300+ Countdown to Jan 1, 2009 !

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      We share a long journey.
      January 1, 2009 is coming ... IS HERE ! 
      What progress we'll make ... WE'VE MADE !
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~ THE 2008 300+ COUNTDOWN CLUB ~
      Counting down to JAN 1, 2009!
 1. Post your 1st of month weigh in.
 2. Check your updated number below.
 3. Let me know of any corrections.

.......................... GROUP WEIGHT LOSS ..........................
SW: 320.0   JAN 1st 2009 185.0     Lost  135.0  bigbrett22
SW: 340.0   JAN 1st 2009 173.0     Lost  167.0  danielle_20077
SW: 343.0   JAN 1st 2009 275.0     Lost    68.0  denise07
SW: 326.0   JAN 1st 2009 280.0     Lost    38.0  freethrowtommy 
SW: 354.0   JAN 1st 2009 328.0     Lost    26.0  humorpam
SW: 329.0   JAN 1st 2009 295.0     Lost    34.0  korali
SW: 329.0   JAN 1st 2009 221.0     Lost  108.0  laurabow
SW: 370.0   JAN 1st 2009 286.0     Lost    84.0  mnic
SW: 442.2   JAN 1st 2009 392.0     Lost    50.2  mwiowa
SW: 325.0   JAN 1st 2009 267.0     Lost    58.0  punkrockriot
SW: 315.0   JAN 1st 2009 226.0     Lost  100.0  renaer14
SW: 317.0   JAN 1st 2009 311.0     Lost      6.0  shnitzel (tracy)
SW: 465.0   JAN 1st 2009 220.8     Lost  244.0  sun123
SW: 385.0   JAN 1st 2009 336.8     Lost    52.0  sunnyone24
SW: 305.0   JAN 1st 2009 234.5     Lost    70.5  Tina_4792
SW: 367.0   JAN 1st 2009 299.0     Lost    69.4  topeze
SW: 576.0   JAN 1st 2009 447.0     Lost  129.0  velvetkiss 
SW: 325.0   JAN 1st 2009 255.0     Lost    70.0  watchmeshine82
SW: 355.0   JAN 1st 2009 287.0     Lost    68.0  wobbley
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Way to go K !!! well done.

Sun, How did you find the stamina to keep going over serval weeks? I am already feeling down after one week!

Not sure I know about boot camp or south beach 2 weeks, being in the UK can you fill me in? Or point me where I can find more info please?

all the best, W.

Original Post by wobbly:

Sun, How did you find the stamina to keep going over serval weeks? I am already feeling down after one week!

 For starters, I didnt know it would be several weeks and dont get me wrong, I was disgruntled because I wasnt 'doing' anything to cause it. 

One thing was to not focus on it - hard because Ive been so focused on my weightloss and had been steadily losing like you mention of yourself.  I just recognized it as a short-term in commparison to my entire loss and that it would in time start up again, but I had my complaints during it .

Also, I looked at the big picture, specifically how I was losing prior and would be losing again so this was just a period my body was going thru in between.  Didnt mean I had to like it but it was what it was.

Another thing was to try different things to see if anything helped because that can vary by person.  Mostly though I just held strong knowing it would pass and I didnt have to be happy about it LOL but there wasnt an alternative but to go thu it as it was the passage from my prior losses to again losing. 

SB phase1 is just one option to try and I only call it bootcamp because its so strict (which is why its only intended for the 1st two weeks).  HERE is a link to a SB thread I started and post repliess 1-4 address phase1.  Its very low carb FYI. 

The sucky thing about a plateau is you dont know when it will end but your body cant fight indefinitely so its a matter of hanging through it, doing what you can to see if you can affect it and knowing the losses will resume.  Griping can help LOL!

Congrats on your loss Korali!  I had serious flucuations since last weigh in but this morn had a loss so no complaints.  Also my single, double block walks this week ended up being all doubles instead so putting just single block behind me.  New plan is all double blocks but working on improving time (gradually). Eventually would like to extend distance too.  Just happy to be exercising again. Im such a creature of habit.  Getting started was the issue but now Im compelled to do it. 

I dont do recipes - too lazy, but made a mock egg drop soup that was great.  Just canned chicken broth (didnt have cornstarch which wouldve helped), drizzled in a scrambled egg while stirring it and a few drops of soy sauce.  Funny how the warmth can be filling too.

