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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / August 2004Matty's Monthly Update
Well, here I am with another monthly update on my road to a slimmer me! I really do appreciate all of you wanting to keep track of my progress. I actually think of you when it comes to making tough decisions about food choices because I don't want to let any one of you down! This past month has been good, I've been averaging 2015cal/day which is where I want to be at this point in time. My mom came up from Texas a couple of weeks ago for a visit. It was the first time she was able to see her grandson in living color and the two hit it off like gangbusters! We had a good visit, I was even able to visit a couple of buffet-type restaurants and keep my calories in check! I hadn't been to a buffet restaurant since going on the diet and have been very afraid to go to one. Call it a mini-goal! My Sister-in-law Michelle gave me information on doing stretching and toning exercises which I need to start doing. It seemed this past month there have been too much going on from my mom visiting to fixing up the exterior of our house, there never seems to be enough hours in the day. But I need to make that commitment and start the stretching exercises... (need prayers to help me start and focus on doing the exercises) I have no idea what I have been doing different but today I stepped on the scale and found that a whopping 18.4lbs have been lost! I don't understand it but the nurse zeroed out the scale and everything so the scale was right. That brings me to my other news: my mini-goal for this month has been achieved! I set a mini-goal to break the 400lb barrier and have smashed it all to pieces! I now weigh in at 393.8lbs! My next goal is to break 100lbs lost by September, that one will be a reachable goal if I keep my weighloss at around 3-3.5lbs/week. Thank you all for your notes of encouragement! Matty 481/394/250 Well, here I am with another monthly update on my road to a slimmer me! I really do appreciate all of you wanting to keep track of my progress. I actually think of you when it comes to making tough decisions about food choices because I don't want to let any one of you down! That works both ways, Matty. I see how well you're doing and it keeps me motivated to stick with my woe/wol. This past month has been good, I've been averaging 2015cal/day which is where I want to be at this point in time. My mom came up from Texas a couple of weeks ago for a visit. It was the first time she was able to see her grandson in living color and the two hit it off like gangbusters! We had a good visit, I was even able to visit a couple of buffet-type restaurants and keep my calories in check! I hadn't been to a buffet restaurant since going on the diet and have been very afraid to go to one. Call it a mini-goal! Give yourself a pat on the back. Buffet restaurants can be very tough for people. It's taken me quite awhile but I normally do just fine at them. I do have the occasional slip and have a little too much dessert. My Sister-in-law Michelle gave me information on doing stretching and toning exercises which I need to start doing. It seemed this past month there have been too much going on from my mom visiting to fixing up the exterior of our house, there never seems to be enough hours in the day. But I need to make that commitment and start the stretching exercises... (need prayers to help me start and focus on doing the exercises) If you find yourself putting them off because you don't feel you have enough time just start with small increments of time. I don't think there's any law that says you must exercise 30 minutues straight. You can do it 5-10 minutes a few times a day. I have no idea what I have been doing different but today I stepped on the scale and found that a whopping 18.4lbs have been lost! I don't understand it but the nurse zeroed out the scale and everything so the scale was right. That brings me to my other news: my mini-goal for this month has been achieved! I set a mini-goal to break the 400lb barrier and have smashed it all to pieces! I now weigh in at 393.8lbs! My next goal is to break 100lbs lost by September, that one will be a reachable goal if I keep my weighloss at around 3-3.5lbs/week. Thank you all for your notes of encouragement! Matty 481/394/250 As my granddaughters would say "You rock, Matty". Wow...you did blow right past the 400lb mark. Congratulations and I look forward to seeing that 100lb goal broken soon. Beverly Well, here I am with another monthly update on my road to a slimmer me! I really do appreciate all of you wanting to keep track of my progress. I actually think of you when it comes to making tough decisions about food choices because I don't want to let any one of you down! This past month has been good, I've been averaging 2015cal/day which is where I want to be at this point in time. My mom came up from Texas a couple of weeks ago for a visit. It was the first time she was able to see her grandson in living color and the two hit it off like gangbusters! We had a good visit, I was even able to visit a couple of buffet-type restaurants and keep my calories in check! I hadn't