~DISappearing PEEPS~Vol. IV Come Play With Us!!!!!

[punkin413]

I noticed that on some of your replies that you guys have multi quoted from several different posts. Can some one tell me how to do this? (yes I am computer challanged )

see that little button with the plus sign on it to the right of the quote button? click on it and it will turn orange and into a negative sign. just hit this button on every post you want to quote, then when you hit "post reply" at the bottom of the page, all those quotes will be in your reply.

 

[lovealldisney]

see that little button with the plus sign on it to the right of the quote button? click on it and it will turn orange and into a negative sign. just hit this button on every post you want to quote, then when you hit "post reply" at the bottom of the page, all those quotes will be in your reply.

Thank you so much!

 

[natale1980]

You guys are great!

I can see how this is really going to be helpful in my journey. Although I'm not sure if I'm going to weight myself or not... I took a 'before' picture yesterday and I'm planning on taking a photo every week. I don't want to get too caught up in losing pounds - because some times you can see the progress before the scale recognizes it.
Maybe I'll weight myself every two weeks... or once a month... not sure.

I've cut out all sweets... cookies, candy, soda, etc. It's easier for me to completely cut them out then to try and eat these in moderation. I can't do it!! The longest I've ever been without sweets has been about 45 days... BUT after I have that first cookie or candy bar all bets are off!! I can't stop at just one & It's hard for me to go cold turkey for the second time.

But I still am planning on eating the occasional slice of pizza... is it really that bad? Should I cut out pizza too... (say it ain't so!!!)

-nat

 

[punkin413]

But I still am planning on eating the occasional slice of pizza... is it really that bad? Should I cut out pizza too... (say it ain't so!!!)

-nat

i truly believe that if you don't indulge occasionally (not often, but occasionally) then you will eventually give in BIG TIME and completely fall off the wagon. back when i was counting calories, as long as i lost 1 pound a week, i would give myself one day to just disregard the calories and take a break from being so strict. i wouldn't eat everything in sight but just not think about it. oh, and cutting out the soda is gonna help you tremendously! once i stopped drinking diet coke and sweet tea and just stuck to water, the pounds dropped off!

 

[FlameGirl]

You guys are great!

I can see how this is really going to be helpful in my journey. Although I'm not sure if I'm going to weight myself or not... I took a 'before' picture yesterday and I'm planning on taking a photo every week. I don't want to get too caught up in losing pounds - because some times you can see the progress before the scale recognizes it.
Maybe I'll weight myself every two weeks... or once a month... not sure.

I've cut out all sweets... cookies, candy, soda, etc. It's easier for me to completely cut them out then to try and eat these in moderation. I can't do it!! The longest I've ever been without sweets has been about 45 days... BUT after I have that first cookie or candy bar all bets are off!! I can't stop at just one & It's hard for me to go cold turkey for the second time.

But I still am planning on eating the occasional slice of pizza... is it really that bad? Should I cut out pizza too... (say it ain't so!!!)

-nat

Hi Nat...

Is that short for Natalie? That's my daughter's name.

What is your weight loss plan? Sorry if you've described it here before...I'm new and trying to get caught up. Are you counting calories, points, or carbs, etc.? I think it's super important to have a plan.

That being said, the scale can either be your best friend or your worst enemy. I've found that during times when I am in denial and avoid the scale, I can psych myself up into actually believing that I'm not putting on weight. The scale keeps me accountable. And lately, I've been having great success with my weight loss, so the scale is an incredible motivator. Back before I started to notice changes in my body or clothes, the scale was telling me I was losing weight, and that was probably the only thing that kept me going a few times when I got really discouraged. It's really easy to fall into the trap of not weighing yourself and then allowing yourself to cheat, then cheat again, and justify it because it didn't have an impact (or so you might think)...so blah blah blah my god I'm long winded...it's a personal choice. But I choose to weigh regularly.

As for cheating, well...I think it's important to not get into the frame of mind that you can NEVER HAVE THAT (BLANK) EVER AGAIN, SO HELP ME GOD. Then you feel deprived, and that's what will derail your weight loss plans. Sure, have a slice of pizza. But make sure you journal it, and then make sure you compensate for it in another way. Walk an extra 2 miles, or give up something else that day. Calories in, calories out. Stupid and cliche, but it's true.

Are you keeping a food journal? I 100% believe this is the absolute key to successfully losing weight and keeping it off. Any little thing I stick in my pie hole (mmmmm, pie.......)I log. Anything. Those nibbles here and tastes there do make a huge difference.

Good luck.

 

[LMO429]

Thank you so much!

