November - December 2011 Weight Loss/Gain Thread

A lot of us struggle with weight.  Medication side effects, comfort eating, poor judgement, we cope with ALL of it - at the same time! 

Would anyone else like to join in for encouragement and accountability for making those little steps that add up towards healthy weight.

 

Post Edited (tortoise11) : 11/27/2011 8:03:10 AM (GMT-7)

had breakfast, always miss it. will try to have it. stop comfort eating in the wee hours, can be difficult at times being a diabetic. have a lot to lose. (weight) jamie.

thx for the inspiring thread tortoise.

 

  Hey lady. Good job. I have gone the other way, i watch what i eat but excersise as much as possible. Now i am hiking almost five days a week, im buying good snow shoes for when the snow gets here, and i have been doing a martial arts class two nights a week for the last three months.

  I'm hoping to keep weight gain to 5 pounds. We will see how it goes.

 LOL LOL LOL\

  Bill 

Planning to get married in Jume 2012. I'll be happy to have 5 pounds off. I have my dress now and I don't want to alter it twice if I lose more weight. :)

I lost my appetite for supper, aggravating my elevated mood concerns. I had a fajita and milk.

Normally I would be excited, but I'm worried about what happens. I think we are out of snack food, so I might be OK for comfort eating if I crash.

I commented overs upper that if I stuck to it - anything - for months versus days, I would see results. I simply don't stick to it. I have learned the habit of taking medication every day. That was a huge challenge. If I can take medication every day, I can learn to eat healthy every day, right?

I started a new diet and started exercising on Sept 26th. I have lost 22 pounds. I want to lose a total of 40 pounds so I'm half way there :)

I am swimming at the gym (lane swimming) every other day. I am trying to add weights to my routine somehow...have tendonitis in both wrists now so I hope I can figure something out.

I support all of you trying to lose weight~it's also about how good it's going to make us feel to eat better and exercise!

Hugs,
Mogs

Don't go to the gas station! lol :)

It's all about self control and arming yourself with the right tactics. Don't take money with you to work to buy any junk ;) Bring healthy snacks from home and without the money you will have no choice but to eat them and then it becomes habit!

It's not impossible and the very best reward out of it all is the new energy and stable mood.

You can do it!

Thank you Mogs. You saved me from the gas station again today. We hae NO junk food left at home. But I found a Kashi granola bar that was enough to tide me over. Went out for lunch. Chili and garlic toast.... that was totally soaked in butter. (Yum)

I am jealous of you being able to swim. When I lived in MD, I had a pool and was able to swim from May to Sept. I really miss that and swimming in the Atlantic Ocean in the summer.

Ok now to get off my butt to go for a walk in the 42* grey weather of the pacific northwest :)

... but how many cookies did you eat? ... (((hugs))) it is so hard this time of year when the cookies are so yummy!

That is hard. My neighbor identifies herself with baking and is always struggling with her weight. I keep telling her PLEASE DON'T send cookies over! They are too good. I try to get my fiance to eat most of them for me. :) I bet your hot chocolate was way worse than the cookies (calorie-wise). :) Maybe you can bake in half-batches so there aren't leftovers?

I went out to eat twice today. Supper at Applebee's because we were out shopping. I ate less than 1/4 of my meal. It was GOOD. I just wasn't hungry anymore. I am so proud of myself for STOPPING. And I asked for a box right away.

I have a bad habit of eating food just so it is gone / off my plate.

I've been mostly good for 2 days. My scale hasn't noticed. This is where I get frustrated and quit. I need you guys to kick me in the pants and keep going.

Keep up the good work guys! CamanoGirl, do you have a gym with a pool you can access? I've loved swimming my whole life so I can relate to your passion for it. I've never been in the ocean, that would be amazing :) Yay for walking!!!!!!

This time of year is awful for dieting! Ugh! Last night I watched Rudolph and desperately wanted shortbread cookies with egg nog. I didn't have any in the house so luckily I dodged that bullet, now I just gotta dodge it again when I go to the grocery store. If I had kids we'd be baking too. It is special for them. I am also missing hot chocolate.

I will have cookies, egg nog and hot chocolate this holiday season, I am just trying to hold off as long as possible and we can eat these things in moderation when we are working out! So that is motivation to exercise---so we can eat the good stuff! LOL

I didn't have the best swim this morning. Felt really tired waking up and depressed. I had a stressful couple of days at work. It was snowing this morning. I didn't get my energy buzz after my swim today either. I think the depression is messing with me. Maybe I will try to get up and swim tomorrow too. Really disappointed my mood is so low. Oh well, gotta try to fight it.

Hugs,
Mogs

oh, I did do something good. My fiance and I went grocery shopping yesterday. He only bought junk/snack food I DON'T like. That was super sweet of him. :)

2 hours of bellydance class yesterday. Hopefullly made up for my chocolate milk and chocolate-marshmallow-rice-crispy-treat. Yup. Darn gas station. :/

I have my first dance performance on Saturday. It will be short - hope to have fun. :/ Our lesson was hard so hopefully I will find lots of practice time this week.