Woohoo!!! Major congrats to you!!
Hopefully I’ll get there as well. I’ve tried to get a good diet going for a long time now but finally buckled down about a month ago. Since then I am down 10 pounds. (185.8 to 175.6 as of this morning!) I’m trying to get to about 150 so I’ve got a way to go, but the 10 pound mark makes me quite happy.
Way to go badbadrubberpiggy! Perserverance pays off! Yay!
Isn’t it strange how a person can weigh the same and be a different size? I’m 173.5 today. That’s only 2.5 lbs from Ginger but she’s a 16 and I’m a size 14 and yellowval is in a 12. I’m sure height has something to do with it but so does muscle mass.
tdn I wonder if the disparity is because fewer men than women care to participate in this sort of thing. Weight seems to be practically a national obsession for american women. I can’t think of a single woman I know who isn’t acutely aware of her weight, even my sister who’s an avid tennis player and a size 6 is constantly tweaking her diet and watching her weight.
Of course the other answer is that there are fewer overweight men than women.
I was having a talk with my husband last night with regard to how we talk to ourselves and how we see ourselves. Partly inspired by this thread and the statement “I was bad yesterday” in relation to food choices.
I have discovered that in my self-righteous quest to be “humble” and “realistic” I tell myself the most outrageous things. Things like “I’m ________ so the best I can hope for is _______.” Fill in the blanks for yourself. For me that kind of talk blankets all areas of my life.
“I’ve always been big/overweight so the best I can hope for is to be less overweight than I am now. I’ll never have a really great figure”.
or
“I struggle so hard to be a good singer and yet fall short compared to others in my field. The best I can hope for is some local noteriety but I could never be really, really great. I’m too old and have too far to go.”
Now, maybe those things are actually true but am I not setting a boundary or restriction by telling myself those things? If I’ve already decided the outcome then there’s no impetus to strive for more than that.
It is interesting to me how important it is to be very clear about what my goals are and to be very clear about how I talk about my goals to myself.
I think, therefore I am.
I keep my mind healthy and happy and my body follows suit.
Are you kidding… That’s the best way to lose, fat not weight! It sounds like you’ve added some amount of lean mass while losing the fat, hence the looser clothes but same scale reading. And that’s actually BETTER than losing 100% weight in fat, since the gain in lean mass should result in more calories burned going forward.
Think of it this way:
Convince yourself that #3 is better than #2. You’re not “transferring” the fat from your waist to somewhere else; if your pants are getting looser, you’re definitely shedding fat.
And for that, you get this!
Woo hoo! Thanks Ginger!
Woo-hoo! Now go out and celebrate with a deep fried steak covered in cream sauce!
…I mean, a chicken breast on whole wheat sandwich and a 30-minute run!
Mmmm…steak.
I think I’ll go with the steak, but hold the deep-frying and the ice cream!
Hmmm… I think I’ll open an IMHO thread instead of hijacking this weight loss forum, but the thought has crossed my mind: what is the “worst” food you have eaten (prior to becoming more conscious of the quality of your food intake)?
As a preview, I once put together a “wrap” from things at a restaurant buffet consisting of the meat from a fried chicken drumstick (with skin) drizzled with ranch dresssing, folded inside of a “personal size” (8" diameter) pepperoni pizza.
It was mostly as a joke, but I did take a few bites of it (I didn’t finish it).
Eeeesh. Just the thought of it now makes me “throw up a little in my mouth” :eek:
And I know that, of course. It’s just nice to have a little reassurance from the scale once in a while (I need to buy a measuring tape obviously). I get it eventually, but as I’ve noted before, I seem to drop five pounds and stay at that weight for a looooong time and then finally drop five more. Even though that’s frustrating at times, I wouldn’t change how I feel for the world, which is why I started doing this in the first place and I need to keep reminding myself of that: this isn’t about the scale, it’s about my health and how I feel! (Okay, so looking better is nice too.) There’s no danger in me giving up. I’ve resigned myself to the fact that this is a lifetime commitment. Now if I could only get my husband to share in that commitment with me. He’s been so supportive of me and I’ve tried to encourage him to join me. Since it’s been nicer outside I’ve been able to convince him to walk with me twice (if he follows through later today). He does want to get new mountain bikes for us soon and I’m really hoping that will be the ticket. Well, I’ve rambled on long enough today. Have a great weekend, everyone.
badbadrubberpiggy, you rock! And you’re an inspiration to the rest of us.
