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| New Members | Just starting out | Nov 01 2011 16:50 (UTC) |
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I've had the same problem. When you focus all attention on what you eat, then you tend to stay hungry all day long. I've dieted many times and have lost some weight with it, but nothing that didn't eventually come back on. I don't want to diet my entire life and count calories and stay hungry until they slammed the casket shut. I'm recently back here for about the 4th time and have decided that this time, I am not going to count calories or come up with an intense exercise routine that isn't realistic. This time I'm going to go slow and concentrate on making lifestyle changes - cutting out the bad foods and adding in better choices - one change at a time. I'd much rather watch numbers go up than worry about the numbers on the scale going down anyway. The scale can only go down so far, but those numbers going up have no limit!! The numbers going up, I can fully control, too - 21 days fast food free, 22 days fast food free, 23 days, etc. I figure eventually the weight loss will kick in and the weight will come off. I already sleep better and have more energy and just having the extra energy to do little things - like catch up on all the chores that I've been putting off because I was too tired - will burn some calories! |
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| New Members | hi | Nov 01 2011 16:42 (UTC) |
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Welcome back! I gained all of my weight after having a baby, too. But, my baby is 11 years old and the weight is still on thanks to a new-found thyroid issue (actually, I think pregnancy kicked the thyroid issue into over drive and it took until last year to figure it out.) Anyway, I'm 5'-8" and hover around 200. I crossed over 200 last month for the first time ever and that started me back trying to take the weight off. This time I'm trying to go about things differently and switch good habits for bad habits rather than to simply count calories - hoping this will make any weight loss a permanent loss. Diabetes also runs in my family and I've seen how devastating it can be. I don't want to be in a wheel chair in my 60's. I want to be travel!! So, that has been another incentive to change habits rather than to just count calories. |
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| Weight Loss | Cheat Day | May 21 2011 18:10 (UTC) |
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Frozen smoothies are the best treat for when you want something sweet. I put in a pack (the single serve packs, not the little tub packs) of orange Crystal Lite with a banana and some frozen pineapple. Blend away until it's smoothe. YUUUUMMMMMM. |
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| Weight Loss | Cheat Day | May 21 2011 18:07 (UTC) |
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I don't have planned cheat days, but they sometimes happen and when they do, I don't fret over it. It's not the day to day that matters, but the long term. I don't think it's a good idea to reward yourself with food or allowing yourself to cheat (which is essentially rewarding yourself with food), so I try to come up with other rewards. It may be something as simple as a magazine and a long hot bath for meeting that weeks goal or as elaborate as a weekend at a B&B or a new outfit for achieving a milestone. If you want a snack size candy bar, then have a snack size candy bar, but count it in with your daily calorie count. Don't disregard those calories and call it a cheat day. |
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| Motivation | How about a group for women in their 40's | Sep 06 2010 03:36 (UTC) |
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Can I join? Just turned 40 last week. Back here for the 3rd time. I do well for about 20 pounds and then get sidetracked by life in general and gain it back. Currently at around 195, 5'7". Goal weight is 150 and I hope to be there by the time swimsuit weather gets here next year. |
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| Games & Challenges | Biggest Loser Part 11 - Winners/Final Results Posted! | Jul 02 2009 16:13 (UTC) |
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| Games & Challenges | Biggest Loser Part 11 - Winners/Final Results Posted! | Jun 25 2009 18:14 (UTC) |
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| Games & Challenges | Biggest Loser Part 11 - Winners/Final Results Posted! | Jun 18 2009 16:38 (UTC) |
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| Games & Challenges | Biggest Loser Part 11 - Winners/Final Results Posted! | Jun 04 2009 14:32 (UTC) |
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| Games & Challenges | **May Weight Loss Challenge**Sign Ups Always Welcome | Jun 01 2009 13:46 (UTC) |
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| Foods | McDonalds 'Seared chicken mini snack wrap' | Jun 01 2009 13:41 (UTC) |
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The McD's here will allow you to order just a plain piece of grilled chicken for $1 (provided you actually order something else - you can't just go in and order the grilled chicken). Anyway, I usually get two side salads from the $1 menu and a piece of chicken for lunch if I go there. They give you two packs of dressing since you are ordering two salads, but I always take one pack home for when I have salad at home. Decent lunch, and it's only $3. |
