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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/16/2009 2:46:12 PM
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mamajennleigh
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I'm doing pretty well. I had a rough week or two in there and didn't really gain, but definitely didn't lose. This week I'm back on track and back to the Fitness room - tonight we're raking leaves so I'm going to miss the gym, but back at it tomorrow, as long as I can still move after all that raking. That 4-day rainstorm left our yard a wreck!
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/16/2009 6:38:37 PM
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I am back here. :) I am not doing well on eating. Ugh! I am not sure what happened as I never had this problem before I got married. :( I need to get it under control though.
But who am I kidding, I am going on vacation next week, so I don't think I will stick to a diet too well there. :) The good thing is I do way more walking when I am on vacation then when I am at home.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/16/2009 6:38:38 PM
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I do okay, then not okay. I'm still having trouble staying away from sugar. My relative bringing over chocolate truffle cake and cream puffs with Bavarian cream from Walmart doesn't help either. I've done well today so far. Praying I can keep away from that cake It almost made me sick!
That's what sugar does to me. It makes me feel sort of icky and sick. So why do I eat it? I'm still trying to figure it out. Am I really ready to lose weight? I don't know. I think I'm ready, then I just mess up. So I'm debating what to do at this point.
I started my low carb eating plan in December 2005 just before Christmas. I lost over 100 lbs. even with adding some carbs back. Now I'm slowly going back up. I don't want to do that. I don't want to gain weight. I want to LOSE weight. I just need to do what I did in December 2005, make up my mind that I will do it and if it's God's will, it will happen.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/16/2009 7:50:45 PM
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It's been a while since I've posted here. Weight loss has been slow for me for the last several months. It seems that every time I dip down into the 160's, I bounce back up. I've been losing and regaining the same 3 pounds since July. Anyway, I'm back down to 169.8 and determined to keep on going down through the 160's. My total weight loss since I changed what I ate and started exercising in June of 2008 is 40#.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/16/2009 9:56:45 PM
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bettymackII
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It was great reading your post, posters!
It looks like I have the same problem...changing habits are tough! And I am
sure that we all can agree it is worth the effort to change to better/ best
habits. Improvement is our desire. Right?  So let us be patience with ourselves, practicing to change habits takes time.
Let us all keeping trying and remember we are all friends... with similar
goals to achieve.
< Message edited by bettymackII -- 11/16/2009 10:03:06 PM >
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/17/2009 7:55:41 AM
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Remember, the most important thing is you make a choice each day to do the very best you can for that day. There will be good days and bad days but if you keeping making the choice to take care of yourself and to make healthy choices, you will see progress. It isn't all about weight loss. It is about learning to care of the temple of the Holy Spirit, this body God gave us for this time.
Reach, I finally had to stop have the special treats or special times. For me, it did not work. I could not eat whatever I want because of vacation, party, people visiting, whatever. For me, and this is only for me, I found I was constantly finding a reason of why I should eat bad. I have to eat healthy at least 95% of the time. I research restaurants on the web before I go and know what I am going to order before I get there. Otherwise, there is always the grilled chicken breast and steamed veggie route. When I started doing this an amazing thing happened, special events and good times began to focus more on the people or what we were doing rather than the food that was going along with it. For the longest time food had that center stage in my life. Now it is just energy for the visit, event, adventure.
((((Melissa)))) the reason you struggle with sugar even after all of that is because it is an incredibly addictive substance. I wasn't joking when I said that it was more addictive than heroin. It really is. Maybe instead of trying to lose weight you should focus on making the healthiest eating decisions you can. Have you thought of finding a nutritionist? If you learn how to feed your body and what to feed your body, I think you might be surprised with the weight you will lose. Just a thought. I am so sorry you have to struggle with this. I promise there is freedom on the other side.
I have been mentoring a couple of women in real life over a healthy lifestyle. One was fussing over the amount of vegetables I recommended. She told me, "I am not like you. I don't like eating all these vegetables." I told her I didn't either I just did. That surprised her. But it is true. I don't particularly care for eating mounds of plain, steamed broccoli. I don't mentally go "Woo-Hoo!" when I see my plate that is 3/4 veggies. But the results, oh my the results, are worth so much. The better I eat the more energy I have. I am emotionally more balanced than ever. I am running longer, faster, and stronger. I feel incredible. Is the weight come off? Yes it is but I have found that to be strangely unimportant now.
Now I have to go. I am taking my energized self and going spend the morning running around with and after my babies at the children's museum.
