doofqueen
Bluelighter
Well i was told that it's bad to eat three hours before bed so you need a cut off point as it's got something to do with it all sitting on you when you sleep or something *shrugs*
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Okay losers, post here! v. The Weight Loss thread
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Perpetual Indulgence
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That is bullshit 
Eat on.
Eat on.
Ungoliath
Bluelighter
Im just sprucing up my diet in an attempt to...well....it might result in weightloss.
Breakfast:
3 Eggs, Hard Boiled
5-fruit smoothie (+Multivitamins, vitamins)
Lunch
Bannana, Kiwi, What have you, 3 servings of fruit
Supper
Tuna and Toast
Flaked, chunked, steaks, I love it all.
Thats pretty much my diet now, heh, I used it when i was younger for a few months and dropped 10kgs (Two weightclasses) when I was in junior wrestling, Now im going back on it just to give myself some structure in my eating schedual
i'll usually eat 1/4lb tuna, a 1lb, maybe more some days, of fresh fruit too, heh.
Breakfast:
3 Eggs, Hard Boiled
5-fruit smoothie (+Multivitamins, vitamins)
Lunch
Bannana, Kiwi, What have you, 3 servings of fruit
Supper
Tuna and Toast
Flaked, chunked, steaks, I love it all.
Thats pretty much my diet now, heh, I used it when i was younger for a few months and dropped 10kgs (Two weightclasses) when I was in junior wrestling, Now im going back on it just to give myself some structure in my eating schedual
i'll usually eat 1/4lb tuna, a 1lb, maybe more some days, of fresh fruit too, heh.
Strawberry_lovemuffin
Bluelighter
Perpetual Indulgence said:
That logically makes sense, and I've heard that from numerous experts - however I can't reconcile why it doesn't match up with my personal experience.
I know that when I don't snack before bed I have greater weight loss than when I do. Perhaps it is just that I am not eating the extra calories I otherwise would have. When I don't eat before bed, I don't shift that snack to earlier in the day, for example. Thus, creating greater calorie deficit.
Perpetual Indulgence
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^^I used to be the same way. In fact, I would feel better if I didn't eat after a certain time. I would go to bed slightly hungry and ignore it. I thought certainly my last meal should have been enough. If I do can do this, it has been a successful day. I have always been a dieter. Perhaps since 15 year of age. A restrictor of calories. History of weight flucuation sprinkled with a bit of self deprecation. Never much of a serious exerciser. It took me a long time to implement simple logic.
I joined a gym in early June with my fiance. We go 4 days a week. Absolute minimum 3 days a week. He is looking to gain weight by building muscle. Weight training for about 45-60 minutes then 30 mins of cardio.
I am making a lifestyle change. I made a lifestyle change. Consistent exercise. Build muscle that burns fat. I like this change.
I CAN EAT ALL THE TIME!! I need to eat. My body fat % is dropping. My weight is staying the same. My clothes are fitting nicer. Muscle is become visible on MY body. I am pretty excited about this. It is new to me. Hmmm, a new obsession? I have had worse.
I have been learning to feed more body properly over the past year. My fiance and I are a good influence on one another. We eat well which is expensive (fuck!). We watch our fat intake and protein. I eat about six small meals a day. Throw in the weekly Dairy Queen Ice Cream Blizzard treat.
We are daily pot smokers. Most of our calories are consumed in the evening
I have learned that I would rather increase activity than decrease my caloric intake to improve my body.
I joined a gym in early June with my fiance. We go 4 days a week. Absolute minimum 3 days a week. He is looking to gain weight by building muscle. Weight training for about 45-60 minutes then 30 mins of cardio.
I am making a lifestyle change. I made a lifestyle change. Consistent exercise. Build muscle that burns fat. I like this change.
I CAN EAT ALL THE TIME!! I need to eat. My body fat % is dropping. My weight is staying the same. My clothes are fitting nicer. Muscle is become visible on MY body. I am pretty excited about this. It is new to me. Hmmm, a new obsession? I have had worse.
I have been learning to feed more body properly over the past year. My fiance and I are a good influence on one another. We eat well which is expensive (fuck!). We watch our fat intake and protein. I eat about six small meals a day. Throw in the weekly Dairy Queen Ice Cream Blizzard treat.
