Wow, just saw this thread for the first time and it will get long. I have already started a small effort with a goal of 10 pounds list by Diva Las Vegas (April). So I will become a sideline cheerleader instead because I know you can all do it. And gain prevention during the holidays so you can lose some after isn't a bad goal either. Now find a dress one size too small and hang it on the wall as incentive! :cheer:
I have a nice cute blue dress that is too small for me. So I need to drop another 15 lbs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sue
My wife makes fun of me that I am loosing weight so I can have a girlish figure and fit into my dresses.
John
Hi Maddy: It's Monday 12/13 @ 6am. I was a bad girl this weekend and my weight held steady@ 224#. I promise to make a real effeort this week an my goal is 220-221 my this time next Monday (12/22). BTW, in case I haven't said this is a great post!!
Danielle
Well you know what they say Danielle...Bad girls have more fun! lol I have been kind of watching what I eat but being off yesterday Maybe I was bad too. I ate 2 Bologna and cheese sandwiches for lunch and being lazy, had 2 more for dinner. Then indulged in some peanut butter and crackers for a snack. Not good. sigh...
This is the perfect time to start, if you can manage a weight loss through this time of year then you will make it through any time of year :) I have already lost 20+ lbs since Sept and plan to lose another 10-15, I am in.
Me bad again !!...236 up 1.2 lbs. from last weigh in. The net result was a 1 lb. loss last week. Got to get serious. Saw Dr. Oz. today on theTODAY show, he suggested to not only record your weight daily, but what you eat.....Good Idea !!!!
Even after playing hockey last night (we won 5-2 :) ) I gained a pound to 179... So back on track... Banana for breakfast.... Yogurt for lunch.... Shovel some snow tonight for exercise..
I can't do that... If I don't step on the scale every morning I feel like I'm flying blind.... Not knowing if I can eat a lot or a little. Lol. Just one of my many obsessions of the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Madilyn A.
Karren, It must be the hockey that's causing the gain. Make sure to take your skates off next time before you hit the scales....LOL !!
Well alrightie girls, I managed to stay level this weekend, this morning's weight in is 208. I do need to get serious and start some exercises all I'm doing is just portion control and this is why I'm not getting any where with this great opportunity, theres nothing better than peer presser, and support from your friends to help us get over our hump's and lump's ( yes a pun was intended ha! ha!) Jenni
So far I'm down 2lbs this week! And that was with all the bad food from the weekend.
Maybe we ought to post those bad things we consume as well. Thanks for the idea Brandy !! Yesterday, and this is terrible I know, and will definitely do better this week however yesterday: went to the mall with my wife, she shopped I went to a sports bar, had 4 Bud Lights (notice Light beer), split a bowl of potato soup, later a prosuitto (italian ham) and provolone cheese sandwich, about 1/4 can of mixed nuts, 5 Rolling Rock Pony bottles, (pony bottles, a girl needs to watch her weight after all ) and a pasta dinner with 5 meatballs and sausage. Now all that and picked up 1.1 lbs for the day........This week get serious and drop at least 5 lbs.......Wish me luck !!
Now I am glad I can't drink more then 2 beers before it makes me feel bloated and before they no longer taste good to me. Odd, if I am hot from either hard outside work or a round of golf, I love a cold beer. Then a second one. But after 2, they just don't taste as good and if I am still thirsty, I switch to Jack and coke or rum and coke. But only while with the guys I played that round of golf with. Not after working outside. Now Madilyn, if you consumed just the mixed nuts, one beer...um, OK 2 beers, the prosciutti, provolone, meatballs and the sausage, you would have been OK. It's that pasta and the bread that gotcha. All carbs in anything made with white flour. Bad girl! But look who's talkin'! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Madilyn A.
Ok ok...Quote:
Originally Posted by Madilyn A.
Wed. Pizza and 1/2 a coke
Fri. Fried chicken
Sat. double meat wataburger and sweet tea
Sun. Cake Balls. Crab (its the butter that kills you)
Now I feel like I should walk a couple of laps around the building
Good luck Madilyn,Quote:
Originally Posted by Madilyn A.
