That was one of those pieces of diet advice that I kept hearing over and over that I had to finally decide just wasn’t for me. I don’t want food in the morning and if I eat before noon, I am just starving by the time lunch hour hits.
I had a cold last week and my strategy whenever I am sick is to eat. And did I eat. Back on track again but that was very stupid.
I also haven’t been to the gym because of me hacking up a lung all week. Back to it tonight. Hopefully, I can go at 80%. Even that is better than nothing, right?
Depends - most advice I hear says don’t go if you’re sick from the neck down. So if you’re coughing I’d wait.
I had the perfect excuse for half-assing my workout yesterday - it was bucketing down rain and the gym roof began leaking. I don’t mean drips, I mean we were getting an impromptu swimming pool on the second floor. The fire alarms went off when the lights got wet and showered sparks.
Needless to say, I wasn’t able to finish my set.
Have discovered the Libra app - if you like to see trends and numbers, this does it for you. Enter your weight everyday to get a pretty trend line graph. Love it.
WW is working slowly but surely. 12 lbs in 6 weeks. At 50 that’s about as fast as I should be losing, so as long as the scale doesn’t move in the wrong direction, I’m good. I’ve been enjoying the meetings, which surprises me. Been chatting with a couple of the success stories in the group - one is a woman who lost over 100 lbs when she was older than I am now and has kept it off for several years, and the other is a gentleman about my age who lost over 100 and has kept it off since 2007. The big secret seems to be just go to the damn meetings every week. Okay, I can do that.
Weather is finally warming up so evening walks are back on the menu. I’m way more likely to exercise outdoors than in, so that should help. Need to ramp it up a bit as I need to fit into my one good black cocktail dress in a month and I’m about 12-15 lbs away from it. I really don’t want to have to buy something new that I will hopefully only be able to wear once. The only downside of working at the opera is needing upscale clothing. I’m more of an old hippie chick but need to look suitably dressed for special events and opening nights.
I have never liked how I looked. Ever since I became aware of my body, I have hated it. I can look back and see how slim I was in high school but I did not love my body back then. Now, at 24, I am 5’9" and 275 lbs. I know exactly how I got here. I eat my feelings and depression gave me a lot of feelings to eat. Even though I am big, I am finally getting to a point where I feel like I can be happy and accept myself the way I am.
However, my doctor says I have to lose weight. I have acid reflux and a mildly fatty liver. My blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol have all tested normal so the only thing I need to improve is that darn liver of mine. My acid reflux problem may clear itself up at the same time.
I’ve been on Weight Watchers before and found that it made me miserable to constantly plan my meals. I’ve decided to try it again after my doctors appointment. This first week I am just tracking my food so that I can get a baseline to improve from. I think the reason I failed in the past was because I tried to change too much all at once. I am going to try slower changes. Along with that, I am not going to focus on my weight but instead my health. I hope to reverse the liver issue within the first six months. If I can keep it up that long, then I might look for a number on a scale.
Today, I wish I had the same drive with food and weight loss that I’ve had with other things. I have been able to work on teams and lead contractors at work with great success despite my anxiety about it but I can’t seem to keep myself from eating that third helping of mac and cheese.
TL;DR - I am fat, have always felt fat. Doctor says my liver is fatty so here I go with Weight Watchers.
So I went completely off the rails at Easter. Candy, snacks, dessert… I ate all of it. Then I transferred to a different office and started training, so I went from a busy environment to being in a classroom. So I’m trying to get back on track, but that’s been kinda slow. Fortunately, we’ve gotten all of the Easter candy out of the house and I’m over the novelty of the self-serve cafeteria. Now I just have to start moving again, and that’s just a matter of getting settled into a more permanent schedule. Basically, I do great as long as I’m in a routine, but when that routine is broken, I’m screwed.
Work out. A lot. I know you don’t like to work out–no one does. Working out is like homework. You do it, get it over with, and reap the benefits for the rest of your life. You can skip it, but it makes the rest of your life much harder.
It is so much easier to control your weight if you work out a lot. An hour workout is like 600 calories. That’s like skipping a meal. And the good thing about working out is you only have to think about it while you’re doing it. Love it or hate it, once it’s over it’s over. Restricting diet is something you have to think about all the time. Every minute of the day you have to control your hunger.
Working out is beneficial to your health regardless of weight loss. The act of exertion causes healthful benefits. This is especially important if you are overweight. The exercise can reverse the toxic health effect of the extra weight. Even if you never lose a pound, you are more healthier working out than not.
I strongly recommend you join some sort of coached exercise program. Join a training group or take classes at the gym. You are more likely to workout longer, harder and more consistently if you are working out in some sort of structured program. Do you have a YMCA in your area? They are great for beginners. Take Zumba (dance) and spin classes. They are simple, low-impact, and great for beginners.
Remember, you’re doing this to get healthy, not because it’s a fun activity. Do it anyway even if you don’t like it. You can have your fun the other 23 hours in the day. And you’ll enjoy those hours so much more because you’ll be healthier and have more stamina.
I know, I didn’t need to quote this whole thing but** filmore** is exactly right. But what you just might find as a surprise is that just maybe you might eventually enjoy it. I’m a little over 8 months in at this point and I started doing a Couch to 5K program about 5 weeks ago and yesterday I dropped my car off to be fixed and I did my C25K while I ran home. Well, lo and behold I was about 2/3 of the way finished and just kind of zoned out and realized that I was running along for maybe 5-7 minutes without even thinking about it. I was enjoying my run. That was a huge moment for me.
