DISappearing Peeps...Vol. 3! All are Welcome!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Hi all

Down -.05 - not great (only a pound over the past month ), but the right direction at least. I start the Charlene Extreme "Lean" phase tomorrow, so am hoping for some big results the next 4 weeks! Measured myself and have lost quite a bit so not completely disheartened.

Yesterdays calories:-

B - 2 ounces Special K, small banana, 1/2 grapefruit - 300
Snack - strawberries - 50
Lunch - chicken noodle soup (homemade!) - 300
Snack - 1/2 mango, plus WW mini carrot cake - 200
D - Home made burgers, small bun, homemade chunky chips (fries!), salad, and a 10 calorie jello - 600
Drinks - loads of water and 3 cups of tea with 1% milk - 50?
Total - 1500

 

[pjlla]

Hi Faith (and everyone else). I just booked my flight and most of our hotel for the London/Paris trip this morning. It gives me butterflies in my tummy , but I am excited. DH has said that he will go despite his anxiety so just crossing my fingers and praying for the best.

Regarding the exercise, I feel like I have to speak to that. There was some comment on here a few days ago about how much exercise one has to do to lose weight, and it looked like a daunting amount to me. I wanted to share my personal experience. I once weighed 200 lbs. I lost 70 through diet and moderate exercise (walking 30 minutes 3-4 x per week). I gave up on diet and exercise (partly because I felt guilty that I wasn't "perfect") and put on 40 lbs. On and off, I have taken off 20 of that. That puts me at a BMI of 24.5, within the range of normal, and I wear between size 8 and 10. If you want to be a size 0 or 2, you probably do have to put in hours of heavy sweating a week. But if you want to be healthy, live a long life, and not huff and puff just to go to the grocery store or to walk around an amusement park with your family, it's not that hard. 3-4 days a week of 30 minutes of moderate exercise plus about 10-15 minutes of strength training (crunches, leg lifts, squats, push-ups or planks) most days will make you look good, feel strong, and give you a reasonable metabolism. I'm not saying more exercise isn't better. I just worry that there is someone else out there like I was, who feels it's impossible to find the time to be a "gym rat", so why bother. That kind of thinking got me in a lot of trouble. To everyone, DON'T GIVE UP IF YOU FEEL YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR INCLINATION TO EXERCISE! Some days I just put on my pedometer and make a point of walking 10,000 steps during the day. I walk around the table while the copy machine is running my copies. I drink my water and then choose to go to the far bathroom at work. When I watch TV at night, I get up and walk around the house during commercials. It's all good.
OK, that's all the inspiration I've got for tonight. Happy Sunday to everyone.

Well said! And I totally agree. I too have lost 70 pounds (51 of it last year) and I don't do more than what I would consider moderate exercise. In preparation for my WDW trip last year I was exercising 30-60 minutes a day, 3-4 times per week (January through April). After that I usually was only getting in 30-40 minutes 2-3 x per week. I am now trying to work back up to the 3-4 x per week for AT LEAST 40 minutes, but even that I would still considerate moderate exercise. And NO ONE can come up with more excuses NOT to exercise than me, but when I make it a priority and DO the exercise, my MENTAL attitude for the rest of the day is so much better. I feel really positive about what I am doing for my health and what I am doing to look better and I tend to be less likely to cheat on the diet portion of my day. .................................P

 

[LMO429]

If you gained with the way you work out, how is there hope for the rest of us.

There is Hope! I had a partial thyroidectomy over 3 years ago I'm on medicine for my thyroid for the rest of my life to make up the part of my thyroid that is gone...So my metabolism is way sluggish than most folks..but I don't ever use that as my excuse I just make sure I work out even harder to make up for it..

 

[mousehouselover]

I'll have to check it out. Is it easy to find the info at that site?

Yeh, I always do that. Every long term relationship I get in, I tend to gain weight. Hopefully this time, I will do better, b/c after my last one I didn't lose the weight, so I am still up 5 - 10 lbs.

The dwlz message boards don't move nearly as fast as the DIS does. When you scroll down through the lists, there are boards for Momentum and flex points discussion and one for filling foods discussion. The points calculator is here.

I hate how easy it is to gain the weight but how hard it is to lose it.

Danielle~ Thanks to bringing some much needed perspective to the issue of exercise. I think so many of us fall into this trap. We look at a lot of this as all or nothing and fail to see there is a moderate middle ground where progress is not only possible but we are learning life-long, sustainable habits.

pjila~ Thank you also for backing up Danielle, now we have 2 real life examples of how well this moderate approach works.

I made mostly healthy choices yesterday. I had dinner before we went to visit with frieds but they hadn't eaten yet so we wound up getting Chinese food. I had steamed veggies with the sauce on the side. I only had a few bites of rice as well.

Today I'm working on a collage frame using our pins and Disney pix from last year. I'll post a pic when I'm done so every one can see it.