Was suspicious about yesterday's 255.2.  It was low for the week and later I saw a 255.8 and 256 but this morning 255.0 so thinking Im off to drop lower by next Thursday.

Saw a friend I'd not seen since the diet started last year.  She was so complimentary, it was almost embaressing.  The cool thing is when she said how happy she was for me - I knew it wasnt about looking better but my health and how I obviously am not immobile anymore.  Her mom's across the street and she used to live there but after moving would occasionally stop by knowing I couldnt really go anywhere without it being a hassle.  It was so cool knowing I didnt have the weight handicap so the idea of us doing something together in the future wouldnt be an issue.  

sun- I can so relate to the weight handicap, in a bit of a different way. I love fairs, carnivals and places like six flags, but was and still am horrified to go with friends in the fear of being to fat to fit on a ride that everyone wants to go on. I avoid those things right now saying I have plans, am broke, have school, need to do some work, etc. One of my life goals is to go to all types of fairs, carnivals and places like six flags and ride EVERYTHING. I do hope to make next yr my goal fulfilling year:) I'm so happy for you and your loss. You really are incredible.

I vote no change to the name I agree that I would not of had interest in this forum if I did not realize it was a 300+ room up front. I really feel it's important to express that this is a 300+ room for those that feel lost on here with so many people only needing to lose a small amount of weight or dealing with anorexia.

Ok, so I have been starving the last 10 days. I had a free day last Thursday and than ended up having a free weekend that lasted till about Wednesday. I have decided to up my calories. For one so I don't binge and two so I'm not so hungry. I think my calories have just been to low. I have actually been feeling like I am starving no particular cravings of any sorts, just been making whatever I have to throw together at the house, but just simply starving...I gained 5lbs., but as of this morning am back down 2lbs. Very happy to see that, but have been worried about my weight steadily climbing if I can't re-evaluate whats going on. I do feel a bit more active than I used to be so I know that I am burning more calories which in turn means I need more fuel, so time to up the calories I think.

Thanks for your continued support and encouragement. You guys are great!!

Good Luck Everyone!!

-Ang

Just to clarify Ang, I'll start a new 300+ thread for Jan 2009-2010 and definitely have the 300+ in the subject line to flag down any of our peers who are at or come from such a weight.  The namechange would only be for the this which will then be the old thread.  Also it will keep the two threads from looking similar. 

I also will end the thread with a link to the new one plus use the 'email notivication' option so I'll know if anyone missed the new link and direct them to our new yearly thread.  Definitely though keeping 300+ in the new thread subject so those like us know we're here.

Thinking you are correct on your calories too.  Definitely smart to warn off potential binges and feed your more active body.  I had the best time in Vegas this summer and never couldve kept up without the weightloss so thinking youve got a great summer lined up next year as your progress mounts up :D!

Ang, I'm so there with you.  Hubby, daughter, MIL, and I are doing an early bday present for my daughter to the closest (4 hr drive!) amusement park.  We leave tomorrow, but I am nervous about fitting the rides.  We're all large enough adults, but built differently.  I have more weight everywhere, theirs is more distributed in the middle. But, yes, a little scared.  Some I'm sure I won't try, but some I should be alright with.  I hope. 

Actually, once I finally get under my 300 mark, my next goal was to weigh less than hubby.  But he lost weight too.  So, I have to decide if I should do a bigger 35 lb loss (my halfway mark and over 100lb loss) or in between.  But, I can't wait to weigh less than hubby.  Hehe...since he lost weight, I can hug him better too, with my hands together.  Not there yet, but I will be!

And these are reasons that these threads for us extra large people are needed.  Discussing that with people who HAVE to lose 20lbs is just scary to me.  I don't relate and am waiting to be judged.  To a point, even if they don't say it out loud.  How sad is that?

Have a great weekend all!

Ya i cant relate to * OMG IM SO FAT.. I ate 1 tbsp of PB today !!!* ... and i need to lose 20lbs **

Even ppl who are like 200lbs .. I think geeze what i wouldnt give to wake up tomorrow and only be 200lbs.

Im so glad this group is here, ppl who actually know what its like to carry around so much weight, and how society looks at us, etc etc.

