The 2006 Weight loss club

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’m in! I’d like to lose 10-15 lbs.

Here’s how I’ll do it:

Food: I’ll eat “Zone Perfect” meals as often as possible. I’ll reduce the amount of food eaten at each meal to 50 - 75% of what I would normally eat. I’ll substitute ingredients when I can (for example, I’ll use 2 whole eggs or 3 egg whites instead of 6 egg yolks in a recipe).

Exercise: I’ve got some DVDs: Pilates, Denise Austin’s cardio workout (my wife bought it for $4). I’m doing as many push-ups as I can, in sets of 10-20. I’m currently up to 60, but that should increase soon enough. I’m walking the doggie (Sheila-bunz!) for 15 min. and running 15 min. or walking 30 min extra.

Problem: I’m going to school to become a Pastry Chef. :smack

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I had a gastric bypass in June.

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I’m in. I lost about 5 pounds in December, and was surprised at how good I felt about it. I’ve never been able to consistantly lose weight for a decent period of time.

I’m at 215 right now, and I’d like to get to 150 at least. I’m going to be tracking my foods and going for a good ratio of carbs, protiens, and fats. Also going to start by exercising at the very least 15 minutes a day, but build it up to an hour by the end of winter.

I also have a dorky calender and lots of :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :slight_smile: stickers for the days I do well. I’m easily motivated. :smiley:

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I don’t think it’s any secret that I’ve been dieting awhile, being a participant in past weight loss threads. I started at 256 and dropped to 186; then got pregnant and gained, and now I’m hovering about 10 more pregnancy pounds to lose. I’ll hit my goal this year, but it’s more difficult for me now than it was before this pregnancy.

I go to Curves 3-5 times per week (although I was off this past month with an illness that precluded exercise, then holidays), and I follow Weight Watchers. It really does work, if you follow the plan.

Good luck, everyone.

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Impromptu party at the Johnny Cave last night. That kind of threw of my schedule. Haven’t exercised yet. But I will.

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I’ve been on a diet since the beginning of the year, have dropped around 130 lbs (~360 -> 230) through diet alone, and fully intend to be at my goal weight of ~165 by this time next year. I just need to add exercise to my regimen.

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Amazing! That’s an incredible accomplishment, congratulations.

My Food Diary. I love this site: no rules, just tools and support. Food diary, database, exercise log, motivational charts and graphs, support forum, nice people, all for $9 a month. Worth every penny.

I’ll join in. My program begins Jan. 25.

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I’m in. I was 174 yesterday, and then today I finished off all my xmas cookies, so I’m all set. I want to get to 159. Not much, but man it’s harder when you just turned 46 than when you’re 26.

I have no will power at all, so I just don’t buy junk. AS long as I don’t visit my relatives I’m ok–and I don’t have to until Feb 23 for a bday party.

I already work out 5-6 times a week, and in March, hopefully, I’ll start riding my bike 11 miles/day commuting, but until then it’ll be tough. I just need to not eat so much.

I saw this thing on Frontline this week, with Gilbert from ‘Leave it to Beaver’. They did a diet and weight special. Lots of different things out there, but they all boil down to eat less, exercise more. I might do a sort of South Beach version, taking into effect I’m a vegetarian.

AlbertRose, maybe you’ll get so sick of pastry that you won’t eat any.

Good Luck.

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Count me in. I am at 101.5 kg (223 pounds, BMI 29).

Started at 131 kg in autumn of 2004, changed my eating habits, exercised regularly in a preventive sports association (now at 4 times per week), and got a boost by a 4-weeks rehabilitation clinic stay courtesy of the pension insurance (which doesn’t want their insured to drop dead before they retire).

Now I’m practically at a plateau for the last 3 months or so, and need to overhaul my habits again (first thoughts: no pizza bread with the tomato soup and salad, skipping some dinners but never breakfast).

My target for 2006 is 90 kg (198 pounds/BMI 26). My dream is 83 kg - I was there 20 years ago…

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I’m in too. I want to lose about 80 lbs. and have decided to check out the online WW option. Also, courtesy of brightpenny, I’m going to check out the food diary thing. My big problem is eating due to boredom, not hunger. I enjoy food that’s good for me, but often tend to eat ‘quick’ food, whether fast food or pepperoni pizza rolls. Hopefully, this forum will help.