We are daily pot smokers. Most of our calories are consumed in the evening
I have learned that I would rather increase activity than decrease my caloric intake to improve my body.
DarthMom
Bluelighter
excercise is where it is at. the past year of my life is the first time i am not constantly active, and surprise...hello 20 pounds.
i have always despised diets, and since i posted a few days ago, i am already done with mine. excercise is the only thing that i need.
i have always despised diets, and since i posted a few days ago, i am already done with mine. excercise is the only thing that i need.
Strawberry_lovemuffin
Bluelighter
Yeah you're absolutely right girls.
I look back on my most successful period of weight loss... I was 22 and had just lost 10kg on Weight Watchers, bringing my weight down to a respectable 64kg (gone are the days I started losing weight at 74kg.. my latest effort started at 83
). I looked fine at that point, but was pretty flabby. Then I read this book, which was, ironically, written by Oprah Winfrey's trainer "Bob" someone. It made a LOT of sense to me.
I started walking, really fast, like REALLY fast, till I was out of breath the whole time, for 30 minutes every morning, 5 times a week.
In the first 3 weeks I put *on* 3 kg. I was SO discouraged. But thankfully the book predicted this, so I kept up with it. Around the 6-8 week mark, something extraordinary happened. Weight just started dropping off me, and I ended up at 54kg and an Australian size 8 (US size 2-4) within 6 months of just following this every-morning, get up, walk really fucking fast - and I ended up jogging in the latter stages to get my heartrate up - for only 30 minutes each morning. That was it.
And I really *could* eat whatever I wanted, within reason.
But that was until I found my current partner. And it's really hard PI, he's really NOT on my wavelength at all as far as fitness and diet is concerned. I've managed to convert him to low fat dairy products and trim the fat off meat and so on, but he's so uninterested in exercise it's not funny. He's one of those guys who's never had to worry about it. So getting back into that mindset (we've been together 5 years) is a monumental effort for me.
I know that exercise is - EVENTUALLY - the key to maintaining and sustaining a healthy weight... or bugger "healthy", a weight I feel sexy at, but it's hard when you have no support. I'm trying. I have a friend who walks with me 2 nights a week but I've totally got out of the habit of waking up early and doing my exercise straight up, which has always worked for me in the past.
And I actually blame alcohol for a lot of that.... I never used to drink... well, rarely, maybe a few glasses of wine on a Friday night, but not the amount I do now. I don't know how to pull back from that with someone who won't be by my side.
Despite this I've still managed to lose 12.5kg in the past 11 months so I have SOME sort of backbone
I just need to find my mojo again because I know that diet alone - while effective in the short-term - is virtually useless in the long-term goal unless you supplement it with some kind of regular, challenging, movement.
I look back on my most successful period of weight loss... I was 22 and had just lost 10kg on Weight Watchers, bringing my weight down to a respectable 64kg (gone are the days I started losing weight at 74kg.. my latest effort started at 83
). I looked fine at that point, but was pretty flabby. Then I read this book, which was, ironically, written by Oprah Winfrey's trainer "Bob" someone. It made a LOT of sense to me.I started walking, really fast, like REALLY fast, till I was out of breath the whole time, for 30 minutes every morning, 5 times a week.
In the first 3 weeks I put *on* 3 kg. I was SO discouraged. But thankfully the book predicted this, so I kept up with it. Around the 6-8 week mark, something extraordinary happened. Weight just started dropping off me, and I ended up at 54kg and an Australian size 8 (US size 2-4) within 6 months of just following this every-morning, get up, walk really fucking fast - and I ended up jogging in the latter stages to get my heartrate up - for only 30 minutes each morning. That was it.
And I really *could* eat whatever I wanted, within reason.
But that was until I found my current partner. And it's really hard PI, he's really NOT on my wavelength at all as far as fitness and diet is concerned. I've managed to convert him to low fat dairy products and trim the fat off meat and so on, but he's so uninterested in exercise it's not funny. He's one of those guys who's never had to worry about it. So getting back into that mindset (we've been together 5 years) is a monumental effort for me.
