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Original Post by mcs1229:

Dess, Hope Curves is part of your routine.

Be Healthy,

Marie

 

 Hi all,

Marie: I go to Curves 3 times a week and they reckon that a half hour session burns approx 350 cals, it is something I actually enjoy and it is exercise I wouldn't do otherwise so I hope it is helpful. I had a long period over the holiday that I didn't go because of illness but I am now back into the groove.

I also swim twice a week (1/2 hr concentrated breast stroke) each time and I feel the benefit of that as well. I walk maybe twice a week as well usually for about an hour at a steady pace (around 3 - 3.5 miles each time). Having claimed all this it is only in the last two weeks that I've been really good - so am showing no benefits as yet (i.e. weight loss but am certainly firming up again).

How oh how do I learn to have more discipline in my eating ????????? That is what is really letting and getting me down at the moment. I can be oh so good for days and then totally destroy all good done in one night. I know I should have the strength to say no but I don't. It has always been my problem and from where I'm looking it always will.

Bad day, bad week but good intentions as ever.

Hi everyone, sorry it's been a week or two since I checked in, I must be in a bad spot (health wise) just at the moment, what with shingles just before christmas and then I caught one "son of a b" cold two weeks ago and it put me off my feet for a week and I still have sinus problems that just will not shift, so I've been pretty miserable and disinterested in life in general - BUT I AM ON THE MEND!!!.

Margie - nice to meet you, I haven't yet had a chance to check out your credentials but if Donna vouches for you then you gotta be OK . And I too enjoyed reading the Geese link that Donna posted.

Donna - I was sorry to read about the passing of your friend but she is now at peace.

Marie - My grandbabies are no longer babies - well they are - but they just grow so fast and of course they are the most beautiful boys that have lived -  thats what any granny will say isn't it. Thank you for asking, I'm just so thankful that they are happy and healthy.

Now down to the real reason that we are here, I haven't been on the scales for nearly two weeks so I don't know if I have lost weight or not this past two weeks but a work colleague commented today that she thought I had lost some wight so perhaps I will try the scales in the morning! I am making a concerted effort to drink more water and eat less and just this week I have started back into Curves so (singing badly)"Here we go once again down that long and winding road". I know I can do it!

Donna - your piece about the programme is very interesting and I have lost track of the number of times that I have read that "diets" do not work and that we should be concentrating on lifestyle changes.

The one change that I really have to concentrate on is evening eating - from dinner at 6.30 - 7pm to bedtime I just want to eat all the time and it's not because I'm hungry it's becuase I'm bored but I don't have the willpower to do anything about it at the moment. I am very aware of it and have recently tried to eat only apples or other fruit but I nearly always give in and eat cookies or something equally NASTY.

My new reslove last just a matter of hours yesterday as I indulged in 1800+ Cals and my activities were only at 2100 but am still in the positive frame of mind and know I need to get back in line again. I find that using the counters give me a reality check and I don't try to fool myself that I'm eating correctly when in fact I'm tucking into cookies.

Hi all - well those that are around.

Donna, thanks for the advice regarding changing routines, eating habits etc. I will give it a go as far as is possible. It is difficult because my days still revolve around a 9 - 5 ( well more like 6 by the time I get home) working day and whatever I can fit in around that and with the evenings starting to draw in it is difficult to go out walking. I have joined a salsa dance class and its one of the most fun and exhausting ways of getting through a bit of exercise.

The eating bit is a little bit more tricky -  because I'm scared that I will fall back into my old habits simply because I can eat more. I need to get back into the swing of logging my daily routines as I have only been putting in my exercise and not my daily activities so perhaps I have actually put my body into starvation mode without even realising it. Anyway I am at least glad I'm not gaining. 

My, how we have dwindled. I guess the colder weather and dark evenings haven't yet hit the States.
Marie I hope your jury duty went ok, it's something I have never had to experience as yet and really don't want to have to. I echo your prayers for safety from terrorism.
Donna, you ask about Ibiza - it is a small island off the coast of Spain and a very popular holiday destination for most of the European countries. It offers sunshine (important for us Irish) and good times (even more important for us Irish) so it will basically be a "Girls Night Out" that lasts for three days. With the different age groups that will be going from my elder sister (the future bride's Grandma at 74) and next sister at 72 to friends of the bride in their early 20's it should be an fun time. There will be a total of 15-20 "Girls" (I use that term with my tongue very firmly in my cheek)in all. So Ibiza look out!!!
Back on the track of lifestyle changes - my resolve has returned and I have had a good week. Not a lot of weigh loss but a definate determination and change of mindset. I started Salsa classes last night and had a total shock, I had thought that I was quite fit but I guess this involves a whole new set of muscles and body parts that haven't been benefiting from my workouts, but it was totally fun and I look forward to learning more.

