Weight Control Support Group

From Ady:

Don't forget all of you couples out their that sex is great exercise *wink, wink*

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Ady....I can't believe you said that!!:LOL: You sound soooooo much like my husband. Has he been talking to you??????

Daniela, What about the Quaker Spudz???? I really like the nacho one. I eat about 10 of them and put the bag away. I haven't checked online to see what the point value is.

Well.....I have joined WW online. For myself, I think it is the right decision. I am really ready for this life change. I have spent the past couple of weeks preparing my mind and now...I am working on both my mind and body.

I woke up early as I said I would and went to the gym. Was only able to walk for 15 minutes on the treadmill (still having difficulties catching my breath) but then I did some weights. Nothing too heavy. Just to tone the jiggly part under my arms.

In two weeks, I begin working with one of the trainers there. She will meet me every tuesday morning at 7:30am and we are going to work on different programs for me. This way....I have to go because she said she'd conme looking for em if I didn't!!! And, I am going to continue my Yoga. I just love it.

It's taking me a while but....I'm getting there.

Had a fruit smoothie for breakfast this morning. First time ever. It was sooooooo yummy! Made it with pineapple juice (unsweetened), one banana, a handful of frozen strawberries and some ice cubes. What a way to start the day!

Happy Tuesday...

I think it's okay to eat leftover halloween candy on Tuesday mornings! (wink)

If any of you have a trader joes store near by, they have a lot of GREAT stuff there.

I get~

Kashi TLC crackers (taste like wheat thins YUM)

chicken sausages that look like big italian sausages, they only have 90 calories and 3 grams of fat. on WW they are 2pts. A real deal

fat free black bean dip. Only 30 calories for 2 Tbsp and LOTS of fiber. another really good deal.

Heavens Bistros pizzas. a great low fat alternative.

TJ soy crisps or 'crack' as I affectionatly refer to them. They are a great alternative to chips. Satisfy that urge for 'crunch'

frozen stir fry kits for quick and low fat meals.

there are so many great things there. I urge anyone with one near by to check it out.

Ghys, I LOVE smoothies! I think the WW chocolate and vanilla ones are good. I add fruit to my vanilla ones and 1 Tbs peanut butter to the chocolate ones!

they now have 'garden variety' and 'southwestern' style eggbeaters so you don't even have to go to the trouble of adding your own veggies or seasonings!

I really wanted a chocolate snack today. Instead, I had pretzels and Swiss Miss diet hot chocolate--0 points, and a full serving of calcium. It fills my chocolate hunger, kind of.

Well, it's that time of the week again. Time to choose our "Thing to Work On", formerly known as "goal".

I have a couple of suggestions: smaller portions of a more balanced meal, healthy/low fat snacks, renew the water thing to really get up to 1 gallon. Any other suggestions?

I was sick yesterday, so I did real good on not eating much, but not so good on everything else. We said you get a "free" day if you're sick, right?

I thought you must be sick, Heidi. When you're sick you should get chicken noodle soup, breakfast in bed, and a rose on your tray. Well--it would be nice, anyway.....

Um, are we still doing this? I know we had a bit of a debate about whether to go all the way or not, but this has really helped me. Anyone else still in?

I'm still in. I haven't posted too much because I've been bad this week-PMS and bronchitis are not good for keeping the diet or adding exercise (I cough walking around the lab). I have been snacking on dried fruits and drinking lots of water (my cough syrup really dries me out). Smaller portions sound like a good "TTWO". I plan on making spaghetti (which will last for almost two weeks) so I'll concentrate on measuring the servings instead of just filling up my Tupperware.

Christy

I am in - for any of the suggestions. I just don't feel like eating now so I haven't posted - I try to post here when I am hungry to avoid eating. I nervous now because i have a test in an hour.

Whew! I was hoping that the few days without any other posts was just because everyone is busy or something.

Ady - you will do good on your test. We have faith in you! We're rooting for you!

Christy, we all have bad days, weeks, etc. Being sick will do that to you, and PMS, well we all understand that. I've had a real up and down week myself. I was sick (stomach flu) Wed. & yesterday, so I pretty much ate whatever I could handle. Exercise was out of the question, so I'm planning on doing more of that this weekend and next week. I can't believe how easy it is to do bad on the water. I was in bed sick all day on Wed. and drank maybe 6 glasses of water. Right now I'm working on getting the water back up to the same level as before.

Now that I'm unemployed, I find it a lot easier not to eat all the time. Not burning so much energy, plus I cook a lot more. For some reason, cooking seems to curb my appetite.

I'm still in too! It's just been a crazy week for me. I've been doing pretty good,...so far. But, I also ended up gaining a pound. It can get discouraging but, I won't let it. I'm becoming more active so I am going to say that it's my muscles waking up!!! I hope....

