Posts by toe6

When I started CC on May 21 this year...I needed to loss 90 lbs...I'm down 45 now...half way there. I was worried I was losing too fast...but I never exercised and was eating over 3500-4000 calories daily. I dropped to 1750 cals for the first 2 weeks...then to 1600...then 1400...and now I keep between 1400 and 1200. I exercise daily...a quick walk or a good cardio and alterneting toning and circuit training from not even being able to do 15 minutes on the trreadmill at 3.0 mph...now I run at least 20 minutes daily!!! I think our bodies get shocked when we first start to treat it healthy...and we drop quickly...but I have kept changing things up from my calorie intake...and workout schedule and intesity and seem to be able to keep my body going on a steady weight loss of 4lbs a week...and feeling great!!! Don't worry...enjoy it and keep up the good work!!!

I started my new healthy lifestyle with the help of CC on May 21 2008....started at 252 lbs...5'10" tal..38 yrs old....gw 160....with my calorie intake, and exercise...I am down 38 lbs today!!! This is the longest I have ever stuck to a"program" to loose weight. I live by my plan...and eat what I want...but appreciate the empty calories and even if I treat myself....keep in my goal for the day. I also feel so great...best in years...I haven't been able to loose this much in my last 7 years of "fad diet" attempts. Only 54 more to go...but hope to be 200 or less by my birthday Sept 6...wish me luck!!! If I can do this....ANYONE can...everyone keep up the good work!!!

I agree....I like to use free weights and circuit train at my gym...and the guys do look at you like you have horns sicking out of your head!!!! Most ladies stickto the machines with low weights and the eliptical or treadmill. I like to mix it up and do a different routine every day to keep my body "guessing" and the results are paying off!!! Free weights are easier to get just right and move your body into the exercise too.

Hi everyone....

Why did I decide to make the healthy lifestyle change?

I am tired of feeling, well..tired all the time. I was beginning to have some minor health issues that are related to my weight, and finally just got fed up of looking in the mirror and not loving the outside as much as who I was inside. I had terrible eating habits and snacked and binge eating to the point I would almost make myself ill, I ate to be happy, and it made me fat that made me unhappy...it had to stop. Also I noticed my son was eating like me and he began to put on weight, and now that I have made the change...I notice he is following his mom's habits...this time in a much better and healthier way!!!! Since starting this change I feel great! I am so glad to be "doing" it!!!

Everyone else...keep up the good work!! We'll get to our goals!!!

I have the same thing with apples....they make me hungry again within 30 minutes....even when I know I shoudn't be. I started to try eating yogurt with it and sometimes just a tbsp of peanut butter to dip my apple slices in....I think it's the protien with the apple thatstops the hungry feeling from coming back...why??..don't know...just know that it works. I also drink a large glass of water with the apple/yogurt/or pb snack and that helps loads too. Maybe it will help you too!!!