Dawn I think you just finally taught me how to multi quote we shall see what happens when I hit reply

i truly believe that if you don't indulge occasionally (not often, but occasionally) then you will eventually give in BIG TIME and completely fall off the wagon. back when i was counting calories, as long as i lost 1 pound a week, i would give myself one day to just disregard the calories and take a break from being so strict. i wouldn't eat everything in sight but just not think about it. oh, and cutting out the soda is gonna help you tremendously! once i stopped drinking diet coke and sweet tea and just stuck to water, the pounds dropped off!

I couldnt agree with this more. you def have to allow yourself anything you want once in awhile otherwise you set yourself up for failure

 

[LMO429]

Yeah Dawn I can multi quote! Only took me 3 years to get it through my thick skull you are my hero

 

[natale1980]

i truly believe that if you don't indulge occasionally (not often, but occasionally) then you will eventually give in BIG TIME and completely fall off the wagon. back when i was counting calories, as long as i lost 1 pound a week, i would give myself one day to just disregard the calories and take a break from being so strict. i wouldn't eat everything in sight but just not think about it. oh, and cutting out the soda is gonna help you tremendously! once i stopped drinking diet coke and sweet tea and just stuck to water, the pounds dropped off!

With me it's all or nothing when it comes to sweets... don't know why but that first cookie is the hardest to eat and then I find myself finishing off the package!

So I can indulge in things like pizza and be fine the next day. But if I eat something sweet I keep going back for more day after day after day!! I was working in a bakery for the last few months and put on about 5-7 lbs.

Hi Nat...

Is that short for Natalie? That's my daughter's name.

What is your weight loss plan? Sorry if you've described it here before...I'm new and trying to get caught up. Are you counting calories, points, or carbs, etc.? I think it's super important to have a plan.

Nat is short for Natale (sounds like Natalie). My mom spelled my name wrong on my birth certificate.

My weight loss plan is really doing the couch to 5k and cutting the calories. My biggest problem is I'm afraid I'm going to fall in that 'not eating enough' category. I just started yesterday but I looked on the web for weight watchers points and most of the things I was eating were 1 and 2 points each. I think it's going to take me a few weeks to figure this out.

Thanks for the food journal suggestion From watching the Biggest loser I know that if you don't eat enough your body can't lose weight (totally weird). So I need to keep track of myself.

This board really moves fast!!!

-nat

 

[lovealldisney]

With me it's all or nothing when it comes to sweets... don't know why but that first cookie is the hardest to eat and then I find myself finishing off the package!

So I can indulge in things like pizza and be fine the next day. But if I eat something sweet I keep going back for more day after day after day!! I was working in a bakery for the last few months and put on about 5-7 lbs.




Nat is short for Natale (sounds like Natalie). My mom spelled my name wrong on my birth certificate.

My weight loss plan is really doing the couch to 5k and cutting the calories. My biggest problem is I'm afraid I'm going to fall in that 'not eating enough' category. I just started yesterday but I looked on the web for weight watchers points and most of the things I was eating were 1 and 2 points each. I think it's going to take me a few weeks to figure this out.

Thanks for the food journal suggestion From watching the Biggest loser I know that if you don't eat enough your body can't lose weight (totally weird). So I need to keep track of myself.

This board really moves fast!!!

-nat

Hi Nat,
Have you ever thought of doing Weight Watchers? I have to admit I love food, mostly sweets! I have tried all kinds of diets, but I really like WW (this is my 3rd time) I like that I don't have to count calories just points and that nothing if off limit with food. If I want to have cake I can have it (with moderation) I make sure I count it on my points. You have extra points you can use for the week and you can earn extra points for exercising. It just really makes you look at what you eat and what is healthy eating. I love the meetings, I have really gotten some good advice and tips on using points. If you don't want to go to meetings they have WW online to.
Hope this helps.

Wendy

 

[LMO429]

Awesome this thread is coming back to life!

Keep Posting Keep Posting

 

[natale1980]

Hi Nat,
Have you ever thought of doing Weight Watchers? I have to admit I love food, mostly sweets! I have tried all kinds of diets, but I really like WW (this is my 3rd time) I like that I don't have to count calories just points and that nothing if off limit with food. If I want to have cake I can have it (with moderation) I make sure I count it on my points. You have extra points you can use for the week and you can earn extra points for exercising. It just really makes you look at what you eat and what is healthy eating. I love the meetings, I have really gotten some good advice and tips on using points. If you don't want to go to meetings they have WW online to.
Hope this helps.

Wendy

Weight Watches is kinda pricey. It seems to be the same price as a gym membership, and I would rather have one of those. Is the online one cheaper?

