I posted on the other thread, but I will do it again.
199/197/159
I am trying a modified Atkins - I can’t give up all carbs! (I know, it’s not ALL carbs.) And drinking lots of water. And I bought some exercise DVD’s. I’m hoping to lose it all by October 26th, my birthday. Eat better, and get off my ass. That’s my mantra!
I ordered the Yoga for Inflexible People DVD - I think I read about it in an earlier thread here. Anyway, it shipped the other day, so I should have it by next week.
I’m hoping that will help tone me as I attain sveldtitude.
Let us know how you like it Fairy. I’m interested in getting some yoga tapes, but I don’t want to spend the money to find out I can’t do them!
I decided to take a break from Atkins for the holidays. There was going to be just too much temptation, too many parties, and having guests coming to stay in my home for me to really be able to stay 100% on plan.
Well, ok, I did enjoy some of those things that I’m not able to have on plan (MIL’s arroz con pollo, a big Indian feast, chocolate), and knowing that this was going to be a short-lived thing, I was really able to appreciate it.
But. After all was said and done… I had put 11 pounds back on. :eek: That’s the problem with Atkins–when you fall off the wagon, you can gain weight FAST (since you end up building up your glycogen stores, which makes you pack on water weight like nothing else). As of yesterday, I’m back on induction, and I’m already feeling the bloat shrink off.
I don’t think I’m going to go off the wagon like that again. By the end of it all, I felt so bloated, and my sleep problems had come back with a vengeance. I had forgotten how much better I had felt when I was eating low-carb.
Now, once I’m feeling better, I’ll get back to the gym, too–but one thing at a time.
255/227/170
Mazel tov, Ginger!
I love my treadmill (which I can’t get to this week because with the snow, the cars are stuck in the garage with the treadmill in an unworkable constellation). I find it much easier to use for longer stretches if I walk while (a) reading a large-print book that lives by the treadmill and can only be read while walking; or (b) crank up the Laura Love or k.d. liang album.
Another snowy, icy day. I walked to work faster than usual because there weren’t any cars at the intersections (3.3 miles in 60 minutes with snow and freezing rain), and the walk back, though it took longer, was uphill and I had on more layers, so I worked up a sweat.
You can take back your mazel tov, unfortunately. My weight has gone back up to 199, and I’m stymied. The other day was 195.5, my lowest weight in years and years, then it’s gone back up, for no reason that I can think of. I haven’t been eating high-sodium anything, I’ve been working out, I’ve been eating only the points I’m allowed.
Fneh.
Dave’s gone most of the day, so no gym for me. I might actually finally break out that Tae Bo video.
Don’t hold your breath.
Hope no one minds if i join in.
stats - 110 kilos
40" pants
male
27
5’ 11
39% BFR
Strategy
Weetabix for brekkie (or shredded wheat or similar)
walk to work (~ 1 mile)
soup for dinner (damn work canteen with unhealthy options to tempt me - but managing to stick to soup so far this year)
walk home from work
10 miles on exercise bike (ill increase it if it gets too easy)
normal supper
wish me luck. I weigh in once a week (mondays) and have some of those scaled that measure body fat percentage.
Hi guys. 
I’m starting Atkins today, after failing miserably with weight watchers. It was a good program, but just didn’t work out for me. I’m hoping the low carb approach will break me of my bread/pasta/rice/potato problem.
I weighed in at 216.5 pounds today, my goal is 150, and to never have to shop at Lane Bryant again.
Moderately well-padded Oyarsa checking in…
261/261/<dunno? perhaps 175? In my dreams :dubious:>
At five-eleven and quite long-bodied I can hide some weight with my big chest and shoulders, but there’s no denying I could stand to lose a lot. Over the years I’ve had occasional success, with the best probably a supreme effort back in '87 that saw me get down from 272 to the low 210s. (I actually look bigger at my current weight than I did at that 272, or at any rate take bigger clothes sizes. OTOH I used to have a “beer gut” kind of profile, the sort that hung over the waistband - and when I got the weight back after that success story above, it seemed to reappear both above and below the waistband. Most odd.)
