I’ve been fiddling with C25K for a while, but have been afraid to press on too far, because I didn’t know if I was ready. Well, I guess I’m ready now. A whole bunch of people here at work are starting next Monday, and I signed up to join them. We’ll be going out as a group at 11:30am on MWF to run together. I’m looking forward to this, because I won’t be alone!
I’m reaquainting myself with my WiiFit, and my rice cooker. I’m not morbidly obese, but I am overweight, and very out of shape. The holiday gluttony pushing me up over 190 was the last straw. I expect the Wii will become more useful once my copy of FitPlus arrives, but for now just getting back into the routine of using it every day is an improvement.
So, quit smoking (6 days clean!), no fast food, light exercise, and less booze - the weekly after-work cocktail session adds a lot of empty calories.
I know it doesn’t sound like much now, but I plan to move up to real exercise after a month or so - at present, the Wii wears me out, so I’m obviously not ready to start lifting weights or anything. I’m also looking for a place to run that’s not coated in snow and ice - I’m going to investigate my building’s parking garage to see if there’s enough non-parking space. Then I’ll try this couch-to-5k thing I keep hearing about.
I dropped a bit over 40lbs (but I ended up gaining 20lbs.) I actually need to lose about **50lbs **to get into the middle of my bmi. Right now I’m just shooting to fit into a size 9 [usa] again.
My tools: 24/7 open gym membership. I already work out about 2 hours a workday when I’m not sick (I’ve been sick with a cold for weeks now.) Lowcarb **diet that I actually enjoy being on and can now afford. I’m also interested in this P90X Exercise dvd routine…my coworker and his coach had amazing results and his coach actually ended up opening a gym because of it. I’m also a belly dancer & hooping enthusiast **(both are actually good workouts) so I’m happy to get back into the *swing *of things.
I’ve never had an easy time dropping weight but I’m very motivated. I wouldn’t call it a resolution.
Yeah, that’s how I’m stuck. Work stress, get home, try to figure out dinner, struggle with migraines, bleh. I had joined SparkPeople and haven’t logged on in forever. I think part of it was the suggested (vegetarian) diet plan made me go “ew!” rather than get inspired. I should either turn off recommended food or think of it as an ingredients list for some mystery dish that I can add spice and other healthy stuff to.
I’m lucky in that I only need to lose about 10 pounds (15 would be better) and I currently have a normal BMI, but it’s still tough at times. I’m too old for me to be “outgrowing” clothing so clearly I do have a weight problem, counter to what coworkers have been saying. (These coworkers are heavier than I am, so sometimes it feels like “enabling.”) A couple years ago or so, my response to clothes getting tighter was to buy one size larger, but then I realized “this is how it starts, this is how people put on a lot of weight” and fought down to what my target weight is. So clearly I’ve got almost enough ‘self-control’ and healthy skills, but not quite enough. I am also not physically fit at all.
Plus my husband has a lot more weight to lose than that. I can’t be responsible for what else he eats, but I do make dinner, so I can be responsible for that much.
Time to get back on the Wii, slowly - I bought EA Sports Active last year and damned near killed myself doing even a scaled-down version of a few of their easy difficulty “30 Day Challenge” workouts - and get motivated to make a weekly menu plan.
Now that all the holiday crap is out of the house, my October-December plateau is totally and decisively broken. I saw 179.5 on the scale this morning, which means I’ve passed the 180 threshold and am now at 30 pounds lost. Also, my wedding ring is so loose that I could easily wear it on my thumb. I think I’m going to have to take it off and wear it on a chain around my neck or something until I’m really done losing.
YAY! I know the feeling of breaking down through a 10 lb barrier! That xx9.5 is a sweet reward… 
Does that mean I can stop stealing your cigarettes? 
I’m back in… again. I rejoined Weight Watchers, and the good thing is that I hadn’t really regained much of the weight I lost last time. I’ve been pretty committed to it this time around, and since Nov. 30 I’ve lost 5.8 pounds (pretty fast for me, I know that’s slow for others!). I even took a spinning class at my gym which kicked my butt in an awesome way - I have to wait for my cold to subside and my butt bruises to fade before I try it again, though.
Did I mention that we bought a recumbent bike after Christmas (50% off!)? I love it. I just watched half of “28 Weeks Later” while cycling for 50 minutes. That kind of exercise works for me.
