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Hennah
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Originally posted by Hennah:
[Tentative de-lurk]
Hello, All. I've been hovering around this thread for a bit, picking up tips, but I think it's high time I contributed... following a viewing of Christmas photos with me thinking "who's that lard-arse?" and having a moment of horrible realisation, I am officially On A Diet. Yikes.
SO, (deep breath), I am currently 14 stone. To put this in context, the maximum upper limit for my height (5'7") is 11st 6. I did Weight Watchers a few years ago and went from 12st5 to 11st3ish, so I know it works, but it's flippin' expensive and a faff to fit in meetings, so I've recruited my mother (used to teach teenage boys, can be exceedingly strict when required) to be my accountable-to person, weigh-in every week, and rather than paying for ww meetings I'm going to put the money in a pot and when we reach a target, Mum and me are going to do something nice with it. Wish me luck!
And by way of contribution (rather than just me pouring out woes), here is a fab recipe that was pretty healthy to start with but has tonight been adapted into even healthier and still yumptious version:
(I am a lazy cook so generally measure in mugfuls rather than weights, it's less bother...)
Broccoli and Oatmeal Soup
Original Version/Super-healthy Version (WW Points)
2 tbsp olive oil (8)/squirts of no-cal cooking spray (0)
One normal onion or six spring onions (0)
One head of broccoli (0)
One mug of porridge oats/oatmeal (3.5)
Three mugs semi-skimmed milk (6)/Three mugs skimmed milk (3)
Three mugs vegetable stock (0)
Salt and Pepper (0)
Chop the onions and soften in the oil. Add the oats, stir and cook for a few minutes. Chop the broccoli into bite-sized florets, slice the stems and chop into similar-sized bits. Add to the pan and cook for a few minutes, keep stirring. Add the milk and stock, bring to boil, cover and simmer for 10 mins, season to taste.
If you divide it into five portions it's 3.5 points per helping for the original recipe, 1.5 points per helping for the positively-angelic one.
It's a bit like a savoury porridge - that sound really odd but it's delicious, I promise! It thickens as it cools so if you're saving some, don't worry if it sets solid - once heated again it'll runny up.
Hen [/Re-lurks]
Resurrected as the last post on the old thread - I am clearly a thread-killer.
Also currently wanting to positively hurl myself off the wagon and into a vat of Ben&Jerry's. But hey, The Will Is Strong. So far.
Happy New Year All!
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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So, this year
- Drink less beer
- Get more excercise
- Try to eat sensibly
Would be nice to get my waist to match my inside leg measurement. If I can get it less, even better.
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
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2011 saw me drop ten Kilos, from 97 to 87Kg. My goal this year is to lose at least another 5 to 10.
There, I said it.
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Janine
The Endless Simmer
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I'm trying to get my head around a broccoli porridge... I might adapt that with whole barley.
December 2011 has been a really nasty month for me, weight-wise. I haven't gained a ton -- but I've gained 9 pounds since I last saw my cardiologist, late last Spring I guess it was?
I doubt I gained all nine in just this month -- but it wasn't apparent to me until I temporarily dropped gym in the mornings when I got sick. Taking antibiotics, swigging Nyquil like there was no tomorrow, missed work... at first I was afraid it would kill me, then I wished it would hurry up and kill me. Only just now perking up a bit.
Monday, Lord willing, it's back to the gym!
And, by Monday, a re-direction of attention to portion control. My love affair with food has got to slack off.
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Sarasa
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Oh dear - the weight has been creeping up this year and I'm starting the new year needing to lose 10lbs or so. Trouble is there is still Christmas Cake to finish....
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harmony hope
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I'm a lapsed poster on here -very keen to join in again if there's room for me! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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JoannaP
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I have just weighed myself for the first time in a couple of weeks and am very surprised that I have not gained at all in that time. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
So there are just 4 lbs to come off for me to get back down to my goal weight, I have changed my WW status back to losing and will be rigorous in recording what I eat again.