I know that exercise is - EVENTUALLY - the key to maintaining and sustaining a healthy weight... or bugger "healthy", a weight I feel sexy at, but it's hard when you have no support. I'm trying. I have a friend who walks with me 2 nights a week but I've totally got out of the habit of waking up early and doing my exercise straight up, which has always worked for me in the past.
And I actually blame alcohol for a lot of that.... I never used to drink... well, rarely, maybe a few glasses of wine on a Friday night, but not the amount I do now. I don't know how to pull back from that with someone who won't be by my side.
Despite this I've still managed to lose 12.5kg in the past 11 months so I have SOME sort of backbone
I just need to find my mojo again because I know that diet alone - while effective in the short-term - is virtually useless in the long-term goal unless you supplement it with some kind of regular, challenging, movement.
DarthMom
Bluelighter
alcohol is my problem too strawberry, i think the last few years of heavy drinking are a big reason i am not stick thin and able to eat anything i want anymore. but i just can't give up my beer at night
i have put off excercise for so long...can't do a gym membership, too much work with kids....and florida is SO DAMN hot, i really can't handle the morning walks in the heat and humidity..granted they are excuses, but valid to me. we are in the process of looking for one of the eliptical stairmaster machines...can't wait to find the one i want!! no excuse then, having it in air conditioning, and being able to watch tv while i excercise.
i have put off excercise for so long...can't do a gym membership, too much work with kids....and florida is SO DAMN hot, i really can't handle the morning walks in the heat and humidity..granted they are excuses, but valid to me. we are in the process of looking for one of the eliptical stairmaster machines...can't wait to find the one i want!! no excuse then, having it in air conditioning, and being able to watch tv while i excercise.
Cookiequeen
Bluelighter
up to 37.5kgs lost about 15 more to go and its getting harder!
mindbodysOul
Bluelighter
^^ WOW, thats fantastic!!!!! Good on you chicka, thats so awesome you must be thrilled!!!
Yea the last is always the hardest but just keep perservering and you'll get there in the end.
Yea the last is always the hardest but just keep perservering and you'll get there in the end.
Cookiequeen
Bluelighter
Thanks!! yeah I am am happy but in my head I still think I look like the person I used to.
on that not another weigh in today and I lost 900g so close to 1kg but I was really happy!
so total lost 38.4kg
on that not another weigh in today and I lost 900g so close to 1kg but I was really happy!
so total lost 38.4kg
Strawberry_lovemuffin
Bluelighter
13.5kg lost now! hehe yehaa. Times that by 2.2 all you pounders
I bought a size 10 dress on the weekend.
You know one thing I've noticed with losing weight? I thought I had bloating problems with my "Time of the month", my breasts would hurt, I'd feel like I'd gone up 10kg in a few days - that's all gone away recently. Maybe I was just fat and that's all there was to it :D
I bought a size 10 dress on the weekend.
You know one thing I've noticed with losing weight? I thought I had bloating problems with my "Time of the month", my breasts would hurt, I'd feel like I'd gone up 10kg in a few days - that's all gone away recently. Maybe I was just fat and that's all there was to it :D
Strawberry_lovemuffin
Bluelighter
Cookiequeen said:
ooh that makes mine pale in comparison! Well done sweetie! How did you do it?
And yeah... I'm finding the last few kilos really hard too. It gets harder as you go along. I've only got 2.4kg to go and it's taking forever.
mindbodysOul
Bluelighter
Strawberry_lovemuffin said:
It's probably gone away because you are looking after yourself better through proper nutrition and exercise, and through that you feel happy and proud.
I support the notion that we only ever experience PMS when our bodies are out of balance. Us women are lucky in that our periods give us an excellent way to gauge our health and if we get cramps one month or bloating the next it's our bodies way of telling us that something isn't right, to slow down and take note because we aren't looking after ourselves as best we can.
Congrats on the weight loss, we need before and after pics!! You too cookiequeen!
^ Well done Guys! And SLM - A size 10, wow good on you! You must feel fabulous
As usual over Winter I stacked on a few kilos but I've managed to lose them and get back to my normal weight the last few weeks.
However, as I don't excercise I've been doing this with healthy eating, and although it's worked I can't stand feeling so hungry all the time.
I eat a fairly large salad at lunch and by about 3pm I find I am absolutley, starving.
