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| Motivation | Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club! | Jan 28 2007 03:37 (UTC) |
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| wants2lose-chocloate has never been my probpem. I really am not a chocolate fan. However, South Beach Diet makes these cereal bars (kinda like the Special K ones) that are peanut butter and chocolate chip. Yum! 140 calories there. Another idea is those 100 calorie packs of snacks. Not the healthiest way to go, I'm sure, butu 100 calories of Reese's or Chips Ahoy is still far less than many of us eat.
Anyone here wondering how they are going to make it through Girl Scout Cookie season? You know, Thin Mints. Serving size, one sleeve. LOL. It's like a programmed need for me. UGH. |
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| Motivation | Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club! | Jan 24 2007 02:33 (UTC) |
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| Vrykolia: not sure if I may have posted thid the first time around, but I have a weird diet plan for myself: just 1000 calories a day. As long as I am losing, this is good. I still eat 6-7 times a day, and I mostly eat healthy things (although I have tried those South Beach Diet cookies...lol). The trick for me, since I can't exercise right now (car accident, nerve damage, long story) is to not take in so many calories. Then, when I reach my goal weight (71 lbs to go!), I will slowly bring myself up to a 1500 cal diet, and see if that helps me maintain. Eventually I want to be more active and eating a 2000 calorie diet. I've been doing this for a month and have lost 29 lbs so far. and yes...for those who want to know, the need to break out and just stuff my face has indeed come over me. However, I went to the store this weekend-Wal Mart-and bought a pair of pants, size 24! The last time I wore a size 24...well, it was so long ago, I can't recall. So, losing feels good, and I want to continue to do so until I feel good about the way I look and feel. Also...wants2 lose....it is a bit tough, isn't it, when you know you just eat...because you can, or it's there, or whatever? This is why diet pills and things like that never worked for me in the past. I mean, I never ate because I was hungry, so an appetite suppressant wasn;t going to do the job. I have found, however, that the Slim Fast shakes help me a lot. (I remember using Slim Fast back in the days when it was just a bucket of that nasty poweder...lol). I only like the cappucino ones-the vanilla taste like crap, and I don't like chocolate all that much. The cappucino ones are 180 calories, and if I have one of those and a snack for lunch, I am good. Something that helps with the snacking and constant eating thing is those 100 calorie packs that a lot of companies have out now. The chip-style ones, like the Wheat thins and Doritos, have a lot of pieces in them, so the snack lasts a while and it seems like you're eating a lot. Also, I have turned to eating things like those snack size bags of carrots, or cutting up a whole cucumber and eating that. In case anyone can use that info... |
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| Motivation | Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club! | Jan 21 2007 01:44 (UTC) |
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| With regards to Vrykola and dutchdunham's posts about cooking and such...I live with a roommate who is pretty accustomed to eating like a bird. That's no problem. The problem is...me! I am 1/4 italian, 1/4 Scottish, and some other nationalities-and man, do I love to cook. Gimme a few hours and I can whip up a 30 lb lasagne.
My opinion, of course, is that if the issue for yourself is that you need to lose weight, then obviously we can't be chomping on cookies or stuffing pasta or potatoes down our throats. For me, I had to get rid of ALL of the foods I liked to eat normally. ALL of them. Why? Because my eating habits were poor, and I ate more than the average person should eat in one sitting. For example, I'd make a pot of spaghetti and have two big bowls. Then later, while watching tv or sitting at the computer, I'd have another. MOOO! For myself, I deal with it this way: RIGHT NOW, today, I want to lose weight. I want to lose weight more than I want to eat food. The idea of wearing a pair of pants that doesn't come from the fat store is far more appealing than the idea of a cookie. However, there certainly are days where I WANT to eat some of those things, and not always because I am hungry for them. More often than not it is just because I am used to eating them. Will I ever eat lasagne again? Of course I will. And I will eat cookies, and mashed potatoes and gravy, and all kinds of things I'm denying myself now. The difference is, I will be smaller, healthier, and I will know how to manage my diet so that one plate of spaghetti does not equal ten pounds on the scale. I agree with dutch's idea about your hubby. I could not have said it better. And, you can also apply that to coworkers, friends, family...anyone who is going to be affected by your decision to change your eating. For myself, I am not tempted by the person next to me at work eating a Wendy's double cheeseburger simply because they have one and it's there in front of me: but I HAVE been tempted. It's easy for me, because I am essentially alone. My roommate is never home, so there isn't anyone around eating things that Iw ant to eat. Of course, the down side is that there is no one to support me, either: if I want a Big Mac, who is going to tell me I can;t have one? Who will ask me if that's what I really want to do? So I think that either way you look at it, we all have those issues to deal with. If this helps anyone, I have found some neato things to help curb my appetite during the day-and also to help satisfy that need to put food in my mouth without breaking my diet plan. I bring 600 calories to work with me (I'm on a 1000 cal diet). I bring a Slim Fast muffin bar-140 cal- to go with my coffee-80 cal- (to replace my morning donut): I