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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / August 2004Results of Nutritionist Visit Yesterday
Hi everyone -- I had my latest nutritionist visit yesterday. Yay, this is the first time I have lost at a checkup since November! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! So happy to change that 160 number in my signature - blah, I hated looking at that for a month! And this is the first time that I have gained muscle mass since November too (only 0.2 lbs but I'll take it!). I think it is my bike! Have ridden 175 miles since I got it two weeks ago today -- and my friend and I are about to go on a long ride as soon as I finish writing this and leave the house. I am so excited! The stats below my signature show my starting statistics at the nutritionist from over 2 years ago -- I didn't want anyone to think I had lost 22% body fat since this May, LOL (and get inundated with questions from newbies or lurkers wanting a quick fix). It takes time and effort and willingness and never giving up -- in other words, my personal mantra of "Committed, Consistent, Patient and Persistent." Weight loss is not about a race -- *keeping* it off is more important to me than *taking* it off! Thanks to everyone who shows such great support to me here. Mary M 325-154-148 Total Weight: (Original high weight would have been around August, 1985 at roughly 325 lbs) May 7, 2002: 228.0 lbs (when I started with my nutritionist) July 5, 2004: 160.2 lbs August 2: 154.5 lbs Fat Body Weight: May 7, 2002: 103.3 lbs July 5, 2004: 42.8 lbs August 2: 36.9 lbs Lean Body Weight: May 7, 2002: 124.7 lbs July 5, 2004: 117.4 lbs August 2: 117.6 lbs Percent Body Fat: May 7, 2002: 45.3% July 5, 2004: 26.7% August 2: 23.9% Very impressive. Do you eat salty stuff sometimes? Is that part of the reason why your weight goes up and down randomly? i Normally I don't eat anything over 250 mg of sodium per serving, so if I do have something salty it really has a strong water-retention effect. And my weight predictably goes up and down due to water retention during the course of the month, as it has all my life -- now the weight just seems to have a harder time coming down again after it peaks. It used to go off in a day or two -- now it takes at least a week. Mary > Normally I don't eat anything over 250 mg of sodium per serving, so > if I do have something salty it really has a strong water-retention [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > after it peaks. It used to go off in a day or two -- now it takes at > least a week. Maybe, then, it is worthwhile to compare your weight to that of a month ago, not to the previous week? i who cannot handle a lot of salt well > > Normally I don't eat anything over 250 mg of sodium per serving, so > > if I do have something salty it really has a strong water-retention [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Maybe, then, it is worthwhile to compare your weight to that of a > month ago, not to the previous week? Yes, that's why I change my signature only once a month (or after each visit), because the week-to-week fluctuations can be very distracting. Mary >> > Normally I don't eat anything over 250 mg of sodium per serving, so >> > if I do have something salty it really has a strong water-retention [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > each visit), because the week-to-week fluctuations can be very > distracting. Ah, that makes perfect sense then! i > Hi everyone -- I had my latest nutritionist visit yesterday. Yay, this is the first > time I have lost at a checkup since November! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! So happy to change [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ago today -- and my friend and I are about to go on a long ride as soon as I finish > writing this and leave the house. I am so excited! Keep this up and you'll be needing new tires for that bike<g> Congratulations on a successful visit. Beverly - who just returned from a non-biking vacation and can't wait to get back on the bike this weekend! > The stats below my signature show my starting statistics at the nutritionist from > over 2 years ago -- I didn't want anyone to think I had lost 22% body fat since this [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > July 5, 2004: 26.7% > August 2: 23.9% > Keep this up and you'll be needing new tires for that bike<g> > Congratulations on a successful visit. Thanks, Bev -- I think of you often when I am on my bike! I can't believe how much fun it is and what a challenge, too. I just bought the Cycling for Women book we were talking about -- I got it from the library but it was from 1984 I think, and they didn't even have hybrid bikes then -- so there were a few pages that talked specifically about my bike, plus a lot more updated information. I also got a bicyling training journal, which will be fun to look back on and see that I once felt that a certain 7.5 mile ride was "hard" :-). Glad you'll be able to get back on your bike this weekend! Mary > > Keep this up and you'll be needing new tires for that bike<g> > > Congratulations on a successful visit. