Posts by chocorific

You could try changing up your exercise too-try checking out classes at your local community centre or church: karate, yoga, pilates, dance or whatever catches your eye. If you have a bicycle, you could take it out for a spin one day instead of the regular cardio set.

Anything that gets your body moving in a different way from your regular cardio might be enough to surprise your muscles into a little extra fat burning.

Overeating anything, even veggies and healthier fare, will cause weight gain if it's a sustained habit. The thing is, that it's really hard to do it-veggies are bulky in the stomach and make you feel very full for very few calories. You'd have to eat a gut-splitting amount of vegetables to reach the calorie levels that would make you gain.

You would probably also turn orange or something, which has apparently happened to people who ate too many carrots.

Thrift stores are a goldmine of gently used clothing that will get you through to the next size without a huge dent in the budget. I've been shopping at Valu Village for years, and have made some fantastic finds.

Congrats on the 14.5lbs loss-great work!

Lemon water is delicious! I won't even drink my water any other way now.

My bloating is caused by too much dairy and wheat, so I just keep an eye on my intake.

It doesn't really matter what time you weigh, so long as you're consistent about weighing at that time.

The only time I really wouldn't suggest is right after Thanksgiving dinner.

Perhaps to avoid another blammo caloriefest in the future, you should be kind to yourself.

Let's face it. Those high calorie wonders aren't going to go away just because we've decided not to eat them every day any more. Make a place for small amounts of your favourite treats in your daily meal plans-a treat day, or what have you. We all need to learn how to accept and incorporate all loved foods into our diets. I can't imagine never having a cheeseburger again, and don't see why I should have to.

Eating healthy isn't something to do for a while until we reach some magic number on a scale that will make all our problems disappear. It's just a part of finding the balance in our lives that make NOW the best we can.

Chin up! Tomorrow's another day.

phyllisjd-they were all pretty dusty when I finally found them.

Maybe I should pin my willpower to the fridge so I don't misplace it again...hehehe.

Shake it off. Tomorrow's another day.

Many people forget that fast food doesn't disappear just because we decide to go on a diet. You, like the rest of us, need to find a way to fit the occasional blammo calorie foods into our lifestyle.

It sounds really trite, but it wasn't until I focussed on achiecing good health that I had any success.

That being said, I'm back to CC after gaining back 18 pounds. My focus was all wrong-I got caught up in the calories and pounds. Took me a long time to get my head back in the right place. Now my focus is on the health aspects of diet and exercise. I'm looking at the weight loss as more of a side effect.

Again, this has all been said before. Focus on quality of life, and don't let counting get you down. Good health, regardless of weight, is what's truly attractive.

Simply put, what good is it to lose those 10 pounds if you're unhappy and regimented?

I agree. Unless you've been eating slabs of lard, there is no way you could have gained that much weight in only 4 days. It's very likely the combination of scale variation, salt intake and quite possibly some bloating from eating unfamiliar food. The other possibility is that you could be constipated. You didn't mention if you've been ... um ...regular.

Like everyone else, I'm sure you'll find that once you're home and back in your own routine, those pounds will disappear quite quickly.

Last week at karate class, I hit the hand targets hard enough to make the sempai holding them say 'ouch!'. Me = strong. lol

It's nice to know that all accomplishments aren't about the weight on the scale.

Definitely nuts. Almonds, pistachios, peanuts-anything you can put in a baggy for him to eat by the handfull to snack. Trail mix is good-has dried fruit too. High in fat, but mostly the good kind of fat.

I was a binge eater/bulimic. Mentally, I guess I still am, but I can control myself now.

What made me get help to take my life back is the Easter my daughter was 3, and I ate ALL her Easter candy. Then purged. Then I sat in the bathroom crying because I had just stolen my child's candy. Then SHE started crying because Mommy was sitting on the floor crying and she didn't know why. Then my son started to cry, because he was a baby, and babies cry....whenever.

I called the doctor that day. And then went to Wal-Mart and bought her Easter treats that weren't candy.

My daughter is 8 now, and I am so thankful she doesn't remember any of it.

Health should always be the ultimate goal, rather than a quick loss on the scale.

I wouldn't get worked up about counting if it's really not your thing, maybe just give yourself a general idea of what you're putting in your mouth.

Really, the main thing is to cut out as much processed foods and refined sugars as you can from your diet. Most of the weight I've lost just dropped off when I cut out the unnecessary sugar.