Man, you and friggin’ Lindsay. I’m amazed I managed to smoke at all in college.
On the upside, the other guy in my D&D group who smokes apparently also quit while we were on holiday hiatus, so that’s one less source of temptation.
I lost a pound and an inch around my waist!
The following few days will be a bit of a test… lots of socializing/eating out and an overnight stay this weekend. I’m optimistic I will make healthy choices.
It took me two years to lose 80lbs:) The gym 6 days a weeks and small portions and low fat. I cut out dairy(for the most part) as well as bread(which I love). I still should lose 30 more, maybe I will maybe I won’t but I know will not go back to what I was before!!!
I’m finding Sparkpeople to be really helpful in figuring out how I’m eating, and this is only after a few days. I’m actually generally getting fewer calories than they recommend given my target of 20 pounds down by mid-May. Oh well - once my gallbladder gets yanked and I have less-frightening protein options, that may change (I’m consistently getting less fat than they suggest, but that’s because of the fear of a gallbladder flareup).
Anyone interested in starting / joining a team on Sparkpeople? If so, post here or PM me and I’ll set one up.
Yeah, I could be down with SparkPeople. I hear many good things about that site.
Is following the Weight Watchers plan easily incorporated into SparkPeople?
Went out to dinner for the first time while on Weight Watchers. A friend suggested checking the menu online first, figuring out what I wanted, and never even opening the menu when I got there. That worked pretty well, and I didn’t feel hungry when I left.
But it was hard ignoring the chicken wings that the table ordered. I had one.
Mama Zappa, there is already a Straight Dope team on SparkPeople. We’re listed under SDMB. Please come and join us!
Mean Mr. Mustard, I don’t know about the Weight Watchers thing, as I have never done it. But if an item is not listed in the food tracker, you can add the information yourself.
This question is more for people who have already sustained a significant weight loss, although of course anyone’s insights are welcome: How do people deal with revising your mental image of yourself?
I’ve now lost 30 pounds and am near my all-time lowest weight as an adult. Not only that, but the last time I was at this weight I was really out of shape. This time around I’m fairly fit, and therefore my waist size is even smaller, meaning that I’m in a pants size I haven’t seen since junior high. Literally, junior high.
My brother-in-law is visiting us right now for a month or so; he comes every winter. Last time he saw me was February '09, and he almost fell over when he saw me. He told me (jokingly) that I look “almost anorexic.” I don’t look anorexic. I’m still overweight by BMI standards and anyway, nobody would say that someone in a size 12 pants looks anorexic. So that’s hyperbole. It’s also the only time in my entire life that someone has described me in any way, shape, or form as thin. Or slim, or anything apart from big or fat.
Even though I’m in a size 12 and I know this because my size 14s are literally falling off of my hips, I can’t bring myself to buy new pants. Something in my head keeps saying, “This is temporary and you’re not really this small. You’re really a big, fat person, and everyone who looks at you and says you look great doesn’t know the truth, that really you’re big and fat and this is all just a ruse.”
I know that sounds crazy. But I’m having a lot of trouble with it lately. Does anyone have advice?
I’m in. I joined Spark People and am now finished with Stage 1.
The batteries in our scales were dead when I started so I don’t know exactly how much I’ve lost, though I’m assuming I lost something. (I’ve replaced the batteries now and am using my current weight as the starting point.) I’m getting my snacking habit under control and learning to measure what I eat. And I do feel good - and this is probably the longest I’ve stuck with a diet program :o
When I look back at when I look and felt my best, I was 25-30 kilos lighter. I don’t know if I’ll get all the way back down to that weight but I’m going to get as close as I can! If I can just shop in the normal women’s department in clothing stores again instead of the Fat Lady Department with its limited selection and higher prices, I’ll be content.
MsWhatsit, I’m dealing with those psychological issues, too. I want to lose weight; I need to lose weight for health reasons, but the actual losing weight makes me uncomfortable some days - I’ve been overweight for a long time, and change is difficult (even good changes). I think in some ways we need to be patient - let ourselves adjust to a new normal. Realize that you do deserve to be healthy. That kind of thing.
I don’t think there’s an obvious way to enter “I ate 6 points” but you can enter the food itself and it’ll do a lookup - the database seems pretty extensive. I’ve entered a few things myself also. Sometimes when you do a search, you come up with things another member has entered like that.