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Posted: 1/23/2006 11:07:24 PM | Great subject!
Has anyone thought of Weight Watchers? I've lost 47 pounds in 6 months. Their points plan lets me eat like a human and I feel great. I want to drop another 60. It will take me another 7 or 8 months, but I'll do it. For all you big girls out there - if you want to feel like a goddess, go out and buy beautiful lingerie. I used to wear granny panties (my daughter calls them). I switched and I feel like I can rival Bo Derek.
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Posted: 1/24/2006 4:22:09 AM | more beer...lol...I don't know if I can go to a POF party and drink water!!
anyway, after the dentist yesterday, something else & a dear jane...my girlfriend got me back out to the gym...I always forget how much I love it...now if I can just knock off the cheating on the diet I'll be good...and I'm doing it for me, which is key, not for someone else  | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 5:32:16 AM | Well thanks to this thread, I have now started on my weight loss regime....I was going to but kept saying tomorrow....Last nite, I did 21 minutes on the treadmill to start..not much I know but after being off it for some time, I need to work back up....also, more water, veggies and fruit...will also add some weights....If I can go down 5 lbs a month, I figure in 3 months I will be where I want to be..brings me right into May and those skinny clothes!
Thanks gals for sharing your stories...it really does help the rest of us to get the lead out! | |
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| Weight Loss...I'm Confiding in my Fellow Fishies
Posted: 1/24/2006 8:23:53 AM | | Tuesday is the day that I weigh myself ... I'm down another pound for a total of 12 1/2 lbs ... I just got back from a 45 minute walk with my dog .... this fat ass will be gone in no time | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 2:20:11 PM | here is what works for me- the "get of your ass and move" diet.
plain and simple, people it's not brain surgery, if you want to loose weight eat less and move around more.
try it
(not trying to sound harsh, it just drives me crazy everyone looking for secret to weight loss) | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 3:19:08 PM | I don't think anyone here has said they are looking for a miracle cure...
I don't recall reading anything about pills or some of those other crazy ways to lose weight except for the diet you get put on before surgery...
In my opinion, your response seems inappropriate rather than "harsh". | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 3:19:35 PM | | Shmoopie? I ain't lookin for no quick weightloss darlin...I do realize it takes time...took time for me to put it on....I do get off my azz as you put it...just as I get older, it is harder to keep it off! Now doesnt that suck? Ya get older, supposed to have less energy, I work hard all day, have two kids, keep up an entire house on my own, and still need to get offa my azz more! But all is good, cuz I am doing baby! | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 3:50:49 PM | | Awww thanks Smoops! I just wanna have us all keep this up for the benefit of US! Tis a very hard thing to deal with weight for sure and if we can be each others support, well that just rocks! | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 5:43:13 PM | Hey Gals? Just did 20 minutes hard on the treadmill! Did ya know Gwen Stefani works well with that?  Omg,,almost feel like I have had a marathon sexcapade! Tuna fish, cottage cheese for lunch, lotsa water...salad with balsamic vinegrette for dinner...after excercise I am not all that hungry! Come on my gallies....lets get it on! | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 5:45:09 PM | | good for you kit...i did the same thing today...only did my 20 minutes on my crosstrainer at 6 a.m. before work...tuna lunch...chicken with veggies for dinner...plus my 8 glasses of water...1 day down...the rest of our lives to go | |
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Posted: 1/24/2006 5:48:46 PM | OMG Rox! lmao....I am soooo tired right now! lol....want to Google a recipe for balsamic vinegrette (sp)? For lunch tomorrow....god darn it...am gonna get this off ifn it kills me girlie!
Hang in with me darlin...... | |
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Posted: 1/27/2006 10:45:09 PM | Before I start, anyone clear on the threshold between Average and A few extra pounds on POF?
Average is a poor choice of words IMHO because sadly Average = A few extra pounds in many places. A date recently told me I'm "Average" not "A few extra pounds", so I've changed my profile. Back on topic; I started losing after University. I've lost almost 60 pounds of fat now.
2.2lbs/1kg a week is a nice healthy number to be losing. 10-17lbs a week!? That's just crazy and unhealthy. If you are losing more than 3kg a week and you should start worrying. IMHO, aside from being unhealthy, trying to lose too quickly usually looks bad too because your skin can't shrink that quickly.
The only way you lose fat successfully is learning how you put it on in the first place. I found the best way to do that was a lot of reading and by taking advantage of the help of a real fat loss doctor. They are one of the few relatively unbiased sources out there. It's all about learning, not starving. If you are eating the right foods, you can stuff yourself and still lose fat. You should never be hungry, if you are you probably doing something wrong. Exercise is important too, I do 3 hrs a week at the gym doing both weight and cardio.
The key, for me anyways, was to reduce my insulin spikes. I did this by drastically replacing much my raw sugar/simple starch intake with healthier foods, and increasing my dietary fibre intake.
