divvi, I just started weight watchers last week and your watching your sugar and carbs was an inspiration to me. Don't let me down now. Get back on your plan and stay with me. I have been doing pretty good this last week and weekly weigh in is tomorrow. I don't know if I have lost any but seeing how much less sweets I have been eating I hope there is at least a little. I will post and let you know. My first goal is 5# I have a mark on my scales and when I reach that mark I will lower it another 5#. It didn't come on overnight and it won't go off overnight. I forgot what thread this is on. Just checked and we are on "Emotional Eating" so all you emotional eaters come on board and let's drop 5# over the next couple of months. First prize award to first one to reach the 5# LESS mark. Let's go.......
ok. since I anticipate a lot of activity on this I have started a new thread.
edit - moved divvi post to here. (Rest of you joining can move your post here)
ok i can do it again. i get sidetracked and go back to sugar as a comfort food knowing how hard it is to take back off..sigh... why is this sooo hard? ok, imohr i am joining with you again as of tomorrow am! and yes i did feel soooo much better and more energy divv
thanks lmohr for starting new thread I am editing my post from Emotional Eating. i gained 50+ pounds TOTALLY from emotional eating beginning with this AD journey in 2-1/2 years. I'm disgusted with myself. I hate even going out because I can't stand the way I look. So, yep. Count me in for at least 5 in a month.
Aside from my vanity this extra weight is creating health problems as I have a knee which will someday need to be replaced, broken when I was 21. And for the past 9 months I've had a heel spur with plantar fasciitis which is made much worse from additional weight. And then of course there's my heart. I'll be having stress tests and stuff later.
I CAN DO IT. I have no choice. Hope we get a big crowd here so this journey won't be lonely. (lmohr: that popcorn in your bed, that's not BUTTERED I'm assuming - popcorn is a good snack without butter or much salt.
Maybe we can post some easy low cal recipes. I'll have to get some sleep before I can do that.
I edited the title of the thread to Lose 5# Club. Set your goal to lose 5# and then reset to lose the next 5#. Realistically 1/2 pound a week is more doable - at least for me. Whatever works for you aim for it. To the first 5# loss starting today.
I'm in. I lost 15 or so pounds last summer because I was watching my carbs and sugar and exercising in the community pool several times a week. Over the winter DH changed so that I don't leave the house without him. That brings more reading time and tv time for me so snacking seems to go with it. I have only gained back about three pounds, but that tells me that I'm not doing the right thing. I could stand to lose fifteen more anyway. On the Fine Living Network there is a show called "Cooking Yourself Thin" and I tried a few recipes and liked them.
ok i just read this again. i am in for the long haul this time .. 5lbs is doable. plus i am going to get on my exerciser here i can touch it from my keyboard! how bad is that? i did hang my purse on it joan:) ok get with the program folks. everyone needs at 5lbs! whats for lunch??? my lunch is a nustrisystem cup of soup/and a small dinner salad w/2 tps of ranch dressing. :) 1 cup papaya
I added "Off Topic" to this discussion, so new people won't think this is a diet forum. HOWEVER, I'm betting there are a whole bunch of us who will join this discussion. Because it is a public forum, and my friends and relatives read it, I have no intention of giving away the secrets of how I managed to get myself into this size. As if it were a secret anyway. 5lbs. at a time is a very good idea. Not so daunting a task as looking at 100lbs., and saying - No way.
OK, I don't have anything going on in my life so I will join too, lol! I too an am emotional eater. Have gained and WILL LOSE! Wondering, do you think this emotional eating business if mostly women, or do we just complain more??????
Susan-I don't understand why you should be the victim of emotional eating. You say you have nothiong going on in your life. Dear friend-if there was any one in the world who has more to worry about than you it would be a record. Cut yourself so.me slack. Maybe divvi will cyber ship you some flan
I have Type II diabetes - diagnosed in November 2007. It's controlled by diet and exercise. DH was diagnosed with MCI in February 2008. I stayed on the diet and by July had lost 20 pounds. My blood sugar dropped, and so did my cholesterol and blood pressure. I wanted to lose 5 more pounds. In September 2008, my sister fell, cut her leg, got septic shock, etc. I am the only family member with any sense of responsibility, so I took care of her (it's a long and on-going story). I gained 10 pounds back rapidly and am on my way to gaining more. I've also quit checking my blood sugar as I should. I'm joining this club. I have to get myself under control again!