How do you combat this? Water? Snacking on fruit? I find the more healthy food I eat the hungrier I get, does this make sense or is my body just weird and taking it's time to get used to my new regime?
As usual over Winter I stacked on a few kilos but I've managed to lose them and get back to my normal weight the last few weeks.
However, as I don't excercise I've been doing this with healthy eating, and although it's worked I can't stand feeling so hungry all the time.
I eat a fairly large salad at lunch and by about 3pm I find I am absolutley, starving.
How do you combat this? Water? Snacking on fruit? I find the more healthy food I eat the hungrier I get, does this make sense or is my body just weird and taking it's time to get used to my new regime?
kittyinthedark
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Once again my meds have fucked me over so I need to lose some weight, however, it's MUCH better this time around - only 10 pounds instead of 30. I topped out at 136 this time, and I'm already down to 133 after two weeks of very little effort. My goal is 117, but I'll be pleased as punch to hit 124. I guess I better go warm up the treadmill and DDR mats. (Yes, I play DDR, so fuck you! :D it *is* actually really good for losing weight... )
)
Strawberry_lovemuffin
Bluelighter
duck duck said:^ Well done Guys! And SLM - A size 10, wow good on you! You must feel fabulous
As usual over Winter I stacked on a few kilos but I've managed to lose them and get back to my normal weight the last few weeks.
However, as I don't excercise I've been doing this with healthy eating, and although it's worked I can't stand feeling so hungry all the time.
I eat a fairly large salad at lunch and by about 3pm I find I am absolutley, starving.
How do you combat this? Water? Snacking on fruit? I find the more healthy food I eat the hungrier I get, does this make sense or is my body just weird and taking it's time to get used to my new regime?
Not sure how to answer that because after a salad or fruit, I feel completely full! It's just a matter of willing myself to eat the salad or fruit, rather than what I really feel like, a toasted sandwich or a muffin :D
Are you having any protein with your salad at all? You MUST include an egg, some tuna, some fetta cheese, or something like that, otherwise you will be hungry, no doubt about it.
I've also found that if you don't feel satisfied with a piece of fruit as a snack, add a few nuts (almonds are the best) but only 10 or so at a time.... you won't believe the difference it makes.
Btw, I'm so not advocating a carb-free diet - far from it. I think we really need carbs to function, so on every alternate day I have a sandwich or pita bread or a pasta salad instead of just plain salad. Also I eat carbs after 6pm... OMG WTF!! yes... and I've still lost over 13kg. You just have a smaller amount of rice or pasta or potatoes, and don't add bread into any evening meal if you can help it. I used to have a big plate of spag bol for dinner plus garlic bread... minus the garlic bread and use lean mince, you're pretty right.
Strawberry_lovemuffin
Bluelighter
If it helps anyone...
(note: I didn't think I was UN-healthy as such before, but it may become obvious to you why I was putting on weight)
My daily menu (weekday) before:
Breakfast: Huge bowl of cereal with sliced banana, yogurt, skim milk and honey. Coffee.
Mid-morning: Apple
Lunch: Leftovers from the night before, which might be a huge slab of lasange, or a toasted sandwich with a can of Chicken & corn soup (full size).
Mid-afternoon: Muesli bar (full fat), banana.
After work: Full packet of rice crackers, and nearly a whole tub of low-fat tzaziki dip, plus a bottle of chardonnay.
Dinner: Beef wellington, mashed spuds (serving as big as Dale's), vegies.
Desert: Squares of chocolate pinched from Dale's block... plus toast with cheese or more rice crackers before I went to bed. Milo with (skim) milk as well.
NOW:
Breakfast: 1 poached egg on 1 slice of wholegrain toast.
Mid-morning: Banana and small amount of almonds
Lunch: Tuna salad with fetta cheese or egg
Mid-afternoon: Low-fat yogurt and (if hungry) an apple or strawberries
After work: 10 low-fat pretzels (Yes I count them!!). Diet coke.
Dinner: Spaghetti bolegnaise but made with only a cup of spaghetti and 80g of lean mince, real tomatoes and vegies.
Desert: 2 mini-lite Mars bars (fun-size)
yeh-hey, I'm eating all day just like before, but it's obviously all about portion sizes and smart conversions....
