It's the new year and time for a new diet
 

back on the regime and walking and exercise. I dropped 40lbs last year and hope to continue the trend in 2007. Wish me luck!

I lift a refreshing ice tea to your success! :cheers:

As soon as I'm over this cold, I'm going to start jogging. I'm at my heaviest ever. Bleh.

Thanks, I love iced tea!

GD, get over your cold! Sending virtual chicken soup to you, I swear by the healing effects. :)

Congratulations on your success. Best of luck to continued weight loss.

Are you following any particular nutrition plan?

Cool, I'll be able to keep up with you at MP in the spring! ;)

I'm really in a healthy-living mood. But unfortunately, the most I'm allowed to lose before my March 24th dress fitting is 10 pounds. And then I have to remain exactly the same until June 9th.

My dress (I tried it on for the first time on Christmas!) fits perfectly and if I lose any more than that, I'll be in danger of screwing up the bodice.

I know, I know. It's just a dress. But it's a damned expensive dress (for my pocketbook, anway) and I'll be damned if I have to buy another one. I don't even think there's time. Consarn it!

Best wishes to everyone else in their healthy-living mood. We can do it!

Healthy living mood! Love it!

Listen, I understand your not wanting to change until after the "ordeal" with the dress. I can't wait to see your gorgeous pics.

Besides, if I may say so Ms. H, you look beautiful just the way you are!

I think that is a big point.

When I was heavier, I think I looked awful. I knew people who were larger/same size and I thought they looked fantastic.

I am trying to get back to a frame of mind where I am not just munching. I had dropped alot of weight by cutting out candy, bread, and as much fat as possible.

Trying to get back to my exercise program, it isn't easy. I had done it for over 3 years, religiously.

I slacked off big time over the past few months, to almost nothing the past couple of weeks. I was concentrating more on 'winter cleaning'. Well, I wondered why I felt so down. I read in one of my fitness mags {that I'd conveniently put away and someone else pulled out...} that if you stop exercising you can go into a depression, a week off is one thing but more...

So, I am trying.

The best thing that burned calories was dancing. And, I haven't been. So sad.

Good luck to everyone. :snap:

Pretty much portion control and giving up bread/pasta, cheese and other dairy. I allow some parmasan just so I can kick up the taste of salads and such. The main thing for me is giving up the bread and pasta and increasing the green veggies. I'm adding tofu as well so I can maintain a healthy level of protein.

This worked for me before, and I hate to use the excuse of my move, but I've been pretty much self indulgent since I came back to the Bay Area, so much wonderful food I missed. I'm eating so much Vietnamese food, I'm pretty sure I'm really turning Vietnamese.

Turning Vietnamese, she's really turning Vietnamese, I really think so!

(Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

I'm pretty happy with me. (In fact, I tend to be more attracted to larger women.) I just want to be as healthy as I can be; it's more life-extension (or, really, later-life quality-of-life extension) I'm after.

The best way I lose weight is by tracking everything I'm ingesting. I'm a visual person. Looking at a spreadsheet of what I've eaten over the last several days is the best way for me to stay conscious (and concientious) of my choices and portions. And if I don't exercise, sayonara weight loss.

I've been doing Weight Watchers for over six months. I've lost 20 and still a ways to go but I can already tell the difference. I'm sick this week but I really need to get back on the program, work out, and eat better. Especially after all this darned holiday food!

That's exactly what went through my head too!

But, does Tom know? :p

As soon as the fitness center opens here at work (which should be Monday) I am going to work out at lunch.

My main issue is lack of exercise and I hate it- so back into the gym I go.

My thyroid meds got adjusted and, what do you know, I'm starting to lose weight! (I ALWAYS thought it had something to do with my meds.) I've only lost 12 lbs, which, for my body, is nothing. But, if I continue to exercise a bit (dog walking helps a LOT) and tweak my diet toward less carbs and fat and more fruits, veggies and whole grains I should see some results.

But, I don't want to be really thin again. I have a thin frame and have been pretty thin most of my life. I like my body with some meat and curves. I'd be happy with another 20-30 pounds tops.

The best to all of you on you healthy habits! It is hard and my hat is off to you all.

I MUST get some of those healthy habits going too. . . any day now. :rolleyes: <----- directed at myself

Soccer on Wednesday, jogging last night. If I get myself to jog again tonight, I can safely say I've gotten back into my routine.

