Weight Control Support Group

Ghyslaine, I stopped by Curves this evening and the woman there was so friendly, she was wonderful. She said that the first one time payment is $79 and then monthly, it costs $29 which isnt bad at all...its different from a convential gym - they use resistance training and cardio and strength all at the same time and its 30 minutes, which is pretty good.I am thinking of joining it myself, instead of the YMCA, so then I dont have to worry about men there! LOL
I looked up their website - here it is:

Curves for Women

They have their weights in a circle and they go around like a round robin kind of thing and the people were so friendly.

Hope this helps Ghyslaine!

Kellye, I am seriously considering going and checking this out. It sounds great. I think the cost is reasonable...

Thank you so much for the info.

I'll let you know how it works out once I go visit. Not sure if it will be this week or nest but, it will be soon!

Hi all, I beleive I was involved in this way back in December/January, but I have lost my way in the past couple of months. I haven't read through all the posts...don't have enough time right now, and it's getting kinda late, so I want to go to bed soon. Anyways, I am going to try walking 1 1/2 miles everyday (it's a good marker where it ends and I can turn around), and lift weights...I have little 2 lb ones (I think, they could be 1 lb) and the 5 lb ones, my brother also has other sizes, so I can always adjust. I am trying to eat healthier (good thing I work at Subway!) so I get a couple of servings of vegetables a day at the least. Anyways, I will try to stay caught up on this, and hopefully I will lose some weight!

WOW, We should get this club back up on it's feet, I have spent well over 2 hours reading through this and thought how supportive people are, I used to be really really chubby when I was about 10 and now I'm 13 I have lots over 30 pounds , I feel better, I eat better and of course I drink LOADS of water I hope to see this club back in action, Count me in .. Sam

Sam has a good point. I could use the support as I try to lose weight, again. I just turned down an invitation from some co-workers. They were going out to eat, and I was afraid I'd end up eating unhealthy barfood. So I made a salad, and a slice of pizza.

Wow, I'm so glad you dug this up again! I too have lost my way in the last couple months, and I've noticed that I've started gaining weight again. Hubby started gaining too, so it looks like we'll try this again together, but it was really the support from here that gave me the biggest boost. Earl is a true Gemini, so he often has big dreams but doesn't follow through so I can't really "count" on him to support me. I know I can count on you guys!

Heidi, I know what your talking about being a true Gemini..I'm ones of those too!

I have totally given up the working out and getting fit thing. I really need to do it, but my motivation is lacking bigtime. I'm still drinking lots of water...probably just under a gallon a day. It's funny, lately everyone at work tells me that I'm just "wethering away". Yay right! I have lost a few pounds in the past month. Not sure how I did that though! I noticed when I went to the Doctor on Monday that their scale (it always reads higher than my home scales ), I was down a few pounds. I believe when I went in there back in November when I had pheumonia I weighed in at 207 and on Monday it was 197. So, I guess that's not too bad for doing nothing.

We all need to start encouraging each other again. It was doing us all so much good. Some how we all managed to "forget" about it!

Can I join you as well???

I just saw this thread, and I have not read it all, I´m not even sure what´s happening now, since I only read the first few posts...

But I was just thinking the other day, that I weigh the same now as exactly a year ago.
..wich should maybe not be so bad....except that exactly a years ago I was 9 months pregnant!!!
Righ after the birth I was back to the weight before the pregnancy, so I thought that after I got my strength back (I had to have C-section) then I would be in better shape than before the pregnancy...how wrong I was!
So now I really need to do something.
Well, I´m gonna read some more posts in this thread, and see whats happening. Is there something in particular that I should do or not do to join?

More the merrier Hon! There isn't anything special you have to do to join, we just try to encourage everyone in their weight loss journey. We share good days and bad days with each other!

Drinking lots of water is the first step...definitely check out the old posts about it.

Speaking of the water issue, How is everyone doing on the water intake?

That's the one thing I have kept up on is the water. I'm drinking probably a little more than a gallon a day.

We welcome everyone in this! We started out trying to do weekly goals, something to work on each week. Like Michelle said, the first goal was drinking lots of water (the general thing is a gallon a day if you are trying to lose weight), then we added a serving of fruits/veggies, stuff like that. I don't remember all of them. Mainly we're here for support, ideas, commiseration, and encouragement.

Super we are back on board , I have not drunk any water today , But I will make it up later , Does anyone know if it's good to drink alot of water in one go ?

Sam. I would space it out a bit if I were you.

Thanks , I'm trying

Sam,

I find that I'm not too thirsty during the day, and it's not always realistic for me to drink water all day long, b/c you can never get into the washroom to go, so often it's a good 3 hours later, and by that time, you're almost peeing your pants you gotta go so bad! I drink ice tea at work (our water is gross), and then on the way home I drink almost a litre of water (it's a 20 min drive), and then I'll drink more water throughout the rest of the nite/day. At first you gotta go to the bathroom so much, and especially at nite time you'll be getting up to go a lot! But it's just better to drink water rather not at all. I find it doesn't really matter when I drink water. I just don't like to drink it in the morning before I go to work, b/c it just sets it up so that I have to go to the bathroom lots! But that's just my opinion....do whatever you want. If you drink it all at once just be near a washroom lol. I don't see a problem with drinking it all at once or spaced out. Do whatever you can. You're body will adjust!

Thanks for your opinion! .. I tend to have a drink in the morning[water] about 2 ltre @ school, and heaps @ night and when I'm on the net!

.. Sam

Hey ladys, I bring a tall glass of water to bed w/me at night. That way in the morning I can gulp it down, well drink it down, but usuaaly glup because I already have to pee. I noticed that since I've been doing that the bags under my eyes aren't so dark and I just feel better throughout the day.


Any one doing the Aktin's diet?-------I lost 7lbs in 1 week and I ate ALOT!!--This is my second week and I already cheated last night w/ice cream:icecream: but today I'm back on the band wagon.

I didn't read through past post but if any one wants some for the Aktin's tips let me know.

Hello

I thought you might be interested to know that I got hypnotized this past Weds for weight loss. It was kind of bizarre/kind of interesting, but so far it seems to be working! I've been eating very healthily and drinking a ton of water.

He gave me a tape of the session that I have to listen to each day.

Here's hoping for the best!

How fasinating! What made you want to do that? If it worked, I'd try it!

Shell,

In the past, I have been able to lose weight once I got into the right mindset. Over the past 10 years I have lost 50, gained it back, lost 60, gained it back.

For some reason, lately, I just can't get into the 'mindset'.

A friend of mind smoked heavily and went to this Dr. and was hypnotized and hasn't smoked since, and that was a year ago. I thought it was worth a try, and might be a good way to get my 'mind' going so I could get on with losing weight.

Once I 'get on a roll' and get going I normally do very well.

Also, on one of those recent shows like 20/20 or 48 hours or something they compared 6 or so different methods for weight loss, and the person who was hypnotized did the best. I didn't see the show but someone told me about it.

I just bought the Atkins diet book, gonna read it and possibly try it, although I am a carb. addict, dont know if I can do it, but I may give it a try. Anyone else done this diet plan?