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Outback's a bad, bad place. We've been there once since I started dieting just before Halloween. It's hard to have dinner there and stick to a diet. The only way I managed was by just eating half of my steak. And as for dessert...well it's a good thing I didn't have any...
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Actually, it wasn't so bad. In response to flyby, since I'm on the Atkins diet, the fruit smoothies for breakfast would probably be as bad or worse than the dessert. And Outback is great, because it's meat. Prime rib, fat and all, is no problem. I choose vegetables instead of potato, and forego the bloomin' onion, and it's all good.
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I want to say to all of you on your weight loss journey...Way to go! I applaud anyone who is able to stay with it. Having lost close to 200 lbs in the 19 months since my weight loss surgery I know I feel a lot better. I am a lot less tired, but being 5 months pregnant hasn't helped Best of Luck to each one of you.
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I just want to say that I am extremely proud of Icarus for sticking with this diet for so long. I don't think he's blown it one night since he began at Halloween time, except for the night of the Columbia disaster. We drank quite a bit while we shared our sadness with a friend and needless to say, alcohol has lots of calories.
The only problem I'm going to have is when he gets all slim and trim, I'm going to have to start counting.
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Well my plan was to log on today and tell ya'll how good I'd been in sticking with my resolution to excercise 3 times last week. I went and swam laps at the Y a week ago Monday. I did a nice easy swim, didn't exert myself, just took it easy, as would be appropriate for getting back in the water for the first time in 3+ years. I was still sore on Wednesday so I decided to postpone my next aquatic excercise until Thursday. On Thursday I started having severe tension headaches that have only gotten worse, leading me to spend most of the weekend in bed moaning about how my neck and head hurts. I'm going to the chiropractor today. I can feel the vertebrae that is out in the back of my neck. I guess I will have to find another form of excercise besides swimming. Up until about 10 months ago I was having massive tension headaches and migraines due to cumulative whiplash brought on by a bad swim coach telling me to do breaststroke incorrectly. For the past 5 years I have undergone extensive physical therapy, two epidural steroid injections, with MDs and chiropractors working together and more physical therapy. I guess I was expecting too much after 10 pain free months to think I could go back to the sport I love even on a mild basis. I'm kicking myself now that I could have been so dumb (though never in all of the time I was undergoing treament did the docs tell me to stop swimming) After I get over this bout of headaches I guess I will try an excercise bicycle or something that does not involve me moving my head and shoulders extensively. I'm also going to sign up for the next round of Pilates classes at the Y. I think Pilates would be good for me but I know I need an instructor to make sure I'm doing it right, given my past history, rather than try to learn it from a video.
AJ(who managed to make it to work inspite of her headache, only by consuming large amounts of ibuprofen and muscle relaxants)
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Why is this bad? It takes a while to go completely through a size, and you said the suit used to be too tight. The jeans I bought several weeks ago that were slightly tight fit me now, perhaps a tiny bit loosely, but they're certainly not too big yet. It may be that that suit fits you now better (or perhaps more loosely) than it used to. At least you're keeping the weight off!
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Down 35 pounds as of this morning. Outback bumped me from 33 down to 30, at least temporarily, but I'm back baby! Back baby! Back baby! Back baby! Back, I want my baby back, baby back, baby back... Chili's baby back ribs... Chili's baby back ribs. <Barbecue sauce.>
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my neck is feeling much better, after two visits to a chiropractor. I have been watching what I eat and lowering the amounts, even though I haven't been excercising. I think I've lost a couple pounds judging from the way my clothes fit. I'm going to wait a month before I do another "official" weighing though.
I have a much smaller appetite than I used to. I regularly have leftovers after meals. I find myself craving fruits and vegetables, and healthier foods in general. My pants are starting to fit quite loosely, but I'm waiting as long as I can before I buy new clothes, since I still have a long way to go (about another 60 pounds). I have been extremely healthy this year as well. Coincidence? Who knows?
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I got on the scale this morning, and I seem to have lost some weight. Not sure how, though I have been trying to watch what I eat - maybe it's all that working through lunch I've been doing.
Anyway, it was nice to see a slightly lower number on the scale.
Now, if only I could figure out a way to get in a bit more exercise...
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I'm down about 5lbs. Been following a nutrition plan and working out about five times a week (once a week with a personal trainer).