Glad it's working for you!

-nat

 

[lovealldisney]

Weight Watches is kinda pricey. It seems to be the same price as a gym membership, and I would rather have one of those. Is the online one cheaper?

Glad it's working for you!

-nat

I joined when they had free registration. It's only $12.00 a week. I believe online is more expensive but that cost includes coming to meeting as well. I like it for the fact that I am held accountable for what goes in my mouth. I know I couldn't keep a journal and count calories on my own. I know I have to get on that scale every week. But I don't beat myself up when my weight loss is not what I would like. I like the support of the group too they help me stay motivated. I know with the holiday's coming I will certainly need it!
Good luck in what ever you do! We are all here to support each other!

 

[WI_DisneyFan]

It is great to see some new blood kick-starting this thread! Keep it up!

I forgot to quote, so we'll see what I can remember!

Laura -- so sorry about your mom.

Splurging - I totally agree that you need to do it once in a while. I could never, ever follow a diet plan that didn't allow me to treat myself once in a while. I'll typically choose Fridays for that, only because it is weigh-in day and I figure I'm furthest away from the next time I have to step on a scale.

Weight loss plans - personally, I love Weight Watchers. It helped me lose pretty much all of my weight. I like the simplicity of it. Their point system incorporates calories, fat, and fiber so you don't have to keep track of those separately. And it is a lot easier for me to count up to 25 than to keep track of my calories. However, that being said, it seems like after getting to the weight I'm at now it sort of lost its effectiveness. I've recently switched to counting calories and that seems to work well for me too. SparkPeople.com is a great free online tracking system. The only thing about calories is that it took me a little while to figure out how many calories I should be eating. I first used Dawn's (Punkin) formula of goal weight times 12, which put me at 1800 calories (150 x 12). That ended up being a little too high for me, I think. After some experimenting I've finally settled into about 1600 calories a day. I've read that 1600 is the minimum required calories for men, but unless I go crazy in the middle of the week I can usually lose a pound or so a week following that plan (I must just have a slow metabolism). So I'm not too concerned that I'm starving myself.

As for the price of WW, what you could do is find out if there are any minimum length-of-membership requirements for an online membership. You could use that time to get acquainted with the system, buy whatever tools you need (you'll need a portable points calculator and maybe a book with food point values) and then cancel your membership and follow on your own. Of course, if they require you to purchase a 12-month membership, that wouldn't really be feasible. But if it is a 4-week or 2-month thing, then it might be something to look into. That's pretty much what I did. I had an online membership for about 6 months, but after that length of time I found that I only used their website for tracking my points. And I could just as easily do that with a pen and paper. So I cancelled and followed the plan for another two years on my own. Just a thought...

Good luck at weigh-in everybody!

 

[FlameGirl]

I mentioned it here before, but I have a GREAT app for my iPhone called Lose It. I couldn't (or wouldn't) ever manually calculate what I've eaten all day, but this application takes all of the brainwork out of food journaling and I can't recommend it enough for you iPhone users.

I've never used the Sparkpeople.com website, but Fitday.com is another great way to easily keep track of your calories, protein, fiber, carbs, etc. for the day. It is free, so Nat if you don't want to pony up for Weight Watchers just yet, you might try it.

I went for a 5 mile walk today with a friend in the pouring rain, and she's into the "raw food" movement. She went off to Hawaii for 3 weeks of intensive "detox" and now she's all about raw food. I had the "chili". I had to laugh while we were there, picturing trying to get my husband within a mile of the place.

 

[LMO429]

I mentioned it here before, but I have a GREAT app for my iPhone called Lose It. I couldn't (or wouldn't) ever manually calculate what I've eaten all day, but this application takes all of the brainwork out of food journaling and I can't recommend it enough for you iPhone users.

I've never used the Sparkpeople.com website, but Fitday.com is another great way to easily keep track of your calories, protein, fiber, carbs, etc. for the day. It is free, so Nat if you don't want to pony up for Weight Watchers just yet, you might try it.

I went for a 5 mile walk today with a friend in the pouring rain, and she's into the "raw food" movement. She went off to Hawaii for 3 weeks of intensive "detox" and now she's all about raw food. I had the "chili". I had to laugh while we were there, picturing trying to get my husband within a mile of the place.

Im thinking about doing the 9 day isagenixs cleanse. I feel my body needs it I feel very puffy lately and I know it has to do with some of my binge eating I have been doing on the weekend.

today I did jillian michaels shape up front and maximum frontal dvds my legs are throbbing right now but in a good way

 

[Wonders10]

Hi Peeps!