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Surfing Madness
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I'm determinedly going to try and lose some more this year. Having put yet more weight on in the summer, am pleased to say that I have been gradually losing since September. Have had a blip over Christmas. But now I WILL get back in to good food and exercise habits. Am aiming to drop at least another dress size. (I don't own scales, so have a belt that is giving me an idea of what I've lost.)
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Mr Curly
Off to Curly Flat
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Christmas cake to finish, and enough chocolate in the house to last until Easter. Can I through it all out?
Back walking. Need to drop 8 kg.
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Boogie
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I have a stone to lose. ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
May I join the thread?
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Emma Louise
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Hello 2012! I lost 3 stone between babies and managed to lose baby weight after last pregnancy which is all good...
... but I still have 2 stone to go to be a normal bmi and would like to lose 2 and a half ideally.
I'm still recovering post baby/operation and am still quite anemic so I think exercise will take a while to start but I want to get on top of food now.
Here's to a much healthier 2012
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Hennah
Ship's Mother Hen
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First weigh-in since 28th Dec starting point... 6lb gone! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif) I know it's just the Christmas extras going, but it feels like a good start. Downhill from here...
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harmony hope
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Go Hennah! ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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Enigma
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Well done Hennah!
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Eleanor Jane
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Happy belated New Year (don't get to the Ship very often, on MyFitnessPal *all* the time!)
I've been on MFP for 120ish days now, managed to lose a bit over 7kg (14ish pounds). Aiming to lose 10 kg (20ish pounds). Christmas took a bit of a toll on me, but I seem to have just stalled for the past two-three weeks instead of gaining a lot.
I'm back on the wagon and hoping to lose at least another kilo or so before we emigrate to the UK in late Jan. ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif) (Excited and scared)
Good luck to all in our post-Christmas/ New Year's endeavours!
Cheers,
EJ
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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I'm considering going back to MFP, but I needed to quit for awhile, I was being obsessive and neurotic. I dont think I'm really cut out for the numbers game. I started weighing myself 6+times a day, weighing every crumb of food, and guilting myself into bad behavior (i.e. skipping whole meals, etc) over minor infractions. it happened the last time I did the counting game, too. I invariably do well at first, then slow, then get anal, then start the starve-then-binge game, cheat on the numbers, stall all weight loss, and function miserably.
I decided a few months ago to just quit caring for awhile and focus my energy elsewhere, after I started counseling to deal with the neurosis part. what's funny is it wasn't the counseling that shook me out of it, it was the fact that I needed counseling!
I've done great, actually - not losing but not gaining... until the holidays. I let myself go back to eating gluten, and it kicked my ass. basically six weeks worth of tummy trouble and almost 20 lbs gained. since US thanksgiving! not okay.
I'm back off the gluten and already feeling better as far as the GI issues go. we'll see if the weight loss can follow along. (sugars are my really killer, need to quit those. scary. I'm so addicted.)
if not, maybe I'll tiptoe back into the counting thing. I'm wary of it - it makes me really lose sight of the important bits and become this obsessive accountant.
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Auntie Doris
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I kind of use MFP to keep up with other people, but as I am actually doing Slimming World and nothing is forbidden I kind of ignore the numbers. I know what classes as my 'free' food, even if MFP doesn't agree.
If I calorie count obsessively I get very psychologically unhealthy very quickly.
Auntie Doris x
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Campbellite
Ut unum sint
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Comet (et al.) Weighing in frequently doesn't help me. I make a practice of only weighing in first thing in the morning one day a week. (Sunday, for me) and keeping track on an Excel spreadsheet (I can be obsessive about the formulas instead of the pounds/kgs.)
Portion control: Limit eating out, and use smaller plates. It really works for me. A small but filled plate feels more satisfying than a half empty large plate.
Limit carbs, esp. complex carbs/sugars: Mercifully I don't have (never really did) a sweet tooth. I do on rare occasion splurge on a small bowl of no-sugar-added ice cream.