Hope to see some more posting soon. Best wishes to all, De

Hi everyone, another stray returning to the fold and much needed support. I have had a quick read through the most recent posts to try and catch up with all the news and see that the numbers have dwindled somewhat. It must be nearly a month since I checked in and I have no excuses other than laziness - the same reason that I have gone up by 6.5 lbs. Am sadened and disappointed that I haven't yet got a handle on the " a moment on the lips a lifetime on the hips" theory. But I'm back and what matters is the fact that I haven't given in - as has been my previous habit.

I have been on mainland UK for a week visiting the newest addition to the family - Charlie Richard - born on 22nd July. He is a fine boy and mum and baby are both fine - dad is coping quite well too ( much to my surprise - he's my youngest son so I can say that ).

Down to the finer things - the old habits ( bad evening eating and cravings )are creeping back so I'm hoping that being back here and talking about it will help me exorcise the demons. I have kept up the Curves gym attendance and the lunchtime walks and my daytime eating is generally good, but I now probably have to add something extra as my body seems to have adapted these regimes and yes - I do know - stop eating trash. So, like Penny, I need all your encouragement and suggestions to help me get back on track.
 

Penny, fitflops are a toe posted sandal of sorts, they are supposed to have a unique sole that exercises the thigh and butt muscles (sorry I can't remember the proper names for these muscles) and eliminate cellulite. I'm not sure that they do actually work but I have have never had a pair of summer sandals that were quite as comfortable as these. I don't know what I'm going to do when summer is over and I have to go back to wearing ordinary shoes. You can check out the net for them. Yes indeed the busicuits are very good and very hard to resist. It would be fine if I could have only one and be satisified but no if I have one I will have six (480 cals and indigestion to boot). So I have to try and forget they are there.

Hi all, I entered it on my journal but just had to announce it here as well.
I'm a granny AGAIN!!! My youngest son and his partner delivered their first baby. Their son Charlie was born last night at a whacking 8lb 4oz (I'm absolutely amazed cos Sophie is such a tiny girl), Sophie had a rough time but both are doing well this morning.

Another reason for me to get going on this life style change!

Hi everyone, I have been around and watching this space just haven't got a whole lot to write about, I kinda get fed up of coming on and complaining all the time, I suppose that is because I am being weak and really don't want to face that fact!
I'm really at a sticking point right now, I had gotten down to 208 and was comfortable that things were going well - but since returning from my holiday I swing anywhere between 210 and 215 over the period of a week and can't seem to get any lower. Admittedly I had slipped back into some of the old habits (mainly the nightime eating) but have been making a concerted effort to get these under control again. I have kept up my exercise routine, thankfully, otherwise I could have been right back where I started. 
Thanks for the concern Donna. As far as enjoying the summer is concerned we have yet to experience that joy, our temperatures are somewhere in the region of the low 70's and we have had hardly any rain this last two days so I guess there is a summer out there somewhere. We did actually hit lucky on Sunday  when Billy and I headed off to watch a Truck rally. It's something that the local radio station runs annually to raise funds for the Marie Curie Cancer Foundation it was well attended with a drive past of 600 + trucks of all shapes and sizes and in these times of high fuel prices it was truly amazing to see them all turn out to support the cause. The weather stayed nice and there was dancing in the streets (literally) and lots of old and new faces to catch up with. We had a good day.

So I am around and keeping up with everyone, just struggling a little at the moment.

Hey everyone, just a quick not to say that my scales do know how to register smaller numbers cos they did it this morning . So guess who's a happy bunny today .
I really do need to learn to be patient
I really do need to learn to be patient
I really do need to learn to be patient
I really do need to learn to be patient
etc. etc. etc.

We have a holiday weekend here so no work on Monday, haven't got any definate plans but I'm pretty flexible so could end up anywhere. Probably be restricted by the weather and the rising price of fuel (our fuel costs us the equivelant of $10.00 a gallon and you think you got it hard!!!) but I intend to enjoy the day off anyway.