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| Games & Challenges | BLC 11 - GREEN Team Meeting Place! | May 29 2009 05:03 (UTC) |
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183.2 AGAIN this morning. LOL! I think I'm gonna be up a bit in the morning, though. I can feel it - le brassiere is a bit tight. I'll never see highschool weight again, but that is a good thing. I probably weighed 90-95 pounds around graduation. I weighed a "whopping" 99 pounds when I got married at age 20. Most I had ever weighed in my life. Ex-husband bought me lingerie for our honeymoon and bought a size large. |
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| Games & Challenges | BLC 11 - GREEN Team Meeting Place! | May 27 2009 15:47 (UTC) |
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I looked back at my chart on here, and I have been at 183.2 since May 15. Not a single variance from it. Not 183.3, not 183.1. 183.2 EXACTLY since May 15. After about 4-5 days of that, I thought the scale was going bad or the batteries needed replaced. So, weighed with clothes on and with holding a bottle of laundry detergent (ok, it was handy at the moment) and came up with different numbers than 183.2. So, it's not stuck. It's me that's stuck. LOL! Oh well, this is my week to 'retain water' so staying 183.2 is a good thing, I guess. Here's hoping for a nice weightloss next week. |
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| Games & Challenges | Biggest Loser Part 11 - Winners/Final Results Posted! | May 27 2009 15:43 (UTC) |
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Team: Green I looked back at my chart on here, and I have been at 183.2 since May 15. Not a single variance from it. Not 183.3, not 183.1. 183.2 EXACTLY since May 15. After about 4-5 days of that, I thought the scale was going bad or the batteries needed replaced. So, weighed with clothes on and with holding a bottle of laundry detergent (ok, it was handy at the moment) and came up with different numbers than 183.2. So, it's not stuck. It's me that's stuck. LOL! Oh well, this is my week to 'retain water' so staying 183.2 is a good thing, I guess. Here's hoping for a nice weightloss next week. |
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| Games & Challenges | BLC 11 - GREEN Team Meeting Place! | May 20 2009 20:55 (UTC) |
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I'm going to tank up on water this week and see if that helps. My weight loss this weeks seems to have stalled. I've been at 183.2 for probably 5 days now, but I got dehydrated over the weekend being outside and I don't think I've rehydrated yet. Hopefully that will kickstart things again. Despite my sucky weigh-in for this week, it looks like the green team is going to lead this week as well. |
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| Games & Challenges | Biggest Loser Part 11 - Winners/Final Results Posted! | May 20 2009 20:51 (UTC) |
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| Games & Challenges | BLC 11 - GREEN Team Meeting Place! | May 18 2009 21:36 (UTC) |
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Original Post by sarahc09: Oh, that is SOOOOOOOO going on my white board as the quote of the week for this week. As a matter of fact, I may write it with a Sharpie. I'll have a loss this week, but it won't be a big one. Really surprised, too, as I didn't go eat at my mom's house this weekend (that's when I get in trouble). So, we'll see. I won't have more than a 1lb weight loss, though. As of yesterday, I was only down 0.6 from the Sunday before. But, I guess that's better than up. |
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| Games & Challenges | **May Weight Loss Challenge**Sign Ups Always Welcome | May 18 2009 01:55 (UTC) |
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| Games & Challenges | BLC 11 - GREEN Team Meeting Place! | May 15 2009 19:20 (UTC) |
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I love spreadsheets, too. I even use Excel for things that are probably better done in other software programs. LOL! YAY GREEN TEAM! |
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| Games & Challenges | BLC 11 - GREEN Team Meeting Place! | May 14 2009 18:07 (UTC) |
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Original Post by bhmoore: I have a plastic cup that holds, I don't know.........probably close to a 1 liter of water. I sell on ebay and have a scale that measures to the 1/10th ounce. I actually weighed it full of water one day (used the tare button to reset it so was weighing just water, not water and cup), and it was just a little over 2 pounds. So, now when I step on the scale, I know that up to 2 pounds can just be from drinking water late in the day. That helps me not freak out over a 2 pound gain. I think a gallon weighs a little over 8 pounds. A friend of mine works construction, and it's not unusual for him to lose 10-12 pounds during the day just from working in the heat. Water weighs a lot more than people think. |
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Did I mention he was now an EX-husband?
Lots of other teams are posting gains or staying steady. 
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