As I weighed in this morning, I realised I was alive and thought "Gee, the diet's helping me to live longer already" !


.....actually, dieting won't make you live longer, it just seems like it...


and thanks to all the encouragement. The "all bets are off" theme seems to be a common one, so therefore I feel no remorse at ordering a case of MRE Bacon. :cheers:

every day is a special occasion

That's the one I used right after I was diagnosed back in 2006. Lost about 50 pounds on it in 14 months(gained about 10 back since then, but that still leaves me almost 40 pounds down:)

WW does do an online program now.

TheDailyPlate is free and very easy to use too.

I find it very important to keep my sugar levels properly balanced. Eating several small meals spread throughout the day is very important to me, so, yes, I eat at night and early in the morning and all throughout the day. But I only eat about 1300-1400 calories total.

Actually, no. Anything that I cut out completely or significantly (that goes for the carbs in #4) simply causes me to want to eat it more. The key is moderation. I'm not only eating dessert on holidays. I'm just eating a small serving when I really feel like it, which is maybe once every other week.

I prefer swimming. I do it every morning unless there's, say, a major event that takes up my time (and expends a similar amount of energy or more than the swimming would.)

Not only does this throw off my body/hunger as in #2, this isn't healthy at all. Not only because muscles really need carbs to function, but also because vegetables and fruit are carbs. And they make up the majority of my diet.

Not too little cheese, either. But a little goes a long way. And I tend to choose only the good stuff that I really like, as opposed to soothing a desire with crap I don't. This tends to help me in all ways lately, not just food.

I've lost 20 pounds since April. It's primarily the swimming that helps me (I plateaued while I wasn't swimming during September and October.) But secondarily, it's making food-related changes that are sustainable, because this is a many-years process (forever, actually) and I know what works for me and what doesn't.

So, LB, just try to learn what works for you, what you can sustain for the long term. And I promise you, my ass and Tom's ass combined didn't break Dumbo on Sunday. And I alone am heavier than you currently are.

I'll join you in this, LB. I've lost a bunch, but got too busy to eat right and gained a bit back. I'm NOT buying new clothes until I'm 20 pounds lighter. My clothes right now are all too big and it's getting irritating. If that's not motivation for me, what is? ;)

WW has an excellent program - probably the best health-wise and easiest to maintain when you're no longer dieting because they use real food. However, for me, it's all bout portion control and NO fast food.

I want to lose the inch-around-the-middle I added over the holiday (Halloween season) and another bonus inch after that.

But I actually want to gain about 10 pounds.



Wrong thread, huh?

Not really. My muscle mass has increased as my fat mass decreases.

Losing inches and losing weight seem to be two separate things - especially if you're over 30.

Maybe we can all just go in for group middle section liposuction. ;) (Anything to avoid sit-ups.)

A funny muscle story....I walk quite a bit most days (3-5 miles total, not continuous). It is my primary source of daily exercise. I'm usually holding several leashes while I'm walking, so I get a bit of an upper body workout as well. However, I'm right handed.

The other day I was trying on clothes and noticed that the saggy upper part of my arm doesn't exist on the right, however, the left is still in full swing.

I've started to hold the leashes in the left hand as well.

I figured out to instantly lose 10 pounds of unused weight: chop off my head