Because there are different types and levels of “unhealthy”. They are not the same.
In what way am I unhealthy right now? I have extreme stress and worry. Before I had extreme stress and worry, plus a cholesterol of 240+ and a blood pressure that was borderline medicateable (I didn’t mention that, my BP dropped from 160 to 105 with the weight loss). And my bad/good cholesterol ratio is outrageously good.
I have a serious family history of heart disease, which is encouraging me to stay at the level I am. But I mainly got to the level I am primarily by stress.
I’m never going to be happy with my body, but I hate it less at least.
Really, I had a long post typed up, but I don’t think my message will get through on this Board so there’s no point.
Anthracite I won’t take up your time by lecturing you on the need for more calories per day and the rest of the things. From what I’ve seen on the board you are intelligent. What I would like to know, do you take vitamin supplements? I mean, those wouldn’t be extra calories - but it would be certain your body is getting the daily doses of things it needs.
I went to bed last night thinking “I didn’t drink enough water today”, and lo and behold woke up with that squinchy feeling in my hands that says I was retaining water. Scale was up a pound, too. Dammit. Always happens the day before weigh-in.
Fierra has me take them, plus calcium. But I am bad and do not take them regularly. So I’m not that smart. I second your recommendation, but haven’t followed it good though it may be. I seem to be calcium deficient, as my broken rib re-broke itself two months after healing by the simple act of sleeping on my side.
I guess I brought up my weight loss on the clothing issue, and used this place to rant a little about how hard it is to maintain. Maintenance is a whole other aspect of the weight loss equation, that sometimes is not fully considered. I never anticipated that I would be hungry 24/7, and that after years of being used to it it would not fade. I also did not believe that 800 calories a day was “liveable”, but apparently it is. I track my weight twice a day, and watch for downward (as well as upward) trends and adjust. I have two “danger points” - 8 stone 10 and 9 stone (120 and 126 pounds, respectively - we only have English scales).
One thing to be wary of is being sick - when I was sick last time, I started losing weight precipitously, as I guess I had no reserves.
I have very recently been obsessively worried about the heart thing because I discovered that my estranged father has been in for surgery in just his late 50’s - and his father before him died in his early 60’s from heart disease. And my mother and grandmother have also had problems. Being a diabetic of 20+ years and having that history, I reckon I only have about 10-15 years left to live, and then it’s hello endless eternal oblivion.
Please know that those here at the Dope are here for you if you ever need to vent. My email address is in my profile and would love to chat if you ever wanted to.
Though I will agree that maintenance is my biggest concern. Not that I am anywhere near where I want to be weight wise - but that part does scare me!
I can’t help but think of the fat kid that I was, and the fat young adult, and the fat woman. I just think of how much easier it would have been if I hadn’t seen my mother complain and fail at dieting. I’m finding it pretty easy, but all those years of listening to Mom messed me up into thinking it was hard hard hard.
Okay. After being off for a long time, I’m ready to commit to being back on WW and to watching this thread. This week is going to be a little off plan due to Rosh Hashanah, but I’m feeling positive!
Well, for me, it’s stopped completely. Give or take 2/10ths of a pound, (that I’ve gained and lost over the last 4 weeks) I’ve lost nothing since switching. As a point of reference, I was losing an average of 1 3/4th pound a week on Winning Points.
I’m going on vacation and am just gonna say “th’ hell with dieting”* (not that I’m gonna run amok, mind you, but I’m not worrying about points…**) and when I get back, start fresh with the old Winning Point system and losing again.
Fenris
*No, I won’t use the term “lifestyle change”. Blech. Even though I’ll need to stay on the diet the rest of my life-I understand that. But “lifestyle change”? Maybe we can empower our zeitgeist by actualizing our inner child with this “lifestyle change” :rolleyes: I hate jargon.
Well, flexing has given me the boost I needed to get over the plateau that I was stuck on for so long. I had been gaining and losing the same couple of pounds for about three weeks or a month, but I’m over it.
I like that I can eat five extra points every day, or I can go out to a party and not worry about screwing up my diet completely.
I don’t blame you for going back to what has worked. If Flex hadn’t worked for me, I would do exactly the same thing.
Now for MY footnote: Weirddave is still sleeping. That was clearly me.
Also, as I posted in the MPSIMS Weight Loss thread, everyone MUST know of Breyer’s 98% fat free Vanilla ice cream. 90 calories, 4g of fibre, 1.5 g fat per serving. That works out to 1 point if you’re following WW. It’s a bit sweeter than normal - unless I’ve just lost my sweet tooth.
By comparison: Regular Breyer’s French Vanilla is 4 points per serving.
Well, I’m not too sure how I’d say I’m doing on the next Flex system. I have lost, but it seems a bit slower. BUT - it could also be because a few days I was WAY over. This week won’t be a good judge either as I am sick. All I did was sleep yesterday - only eating like 12 points all day. I just couldn’t stay awake any longer to eat more.
I am back to journaling again - which is great for me. I had just been “head counting” for a while as I was missing my zing for the program. I’m trying to get back on track and am hoping with this thread being alive and kicking will give me an extra boost!
Hm. Healthy Choice Mocha Chocolate Something (or Something Mocha Chocolate) is delicious and only (IIRC) 2 pts per half cup serving. What is Bryer’s counting as a serving (I’d love to be able to eat twice as much ice cream!!! )