A lot of little dietary changes made that a lot easier:
-Replacing sugar with Splenda/Sucralose and carrying Splenda packets with me when I go out
-Eating higher fibre foods like bran wraps and Spoon Sized Shredded Wheat with Bran
-Replacing sugary deserts with healthy ones like fruit or splenda sweetened yogurt
(I  Source 0% yogurt, they even have yummy desert combos like: Lemon Meringue Parfait, Chocolate Cherry Fondue, Strawberry Chantilly, Raspberry Cranberry Crumble)
-Replacing sugary Coke with water, Splenda sweeted flavoured water, diet rite, 7up plus etc.
-Replacing chips with assorted raw veggies and spicy hummus (super yum!)
-Replacing fast junk food with Subway salads and the odd healthy Pita/wrap.
-Replacing potatoes, pizza and pasta with other more healthy foods. I found a good soy pasta
so I can still enjoy an italian dinner. Oh then there are Subway meat ball salads 8op
-Switching to darker chocolate and limiting my consumption to no more than an oz a day.
My food today for example:
A Centrum multivitamin, Calcium, Potassium and Magnesium supplement.
Breakfast: Cottage Cheese 2% + Grapes + Coffee w/ Splenda & 10% Cream
Snack: Caramel Nut Protein bar (provided by doctor)
Lunch: Smoked Meat with Mustard, Deluxe mixed bean salad vinaigrette, baby carrots and hummus, a bit of 17% mf havarti cheese.
Dinner: Pork Stir Fry with mixed vegetables, Fresh Fruit salad and Tea
Snack: Wild Berry Protein bar
8 glasses of liquid during the day
Anyways I'm rambling...
Good luck to you all, getting fit is by far the best thing you can possibly do for yourself. | |
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Posted: 1/31/2006 10:24:16 AM | Sonny's fish and chips are the best...
But back on topic:
I've never been the best eater so I finally went out and bought some one-a-day vitamins at Shoppers after talking to a pharmacist.
2nd day taking them and the same thing happened as yesterday - within half an hour of swallowing it - I threw up.
Yesterday I thought it might have been stress-related as I had a stressy early morning but today... no freakin clue | |
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Posted: 2/1/2006 7:20:37 PM | | Sign me up .....I want to lose atleast 50lbs....I am now 32 and having a very hard time losing the weight and keeping it off...I lose a few pounds then put it all back on again!! It is starting to depress me and I want to be thin again....so whatever anyone can suggest would be great...I am open to suggestions just wanna get rid of the extra weight so that I can feel good about me again!!! | |
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Posted: 2/1/2006 7:41:15 PM | | XX hun? I am approaching 50 and find I have a much harder time keeping it off....not that I have changed my eating habits....I am not the one to recommend anything to you other than fruits, veggies, no bread/potatoes...if you need to lose 50 hun, try your doc? Then again, read what some of the others have posted hun! I wish you much success in your challenge hun cuz it is definately not easy! Hang in! | |
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Posted: 2/1/2006 7:43:48 PM | Hello,
I have lost, gained, lost and gained weight since my early twenties till now. What I found out for my last weight lost was that certain foods made me gain weight more than others, basic if you want to lose weight, you would need to find out what foods actually make you gain weight and for a period of time not to eat those foods, remember never to eat when you are emotional. Eat when you are hungry and eat many meals. For myself, any food with wheat, sugar, and too much salt. The rule is the foods that are sweet, sour and salty, will in general help to increase body weight. Foods that are bitter, astrigent and pungent in taste help to reduce weight. Basicly, finding a balance in this after you have lost your weight. Never feel your denying yourself or you will find a way to sabotage yourself and the weight is just a symptom, it may mean there is a part of yourself that is being hidden. But that's just me...so find out if any of these work for you. Still very generally speaking. | |
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Posted: 2/1/2006 10:26:06 PM | This is a great thread to have, because we all need motivation.. I'm looking to lose between 80-100lbs.. I started eating healthier and a cardio workout. 5 times a week and I have lost 15lbs in the last month. I think everyone has to realize that it's taken them years to put on the weight and can't expect it to be gone just like that.
I made a deal with a friend that when I lose the weight, she will have to do the 5k run for breast cancer with me in Oct., 2006. Maybe ladies that's a goal we can all work towards. Yes you can walk it too...
So remember for me it's taken 29 years to get where I'm at... so it will take a while to get where I really want to be.
Eat healthy and stay safe.
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Posted: 2/2/2006 4:38:35 AM | I'm down 5 lbs...not much but is a start...cut out fast food...drink lots of water...green tea instead of reg. tea or coffee, its very good for diets...yams instead of white taters...whole wheat pasta & rice instead of white...and eat minimum 3 meals and get movin...I'm slowly getting back at the gym and on my xtrainer
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