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I’m in. 5’10", and trying to get from 190 to 170s, hopefully with added mental clarity and energy to boot. :slight_smile:

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Sorry, forgot to add, I’m also lazy about exercise, even though I usually enjoy it once I get started. It’s the getting started that’s the problem (I have this problem with inertia…).

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That’s the best gift you can give yourself! On my 25th birthday I quit a ten-year habit cold turkey. That was 25 years ago, and I’m still proud of myself for that.

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I don’t know if I’m going to try to lose weight, but for those who are I would recommend adopting the mentality that a health(ier) diet and more exercise are always a good idea irrelevant of whether they lead to weight loss. A healthier (although not restrictive) diet and more exercise will cut your risk of an endless number of physical and psychological diseases, so I wouldn’t give those up if they don’t lead to enough weight loss or if you lose interest in bodyweight (which happens).

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I’m in.

I started a new job at the end of September, after two years of sitting behind a desk. I now work at WalMart in their receiving department. My job entails a lot of heavy lifting. It has really whipped me into shape.

I started at the beginning of October, and since then, I’ve gone from a 310 lbs to 245 as of right now, plus I’ve put on a good amount of muscle. My goal is 180. Right now I’m at the lightest that I’ve been at in my life ( For reference, I’m 6’4"). 70 in three months.

When I started, I would get winded walking up a flight of stairs. Now I can unload a truck with 1700 boxes, ranging from 1 to 50 pounds in about an hour, take a 15 break and unload another of the same size, and not even be winded at the end. I do that for about 3 to four hours a day, and for the rest of my shift, I pull skids full of product around the store. I can now pull skids weighing over a ton at a jog. Most weigh over a 1000 pounds.

During the last three months I’ve mostly been eating McDonalds, as I’m on a limited budget, and I get off work at midnight, so I can’t cook when I get home because my roommates are sleeping. IF I was hungry, I’d go to the seven eleven and buy two bug bags of chips.

I’ve now switched to subway, and cut out the chips. I also got a rice cooker, so I plan on using that way more, especially for lunches, as eating at subway is expensive.

Starting in the new year, I’m going to join a gym, as I have a lot of lose skin to deal with. I’m assuming this is the best way, but does anybody have any other suggestions, short of surgery?

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I’ll win! If I bother to stick with it and don’t get injured.

Last 3 times I’ve been doing intense excercise I sustained a nasty injury. Ankle, knee, and neck. Whee.

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Is it presumptuous to say that I’m proud of you too? I think maybe it is, so let me say instead that I’m thrilled fo you! :slight_smile:

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Oh! Thank you. :slight_smile:

But for those who are just now gathering the resolve to quit smoking: know that you can do it. It might not even be as hard as you thought it would be. We’ll all be proud of you.

Happy New Year!

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I’m in. :frowning: I have got to make a significant change in my eating, exercising and smoking habits. I do far, far too much of two of those, and almost zero of one. And none are as it should be.

I’m also far too embarrassed, even on a message board, to post my actual weight.

We went grocery shopping today (Thrifty Foods was crazy!) and I stocked up on protein, vegetables, and fruit. My husband is house-sitting for a month starting tonight, and I packed up all the Christmas goodies for him to take along. He’s got ‘bad’ eating habits that I too often emulate, and without muscle and exercise, I cannot eat like he does. I’m hoping a month on ‘my own’ will let me instigate new, better habits and put them in place before he’s back, along with his cookies, cakes, pie and ice cream. Those I can resist for the most part, but man, when he suggests eating out, or bringing home fast food, I cave.

But I am so, so tired of being fat. It really affects a large part of my life negatively, from feeling good to my sex drive. That sort of stuff affects a marriage, too… Maybe my weight doesn’t bother him, as he says, but the way I feel about it has created some real problems for us.

It’s such a hard battle, you know? Well, you know. I’ve lost a considerable amount of weight twice in my life, and to regain it is so disheartening. And it’s my fault, of course, for not realising that healthy eating habits and exercise is a life-long commitment, not a short-term sprint. I am fat. I am going to have to eat less and exercise like hell for the rest of my life. Too bad, so sad, but that’s the way it is.

I’m tired of lugging this around.

I’m in.

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I lost ten-ish pounds in a week just from avoiding eating anything with Corn Syrup in it. It was in most the stuff in my kitchen. Catsup, mayo, sausage, drinks, and damn near everything.

The wife and I went shopping and bought only things without corn syrup. We sort of turned it into a game. I avoided all corn syrup for almost a year and have noticed I feel better and have slimmed down a bit because of it.

Something to think about.