I've still gotta work on the "eat less" half of my patented "Eat Less, Move More" weight loss regimen. Yesterday I had a bagel and cream cheese as a post dinner "snack" :blush:.

I raise a Parmesan ThinKrisp® (60 cal, 3gm fat, .5 gm carb, 7 gm protein) in salute to you all! :D

Well, yesterday, a bad day for the diet. A delightful and delictable lunch with Not Afraid at La Creperie Cafe in Long Beach. Worth every single solitary calorie.

Nice to see Lisa and get a quick drive by tour of some of my favorite architecture.

And?????? How do I get some of these??????

He sells tham at A couple of Farmers Markets (although I am not sure which ones) and they are available at a small handlful of stores (though not enough).

Be careful... they are wonderfully addicting. I stocked up on about 8 packages over the holidays.

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I've tried dieting. I keep getting bogged down by those pesky between snack meals.

It's been one month, and I have at least one skirt actually won't stay on my hips anymore.

I realize I didn't post much in this thread initially, but I didn't really want to talk about it until I'd made some progress. I've been eating an average of 1300 calories per day, in 300-calorie small meals every three hours (per my dietician's prior suggestion). The strangest thing has happened. My appetite used to be pretty insatiable. I ate good food, but I ate too much of it. By eating constantly (or, so it must seem to those around me who watch me go to the office fridge every three hours) I have managed to reduce my stomach capacity to such a smaller amount that I can't even finish a sandwich from a restaurant anymore. It's only truly hard if I get off schedule and get hungrier than my stomach can consume (which I try to prevent.) Or if I'm in an emotionally bad place (yesterday, with the bad family news, it was a challenge but I still managed to come in under 1500.)

So. Month two.

WTG! That's great, LS!:snap:



(Except for the bad family news, of course)

Wow! Just fantastic news! You keep on keeping on! I'm on the dine every 3 hours too and it is amazing how much more energy I have.

Sorry to hear here peripherally of the bad family news, I hope things work out or are in a better space today. Feel free to vent as needed in this or any other thread LSPE.

Grrr. I'm almost there. Still not running every day like I should be, but I am still playing soccer every week (no game today due to adverser field conditions) and I've been jogging at least one other time during the week. But I really need to up that to daily or near daily. Meanwhile, my eating habits are...better but not good.

I'm glad to hear that it's working out for you, too-- I think it's much better for blood sugar, particularly. (Not that I'm diabetic, but it's good to avoid those crazy peaks as much as possible.)

And thanks for the support-- no improvement is really possible at this point, except for numbing (for which "improvement" as a descriptor is questionable.) I think I've vented all I feel able to vent in the Open Mic forum. Sigh.

LSPE, I hear you lost some weight. I think I found it. I've been on the "sit on my ass in front of a computer and eat crappy processed food even though my wife is eating healthier and encouraging me to do the same" diet. It's working wonders. Corn dog, anyone?

Hey, quit talking, open up another Twinkie, and churn out those Mousepods damnit!

I reread your Open Mic contribution, it reads much differently to me now.

Diet shmiet. Let's all go to Coldstone.
:D

I'm at a standstill. The weight I lost has stayed off but my body has adjusted some other extra weight back to my middle. It was a nice couple of weeks having a waistline.

And, H, I feel for you and the pain your family is going through. It is a difficult place to be in.

The scale continues to refuse to give me smaller numbers, yet my clothes continue to get looser.

If you've been exercising, muscle gain might be offsetting fat loss.

A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat but the muscle is denser and will make you smaller even when the scale stays the same.

As for me, I gained 2lbs. WOOHOO! not.

After Vegas it is back to the grind.

I've been doing intervals on the treadmill, so I hope that's it.

I gained weight when I quit smoking that has stubbornly refused to come off, no matter how many pastries and Haagen Daz pints I throw at it.

I am determined to lose as much as possible before our DL trip so I am really watching my carbs and drinking lots of water, etc. Also trying to excercise more, so we'll see.

I'm on the same old unhealthy diet, but my weight is stable, and I haven't had any seizures- and my whole mental state has been much better.

The doctor that kept nagging me to lose weight and stop eating red meat died of a heart attack on the 3rd of January :eek:

Well then that is what is important!

I wondered where this thread went...Oh yeah, I was trying to block it out. :D

I have tried to make sure and do my workout every other day. It is a hit or miss. I then try to dance or ride my bike. I have not been so good at it.