Okay, I'm in too. I'm simply not getting the amount of daily exerecise I've been used to for a zillion years...and...big and....I'm enjoying my vino too much. That is going to be my downfall. I don't care for sweets, so that's not my big deal. If I just cut out the wine, I'm sure I could drop pounds far more quickly, but...!
OK, welcome everybody. I started WW last Monday so today was my first weigh-in--- TA TA TA down 3 1/2 lbs. Now I know that is the first week and I won't ever do that good again but it was a boost to my morale. I am not counting that on the first 5# here so I am starting today with you at square 1. Anybody is welcome to join us at any time. How about it we make Monday our weigh-in day. Go Go Ladies and Gents. We can do it. The director at WW today lost 83# using the ww program.
They have the points plan now. You are allowed so many points a day, predetermined by your weight and height. In addition to that you have I think it is 30 "free points" you can use any day you like but you cannot carry them over until the next week. Use them or lose them.
I am short and my "points" are only 19 a day. Example 2 slices of 35 cal. bread is 1 point. A small frozen yogert cone from Mc is 4 points. 1 slice crisp bacon 1 point. Vegetables are free (I am just relearning so if someone has better info you can correct me) 1/2 banana 1 point, 1 c. skim milk 3 points. Exercise earns you more points.
Susan L, I don't know whether this emotional eating thing is mostly limited to women or not, but I can't recall any of the males on this forum talking about weight issues. How about it, guys (or maybe they're not even following htis thread because it's a non-issue with them)? My weight has been pretty constant in the 160 pound range, give or take a few pounds, for most of my adult life. I think I briefly gained to 173 when I gave up smoking in my early forties, and slimmed down to my high school weight of 155 while we were doing lots of hard manual work building this house twenty years ago. While I do find myself snacking on "comfort foods" more these days out of boredom, I'm also probably eating less at mealtimes -- I find myself skipping noon meals many days, and dinner is a sort of helter skelter affair since I'm the cook (not). A BIG bowl of cold cereal with bananas and blueberries on top, orange juice, prunes, and coffee for breakfast is the only meal that hasn't really changed much for me. And my DW has been pretty much constant in the 125 pound range -- gaining to 140 during pregnancy, and now down to just 110 because of her illness.
count me in I know emotional eating, when I was in Az. I lost 60 lbs, came home had to deal with dh getting worse, the snow,staying in the house all the time, now it`s time for me, I gained 40+ lbs back, I want to feel good again, I don`t cook for myself anymore can`t figure out how to do that, been living off of junk food and fast food, I know worst ever, so hear goes, 5 lbs in a month I can do that, good luck everyone.
I feel for all of you. I have just the opposite problem. Trying to gain weight! I believe that's just as difficult! Always weighed about 104 since teenage years. Lost 12 lbs. after having upper denture over a year ago. It has taken me that long to gain back 8 lbs! I eat everything under the sun and still can't get back up to where I was. Doctor said not to worry about it. I have kept my BP down without meds, chol. is good. DH tells me I run it off anyway. I'm always on the go doing something. But many of my friends are overweight and constantly battling it. So, I'm here rooting you on! Good luck.
Vickie, We are in the same class! I weigh 98lbs and would like to weigh a bit more but if I gained weight it would probably go to my stomach and that is one place I don't need it! I am a picky eater so I don't know why I have HIGH BP,high cholesterol and osteoporosis. I think genes have a lot to do with our weight and health problems.
Okay, this is a very biggie for me. And I am so proud of myself! Today was godawful as was yesterday. I was in my car going to pick up my love pup from the vet and feeling low low low. At that point I hadn't eaten and I drove by the FUDGE STORE (this is a tourist town I'm sure I've said a zillion times). Ordinarily I would have stopped and bought 1/2 pound of chocolate with walnuts. I could taste it. BUT I DID NOT STOP and stayed up my diet all day. At least I didn't add one more thing to be miserable about.
Instead I stopped by our storage unit and OMG how depressing was that. I hadn't been there in awhile and there was large bag after large bag of clothing labeled "TERRY TOO SMALL."
I remember the moment I started self medicating with chocolate as my shrink at the time called it. He said, "sure it's understable, you're boosting your seratonin." I didn't care what I looked like at that point I was DESPERATE to stop the overwhelming feelings at the shock and reality of what was happening to us. I ate a package of those ready to bake Nestles chocolate chip cookies nearly every single day. There were several days when I hate nothing BUT that or something like.
In my recent health scare I the dr ordered blood work and I was surprised my glucose (?) was normal. I asked the nurse to double check as I wouldn't have been surprised if I had acquired diabetes with this kind of eating.