I hope you will all make decisions that honor yourself and the Lord. He loves you so much. He wants you to have life abundance. You deserve to make choices that will result in physically, mentally, and emotionally feeling good.
Have a great day my sisters.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/17/2009 8:33:56 AM
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Karen, those thoughts on your post were powerful and true!
I want to copy and paste what spoke to me personally from your post,Karen.
make a choice each day to do the very best you can for that day.
It is about learning to care of the temple of the Holy Spirit, this body God gave us for this time.
I might add when we eat vegetable , plenty of liquids,and exercise we have a very clean colon. It would not surprise me if we did these three
things it would keep our colon clean and not likely to get colon cancer.
I am not a doctor just my opinion.
I would think the reward (or treat) of living and eating healthy would be to have a healthy body. What a priceless reward!
Think good thoughts...eat healthy for the Lord and for the good of our bodies. This message was speaking to me.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/17/2009 9:08:58 AM
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When I started doing this an amazing thing happened, special events and good times began to focus more on the people or what we were doing rather than the food that was going along with it. For the longest time food had that center stage in my life. Now it is just energy for the visit, event, adventure.
This is what I struggle with the most of all. I am a born and raised southern girl and I grew up with food being the focus of every life event, big or small, happy or sad. You just had a baby? Great, we'll have a party and we'll eat. You just lost a baby? Sad, we'll get together and mourn . . . and we'll eat. (I'm not making light of life and death, just giving you a very real-life example). Every event was centered around good food.
Every time my hubby and I are invited to a party, or out to eat, we anticipate the kind of food they will have, eat whatever food is there, and then ooh and ahh over it afterwards. I have never, no matter how "full" I was beforehand, said no to food at a gathering of any kind.
This is something I'm working on fiercely, because I believe if I can change this pattern of thinking, I can win this war. This is my biggest struggle. My hubby says we are trying to learn how to "eat to live, not live to eat" and I think he is spot on with that statement.
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WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/17/2009 9:43:25 AM
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177.5 today.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/18/2009 11:49:12 AM
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I am up again. This is a horrible. It is the highest I have ever been. I ned to do something different. :(
Most of all I need to keep my gym nights.
I am going to do some dieting before and my goal is to get at least 2 days of running in while we are on vacation. If my goal is to run, then I might be thinking more about what I eat and drink.
The big thing I am cutting starting today is the soda. I just can't drink it anymore.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/18/2009 12:06:15 PM
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Jenn, I hear you. I am a good ol' Southern Baptist girl and we have turned bad for you comfort food at every get together (or for any reason) into an Olympic sport.
You husband has to totally right. Eat to live not live to eat. There are so many other wonderful things to live for! I have found with my new style of eating, I never eat to overfull. It feels amazingly good.
Each day I am realizing more and more that nothing tastes as good as healthy feels, is so true. Each day seems to ride piggy back on the last and I feel a little better. Even with very little sleep, which is getting better, I have felt great. I have noticed my skin looks great, my hair looks great, there is a sparkle in my eyes, and I feel even more mentally clearn.
I am very happy with my new life choices.
Also, we have started having a cold food night a couple nights a week and it is great. There is very little prep and very few dishes. (I don't have a dishwasher.) Last night it was hummus on Triscuits, cottage cheese, fresh tomatoes, raw carrots, and broccoli salad made with just a fraction of the mayo (maybe a fourth). It was a yummy refreshing dinner. We had a heavier lunch so it balanced it out.
Reach, I am sorry you are struggling right now. I truly think soda is poisen. Other than some Sierra Mist for morning sickness, I haven't drank it in years. There is just no redeeming value. Now it tastes horrible to me.
Have a great day.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/18/2009 2:15:40 PM
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Mrs.Wifey
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I have to disagree with the eat to live, not live to eat thing. I LOVE eating. I love good food. I love cooking good food. The trick is to cook healthy, wicked good food.
A killer Thai Steak salad is wonderfully delicious and so packed with flavor that you don't feel the need to eat 15 portions  I don't want to eat food I don't like. Life is to short to not enjoy everything. You can eat right and still enjoy eating.
