Exercise Anyone?????????????

[hotrod]

Ok, I'm gonna crawl in...I've lost 24 lbs. since Feb. 3. I was exercising and riding but I have slowed down the last two weeks due to being just plain lazy. I do walk every night but not far enough. I've totally changed my eating lifestyle and the weight started coming off. I have a realistic goal of one year to be back to a size I feel good about. "Willpower will make me skinny"! I gotta keep telling myself that.

I watch my bride work her butt off and get little or no results but she refuses to change her evil eating habits..., congrats on your effort and results!!

[hotrod]

I weighed in on the Wii fit tonite and I am off the obese scale and now I have just fallen into the "overweight" range..lolol 222.2 lbs to 201 with 20 more to go!! Keep on pedaling and rollerskating..NO sodapop!!

[CAJUN LADY]

Thanks Glenn and Paul. Yea, soda will pack it on. I was an Orange Sunkist lover and just had to have a Coca-Cola Icee a couple of times a week. Well, I haven't had either since Feb. 3 and I dreamed about an Icee not long ago! I changed my eating style almost completly and it is showing. I began to eat 800 calories a day, (with supplements and vitamins) and nothing could be over 1 gram of fat. I lost 7 lbs. the first week. I am stuck right now and lose 1 lb., gain 8 oz., lose 1 lb....
So, I'm going to kick up the exercise again. My Wii is probably annoyed with me right now.

I want to do this right and not the yo-yo fad thing so many get into and then gain all the weight back. I eat healthy and I still enjoy my sweets, it's just that they are Fat Free and low cal. It's a hard thing to do but I was amazed at the willpower I developed when I made up my mind.

[MushCreek]

You're doing it right, Becca. Diets are meant to be broken! Until you can permanently change your eating habits, there's always the chance of backsliding. I only drank diet soda, but aspartame gives me a headache, plus even artificial sweeteners can cause sugar craving. Carbohydrates, esp. sugars, are addictive. The more you have the more you want. I find now that I've cut way back on sweets, I don't care for them much any more. (OK, maybe very expensive dark chocolate once in a while). I stopped buying Arizona iced tea @ $4/ gal, and make my own for $.40. I sweeten it very slightly with honey- probably half the sweetness of store-bought. We eat what we want (in reasonable quantities on the weekend, and are careful during the week. I can live with this!

[CAJUN LADY]

Jay, thank you. I have never referred to it as dieting. It has and always will be a "lifestyle change" because to me, that is exactly what I made up my mind to do, longterm and not just to lose a few pounds. I never had to diet and never wanted to but age, along with some stress and then I retired from playing softball, (lifelong obsession) I began to let myself relax mentally and physically. Not a good thing to do when you've been an athlete almost all of your life.

Well, now I am feeling better about myself and I plan to keep it up until I'm happy with the way I look. The numbers don't really matter but it will be nice to see them small again. But I bought a few pieces of clothes that I plan to fit in, nicely, so I'll work hard to get in them. It may be by the end of this year - it may not, but it will be close. But.......this is for the rest of my life. I want to be healthy for life! Oh, I drink a lot of water and drink skim, fat free milk. When I have a craving for lemonade which I love too, I drink the Crystal Light Lemonade...5 cal./0 fat/0 sugar and it taste good.

I did get to cheat today though...I ate boiled crawfish. I am from South Louisiana - - - it would be a sin not to eat them and I'm not gonna sin.

[hotrod]

Jay, thank you. I have never referred to it as dieting. It has and always will be a "lifestyle change" because to me, that is exactly what I made up my mind to do, longterm and not just to lose a few pounds. I never had to diet and never wanted to but age, along with some stress and then I retired from playing softball, (lifelong obsession) I began to let myself relax mentally and physically. Not a good thing to do when you've been an athlete almost all of your life.

Well, now I am feeling better about myself and I plan to keep it up until I'm happy with the way I look. The numbers don't really matter but it will be nice to see them small again. But I bought a few pieces of clothes that I plan to fit in, nicely, so I'll work hard to get in them. It may be by the end of this year - it may not, but it will be close. But.......this is for the rest of my life. I want to be healthy for life! Oh, I drink a lot of water and drink skim, fat free milk. When I have a craving for lemonade which I love too, I drink the Crystal Light Lemonade...5 cal./0 fat/0 sugar and it taste good.

I did get to cheat today though...I ate boiled crawfish. I am from South Louisiana - - - it would be a sin not to eat them and I'm not gonna sin.

I do alot of the crystal light, G2 and propel mix powders. works for me! drink alot of water, i cant believe I drank pop like that, no wonder I look like crap... lolol

[CAJUN LADY]

Jay, thank you. I have never referred to it as dieting. It has and always will be a "lifestyle change" because to me, that is exactly what I made up my mind to do, longterm and not just to lose a few pounds. I never had to diet and never wanted to but age, along with some stress and then I retired from playing softball, (lifelong obsession) I began to let myself relax mentally and physically. Not a good thing to do when you've been an athlete almost all of your life.