So tonight I'm still feeling lonely and sad and scared and angry BUT I'm not eating. Good on me!
Imohr - what a nice thing you made happen for yourself this week. Congratulations!
I am happy that we are doing this topic. I think it will help me be more responsible about my food/fuel plan. I went to WW tonight but did not weigh in - chicken. I am trying to figure out how to lose a pound sometime during this week so I can go and weigh in and be responsible.
Since I have been doing so well with my walking, my twisted mind said that I deserved to treat myself - what a treat........... I saw my pictures today from the race and I sure didn't like what I saw. So, that will help me. Somehow I have it in my mind that I am very thin - I used to be. Sometimes reality is a difficult task for me.
Terry, good for you. That took a lot of willpower. You can get into those clothes again but it won't happen overnight. And dagma that is great about your walking. I need that. We live on a 1/3 mile gravel road and I am afraid to walk on it because it is easy to slip in the gravel on the hill and going out to walk is more difficult for me but I need to work on that. Someone said putting a picture up on the refrigerator is a good incinative to not eat. I know I have been wanting to eat all day today but have done very well with my choices until granddaughter brought us a plate of warm chocolate bit cookies this evening and stayed to watch us sample them, which did not take a lot of effort. I did limit myself to 2 small ones. I think I will take the rest in Paul's room so I will leave them alone.
One of my biggies is Mc iced vanilla coffee and I am weaning myself down to every other day. The fudge wouldn't bother me but the chocolate chip cookies do. However, if they are left on the cabinet in plain sight I will even eat gumdrops.
!!!!!!!!Well, I don't have to worry about the uncooked fish but since even liking cooked fish is not high on my priority list this is not going to give it a boost. Sometimes, I think I must have a "tapeworm" when I want to eat all the time.
I started the day good today. I was reading the menu for Mc since that is dh favorite breakfast joint. I usually have a english muffin with just bacon, but ww advisor advised asking them to not drizzle on the butter. Hadn't thought of that and will do so but discovered their hash browns are one of the lower calorie items on their menu. So this morning I had hash brown with a ketchup I didn't use, apple dippers with out the caramel sauce and an order of crisp bacon. Loved that better than the muffin. Also, added a iced coffee sugar-free. Wish they had a fat-free/sugar free. I am going to check out the fat-free latte and compare.
Anyone tried those new pita/type hamburger buns? They are only 1 ww point and delicious. My whole family loves them. "Arnold Select Sandwich Thins" . Going to have 1 for lunch with a slice of home cooked extra lean beef roast and Helman lite mayo and mustard, dill pickle and onion. The almost fat-free bologna made from turkey is good fried until crisp and is 0 points for 1 slice. A slice of fat-free cheese is 1 point and counts as a cup of milk. Add cucumbers, tomatos and onion and you are good to go. I strive for 19 points a day with ww. The 2 cookies I had last night will take my extra points this week.
I really don't work for ww but this is helping me keep on track.
Tried the Arnold Select Sandwich Thins and love them. I also like pita bread and I found one at Walmart called Joseph's flax, oat bran and whole wheat flour. Delicious and had an added advantage that DH could eat it without losing the fixin's that were inside. I haven't had my popcorn or any other snacks for two nights now. Thanks for the incentive with this thread. Recently I had an "industrial strength" tooth cleaning cuz I had been neglectful about going to the dentist for (I hate to admit it) a couple of years. Now I am diligently flossing, brushing and using my new waterpik so I now realize that this is also a good "keep from eating after dinner" practice.
I've lost 15 lbs. over the last 3 months. Not sure why...emotions due to decluttering/organizing the house, cyber-romance, maybe dying, who knows? At least when I got antidepressant prescribed, dr. weighed me (138 lbs), and blood work was o.k., plus I have follow-up appt. Thursday. I don't like the skin and bones look, but I'm just not interested in eating that much. Hopefully when the med kicks in I'll be hungry again.
TJ, after all you've been through the past 3 months, no wonder you have lost weight! And I'm sure it's much more difficult for you to try to prepare meals (and especially for one). Just indulge yourself right now when you want to gain some weight! I've been doing that for a year and finally gained 8 lbs.! LOL Good luck and just hang in there, friend. The rope is still there.
TJ, I have never been more serious than I am now. I'd give anything to be able to ship you 50 very nice pounds, pounds that were gained by eating incredible Mexican foods, delicious pasta, chicken fried steak with cream gravy..and the list goes on. Carefully, slowly, lovingly added pounds, - that I' give you on a lovely silver tray. Heck. You can even keep the tray. You'd be buff and I'd be in a size 4 or 6. woooooo woooooooo! You are welcome, this gift to you was my pleasure.
