Posts by nata28

Hey! So I'm a day late ... and missed a week due to vacation ... but here it goes!

Week 1 : 66.9 kg

Week 2 : 65.7 kg

Week 3: 65.1 kg

Week 4 : 66 kg

Week 5 : vacation ... :-)

Week 6: 64.7 kg YAY!

total loss = 2.2 kg (or 4.84 lbs)

hope to keep it up for the next weeks!

last week: 65.7 kg

CW: 65.1 kg

yay down .6 kg! (about a pound...) i'd love every week to be like this :-)

Good Luck everyone!!

What do you do?

At work I take 2 15 min breaks to walk around the block or up&down stairs if the weather is bad - this is at least 30 min of movement.

You're in school- is there a gym on campus? if so - use it!! get there early or go b/w class & work.

You say you don't have the time - but you're on this forum, so obviously you have time to  "waste".

I don't mean to be tough - but quick complaining and get organized. No one does THAT many chores a week. Vacuuming is max 20 min/ day for a big place (which you say you don't have), and consider vaccuming exercise :-).

Shopping- try to get your shopping in on one of you many trips to & from places during the week, so that your Sundays free.

Organize your meals: Cook a soup/meal over the weekend when you have more time & freeze it so dinner is handy during the week. Create a meal plan & prepare lunches & breakfast at night so they are grab-ready in the morning. Do dishes while you cook to save time...etc.

It's not easy to work, study, run a household & be healthy. But with some planning you can do it. Planning will also make you feel more in control of your week & thus less stress.

I've said this to you in another post - Get more sleep, it'll help you get through the week!

Hey - it's Sunday (almost) - enjoy the rest & the new week :-) & good luck!

a day late.. ooops! i'll be better this week - in so many ways!

CW 66.9 KG, about 148 lbs.. at 5'5 and now 10 lbs to go! (as a start :-) )

i'm making my family struggle with the same issue- LOL ... but that's because I believe that a dairy free, mostly gluten free lifestyle is the healthiest...

also- how sensitive is your sister to gluten? if very, then oats, rye, barley & such are out too.... however buckwheat, quinoa & amaranth are delish grains that are gluten free.

either quinoa or amaranth can be cooked with dried cranberries &almonds for a great side alternative.

here are some yummy ideas i've been thinking about & suggesting to my family:

-sweet potato puree w/fresh herbs & garlic

-grilled salmon

-red+yellow pepper stew

- pumpkin-red lentil soup w/ cilantro & garlic (possibly the world's yummiest soup w/ lots of healthy fiber, inflammation reducing herbs & anti-oxidants! and did i mention yummy ;)

-asparagus w/lemon

if you want the recipes, just let me know & i'll send them over.

also - there is a fantastic cookbook written by 2 women (whose names i don't have on me...) called the detox cookbook. sounds scary, i know... but the recipes are out-of-this world gourmet - dairy & gluten free & healthy!

good luck!

i don't.

do you exercise at all?

i'm 5.5, SW 150 and work out resistance 2-3x week cardio 2-3x week. at first i aimed for 1500 calories a day... and i was MISERABLE as some else has suggested here, I  also up my calories 200-300 depending on the day sometimes even 400.... and that helped. We're trying to get healthy, not starve ourselves...right? so this might me a slower weight loss, but it also means no crazy binges, no walking down food aisles with your mouth watering, and having enough energy to power through a healthy life.

good luck!

hey girl, i think the key pointer that is coming up in these suggestions to you is : choice and control. it's your choice what you eat and you have control over it.

for example: if you want that cake and no one's going to split it with you - only eat a third by yourself and leave the rest. it's not easy, but if weight loss very easy, you wouldn't be on this site :)

i do understand where you are coming from though - neither my friends or family were supportive to the idea that i'm watching what i eat (or re-learning to eat healthy as i tell them). i think it makes them feel inadequate for not exercising and for not makign an effort (even though they don't need to, most people feel they could loose a few pounds).