Well, now I am feeling better about myself and I plan to keep it up until I'm happy with the way I look. The numbers don't really matter but it will be nice to see them small again. But I bought a few pieces of clothes that I plan to fit in, nicely, so I'll work hard to get in them. It may be by the end of this year - it may not, but it will be close. But.......this is for the rest of my life. I want to be healthy for life! Oh, I drink a lot of water and drink skim, fat free milk. When I have a craving for lemonade which I love too, I drink the Crystal Light Lemonade...5 cal./0 fat/0 sugar and it taste good.

I did get to cheat today though...I ate boiled crawfish. I am from South Louisiana - - - it would be a sin not to eat them and I'm not gonna sin.

I do alot of the crystal light, G2 and propel mix powders. works for me! drink alot of water, i cant believe I drank pop like that, no wonder I look like crap... lolol

Paul,

I've never tried the G2 or Propel mix. How do they taste? And you don't look like crap either!

[toypusher]

Jay, thank you. I have never referred to it as dieting. It has and always will be a "lifestyle change" because to me, that is exactly what I made up my mind to do, longterm and not just to lose a few pounds. I never had to diet and never wanted to but age, along with some stress and then I retired from playing softball, (lifelong obsession) I began to let myself relax mentally and physically. Not a good thing to do when you've been an athlete almost all of your life.

Well, now I am feeling better about myself and I plan to keep it up until I'm happy with the way I look. The numbers don't really matter but it will be nice to see them small again. But I bought a few pieces of clothes that I plan to fit in, nicely, so I'll work hard to get in them. It may be by the end of this year - it may not, but it will be close. But.......this is for the rest of my life. I want to be healthy for life! Oh, I drink a lot of water and drink skim, fat free milk. When I have a craving for lemonade which I love too, I drink the Crystal Light Lemonade...5 cal./0 fat/0 sugar and it taste good.

I did get to cheat today though...I ate boiled crawfish. I am from South Louisiana - - - it would be a sin not to eat them and I'm not gonna sin.

I do alot of the crystal light, G2 and propel mix powders. works for me! drink alot of water, i cant believe I drank pop like that, no wonder I look like crap... lolol

Paul,

I've never tried the G2 or Propel mix. How do they taste? And you don't look like crap either!

I am obviously NOT Paul, but I have had both G2 and Propel. I like Propel (although I have not tried all of the flavors). G2 tends to leave a 'diet' after taste for me. I has to be good and cold for me to drink it but if I did more, I might get used to it. I will stick with the original Gatorade, thanks!!

[hotrod]

Jay, thank you. I have never referred to it as dieting. It has and always will be a "lifestyle change" because to me, that is exactly what I made up my mind to do, longterm and not just to lose a few pounds. I never had to diet and never wanted to but age, along with some stress and then I retired from playing softball, (lifelong obsession) I began to let myself relax mentally and physically. Not a good thing to do when you've been an athlete almost all of your life.

Well, now I am feeling better about myself and I plan to keep it up until I'm happy with the way I look. The numbers don't really matter but it will be nice to see them small again. But I bought a few pieces of clothes that I plan to fit in, nicely, so I'll work hard to get in them. It may be by the end of this year - it may not, but it will be close. But.......this is for the rest of my life. I want to be healthy for life! Oh, I drink a lot of water and drink skim, fat free milk. When I have a craving for lemonade which I love too, I drink the Crystal Light Lemonade...5 cal./0 fat/0 sugar and it taste good.

I did get to cheat today though...I ate boiled crawfish. I am from South Louisiana - - - it would be a sin not to eat them and I'm not gonna sin.

I do alot of the crystal light, G2 and propel mix powders. works for me! drink alot of water, i cant believe I drank pop like that, no wonder I look like crap... lolol

Paul,

I've never tried the G2 or Propel mix. How do they taste? And you don't look like crap either!

The propel lemonaide flavor is pretty decent. Im a fan of the crystal light or G2 fruit punch to. colder is definately better. Ther grape tastes like grape coolaide..I think there is less crap in the propel vs the g2 stuff. either brand works for me!

[hotrod]

Jay, thank you. I have never referred to it as dieting. It has and always will be a "lifestyle change" because to me, that is exactly what I made up my mind to do, longterm and not just to lose a few pounds. I never had to diet and never wanted to but age, along with some stress and then I retired from playing softball, (lifelong obsession) I began to let myself relax mentally and physically. Not a good thing to do when you've been an athlete almost all of your life.

Well, now I am feeling better about myself and I plan to keep it up until I'm happy with the way I look. The numbers don't really matter but it will be nice to see them small again. But I bought a few pieces of clothes that I plan to fit in, nicely, so I'll work hard to get in them. It may be by the end of this year - it may not, but it will be close. But.......this is for the rest of my life. I want to be healthy for life! Oh, I drink a lot of water and drink skim, fat free milk. When I have a craving for lemonade which I love too, I drink the Crystal Light Lemonade...5 cal./0 fat/0 sugar and it taste good.

I did get to cheat today though...I ate boiled crawfish. I am from South Louisiana - - - it would be a sin not to eat them and I'm not gonna sin.

