I wish I could be as disciplined as you are about eating habits. See, take you and me and we'd make the perfect weight-loss gal. You do a good job with diet, I do a good job with working out.
Seriously, I'll eat for you if you'll go to the gym for me.
According to my nutritionist losing 1-2 lbs a week is a good goal if you want to keep the weight off.
WW also says this as well. And it does work. My parents each lost 60lbs and kept most of it off for a long time.
Basically I need to eat more fruit and dairy than what I was and cut down on the carbs, which are my vice.
I sooooo hear you on that one, my friend.
(I'm going to ask at my next meeting on tuesday if juice counts as a fruit)
As long as it's 100% fruit juice (eg. Tropicana Pure Premium oj) then it should. Usually every 4oz. counts as one serving of fruit (through WW anyway), but it MUST be 100% juice. For example, the "Light" Tropicana juice wouldn't count because it is not 100% and has additives to keep the calories down.
The confusing part so far for me has been that cheese is considered a protein and not a dairy and nuts are a fat and not protein
This
is confusing - the nut thing I understand, just think about it in terms of peanut butter. In reality, the fat content pretty much negates the protein content in most nuts, even though they can be an excellent source of protein. The cheese thing I just don't get. I've always heard of it counting as dairy.
As for my weigh in, I maintained from my previous weight, but was down in inches again.
Oh, I just wanted to add I haven't had a chance to really use the WiiFit yet, but when I do I'll post about it!
Please do! I'm curious.
Tink...if you are keeping track, I did weigh in the morning we left and weighed: 137 lbs. ( no loss for me last week).
Duly noted and recorded.
I would also love to join you ladies!
Come on in, the water's fine!
Seriously, I'm pretty sure Tink would say all are welcome. We're all here to offer support, so welcome to our happy little group.
What she said.
ALL are welcome!!!
I'll be happy to track your stats for you, just let me know as you weigh in. I do it on Fridays but you're welcome to do it whenever. Every once in a while I'll let everyone know how we're doing as a group. I haven't gotten a chance to add everyone's goal weights to the spreadsheets but will ASAP.
need to get back to ONEderland!
ONEderland. I love it! That's my current hope for this week but real life has intruded and I think I may need to wait one more week for that.
Last year around this time I also had my gallbladder removed and had some complications with that. I really feel like it is also inhibiting my weight loss (can't digest fats??). VERY hard to lose weight.
A good friend of mine went through the same thing so I know what you're going through. It's tough but you can do it! You'll find what works best for you.
Quit smoking before our 9-20-08 WDW trip!
In addition to your nutrition goals I think it's wonderful that you listed this! I have a soft spot for people who are trying to quit because I lost my grandmother far too early to lung cancer. Best of luck with this, it CAN be done! I know two people who've quit in the past few years successfully - one quit cold turkey (after finding out she had breast cancer and that a smoking habit could kill her) and the other quit over time for his two little girls.
I just wanted to stop in and say hi to y'all. I've had a very tough week (personally) and it likely won't get better until maybe early next week. I may be sparse for a bit but keep this thread going! New subscribers are all welcome! I'll be here to weigh in on Friday, regardless (and I might gain a little back this week with all the stress) but I just don't want you to think you've been abandoned.
Best of luck and I hope you're all having a healthy week!
And, this thing is supposed to be accurate. I'm not sure which reading to go by, because my mom's scale is also digital. And the Wii Fit indicated that my BMI was only slightly over what it should be, which is good news for me. Even more motivation to lose 5 more pounds.
I am excitedly awaiting to hear more about that!!
We're happy you're joining us! Let me know if you'd like me to add you to the weight tracking sheet. You certainly don't have to but I wanted to offer. I weigh in on Fridays but if you do on another day, just let me know.
But today was much better and I feel full.
I didn't go hog wild, but I did have 2 or 3 glasses both nights I was there.
