VJ Losers ;)

[sereia 0]

count me in too. this is getting ridiculous. first i needed to lose 10lbs, then 20...and now i'd guess 25. i have to stop it before i become huge and ruin all my hard work (i lost 60lbs once before)

today i ate a banana, a nectarine, and a salad with balsamic vinegar (no oil). and time to work it out at the gym! that is KEY for me. on top of eating much less too. lol

[Autumnchik 6]

Weight Watchers has been helpful in the past; I do well when there is some accountability to another. Unfortunately, there are some reasons why I cannot attend the meetings in my rural area

Oh I've never been to meetings! You can do it online and it's actually cheaper than doing it the traditional way, if you're still interested in it. They have a HUGE database of food and you track it using their online system. Plus they give you graphs, etc. showing your weight progress. I think I pay only $16.95/ month and it's totally worth it imho. fitday.com also has a tracking thing online but it doesn't really give you a program to follow like weight watchers.

Honestly, what I like best about WW is getting on a scale in front of someone. For me, just knowing that someone else will see what I weigh and will tell if I am up or down is the best motivator.

I still apply the concepts of WW - try to keep food journals and have all the books of points, etc.

I may check into the online version though Thanks!

[Autumnchik 6]

I love this thread for the motivation!!! Had a cup of gazpacho and grilled chicken with veggies on a whole wheat wrap for lunch. Am going to the grocery store soon to stock up on healthy food.

[Marilyn. 340]

check out this site... Ideal Weight Calculator

[JoeMama 0]

I love this thread for the motivation!!! Had a cup of gazpacho and grilled chicken with veggies on a whole wheat wrap for lunch. Am going to the grocery store soon to stock up on healthy food.

Don't forget to grab some nuts!

[CarolineM 0]

Weight Watchers has been helpful in the past; I do well when there is some accountability to another. Unfortunately, there are some reasons why I cannot attend the meetings in my rural area

Oh I've never been to meetings! You can do it online and it's actually cheaper than doing it the traditional way, if you're still interested in it. They have a HUGE database of food and you track it using their online system. Plus they give you graphs, etc. showing your weight progress. I think I pay only $16.95/ month and it's totally worth it imho. fitday.com also has a tracking thing online but it doesn't really give you a program to follow like weight watchers.

Honestly, what I like best about WW is getting on a scale in front of someone. For me, just knowing that someone else will see what I weigh and will tell if I am up or down is the best motivator.

I still apply the concepts of WW - try to keep food journals and have all the books of points, etc.

I may check into the online version though Thanks!

I was going to say the same thing. i've been unsuccessful with online in the past because I wasn't being held accountable...I could lie to myself...

Going to meetings...and I don't usually stay for the whole thing, I have to face my weight, consistently, on the same scale...and it's really helped keep me on track.

[kisschick1976 0]

check out this site... Ideal Weight Calculator

at the rate I'm going, (about 5 lbs a month) I should be at my ideal weight according to that website in about 8 months. Just in time for Valentine's day

I weighed around 130 in highschool and my mom always complained that I needed to loose weight because I was too FAT. !!!! then when I got up to 230 she never said a thing. I'd like to be back to 130 and starting from 236 I am more than halfway there

Today I have had one fish filet and a hushpuppie from Long John Silver's, that came out to 320 calories. it's 2 hrs later so now I will go have something 100 calories to make it the even 400 for it being my second meal of the day.

[walls1010 3]

Well, my husband really need to get down. I search some recipes that has low calories and made it sure that he is only having at least 1,650 calories or less the whole day. Before we started this kind of diet, he is weighing 282 and now after more than a month he is now weighing 265. We're still working for him to get down to his goal 250 and his getting there I prepared for him more on veggies, different kind of beans, grilled chicken breast, once a week lean pork or beef, fish, turkey and a lot of fruits!!!

Edited June 2, 2007 by walls1010

[MichelleandCraig 1]

Hi, Everyone!

I am sooooooo happy about the response to this thread...WOOOOOOOT! It's always more fun to work toward a (so NOT fun!) goal with other people who totally understand what you're feeling and going through...we're gonna do this, right? Even if it's the last thing I feel like doing, I just try to keep remembering how good I felt about myself when I weighed less, how much less effort everything seemed to take, and how much more *healthy* I was!

