My Tanita’s going: 208…207.5…208…207.5. Guess I’ll stay with the high number for now.
Got a cute little portion of a song for ya, written by the late great Shel Silverstein. It’s called The Diet Song, and it was recorded by The Geezinslaw (sp?) Brothers. Do a GOOGLE, maybe you’ll find the lyrics… Here goes.
"… And while I am starvin’ for food late at night, I’m starvin for lovin’ from you.
But you say that when I can see my own _____, you’ll be glad to look at it too!"
208…207.5…208… DAMN!
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"And when I am dead, with the insurance paid, you’ll look down at me and you’ll grin,
And say, “Well, the boy tried and he starved and he died, but don’t he look good
when he’s thin.”
And that’s the last refrain of the above-mentioned tune. God, I loved Shel Silverstein!
Sorry modulators, but I took care not to post the whole lyrics!
Q
I wonder if I can lose 1.75 lbs overnight. That would put me at 50 lbs down.
I don’t think I can. I weigh myself at around 8 am. That’s only 16 hours away.
Starting Weight Watchers Weight, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in June 2000: 172.8
Lowest weight since then: 143 even, October 1, 2003
Today’s weight: 143.4
Next week’s weight: I will be over the thirty pounds lost mark, dammit1
Goal Weight: 131
Saw a picture of myself taken today and I still look like a pinhead. I don’t get it.
I’ve got weigh in tonight. I’ll update when I get back. I’m not expecting much though. I’ve been bad this week.
The bad streak won’t stop today either.I’m going to dad’s after my meeting for dinner. Steak, mushrooms, french fries and garlic bread. drool
Damn I’m hungry. Applesauce a filling lunch is not.
I finally broke the 250 barrier a couple of weeks ago. Went down to 248, but am back up to 255, Damn it. Still down a total of 55 lbs from my max of 310. My goal is 220.
I’ve been doing the Atkins thing (sort of) since Early July. I cheat occasionally, but not often. As of last weekend I’d lost 20 pounds. Then on Monday we went for Mexican food. No rice, no beans, but I did have an enchillada and a tamale. On Tuesday I we went for Japanes and I couldn’t resist eating half of my white rice. On Wednesday morning I was up three pounds!
Then I lost my job.
I didn’t feel much like eating, so I had some leftover teriyaki steak I had in the fridge. That was in the evening. This morning I was down a total of 22 pounds. Maybe 22-1/2.
Gazelle, don’t toy with me. I’ve now got snide remarks about you being a pinhead filling my noggin.
Bad, scout, bad!!!
Damn, Johnny! I am sorry to hear that! Good prospects for a new job?
Glad to read that you are still with us, but I mean, DAMN! That is some shit, sure enuff. Thinkin’ about ya, dood!
Q
Yup! Gazelle’s an overweight Pinhead! Sigh
This 208 pound bell-ringer still would give her a big hug, if she needed it, though!
207.5… 208…
** SLAM… SLAM… SLAM!**
180
That’s better! Now remember that!
Q
Thanks, Quasi
my weight is staying the same and has for a while but im losing inches for some reason. 4 weeks ago i was about 264 with a 45" waist, now im 262 with a 42.5" waist. Don’t ask me how, perhaps its the creatine im taking and im retaining water or something along those line.
Wes: You will always lose inches before you lose tonnage, Dood!
I don’t know that much about you, but it sounds like you’re a body-builder.
My suggestion is to go to your doc and get yourself checked out. We (and you) need to know your vital signs, so that we can advise you.
If I am missing something, I would appreciate my SDMB buds checking in.
I have wanted to take Creatine as well, but I am hypertensive, so I stayed away.
Thanks
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I started a weight loss program in August, then fell off the wagon in September, and now I have to get back on. Would someone come and personally kick my ass?
I’ll gladly kick the ass of anyone in Ann Arbor.
Seriously though, size and weight are usually not too closely related. I lost 50 pounds and was still wearing the same clothes with no change in fit. Then I lost 5 more and 4 inches in my waist, three sizes, etc. Alot of fat is stored around organs, on hands and feet, and otherplaces that change in mass wouldn’t be noticed. I lost like all the fat between my skull and my scalp.
Also, you can change composition ie lose fat and gain muscle and not change weight or even gain weight. This change can also make a small weight gain actually a good thing if you are gaining muscle mass.
I would urge everyone to make multiple positive steps in moderation. For example, increase exercise, watch what you eat, watch how much you eat, increase water intake, etc. That way if you binge one day, you can still feel good about having walked to work, etc.
I’m trying to get down to my original weight.
Seven pounds, six and a half ounces.
I cheated today. I had an Orange Crush. (From a 12-ounce glass bottle!) First soft drink I’ve had since… well, I don’t know. I usually drink iced tea, hot tea, coffee or water.
But I haven’t felt hungry today. I had some ham with cream cheese rolled inside earlier today. (That’s okay on Atkins.) And a couple of hours ago I tried some Atkins pasta. I thought it was odd that the box didn’t say to drain the pasta. Weird. So I added the half-and-half and the seasoning packet. The sauce never thickened and it tasted awful! Then I re-read the box, and it did say to drain it! :smack: Damn, I can be a goof sometimes! I mean, I always drain pasta. But I didn’t see it on the box. Somebody buy me a ticket to Lourdes. I think I need to use the fountain to restore my power of sight! :smack: :smack: :smack:
I tried to give it some flavour with some bleu cheese, garlic salt and pepper. I had a few forkfuls, but most of it went into the fridge. Maybe I’ll try adding a hot dog later.
Anyway not being hungry, I figured I could afford the carbohydrate-laden Orange Crush. Tomorrow I’ll get some ranch dressing and make some hot wings. That I don’t have to read a box for!
my vital signs? slight hypertension 148/88, pulse roughly 75 bpm, temp roughly 99.1 on average.
Well tomorrow I’m trotting (well, driving, actually) my fat butt to the bookstore to get the South Beach diet thingy book. I’ve heard a lot of good about it from other people, and I figure I’ll give it a shot. Wish me luck!!
Alright went to weigh in. I lost 1.6lbs this week. That makes for a total loss of 9lbs since 9/4/03. Woohoo. Looks like next week I’ll be hitting my first 10lbs. Yay!
Of course for dinner tonight I had steak, french fries, corn on the cob, mushrooms, and garlic cheese bread so I probably gained that 1.6lbs back.
That doesn’t matter because according to the scale tonight at WW I was 214lbs. I’ll be 214lbs until next Thursday when the scale gives me a new magic number!
Yeah, poor me, boo hoo.
Just a bad couple of pictures, I guess.
Actually, earlier this year, a friend said that my head is too small for my body… Now I’m a little bugged by it.
And Quasi, I’m officially not overweight anymore. I’m a pinhead at a healthy weight.