It's the myth that healthy food is yucky or undesirable that really turns a lot of people off from the clean eating life style.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/18/2009 2:32:34 PM
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mamajennleigh
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My biggest issue with food is portion control. I love all kinds of food. I even love clean eating. I used to own a women's health club and I ate clean 95% of the time. Typical lunch was chicken breast or tuna, green beans or broccoli, and a very small amount of whole grain of some kind - brown rice or bulgar, etc. I didn't eat bread at all, and I stayed away from most starches. I loved the taste of those foods, but even then I had to really like it in order to eat it lol!
Problem is, we eat a lot of "one pot meals" at our house, and I am tired of fighting an uphill battle to prepare and eat "different" food from the rest of the family. We don't eat a lot of individual portions of meat because with 3 teenagers who laugh at a 3 oz portion, and a grown man, it gets really expensive, and besides that we don't really like big hunks of meat. SO, we eat a lot of rice and meat/bean and veggie combinations. Some of it is partially prepackaged, some of it is not. We do what we can afford to do, and what is within reason for our budget. I think we eat healthier than anyone we know, other than hardcore fitness fanatics (I still know a few from the old days lol), and I think that our method of replacing one thing at a time is working well for us.
That's kind of what I meant by eat to live not live to eat. I want to learn to enjoy my food in smaller portions. I don't think I'll ever be able to eat food just to eat it. I've never been able to do that. I have to eat what I like, I don't experiment outside of my realm of "safe" foods (foods that are not challenging to me from a taste/texture standpoint), and I would be much thinner if I didn't overeat at dinner. It's just about the only meal I have trouble with. That and the hours between 3 and 5pm. I am working on these things one at a time, one meal at a time.
I really believe that this is the only way I'm going to make any progress.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/18/2009 2:43:14 PM
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Jenn, use a smaller plate for your portion - that should do it!
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/18/2009 3:00:38 PM
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It's funny you say that, Manda. When we bought new dishes about 4 months ago, I made sure that it had "salad" plates. I started eating off those plates and lost 10 lbs lol! It really does work. I also cut out seconds. I don't eat more than what's on that one plate, unless it's more veggies.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/18/2009 3:38:22 PM
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Mrs.Wifey
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Yup, I use a smaller plate too. Actually, my favorites are these plastic plates that are a little bigger then a salad plate but much smaller then our dinner plates.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/18/2009 3:39:47 PM
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mamajennleigh
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Ryanne, like the melamine ones you find at Wal mart during the summer - the kind that might go in a picnic?
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/18/2009 3:56:18 PM
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Yeah. I think it was one of those cheap 4/$2 types that come in a little bundle. Definitely from Wally.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/18/2009 4:23:12 PM
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LOL! I have a funny affection for them too I always pick those ones over the others.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/20/2009 7:32:22 AM
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Woo-hoo, I lost 3 more pounds. I am not looking forward to Thanksgiving health wise. We are visiting my inlaws so I will have a hard time working out but more to the point they are terrible earters. Really, really terrible. I can't eat like that because it makes me sick. The last we went up I tried to be nice and go with it. I ended up throwing up through the night because of all the greasy, nasty food. My mil can be very sensitive to anyone judging her. If I don't eat like she does then I am judging how she eats. I will have to find a way to do it because I cannot put my body through that again.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/20/2009 8:40:06 AM
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Congratulations on the 3lb loss! WOOHOO!
I don't know what to say about your MIL. I really really really hate it that when you are doing well, others seem to take it so personally. It's like whatever you are doing somehow makes them aware of what they are NOT doing and they want to take it out on you because it's somehow your fault.
I'm dealing with this on a lot of levels since my healing, and Mike and I catch it all the time over our eating habits because we're "depriving" our kids of "good food".
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/20/2009 10:20:00 AM
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Karen, it may be hard to help her understand if she's overly sensitive. Could you try to explain it as being similar to a food allergy? There are some foods my husband can't eat because they make him very sick. He can't handle too much fried food, grease, peppers or onions. When asked about it, we put the blame on his body, not the food. He doesn't make a big deal about it, just eats what he can of the food that's been made. I'd also suggest having your husband be your advocate. Let him deal with his parents. One last thought. Are there any foods she makes that you can eat? Can you tell her how much you enjoy those foods? Maybe a little bit of positive reinforcement will help.
My scale read 168.8 this morning. Since I've spent all of 2009 in the 170's, I'm hoping I'll move through the 160's a little more quickly.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS/WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 11/20/2009 10:38:00 AM
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quote:
My scale read 168.8 this morning. Since I've spent all of 2009 in the 170's, I'm hoping I'll move through the 160's a little more quickly. from 2jsmom.
Great job!
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