Donna: If ever you get the chance to visit us here in the Emerald Isle you would be very welcome. So get saving and make the trip. Only one life! You as well Marie.
I was fifty years old before I started to travel and since then I have visited Spain and Turkey and in the USA - Maryland, Tennesse and California and of course California will be a regular haunt for me from now on cos of my beautiful grandkids. There won't be any money left for any one when I go and I will have to keep on working to be able to finance these trips but what the heck.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Dess

Original Post by gi-jane:

Where do you find the food?  Is it just hanging around in cupboards waiting to be eaten or do you have to make a special trip to get it? 

That isn't an unknown scenario. I have actually been known to go to the store ( quite close to home ) and buy candy, donuts, anything, (not just in single packs either) if there is nothing in my cupboards. But thanks to a dear friend and guardian angel on CC I am nearly cured. She threatened me that she would be sitting on my shoulder every time I went in there and watching what I buy. Can you imagine going into the store with this person sitting on your shoulder and tutting every time you pick something up. I'm sure the cashiers thought I was slightly deranged cos I would smile to myself every time I thought of her. Thanks to her and a little effort on my part I rarely indulge in the manner that I used too and boy do I feel better because of it.
I'm not saying I'm cured but I do it a lot less often. So if you need a 212lb guardian angel just mail me.
Just keep on talking to you family and loving yourself a little more and if you really, really want to stop it will happen.
Good luck - Dess

Original Post by amayou82:

 

Accountability. This helps me a lot, I join a group and stay in touch with them even if it's only once a week, having some sort of accountability will help you think twice about things.

 

 Good advice, I've lost and gained my way through life and until I joined up with a group of like minded friends here on CC I had just about given up the hope of ever adopting the right attitude. I'm not 100% there yet but with the help and advice of those that are experiencing the same ups and downs as you it becomes easier.

Having always been a "big girl" from puberty I never worried too much about my weight until I started having health problems, sure I got fed up when I couldn't buy fashionable clothes over the years but I always made an effort to look good at my size. There has been the occassional attempt to lose weight and the time when I lost more than 14lbs in a short time after an operation, but it always went back with more besides. Ending up at 222lbs at 5' 2".
Then in my forties I started having problems with my blood pressure, medication helped, but I'm now 56 and I've had enough of feeling unwell (in fact really ill), not being able to buy nice clothes, not being fit enough to have fun with my very new grandkids and on February 5th I joined CC. Since then I've had good times and bad times and managed to lose 14lbs and gain back 7 and lose 5 again but I'm determined that this will be my last TRY and will at some point become my way of life without me having to think about it.
It isn't going to be easy or plain sailing by any means, as anyone who has read any of my journal enteries will know. I stumble and fall often but I just have to get back up again and keep going because I want to feel good for whatever time I have left on this earth.
So here's to all of us who have tried, tried and tried again and the very fact that we are still trying, good luck and good health.

Dess

Donna, sorry your not feeling too good, sounds to me like you got yourself a dose of flu ( do you know that term, influenzia) nothing will beat it, just takes time and a lot of TLC. Hot drinks and a cosy bed are the best cure. Hope your better soon.

Things are getting back on track here, weight coming off, probably just fluid as I have gotten my eating back into line and am drinking lots of water and green tea, but it lifts my spirit and makes me more determined.

Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven't been around for a while seems like I've lost the willpower to keep myself in line, so yet again I climb back on the wagon, seems like I spend more time on my butt on the floor than up on the wagon. I get tired now and again climbing but the need to do it is still important.
You may have noticed that I haven't joined the daily food diary, the reason is obvious, I'm not eating properly and I'm feeling the consequences. I got rid of my scales because they were old and the readings were stupid, anything from 2 - 7 lbs difference every time I stepped on them even when I stepped off and straight back on. I think I will have to invest in a new set as my best results were when I was weighing myself daily. I know this method doesn't work for everyone but it seemed to for me. So am going to buy me a new set this weekend.
My thanks to you all for being there and especially Marie and Rosalee who urge me to do my best. I still exercise regurlarly and have been doing work in my garden this week and as far as I can tell I haven't gained back any of the 14lbs that I originally lost.
Donna sometime back you asked how much more I would like to lose, well if I go by the recomendations another 68 lbs would take me down to 140 but personally I think 154 would be a more ideal weight for me because under that I know I will look ill so I'm aiming for another 54 lbs and I would like to do that before May 2009. Just need to get back on that wagon.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Regards Dess