I don't have a lot of weight to lose, but I want to build some muscle and tone. I knew I was doing well when I found I could easily zip my hip boots, even though I hadn't lost more than a pound or two, by the scales.
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I'm sticking pretty level at 176 pounds (having lost 36). I'll go up for a day, then back down. I don't really go down for a day and then back up, though. I'm still sorta doing the Atkins thing, but not really. Lunch yesterday was pizza -- ~100g carbs. But I still watch it a bit. When I do have pizza or something, I'll forego ice cream. And I still watch portion size.
And I've determined that I prefer Tony Roma's baby back ribs (with Carolina Honey BBQ sauce) to Chili's baby back ribs. But Chili's has that deliciously decadent dessert....
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I'll add this to my Atkins Update thread when I can be bothered finding it...
I'm not weighing myself - frankly I don't want to spend the dosh, since all the meat I'm eating has blown out my monthly budget outrageously...
But after a week, it seems to be working, I've got more energy, I'm clear-headed and alert for the first time in god knows when, I'm dreaming (what's with that!?!??! I haven't dreamed properly in years, and suddenly all night every night is dreams...) and I just noticed yesterday that my jeans are starting to get a bit loose - in fact, checking my normally spot-on belt, it seems I need to create a decent-size new notch in my belt.
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Yeah, as for me, I decided I was getting way too obsessed with how much I weigh, so I've decided that I'm just trying to eat all my fruits and vegetables. I put my scales away and haven't weighed myself in a while, but my jeans do seem to be a bit looser, so that is nice.
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Icarus is (as far as I'm concerned) bearing a greater and greater resemblance to Ares (from Xena). I look forward to the day we have the costume made for him....teehee. Back when we first started dating, a friend of mine described him as "yummy with a spoon." I may have to start carrying weaponry to fend off all the competition.
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Ela, counting calories is a very easy and flexible way to lose weight. I've lost over thirty pounds so far doing it, and not found it at all difficult. And unlike a lot of other weight-loss plans, the physics behind it is sound. The only reason people find it hard is that they start something that is too strict to stick to. I'd be happy to talk to you about what I'm doing, if you're ever curious.
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That was Amy...boo hiss . I was seriously afraid (at the time) that she might try to take you from me. I guess I shouldn't have worried. I had you hooked. But I did warn her off.....
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I've lost about 80 pounds with my version of the Atkin's diet a couple years ago. Instead of counting my carbs, I just make sure to cut most of them out of my diet. No more rice, bread, or sugar based products. I do allow myself fruit though, which is a big no-no in the Atkin's diet.
From that 80 pounds I lost, I've gained about 20 of it back since summertime. I've been eating whatever I want, and blame the downfall on my trip to Europe. Europe is not an easy place to diet in. This weekend, I had to dig through my closet to find my bigger clothes. I decided enough is enough. I am back on the low carbs diet, and so far since Saturday I've shed 3 pounds! I realize this is probably water weight i've lost, but it's very motivating to see the numbers go down.
Have any of you tried the 'carb solutions' chocolate bars? They are so yummy, and are low in carbs and taste just like chocolate. You can find them at Trader Joe's. I'm convinced I can stick to the diet because this chocolate bar exists.
edit: stupid spelling
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I can't afford to spend over a buck on a candy bar, which is why I haven't done the "Carb Solutions" bars. I did buy some Carbo-Lite bars when they were buy-one-get-one-free, but that has since ended. My younger brother's girlfriend found them on sale at Wal-Mart for twenty cents each, and bought a ton of them. Our WalMart still has them at 97 cents, which is just too rich (no pun intended) for my blood, though certainly preferable to the $1.49 elsewhere.
The hardest thing about counting calories was just having some place to keep track of what I ate. I used to carry around a little notebook, like we used to use for writing down homework assignments when we were kids, before they came out with these huge planners. Problem was I would get tired of carrying around a little notebook everywhere, so I would leave it, forget it, lose it, and otherwise fall off of the wagon. When PDAs came out, I knew that would be the solution for me, but I didn't want to have a bunch of devices on my belt. So I waited until they came out with a PDA that was also a cell phone. One device that could serve so many purposes! Sure, it was expensive, but so far I've lost thirty pounds, and I'm well on my way to losing the 90 or so pounds I needed to lose. My father never won his battle of the bulge, and he's had a quadruple bypass and angioplasty and early retirement to show for it. I want to be around to watch my grandkids grow up. This device is helping me, so it's well worth the price I paid.