been to a buffet restaurant since going on the diet and have been very afraid to go to one. Call it a mini-goal! My Sister-in-law Michelle gave me information on doing stretching and toning exercises which I need to start doing. It seemed this past month there have been too much going on from my mom visiting to fixing up the exterior of our house, there never seems to be enough hours in the day. But I need to make that commitment and start the stretching exercises... (need prayers to help me start and focus on doing the exercises) I have no idea what I have been doing different but today I stepped on the scale and found that a whopping 18.4lbs have been lost! I don't understand it but the nurse zeroed out the scale and everything so the scale was right. That brings me to my other news: my mini-goal for this month has been achieved! I set a mini-goal to break the 400lb barrier and have smashed it all to pieces! I now weigh in at 393.8lbs! My next goal is to break 100lbs lost by September, that one will be a reachable goal if I keep my weighloss at around 3-3.5lbs/week. Thank you all for your notes of encouragement! Matty 481/394/250 Wow, that's great Matty! Great progress. -Jen 210/198/140 Congratulations Matty! You're progress is inpsiring!  SignaturePL (320/306/170) (First mini-goal: 299) > Congratulations Matty! You're progress is inpsiring! "Your" progress, not "you're". I hate it when I do that. SignaturePL > > Congratulations Matty! You're progress is inpsiring! > > "Your" progress, not "you're". I hate it when I do that. Maybe I shouldn't point out the "inpsiring". Oops, too late ;-) I hope to be inpsiring someone myself someday . . . Tonia 221/178/130 >>> Congratulations Matty! You're progress is inpsiring! >> >> "Your" progress, not "you're". I hate it when I do that. > > Maybe I shouldn't point out the "inpsiring". Oops, too late ;-) Ahhh! It never fails. I should really use the spellchecker from now on. >I hope to be inpsiring someone myself someday . . . > Tonia > 221/178/130 Those numbers look pretty 'inpsiring' to me! ;) SignaturePL (320/306/170) (First mini-goal: 299) >> > Congratulations Matty! You're progress is inpsiring! >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Tonia > 221/178/130 Gee Tonia, looks like you're cruising right along yourself there :) How's the new place? Jenn (snippage) > Gee Tonia, looks like you're cruising right along yourself there :) How's > the new place? > > Jenn I'm adjusting. The house is nice but cluttered with a great many unopened boxes of my DH's books. Those are for him to open and put up. I'm so glad that there *isn't* a good bookstore in town here. He'll have to go to Del Rio or San Antonio when the book buying urge strikes and maybe the urge will pass before he decides to make the trip. I tell him that he doesn't have to own every book published in the English language. That's what libraries and inter-library loan are for. I had a bit of a crisis. One of our cats went missing for a week and a half and just came back last night. I did a little bit of comfort eating out of worry but since I don't keep the dangerous snacks like chips and guacamole around, it wasn't too damaging. I had lost down to 174 but all the fast food I ate while we were between houses caused me to gain up to 180. I've already re-lost two of those pounds. I miss having a gym to go work out at but I'm making myself do 45 minutes a day on the ski machine (going on two days in a row) and today I also did one of my weight work-out disks. It wasn't as difficult as I remembered it being so maybe I haven't lost all the gains from when I was going to the gym regularly! Tonia >Well, here I am with another monthly update on my road to a slimmer me! I really do appreciate all of you wanting to keep track of my progress. I actually think of you when it comes to making tough decisions about food choices because I don't want to let any one of you down! > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Matty >481/394/250 Way to go, Matty! I'm reading this with a big smile on my face! Chris 262/141/ (145-150) That is absolutely amazing, Matty. Good work. Kasey 365/248/??? Keep up the awesome work! Great progress! Well, here I am with another monthly update on my road to a slimmer me! I really do appreciate all of you wanting to keep track of my progress. I actually think of you when it comes to making tough decisions about food choices because I don't want to let any one of you down! This past month has been good, I've been averaging 2015cal/day which is where I want to be at this point in time. My mom came up from Texas a couple of weeks ago for a visit. It was the first time she was able to see her grandson in living color and the two hit it off like gangbusters! We had a good visit, I was even able to visit a couple of buffet-type restaurants and keep my calories in check! I hadn't been to a buffet restaurant since going on the diet and have been very afraid to go to one. Call it a mini-goal! My Sister-in-law Michelle gave me information on doing stretching and toning exercises which I need to start doing. It seemed this past month there have been too much going on from my mom visiting to fixing up the exterior of our