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Eleanor Jane
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Luckily I'm a very loose type - couldn't be obsessive about something if I tried (much to some of my bosses' frustration!) so I'm fine estimating calories. Being in New Zealand, most of our food isn't listed so I have to guess that the thing from Asda or Tescos etc. is a similar thing. And I don't weigh anything (I use exact portions if the thing comes already weighed i.e. meat or if I use half a cup of rice etc).
I would probably lose more quickly if I were more pedantic, but I'm trying to live like I could live for the rest of my life... and I've got a lot of other things to do with myself right now!
Also, I'm determined not to turn into one of those crazy running coves. (Bless them and all, I just have other hobbies that I'd rather spend my time on!) so moderate exercise does well for me.
Anyhoo, each to their own! I think a large part of the battle is learning what works for you.
Cheers,
EJ
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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I'm in. The husband is away for 2 months with work, so I figured this would be a good time to start some healthier routines without his love of carbs and ice cream to distract me. (His love of exercise counteracts them for him, but not me).
Now he's actually got on the plane and left me with only a cranky turtle for company, I am doubting my own ability for self-control, and the motivation actually get some fresh air and exercise.
I'm trying MFP but don't want to get too calorie/number obsessed. We'll see...
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Meg the Red
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I'm in, too. Having carb-loaded my way to 10 extra pounds during a very stressful fall, I'm determined to stop gaining before it's totally out of control. You'd think the fact that my diabetic brother recently had a gangrenous toe amputated would have given me pause before I stuffed another fistful of caramel corn into my mouth, but nooooooooooo ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
Having recently read Sugar Nation, I'm really trying to focus on eating in a way that will help me not to crash during the afternoon, which is when I'm most susceptible to the call of the cookie.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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dropping again - down four from whenever that last post was. makes me wonder if the cat was standing on my head and I didn't know it. good to be moving in the right direction, anyway. makes it worth it.
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"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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Any advice on how to avoid bread? I don't eat that much, it's just so bad when I do.
I'm thinking that while my own personal chef is away, and I actually have to buy my own groceries (oh, the horror!), I should just not keep any in the house.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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that was my rule - no grain-based anything in the house. now that I've adjusted the boys get to have bread for PB&J and cheerios. doesnt bother me anymore. purge the pantry!
my buggabo is sugar. I have about 48 hours, then it's all out.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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came across this and wanted to share. making it my desktop photo for awhile.
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Welease Woderwick
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...it's the more that I worry about!
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la vie en rouge
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Originally posted by Liberty:
Any advice on how to avoid bread? I don't eat that much, it's just so bad when I do.
I'm thinking that while my own personal chef is away, and I actually have to buy my own groceries (oh, the horror!), I should just not keep any in the house.
What kind of bread do you usually eat? For example if you get the hefty German wholegrain sort, it's much kinder to your body and fills you up better than softer white bread.
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harmony hope
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Great Stuff Comet!
Down another 3lbs here - now Week 2 of my post-Xmas campaign and I seem to remember that Week 2 is often really hard for me (and grumpy children this morning doesn't help!)...any tips for that Week 2 feeling? ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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To The Pain
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Hi All!
Just popping in because over Christmas I used up all the 'breathing space' that I left myself when I set the weight goal I reached about 18 months ago. But that was the point of building in breathing space! So I have 4 kilos to lose and have given myself a couple of months to do it, which should be fine. I just need to work out the strategies to employ when both my flatmates are slender things who can not only stop eating when they stop feeling hungry but also walk past open packets of biscuits and chocolate leaving them entirely unscathed!
I think I'll grab my lunch then go for a little walk. At least the new flat is a little further from work than the old one - that automatically builds in 15-20 minutes of extra walking on work days.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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Originally posted by harmony hope:
Great Stuff Comet!
Down another 3lbs here - now Week 2 of my post-Xmas campaign and I seem to remember that Week 2 is often really hard for me (and grumpy children this morning doesn't help!)...any tips for that Week 2 feeling?
might be worth talking to the kids about how this is the wrong week to cross you. also - explain to them why this is important, so asking for junk food will just tempt you. get them on your "team". it helps. (though, when I am being weak, I sometimes want to growl at my well-meaning children who refuse me access to the cheese. dangit.)
no more sugary stuff after midnight tonight. I have a bunch of ice cream to get rid of. I'm tempted to "accidentally" leave it out on the counter and let the dogs take care of the temptation for me.
alternately - hey boys! Ice cream for dinner!
