# The SDMB Weight Loss Club! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354 "2003-03-18T19:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/221 "2003-04-08T13:26:59Z")
Well, after a couple of weeks of family upheavals I’m back to my regular gym schedule (hopefully that’ll counteract this run down feeling I’ve been trying to shake for a few days now.) My daily diet has stayed the same so, hopefully, I haven’t gained anything back. I’m having trouble getting motivated today ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/222 "2003-04-08T14:22:05Z")
Well, I’m down 21 pounds now since January 1. I’m really hoping to be at least close to my target weight (150) by our family reunion in July. That’s 23 more pounds to go, so I’ll be happy if I can lose another 15 by then. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/223 "2003-04-08T15:01:27Z")
Had a number of ‘bad’ meals over the weekend, and my weight’s fluctuating in the 185.5-186 neighborhood, up from last week’s 185, darn it. Time to go back to those great stir-fry meals from Trader Joe’s. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/224 "2003-04-08T16:38:37Z")
I’m getting sick. Patrick had a cold over the weekend and apparently me suffering from allergies wasn’t good enough for him so he decided to give me his cold. I still went to the gym last night and I plan on going tonight but this really hampers my ability to do any sort of cardio work at all seein’ as I can’t breathe through my nose and all. I will not let this get me down though! I will do what I can (until it gets worse) and compensate by being a really, really good girl in the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/225 "2003-04-08T16:47:25Z")
Ah, young lovers. They share _every_thing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/226 "2003-04-08T17:19:20Z")
Hahaha, since both my wife and I are working hard at losing weight we invariably stare at each other with suspicion and a fair degree of contempt should one of us sneeze or sniffle lately. I think the underlying thought is “Don’t you dare get sick and give it to me and cause me to fall behind on my goals!” 😃 Should one of us catch a cold (or SARS!) I think a Level 4 quarantine would descend upon our household between the two of us. Haha! ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/227 "2003-04-08T18:39:34Z")
Just padding my post count. Erm, I’ve got… uh, a lot of weight to lose. I lost 70 pounds or so a couple of years back via a mostly-protein diet and exercise, but I became a slug after my employer at the time started failing financially, and gained most of it back. Emotional hangover, coupled with lack of funds to eat what I’d been eating for months. So, count me in. Not sure how much I’m going to lose, but those 75 pounds would be a nice start… ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/228 "2003-04-08T20:18:39Z")
Alright I stepped on the scale today after I got out of the shower and it read 221! I don’t care if it’s accurate or not, I’ll take it! Okay, so I’ve been weighed on 3 different scales but there’s a big difference between 234 and 221. I’ve had to lose _something_ right? Right! (Please no one come burst my bubble!) Cold or no cold this is definite motivation for going to the gym tonight. (You know Patrick always said he liked me the way I am. Do you think he’d stoop to giving me a cold so I wouldn’t make any progress? The sneaky little bastard!;)) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/229 "2003-04-08T21:36:30Z")
> [@](#): > > You know Patrick always said he liked me the way I am. Do you think he’d stoop to giving me a cold so I wouldn’t make any progress? The sneaky little bastard! My partner is wonderfully supportive, but is starting to make worried comments now that I weigh about what I did when she met me (I’m still 5 pounds above that). I’ve reassured her that even at my target weight I’m pleasingly zaftig! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/230 "2003-04-08T22:24:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fizzestothetop \* > **I’m getting sick. Patrick had a cold over the weekend and apparently me suffering from allergies wasn’t good enough for him so he decided to give me his cold. I still went to the gym last night and I plan on going tonight but this really hampers my ability to do any sort of cardio work at all seein’ as I can’t breathe through my nose and all.** Skip the exercise at the beginning of a cold. Your body uses the same amino acid (glutamine) to recover from exercise as it does to fuel the immune system, and you want your immune system functioning at full force. ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/231 "2003-04-08T23:19:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\*Skip the exercise at the beginning of a cold. Your body uses the same amino acid (glutamine) to recover from exercise as it does to fuel the immune system, and you want your immune system functioning at full force. \*\* I guess that’s why I always felt so much worse after exercising when I had that bronchitis a couple of months back. I should have listened to my body. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/232 "2003-04-09T16:47:37Z")
