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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / May 2004Week 16 weigh-in
Hello, all. Sixteen weeks on diet and down to 222! Three pound loss in the last week, I feel things are back on track.  SignatureDewolla Stepon 268/222/199 154 at age 28 280 at age 53 That's great!! -Solvi > Hello, all. Sixteen weeks on diet and down to 222! Three pound loss in the > last week, I feel things are back on track. > Hello, all. Sixteen weeks on diet and down to 222! Three pound loss in the > last week, I feel things are back on track. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 154 at age 28 > 280 at age 53 Congratulations on the 3lbs Dewolla. I'm jumping back on track this week, too. I lost a couple of pounds a few weeks ago and then went back into maintenance mode. It's time to get back to weight loss again this week. It may take me forever to get to goal but at least I know I can handle maintenance<g> Beverly > I'm jumping back on track this week, too. I lost a couple of pounds a few > weeks ago and then went back into maintenance mode. It's time to get back > to weight loss again this week. It may take me forever to get to goal but > at least I know I can handle maintenance<g> That's great Bev! You'll have to share your maintenance secrets, although I'm guessing its consistency. This past week I've fluctuated nearly two pounds up and down from one day to the next. I think when I finally get to maintenance I'll have to allow myself more leeway than five pounds on either side of goal. SignatureDewolla Stepon 268/222/199 154 at age 28 280 at age 53 > > I'm jumping back on track this week, too. I lost a couple of pounds a few > > weeks ago and then went back into maintenance mode. It's time to get back [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > 154 at age 28 > 280 at age 53 You guessed correctly - it is consistency. During the work week I tend to eat the same items for meals and snacks. Typical work day is oatmeal for breakfast, low-fat yogurt and apples for snacks and a serving of protein and veggies for lunch and dinner. I don't vary from this too far on the weekends either. My daughter and I eat out often but I stick to the serving of protein and vegetables with an occasional dessert thrown in. I always ask that they skip bringing any bread to our table. Our cafeteria at work is fantastic and I usually have a wide choice of healthy foods. My weight normally doesn't flucuate too much unless I've overdone the carbs. The older I get the more sensitive I seem to be to carbs. I've been experiencing some problems with low blood sugar recently. I just started back into bike riding for the season and it's been hard to find the level of food needed before the rides. The first ride of the season I "hit the wall". It took me almost an hour to recover enough to ride back home. I've been on a couple rides since and haven't had many problems. It will just take a little trial and error before I get back into knowing how much I need to eat before and during the rides. Determining our leeway for weight gain once we reach maintenance will vary from person to person. I'm short (5'3") and I can really tell the difference in how the clothes fit if I gain 5lbs. I gain all my weight around the waist so clothes become too snug around the waist when I hit the 5lb limit. Beverly > Determining our leeway for weight gain once we reach maintenance will vary > from person to person. I'm short (5'3") and I can really tell the > difference in how the clothes fit if I gain 5lbs. I gain all my weight > around the waist so clothes become too snug around the waist when I hit the > 5lb limit. Why is it that when I gain weight it's in my tummy and hips and when I lose it's from my chest? Somehow doesn't seem fair! My daily eating routine is coffee and oatmeal for breakfast; my own home-cooked pinto beans and salsa for lunch; prunes for an afternoon snack; and then a moderate, balanced dinner. I have an after-dinner snack of skim milk or nonfat yogurt. It's a rut I could comfortably live in for the rest of my life! Compare that to what I used to eat for a Saturday breakfast: Three fried eggs, five strips of bacon, homemade hash browns cooked in the bacon fat, and two slices of toast with butter and jam. I would, of course, put salt all over everything before even tasting it. Just for fun I put everything into FitDay and here are the results: Calories - 1,283 Fat - 90g Saturated fat - 36g Cholesterol - 713mg Sodium - 2,765mg Carbohydrate - 78g Fiber - 6g Protein - 44g Of course, I'd then eat three meatloaf sandwiches (with plenty of mayo) for lunch and half a large lasagna for dinner, followed up by two or three cups of ice cream. Yow! And being at least 85 pounds overweight at the time, no wonder I'm taking cholesterol medication and am borderline hypertensive! - Dewolla Stepon >> Determining our leeway for weight gain once we reach maintenance will vary >> from person to person. I'm short (5'3") and I can really tell the [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >- Dewolla Stepon You must have a pretty good metabolism to have only been 85 pounds overweight when eating that much! :-) Seriously, it's clear you've made a huge change for the better. I expect you'll have to up the calories some when you get to the maintenance stage, given what you were able to eat before. I was never really one to eat huge quantities of food, but I made less healthy choices -- like at yesterday's lunch I would have had a cheeseburger rather than a grilled salmon burger, and a coke rather than an iced tea -- and I frequently snacked on cookies or chips or such rather than healthier things. It's amazing what a difference it makes just to change the types of things I eat. Chris 262/152/ (145-150) Great for you! Keep up the fantastic work. Tara Way to go, Dewolla! Kasey 365/266/??? YAHOO to you!! WTG!!! glo Way 2 GO DEWOLLA, You're on you way to your goal. Paul > Hello, all. Sixteen weeks on diet and down to 222! Three pound loss in the > last week, I feel things are back on track. > Way 2 GO DEWOLLA, > > You're on you way to your goal. Exactly 2/3rds on the way in fact. Finding little minigoals are why it's fun for me to instrument my progress in Excel.... I've got all kinds of numbers to track: 1) Yesterday's loss 2) How much over/under this loss is compared to planned (0.286lb/day) 3) How many lbs I'm away from the goal 4) What % my progress is toward goal 5) Current BMI 6) How much body weight % I've lost so far plus a couple of others... > I've got all kinds of numbers to track: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > plus a couple of others... I also keep mini-goals and other data, charts, etc on Excel. My most favorite is how many days ahead I am towards reaching my goal weight and date. Today I am the weight I'd expected to be on 10 September, so I'm a bit over 18 weeks ahead of schedule! - Dewolla Stepon pretty much the best rate of weight loss! i > Hello, all. Sixteen weeks on diet and down to 222! Three pound loss in the > last week, I feel things are back on track. Signature---------------------------------------------------------------------------- @ @ @ Please forgive my typos as my right hand is injured. @ @ @ char*p="char*p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} "It's never too late to have a happy childhood." |
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