Im having a good week, but tonight I blew it at dinner, we went to all you can eat stirfry, I did well, only 1.5 plates ( i would have had 3 last year) and it was mostly veggies, but i still feel bad.

Does anyone feel this way ?

Sometimes i wish i could go back to be unaware, like i wish i didnt know how many calories are in stuff, like we went to chapters today, which has a starbucks. and i got a coffee ( small) with sugar free hazel nut syrup, and fat free milk. So a total of way less than 100cal, where as my man got one of those frapucchinnos( sp) and I got the booklet they have there with the calories .. holy crap ... 500cals in his drink. He couldnt beleive it, I on the other hand  thought that was about right.  I wish sometimes that i could just shut off that part of my brain that knows how high in cals stuff is .. but i cant .. i cant shut it off, which leads to guilt later if i do over indulge a bit... I guess it keeps me in check, I could have easily topped off my plate today with nothing but meat and noodles, but i couldnt, my little voice was saying, get lots of veggies on that plate, make sure you get sauce on the side etc etc. Its frustrating sometimes.

Sorry to rant... its just something that is on my mind, maybe someone else feels the same, maybe someone else has that horrible guilt after you have enjoyed your self etc .

~K

Korali you are right. It sometimes feels like a curse knowing ow many calories are in food.

I personally have a big problem..... Once I consume something with too many calories, I don't bother counting calories the rest of the day. I end up consuming too much.

Does anyone else have this problem?

I save cals up for the end of the day so I can have junk.  Although, I tend to hit 5 pm with only 40% of my cals done.  Then I eat a bigger dinner and whatever snacks.

I do feel guilty sometimes, but not too much so.  Once in, that's that!  But, I do find foods that I like now because I've retrained myself.  Like, yes, I do think that carrots are sweet.  Weird, never realized this before.  And I know how foods effect me and my system much more and feel bad when I don't get enough fiber or protein in for the day.  That's my guilt.  Unless it's a cheat day.

And Korali, omg, yes, I want to just wake up at 200!  I have another group I'm in on here trying to lose over 100 lbs.  Well, the ones that are already in the 100s (even 185) just seems like, huh?  You're in here?  Even though I knew some of them when they were over 200 lbs.  I think the mindset is there.  But I also know that enough of us have always been heavy.  I totally relate more to our crowd or people who were always chubby. 

I so agree with this group being a support because everyone understand about having so much weight to lose.  It is hard in other threads because people dont seem to understand when they have less to lose or have never been so heavy they have had it affect there life in a negative way. 

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Liza, interesting about the carrots being sweet - I was surprised to see carrots not listed on southbeach phase1 although NOT an issue (not a carrot eater).

Interesting to me that if someone were my weight and it were their highest how horrible it would likely seem to them as it probably was to me when I was here but on my way up the scale. At this weight on the way down, I feel amazing and confident.  You know youre still 100 lbs overweight?  So? LOL  Plus I was feeling that way soon after I was heading out of the 400s - I think its the "out of control" being over.  Its not ego, just a comfort level in myself that I didnt have back when I was lighter than I am now but steadily getting heavier.

There is life experience we just know that you dont if you havent been here. Im not saying we are all the same or with identical experiences but there are shared circumstances that certain levels of weigh bring with them.  If you havent been in our shoes, these are things you wouldnt even think of and of the things you might figure out, you still dont know all the ways that can affect our lives.  Thats why Im SO happy for everyone here - not only for health (important) but quality of life period.

I so agree with you all, Sun, Liza and Korali, for the first time in any diet I feel as though I belong here.

We all know what it is like and share the same pains. Oh, to be 200, even 290!! I agree its feeling in control that has given me a much better life now I am on the way down.

I am so looking forward to being able to go out for a meal and NOT to have to check the chairs first or avoid the booths because they may not take my weight or I may not be able to fit in space in a booth.

Also to be able to have a bath, in the UK our baths are much narrower than in the USA, and I cant fit in one (yet), thank God for showers.

Even going to the cinema, theatre or a show, the seats are never wide enough and having squeezed myself in, I then get stuck when I try to get up.

I am flying to the US in November and despartely hoping to lose enough to be able to sit in an aeroplane seat in some comfort, our planes have fixed arms and they always dig into my thights and I cant use the in-flight headphones as the jack plug wont fit in the socket.