I am working hard at it but looks like I will be struggling to loose any this week.
Sarah
Can't list all the bad things I ate at the Christmas party Saturday night, too many. As I said on Sunday I weighted in at 237lbs. up 1/2 lb from my starting weight. Today I weighted in at 234, all water weight, but only 1 1/2 lb from my weight Saturday morning. Yesterday my wife's pastor and wife had their Holiday open house and I only drank water, knd of proud of myself. We'll see what tomprrow brings, didn't workout today. Have the beginning of a cold so no cardio or strength training. Just some easy snow shoveling.
I've heard from numerous gg friends who say to NOT weigh ourselves every day, but that just doesn't make sense to me. After 2 1/2 months it still amazes me to see a gain of 2 pounds the morning after eating pizza.
My sister is a dyed in the wool diet nerd. She says if you limit your foods to just vegetables, nuts, and small portions of meat, that you can eat as much as you want and still not gain weight. Have any of you heard that as well?
Oh, and I'm at the same 173 today as a week ago. Darn pizza sure tasted good though. :doh:
Ok, I'm in. I started dieting three days ago but it wasn't until today that I got up the nerve to measure myself. I haven't weighed myself yet and I don't think I will. I was shocked to see how much I have gained over the last couple of years. Years ago I got up to 230 and then got back down to 170-180 with a low carb diet and stayed there for a loooong time. I've probably gained half that back. I moved a couple of years ago and my discipline went all to hell as a result of the moving chaos and I never got back on track. I get plenty of exercise working on the farm and exercise makes me hungry. Low carb/ low cal works for me. I track my food intake and calories at http://fitday.com/.
Yesterday, another step in the right direction, lost 1/2 lb. only; looking forward to a good week........Lots of great suggestions, need to check out fitday.com, sounds like what I need to keep focused.Quote:
Originally Posted by LilSissyStevie
This morning I was 232, so after 8 days I've lost 4.5 lbs total. Losing 2-4 lbs a week is healthy so i guess I'm healthy, except for a bit of a cold. Of course if I hadn't over indulged Saturday night I'd have lost more. But you know, I had a great time so it was worth it!
Weight myself this morning - a disgusting 195 lbs. I have gained 7 lbs. since this past summer. Now I have to drop 20 lbs.
John
The website www.fitday.com is user friendly and also very informative. Based on everything I consumed today, I have the following totals. Included were 3 small slices of pizza and 1.5 large soft pretzels. The rest was all healthy however.
Total 2,284 calories, 94.9 grams. fat, 273.5 grams. carbs., 85.7 grams protein
According to my age, height and weight and general activity level I need to consume no more than about 2,100 calories to lose weight.......Some of you may find this site of interest in you quest towards weight lose and better health !
Today down 1.3 from yesterday. Need this loss daily to be at my goal....Help !!!
Down to 231, slowly but surely.
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Originally Posted by insearchofme
Well Dana, That cold seems to be working for you. Hope you get to feeling better soon though. It's not worth a cold to lose weight. After a seriously stressful interaction with a coworker, I lost 3 pounds in a single day. Again, not worth it! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by insearchofme
Hey Madilyn, congratulations! Are you exercising as well? I've been stuck at 173 for a week now. A gg friend says I've lost all the easy weight, now I have to work for the rest. I'm hoping for other options. What approach are you using?Quote:
Originally Posted by Madilyn A.
Progress today, down 2.7 from yesterday, first interim goal only 2 lbs. away. Thanks again to Lilsissystevie for the www.fitday.com tip. I consumed fewer carbs, and calories yesterday, and knew how I was doing as a result of fitday.com. Interestingly, I was able to consume some "goodies", and still stay nurished and satisfied.......So how is eveyone doing so far ? :cheer:
I think I already posted about how I lost 13 pounds in 10 days on the Atkins diet about 7 years ago. much pro and con about the Atkins diet available to read. But I discovered something when I was doing it. Since I was not eating anything with carbs, I discovered that I was not hungry as when I ate portions of carb heavy foods. And example of what I ate is 6 eggs, and a 1/2 pound of ground beef. It broke a habit of always getting seconds for dinner. I might also have chocolate pudding (sugar free) made with half and half, topped with lots of whipped cream. For lunch (when I ate it) I'd have a whole roasted chicken sold at a local grocery store. Basically I lived on chicken, beef and eggs. If i had any vegetables it would be broccoli since it is very low in carbs as is any green leafy veggies are. It got boring, but like I said, I was never hungry. While I was doing this I saw a report on tv that said they discovered a part of the brain that reacts to carbs. Basically it said that gland or whatever it was turned on and made you want more carbs the more you ate. They said there is something to the Lays potato chip line that says " BET YOU CAN'T EAT ONE" So that explained why I never had my usual seconds and was never feeling hungry.