I have had a few slip ups but nothing major. I'm sticking with my fruit smoothie in the morning and it seems to set me off to a good start.

Ady...hope the test went well. Let us know.

Brenda.....you are a doll! I just received my package today with the WW info. I can't thank you enough for taking the time to do that for me.

Have a great week-end everyone. I am going away for a few days with a few people from the office so I won't be checking in until late sunday or monday.

Be good everyone! Drink, drink, drink (water that is)

Ghyslaine, Don't forget that the less weight you have to lose, the more slowly it comes off. You'll do it! You're just on a plateau.

Thanks Jeanie! It seems that everytime someone says something encouraging like that, it gives me an even stronger desire to succeed. You guys are all so great! And I hope that this thread is helping everyone as much as it is me. Even if I just need to vent, I now have so many 'ears' to vent into!

I'm not doing so good. It is so hard for me to try to do the points thing, because I only have the online points calculator, I think if I had one I could look at anytime, it would be easier...plus with still trying to breastfeed, I can't cut my calories back too much yet...and as far as exercising...I'm really bombing at that...I have very little time. I guess I should be doing that when I have a chance, instead of being on here.

I am going to do better, though....I promise!!!!!

Ghys, I know this thread is really helping me out!

Debby, you have to do what you can, when you can. I'm sure you already know this, but breastfeeding burns A LOT of calories! Since you can't cut calories, concentrate on making the food you do eat good for you. My best friend actually lost weight with all of her babies (3 of them) because she really concentrated on eating better to give them the nutrition they needed through her pregnancies and breastfeeding.

I met Earl's physical therapist this weekend at her open house. She said I can ask her any questions we may have here. I told her what we are doing here, and she said we are doing all the right things. The only thing that I didn't like about her was that she basically told me that you can't lose weight just by changing your life, but you need some kind of "booster", which of course she was selling a great product. I could tell she really believes in the product line, but she's really pushy with it and I thought it was bull that you just can't lose without this product. I just always remember (and I keep telling Earl this, too) that anytime someone stands to make money from recommending something you have to take it with a grain of salt.

Debbie, Heidi's right. With each pregnancy I gained 40 pounds and lost it immediately because I nursed the babies. The only time I had to deliberately try was when a medication interfered with nursing my fourth baby.
Just make sure that you are drinking a lot of fluids and a balanced diet of nourishing food, as Heidi said. The baby will probably steal the calories! At least mine did.

After reading some of the posts I thought I would add the following. Forget the numbers, and don't make your life dependant on what the scale says. A size 8 is only as good as what is happening on the inside of that person. Start listening to the health of your body!

Drink as much water as possible for YOUR body. Everyone is different, maybe some can only take 4 glasses while others will drink 12. Also, start drinking slowly. Try a half a glass at the top of every hour, then move up from there.

Instead of focussing on losing 20 pounds, why not change your lifestyle to include only the most nutritious foods. Look at the label of everything you buy. Stop purchasing anything processed, and that includes everything from microwave dinners to Doritos. If there are chemical names, put it back. Eat as natural and fresh as possible.

Next time your buying something pre-packaged, look at the ingredients. Usually, they are full of sugar, salt, and chemicals! Never mind that they usually contain some weird chemical that is 20 letters long! Also notice if you look at the nutritional analysis (especially on snack foods) they very rarely show the sodium percentage. The reason is, it's way too high!

Stay clear from anything made of white flour and sugar. The two best things you can buy for your kitchen are a breadmaker and a crockpot. This way you can make your own breads, pizza doughs, soups etc without chemicals etc. Canned soups are the worst for sodium content, MSG, and other chemicals.

If you focus on what you are actually letting into your body, this will have a large reaction to how you eat on a daily basis.My family has had severe medical problems since I was small. My father died of cancer, my mom almost died from a digestional disorder. I have read many medical journals and books on nutritian.

The best things you can do for yourself right now are totally to decrease your intake of white flour, sugar, sodium. Increase your daily cooking from natural products, increase your fiber and drink water! Also, throwing in some ground up flax seed will do wonders at the same time!

OK, sorry for the novel. I think I have given you a whole dollar, I'll stop now cause the exchange rate is just horrible on my end.

WhooHoo! Made it to the gym this morning! I have also set a goal for myself, tell me if this sounds reasonable? 10 lbs a month until I've lost 50 lbs? I want to get to a size 10 by April.

I have no idea what a good amount of weight in a certain amount of time should be.

Earl is going to a personal trainer - it's actually part of the therapy for a car accident, to help his back, but she said that all the extra weight he's carrying is hurting his back, so she's really concentrating on the weight loss instead of just the back. He's going 3 times a week for 6 months, 1 hour sessions. She said that she can almost guaranty him to go from 235 to 180 in that time, which is about 50 lbs in 6 months. So I think it is possible.