Anyway after giving the Atkins induction a try-out in December to see how it would work out, Mrs M and I are starting it again. We ate all the carbs we liked over Christmas/New Year and now it’s back to virtually none. Ketosis aside, savoury carb snacks are my big stumbling block; although any kind of food will do if I’m peckish, it’s the Pringles, Kettle Chips, bombay mix and peanuts that most tempt me. But I did find that Atkins does live up to its claim that you don’t feel hungry on it, and I was even losing a few pounds in the try-out period.
Neither of us can claim any overriding medical excuse for being too fat, just poor eating habits. I’ve lost weight quickly and for a sustained period on a daily 1000 calories, more slowly but steadily on Weight Watchers, and am trying Atkins this time round just because I personally know some people who’ve done well on it. Best of luck, all.
Sorry, mazel tovs are irrevocable. You were there, even if you’re frustratingly not there now. The mazel tov stands.
Icy, icy day here, at least at my elevation. I see shoveling/chipping in my future.
I’ve been doing Atkins since last Spring and have lost about 60 pounds. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Getting over that first hump and breaking the potato/rice/pasta addiction is hard, but you can do it. I’m doing a little mini-induction myself, to get myself back into ketosis. I sorta fell off the wagon over Christmas, and need to get back on track.
On day 4 of Phase 1, I’m past my sugar cravings. I do miss the variety of having fruit and whole grain breads, but I’m staying in Phase 1 for the full 2 weeks. I’m hoping to break past my pre-Christmas plateau during these 2 weeks.
Sugar-free fudgesicles are the treats that’ll get me thru it.
norinew, too late to ask for those recipes? Can I email you?
I need ideas/recipes for quick, tasty dinners. Dinner is my hardest meal to manage. Never feel like cooking when I get home, and too inexperienced of a cook to whip something up that I will actually want to eat. Thus, Thai take out!
Well, my goal this week was to go to my first Weight Watchers meeting. Which I still may do. But if I don’t I’ll go next week. Am trying not to overload myself with goals, as I am wont to do. Remembering that I am doing this weight loss project over the course of a year…
I haven’t had a cigarette in five whole days, though! 
niblet_head, my email is in my profile. Feel free to drop me a line, and I’ll be sending them off to you!
norinew, I made your egg salad with chopped bacon in it today. Very tasty! I love bacon and eggs, but never thought of putting bacon in egg salad.
Thanks!
Are you the one who also suggested nuking pepperoni slices till they’re crunchy? Someone on this board did - that’s a great snack.
BiblioCat, glad you liked the bacon and egg salad. You can put a scoop on salad greens for a filling lunch; and, yes, the microwaved pepperoni crisps were my suggestion. Glad to help!
Well, I haven’t been exercising a whole lot, so any muscle I was able to build up has gone and been replaced with fat. I don’t have a goal weight, mostly I’d like to bring my body fat down and improve my muscle tone.
current (according to the fitness check I got yesterday)
height 185cm (6’1")
weight 86.4
fat rate 18.5%
BMI 25.2
chest: 101.9cm, fat thickness .68cm
waist: 85.26cm, fat thickness 1.30cm
hips: 98.1cm
No particular diet, just snacking more on fruits and vegs rather than chips, cutting back on the deep fried stuff and no alcohol. I’m also back to stopping at the gym before work to do some lifting and about an hour on the treadmill.
niblet_head, you might want to look at a crock pot (slow cooker). You can load it up with easy stuff, set it on “low” and go to work, and just do the finishing touches when you come home. E.g., low-sodium low-fat chicken broth, chicken strips, stalk of celery and half an onion for seasoning. Chop the other half-onion and a carrot and refrigerate them. When you get home, pull the onion and celery out, add the new onion and carrot, black pepper, and dill and cook on high (if you have things to do before dinner), or pour it all into a saucepan and heat on the stove. You can make great stews with low-fat cuts of meat because it spends all day simmering with a lid on, so meat gets nice and tender. In a 1 1/2 quart machine, you can make enough soup or stew for two meals.
Nothing to add, except that I’m joining this group. Trying Atkins and swimming…
I haven’t posted in awhile but I’m still hanging in there with you guys.
I haven’t had a weigh in since the week before Christmas. But I did get a shiny new WW scale for my very own for Christmas. It just said I weigh 196.2. If I’m not under 200 tonight at weigh in to make it official I might just cry. I’m so proud of that number. It’s the lowest I’ve been so far.
And I even stepped on the scale twice just to make sure it was right.
I want that key chain dammit.