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Mary It's the weekly "Bike for the Health of It" rides sponsored by the Metro Parks. They've asked me to be the ride leader this week so I'm really looking forward to it. This is just my first year and you normally don't get to do this until the second year. One of the original patrolman was the Human Resources manager where I previously worked and he told them I was ready to assume the ride leader duties. He also said he and his wife would be there to back me up<g> Beverly >>>Keep this up and you'll be needing new tires for that bike<g> >>>Congratulations on a successful visit. [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > ready to assume the ride leader duties. He also said he and his wife would > be there to back me up<g> Woo hoo! That's really neat Beverly!  Signaturejmk in NC > It's the weekly "Bike for the Health of It" rides sponsored by the Metro > Parks. They've asked me to be the ride leader this week so I'm really [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ready to assume the ride leader duties. He also said he and his wife would > be there to back me up<g> That is really cool -- I'm sure you'll be great at it! You'll have to tell us all about it after you do it! Mary Way to go, Mary!! I knew things would get back on track! Maybe you just needed a little break :-). Chris 262/143/ (145-150) Well the scary thing about it was that I was doing pretty well -- a few indiscretions here and there, but nothing to be really concerned about on the eating front (like the old bingeing days for example). I think my body just really needed shaken up by sometehing new and challenging, and the bike certainly has given me that. Thanks, Chris! Wow, look at you, still below your intended goal! Mary > Way to go, Mary!! I knew things would get back on track! Maybe you > just needed a little break :-). > > Chris > 262/143/ (145-150) > Wow, look at you, still below your intended goal! Well, I do want to change that. I want to gain a few pounds, but to do it slowly and ideally by adding some muscle -- not just by eating half a cheesecake every night after dinner or some such foolishness :-). I'm slowly increasing my eating -- and keeping exercise constant -- and am finding I'm getting just a little stronger, which is good. I should note that I weigh myself most days -- pretty much whenever I go to the gym -- but don't change my "official weight" daily. My day for recording weight is Monday, and I sort of do a rough average for the previous week for what I record. It's not like I weigh 143 every time I step on the scale. After a higher-sodium dinner the night before, or just based on bodily elimination patterns, I can weigh 147 or so. But a day or two later I might be down to 142. I generally have a pretty consistent diet and exercise pattern on Sunday and Monday, so sort of give more emphasis to what I weigh then. And it basically hasn't changed for about 6 weeks. Chris 262/143/ (145-150) > <sugarfreemary-nospam@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Wow, look at you, still below your intended goal! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > :-). I'm slowly increasing my eating -- and keeping exercise constant > -- and am finding I'm getting just a little stronger, which is good. Shoot, you mean we can't eat daily cheesecakes once we reach goal? I'm quitting now. :-) > I should note that I weigh myself most days -- pretty much whenever I > go to the gym -- but don't change my "official weight" daily. My day [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Monday, so sort of give more emphasis to what I weigh then. And it > basically hasn't changed for about 6 weeks. I love your approach to a "rough average" for weight. I feel the same about being in an acceptable weight range for my body -- that way the numbers don't get so frustrating. You are a great example, Chris! Mary > Hi everyone -- I had my latest nutritionist visit yesterday. Yay, this is the first > time I have lost at a checkup since November! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! So happy to change > that 160 number in my signature - blah, I hated looking at that for a month! And this > is the first time that I have gained muscle mass since November too (only 0.2 lbs but > I'll take it!). I think it is my bike! Have ridden 175 miles since I got it two weeks > ago today Wow! 175 miles in two weeks! You are cranking on that thing. Mary goes from 0 - 175 in two week :-) Woo hoo! > -- and my friend and I are about to go on a long ride as soon as I finish > writing this and leave the house. I am so excited! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > my personal mantra of "Committed, Consistent, Patient and Persistent." Weight loss is > not about a race -- *keeping* it off is more important to me than *taking* it off! Certainly. Keeping it off is the main thing... > Thanks to everyone who shows such great support to me here. Thanks for sharing with us! Signaturejmk in NC > Wow! 175 miles in two weeks! You are cranking on that thing. Mary > goes from 0 - 175 in two week :-) Woo hoo! Thanks, j -- just came back from the ride (which wasn't as long as I thought we were going to stay out) but it was very hot and humid, so it was challenging! I think we did about 13 miles. > > not about a race -- *keeping* it off is more important to me than *taking* it off! > Certainly. Keeping it off is the main thing... In people's quest to take it off so quickly, I think they forget that the real question is not "How long did it take you?" but "How long has it stayed off?" Mary >> Hi everyone -- I had my latest nutritionist visit yesterday. Yay, >> this is the first time I have lost at a checkup since November! