Posts by chasingjames

How I wish I would have seen this sooner!  I now have a "stress fracture" in my left foot and am wearing an aircast for the next 4 weeks (already have had it on for 2 weeks).  I am supposed to be wearing it 24/7.  It's very cumbersome to walk in and I was issued a temporary disabled placard by the DMV.  Hobbling around.... The stress fracture was apparently caused by repeated overuse.  I started walking for exercise and after many months and a 77 pound weight loss, I started incorporating some jogging into my walks.  I guess that is how it happened.  I think I've had it for 1-2 months and tried to "work through" the pain, thought it would get better.  Finally realized it wasn't going to get any better and went to the doctor to find out it is fractured.  Now I can't do my daily power walks til it heals, probably another month from now.  I have been told I can do other types of exercise, and I belong to a gym so I don't have any excuses, but power walking is my "thing" and I'm missing it terribly! When I do finally heal, I am not going to jog anymore, I think it's too hard on my old (54) body and 200 pounds.  I want to lose another 50 and I am determined, but not being able to really walk is a real set back.  I always felt good about myself when I completed my daily walk.  Now I've gained 5 pounds and feel like a total slug.  I never did any warming up or stretching, just got out there and "went".  Now I see the error of my ways.

Take care of yourselves.... having an injury is a real set-back.  Best to be careful from the get-go.  Take it from one who made this sad mistake.

We don't have a Chipotle here in my town, although I have eaten there in another town and thought it was just okay.  Red Robin, I love.  We don't have that one in my town either, but I will drive to get there..... I love their burgers!!

I agree with the others who said everyone is different.  Different body sizes and shapes will take different sizes, depending on the distribution of weight on that particular body.  I am 5' 4" and I weigh 198.  I am getting into some size 16 (US) pants now, and still need an 18 in others, depending on the brand/fit.  I am short in the trunk and I have short arms and legs too.  I tend to carry most of my weight in the middle (apple).  In my opinion, there are just too many variations in bodies to say a certain weight will wear a certain size.  As for goals, mine is neither a size or a number.  My goal is to get healthy, get in shape, and be able to physically chase my grandson around the park when he is old enough to run and play!  Thus the screen name.........  good luck to all! 

Chobani FF is great and also Trader Joe's Pomegranate Greek FF Yogurt is 170 cals and 14g protein, that's another good one.  Oh and StonyField Farms, it's not Greek style, but it's FF and the Chocolate flavor is really yummy, like having dessert.

I would go to the doctor asap.  Could be a kidney infection or something else that requires medication and I have found, at least with kidney infections, the sooner you get on the medication, the better.  You don't want to fool around with a kidney infection!  Better to get it checked than take a chance.  Good luck.

Here's one good reason NOT to go back to your old ways:  I am 54 and have been a yo-yo dieter all my life.  Every time you gain weight back, you get more fat on your body, not just the pounds.  So now, at 200 pounds, my body has a lot more fat on it than the last time it did when I weighed 200 pounds.  I went up to 277 and am now down to 200 but the percentage of fat is much greater and it's very unattractive and hanging all over.  You don't want this to happen to you!  Don't let it!  Good luck to you and THINK SLIM!

I have lost 75 pounds this past year and have been stuck at the same number now for TWO MONTHS.  I go down to 201.5, up to 203, down to 202, up to 204, etc, etc - bouncing back between 204 and 201 for two months now.  I have tried so many different things; calore cycling, doubling my exercise, etc.  I'm dying to see the darn scale go below 200........ so I definately can relate..... I just keep going but it gets so discouraging...........

This has happened at every place I've ever worked.  Put your name on your stuff..... sometimes that doesn't even work........

Lots of cute inexpensive jeans at Ross.  "Ross is Boss" is my motto!!!  I even write that in my check register!  LOL! 

My friend has a darling bunny.  His name is Kisses.

I'm so happy for you Agent S!  What a great feeling, isn't it?  You just keep your eye on the prize, as they say, and next thing you know, you are going to be on here reporting you broke the 200 mark!  You go, go, go, girl!! 

I wondered about this as well because I am a walker.  I tried doing some on-line research and what I read was not to use them, because they can throw your balance off.  I bought a pair anyway and tried them, I found that they slowed me down so I stopped using them.  I figured any small thing I could gain from carrying them wouldn't make up for the speed I lost.  I have also read, like the above poster suggested, that carrying the weight in a backpack is better.

Here's what I do with snack packs:  Some might call it anal, but it works for me.  I open up a pack and divide it as if there were two people sharing it.  "One for you and one for me", so I'm not guessing at what half a bag is.  I get exactly half.  I eat my half.  If half fills me up or fills that "I want something now void", then I stop at half the pack.  I either throw away the other half or save it for later.  If half a pack doesn't do anything for me, I can eat the whole thing knowing it's only 100 cals.  But  I find more and more, I usually stop at half a pack.  You still get your "little fix", but you've only blown 50 cals.  Works for me, may or may not work for you.  If I have a bigger, "unrestrained" bag or package of something, I tend to eat more of that thing than I should.  Snack packs work for me.  I don't worry about wasting food anymore.  Because as someone here pointed out in another thread; it gets wasted one way or the other.  Either you toss it out or you eat it and the final product is waste. 

You guys are making me hungry now!  I can't wait to try it!

I've discovered a greek yogurt I think is far superior to the rest.  Chobani fat free.  It's awesome.  120 cals per serving and 16 g of protein.  Great flavors, strawberry, blueberry, peach, and vanilla.  Super good.  I have only found it at one local store though and that's kind of a Whole Foods Market type of local store.  Maybe you can google it and find out where they sell it near you.  I love this stuff.  I usually eat it every day for breakfast.  The calories are a little higher than Dannon Fit and Light or Weight Watchers, but the protein content is more than double.  It keeps me full all morning.  And 120 cals for a breakfast is nothing.....  here is the website:

http://www.chobani.com/