Is the 16x8 daily, or only certain days? I tried Googling, and while I find a lot of chats about 16x8 I didn’t easily find a summary of it. Feel free to point me to a book or website or lmgtfy.com
Had a sub at my WW meeting and she said that opened my eyes. MY weight loss is a battle. It might not be a battle for you, but it is for me. I have to attack it, I have to plan everything, there can be no deviation from the program. My fat ass is my enemy and my half-hearted attempts are not working. All right, the war is on! I leave for vacay in 45 days and I want to be 5 pounds lighter.
Well I’m checking in, I haven’t been in a while. I’ll be more active in this thread which will help me more with my weight loss, I know I know it’s the idea of this thread, but I’ve always been slow on the uptake
So food wise, I go from being really good (protein and veggies for dinner) and then super bad (if it doesn’t come out of a bag I’m not eating). I’ve been struggling lately with emotions and nerves, which have never affected before but now it’s a different story.
I figured out that every time weight loss has “worked” for me in the past, I was eating well and working out, for some reason just one doesn’t work.
So I’ve hired a “kinesiologist” to work with me. The last trainer I worked with didn’t understand when I said that I had a beginning of arthrosis in my knees and she had me do squats and lunges, and I would do them in tears not because my thighs or butt hurt but my knees were in excruciating pain. This guy does understand and forbids me to jump (no more dance dance revolution which makes me very sad).
I started last night with him, just my evaluation and I’m in pain this morning, HOLY CRAP it wasn’t even a full workout.
I’m also seeing a nurse next week for an IBA test (to know my metabolism and which foods are best for me).
I’m going to put all chances on my side, I’ll be broke but healthy!!!
Hopefully this is the last time and it sticks and I can say it worked for real this time.
Has anyone else found ChickenTuna? Holy cow, her body’s kind of unreal. I don’t want to get to that level of fitness but I find her positive attitude and simple approach to be motivating. More tuna for me!
She seems like a smart lady but it gets on my nerves a bit when I see someone with her/my body type preaching to normal people. I’m sure she eats strictly and exercises plenty, to be so lean at her age, but 95% of us could do what she does and not even look like the same species. Meanwhile I look like her without even trying (granted I am active and eat a lot of protein - but I also eat a ton of calories and fat, and haven’t done any real exercise in months now).
Not to be negative; her advice is sound, whether or not you ever are small or lean, eating clean and exercising faithfully improves every aspect of your life in both the short and long-term, IMO.
So what do you all do with your “fat” clothes?? Burn them, donate them, save them for a before & after photo shoot, or store them in the back of the closet, just in case? Only 30 down, but some of these pants are just ridiculous.
I’m fat and depressed, and exercise is apparently good for both those problems!
I just came in from my FOURTH walk/jog session in the park across the street, and I am pretty happy that I didn’t let myself just watch TV instead. It was cold and windy so I cut it short, but afterwards, I felt better then I’ve felt all week.
I really want to keep at this, doing 30+ minutes every other day. So far so good, except this week… Monday I had a bad day at work, so I said screw it. Tuesday, the weather was horrible, so I said screw it. Wednesday, I got sick, and slept for 12 hours. Thursday, I was still feeling icky, and decided it best not to push it. Today, I am feeling a bit better, and finally got my butt moving again. I actually sought out this thread to see what people advise on exercising while ill, and it sounds like I’m OK to go with just a head cold.
My next hurdle is joining the YMCA down the road. I want to do some swimming, and this thread got me thinking group exercise classes might be good for my brain problems, as well as my weight.
Yes, definitely join the Y. You’ll have a blast. I don’t know how well developed your system of Ys is but here if you join one Y, you can go to all the others in the same county as well. Actually they have an arrangement with the adjacent county and you can go there as well. Which is nice if you’re travelling locally and also because certain Ys are better at certain things. For instance, my main Y has a killer walking track, but the one about 10 minutes further away has better water aerobics. I don’t think you’ll regret joining as long as you can make yourself go.
I’ve now lost over thiry four pounds since the beginning of the year. Last Friday I had a follow up doctor’s appointment and the doctor was very pleased and surprised that I’d actually followed through on his recommendations to lose weight. He said so many people just complain about how it’s too hard.
My blood functions were all normal. My blood sugar, which had been somewhat high(and it’s why I’m testing each morning) was down from 7.2 to 6.2. My cholesterol, which had still been acceptable at 175, is down to 150.
I was thinking of trying Zumba because of all the good things I had heard about it. I do know of some classes near my apartment but I have a feeling that group classes won’t be something I will stick with since I travel for work so much. My husband and I are going shopping today after church so we will see what we find in the way of DVDs.
So I’ve been tracking my food for five days now and I already feel guilt setting in. I have completely blown my points budget every day just by doing what I normally do and I see now how bad to myself I’ve been. I’ve also been looking at clothes and and feeling sorry for myself being the size that I am. I wish I could look like a model but I have a feeling that it isn’t an achievable goal. Here are some goals I think are achievable.
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[li]Lose at least 10% of current weight (approx 30 lbs) and keep it off[/li][li]Clear up liver issue[/li][li]Run in a 5k race in the next year (by next April)[/li][/ol]
Here are things I think are unattainable.
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[li]Look like a super model[/li][li]Have thighs that don’t touch[/li][li]Have collar bones that stick out[/li][li]Weight at the lower end of the BMI scale[/li][/ol]
Actually, just writing that out has helped out a lot. I feel a lot better having done so.
Then I transferred to a different office and started training, so I went from a busy environment to being in a classroom. So I’m trying to get back on track, but that’s been kinda slow. Fortunately, we’ve gotten all of the Easter candy out of the house and I’m over the novelty of the self-serve cafeteria. Now I just have to start moving again, and that’s just a matter of getting settled into a more permanent schedule. Basically, I do great as long as I’m in a routine, but when that routine is broken, I’m screwed.