I have determined that 2007 is going to be my *get healthy year* and I AM going to stick to it this time. I wanted this thread because it is *so* easy to get motivated at first and let that trickle away within a week...I want to check in here every day or two, see how everyone else is doing,and record how I'm doing. If I'm honest, (and I will be! ) just knowing that I have to do that will be big motivation for me. The cigarettes are gone as of January 22nd, graduation May 7, stopped biting my nails about a month+ ago...so...here we goooooooooooo. I think this is going to be *almost* as tough for me as quitting smoking though...I am very addicted to food. I use to celebrate, to comfort, to erase boredom, and nearly everything in between. Not good, hey??? It's going to be a hard habit to break (anyone else thinking of the band Chicago right now?? ) but I'm determined. Now to stay that way!

I got a good start today. My back has been very bad, so I didn't exercise per say, but I got a LOT of walking in today! We had community-wide rummage sales, so my mom, Corey & I went out for about 5 hours from 8 this morning on! (Well, I mean we DROVE, but we still did a lot of walking today!) Within 1/2 hour of getting home, we (plus a friend of Corey's) left to do some shopping in town...primarily groceries, but some other misc. as well. Just got home at 6:30 after leaving by 1:30 or so....arghhhhhhhh...my "dogs" are barkin' and everything else! I know it's not nearly the same as fast walking for exercise, but hey...at least I wasn't loungin' on my butt all day, right? I'm feelin' it now, but I'm glad to have gotten some things done, and I feel *really* happy about all of the fresh produce in the fridge right now!

Picked up pears, apples, nectarines, peaches, oranges (just some of each until next week...don't want it to go bad you know!) chicken, turkey, fish...carrots, celery, green peppers, bananas, etc..for snacks. That is a big improvement for me...I just want to eat healthier. Thing is, I like all of those things...but sweets and high calorie/fat things have just gotten way too much attention, and the healthy stuff has gotten pushed aside! Well no moreeeeeeeeee! It's harddddd though, boyyyyy...I know! I had some puppy chow (for those of you who know what that is..mmmmmmmmmmmm, right?????) in my HAND, took a step away thinking "oh this is just a little container of it..it won't be a big deal" before I put it back thinking "oh mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn" instead! Same scenario when I went past the doughnuts...they are a *definite* downfall of mine! I like chips/crisps and all that, but they really don't tempt me when I'm watching weigh....but a nice doughnut with milk? Sheesh. Anyway, from now on, I'm not going to do that. Too tempting to sit here and list things like that on this thread, and I don't want to make anyone get cravings..so, while I certainly wouldn't mind reading it if someone else wrote it, I won't write about all those little temptations of mine so specifically anymore!

Anyway, so that's my day....good on ya, Cass...I think I'll get a ticker too when I get around to it! (Ahhh...just don't feel like doing it right now anyway...maybe about 2am! ..heheh...seriously, though..have to get on a better sleep schedule...I'm all messed around due to meds, being sick and various things like that, and I know sleep affects weight too.)

So....however often you want to come on....why don't you list as much as you can/want about how your day(s) went, what you had trouble with, your successes (from losing pounds/inches to resisting temptation or whatever) and for SURE...all your best tips, sites, etc. I'm really looking forward to doing this with a support system...last time I tried to lose I was on my own...this time an online friend and I are doing it, my sister wants to keep in touch (she does WW while I don't as I don't want to count calories or points...just watch what I eat..it worked for me before and lost 50 pounds.) we have this really awesome thread, and now my mum in law wants to do it with me too. How can I fail with all of this accountability, right????

Hehehe..and NO...all of my posts *won't* be this long and blathering...

M., proud VJ Loser.

Edited June 3, 2007 by MichelleandCraig

[Itsmeitsmeitsree! 0]

I would like to join this thread as well, but I'm not sure how I'll be received. You see, I've just finished my 5th month of the 6 months medically supervised weight loss program as required by my insurance company to pay for gastric bypass. I've lost 27lbs since January.

I've struggled with weight issues all of my life. There isn't a diet program out there that I've not been on, and been successful at. Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Nutri-System, Weigh Down, Atkins, South Beach, and the list goes on. I've been on cabbage soup diets, all liquid diets, and some diets I just made up. (when I was 10, I ate nothing but fruit cocktail during summer break) I've had hypnosis and tons of therapy. I've tried it ALL! There were things that were more successful than others, such as Weight Watchers. I never lacked the willpower to make it happen, what I clearly lack is the stamina for long-term success. What I clearly don't have is the ability to lose enough weight and maintain it at a healthy level. I cannot get to a healthy weight by myself.

Where I find myself at now is a place where I seek medical intervention to get to a healthy weight. For those of you who believe that I (or anyone in my position) am seeking a magical, quick and easy cure...you are wrong, and I challenge you to educate yourself as to how NOT easy gastric bypass is. For those of you who say, "But that surgery is so risky, I would never do that." Well, being at my current weight, with the couple of weight related health issues I have, is just as risky. Gastric bypass is a risky and life-altering choice, not a quick fix. But for me, it's been an intensely personal decision. My physician, and the surgery center I'm going to, believe I'm an ideal candidate because I have informed myself FIRST, then decided to have the surgery. I've researched this operation, and the place I'm going to, for a very long time. This decision wasn't reached without a lot of thought, prayer, and information.

