Originally Posted By Tandelothien Wow this thread is starting to look like a ghost town but it's good to hear we are all still hanging in there. Well I am one week into the stabilizing phase of my diet and I am down 500 grams?!! I'm supposed to be stablizing!!! And I even shared a mini cookies & cream cheesecake with Fowley on 2 occasions and ate a Cornflake biscuit last night so you've got to be happy with that! However, tomorrow is my mums birthday so tonight we are eating nummy treats and birthday cake. Yeah I'm a rebel
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 iamsally, you are SO in the zone! You must be feeling great. Happy Birthday to your mum Tand! Enjoy the goodies Congrats on the loss too! I'm down a lb today One lb closer to my new weight goal.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I have weigh in tomorrow and I don't think I will like the result. This maintaining this sucks, it keeps trying to creep back on already.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg and what is a cornflake biscuit ? It must taste better than it sounds ?
Originally Posted By Tandelothien It's a soft cookie with dried fruit in it and rolled in cornflakes before you cook it
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 mickeymeg, maintaining is tough! That is where I have failed every time except this one. Do you have a weekly plan? Kind of a "what do I really want to eat this week" plan? For me it's always been the extra cracker or cookie and the portions creep up and up. If I ignore that stuff I can have that pizza on the weekend or piece of cake at the party and not lose my momentum. Or so I say Good luck! Tand, the cornflake biscuit sounds good I love dried fruit in cookies. Have a great day everyone!
Originally Posted By mickeymeg A plan is a good idea. So far each week has started off ok, but as it progresses I find that I am telling myself more and more that it is ok to have a little more here and a little more there. Not huge amounts but it is adding up. I will do silly things like gobble the toddlers left overs or sneak a spoon of peanut butter while making her a sandwich. It is entirely self sabotage, but I know this and yet still do it. We have a fancy dinner out planned for tonight, but then I think I am going to yet again psyc myself up for a fresh start and try extra hard this week. I will try to keep a plan in mind, maybe even write it down to see if it helps. Cornflake biscuits do sound much better than what I was imagining =) yum
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Writing it down is a GREAT idea! Especially your dinners. If you have them sort of planned out ahead of time you can decide the rest of your day, which for me at least tends to be pretty much the same old, same old. Sometimes in my WW journal I'll write down my dinner points in the morning. I know what I'm going to have so for portion control I trick my mind into thinking that I can only have so much of this or that at dinner. No extra spoonful of rice or whatever
Originally Posted By oredisneyfan Hello I am still here. I have had to quit running until I lose more weight as it was putting to much strain on my ankles, but I have been walking hills three to five miles a day, 6 days a week. For the month of September I lost 7 lbs. I need to lose 50 more so I have a long way to go. But not giving up. I also started keeping Track of my calories.... Goal would be around 1200 a day I have been around 1300 so need to work harder there. It is amazing at how many calories are in restataunt food..... Goal for Oct is not to eat out
Originally Posted By iamsally Resturant food is deadly. Even a salad can be a *heart attack on a plate* with the amount of dressing they put on. Not eating out is an admirable goal. We almost never do anymore and it makes a big difference. (Having no money has helped us with this.) Sounds like everyone is making progress and that is so good. I actually hit 132.0 yesterday. My underwear no longer roll up under my fat.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 oredisneyfan, I think walking hills is GREAT! Along with helping you lose weight it's GREAT for cholesterol levels and is heart healthy I have become a big fan of the internet access to nutrition at the restaurants. iamsally is so right about the salads! I was able to scale back a Wendy's salad last night by removing the dressing and chips from the Baja salad to make it much healthier and I didn't miss the stuff one bit. I am finding that using WW online is helping me a lot. It's keeping my eating in check and reminding me to balance my calories/fats/fiber. I just need to keep an eye on the carbs myself, but that's my health issue and not a typical one. iamsally, you are amazing! LOL about the undies Today would have been my dads 90th birthday so we are celebrating him by taking my mom out for dinner She wants to go to his favorite steak house. I already know exactly what I am going to have and will NOT be swayed
Originally Posted By ophellia way to go everyone...I've lost 11 pounds now on NutraSys...it's really helping me re learn a true portion...I will become a 'bridge walker' here now that the weather is cooler...its a good incline and people plug in their IPods and walk back and forth over the River...looks fun...
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Good job ophelia and good luck with the walking, that sounds great! I am doing the happy dance as I'm down another lb and a half Some clothes that didn't fit in June are fitting now. I am SO in the zone! It won't last with the DLR vacation but I hope to at least be mindful of what I eat and then hop back on when we get home
Originally Posted By mickeymeg Boy am I frustrated this morning. I thought for sure I would be down this week and I ended up being up 2 lb ! And just in time for Thanksgiving dinner where I wanted to splurge a little. How the *&$% am I up again ?
Originally Posted By iamsally *How the *&$% am I up again ?* Oh dear, that just happens. I know the frustration as it happens to me all the time. But if I stick to the plan it drops back down and then some. Please do not get discouraged. It will get better.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 I'm sure we ALL totally understand your frustration mickeymeg as we have all been there a time or three. iamsally is right, it just happens for all sorts of reasons. When is your Thanksgiving?
Originally Posted By ophellia well I havent lost any this week so far...I strayed while out of town and had some desserts...back on track now...
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Sorry to hear that Mickeymeg! Well I'm finally chiming in here again, it's been a while due to my trip... the funny thing is I weighed myself after getting back from Disneyland and I was down a little over a pound. I continued to eat horribly all week, figuring I'd give myself a week to settle back into being home before I started attempting to diet again. I weighed myself this morning expecting the worst and... I'm down another 2lbs! How does this happen?! Anyway, I'm doing my best to ignore that and I'm trying to get back into the zone as best I can (although I still have most of a 2 pound box of See's Candies to polish off!) I also haven't exercised since I got back and I'm really noticing the difference, I was just too tired and trying not to stress my body too much on my first week back at work. So this week I'm getting back into healthy eating and exercise... based on the last couple of weighs I'll end up gaining when I actually do the right thing! Keep up the good work everyone...
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Good for you LibertyBelle! Too often I'll go on vacation or have a holiday and then think "meh, whatever" and lose my way. Congrats on the 2 lb loss!! Must be all the walking you did at DLR Speaking of, did you have a good time? ophelia, YAY! for getting back on track and not being discouraged Today we are going to a BBQ at my sisters house. I WILL avoid the chips, I WILL avoid the chips!