house, there never seems to be enough hours in the day. But I need to make that commitment and start the stretching exercises... (need prayers to help me start and focus on doing the exercises) I have no idea what I have been doing different but today I stepped on the scale and found that a whopping 18.4lbs have been lost! I don't understand it but the nurse zeroed out the scale and everything so the scale was right. That brings me to my other news: my mini-goal for this month has been achieved! I set a mini-goal to break the 400lb barrier and have smashed it all to pieces! I now weigh in at 393.8lbs! My next goal is to break 100lbs lost by September, that one will be a reachable goal if I keep my weighloss at around 3-3.5lbs/week. Thank you all for your notes of encouragement! Matty 481/394/250 Well, here I am with another monthly update on my road to a slimmer me! I really do appreciate all of you wanting to keep track of my progress. I actually think of you when it comes to making tough decisions about food choices because I don't want to let any one of you down! This past month has been good, I've been averaging 2015cal/day which is where I want to be at this point in time. My mom came up from Texas a couple of weeks ago for a visit. It was the first time she was able to see her grandson in living color and the two hit it off like gangbusters! We had a good visit, I was even able to visit a couple of buffet-type restaurants and keep my calories in check! I hadn't been to a buffet restaurant since going on the diet and have been very afraid to go to one. Call it a mini-goal! My Sister-in-law Michelle gave me information on doing stretching and toning exercises which I need to start doing. It seemed this past month there have been too much going on from my mom visiting to fixing up the exterior of our house, there never seems to be enough hours in the day. But I need to make that commitment and start the stretching exercises... (need prayers to help me start and focus on doing the exercises) I have no idea what I have been doing different but today I stepped on the scale and found that a whopping 18.4lbs have been lost! I don't understand it but the nurse zeroed out the scale and everything so the scale was right. That brings me to my other news: my mini-goal for this month has been achieved! I set a mini-goal to break the 400lb barrier and have smashed it all to pieces! I now weigh in at 393.8lbs! My next goal is to break 100lbs lost by September, that one will be a reachable goal if I keep my weighloss at around 3-3.5lbs/week. Thank you all for your notes of encouragement! Matty 481/394/250 WTG Matty! Enjoy reaching that mini goal and do something good for yourself :) Jenn Great job Matty, I keep an eye on your progress with some amazement. I must say though, that at some point it would be worthwhile to slow down your weight loss a bit. 3.5 lbs per week is pushing it and there is no reason to be in a great hurry to lose weight. This would be a small adjustment to your plan. i > Great job Matty, I keep an eye on your progress with some amazement. > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > i How would I accomplish this? Increase my calorie intake? Right now I am at 2000 calories daily during the week and 2500 calories daily on the weekends. I was planning to increase my calorie intake in October/November for the winter... Thanks for the encouragement and advice! Matty 481/394/250 > > Great job Matty, I keep an eye on your progress with some amazement. > > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Matty > 481/394/250 I'm curious as to why you plan on increasing the calories for the winter. I find I'm less active during the winter and usually have to keep an eye on the calories. Your current plan seems to be working fine. Your weight loss rate is still less than 1% of your total weight and considered very reasonable for your current weight. Beverly > > > Great job Matty, I keep an eye on your progress with some amazement. > > > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Beverly I figure with walking in the cold weather with a coat, hat, balaclava, & boots that I'll be expending more energy, plus the extra calories will help boost my metabolism and cut down on the chance of plateauing(according to information I've gathered from previous posts - if I am wrong please correct me). I plan on cutting down my walk route by 1/4th when the snow flies(we have heated sidewalks downtown that cut off 3/4ths of the way of my current route), but the extra weight of the winter clothes should make up the difference. Matty 481/394/250 > > > > Great job Matty, I keep an eye on your progress with some amazement. > > > > [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > Matty > 481/394/250 Thanks Matty. Wow...heated sidewalks! We certainly don't have those around here. IIRC you live much farther north than I do. I'm in southern Ohio. Beverly > > > > "Ignoramus19922" <ignoramus19922@NOSPAM.19922.invalid> wrote in > message [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > > Beverly Check out this link: http://www.holland.org/index.pl?paID=312 We've won a couple of 'beautiful downtown' awards because of it. It's nice, but kinda