What I'm doing now is just very simple. I stay around 50-75 carbs every day. I eat less calories than is needed to sustain my weight. (they can tell me this at the Dr.'s office) I exercise more than an hour, five days a week. I wear a pedometer and reach 10,000 steps every day. Really, I reach my personal goal of 12,500 every day. I swim for 30 minutes 3x week. And I do weights and weight resistance 2x week. My biggest vice, the carbonated beverage, has been gone from my life for more than 3 months now. (for those of you who believe diet drinks are the answer...wrongo...carbonation stretches the tummy!!)

I'm also in a group that similar to OA. We deal with WHY we are food addicts and how we got to where we are. I have bariatric support group meetings and nutrition seminars that I go to. I have just over 100lbs to lose, and suffer from two comorbities...HBP and OSA.

I don't want to become one of those people who have to be cut out of their house and weighed at the zoo. I don't even want to be one of those people who rides the little cart thingy at Walmart, towing their oxygen tank and huffing to the car. I want to be at a weight that allows me to be healthy enough to sustain a better quality of life than I have now. Not a glamorous size 2/4, but just healthy. I want to play with my grandchildren (not just watch them) and stay with my sweet British husband (who is HOT!!!) for as long as I can. I don't want to saddle my children (ages 10 and 15) with a mother who is totally unable to care for her fat self.

So if you'll allow me, I'd like to join this thread. I WANT TO BE A LOSER!!!!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I'm back from my two mile morning run already. Feels great!

[brnidokiegurl 0]

I would like to join this thread as well, but I'm not sure how I'll be received. You see, I've just finished my 5th month of the 6 months medically supervised weight loss program as required by my insurance company to pay for gastric bypass. I've lost 27lbs since January.

I've struggled with weight issues all of my life. There isn't a diet program out there that I've not been on, and been successful at. Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Nutri-System, Weigh Down, Atkins, South Beach, and the list goes on. I've been on cabbage soup diets, all liquid diets, and some diets I just made up. (when I was 10, I ate nothing but fruit cocktail during summer break) I've had hypnosis and tons of therapy. I've tried it ALL! There were things that were more successful than others, such as Weight Watchers. I never lacked the willpower to make it happen, what I clearly lack is the stamina for long-term success. What I clearly don't have is the ability to lose enough weight and maintain it at a healthy level. I cannot get to a healthy weight by myself.

Where I find myself at now is a place where I seek medical intervention to get to a healthy weight. For those of you who believe that I (or anyone in my position) am seeking a magical, quick and easy cure...you are wrong, and I challenge you to educate yourself as to how NOT easy gastric bypass is. For those of you who say, "But that surgery is so risky, I would never do that." Well, being at my current weight, with the couple of weight related health issues I have, is just as risky. Gastric bypass is a risky and life-altering choice, not a quick fix. But for me, it's been an intensely personal decision. My physician, and the surgery center I'm going to, believe I'm an ideal candidate because I have informed myself FIRST, then decided to have the surgery. I've researched this operation, and the place I'm going to, for a very long time. This decision wasn't reached without a lot of thought, prayer, and information.

What I'm doing now is just very simple. I stay around 50-75 carbs every day. I eat less calories than is needed to sustain my weight. (they can tell me this at the Dr.'s office) I exercise more than an hour, five days a week. I wear a pedometer and reach 10,000 steps every day. Really, I reach my personal goal of 12,500 every day. I swim for 30 minutes 3x week. And I do weights and weight resistance 2x week. My biggest vice, the carbonated beverage, has been gone from my life for more than 3 months now. (for those of you who believe diet drinks are the answer...wrongo...carbonation stretches the tummy!!)

I'm also in a group that similar to OA. We deal with WHY we are food addicts and how we got to where we are. I have bariatric support group meetings and nutrition seminars that I go to. I have just over 100lbs to lose, and suffer from two comorbities...HBP and OSA.

I don't want to become one of those people who have to be cut out of their house and weighed at the zoo. I don't even want to be one of those people who rides the little cart thingy at Walmart, towing their oxygen tank and huffing to the car. I want to be at a weight that allows me to be healthy enough to sustain a better quality of life than I have now. Not a glamorous size 2/4, but just healthy. I want to play with my grandchildren (not just watch them) and stay with my sweet British husband (who is HOT!!!) for as long as I can. I don't want to saddle my children (ages 10 and 15) with a mother who is totally unable to care for her fat self.

