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For all the water wait gainers
... PINAPPLE juice... It is a natural water wt shedder and also a natural anti inflamatory
Oh, and I love pineapple, too!Originally Posted by sharky
For all the water wait gainers... PINAPPLE juice... It is a natural water wt shedder and also a natural anti inflamatory
Those are very good ides!Originally Posted by twstychik
When your eating healthy foods it's much easier to get full while still eating less calories. Try to "splurge" if you need to. It really isn't recomended to eat less than 1200 a day for anyone. So, instead of grapes and creamcheese (great choice btw) maybe go higher calorie with a slice of toast and peanut butter. Still relativly healthy but higher in calories.
For those that have hit a plateu switching up your exercise is a great tip but also switch up what and how much your eating. Ie: Day 1 eat mostly carbs (higher in calories) then progressivly eat less carbs and more lean protien/veggies as the days progress which will also lower your calorie intake. By changing like this your body can't establish a pattern which means it'll burn what your eating instead of storing it.
Ohh!!!Originally Posted by sharky
For all the water wait gainers... PINAPPLE juice... It is a natural water wt shedder and also a natural anti inflamatory
I hope that the pill helps you on your way and eating right and walking more will definatly make you feel better! Good luck!Originally Posted by Soka
My starting weight is 195lbs. I am only 5'1 and not meant to be so heavy. Two doctors have told me I should be around 130. At one time I was at 135 and I felt good, so 130-135 is my goal.
I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrom if I'm not mistaken. Basicaly, I have a cyst on my ovary and it has caused a drop in estrogen and an increase in testosterone. It has also caused me to gain weight. 50lbs to be exact, in one year. I am taking a medication called Metformin, which is a diabetes medication. I do not have diabetes but the gyno says it will help with all the weight gain I've had. I've been on the medication for about two months and have lost about 7lbs without changing diet or excersize. I am walking more (getting paid to walk the dogs) and eating less. Hopefully I can make my goal of losing 47 more lbs by this time next year.
Thanks so much. I think we'll be ok, we are not going to go for time at all, just make sure we can do it. There are places along the way to sit down and to get a drink of water so we will be fine. I'm hopeing to not have to stop. I'm a little further along that the neighbor but we have to do it together so I won't be mad if we have to stop for breaks!Originally Posted by CatsAreBetter
Kick butt! We *used* to do a five mile trail around a park in the Pittsburgh area but.. we haven't done that in a long time. We'd park at one end and walk all the way around until we got back to it. Didn't have much choice at that point, since we couldn't do anything but keep walking to get back to the car. We'd just take it fairly slow if needed and keep going till we got there. Good luck and good job!
Yo are doing great Kim, just keep trying! That was a really smart choice for dinner! It sounds yummy!Originally Posted by kluchetta
All you exercisers are doing so great!I've got 11 days left, and I'm doing "ok" but not great. Lunches are what kill me. I took in a couple pieces leftover chicken yesterday (baked) for lunch so we'll see what happens when I weigh this morning. Oh, I made a really good dinner with chicken breasts, and a barbecue sauce made with ketchup and diet coke. Tastes JUST like BBQ sauce, and the meat literally fell apart!
See.. even if you and your body are not on speaking terms you've told it who's boss and got into your dress. Isn't it just a great feeling to have those small things fall into place? Congrats!Originally Posted by Mirinae
My weigh-in is tomorrow morning, and I'm already dreading it. I've had a good week, but I'd had a good week last week and still gained 2 pounds for no reason.Me and my body are totally in a fight.
On the plus side (no pun intended), tomorrow night I'm going to a formal event and am finally able to squeeze into my little black dress -- and it actually looks good on me!So, "yay" for non-scale victories!
Eh, only put so much emphasis on the scale. Obviously your body is changing regardless of the fact that you're not losing weight according to the scale. I'd do some measurements and keep track of those at this point, I think.. it'll give you a better idea of whether it's weight loss/gain, or the transition between fat and muscle..Originally Posted by Mirinae
My weigh-in is tomorrow morning, and I'm already dreading it. I've had a good week, but I'd had a good week last week and still gained 2 pounds for no reason.Me and my body are totally in a fight.
On the plus side (no pun intended), tomorrow night I'm going to a formal event and am finally able to squeeze into my little black dress -- and it actually looks good on me!So, "yay" for non-scale victories!