LOL..Nancy, I love your sense of humor. I also love everything you listed....wish I had a good Tex-Mex enchilada dinner sitting in front of me right now!
boy TJ i had a dose of that not wanting to eat yesterday due to 'one of those off days' myself. i am not sure the tradeoff is worth losing lbs over. its miserable. fat and happy/vs thin and miserable hummm.. i want a happy medium. i did stick really well what i did eat yesterday. 2 salads and a 4oz peice of roast. some cottage cheese/ fresh peach diet sugar/cinnmon. works well for me. i need fresh fruit until i kick the sugar cravings. i get hypoglycemic and go into that shakey fix. i am going for a salad in a bit with a chicken breast. i dont get on a scale, imohr that makes me jittery but i can see with my clothes if i lose - its a good thing to do this together. divvi
TJ and divvi, are you acquainted with my good friends Ben and Jerry? Those boys are a help in chasing away the blahs, but don't do much in the weight loss department. I try to see them only infrequently, but I'm so fond of them both, that's hard to do. (-:
Me too divvi. So far haven't noticed a difference in clothes. I keep checking and I also get on the scales every time I pass them, against all recommendations to just get weighed once a week. I was in the bathroom with dh this morning and gathered up one of those "tummy rolls" we overweight ladies have and told him if I could just get that cut off I wouldn't look too bag. He just grinned. This morning I did the Mc hash browns, side of bacon and apple dippers again and really enjoy that. Got dh a apple dipper also (don't eat the caramel). Those are really good. I think I have been doing pretty good this week also but will be happy with a 1/2# loss this week. More always comes off the first week.
Stopped at Ollie's yesterday and bought a can of aspargus and a serving only has 35 calories but is loaded with salt so I drained and rinsed it and it is really good. I love aspargus occasionally, and it will go good with fresh tomato and cottage cheese.
i know ben and jerry well. my DH adores the pistachio icecream they do. absolutely no lbs lost just looking at that small containner. my downfall is chunkymonkey and cherry garcia.. holycow i can eat all of it at once. huge calories! ha. i have been doing the diet bluebell andits only 100cal so its ok. i cant go cold turkey.!
TJ for DH i made sirloin steak in the oven with fresh mushrooms./onions/green bell peppers, with the lipton mushroom /onion gray mix over it. baked it almost 2hrs thena dded some small red potatoes. its yummy and so easy. its awhole meal. i added a green salad with miso japanese dressing. was delicious. and got very ambicious and made oatmeal/raisin cookies for him too. he ate ever bit.
today i had a green salad with cherry tomatoes/ranch dressing/and a lightly fried chicken breast. good! Divvi
No wonder I don't gain weight. Some of you are eating more on a diet than I eat normally. When we go out to eat I don't eat the salad until I have eaten my meal even then I don't always eat the whole meal. They give BIG portions here. If I eat the salad first I won't eat the meal at all. Once in a while I will get a cup of soup and a Hot Fudge Brownie. Hope that doesn't make anyone drool. LOL
Jean21, I have been known to go to Pigalle' in Cincinnati, and go straight for the dessert - TWO Grand Marnier Souffle's! For several years, I was well known for that. LOL
Jean, I think you are keeping your portions low and I think that is a lot of the secret to lower weight. 1/2 c. is a serving and most of us eat at least twice that much. You probally are a slow eater and that is good also. I eat too fast and don't realize I am full until 20 minutes later. If I start to eat and get interupted by the phone or door, I am seldom hungry when I get back to my plate. I need to train myself to eat just a few bites of things I really want (like Dolly Parton does) and be satisfied. Going to try and work on that. All through childhood I was too thin and was very consious of it and I just couldn't gain but after 3 kids things changed.
Vickie, I love that stressed spelled backward thing...also the morphing of the 'diet' into a pig-out. Goes to show you what caregiving does to will power during the day.
Have you ever discreetly looked into the grocery carts of others in the check-out line and see the difference in what thin women buy vs. overweight ones? That alone explains everything!!! I have been amazed at the difference in food choices!!
Looking in other people's carts is a real lesson in how people live. I tend to start a conversation with folks that have pet food in their carts. It's fun comparing cat litter while people are buying food. Our community recycles and as I do my early morning walk I can't help looking in the bins. I know who drinks a lot, who eats lots of pastry and who just bought a new computer.