I need to declare the quitting-sugar thing here publicly in hopes it will challenge me into sticking to it. sugar is worse than crack for me.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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quote:
Originally posted by comet:
I need to declare the quitting-sugar thing here publicly in hopes it will challenge me into sticking to it. sugar is worse than crack for me.
missed edit window. further - I'm "quitting" things with added sugar, not fruits, etc. (but no dried fruits and they seem to all be sugared up) and I'm allowing myself honey, for now, in hopes that that will be my methadone as I ease off the stuff. I happen to know that if I get desperate I can make a (really kind of disgusting) slurry of almond butter, honey, and cocoa powder to feed any bad chocolate urges. it works, but it's not exactly Godiva so hopefully I wont just become hooked on that.
kitchen purge today. cooking up the last of the chocolate chips into cookies for the guys who plowed me out Friday, and either pawning off the last of the candy canes on the boys or dropping them off at work.
I WILL beat this.
(warning: especially crabby comet alert for next week or so.)
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Jengie jon
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Comet
Have you looked at any of those "No Sugar" books? If not then try getting hold of one. Not just for the bad things it will do but because it will give you a bit of biochemistry that might mean that you are better able to beat the craving. My understanding is that sugar is a stable door keeper for allowing pleasure hormones out of the stable and into your brain. It basically hold the door open rather than gives pleasure itself.
Yes I have to keep that addiction under control as well, why do you think I was reading the book in the first place. Oh that and mum is diabetic.
Jengie
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Originally posted by la vie en rouge:
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Originally posted by Liberty:
Any advice on how to avoid bread?
What kind of bread do you usually eat?
That's right, all breads are not created equal. I've become fond of spelt bread, which is hard to find but there's a farmers-market chain around these parts called Sprouts that carries it. Only 10 grams of carbohydrates per slice, and one of those is fiber.
Look for high-fiber bread and note carefully the carbohydrate count on the label.
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harmony hope
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Thanks Comet - I think the "team" thing is great and usually the girls are very good at it but today has been a total write-off I'm afraid on the healthy eating front...
However "tomorrow is another day!" and I will pick up the baton tomorrow and launch once more into the breech (mixing my metaphors as I go!)
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Meg the Red
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I've just joined a workplace weight loss challenge. Everybody contributes $20.00 and competes to see who loses the greatest percentage of body weight during the next three months. One of our staff doctors will do weigh-ins and keep track, and the winner gets all the money.
Just the incentive I need to move my (sizeable) butt!
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Meg the Red
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....and the dirty tricks have already started. Someone placed Lindor chocolates in the mailboxes of everyone participating.
Must. Resist. ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
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Eleanor Jane
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That's quite funny about the sneaky chocolates in the mail box. Why don't you just put them in the box of the person you want to sabotage (and start a chocolate swapping war!)
In my weight-loss news, I'm buggered. I only went and broke my damn toe in the weekend so pretty much all kinds of exercise are ruled out (not even stationary bike!).
I had lost the Christmas pound but I just cannot stay under 1200 calories with no exercise! And we've had lovely family dinners out the last two nights, and another birthday next week and then we're on a plane for 27 hours and staying with family 'till we find jobs and a flat! (Throws up hands).
I'm thinking if I manage to maintain over the next few weeks I'll be doing pretty well.
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claudine
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I'm not trying to lose weight but I do need to cut down on sugar, so I'll tag along here if that's OK. First I need to do something about what's left of the Christmas chocolate ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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To The Pain
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Oh EJ, that's annoying! I hope the toe isn't too painful, but I don't have any helpful suggestions for exercise. Just moving around will be more of an effort, but I guess you'll want to do as little as possible of that. It might be worth trying to do some arm or upper body strength stuff - I know I totally ignore my upper body with most of the exercise I do.
