost 33 lbs. Now I am back eating again and so mad at myself. I just went to the grocery store and bought Chic-fil-a ice dream...ate it...and then bought chocolate chip cookies. I ate 2 realized what a dumb bunny I was, and threw the whole box out the car window. I know, I know, I DID litter, and don't EVER do that, but I was desperate. I don't know what is the matter with me, I need to get back my mind set of eating to live, and NOT living to eat! I am down to 209 lbs and I have GOT to keep going to my goal.
Trouble with me is I can do NO EXERCISE at all, due to pain issues. Yet it is still very much possible to lose weight without doing exercise. I have already proved that to myself...now to get my head on straight again!

Considerthis, I too have to stay from the scale or else I will get upset over not losing enoough and will eat or find I have lost and think I can splurge. I like letting my clothes getting bigger be my guide. Maybe once a week for you would work better.

GC

we got a weight loss forum already!!! see y'all there!

maybe we could get this thread moved.

Gaye throwing cookies out the window!!! Now thats funny :D :) :D ...Sue

i was thinking about pilates... any reviews on it?

Oh... I am so impressed that you could throw them out the car window. (I don't know what they are, but... I know I would have a hard time doing that.)

In the store, back when I could go out, I used to find myself looking over my shoulder when I was at the bakery counter, to see if anyone saw me. I felt that guilty.

I can't really do the scale. I weighed myself some weeks ago because I have a web page about what I'm doing to lose weight, and I thought I probably should show whether or not I've actually lost any ...

I tend to think I'm deluding myself when I think I've lost weight. I also tend to think I can gain the whole 22 pounds back in less than 24 hours.

I'm not at all rational in the way I feel about it.

I put a lot of affirmation type quotes on the page... and after I've read them all I feel better. I should read them every day, but I read them only about once a week.

I was doing quite well by looking at pictures of clothes... like on-line catalogs. Imagining myself smaller was good. But the STUPID stress is just unending. (I don't have any talent or experience with not letting it get to me.) and now I haven't looked at the pictures or imagined myself smaller in WEEKS.

Oh... you know... I began doing just the tiniest bit of walking, as opposed to no movement and nearly 24/7 in bed... and I think that made a difference.

I'm sorry I write so much.

Did you ever hear of Serrapeptase? I think it was helping with the pain, the pain in my back. But... once there's a lot of stress I just get totally weirded out and fail to do things... for one thing, it's hard for me to keep straight what I'm supposed to be doing, even though I have my computer remind me...

Again... sorry to write such a long thing....

Oh my gosh... you have such a cute CUTE picture!!!!!!!!!!!!

Did you by any chance see the thread I did at pbs???

http://discussions.pbs.org/viewtopic.pbs?t=62151

Hey, anyone here reviewed any fat loss products?
 

Hi,

I am 42 year old woman from louisiana, I am actually fed up of being this fat and really wanted to know if anyone here has
personally reviewed a fat loss product and saw any success?

I am really determined to lose fat now and get back to being healthly! My motivation are my kids !!!

Weight
 

Good for you.
I'd suggest that there aren't really any magic or quick fix supplements, drinks, pills etc. Great area for bogus claims.
From what I've gathered the only way is to make sure that your diet is nutritionally sound, so that what you eat is good not bad for you.
This is actually harder to do than you might think as the food industry, including recommended diets from the government, are biased towards making money and your health is not their concern.
Every wondered why maize is heavily subsidised, yet fruit and veg aren't?
You really need to do some reading from independent people. So many food tests are paid for my manufacturers that you can't really beleive anything in the media.
Have a look at the Weston Price Foundation.
It would be nice if we could just eat what we like and take a fat pill to control our weight-we'd all do that.
But you have to learn what foods and drinks are your enemies.
Start with soft drinks, sugar in any form, rice, pasta, bread, processed foods, most grains.
Get some allergy tests done if you can.
You must get the gut healthy first, then eat well on a daily basis, and never go on a short term diet-they always result in a weight gain.
Take it slowly, keep up the water. It's easy to lose weight if you stop drinking water, but you just become dehydrated.
Weight loss should be very gradual. Maintain a nutritious diet and don't starve yourself as you will become ill if you do.
Good luck. Slow and steady!!!

Hi

You need to make a lifestyle change like I did. Lost over 100 lbs. Didn't gain the weight overnight and didn't lose it overnight. But I did lose it. I eat a plant based diet, nothing processed, no sugar, etc. Common sense.

I also sprout my own seeds in my kitchen.

Look up Benefits of sprouting.

You'll be amazed and you'll get healthy AND LOSE WEIGHT.

Best of luck

Melody