MY 100 POUND JOURNEY

7freshflowers wrote: »

I love carbs too. DR. McDOUGALL, author of the STARCH SOLUTION says we can eat all the carbs we want, and lose weight. I often watch his videos on YouTube. Interesting stuff.

Pick up that bread! This doctor-approved method lets you keep the carbs and lose the pounds!

Yeah there's no way I agree with that line of thinking. Some people may be ok with some carbs but I am not one of them. Having carbs has led me to regain 25 lbs of the 38 lbs. I'd lost since 2022. So it's protein and veggies for me. I cut carbs totally 2 days ago (except for using oatbran) and I've dropped 4 lbs. My body has lost all the little aches & pains so while not gluten intolerant I think I have a sensitivity. I will eventually add carbs back in every once in a while, once I'm down to goal weight. But it's going to be more like a once a month treat....not an every day thing.

SW 258.4 lbs July 2023
CW 234.0 lbs
GW 180 lbs
Ultimate GW 150 lbs

I maintained +/- 1 lb in March as stress at work and long commute continue.

3rdtimelosesit wrote: »

Your profile is set private. I was trying to add you as a friend, sadly that's not possible.

Hi! My name is Lisa & I too need to lose 100+ lbs. I am 57 & my short term goal is get to 250 lbs while my long term goal is to get to 175 lbs. Yes that is well over 100 lbs. I have been trying to lose for a really long time now, but am doing the yo-yo thing. Man is that aggravating. So thank you for this group & am really hoping to find some support, encouragement & give some also. Thanks everyone!

or at least a week ago!! I cut all carbs from my diet as well as fat and sugar. No more dicking around. Wasn't loggin my daily calorie count diligently anymore so needed to shake things up. Doing protein and veggies. No more calorie logging. Have oatbran daily in a pancake to get my daily fibre. Have low fat cheeses/ff yogurt as well as lower fat ricotta cheese. Daily treat is SF jello. Making sure to drink minimum of 6 glasses of fluids....water, tea. It seems to be working.
March 28 - 319.4
April 9 - 312.2
a loss of 7.2 lbs.

I'm sure that most of that was water drop. But I don't care....I sure feel better. I've eliminated aches and pains which I'm sure were from the carbs. I was eating alot of bread & buns/crackers etc. While I'm not gluten intolerant I figure I might have a slight intolerance which shows up in achy pains. I no longer feel bloated.

kama1025 wrote: »

Hi! I'm Kama and I would love to join this challenge. I am doing a 1200-calorie diet, and so far that's working well, I need to get the exercise part down.

SW 354
CW 342

With the weather getting nicer, I plan to start walking laps at the track across the street from my house. I also just got some resistance bands, so I will also start using those.

Walking is one of the best and easiest exercises to do, just have to watch out for the nasty sun rays. I'm around your weight and that's my form of exercise. I walk every other day for an hour to an hour and a half, and sometimes I do exercise routes from YouTube. There are lots of good ones on there. One I like that works well on rainy or super hot days is: 5k walk with a twist, walking at home https://youtu.be/wAcxrNbWmVM?si=VwXJ20Z9H5r5mXKJ

I’ve been Mia. Had a bit of a healthy lifestyle breakdown for the last 6 weeks. I don’t know what triggered it. I went from living the most healthy lifestyle I’ve had in years to kaputski! I’m really trying to get back to it. My life does depend on it. I’m old, diabetic, and obese. I’ve gained 8 lbs. in the last 6 weeks, and stopped getting exercise. Yes, there’s stress in my life, but there always will be. Anyway, I’m going to try and update my progress here.

Hello I'm Gracie and I have 13 weeks left until I fly to London with my family. I spent the last month exercising almost daily and then I fell off last week when my daughter had an asthma attack and was hospitalized. She's doing much better now but I am really struggling to get motivated again. My goals for my London trip: have a lot of energy, have a smaller butt because at 5'10" and 216 pounds I feel like I may have trouble with British chairs and just smaller spaces. I will be seeing my husband's relatives for the first time in 17 years. I was 50 pounds lighter when they met me.
SW: 218
CW: 216
UGW: 170 (But I don't want to achieve that in 13 weeks)
Good luck to everyone!

