Valhallanite
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Post by Valhallanite on Nov 11, 2013 15:55:23 GMT
I've decided to go to WW every 3 weeks, because it is discouraging for me to hear loss in the .2 here, .4 there range. I am still doing pretty well with a slip now and then. So far 8 pounds.
Mistersmom - sad to say there are no really great snacks, but I've been having homemade applesauce with a some fatfree cool whip on top. Otherwise, it's fruit, dried bananas, sometimes veggies with a little butter. I try not to do processed "diet" snacks. Being I am cutting way down on carbs, sometimes I have a slice of homemade bread for snack as a treat.
Still plugging away, although not as happy about it coffee
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Post by hugs on Nov 13, 2013 1:11:25 GMT
I figured I REALLY need to stay motivated when its so easy to just give up. So I promised that if I don't lose weight every week (starting this week) I owe our change jar $5. My downfall are crackers and cookies. Even fruit can provide me enough easily digestible carbs that slow down my weight loss. I have to focus on veggies. I can't eat any kind of diary, so finding a dip that tastes good is a challenge. Tofu only goes so far but I pretend it tastes good  |
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Post by hugs on Nov 15, 2013 0:36:41 GMT
Hellooooooooo........?
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Post by horselady on Nov 15, 2013 2:42:48 GMT
Tofu?  ?? how plain . why not eat veggies. ? i just love all kinds of  . cookies. and snack foods. and a visitor brings 6 hard rolls from brooklyn. if you have never had one than you do not know what it tastes like, all crunchy and crisp. i ate 3 of them in two days. no wonder i can not get rid of any pounds. i call it manure cleaning muscle power. !!! hmmm |
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Post by hugs on Nov 17, 2013 14:35:35 GMT
I can't eat dairy without Lactaid and that doesn't always help, especially sour cream or cream cheese *sigh* If you mix tofu with lemon juice you get a fair substitute for sour cream. I can eat veggies plain, sure, but it can be boring day after day after day. The creamy type salad dressings are based on sour cream and I think the non creamy type salad dressings are kinda icky for dips. Oh I hear you about rolls. Yes, yes, yes  Fresh bagels too! I can eat three of them right in a row no problem. That would be the equivalent of a day's worth of calories!! I've heard that the hypothesis put forth in the "Carbohydrate Addict" is not fully substantiated, maybe it is, but the premise seems to ring true for me. If I eat just two slices of bread during the day and nothing more my weight loss will fall to nothing. Its so sad! BUT if I don't eat any starch until supper, I can eat way more than that and still lose weight. Now, according the the Carbohydrate Addict, I ought to also forgo fruits and starchy veggies like peas and corn, etc. but that's asking an awful lot so I will eat oranges and apples during the day. This seems to be working for me and it did work for me in the past. I haven't been on a scale to see how much I've lost but my pants are looser and my side chubbies are smaller. I still have a looooooong way to go but I just HAVE to do this for myself! |
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mistersmom
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Post by mistersmom on Nov 18, 2013 18:15:59 GMT
I splurged and ate 2 doughnuts Saturday morning. I LOVE doughnuts but haven't had any in a very long time. I did go home and then unload 30 bales of hay by myself so hopefully I burned off some of those very yummy empty calories!
I love bread too as well as most kinds of sweets. I haven't seen very much in the way of weight loss but looking to join a gym in the next month or two (may wait for the new year when they run specials). Hopefully doing more than my daily walks will help. Currently I walk 5-6 days a week usually about 2.5 - 3 miles each day but I don't think that is helping me much any more. So frustrated.
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Post by lorddaxter on Nov 18, 2013 19:41:46 GMT
I'm like you horse lady, I do good then I get swayed by quick snack items after working outside and not having the energy to cook or make something healthy and boom on it goes again and I feel like a pig! i was looking to lose 10lbs but have been awful recently and packed it on and now need/want to lose 15lbs  my problem is I love food, hmm! Im going to make some carrot and lentil soup today in the slow cooker, I love home made soup, if I spend 2 weeks on soup and salad with shrimp and chicken then I usually lose it fast but excuse me it makes me fart something rotten and sometimes gives me burny bum, tmi? hmmm |
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Post by horselady on Nov 19, 2013 1:45:40 GMT
LD that is too funny, lol cool i have the same 10 pounds i have been trying to get rid of for over a year. and when i see , or food. i just go at it. i have been working outside more taking care of the stalls and horses. and skipping the full lunch with desert. |
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Post by hugs on Nov 19, 2013 22:05:33 GMT
I'm like you horse lady, I do good then I get swayed by quick snack items after working outside and not having the energy to cook or make something healthy and boom on it goes again and I feel like a pig! i was looking to lose 10lbs but have been awful recently and packed it on and now need/want to lose 15lbs my problem is I love food, hmm! Im going to make some carrot and lentil soup today in the slow cooker, I love home made soup, if I spend 2 weeks on soup and salad with shrimp and chicken then I usually lose it fast but excuse me it makes me fart something rotten and sometimes gives me burny bum, tmi? hmmm That's okay LD, we all have those issues from time to time. Actually it may be the other way around! I love to make veggie and fruit smoothies and learned the hard way that I have to be VERY careful when adding sesame seeds or chia seeds. They make the drinks creamier and oh so much more nutritious but... This was my first full week where I told myself that if I don't lose weight I have to pay our vacation jar $5. I don't know about you but that's a lot of money for me, so its very helpful. The trouble is, if I do well, then I think "Oh I can cheat" and that is the most slippery of all slopes. |
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Post by lorddaxter on Nov 19, 2013 22:20:22 GMT
Yes  that's what I do too, oh I lost 5lbs pretty fast, so then I eat a chocolate or 2 or 3 etc etc....... |
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Post by lorddaxter on Nov 20, 2013 14:04:14 GMT
I'm thinking your jar is a good idea, I might make a cheat jar, every time I eat outside my allowance I have to put something in it and maybe every time I exercise I can take it back out, now you got me thinking:)
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mistersmom
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Post by mistersmom on Nov 20, 2013 16:08:09 GMT
We are having a Thanksgiving potluck lunch at work today - I am going to be a good girl and maybe just eat a piece of turkey - no sides, no desserts (although they always look so awesome). I just don't think these calories are worth it. I will wait for Thanksgiving with my family to splurge a little!