The cool thing about counting calories (coupled with a diet that is moderate instead of severe) is that my habits are gently changing before my eyes. I am seeing myself crave healthy foods because they are actually more satisfying. I am starting to fill up sooner than I used to, and to have leftovers. If I set some strict and unnatural regimen, then even if I didn't quit along the way, I would probably gain all of my weight back as soon as I was off the diet, because my underlying habits would not have changed. But I'm changing what my body considers satisfying, and I think that has the potential to bring me longer lasting good health.
Perhaps coincidentally, or perhaps not, I've been healthier this year than I've been for years. ::knocks on wood::
I've been putting off buying new clothes as long as possible because I'm still losing more weight, but today I'm wearing a shirt that is one size smaller than most of my shirts (two sizes smaller than some of my shirts). It's an old shirt, and I had begun to wear it less and less because it was getting too tight. Today it fits me great, better than all of my looser shirts do.
I think a lot of people from work haven't yet noticed how much weight I've lost because I wear really baggy clothes now. Big people like to wear baggy clothes to fool themselves into thinking nobody can see how big they are, but I am also finding that when your clothes are too baggy, it actually seems like there's more hiding in there than there really is.
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I bought two more pairs of jeans size 12 recently. This time unlike last time, they fit correctly when I put them on, instead of being too tight (the too tight ones before were the same brand) so I think I'm doing better. Of course I'd like to be a size 10 but I haven't been there since age 17, and they were always pretty tight and a bit ucomfortable on me anyway. Being a straight 12 is much better than exploring the 14s!
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Apparently wedding gowns are evil, or so says the dude that worked at the bridal shop. He said they run 1-2 sizes SMALLER than your regular size. What gives?
So yeah, last weekend I tried on gowns. The size 10 fit me, except for my shoulders (I have broad shoulders. Apparently the muscular shoulders are my genetic gift :rolleyes . Couldn't zip it all the way up. My friend kept saying "Suck it in!" and I kept replying "I can't suck in BONE!"
I've read once (sorry I can't back it up with the source) that one usually can't lose more than 10-12 % of their weight from the beginning of dieting in one go; then they hit the plateau. Does it agree with your experience? Would it satisfy you as the final goal?
BannaOj (and others)- size 12 isn't the same in US and in UK, is it? (British 12 = German 38 = French 36). *sigh* I tried some things on in the US and still can't work it out (so I won't be surprised if you don't know the answer too ).
Oh, and I've lost 6 kilos since the end of January.
edit: No, I think it = French 40. Jeez, it IS complicated.
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Kate Emily...that doesn't match my experience, but it may be because I'm not really dieting, in the sense of a strict artificial experience. Ultimately, what I'm doing is gradually changing my eating habits, but using calories as a way to quantify the change. My experience is that people with eating disorders, be it obesity or anorexia, can't really grasp how much they're eating or how much they should be eating in any kind of holistic way. My experience, and that of a lot of other people I know, from trying to "just eat healthier" without any concrete guidelines, or with unrealistic guidelines, was that I fooled myself. I ordered the salad but drowned it in meat, cheese, and dressing. I got the chicken, but ate tons of bread, potatoes, etc. My body wasn't giving me the proper feedback. When did I stop eating? When the plate was empty. Things that weren't on the plate, like bread, didn't count at all. What counting calories does for me is give me a concrete way to quantify what I'm eating. It's not very strict (I'm currently consuming 2600 calories a day, which is about what a 180 pound man of average weight and metabolism consumes), but it keeps me honest. If I eat a 150 calorie roll, that's 150 calories I won't have somewhere else down the line. But that's a choice I can make, now. Before, I fooled myself and ate the roll and something else. Now, I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, which I enjoy now more than I did before, I eat a lot of light protein, like seafood and chicken, and occasionally I even have desserts like ice cream or sherbert or even chocolate(!). What I can do now is eat and enjoy in moderation.
I have already lost more than 10% of my body weight, I have not felt any loss of energy (actually, I believe I have more energy), and I have been very healthy. I don't seem to be hitting any sort of plateau.
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Best of Luck to each one of you.
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