I have put on a few pounds {don't ask, I don't want to know} but I also wonder how much is muscle.

I am thinking, and help me here, when I run I am building muscle instead of just burning fat? Cause, see, the legs of my jeans used to fit one way but when I run regularly, they are tight.

I am trying to get back to eating like you, LSPE. It isn't easy.

Yeah for everyone to keep it up!

This is exactly what I'm doing as well! (In fact, I just finished my second lunch.) I'm amazed at how easy it's been, and I'm already down 6 pounds. :D

I hear ya on the energy bit! I'm loving every minute of it! I really think I've found the way to eat for life. I feel great, and I'm not deprived at all. And no longer am I sluggish after eating a large meal. (Because I don't eat large meals anymore. ;) )

You guys are inspiring me to work walking into my day somehow, but there's so much ice and snow out there, it would be more hazardous than helpful. I don't do well with going to work out because my hours rarely work with their open hours.

You can dance. :D Put on some Devo, RATM, sorry, it can't be Neil Diamond. {well, maybe 'Cherry Baby'...}

Sometimes I've even 'run in place' while watching t.v. {pre-treadmill and when it is too cold to go into the garage....}

Sounds 'cheap' {as my son would say} but it is moving. :snap:

That I could do, just finding a good time to do it. Early mornings are best, by the time I'm done chasing kids for the day, I can't see me doing much dancing.

*sigh*

I also haven't been dancing much because of too much going on. I love love love to dance. But, the heart has to be in it Really hard to pull myself off of the couch wrapped in my comforter to go put on workout clothes and come jump around like a jumping bean.

But, I think I need to. It burned a lot of calories/fat because I was different. Like NA said about not gaining weight back but changing, when I hadn't gained back a few pounds but quit dancing, my body was morphing again.

It is fun to watch the body morph. In private. I would suggest to those of you guys going for a big loss to take picture in a bathing suit. For you. Sometimes I lose sight of how far I've gone and that isn't good. You know, the feeling you are having for losing weight? I haven't felt that for a while and I think that is leading me down the road to bad eating habits. :(

One month ago I could not have worn the blouse I am wearing to work today. :)

The slacks I am wearing are falling off, going shopping on the weekend. :D

I've been doing a diet designed by a local naturopath since the first week in December. So far I've lost 24 pounds! That's been with lots of cheating too. I want to drop another ten in February, and ten each month after that. I'm going back to strict veganism this week and upping the exercise. Oh to shop at the gap again. I'm only five pounds away!

Congratulations, you two!

I have officially lost ten pounds now. Not that it's a high percentage of body weight. But, you know, ten pounds is ten pounds.

And I found this out at the right time, too. I was just starting to cheat. Now I'm feeling inspired.

4 for 4 this week. Jogged Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, soccer on Wednesday. I've been bringing lunches (forgot to bring last night's leftovers today :mad: ) and generally eating and snacking less. I think I've actually created a habit finally!

The cafeteria had biscuits and gravy this morning - add a couple slices of bacon and thhat's why my weight has remained the same over the past month.

On you it looks good! :cool:

Congratulations to you guys who've been working hard!

I got the flu so I haven't been working out. Well, at least once this week.

Treadmill Tuesday and Thursday this week. Double-header of indoor soccer on Wed. night. I'm trying to keep my weekly mileage at about 15 miles. So far I'm having a hard time getting in runs on the weekends. It's too cold to run outside; during the week I use the treadmill at the work gym

I've been meaning to measure my running route (our complex's parking lot) using Gmaps Pedometer. I finally did...I ran a mile yesterday! I haven't run a full mile in, oh, 13 years or so. :eek:

:snap: :cheers:

The late night competition practice schedule is killing me, exercise-wise. I can't wait until it's over.

I've lost enough weight to wear my wife's pants.

It's always a good thing when you can get into your wife's pants.

I got stuck in my wife's pants once...

The pants I'm wearing in the Mutaytor pics are Rose's.

Woohoo! Made it a mile again. Timed it this time, ~10:20. Not particularly impressive when compared to the last mile I completed without collapsing (thirteen years ago, 6:08), but seeing as the next attempt I collapsed (and was subsequently diagnosed with exertional asthma) it's a marked improvement.

It seemed harder this time, but that's probably because I knew it was a mile. No longer was it "just 3 laps around the parking lot." It was one mile. Stupid brain.

Why does the word "pedometer" sound so dirty?