Weigh-in day. Hallelujah and yes yes yes yes yes YES!!! Under 150 pounds for the first time in the year 2003. w00t! 148.8 pounds. 11.4 pounds to go 'til I hit my (second) 10% goal. Thank you Weight Watchers, thank you Terry (my leader) and thank you SELF for deciding what’s really important to you and going for it. You weren’t even perfect last week and you lost weight! You don’t have to be perfect this week either, but be better and just _imagine_ what that scale’s gonna look like next week. You can do it! ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/233 "2003-04-09T19:23:33Z")
Right on, **Gazelle**! By the way, I’m going to see the Duchess on the 29th. I can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/234 "2003-04-09T19:31:38Z")
Me too! Me too! You know that PDA program I mentioned a coupla pages ago? Worth its weight in GOLD, my friends. Yes - you heard me. Before I had it, I’d been working out and trying to watch what I ate but not making too many changes. Struggled. Hard. Went 12+ weeks working out 3+ times a week and lost about 5 pounds. Since I installed the PDA program on March 23rd, I’ve lost almost 10. Yes, I’m a calorie nazi, but I’m losing, and that’s what counts. My mini-goal is 6 lbs away, and I’m hoping to make it in 3 weeks. Then on to another five pounds gone, hopefully. I’m with **Ginger** - hopefully when I go to weigh in next Monday, I won’t have to use the big 150 notch. I’ll be down to the 100 notch (plus a lot on the slider, but hey - I’m under the 150 notch!). **Fabulous!** Keep it up, all! Snicks ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/235 "2003-04-09T19:36:09Z")
Congratulations all! I’m down another pound for a 28# loss thus far. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2003, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/236 "2003-04-10T11:36:57Z")
**scout** ybaby, you are such a sweet, supportive friend. I lubs ya. Tell the Duchess I said, “Yo, whuttup?!?” In my report about meeting her, did I mention her badass belt buckle? It was half British flag, half American flag. I yelled out, “Nice belt buckle!” She smiled. I’m crazy like dat. And it drives El Hubbo batty. Gratz to all my Doper friends who be losin’ weight like a mutha or tryin’ to lose weight like a trucka. You roooooooooooooock! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/237 "2003-04-12T04:05:18Z")
Physical stuff’s better, mental/love stuff’s still giving me grief. Trying my best to hang, but I’m slip slidin’ away, slowly. Y’all go ahead, I’ll catch up. Love ya’s! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/238 "2003-04-12T12:56:02Z")
OK, I’m down another 4 pounds, for a total so far of 38. Tried some of the Sugar Free Hershey’s last night. The chocolate with almond was pretty good. But the Reese’s. . .Holy cow, it tasted just like a Reese’s cup! I’ve had some sugar-free peanut butter cups since I’ve started this plan, but nothing else has that texture that Reese’s has! I’m hooked. The great news is, as good as they taste, I ate about 4 last night (they’re the miniatures), gave 2 to other people to try, and saved the other 5 for later. If they had been the real thing, I’d have never been able to do that! ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/239 "2003-04-12T14:33:10Z")
Well. I totally stopped dieting a few weeks ago. It sucked. I’m doing WW online, and I think it mostly happened because I (obviously) have food issues, and while I can control what I’m eating if I try hard enough, I wasn’t losing any weight at all even when I was doing what I was supposed to. Anyway, I’m back trying this week. I haven’t been perfect, but I’ve stuck to plan fairly well. I’ve also decided that I think the main impetus for my weight loss is going to have to be exercise, as I don’t think I can handle really and truly eating little. I should have plenty of time in the next few months to go to the gym every day, though. And as soon as it gets warm, swimming here I come! ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354/240 "2003-04-12T17:38:21Z")
I’m having a tough time, too, especially on weekends. Gee, I went three months straight with nary a cheat! Maybe I need to take a little break? But I’m afraid if I do that consciously I’ll quickly see the scales going the other way, and I’ve had too big of a loss, and have even a way bigger loss still to go, to give up even a few pounds. Motivation, where did you go? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club/162354.md?page=13)