The only bad thing about the Atkins diet is it cost me my gall bladder. Not good. But my cholesterol was never better.
Atkins was right about some things. Carbs turn into glucose in the body, and what is not used is stored in your fat cells. Fat does not make you fat, but glucose does. He pointed out that since the grocery store shelves began lining their shelves with no fat and low fat items, the American public's average weight went up 9 pounds in a period of several years after the start of the low fat/no fat foods became available. And the rise in diabetes is also a result of the same.
White flour is one of the culprits. so if you cut out or way down on things like white bread, cake and other things made with white flour, you are doing yourself a favor.
So based on this I try to watch carbs, not calories or fat content. That is other then saturated fats, the really bad thing. Also stay away from anything made with corn syrup.
Just my two cents.
Not so good... At 5'7" I weigh in at a stocky 201lbs and not going up or down. However, my SO gave me some incentive as she is at 5'8" and 145lbs and a size 8-10 that is I can lose enough weight, forget just sharing our skirts and pantyhose but I may be able to fit into her dresses.... Has me thinking that losing weight will SAVE me LOTS of money on clothing. :-)
Bad girl this week up 4 pounds 234 i shall double my effort this week
Makin it real and fellow weight watchers,
I have just a touch of a cold. At the first sign of a cold I take Zicam and Echinaeca, these build up your immune system and I really feel pretty good. Shoveled snow for about an hour today and no problems.
Weight 230 this morning before shoveling.
Since we are giving tips please allow me to do so also. Just so you know I know a lot about losing weight. I used to be a high school and college wresting coach and I taught health classes including Diet and Exercise. Here is a good exercise tip fro burning calories. Go out in the cold and walk, no need for heavy exercise. When you are cold the body uses up calories to produce heat. The night before tournaments we would weight in and if one of my wrestlers wasn't on weight, we'd go out in the cold and walk for about an hour, this was less hard on the body than running around in a sweat suit like so many wrestlers did. We never had any one miss weight.
Another tip is water! Most of us don't drink enough water and it is important to drink a lot of it when we are trying to lose weight. Think of it as flushing out the system. I think that most of my wieght loss is because I am drinking a lot of water durning the day. I read a study the other day saying that in a research project people on a diet lost 14-15 lbs more ,on average, than a control group, when they drank a pint (16 oz) of water before meals. Another tip is that if you want to speed you metabolism up (you do on a diet) drink 16 oz COLD water as soon as you get up. this will kick up the metabolism. I have a hard time with this because I don't like cold stuff when I get up in the morning. Give me HOT COFFEE!
Another thing to remember when you are getting close to your target weight. Often times your weight loss slows down, especially if you are doing any type of exercise. One of the reasons for this is that you are no longer carrying around so much extra weight. Just carrying aorund that weight burns calories. So when you don't have it any more your body doesn't burn as many calories as it did when you started. To counter act this you can do a bit more exercise especially resistance training. This makes your muscles bigger and that helps you burn calories even at rest.
Please forgive me if I sound like I am preaching to you. Once a coach and teacher always a coach and teacher. Except now I'm prettier!
