Diet Support Thread 2006

She is. I just found this randomly clicking on links.

But seriously, I'm going on a diet after my delivery. I gained a lot of weight and I doubt my baby will weigh 50 pounds. ;-)

I am so fucking hungry.

More cheese, I think, and the diet starts tomorrow.

Mark, find something low fat to snack on.

(I am 1.5 pounds over goal, but I can just stay on the diet another week or two, I suppose)

And break up your goals into smaller ones, that helps, too.

Also, if I get a job at WW, that is going to have to keep me on track.

That said, am all about this year being the year that it comes off and stays off. I'm not seeing 30 as a overweight, unemployed smoker. I'll be a 30 year old, thin(ner), non-smoker. I'm not that bad already, and I have pretty much kicked unnecessary snacking (damn football playoffs keep pulling me back in). So, in combo with my other resolutions to SEVERELY curtail drinking and to exercise more generally (walking one more train stop than normal, walking up escalators, walking to store instead of driving), these fucking suit pants should fit me come May.

Three things that can QUICKLY cut out unnecessary calories -
1) Less nights when you can drink, especially beer/sugary drinks. I am ALL for the drink, and am limiting the nights I can drink to two a week at the most. I am too busy to spend those ENTIRE days drunk, so this will curtail my consumption, which was high last year
2) No fried foods. No chips, no fries - nada. It is amazing when you do this how much crap you avoid.
3) Switch to diet soda/sugar-free sweetener for coffee. This is SO necessary for students. I live on caffiene, so excess sugar just PILES on the calories.

Cardinal Rule - if you can maintain ~3700 calorie/week deficit between your basal need and your intake, you will lose ~1 lb./week. Walking for 45 min/day while cutting out junk food will achieve this deficit EASILY.

I move that we make this an ongoing, ILX version of Weight Watchers. Attempt to keep each other honest. If uncomfortable about POUNDS lost, how about body %? "Damn, i feel GREAT! I lost 2.5% last month!"

I need to lose the 15 pounds or so I've been hanging onto for more than a year. Def. cutting down drinking and I've been buying more fruits and vegetables - not chips or crackers or something. At night I'll usually want to snack on something crunchy or salty - celery sticks, pickle. problem solved.

What helps most during the day is making sure there's protein for breakfast. If I have yogurt or a boiled it keeps me from being hungry longer.

I went to try on my LBD as the old standby for this stupid black tie gala dinner thing I'm going to have to go to for my job, and it is TOO TIGHT. This has never happened before and it worries me.

I have to lose at least a stone. OK, I weighed myself and nearly half a stone had come off in water weight after my period, but still. Argh argh argh.

I *refuse* to buy a new LBD.

I'm finding it easy so far, but my problem is expecting to see results NOW.

I need to exercise as well, I walk briskly for 15 mins every day (through neccesity) but I'd like to do something else as well.

(mind you booze doesnt hurt, and its more fattening than anything... uh help!?)

I ate nothing but soup and fruit for a week while my wisdom tooth was at it's worst, I thought I'd be a lean slim waif by the time I could chew again, but the fruit had made me bloat and I looked even worse.

Woohoo! Go stress and illness! I think :-/

Well, I'm taking post-natal exercise (spelling????) but aside from that I'm taking it slow cause it frigging HURTS like hell in my pelvic bone. It's something to do with gaining too much weight and the delivery. BOOO. :-)

I'm eating tons of yoghurt and drinking lots of soy milk (sort of as a candy replacement).

(I had sure the salt content wasn't too high!)

Do you guys (or girls) set a target weight? How much do you weigh yourself?

I used to never weigh myself, but now I check each week at the same time of day, which helps me realize if I'm actually gaining or losing any or if it's all in my head/distorted self-image.

I've now lost 10% of my body weight in 3 months, and need to lose the same again.

can anyone suggest an alternative? a low carb juice? ive heard of carb countdown but its not sold anywhere near me.

+2lbs :-(

There are quite a few South Beach 'followers' I missed juice at first, but now drink a lot of water and green and white tea. Chris misses juice still, so he's compromised and now has cordial that doesn't have too much sugar in it (he can't use any of the stuff with sweetners cos he's allergic, and makes it very diluted).

rrobyn otm though, just have some fruit and some water.

http://www.buy-tea-online.com/images/products/stash/1959-th.jpg

Alternately, what about having a glass of club soda with a splash of fruit juice? that's not too much sugar.

coffee does the same thing.

vegetable soup is fine. yummy even. i never thought about the connection before. water often makes me puke too.

oh, and porridge.

though i'm having the same problem with drinks as others upthread-- i never really thought about it before but when i end up drinking 5 nights out of 7 in a week its no surprise i cant ditch that extra weight. not to mention that every time i get ready to drink i end up eating more to try to ensure that i don't black out

i have to cut out 1,000 calories a day and exercise like a fiend just to make a dent IN MY GIGANTIC GIRTH

ive lost 5 lbs in the last few weeks from having a wicked cold. the mucus-only diet works, people.

I have decided however to start cutting my portions in half - I'll see how long that lasts. It's supposed to be a sure fire way to weight loss if you don't cheat.

Fruits & Veggies are the obvious but in addition:

Bocca Burgers - 70 Calories per pattie

Light Wheat Bread - 40 Calories a slice

Pacific Organic Soups - Roughly 100 a cup

Fat free yogurt - 90 per 1/2 cup

Kohinoor ready-made Indian meals: Aloo Ki Sabzi - 249 cal 300 grams

Subway 6" veggie: 230 cals (12" obv 460)

4 Chipotle hardshell tacos (bean & veggie) - 600 cals flat

2 Taco Bell bean burritos - 740 cals (this is the tail end of "good")

http://www.calorieking.com/ is good to get quick cal/lcd info (star rating per food item often)

if you're into counting every claorie and monitoring nutruition and calories burned, http://www.sparkpeople.com/ does it all easily and for free

i eat healthily and i've been biking everywhere this summer and running, so have visible leg and arm muscles yet waist is not where i want it to be. i'm pretty active anyway, i mean, i like physical activity, i like the gym, but i realized that when all is said and done my calories were too high! and i was eating more sugar/carbs (okay, + beer) than i thought (started using fitday.com to see), which messes with my blood sugar issues too. shockah. well, fine to maintain weight but not to help lose the 10-15 lbs i've been trying to lose for the past, like, 3 yrs, which isn't a big deal (okay, kinda) but it's annoying to have all these clothes in my closet that are slightly too tight so i can't wear them. also annoying: like 5 of those pounds are in my face, screw taht crap, i like my cheekbones.

so i read this and was re-inspired. and, for more general physical and mental health reasons, i stopped drinking! which is whoa but not devestating and has had the bonus effect of helping me drop fatness. exciting, hurrah.

http://www.dvdfuture.com/images/upload/machinist.jpg

I never weigh myself, but I did notice today that I've gone from the second belt hole to the third.

This whole "laying off the booze" thing is a total buzzkill.

I've lost 8 lbs since.

(pats self on back)

-- Onimo (gerry.wat...), February 7th, 2006 3:30 PM. (GerryNemo)

Except I put it all back on instead. My blood pressure is getting towards the upper end of safe and my BMI is approaching FFS EAT CELERY.

Starting again today.

Tofu for breakfast sounds like the very definition of a modern Bad Idea, to me.

So how's it been going? I derailed and gained back two kilos but I almost lost'em again in a week or so. I'm now about 64 kilos. I need to go down a few kilos. My aim is 59 kilos. This will be VERY hard, I know, but it can be done.

I also took up tennis again. I'm going to play about two hrs a week. HURRAH!