Posts by yoga44

Hi Ladies,

Still hovering around 192.  It's a more-fat-less-muscle 192 than last time I was here.  Oh well!  I'm getting ready for a 3 week vacation... we'll see what THAT does to the scales!   I'm hoping my brain will decide it's time to kick into lose-it mode soon.  I've lost 15 lbs this past year.  I guess I have another year to go.  Having this stall will probably help when I get serious again.  It's nice to have not gained it all back again!

Hello everybody,

I haven't been around very much, lots of travel these past couple of weeks.  And it's been a depressing couple of months weight-wise.  I'm back at 193 again.  For me exercise and eating the right foods are tied together, so when one stops, so does the other.  My knees are not improving much and I've decided that I NEED to walk, so I've started just doing it anyway.  Went for a walk on the beach yesterday so lots of ibuprofen today.  But I'm still here, still paying some attention.  Nobody ever said it would be easy, right?

Bedhead (great name!) ~ It's so nice to have another person here that isn't trying to weigh 140 lbs.  I too have an athletic build, and am trying to get down to 175.  I guess that's why the BMI is a range and not a number!

Okie~ I've never had knee problems before, so this is very frustrating for me.  I suddenly realized that I'm only 2.5 months from my big vacation, which is supposed to include lots of walking and hiking.  I don't mind walking through pain, but I've been told that it won't heal if I do.  I will try not to spend too much energy worrying about things that might not happen! I'm sure your weight loss helped tremendously.  What a gift to yourself!

Happy Friday the 13th (again) everyone. 

It's been a tough two weeks for me with DH travelling and poison oak.  Not a lot of sleep, eating meals in the car between basketball practices.  I did walk a couple of times, but two miles on the flat is hardly a lot of calories burned.  The result of all this is a 2 lb. gain for me this week.  

So...for next week:  More water...  Less food on the run...  More sleep!  *sigh*

Hello Everyone, Happy Friday and welcome to the new faces.  Nice to have you join us! Audrey, we're at the same weight and have the same goal so you can feel good beating me there .  I'm a slow-poke!

Enjoyed a week in Hawaii, and managed not to gain weight.  Ate lots of Macadamia nuts, a bit of ice cream, and all the dinner stuff I don't usually eat: ribs, hamburgers, etc. Also did lots of body surfing as the waves were high - that burns calories!

I'm over the hump, 189.  Nice to see the 180s again after a four year absence.  I've been seeing a PT about my sore knees, so maybe someday I can get back to hiking and the losing can gain a bit of momentum again.  1 lb in 3 weeks is the right direction at least but slow!

Hope you all have a fun weekend.

Injury - my knees are preventing me from hiking, my form of exercise.  So to those of you just starting out, STRETCH!  Especially those of you that used to be athletic but were sedentary for awhile.  Your body changes while you're not paying attention...

Happy Friday again everyone.  Nice to see some new people joining in our conversations.  Now we just need some BIGGER, tall people to join so I don't start getting a complex.  You're all below my goal weight before you even get started! 

Lost a pound this week - sitting on the bump: 190.  Half way to my goal of 175.  I've been having trouble with my knees this week, so I'm taking a couple of weeks off hiking in hopes that they will heal.  I guess I'll have to actually eat less too... bummer!

On the subject of heels:  I don't like wearing them, but I do wear clogs with thick soles (2"), which makes me at least 6'2".  I don't consider that tall - I guess it helps that DH is 6'5".  

Hi Everyone... 

Kudos to inittowinit - A NEW LOW! and okiewoman who looks fabulous in a bikini - I'm definitely jealous. All you lightweights are doing really well - LOL!

No loss for me this week, maybe a half pound gain, but my Health-o-Meter scale (yes, that's what it's called) doesn't give me that accuracy.  Still, not bad for me to have lost 4 lbs in 3 weeks as my goal is 1 lb/week.  Nybanana got past a "round" number, maybe I can too.

tcole03 - I've lost 15 lbs and still nobody has said anything...maybe when summer comes and we all start wearing shorts in public again someone will notice (OK, I wear shorts all the time as it's not cold here, but it's a nice thought)

Keep up the good work, Amazons.  Hey, where's etahbear?!

I agree... it's very confusing.  I just set mine to Sedentary.  That gives me the calories I burn doing nothing (working at my computer all day, like you do).  Then I add on my exercise calories burned (hard walking up and down hills - where does that fit in?).

Memphis - I would like to take credit for hiking through the ice and cold, but here in sunny CA it has been tank top & shorts for hiking for the past two weeks.

ErinW43 - I eat to maintenance (1900) and count on exercise for my deficit.  The losing is slow that way, but I don't feel deprived.  

You need to find the "magic" food that works for your body.  For me it's Shredded Wheat.  No matter how diligent I am with the water, whole grains, etc., I have problems unless I get my morning shreddies.  I eat the Kashi Autumn Wheat 'cause I have a sweet tooth!

Try staying away from artificial sweeteners... those are problematic for me in that dept.

Like gi-jane mentioned, it might just be normal for your body.  Some of us just have slow digestive systems!

Hello All,

Skookum, we're still here, just slow to resume our "normal" lives again after pretending that cheese logs and eggnog have no calories (I ate neither - my weakness has been mince pies and goat cheese on crackers)!

Well, I'm starting the new year at 195 *sigh*.  Thought for a few days there I was going to lightly touch 190 for the new year, but it wasn't to be.  Back to the routine on Monday, so hopefully that will include more reasonable proportions and no late night snacking.  I did well on the exercise, but the eating.... bah!

I'm not one for resolutions, but I do want to continue the trend I started in 2008 - into the dark months we go, when the weight has traditionally piled on instead of melted off.  Glad you are all there to help me through this tough patch.  Happy New Year!

Happy Friday again everyone.  All done with your xmas shopping?  No, me neither!

Still holding steady at 193ish.  It snowed here this week, which is unusual, so it's been difficult to get out and walk.  I think maintaining is what I'm going to try for until after Jan 1.  Anything else seems unrealistic with chocolate and cookies all over the place.

Only 2 more days until the Winter Solstice and then the days start getting longer :-)  I've been such a grump, especially since I haven't been walking daily this week.  Can hardly stand to be around myself and I cry at the drop of a hat (or a really bad rendition of Sleigh Ride at my son's beginning band concert).  This is when I really wish I was Sleeping Beauty - please don't kiss me until March!

Dawnvb - my license says 168 - I think I lied when I put that down!   We do seem to be in the same boat...

Try walking with only one ear bud in.  I do that when I have to walk down the side of the road.

Hello All... Just turned 45 this October, so I can now join your group, right?  I'm a member of another group (tall women), but sometimes the posts from the younger members just seem like they're from another planet.  It would be nice to have the support of people who know the meaning of "middle age spread"