(note: I didn't think I was UN-healthy as such before, but it may become obvious to you why I was putting on weight)
My daily menu (weekday) before:
Breakfast: Huge bowl of cereal with sliced banana, yogurt, skim milk and honey. Coffee.
Mid-morning: Apple
Lunch: Leftovers from the night before, which might be a huge slab of lasange, or a toasted sandwich with a can of Chicken & corn soup (full size).
Mid-afternoon: Muesli bar (full fat), banana.
After work: Full packet of rice crackers, and nearly a whole tub of low-fat tzaziki dip, plus a bottle of chardonnay.
Dinner: Beef wellington, mashed spuds (serving as big as Dale's), vegies.
Desert: Squares of chocolate pinched from Dale's block... plus toast with cheese or more rice crackers before I went to bed. Milo with (skim) milk as well.
NOW:
Breakfast: 1 poached egg on 1 slice of wholegrain toast.
Mid-morning: Banana and small amount of almonds
Lunch: Tuna salad with fetta cheese or egg
Mid-afternoon: Low-fat yogurt and (if hungry) an apple or strawberries
After work: 10 low-fat pretzels (Yes I count them!!). Diet coke.
Dinner: Spaghetti bolegnaise but made with only a cup of spaghetti and 80g of lean mince, real tomatoes and vegies.
Desert: 2 mini-lite Mars bars (fun-size)
yeh-hey, I'm eating all day just like before, but it's obviously all about portion sizes and smart conversions....
mindbodysOul
Bluelighter
^^ I really commend you for commiting to lose weight in a healthy way. I see too many women starving themselves and not really 'getting it' when it comes to weight loss.
You really do have to eat every couple of hours to have a steady, manageable weight loss and once you work that into your lifestly if becomes a hell of alot easier than trying to not eat > pigging out > guilt tripping yourself > not eating again....the cycle goes on and on untill you realise that trying to starve yourself to lose weight only makes you put ON weight in the long run.
Keep your metabolism up with smaller more frequent meals so that you will burn the calories even at rest then add in some exercise each day and you will be set.
Good on you!
You really do have to eat every couple of hours to have a steady, manageable weight loss and once you work that into your lifestly if becomes a hell of alot easier than trying to not eat > pigging out > guilt tripping yourself > not eating again....the cycle goes on and on untill you realise that trying to starve yourself to lose weight only makes you put ON weight in the long run.
Keep your metabolism up with smaller more frequent meals so that you will burn the calories even at rest then add in some exercise each day and you will be set.
Good on you!
Strawberry_lovemuffin said:
Thanks heaps for that, SLM.
I'm usually full after my salad but about 2 hours later I find I'm absolutley starving!! Probably because, as you mentioned my salads don't contain any sort of cheese, tuna or chicken, it's just plain green leaves and some avacado.
I don't know why, maybe because I didn't stick to it for that long, but when I eat regular small meals I tend to either not lose weight or I actually put on weight? And that's with eating fruit, vegies etc. I think because eating so many smaller meals speeds up my metabolism by the time I get home I'm absolutley starving so I gorge myself on high carb dinners.
I agree about carbs, I've gone from eating approx 3 servings a day to 1 if I'm lucky, I ate a Foccaccia yesterday not the best I know but I was dying for something more substantial than a salad!
From now on I'll purchase my salad vegies and some cans of Tuna and low fat Fetta to add so hopefully don't find myself looking for a mid afternoon snack come 3pm. This is where I usually falter, as about 2 metres away from me at work we have a lolly drawer, it's so quick and easy! haha
For snacks I'll get some carrots and celery, low fat crackers or yoghurt and keep them near by so I don't get tempted, I'm just so scared of going back to the 5 small meals because it honestly didn't make a difference, maybe because I didn't stick it out though.
I've stopped eating breakfast because again I find that makes me hungrier and it's either me being paranoid or it's really happening - my weight loss idles!
I've now approached my healthy weight so it's getting really hard to shed any extra kilos. I think I'm going to have to do some tough love with food portions and get myself onto a treadmill to really see a difference now.
It's just so hard to get motivated when you're trying so hard and seeing little results as I'm sure you all know!
