Posts by coley_moley

Exactly...water helps "wash" the sodium out of your body- so when you don't use it to metabolize or sweat- the water will help carry it out through urine.

Pishhh...Forget Comfort...you all KNOW it's about Twitch!!!:o)

Don't know ANYTHING about dancing- but I did do gymnastics for years and a lot of their moves come from floor routines- especially the contemporary ones.  And, yes, of course my body was void of fat- but I was 9...so...LOL

For runners...potassium is just as important as sodium.  It may be that your salt craving is really a potassium deficiency.  Potassium and sodium work hand in hand.  Have you tried any kind of supplement?  I take potassium for muscle cramps...really helped me.  You may also consider switching from table salt to sea salt (it contains more nutrients)

Go to the local Good Will or Salvation Army and pick up a couple (VERY CHEAP) sets of clothing just to last you the next couple of months.  Or, if you are going to continue to lose weight- then your current cold weather clothes can be altered into warm weather clothes now (Cut-offs etc.) - they won't fit you next winter anyway!  CONGRATS!

My whole family is so proud of me...they are all interested in my weight loss journey and really are so supportive.  I think they're amazed that I've stuck it out this far and are even asking me for advice! 

FANTASTIC IDEA!

Start Date: February 6, 2008

Start Weight: 300

Current Weight: 269.6

# of weeks of healthy lifestyle: 13

# of lbs lost since start: 32

Goal Weight: unknown (I'm gonna see what happens at 160)

Tip: Recognize that this whole things is going to be the way you live the rest of your life.  I'm 23 so, God willing, that will be a very long time.  There will be Birthdays and Holidays...don't deprive yourself of the goodies- just make sure you have an occation to spluge instead of just a craving to satisfy.  Then, get right back on the Wagon the next day.  Think of is as building your will power.

Tip#2:  Keep healthy snacks available at all times...a granola bar in the car, single serving bags of trail mix in your desk or your purse.  Having these options available at all times and within arms reach of where ever I am keeps me from making poor choices when I'm hungry or even just bored.  Someone brings in cupcakes to the office and you don't think you can say no, stuff your face with trail mix and move on.  You're hungry in the car on the way home and are coming up on your favorite fast food restaurant- shove a granola bar in your mouth and keep driving.

SERIOUSLY- if I can do this ANYONE can...even you!  So keep your head up and "Spread the health":o)

OH YEAH!  I have NO complaints about the weight loss!  Honestly, my first 25lbs felt like the biggest accomplishment I'd made since graduating High School!  I'm also down from a 26/28 to a 22/24 which is THRILLING!  When I get to an 18/20 I'm going to buy new clothes- I havn't been in the "teen" sizes since 8th GRADE!  I'm SUPER excited about losing the weight...just a little concerned about the random pain...?

I give away extra servings.  I make a great vegetable lasagna too, one recipe makes 8 to 10 servings.  My parents love it, my boss craves it, the next door neighbors are Army boys away from home- so they love home cooked left overs.  Sometimes I put left overs in the fridge at work and lable it "First Come First Serve."  It brightens peoples to get an unexpected, home-cooked meal- and it brightens my day knowing I've "Spread the Health" :o)

ME TOO!  You should read the forum posted "I'm getting frustrated" it talks about the same thing...hope it helps!

Thank you so much for all your help.  I think secretly I knew I wasn't eating enough- but once I started losing I was feeling so much leaner and with so much more energy.  I think I got caught up in that feeling and in knowing that i was eating balanced that I got so stuck in the mentality that I kept finding lower and lower calorie food to consume and fill up on.  I'm going to pull up my logs from February (when I was eating more AND losing more) and try to recreate that.  I've been talking to my husband about it today and we've both agreed that I'm going to give myself two days without counting and then start over.  Giving myself a plan of action that way I think will boost my motivation and get me out of this rut that's gotten me a bit depressed this last week.  I tend to be an all or nothing kind of person- so maybe i just need to give myself a day every month to eat what I want and then "start over" so that I don't go too far... Again, thanks so much, I really appreciate it.

I'm a house wife.  Most of what I do during the day involves chores.  I'm not exercising at this point because I was already concerned that I'm at more than a 1000 calorie deficit.  (I burn around 2460 calories a day- and am only eating around 1340 on good days.)  I was going to the gym about every other day and walking off 150 calories at a time (apx. 20 minutes at 3mph and at a level 1 incline.)  Perhaps you're right and I should try to eat more.  I'm eating around four meals a day as it is.  I HATE that full bloated feeling after eating too much.  It makes me feel heavy, lazy and grumpy.  I do eat salads...but they are small (1 cup shreded iceburg lettuce and about 8 baby carrots with 1 tablespoon light ranch.)  I could double it- but then I'd have to double the dressing which would put the sodium content at 200mg from one salad's dressing...that kinda freaks me out.  Maybe I need to relax a bit and worry more about getting enough calories than making sure they're perfectly balanced. *sigh*

I usually crave salty instead of sweet...so I buy the mini rice cake bites in Ranch flavor- a stack of 10 is only 70 calories and only 220mg sodium...which is perfect for a snack in my daily diet.