have a 100 cal snack at my 11:00 break, usually a granola bar or some rice cakes (the mini Quaker ones taste ok):I eat a frozen dinner (Smart ones or Lean Cuisine, usually) and drink a diet soda or a flavored water for lunch(usually around 190-250 cal, depending on the dinner): I eat a healthy snack at my 3:30 break (sometimes carrots or broccoli, or another easily portable veggie, or else any of those 100 calorie snack packs you see): and then when I get home for supper, I use the rest of my calories to make a really good meal. Since I am a snacker by nature, I tend to want to eat anytime I am sitting down doing "nothing" (which includes work, as I talk on the ohone all day). Those 100-calorie snacks are GREAT, because you get a bunch of pieces of whatever it is (I like the Cool ranch Doritos, the Wheat Thins, and the Planters cookie ones...lol) so the snack lasts longer. Also, I have increased my veggies: I eat some every day. I stock up on negative-calorie items, whenever I can: lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, and broccoli. (There are more, too). This way I can eat a bunch and feel full, all while my metabolism is burning calories for me. And, when I weighed myself in this evening, I saw that I lost 5 more lbs-for a total of 29 lbs since January 1. YAY! I hope some of this helps you all. :) |
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| Motivation | Welcome to the new over 100 to lose club! | Jan 16 2007 01:46 (UTC) |
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| Alright. This must be the tenth time I have thought about posting here. I'm in the over 100 to lose club, for sure. I'm 5'3, and two weeks ago I weighed 278 lbs. I've been at that weight for about a year and a half-I had a car accident in 2005, and pretty much gained a bunch of weight after. I've never been small-my family is all hips and chest-but I'm certainly not excited about buying the largest size available in Lane Bryant, either. My sister is the one who started it all. I am not one of those people who's tried a hundred diets and failed. I'm not shoveling food down my hole out of depresion, anger, or anything like that. Pretty much, I just like food. And I am so accustomed to eating all the time, I didn't even know when I was hungry. Two months ago, my sister told me she has been dieting (we live 1500 miles apart) and she has lost 47 lbs in 6 months. So, since we;re made the same, I asked her what she does. She said she just eats a thousand calories a day. So I'm thinking...a thousand calories? I'd die! Well, I didn't die. In fact, two weeks ago I adopted my sister's diet of 1000 calories. Yes, I know, I've heard ALL about how that's not enough: more on that theory later. I started at 287. I weigh myself at the grocery store on Saturday now (because I don't have a scale), and this week I weighed 263. WOO. The person who took over this thread had it right. It's more than jsut sacrificing cupcakes or cheeseburgers. A lot of bigger people don't eat that stuff, and they still can't lose weight. What I feel is important is this: as long as you truly desire to lose weight, get healthier, and maintain a healthier lifestyle, WHATEVER plan you choose is going to work for you. The key is commitment. At least, it was for me. Sitting in front of a computer all day at work, then coming home to do it again 5 nights a week at home, pretty much meant lots of portable snackage and greasy, fast meals. The double cheeseburger guy above? I know that routine. Sure, I love a salad as much as the next person-but why make all that mess when you can just get a bag and go? Maintenance, I think, is probably harder than the initial desire to lose and the startup of a diet. So, in case anyone cares, I will share what helps me keep to my plan. 1. I eat a lot. Sounds funny, but you would be amazed at what you can cram into 1000 calories in a day. And, because I have eliminated a lot of things, I find that things like yogurt and granola bars are much tastier now than I thought they would be. I eat 6 times a day, not including coffee and my lunch Slim Fast. It keeps my metabolism up, and I'm not really hungry at all. 2. I don't worry about what anyone thinks of my diet plan. I am not slim, and I never will be. And I am not worried about it. this is my plan: I am happy to share the details with anyone, because someone might find something to help themselves in it. But ultimately, your plan is for YOU. 3.I made a personal mission statement. And no, I'm not generally one of those "I am my own best friend and I can motivate myself" kinda people. I'm just weird like that, lol. But my mission statement is this: "I want to look and feel comfortable with my body, and I want to be healthy enough to be around longer so I can live my life to the fullest." And every time someone asks me why I think I need to diet-and they do all the time- I reply that I want to look and feel good more than I want a cheeseburger. 4. I am not afraid to eat anything I ate before: I just want to moderate it. There is nothing wrong with going out for wings and beer or a hot fudge sundae once in a while. One thing I discovered in the last two weeks is that you sure find a lot bigger variety of tasty foods to eat when you're watching what you eat. My first week, I ate nothing but salad, because I was afraid to think about calories. Then I found this site...lol. Now I eat all kinds of things. And it's just beginning. 5. I find something positive every day to think or say to myself about my diet. Even if it's just a mental note in the morning, I try to have a positive thought for every day and make it about my future success with this commitment. Today's thought was that I was that I really do not miss my morning donut with my coffee, because a breakfast muffin bar tastes just as good, is better for me, and has fewer calories. I'm new to this site and this forum, but I'd like to hang out and get to know the people here. It seems like a cool group of folks, and I look forward to some chatting and such. Good luck to us all! |
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