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That's one of the things I love about this virtual place. When I break single digits and manage to run 10 minutes at a stretch, I'll have somewhere to brag about it. And people who are running miles a day will congratulate me, and mean it. Speaking of which, a recent achievement is running because I can, not because I'm in…
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For me it was 213 lbs, the nth warning that I was close to diabetes, and a directive to drop white carbs from my diet. For some reason, even though it covered all the candy, chips, and ice cream I'd been snacking on, it didn't feel like dieting. Now that I'm at goal, I'll have candy, when I have the calories for it. I no…
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Or they really may not have noticed. Two Septembers ago, I was sure people in the chorus would notice that I'd lost a couple pants sizes over the summer. Nobody said a thing. Several months into the season, people started to notice.
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Happy birthday! I hope the last 2 weeks have been better. Have you talked to your doc about the foggy brain & exhaustion? Do you have a medical plan that would cover a nutritionist consultation? Are you logging every bite here? I think any v& all of those are worth considering. Especially talking to the doc.
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What triples tepid said. On 'tether hand, if you like working things out, check out the diabetic exchange program. It's an easily understandable way to figure macros.
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Welcome, Flagal! Yup, logging is a great tool. I try to log as soon as I eat, so I have a running total. A doc's order to cut out all "white carbs" or deal with diabetes got me on my way. Of coursse, that also encompassed an end to frequent snacks of candy, chips and ice cream. I also paid attention to portion sizes. But…
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Way to go , Cheryl! You're doing great!
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Cool really the standing dssk. I tried a colleague's, putting the fit bit in my sock. It logged steps... but when I sat down, it logged me as asleep.
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Sure, you know others who are much faster. But that's irrelevant to what you should be doing. You start from where you are, not where you think you ought to be. Start with what you can do without hurting yourself, and work gradually up from there.
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That's great! I remember a high-school friend who lost weight telling me how scared she was to feel these lumps near her throat and how relieved to be told they were collarbones. I recently rediscovered my hipbones. Another thrill.
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And doesn't that feel terrific? Congatulations!
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That I'd be so tickled at touching my toes in the shower that I'd come out and show The Man In My Life.
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That's wonderful!
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By all means! After managing four times around the block running, I'm thinking that at some point (but probably not soon) I may be running enough to need *running* shoes!
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Ayup. When I was in high school, at enforced-on-pain-of-maternal-hissy-fits 125 pounds, I wore size 12 pants. Now, at 145, I'm wearing 10s and even 8s. <eyeroll>
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Way to go! What are you studying?
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I agree with SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage. It's good to get into the habit, and the prescribed meals will give you a handle on how serving sizes relate to weight and volume.
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I love my Fitbit. If I did much swimming, I'd want something waterproof, but it does fine for me. I wear it on one wrist and my watch on the other. Yeah, it has a watch, but not the watch's other functions. So I look silly. I also make fish-faces to entertain kids in supermarkets. :) What I like best is that I don't have…
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Congratulations, Nana2many! Don't worry about 8 cups a day. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/upshot/no-you-do-not-have-to-drink-8-glasses-of-water-a-day.html?_r=0 http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp http://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-no-evidence-we-need-to-drink-eight-glasses-of-water-a-day-researcher-advises
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I'm confused. Do you walk after midnight, or between dinner time and going to work?
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I had a variation on this http://forums.compuserve.com/discussions/Cooks_Online/Soups__Sauces/Your_Favorite_Soup/ws-COOKS/148816.63?redirCnt=2&nav=messages for supper tonight. the main difference was in liquid - 6 cups broth rather than 10 cups (a figure I got from a designed-for-crockpots recipe). 1 lb dried split peas 1…
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Welcome! You may find it encouraging that I weighed 167.5 when I started here on May 22, and I've been at my goal weight (140 to 145 - I'm 5-6 and 63 years old) since early November. I'm using my laptop now, but often use the phone app to log my food when I'm out of the house. Keeping tabs on what I eat has been a big part…
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I ate 4 squares of mint-filled chocolate, and put the rest of the bar aside. (And I'm still 370 calories in the black. :) ) Two years ago, I'd've eaten the whole bar. Or two, if I'd bought two.
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Do I feel deprived? Not this time. I got down to my current weight maybe 20 years ago, using Weight Watchers, and felt deprived and obsessive. Eventually stopped obsessing, and regained everything plus. This time around I'm again logging all I eat, but I'm not thinking about it nearly as much. The first 40 or 50 pounds…
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You can do it. I have, after decades of faffing around. My peak weight was 213 in November 2012. I hit 140 in November. I've sloughed off one-third of myself.
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@krenwren - one of my favorite sweet treats is a cup of vanilla yogurt - non-fat but either plain or Greek - with a cup of frozen cherries (make sure they don't have added sugar). Other frozen fruits work, too, but cherries, for some reason, never freeze hardhardhard. And when you mix them into Greek nonfat yogurt, some of…
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I'd been at 1200 since May, looking to lose a pound a week. Since 1200 is the least MFP will recommend for me, going to a half-pound a week only got me up to 1300. By November I was near the bottom of my 5-pound goal range, and I was heading out to see my brothers, so I put myself on maintenance. I'd listed my goal weight…
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Congratulations!
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Two people who hadn't seen me in some time complimented me today on my weight loss, then added, "I hope it was intentional, and not disease?" So maybe others who say nothing are afraid I might be ill? Surprise! I can eat a few squares of good chocolate, and save the rest for another day. Time was, I'd not have believed I…
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I'm 63, and have lost 72 or so lbs, roughly 1/3d of my starting weight of 213. My docs had been warning me for some time that I was inching toward diabetes. For some reason, it finally took hold, maybe because the resident training under my doc had a suggestion that didn't sound obsessive: swap out white carbs for whole…