Yeah, and I bet the media is partly to blame. And it’s true that men have an easier time losing weight than women.
Sorry about that. I’d help shoulder your burden if I could.
You’re absolutely right about the self-talk thing. That’s why I’m such an advocate for high self-esteem. Some people on this board have said that fat people should have low self-esteem, else what is the incentive to change? It’s a horribly naive and misguided sentiment. And wrong. Just plain wrong.
Having said that, I have an anecdote about the statement quoted above. A nurse and a PA told me about a woman who weighed in at something like 300 pounds. Morbid didn’t come close to describing her obesity. A couple of years after her bariatric operation, she was 116 and looked like a supermodel. So yeah, you can get to exactly where you want to be. It’s a little harder without surgery, but we’re Dopers, dammit. We can do anything.
Congratulations, badbadrubberpiggy! How exciting for you!
**Elza B, **I hope that your ankle is feeling better.
The weather has been so yucky I haven’t been out for any long walks lately. Still try to get out every day, though, when it looks like it won’t rain for a bit. And it has been soooo cold! I yearn for our typical 60 to 70 degree Spring days. Lately, it hardly makes it to 50. I hope to move in the next few months and I’m going to try to get a place that has a pool and/or exercise room so I won’t have to depend on the weather so much. Especially in the summer, since I hate sweating. It would be so nice to take a shower right after exercising instead of having to hop on a sweltering bus first.
I bought a pair of khaki shorts from a thrift store yesterday. They’re my first non-elastic waist shorts since high school, waaay back when cut-offs were in. And they’re size 18! I tried them on when I got home and though they’re a tiny bit snug, they fit! It was only a few months ago that I gave away two pairs of new jeans because I’d finally decided I’d never fit into them. Now they probably would! Oh well, they probably went to a homeless woman who could really use them during the winter.
Ever heard of Leslie Sansone? She has a walk at home video series, also on OnDemand. That’s been about 98% of my exercise routine. It’s fun, so I stick with it, and it makes me sweat. And my shower is about 12 feet away. No worries about weather!
Um… forgive my really stupid question, but… the Leslie Sansone videos. You are supposed to have a treadmill to do those, right?
CONGRATULATIONS, badbadrubberpiggy! You’re a huge inspiration to me. I’m almost–almost–down to your starting weight of 172. I’m not even dreaming of ever being 135, though. I think I was in junior high the last time I weighed that!
About men being overweight vs. women being overweight–the statistics given up thread were very interesting. I had always theorized that when men get very overweight, it’s because they’re jolly and enjoy life–and when women get very overweight, it’s because they’re insecure and unhappy. The numbers seem to put the lie to that, however. Some men are unhappy and insecure; most women aren’t. Interesting.
As always, my official weigh-in isn’t until Monday, but I stepped on the scale this morning and it was definitely below 175–so I’m planning on another loss this week.
Nope, you can do them with no equipment at all. Netflix has some of them if you have that and want to try them.
I didn’t love her videos - but I get easily bored by videos, so YMMV. I do know a lot of people who swear by them, though.
I didn’t weigh 135 in middle school - more like 190!
It’s really, really weird to think that I weigh less now than I did when I was 12.
<---- the fat kid
Correct. It’s basically nothing but walking in place, broken up by kickbacks, sidesteps, kicks, and kneelifts. Walk walk walk and tap.
Handweights are optional. She recommends 1, 2, or 3 pounds. In my enthusiasm I got 10 pounders. I’m still fat, but you should feel my biceps! 
I should point out that the statistics might be slightly skewed. There might be false negatives. A lot of people didn’t fill out the form completely. They just put in their weight and sent it in.
Okay. So how do I find these on OnDemand? I have Insight digital cable, which I am pretty sure has the same menus etc as Comcast. Is it under “The Free Spot”? Or “Subscriptions”?
By the way… I can tell I am getting smaller. My beloved Laura Ashley skirt from London is about ready to fall right off me.
For me, it’s under Sports and Fitness/ExerciseTV/Walk to Fitness.
Small loss this month, only 2.5lbs. Of course, that still totals more than 120lbs. in 10 months, so I’m a happy camper. I also think that starting up at the gym had something to do with it. Just about a month ago, my sister gave me some clothes that she’d gotten too big for. Among the other stuff, two pairs of jeans. One pair was “just right” and the other pair, I could wear, but they showed a ‘muffin top’. Now, after a loss of just 2.5lbs., the “just right” pair is falling down on me, and the too-tight pair is just right.
:eek: Wow!