 

[Pakey]

Danielle. How exciting that you are going to London/Paris. I hope you guys enjoy your vacation as much as we did. I'm still scrapbooking my vacation. Gosh, looking back, I can't believe how much we saw and did. We didn't hit it hard the way we did when we went to Italy and Switzerland but I still feel like we saw everything we wanted to but managed to have time to breathe and enjoy.

And I'm trying to exercise. I've been doing Jillian's shred video which kills me because I have no upper body strength. I also walk when my allergies permit. Today, no exercise as my husband and I worked in the yard all day. Our gardener does a cruddy job so we dug up plants to separate the overgrowth and then replanted. We are both so sore. It was so gorgeous today, I wish the weather could always be like this.

 

[ArielSRL]

Hi Faith (and everyone else). I just booked my flight and most of our hotel for the London/Paris trip this morning. It gives me butterflies in my tummy , but I am excited. DH has said that he will go despite his anxiety so just crossing my fingers and praying for the best.

Regarding the exercise, I feel like I have to speak to that. There was some comment on here a few days ago about how much exercise one has to do to lose weight, and it looked like a daunting amount to me. I wanted to share my personal experience. I once weighed 200 lbs. I lost 70 through diet and moderate exercise (walking 30 minutes 3-4 x per week). I gave up on diet and exercise (partly because I felt guilty that I wasn't "perfect") and put on 40 lbs. On and off, I have taken off 20 of that. That puts me at a BMI of 24.5, within the range of normal, and I wear between size 8 and 10. If you want to be a size 0 or 2, you probably do have to put in hours of heavy sweating a week. But if you want to be healthy, live a long life, and not huff and puff just to go to the grocery store or to walk around an amusement park with your family, it's not that hard. 3-4 days a week of 30 minutes of moderate exercise plus about 10-15 minutes of strength training (crunches, leg lifts, squats, push-ups or planks) most days will make you look good, feel strong, and give you a reasonable metabolism. I'm not saying more exercise isn't better. I just worry that there is someone else out there like I was, who feels it's impossible to find the time to be a "gym rat", so why bother. That kind of thinking got me in a lot of trouble. To everyone, DON'T GIVE UP IF YOU FEEL YOU DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR INCLINATION TO EXERCISE! Some days I just put on my pedometer and make a point of walking 10,000 steps during the day. I walk around the table while the copy machine is running my copies. I drink my water and then choose to go to the far bathroom at work. When I watch TV at night, I get up and walk around the house during commercials. It's all good.
OK, that's all the inspiration I've got for tonight. Happy Sunday to everyone.

I totally agree with this. That is pretty much what I did last year when I lost 5 lbs in a month. It wasn't quick and it wasn't dramatic but it was healthy. Now I am starting again. I love to walk outside and the winter gets me down so now that warm weather is here, I am ready to give it my all. Thanks for sharing!

 

[ArielSRL]

The dwlz message boards don't move nearly as fast as the DIS does. When you scroll down through the lists, there are boards for Momentum and flex points discussion and one for filling foods discussion. The points calculator is here.

I hate how easy it is to gain the weight but how hard it is to lose it.

Thanks. I went to the site and found that stuff. Thanks. By figuring it the new way, I am at 22 pts, as opposed to 20. Not too much difference and I do okay at 20 so I may stay there, especially since I cheat on the weekends. It will be nice to have to extra just in case though.

Thanks again!!

 

[lovealldisney]

Sorry I was MIA Friday, I was up +1.4 this week. Aunt Phlo is here I'm sure that has something to do with it.

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

 

[punkin413]

wanted to post my food/calorie count from yesterday!

breakfast:
coffee~5
creamer x 2~50
oatmeal~170

snack:
grapes~120

lunch:
tuna sandwich~175
tortilla soup~215

snack:
sour cream & onion quakes~70
1/2 cookie~85 (ray made turtle cookies - i could kill him!!!!!!)

dinner:
mushroom marsala pasta~270
salad~100
dressing~15

snack:
pear~95

TOTAL~1370

oh, and my dear husband brought home girl scout cookies yesterday. i told him to take them back to work with him but he didn't.

 

[UtahMama]

Ugh!

Sorry (again)!

I did manage to get a few work outs this week and believe I'm on a good path to making it a habit and balancing school, daycare, etc.

It's HARD doing school and the gym, I feel, but I've backed off to 45 mins to 1 hour just a few times a week and refuse to beat myself up about it like I have been doing. I felt like I had to do TONS of exercise ... AND do school etc. I COULD do "it all" IF I want to burn out and not have ANY thing left to give, ya know? I can choose good foods. I can choose water instead of soda. I can fit in an abridged workout. I can do my school work and housework AND be a semi-decent mom. I can get plenty of sleep, etc.

I just need to stop stressing about the things I CAN'T choose. What's the point?


I'll read back and see how y'all are doing. I hope well!

OH! Get this: Norah (dd4 if you don't know) is at a birthday party at the moment THEN she has school till 3:30 ....secretly doing this: LOL!