of a pain right now, they're in the process of extending the heated sidewalks past my office building so the road to work & sidewalks will be torn up for a couple of months. Should be done by late October (I stress 'should')... Matty 481/394/250 >> > > > "Ignoramus19922" <ignoramus19922@NOSPAM.19922.invalid> wrote in >> message [quoted text clipped - 84 lines] > Matty > 481/394/250 I'm farther north than you (not far from the UP), but we don't have many sidewalks in our town :) Jenn if it gets too bad we can just snowshoe - right Laurie?!? > if it gets too bad we can just snowshoe - right Laurie?!? Hoping and praying! SignatureWalking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 > > > > > "Ignoramus19922" <ignoramus19922@NOSPAM.19922.invalid> wrote in > > message [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] > > http://www.holland.org/index.pl?paID=312 I need to add this to my list of "places to ride bikes". It looks like you have some nice trails in the area. Beverly >> http://www.holland.org/index.pl?paID=312 > >I need to add this to my list of "places to ride bikes". It looks like you >have some nice trails in the area. > >Beverly Beverly Something tells me you'd like the original Holland too. As I'm sure you know, it's about the most bike-friendly country on this planet. We took our bikes when we went on a camping trip round the whole country, and there are just miles and miles of cycle tracks. This compares very well to Britain, where they are very poor despite some efforts having been made in recent years. But the difference in Holland is that cycling is in the culture, which means things that happen here, like motorists parking on roadside cycle tracks, are not "acceptable". I guess I'm lucky it's only a short ferry journey - just talking about it makes me want to go again. janice >>> http://www.holland.org/index.pl?paID=312 >> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > janice Umm, Janice, that was Holland, Michigan... Jenn >>>> http://www.holland.org/index.pl?paID=312 >>> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >Jenn Well...yes, I knew that. That's why I referred to the "original" Holland in the first sentence of my message, and said "too" meaning in addition to the one referred to in the original post. Or have I goofed - was there a Holland, Michigan before the Netherlands were there? I just assume most names in Europe predate those given by settlers in the US. This is getting too complicated for me:) janice > >>>> http://www.holland.org/index.pl?paID=312 > >>> [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > janice Talk about confusing - we have 25 states that have a town named Holland<g> Beverly - who lives within 60 miles of London, OH <G >>>>> http://www.holland.org/index.pl?paID=312 >>>> [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > janice Whoops! My mistake! That's what I get for trying to read usenet at 6AM :) My apologies! Jenn >>>>>> http://www.holland.org/index.pl?paID=312 >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > >Jenn No problem. It'll make me feel better next time I do something silly here:) janice >>Whoops! My mistake! That's what I get for trying to read usenet at 6AM :) >>My apologies! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > janice Well if that's your guide, you're clear for the next decade or two. :) Jenn making mistakes on a regular basis but woman enough to admit it! > >> http://www.holland.org/index.pl?paID=312 > > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > janice I would love to ride the original one<g> I've been looking at a tour offered by the Elderhostel organization. I want to take at least one shorter trip with them in the states before I commit to a longer trip overseas. I have friends who have taken trips with the organization and loved it. Here's the trip. They seem to offer this trip every year. http://tinyurl.com/6lxn6 Beverly >> Great job Matty, I keep an eye on your progress with some amazement. >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Matty > 481/394/250 I would eat slightly more, of the foods that you like and that are rich in nutrients... Say, 300 calories more per day. It would make your dieting a bit more pleasant, not that I suggest that it is not pleasant for you... i > >> Great job Matty, I keep an eye on your progress with some amazement. > >> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > i Ig, see the previous post I left in answer to Bev's question and let me know if I'm right in my thinking. Matty 481/394/250 >> >> Great job Matty, I keep an eye on your progress with some amazement. >> >> [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > see the previous post I left in answer to Bev's question and let me know if > I'm right in my thinking. Since, when you walk in snow of some depth, and with clothes, you spend more energy, I would tend to agree with your thinking. See if your changes lead to positive results, if yes, they are good changes... In my opinion, you have plenty of wiggle room for changes. i Matty, WOWEEEEE! You are really doing well and you show great strength. You must be excited with this whole 'new' WOL!! 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