I am doing a small happy dance as a few days of paying attention to how much I eat/do has lead to a kilo disappearing over the last few days. Of course, I set myself up for a good start by doing my first weigh-in when I was probably retaining a bit of water and by fudging the needle on the scale up to a whole kilo when it was really just below that, but it's good for confidence! Keep on keeping on everyone.
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M.
Ship's Spare Part
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I discovered this morning that my favourite trouser suit has mysteriously shrunk in the wardrobe over Christmas, so I think it's time to be a good girl again for a while.
Last year, lured by Auntie Doris' enthusiasm, I joined Slimming World, found it great and lost a stone and a half (21lbs) and successfully kept it off. Until now. So will go back on the SW plan for a few weeks.
M.
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Flausa
Mad Woman
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So just wondering how everyone's doing. I went on maintenance for a month and am now cutting down again for a month just to see what I can get this body to do. I've been weightlifting, power walking, and running and have been thrilled with the way I'm getting stronger, faster, and leaner.
So how are you doing with your goals?
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Meg the Red
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Sounds like you're really doing well, Flausa - good for you.
It's the final weigh-in tomorrow for my workplace Biggest Loser competition. I haven't had the energy to do much besides regular walking, but I've managed to lose about 12 pounds in the last three months; it won't put me in the money, but I at least I haven't embarrassed myself. Hopefully now that I'm moving on to a job that won't eat my evenings and weekends, I can actually muster enough oomph to up the ol' exercise and get rid of the last 15 pounds.
[ 11. April 2012, 17:53: Message edited by: Meg the Red ]
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comet
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I'm back on monitoring and watching my intake. I've been pretty good the last few months as far as eating right, but after an epic eating binge on easter I decided it was time to walk the straight-and-narrow for awhile. plus, it's time to shed the extra winter weight.
things have changed also, in that I've developed a pretty dramatic gluten sensitivity. I knew I was prone to gut problems before with it, and gave it up after christmas. but now, I can't "cheat" anymore - even the littlest bit makes me really sick. like, miss-work-sick. so I'm having to change habits which is an interesting learning curve, but in the long run it's all for the good.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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I've been careless for a few months and have gained a few pounds as a result. I've gone out a notch on most of my belts, and most of my jeans have become snug. But I'm back on my regimen (Atkins Diet) and am confident I'll lose the pounds again -- and hopefully some more!
This time of the year in Arizona, the "snowbirds" (temporary residents who have fled harsh winter climates) are starting to pack up and return home, so the swimming pool will be relatively empty once again, and I can resume my swimming regimen. The pool is too crowded with the snowbirds all here. I live in an over-55 community, and the "old people" as I call them don't swim -- they walk back and forth in the water, and always at 90 degree angles to the lap lanes. So it's very difficult to swim laps with so many snowbirds in the pool.
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Eleanor Jane
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Flausa's amazing - she's turned into an ironwoman!
Good luck to Comet, Amanda B and Meg.
I've been doing poorly on weight loss for the last three months. Moving country is unexpectedly disturbing to all sorts of things (much more expensive, takes much longer to get set up, more admin than expected).
We left New Zealand at the end of January and we've only just gotten a flat a few weeks ago. I start my job next week. So I've been in limbo and waiting about for a long time.
I've been logging on and off on My Fitness Pal but haven't actually lost any weight since I left NZ (well, I've fluctuated by about a kilo but haven't gotten lower overall). Last year I lost about 7-8 from my initial goal of 10 kilos. (15- 17 pounds from a goal of 20ish).
In the plus side, I haven't gotten a lot fitter and more toned from walking hours most days.
I need to go food shopping now and fill the house with fruit n veg!
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ecumaniac
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Hi folks,
Is there anyone on MFP who would would like to friend me (pretty pliease *bats eyelashes*)? I've signed (back) on to do some food tracking, after I noticed that I'll go days where I just have tea & toast for dinner and then wonder why I have no energy to do anything...
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Auntie Doris
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What's your MFP name?
Auntie Doris x
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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ecu - I'm tkacomet on MFP. not the most regular of posters but I'd happily add you!
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