I can fully understandyour despair involving the crawfish boil.. My cousin is a schoolteacher in baton rouge and her best freind is from so, La..very traditional.. They come up at least once a summer and bring the food with, uuughhhh... Thats good stuff!!!

[CAJUN LADY]

Well, 30 lbs. lost since Feb. 3rd. Doesn't sound like much but I sure do feel better and that junk-in-the-trunk has shrunk! My goal is 80 lbs. by April 2010. I keep reminding myself that "willpower will make me skinny", but I don't want to be skinny, just happy with my body. Besides, I'm gonna be a first time Granny in January. I want to enjoy a long, long life with my granchild. I know I can make my goal!

Oh, by the way, I just got back from 8 days in Louisiana and 4 of those days were spent feasting on boiled crawfish...lots and lots of boiled crawfish. Oh and boiled crabs and enormous sized shrimp. But I was still sensible and ending up losing 4lbs. in 2 weeks. When I went for my weigh in at the Dr.'s office I was nervous. Just knew those 3 extra crawfish (yea - right) were gonna put lbs. on the package. Well, SUPRISE -- lost 4. I was so tickled.

So, I'll check in again in 2 weeks. Let's hear from the rest of the gang.

[hotrod]

Way to go Becca!
I have hit a plateau, i seem to be stuck at the 197/200 mark, i know i need to exersize some more than I do and snacking in the evenings isnt helping..I havent put any back on but just stuck..This is the time when alot of folks give up and go back to what they were doing before.. Im smart enough to realize this is trouble and i need to work thru it instead of falling off the wagon..keep it up everyone!!

[CAJUN LADY]

Thanks Paul! Don't give up the fight. Take your own advice and slowly add some type of exercise to your day, even if it's dancing in your living room or walking around the block or riding a bike. I hate...HATE exercising but I make myself do something.

I am lucky to have a swimming pool and the water is warming up now. Everytime I get in, which is usually a few times during the week and once a day on weekends (weather permitting), I make it a habit to exercise. I usually have the stereo on to something I can dance to in the pool. This goes on for about 30-45 minutes.

I also play my Wii but I'm giving my shoulder a rest this week...too much Wii can be a bad thing. I don't snack at night anymore and if the urge hits, I eat 2 Snackwell Devil's food cookies, 50 cal. each, no fat. My camping buddy and best friend, Fran, saw how determined I was and she decided to lose some lbs. too. So far she has lost 15 and looks great. It hasn't been easy, that's for sure.

We can do it Paul!

[Beachbuggy]

Hey guys!
I'm glad I found this thread, might give me some inspiration!

A few years ago I decided it was time to drop the extra 50lbs I've had since high school.

My daughter was in college on an athletic scholarship, when she was home, she would keep her running up, I decided to tag along with her so she wouldn't have to run alone. Occasionaly my son would come home from various military deployments and he would also run, so I tagged along with him also. When they weren't home I kept it up, hoping that I could get a little a faster and run longer so they would stop complaining about how slow I was.
I was doing great, it took about a year but I managed to lose about 30lbs! The last 20 was going to be tough, but I was on a roll
and ready to really go all the way.......and then.......Hurricane Ike devastated my town. My immediate days were filled with voluntering to pass out food, water & supplies. I made deliveries to those who lost their cars. Thinking about myself was the last thing on my mind.

After a couple of weeks of helping the town I settled down on working on my house, I am a stress eater, and physically feel better after a nice meal of my comfort foods. It was weeks before I could even scrape out the time or energy for a run.

When I finally decided it was time to get some normalcy back in my life, I went back out to run. But I did not enjoy what I found, my favorite route was gone, the road the houses, all gone...running here was not safe, no one would be around if I got into trouble with human or animal predators. There were several dog packs running around. So I found another path, and everyday I ran I became more and more depressed, running around debris piles of peoples belongings was just heartbreaking, I lost a lot of my stuff, so I knew what everyone was going through, and when you see all your stuff in a large pile by the road, it really hurts, Especially your childrens things.
So I found myself "rewarding" myself by allowing myself to "not run" that day, so I could have a "good day". So more and more I didn't run.

Now the debris trucks are making their final runs, and I've gained back about 1/2 of what I worked so hard to take off . I can't fit into my summer clothes I just downsized to last summer, it's time to get motivated again. I guess I'm really lucky, I do not drink, never smoked or do drugs, which around here there has been increase in since the storm. Losing 15lbs + should be alot easier than quitting smoking again or going into re-hab I hope

[Steve E]

Reading these most recent posts the 3 of you have inspired me to try and do better with my eating habits. You all certainly have the right idea of the way to go about losing the weight and most importantly with health in mind. Seems like when younger it was totally about what you looked like but now as we are all older being healthy surely plays into the thought train big time. I am pretty active person on the whole but battle with craving sweets. Tis the season for fruit and veggies so that is my plan of attack when want all the goodies...and lots of will power. Helps to read that you all are doing it!
Beachbuggy it sounds like you are ready to pick up now and get back to the number you were. You are half way there....Keep up the good work everyone Patty