So if you'll allow me, I'd like to join this thread. I WANT TO BE A LOSER!!!!

good luck one of my friends had this and has done fine

[kisschick1976 0]

I would like to join this thread as well, but I'm not sure how I'll be received. You see, I've just finished my 5th month of the 6 months medically supervised weight loss program as required by my insurance company to pay for gastric bypass. I've lost 27lbs since January.

I've struggled with weight issues all of my life. There isn't a diet program out there that I've not been on, and been successful at. Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Nutri-System, Weigh Down, Atkins, South Beach, and the list goes on. I've been on cabbage soup diets, all liquid diets, and some diets I just made up. (when I was 10, I ate nothing but fruit cocktail during summer break) I've had hypnosis and tons of therapy. I've tried it ALL! There were things that were more successful than others, such as Weight Watchers. I never lacked the willpower to make it happen, what I clearly lack is the stamina for long-term success. What I clearly don't have is the ability to lose enough weight and maintain it at a healthy level. I cannot get to a healthy weight by myself.

Where I find myself at now is a place where I seek medical intervention to get to a healthy weight. For those of you who believe that I (or anyone in my position) am seeking a magical, quick and easy cure...you are wrong, and I challenge you to educate yourself as to how NOT easy gastric bypass is. For those of you who say, "But that surgery is so risky, I would never do that." Well, being at my current weight, with the couple of weight related health issues I have, is just as risky. Gastric bypass is a risky and life-altering choice, not a quick fix. But for me, it's been an intensely personal decision. My physician, and the surgery center I'm going to, believe I'm an ideal candidate because I have informed myself FIRST, then decided to have the surgery. I've researched this operation, and the place I'm going to, for a very long time. This decision wasn't reached without a lot of thought, prayer, and information.

What I'm doing now is just very simple. I stay around 50-75 carbs every day. I eat less calories than is needed to sustain my weight. (they can tell me this at the Dr.'s office) I exercise more than an hour, five days a week. I wear a pedometer and reach 10,000 steps every day. Really, I reach my personal goal of 12,500 every day. I swim for 30 minutes 3x week. And I do weights and weight resistance 2x week. My biggest vice, the carbonated beverage, has been gone from my life for more than 3 months now. (for those of you who believe diet drinks are the answer...wrongo...carbonation stretches the tummy!!)

I'm also in a group that similar to OA. We deal with WHY we are food addicts and how we got to where we are. I have bariatric support group meetings and nutrition seminars that I go to. I have just over 100lbs to lose, and suffer from two comorbities...HBP and OSA.

I don't want to become one of those people who have to be cut out of their house and weighed at the zoo. I don't even want to be one of those people who rides the little cart thingy at Walmart, towing their oxygen tank and huffing to the car. I want to be at a weight that allows me to be healthy enough to sustain a better quality of life than I have now. Not a glamorous size 2/4, but just healthy. I want to play with my grandchildren (not just watch them) and stay with my sweet British husband (who is HOT!!!) for as long as I can. I don't want to saddle my children (ages 10 and 15) with a mother who is totally unable to care for her fat self.

So if you'll allow me, I'd like to join this thread. I WANT TO BE A LOSER!!!!

I have a very good friend who's doing this too. She's doing the diet and physical therapy thing before the surgery right now. She's the same way, nothing else works for her. She's still battling with the insurance company though. I know there's lots of complications involved but to me, it sounds like you are doing this for all the right reasons.

I just cringe when I hear someone who wears a size 6 and wants a gastric bypass though

Good luck mama!!!

[Alex+R 0]

check out this site... Ideal Weight Calculator

I don't get it. If I say I'm 300 pounds, it tells me my ideal weight is 190. If I say I'm 130 pounds, it says my ideal weight is 122. #######? How does it figure? WEIRDLY, when I type in my current weight (best guess), it tells me to weigh about 10 pounds more than I usually do when I am "normal."

[Alex+R 0]

count me in too. this is getting ridiculous. first i needed to lose 10lbs, then 20...and now i'd guess 25. i have to stop it before i become huge and ruin all my hard work (i lost 60lbs once before)

today i ate a banana, a nectarine, and a salad with balsamic vinegar (no oil). and time to work it out at the gym! that is KEY for me. on top of eating much less too. lol

If you're still in NY when I get there maybe we can be gym buddies. Anyway, I've seen your myspace page; I'm sure you're gorgeous no matter what weight you're at!

PS I totally effed up yesterday when I was PMSing and now I have a terrible headache.

PPS is that true about carbonation stretching your tummy? Oh noes!