I love that earlier when I checked my subscribed threads, I had 2 whole pages on this thread to get through!

I did a pre-weigh in this morning. Just curious to see where I was. I wasn't happy with the number. Of course even though I tried to make better choices, I could have made even better choices so that I saw a lower number instead of the same number as last week. Like I said, I've already started planning my meals for next week when my new job will be in full swing. Unfortunately since I am heading to WDW 2 weeks from today (actually 2 weeks from tonight I will be at MVMCP!), I'm already in vacation mode which is really really bad. I just want to get rid of some of this water weight at least. I feel incredibly bloated.

Dawn - do you really think you lost more weight when you stopped drinking diet soda? I am a soda girl. And it makes sense that if you stop drinking regular soda, you'd drop pounds, but do you really think stopping the diet soda helped you lose more than when you were just counting cals, etc.?

So glad tomorrow is Friday...it has been the longest week ever! Unfortunately I have to go into work on Saturday to observe one of my new clients and also to get started working on my medicaid license (so I can treat clients on medicaid). Fun! Not. I should be out by lunchtime though so not too bad.

Hope those of you weighing in see the numbers you want tomorrow!

 

[LMO429]

Hi Peeps!

I love that earlier when I checked my subscribed threads, I had 2 whole pages on this thread to get through!

I did a pre-weigh in this morning. Just curious to see where I was. I wasn't happy with the number. Of course even though I tried to make better choices, I could have made even better choices so that I saw a lower number instead of the same number as last week. Like I said, I've already started planning my meals for next week when my new job will be in full swing. Unfortunately since I am heading to WDW 2 weeks from today (actually 2 weeks from tonight I will be at MVMCP!), I'm already in vacation mode which is really really bad. I just want to get rid of some of this water weight at least. I feel incredibly bloated.

Dawn - do you really think you lost more weight when you stopped drinking diet soda? I am a soda girl. And it makes sense that if you stop drinking regular soda, you'd drop pounds, but do you really think stopping the diet soda helped you lose more than when you were just counting cals, etc.?

So glad tomorrow is Friday...it has been the longest week ever! Unfortunately I have to go into work on Saturday to observe one of my new clients and also to get started working on my medicaid license (so I can treat clients on medicaid). Fun! Not. I should be out by lunchtime though so not too bad.

Hope those of you weighing in see the numbers you want tomorrow!

i forgot the name of the chemical but there is a chemical in diet soda that has proven to make individuals want to eat more when they drink diet soda.

 

[Wonders10]

i forgot the name of the chemical but there is a chemical in diet soda that has proven to make individuals want to eat more when they drink diet soda.

Yes I think I heard that too...one of the artificial sweeteners I think? So then the crystal lights and the other juice powder mixes are probably bad too? I don't mind water at all...but I do like "flavored" drinks every once in awhile. Well a lot really. But if I cut back I at least like to have something once a day or every couple days. Maybe that will be my big change for the week...no soda at all. Water only.

 

[lovealldisney]

do you really think you lost more weight when you stopped drinking diet soda? I am a soda girl. And it makes sense that if you stop drinking regular soda, you'd drop pounds, but do you really think stopping the diet soda helped you lose more than when you were just counting cals, etc.?

Hi Wonders,
Cutting soda out of my life was HARD!! I would recommend not doing it cold turkey. I love diet coke, what I was finding I was getting really bad heartburn. I thought it was maybe the soda so I slowwwwwwllyyyyy cut back on it and finally stopped. I to like flavor and to help me to transition to water I used crystal light. It's been almost 2 years since I stopped I no longer have heartburn. Do I treat myself to a diet soda sure but I never buy it and have it at home. Did I notice a weight loss? No but I don't feel bloated and puffy anymore.

Have a great weekend!

Oh and Aaron I posted my weight loss a few pages back it's -1.8 this week. Not sure if you saw it or not.

 

[LMO429]

Yes I think I heard that too...one of the artificial sweeteners I think? So then the crystal lights and the other juice powder mixes are probably bad too? I don't mind water at all...but I do like "flavored" drinks every once in awhile. Well a lot really. But if I cut back I at least like to have something once a day or every couple days. Maybe that will be my big change for the week...no soda at all. Water only.

I made the adjustment about 3 years ago. I use to drink between 3 to 5 cans of diet coke/diet snapple. I then would go to 2 per day 1 per day until finally I just quit one week cold turkey weeks turned into months and months are now years and I dont miss diet soda.

I would say very very rarely now I drink diet soda only if I am at a party. I dont buy it and leave it in my house You can do it just start slow I guarantee you one day you wont miss it.