Anyone else have similar experiences? All reasons to keep us focused on our goals. Its true, the saying a moment on the lips is a lifetime on the hips!

I need to keep all these things in the front of my mind in case I'm tempted to binge.

In one way, I am not looking forward to my US visit as I will be in a strange supermarket and not be able to buy my regular 'diet' foods.

Also Christmas is looming fast and I so do not want to fail and fall back too far.

Anyone got any tips on how to cope with all this 'special food' when its all around us?

Have a good week everyone.

Wobbly

Checking restaurant seating - ALWAYS was an issue, finally not a concern.  No baths but showering so quickly because I couldnt stand long enough for regular shower time.  Movie theaters were out of the question due to seating and having to request the doctor receptionist have me wait in a room because I couldnt fit in the armed waiting room chairs.  It was uncommon to find a situation that my obesity didnt effect.

This summer Wobbley I went on three roundtrip flights.  With most my weight below waist, I still had seating issues.  I went for window seating in order to use the window wall of the plane to prop much of butt to keep it from the other passengers seat.  On one flight, I was seated and a stewardess graciously said I would be required to either not occupy any of the seat next to me or pay for that seat. Fair enough and I managed to but thought far as Ive come, its the one issue still dealing with until a lower weight is reached.

As far as the holidays, one idea is to get out your calendar and list weekly estimated weigh-ins during and past the holidays. In this way, going off your diet doesnt just postpone or add to your weightloss but puts you off schedule and sets you back in a way you can see.  Plus it keeps your focus on where you need to be.

Also regarding those foods, stay full on your allowed food.  Think of how in non diet times you might see something tempting you might have wished you werent so full that you couldve enjoyed it.  I have headed to holiday meals where Ive eaten right before leaving so that I would be full and simply pick at acceptable foods.  Taking hunger off the plate has been the most helpful way to counteract the appeal of special foods. 

Another thing is focus - specifically things like what would next like to fit in can keep us conscious of things lost time and setbacks keep us from. 

Thanks for that oh wise one, I knew I could rely on sound advise from someone who has been there.

kind regards, Wobbly

Just wanted to know if you are following Jason Hunter's carb rotation plan?

Original Post by tubzuks:

Just wanted to know if you are following Jason Hunter's carb rotation plan?

 

I have not heard of this is it new? What is it, what are thye benfits and do you follow it? 

Makeup party tonight and my friend hosting it is cooking up a storm.  She also is my friend who is my diet 'coach' so knowing she'll be supporting good behavior from me.  Will be taking my own holiday advice and grab dinner right before departing.

Sun, I know what you mean, because how I look now with my weight, yeah, I can very much understand feeling bad about it.  But I think we know what it took to get down to this spot and are happy with it.  Well, happy enough.  I'm not satisfied where I am right now, but then again, I hope I'm not satisfied until I'm in the weight I should be.  Happy with my changes and loss, absolutely.

Wobbly, I too fit very tight in the seats, sometimes had bruises (although I do bruise easy enough) on my hips from making sure my butt was going to fit in the seat alright.  The last time I was on a plane was right before I started all this, so I'm hoping that my flight in December will be a lot more comfortable than my last one.  I never use the in flight headphones, either.  And I hate the seatbelt extender!  I can't wait until I don't need to ask for that anymore.

Last week, I had eaten really well, not over my cals, and exercised more than I had before that.  I was only down 0.6 lbs and got incredibly frustrated with that.  Felt like my body was rebelling against me and hoping that it wasn't a plateau.  Who knows.  If I weren't so close to being out of the 300s, I think I would not have let it bother me as much.  But, I'm back from my mini vacation to the amusement park.  We had fun...I was good Sat morning and alright later that day (limited food choices at parks!).  And Sunday was horrible, but my cheat day.  Wound up finding lice in my daughter's head again (time #3 in 3 months!!!) which meant that we treated it at hotel and were up really late getting all the eggs out.  So, completely threw off what we were doing Sunday and then Monday, including eating out again for lunch.  I'm back on track today, but know that this weekend weigh in will not be great, since I ate way over maintainence one day, some over maintainence another day, and only a minimal deficit on Sat.  Damn these low 300s!!

Wow CONGRATS, Sun!  I had to comment, I'm sorry, but your avatar is love.  Spirited Away is like one of my top favorite movies.