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Wow! 175 miles in two weeks! You are cranking on that thing. Mary > goes from 0 - 175 in two week :-) Woo hoo! Mary, you're doing terrific. Biking IS really fun - and good exercise too. Can I brag some? I got my bike 'puter on the 22nd of July, ten days after I got my bike. Since then I've ridden 223 miles and improved my average speed to over 14 mph. I do not have anyplace to ride that is flat so after I enjoy the downhills (33mph was my highest speed so far) I get to work my way back UP. Is this interval training? <g> I have to ride uphill to get home no matter which direction I go. My legs are feeling really good. I love my bike. SignatureWalking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 > Mary, you're doing terrific. Biking IS really fun - and good exercise > too. > Can I brag some? I got my bike 'puter on the 22nd of July, ten days > after I got my bike. Since then I've ridden 223 miles and improved my > average speed to over 14 mph. That's not bragging, that's reporting! :-) Fantastic, fabulous job! >I do not have anyplace to ride that is flat > so after I enjoy the downhills (33mph was my highest speed so far) I get > to work my way back UP. Is this interval training? <g> For me it sure is! >I have to ride > uphill to get home no matter which direction I go. Why is that? :-) I have found that on every bike trail I find, there is an uphill ending no matter where you start! > My legs are feeling really good. I love my bike. I am really happy for you -- great job! Mary > Can I brag some? I got my bike 'puter on the 22nd of July, ten days > after I got my bike. Since then I've ridden 223 miles and improved my [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > 207/110 60 inches of attitude! > Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 That little bike 'puter thingy is one of the best investments I've made in a while- it really keeps me trying to beat both my average speed and time. I keep to the same route each time. I've also determined that if you really want to learn the right way to drive a car- ride a bike first! It's amazing how many times I nearly get run over in the city by people taking a soft stop at a corner... *grumbles* Coop > That little bike 'puter thingy is one of the best investments I've > made in a while- it really keeps me trying to beat both my average [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > over in the city by people taking a soft stop at a corner... > *grumbles* Ygtr! I'm competing with myself all the time. <knock on wood> All the drivers have given me generous lattitude when passing me. I try never to be piggy about how much road I need either. There isn't much traffic when I ride and *lots* of folks recognize me from when I was out walking. They're all nice. SignatureWalking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 >Hi everyone -- I had my latest nutritionist visit yesterday. Yay, this is the first >time I have lost at a checkup since November! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! So happy to change [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >ago today -- and my friend and I are about to go on a long ride as soon as I finish >writing this and leave the house. I am so excited! Mary, I'm so glad to see you back on track. Glad you're enjoying the biking, too. janice 233/181/133 > Mary, I'm so glad to see you back on track. Glad you're enjoying the > biking, too. Thanks, Janice -- I appreciate it! Mary Looks like you found your groove Mary. WTG! Teri > Hi everyone -- I had my latest nutritionist visit yesterday. Yay, this is the first > time I have lost at a checkup since November! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! So happy to change [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > July 5, 2004: 26.7% > August 2: 23.9% > Looks like you found your groove Mary. WTG! > Teri Thanks, Teri -- I am happy to have found a new piece that's fitting in my own personal (lifelong) weight loss puzzle! Mary Congrats on the loss of fat and gain in LBM. Keep on biking. Michelle : Ozzie in Switzerland 69.8/???/61kg weigh in is tomorrow >Hi everyone -- I had my latest nutritionist visit yesterday. Yay, this is the first >time I have lost at a checkup since November! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! So happy to change [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >July 5, 2004: 26.7% >August 2: 23.9% Your numbers look great! Keep up the great work! > Hi everyone -- I had my latest nutritionist visit yesterday. Yay, this is the first > time I have lost at a checkup since November! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! So happy to change [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > July 5, 2004: 26.7% > August 2: 23.9% |
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