I like the jar idea! Especially the exercise = money OUT of the jar and in my pocket!
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Post by horselady on Nov 21, 2013 15:41:13 GMT
I know my problem. it came to me yesterday. all this working outside. cleaning stalls and running around the farm. i have gained muscle. and muscle is heavier than fat. lol hmmm football
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Post by lorddaxter on Nov 21, 2013 16:04:44 GMT
Yeh right Horselady, keep telling yourself that;)
I think I might have finally realised how I absolutely have to lose weight, don't think bad of me but I laughed at the porky pole dancer clip on Americas got talent or something that someone sent me, well last night I was getting in the shower I caught sight of my back, butt and thighs in the mirror as hubby had left cabinet mirror doors open and in all honestly I'm almost looking like a porky sausage:(
Today in am going to do something about it:)
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Post by horselady on Nov 30, 2013 12:38:13 GMT
Well, now that the stuffing is on the hips from thanksgiving. i will watch the food intake until christmas and eat what i want and start again in january.
i feel like a stuffed turkey OH wait maybe it si winter fat and it will come off when spring thaw arrives. exercise
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Post by hugs on Dec 5, 2013 22:59:30 GMT
The wireless internet I was scamming off of one of my neighbors disappeared a few weeks ago, I'm sitting in the library now; I guess I'll get my own internet now LOL
Well, last week I lost the weight I had gained the week before (-$5) and a half of a pound more, so I am relieved. Not exactly happy but better than sad. So I had to get my head out of my you-know-what and get serious. I bought a yoga mat and then realized I should of bought a stall mat *doh* and brought out my little free weights. I do aerobics every morning carrying my 2 lb weights and then do stretches and more strength stuff with the 5lbs. I don't do this for very long but I do it and that's what's important. And I actually feel better while I'm exercising so that's incentive too or at least its not a disincentive which is true for the really hard exercises for 45 minutes until you want to cry even though that might get me results sooner.
Shoveling is good exercise too, but somehow that just seems like a chore LOL
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Post by horselady on Dec 6, 2013 1:12:58 GMT
And hee I sit eating home made apple pie and ice cream. i will work an extra hour with the horses tomorrow. and hopefully it will burn off the extra calories. lol  |
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Post by hugs on Dec 16, 2013 19:06:51 GMT
This past Saturday was the first week I haven't had to pay money into the jar in 3 weeks! Its been horrible; try as I might something always "gets" me. I have to employ so much self talk that its a good thing I'm alone alot or someone would have me committed. I even have to self talk to keep my talking to my "inside my head" voice, for pete's sake... I say that being functional is almost as good as being healthy... right? Right?!!!!  |
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Post by lorddaxter on Dec 17, 2013 14:02:59 GMT
I'm extremely upset and disgusted that you would resurrect this thread so close to Christmas, I've already started stuffing myself for Christmas  |
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Post by horselady on Dec 18, 2013 18:41:11 GMT
I have not begun to cookies and frankly i am in no mood ,. so i will go buy the packages of betty crocker and make one or two of my own go shopping for gifts and christmas eve fish, than on christmas day start to diet AGAIN., |
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?? how plain .
. cookies. and snack foods. and a visitor brings 6 hard rolls from brooklyn. if you have never had one than you do not know what it tastes like, all crunchy and crisp. i ate 3 of them in two days.
Fresh bagels too! I can eat three of them right in a row no problem. That would be the equivalent of a day's worth of calories!!
that's what I do too, oh I lost 5lbs pretty fast, so then I eat a chocolate or 2 or 3 etc etc.......