Things are a struggle lately. I'm trying to stay strong and not start stress eating. Over Easter my daughter (44) was hospitalized with pneamonia for 5 days. She has asthma so it was hard. She's better thank goodness. Her partner was laid off last year and has been looking for work but no luck in this smaller town. They are considering they may have to make a move away. Yesterday we got notice from our landlords that they are selling our condo. So we have to move out. Thankfully we have until April 1st to find something but it's impossible in this town. Everyone seems to want to move here for some stupid reason (along with the larger cities like Vancouver shipping bus loads of homeless people here). Rents are horrendous if you can find a place. We currently pay $1250/mth for our 2 bedroom but out there landlords are asking anywhere from $2000 - $2700 for that. A single room is being asked $1000/mth. We're retirees and those costs are impossible. We are thinking about having to move but everywhere has impossible rents. Thankfully we have a 24ft RV so we won't be totally homeless. We can put stuff into storage or sell it all and live in the trailer for the warmer months, moving from park to park. We're thinking that by the time the cold weather sets in we'll trade our RV in on a larger unit that we can live in and overwinter in a RV resort that has full services. These rent for around $700/mth in the off season months and that's way cheaper than what an apartment costs. Not ideal but what are you gonna do. On the plus side....I can finally have my ocean front property...lol It's very stressful and I need to make sure I don't start eating my feelings away. At least we have till next April and then it'll be warm enough to RV around till October which we do normally. We're thinking we'll have to move back down to Vancouver Island where we moved from 6 years ago when we got renovicted. We moved up here because my DD was here but if she's moving away nothing to keep us here. Life sucks right at the moment. I'm sure others here have their own struggles and can understand what I'm going through right now. Let's hope life starts to go our way.

On a better note: I started April at 319.4 and have dropped down to 312.2 as of today. That's a loss of 7.2 lbs this month. I'll take that any day of the week. I've stalled this week so have to drink more water and start walking.

3rdtimelosesit wrote: »

Things are a struggle lately. I'm trying to stay strong and not start stress eating. Over Easter my daughter (44) was hospitalized with pneamonia for 5 days. She has asthma so it was hard. She's better thank goodness. Her partner was laid off last year and has been looking for work but no luck in this smaller town. They are considering they may have to make a move away. Yesterday we got notice from our landlords that they are selling our condo. So we have to move out. Thankfully we have until April 1st to find something but it's impossible in this town. Everyone seems to want to move here for some stupid reason (along with the larger cities like Vancouver shipping bus loads of homeless people here). Rents are horrendous if you can find a place. We currently pay $1250/mth for our 2 bedroom but out there landlords are asking anywhere from $2000 - $2700 for that. A single room is being asked $1000/mth. We're retirees and those costs are impossible. We are thinking about having to move but everywhere has impossible rents. Thankfully we have a 24ft RV so we won't be totally homeless. We can put stuff into storage or sell it all and live in the trailer for the warmer months, moving from park to park. We're thinking that by the time the cold weather sets in we'll trade our RV in on a larger unit that we can live in and overwinter in a RV resort that has full services. These rent for around $700/mth in the off season months and that's way cheaper than what an apartment costs. Not ideal but what are you gonna do. On the plus side....I can finally have my ocean front property...lol It's very stressful and I need to make sure I don't start eating my feelings away. At least we have till next April and then it'll be warm enough to RV around till October which we do normally. We're thinking we'll have to move back down to Vancouver Island where we moved from 6 years ago when we got renovicted. We moved up here because my DD was here but if she's moving away nothing to keep us here. Life sucks right at the moment. I'm sure others here have their own struggles and can understand what I'm going through right now. Let's hope life starts to go our way.

On a better note: I started April at 319.4 and have dropped down to 312.2 as of today. That's a loss of 7.2 lbs this month. I'll take that any day of the week. I've stalled this week so have to drink more water and start walking.

That is fabulous that even with all your struggles you were able to still lose over 7lbs this month. Things are already starting to go your way! Keep it up!