 

[UtahMama]

Punkin! I love those "Quakes"!

I just tried a similar snack by Quaker that was made out of corn and rice and was Guacamole flavored! Course there was 3 servings in the little back and I ate all 3, but GOSH it was goooood!

 

[LMO429]

Utah Mama you are missed! Don't overwhelm yourself getting in workouts here and there are better than doing nothing at all so keep up the good work

I don't know what it is with me but when a vacation is lurking or any other major event I get this wave of motivation, the next thing I know I am killing it working out wise and my eating is spectacular. Anyway last week it was like the light bulb went off again because our disney vacation was less than 10 weeks away. Now we are at 60 days and I am beyond motivated...there something about thinking about my thighs rubbing together in 95 degree heat and having to wear tank tops that gives me that extra energy to do that extra rep or extra cardio....We even went out to dinner this weekend and I ate healthy!!!! anyway I am thankful for it but I wish I could be like this all the time! lol

aunt flow is leaving da house soon and I know I am going to see a great number on the scale this week.....

 

[UtahMama]

ME TOO!

I always need a so-called dangling carrot to get me motivated.

Thanks for saying I'm missed. I miss y'all VERY much!

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

Gotta post and run today. I've way late on this, but here is the update for the past two weeks of the St Patrick's Day challenge. This is the last week, so let's see some good numbers everybody!

 

[punkin413]

Punkin! I love those "Quakes"!

I just tried a similar snack by Quaker that was made out of corn and rice and was Guacamole flavored! Course there was 3 servings in the little back and I ate all 3, but GOSH it was goooood!

i like ranch flavored the best. they satisfy my potato chip craving. i crave salty more than i do sweet. and hang in there - life happens sometimes and we just can't seem to fit it all in!!!! i've been there for sure.

 

[punkin413]

by the way, i'm blowing my calorie count for today. i had to go to downtown atlanta for a deposition and i was near wolfgang puck express, so i went there and got a salad. that's not the bad part. ray wanted me to get a bbq chicken quesadilla and a chinois chicken salad to split for dinner tonight. they're not HORRIBLE but not that great either. so i'm taking a free day. i will make it up the rest of the week. i have plenty of healthy stuff to compensate and it's beautiful here so there's no excuse for me not to go jogging.

 

[punkin413]

double post. i love computers.

 

[DisneyLaura]

Ugh!

Sorry (again)!

I did manage to get a few work outs this week and believe I'm on a good path to making it a habit and balancing school, daycare, etc.

It's HARD doing school and the gym, I feel, but I've backed off to 45 mins to 1 hour just a few times a week and refuse to beat myself up about it like I have been doing. I felt like I had to do TONS of exercise ... AND do school etc. I COULD do "it all" IF I want to burn out and not have ANY thing left to give, ya know? I can choose good foods. I can choose water instead of soda. I can fit in an abridged workout. I can do my school work and housework AND be a semi-decent mom. I can get plenty of sleep, etc.

I just need to stop stressing about the things I CAN'T choose. What's the point?


I'll read back and see how y'all are doing. I hope well!

OH! Get this: Norah (dd4 if you don't know) is at a birthday party at the moment THEN she has school till 3:30 ....secretly doing this: LOL!

Glad to see you, and I'm doing this for you too

 

[punkin413]

where are all the peeps at????

here's my food/calories for today.

breakfast:
coffee x 2~10
creamer x 3~75
waffle w/ no-sugar syrup~95
2 slices bacon~35

lunch:
rigatoni pasta~320
extra sauce~35
parm cheese~30

snack:
sliced strawberries~50
low fat whipped cream~50

dinner:
tilapia sauteed w/ zesty lemon seasoning~110
safflower oil it was sauteed in~100
pasta salad~250

snack:
vanilla yogurt~60
granola~115

TOTAL~1335

 

[LMO429]

I'm Here I'm Here!!!!!

I have not been posting my eating but it has been on point

I know I have mentioned this before but I can not stress this enough, if you have not already done so please purchase Jillian Michael's No More Trouble Zones and Jillian Michael's Banish Fat Boost Metabolism DVDs.


I have been alternating the workouts dvd the past 2 weeks consistenly and I am noticing major changes my butt went down my abs are getting flat and I do not have a muffin top going over my skinny jeans anymore!!! and overall I feel so much leaner They are tough but I feel ultra effective. I think the way Jillian Trains people is the best method for melting fat. High Intensity Interval training works..or at least it works for me and ultra slow thyroid. I am enjoying chalean extreme as well but until I get to my goal weight I think I am going to concentrate more on jillian's workouts which seem to always work for me.

anyway here are the links if you are interested they are about 11 bucks on amazon and all the user reviews are excellent .....see for yourself

http://www.amazon.com/Jillian-Micha..._bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1236855856&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Jillian-Micha...ef=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1236855910&sr=1-1