So my tactic was:

1. shut up about it. no one wanted to hear about my diet / exercise program, so i'm doing it on my own. I go out all the time, but i watch my portions and limit my dessert to 1-2 a week. when snacks are brought up, i kindly say no thanks if i'm not hungry. if i'm tempted i'll have a couple chips. PORTIONS are key.

2. i make my food. you say you can't cook, but there are a few tricks you can use to break out of your dorm room dilema - get a hot plate at have oatmeal, berries and yoghurt for breakfast, make a salad in your room, stick to basics (anyways, this is what i did when i was a poor student with no private kitchen - tho there was a kitchen on the floor. but i literally lived off of chick pea, tomato and parsley salad. it's cheap, nutritious and yummy!)

3. keep at it. in life you'll encounter negativity- even from those supposedly closest to you. be strong, power through it and you'll be a better person for it.

Good Luck!

Thanks for the posting!! I actually thought I was doing something wrong when i weighed a TEASPOON of PB and it weighed more than 2 tablespoons should!! (my 'teaspoon' wieghed around 38 grams) Ok, it was a measuring teaspoon, but it was a little kid teaspoon so pretty small. what a shocker!!  i'm definitely going to keep on weighing foods - despite all the snide remarks from friends and family ;)

hey there! since you're new to being vegetarian i just wanted to post a word of caution (so sorry if this sounds 'preachy' i just wish someone told me the same thing when i went veggie!!): being vegetarian can be very healthy - but it can also be the complete opposite. I was vegetarian for 15 years - many of those unhealthy, simply because i didn't plan well. Too me, vegetarianism is equal to good planning. Make sure you get enough protein (and all dairy is not a good substitute), omega 3s, B12 and iron. These are common deficincies. Add ground flax seeds to cooked food for omega 3, spinach and  other leafy green for iron and B12... it took me a while to figure out that pasta and cheese is not the way to go, if you know this already - sorry for the repeat!!

as for recipes, meat can be added easily to most:

veggie black bean chilli, chick pea salad (chickpeas, onion, tomato, parsley, oil and balsamic, let sit for 2 hours), moujadara (lebanese dish made with lentils and rice, eat with cucumber/mint/yoghurt), lentil soup, veggie stir fry with egg white &/or tofu/tempeh/seitan and a side of soba noodles, burritos, tacos with soy meat, thai curry- you add tofu, he adds meat/fish, omelets with side salad. there's plenty more!

good luck & feel free to message if you need more ideas!

i don't know if this is entirely on topic, but - I decided to weigh peanut butter today (slightly obsessed with the new scale, i know) AND to my shock (and major disappointment) what I thought was 1 tbsp, was actually 2!! talk about scary! that's almost an extra 200 calories if you're eating what you thought were 2 tbsp but are actually 4! (like i was...)

so i decided to measure out the PB for the day and/or not eat it as often as i was. :-)

hehehe! m/w/f is monday -wednesday- friday and capoeira (a brazilian martial arts/dance) on tuesday and thursday. silly abbreviations!

alcohol is definitely the hardest part to cut back on, though for me it's also my biggest crutch other than dessert!

Is there a reason why you're trying to lose weight so quickly? From what I've understood, a healthy rate to lose weight is at about 0.5 kg a week - much more than that you'd be losing muscle and water and not fat... I know that 0.5 kg a week seems like FOREVER to wait (16kg=32 weeks...) but here's how i look at it: We're young. This is the point where I want to regain control over both my health and my weight. so if it takes 4 months longer than beach season, it's OK, because if i can stick it through these months, there will be plenty of summers left with sexy bikinis :-)  (and trust me, i tell myself this every morning when i look in the mirror and don't find myself at my ideal weight!)

WOW! those are great tips! thanks! i had no idea you could track your burned calories from the activity log!! very cool!

Tracking sodium (and sugar for me....) is a great idea too!

thanks sybil! maybe i'll start doing that too :-) ! i think i'm in need of the same 'reality check'. lol!