Dana, Great tips. Drinking large quantities of water before meals and walking in the cold weather. I can do those..........:thumbsup:
Brandi, Thanks for the advise. You are so right when you speak of carbs. The more you eat the more you require to satisfy your hunger.:thumbsup:
Holiday party tonight, open bar, can I maintain 232 for the morning weigh in ??:drink:
Hi All: Lots of "carry in" dinners at work this season. I weighed 224# this AM (about the same)
Danielle
Stayed at the 173 mark this morning, darn it all! Still, I'm pretty sure I'm actually losing muscle mass though, because my hips and breasts have been getting bigger while my weight has stayed the same. I know my arms and mid thighs look much slimmer, and my waist is starting to tuck in. YAY!Quote:
Originally Posted by Madilyn A.
Yeah, I kick-started my weight loss program a couple months ago using Atkins and lost 11.5 pounds in 2 weeks. I've stayed with mostly meats and veggies since then, but not exclusively. I read a couple reports about a large-scale study released recently that looked at the people's ability to keep weight off after a low-cal diet when they followed 5 different diet plans: low-cal, low-carb, veggie, etc. Far and away the most effective plan was meats and veggies, just like Atkins recommended. But of course the study authors were adamant that this meats and veggies, no carb diet was not an Atkins diet! I guess that menu is just too threatening to corporate muckety-mucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRANDYJ
Sorry you lost your gallbladder. My sister told me to try a gallbladder cleanse using an apple juice fast followed by olive oil http://www.cleansingorsurgery.com/cl...urgeryinfo.htm because I'd had about 3 decades of horrible eating habits. I tried it. Not only did I lose some weight, on the fourth day I passed a small mountain of green marbles (gallstones) without any pain whatsoever. Shocked the heck out of me. If you know anyone else with gallbladder or gallstone problems, you might suggest they give this a try first. Several days of apple juice isn't likely to hurt them.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRANDYJ
Thanks Dana. I drank a big glass of water right after reading your post :drink:, now I'm going outside for another good walk in the cold night air.Quote:
Originally Posted by insearchofme
I really appreciate all the tips and suggestions from everybody here. It helps to have people to talk with about this. Thanks! :hugs::love:
Rachel
I DID IT!!! Weighed myself yesterday and those 6 pounds are gone and I'm down to my "fighting weight". Now time to go to a buffet to make sure I don't plateau and give me continued incintive to stay on track with the progam.
Jocelyn,
Congrats on losing those 6 lbs. the last few are the most difficult! Lost a 1/2 lbs so now I'm at 229.5, first time on a while since I'm under 230. Eating at a Mexican restaurant tonight so I'll have to be very careful since I love Mexican, and Italian, and Greman, and French, and Middle Eastern, and Greek, and Sea Food, and junk food, you get my point! LOL! Have a great skinny weekend!
Thanks, I have faith that you will resist the fattening food tonight. :thumbsup:
Congrats Jocelyn!
As I have said before, I am an incessant calorie counter. But an example of how weighing yourself is a crap shoot. My start weight was 172. After a week of a 600 calorie a day shortfall, I weighed in at 173. Turned around and weighed myself 2 days later (I rarely do this because of weight changes) and I was 170. So if you have small increases, don't get discouraged unless it is a trend.
And watch those candy canes everyone!
The Mexican food didn't hurt me at all, even the Negra Modello, beer. I stayed away from the tortilla chips and only ate 1/2 half of my meal. I immerdiately split in half and asked for a take home box. This took the full meal out of my sight. Must have worked I weighted in at 228.5.
so i have been attacking this goal with portion control.. making each meal just a little bit smaller than i used to eat.. 3 lbs down, 19 to go.. :)
Madilyn, With the chocolate cookies and failing will power I'll be lucky to hold
onto my 222# down from 242# in Augaust would like to get below 110#.
Orchid
O.K. here is my update so far I started at 174.6 on December 6th and now I am at 172.4 On December 19th a total of 2.2 lost so far. I have been watching what I have been eating mostly fruits and vegetables with some chicken and meat.
Now on to a personal challenge not that this is a personal challenge but one that got my head into the game it was from (and everyone knows the great person Karren Hutton) and it was a comment she posted on the following thread (What’s your size). Ok I know my dress size is large but I do not the number yet and everything else is a large in my wardrobe but what I saw on Karrens posts really started to make me think about my figure and what I want it to be this was the quote that Karren posted.