Holy crap that's a lot!!! What is steps, do you mean like walking? Treadmill thingie? Man, my legs would be dying! Jim and I need to get back in the habit of jogging in the mornings too.Originally Posted by sharky
I made my goal of over 10000 steps in the span of four hours... I ave 6000-7500 steps per day ...Today I did 12339 steps = to 7.4 kilos
7.403 kilometers = 4.6000109 miles
I use a pedometer to tell me ... just walking ... havent worked up to running ...Originally Posted by extinctosaurus
Holy crap that's a lot!!! What is steps, do you mean like walking? Treadmill thingie? Man, my legs would be dying! Jim and I need to get back in the habit of jogging in the mornings too.
It's hard to get in the swing of it, but you'll get it eventually. You're not making the "best" and always "correct" choices, but you're obviously making some choices that are better for you than others. It's a step in the right direction, even if it doesn't feel that way to you. Just think of it this way (it helps me) the more "right" choices you make, the more you'll see the results! It helps when I'm standing in the fridge going.. hmmmm.. I really want something sweet...Originally Posted by extinctosaurus
I just wanted to post to tell all you guys how terribly Jim and I failed on our diets this week ;_; Well, a lot of it was because I had to stay really long at work this week, but...
Anyway! Yesterday we had a barbecue because one of the coworkers is leaving, and the only things they had to drink was soda or beerAnd I don't like beer so I had a soda *cry*. And a few hours ago I had some really unhealthy Chinese foodBUT! I did hold back and didn't eat any of the crab puffsA couple days ago I also had some Taco Bell taco and some of those delicious fries from KFC because the company had a frisbee-lunch day or whatever. WAAAH!!!
Oh yeah and Jim ate like a whole carton of ice cream. I had maybe 3 bites! Geez!!!!
I told Jim under no circumstances are we allowed to skip working out or biking tomorrow!!
Originally Posted by sharky
I made my goal of over 10000 steps in the span of four hours... I ave 6000-7500 steps per day ...Today I did 12339 steps = to 7.4 kilos
7.403 kilometers = 4.6000109 miles
As long as you don't make it a habit and continue to choose different and better choices that you normaly would or cut back the portions, you are going to be fine. One thing I know most of us don't think about is when you are losing weight you don't have to lose 2 lbs every single week. You didn't gain it that way and you won't lose it that way. You will fluctuate. It'll be alright even if you both do gain a little this week! Just work real hard and keep up with your exercises!Originally Posted by extinctosaurus
I just wanted to post to tell all you guys how terribly Jim and I failed on our diets this week ;_; Well, a lot of it was because I had to stay really long at work this week, but...
Anyway! Yesterday we had a barbecue because one of the coworkers is leaving, and the only things they had to drink was soda or beerAnd I don't like beer so I had a soda *cry*. And a few hours ago I had some really unhealthy Chinese foodBUT! I did hold back and didn't eat any of the crab puffsA couple days ago I also had some Taco Bell taco and some of those delicious fries from KFC because the company had a frisbee-lunch day or whatever. WAAAH!!!
Oh yeah and Jim ate like a whole carton of ice cream. I had maybe 3 bites! Geez!!!!
I told Jim under no circumstances are we allowed to skip working out or biking tomorrow!!
My problem with the pedometer is that I don't walk hard enough to get it to pick up but about half of my steps. I counted before and then checked and it was way off. I walk very softly and it's hard to get a good count. The closest for me to get it was to put in on my shoe by my ankle. Also... some pedometers pick up each step individualy and others only pick up each SET of steps. So it also depends on that. But just keeping up with your progress even if it's off some is better because you are more aware of doing something.Originally Posted by icklemiss21
Not to burst your bubble but I have given up on my pedometer, the doc told me they can over-estimate your steps by up to 300 times! every jiggle they count so unless you are just walking and don't stop it doesn't have anywhere near the correct count
Although I guess the extra walk to and from work helped as I lost 1.8lbs this week
Originally Posted by CatsAreBetter
It's hard to get in the swing of it, but you'll get it eventually. You're not making the "best" and always "correct" choices, but you're obviously making some choices that are better for you than others. It's a step in the right direction, even if it doesn't feel that way to you. Just think of it this way (it helps me) the more "right" choices you make, the more you'll see the results! It helps when I'm standing in the fridge going.. hmmmm.. I really want something sweet...