Posts by bibsey

Thanks Emily, I read the Web MD and just the possibility of loss of bone density is enough for me.  That is all too a prominent condition with people my age and I think I will skip the extra vinegar!  I do use balsamic vinegar for salad dressing and will continue.

Bravo for honesty!  Sometimes we fool ourselves that there is some exotic reason we don't lose weight, and once in a while there is!  But for most of us...........WE JUST EAT TOO MUCH.  Nice to hear an upfront comment about eating!

Original Post by baboo4:

Having hot water with a slice of lemon in the morning before breakfast keeps my BM's regular and it is supposed to help keep your skin clear. I find that it helps with the digestion of my breakfast afterwards too as I'm prone to stomach aches after breakfast if I skip the tea. 

Having a pint of water/cup of tea in the morning is also great to rehydrate your body after sleeping. 

 This all sounds good to me, but it is not melting fat!

Thanks Jane, but I think I will stay away from those chips..............on the other hand there is the package of vinegar and salt chips that I really like!  The salt would probably really fix me up!

CC recommends 1200 cals for me also.  I started out at 1500 and as I have lost weight it has come down.   I have a whole grain cereal for breakfast, usually 1/3 cup oatmeal (before cooking!) 1 tbsp walnuts, 1 tbsp raisins, 1 tblsp wheatgerm.  That really seems to last.  Snack is 2 whole wheat ritz with 1 tsp peanut butter, lunch bowl of vegetable soup or half sandwich, snack 1/3 cup shredded wheat with 1/3 cup no fat milk, dinner flounder filet, broccoli, tossed salad with balsamic vinegar dressing.  I usually have a 50 calorie desert at lunch and dinner. I have whole wheat pasta with marinara sauce, grilled chicken, a 3oz steak, it goes on and on. I don't eat after dinner.  I can't tell you I am never hungry but I can tell you that I am beginning to feel very full after eating a cup of soup, and a whole sandwich is beginning to feel like too much.  Sit down and figure your food out so that you know what is coming and eat what you plan, it doesn't work to starve. I have lost 29 pounds since the end of August and have about 13 to go to finally not be overweight, not perfect but not overweight. 

The bottome line of this rant is it is doable and you will get used to it if you give it a try.  Stick in there, it is worth it. 

Good luck!

Get on those scales once a day if you want.............but stay away from them the rest of the day and night!  It just messes up your mind and is really not significant to the overall picture.  I have finally overcome the scale addiction but still weigh every morning, same time, same place.

Finally a real compensation for age!  I have lived a healthy, happy life and physically the only problems I have had were 2 cataracts (wonderfully taken care of by easy surgery) and a weight problem that cropped up during the last 20 years (being taken care of by counting calories  successfully).  So upon reaching this esteemed age, I will choose to eat anything I like, counting those calories but not passing up anything I want.  And honestly wish I had reached this conclusion 20 years ago.  I believe it is mostly how much you eat that makes most of us fat. 

 By the way be leery of those "mouse tests".  They said the same thing about saccharin, then fessed up that they gave them many times the usual amount.  Not exactly a fair test of a product.  Water can be toxic if you drink too much at one time.

Original Post by madamq:

I agree - self image is personal.

Whenever I am down on myself for how I am I try to remind myself that my current weight is someone elses goal weight.  My "unhealthy" me is someone elses best ever.

 Well said! and sometimes that other person is listening and we should be sensitive to them. 

I always am intrigued by how we see ourselves!  I occasionally see someone and think "am I fatter than she is, not as fat as she is?".  I have lost  29 lbs. in the laslt 5 months and would you believe only two friends have noticed.  One to say "don't lose too much it makes you wrinkled at our age".  The other was complimentary but it makes me wonder!  I weighed 182  and now weigh 153 at 5'3" so I am still "overweight" according to the pros.  But having said that I feel good and like the way I look...........especially compared to the way I did look!

Self-image is such a personal thing.  I sometimes think I see myself at one end of the spectrum or the other and that I am really somewhere in between!

Not to get to psychological with this but I sometimes think when I ask questions like that I already know the answer.  Putting someone else in the position to answer seems to take some of the responsibility away from me. 

 I have finally accepted the fact that my weight gain and loss has nothing to do with anyone else except me.  I am losing the weight for me and my health.  Being in control is a great thing! 

I am at that lovely stage of liking my baggy jeans! 

Don't be depressed.........get moving and get rid of the part of you that is holding you back!