Now to tell you more about what I’m going to do. When I was in High School I weighed 95 to 100 pounds (U.S.) and I am 5’ 10” and I had a waist of 28” to 30” with a bra size now of 38C. Thanks to Karren for her post sharing her information about her size I am now going to get back my waist of at least 30” right now it is at 33”. 3” inches to go and to let you know when something gets my fire going I really get into it and get it done so watch out Karren I am after you Lol, your post has really kicked my but into gear to lose weight thank you for posting your size Karren.Quote:
http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/...at-s-your-size
US.... Dresses - 10 - 12 Skirts - 8 - 10...
US....
Dresses - 10 - 12
Skirts - 8 - 10
Slacks (not jeans) - 8 - 10
Tops - womens mediium - large
Shoes - 10 - 11
I'm 5' 9"... 178 pounds... 30" waist... 28" with corset.... 38C bra....
Hello everyone, Well after three days of parties at the club, :drink: taking my son and his sweetie to dinner,:drink: and a family party, I have managed to go from 237 down to 232, and as of this morning 236.8. :thumbsdn: Although I am dissapointed in myself for falling off the wagon, I take solice in the fact that had I not been somewhat conscious of my challenge I would now be north of 245. :thumbsup: So I need to get this 6'3" frame headed back to my interim goal of 230, then 220 and down till I can get into one particular size 12 dress. :daydreaming: I actually could wear this about 10 years ago, so I'm going for it. Definitely will post photos then. Right now I have given myself a self imposed restriction on photos till 230 or below. Please wish me luck............BTW, there are some real success stories here, so keep them coming as inspiration to all of us ! :)
I just wanted to tell Madilyn and everyone else know no matter what we lose we are on the right tract it does take time to lose weight it took awhile to get the weight so it's going to take a while to lose it. No matter what we lose we have lost, let's keep our eye on the prize (A smaller dress size) I know everyone can do it.
At 5'6" and 223.4# this morning, I sure need to lose.
My Type II diabeties went away the last time I got down to 180 or so. I hav'nt been back to the doctor since I have gained so much back, so I would love to get serious about the process for my health as well as fitting back into all my dresses again.
I would love to get back to 140# when I was roller figure skating, but 150 or even 160 looks really good now.
Thanks for the thread.
To all, keep up the good work. Just as Maddy said, no matter how much you'd lost or not, if it weren't for this we'd all weight more than we do now. I stayed the same 228.5. So I've lost 8 lbs in 12 days. I am pleased with this because of my cold I haven't done any cardio workouts for 8 days. So I've actually lost weight and not by working out. I did start working out this morning on the staionary bike for 50 minutes. It felt good but I didn't workout too hard.
So hopefully this will get my metabolism kick started and I'll keep dropping. Keep being careful with our food choices and if you see something you want to eat, go ahead and enjoy it. Just take a smaller portion! What the heck, it' the Holidays!
Well here's another success story. I lost another 4 pounds in the past 3 days by upping my water intake significantly, going for 2 half-hour walks a day instead of one, and slightly reducing my food intake a bit further than usual. I'm down to 169 now from 192.5 at the beginning of October. Only 9 more pounds to get to my goal! Woohoo!
Much congrats to Dana and Jocelyn. There have been several postings of successes, please keep them coming as they serve as great inspiration for all !!!
Hi Madilyn, Just a side note today I was in the CVS drugstore and I seen
that they had glass digital scales reg. $20.00 on sale for $10.00 .
Orchid
Hi All: In spite of annother "carry-in"" brunch @ work Saturday I managed to hit 222 this am!!!. Thaks Maddy for gtting the ball rollong on this group diet.
Danielle
Gooood morning! I've given the weigh in thing a rest for 4 days and YEAAA! it worked I'm down to 205, I think thats 5# in a week, maybe there is some thing to the don't weigh every day trick, now for the hard part keep it off!!! good luck to every one in the challenge, see ya in 4 to 5 days Jenni P.S. I just looked to see when I came on board and it has been two week for me to lose the 5# but still I'm 5 pounds lighter
Staying the same, 228.5.