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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / November 2003Yeah! Another one gone
Since promising myself I'd really try the nutritionist's program as written, I've lost 9 lbs! In 2 weeks. I know it will slow down, but in the meantime I am floating on success. After vacation in August I printed a picture of myself in which I looked heavier than I liked, with the words "Inspire Yourself" on it. Since starting this re-committment, I've been putting little sparkly stars on it for each pound lost. My elder son saw this this morning and said "So, what, are you in pre-school now?" Hey - whatever works. I get a kick out of peeling off and applying those stars. I promised Tom that when I hit the 30 lb mark, since he is of course taking all the credit for my loss, which in all honesty he is probably due since he is the one that inspired me to do this, I would stand in the middle of the gym and scream his name announcing that he was the best trainer in the world. Knowing Tom, he will hold me to this...I am a little worried. Oh yes, Chris told me that to read here and post regularly would help and I agree with her. It has been of great help and support to read of others' struggles with the same issues! One other bizarre occurrance...my knees aren't hurting as much. I did one other thing at the same time I started eating differently. I usually take my shoes off upon hitting the house. But, I decided one day, since I knew I'd be on my feet a lot painting, to leave them on and noticed at the end of the day, my knees hurt less. I don't know if it's less fluid, the impact absorbtion or the support of the inserts I use. Plus, we are working more and more on stretching my tendons and ligaments out for a deeper squat. Maybe it's all of those. All I know, I finished two days relatively pain free and couldn't help but think to myself that now I knew how other people felt when they were moving around. It is very nice not to have my knees on fire! Elise Hi Elise, Great job! Regarding your knees... do you have tile floors? I do, and my legs/knees hurt by the end of the day after walking around here. I have to wear slippers.... -- Email me at: perpleglow(AT)comcast.net > Since promising myself I'd really try the nutritionist's program as written, > I've lost 9 lbs! In 2 weeks. I know it will slow down, but in the meantime [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Elise > Since promising myself I'd really try the nutritionist's program as written, > I've lost 9 lbs! In 2 weeks. I know it will slow down, but in the meantime [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > agree with her. It has been of great help and support to read of others' > struggles with the same issues! > One other bizarre occurrance...my knees aren't hurting as much. I did one > other thing at the same time I started eating differently. I usually take [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Elise Congratulations on the 9lbs - this is fantastic. Glad to hear the knees are improving. I imagine it's a combination of everything you've done - weight loss, exercise and keeping the shoes on in the house. My knees don't bother me but my arches object to my going barefoot after an hour or so. BTW - I love the picture and star idea. Beverly >Since promising myself I'd really try the nutritionist's program as written, >I've lost 9 lbs! In 2 weeks. I know it will slow down, but in the meantime [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >Elise Outstanding, Elise! You're really on the right path now! And I'm so glad your knees are feeling better. Yeah, Tom might hold you to it :-). (Tom is probably the most uninhibited person I have ever met.) Chris > I get a kick out of peeling off and applying those stars. I understand completely! I think it's a great idea, by the way. I put a Body for Life Calendar up on my kitchen wall and put sharpie magic marker crosses across days where I worked out and stars on the days when I did an especially good job of sticking to my eating plan. Hokey? Maybe, but constant visual accountability is another way to look at it. :-) > I > promised Tom that when I hit the 30 lb mark, since he is of course taking > all the credit for my loss, which in all honesty he is probably due since he > is the one that inspired me to do this, I would stand in the middle of the > gym and scream his name announcing that he was the best trainer in the > world. Ouch. I promised myself I would get a deep tissue massage. I like my methods better! > One other bizarre occurrance...my knees aren't hurting as much. This is like the dirty little secret of knee surgery. My son's 300 pound teacher is out this semester having her knees replaced because "it's bone on bone". But the reality is that we've *all* got some cartiledge loss and it just plain HURTS LESS if you lose weight. It's like doing plastic surgery to remove facial wrinkles while still smoking. It's pissing into the wind to fix your knees and not lose weight. But there just isn't a way to tell a fat person this. (My mother mentioned this summer that she wants to get a scooter to help her with her knee pain - she's already done the surgeries and they still hurt. And she weighs about 275.) My knee pain is gone. Not "improved", not "manageable", but GONE. Wendy 244/189/174 >From: Wendy Marsden wmarsden@mtholyoke.edu >Date: 17/11/2003 15:31 GMT Standard Time [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >did an especially good job of sticking to my eating plan. Hokey? Maybe, >but constant visual accountability is another way to look at it. :-) I have a piece of graph paper in a plastic folder right above my computer. I mark my weight on it weekly. In the short time I've been doing this I've had two seperate weeks stalled followed by little whooshes (I love that word!) but when I look at the graph I see an overall downward trend. I look at it a lot :) Cellach 274/248/224(mini goal) > I have a piece of graph paper in a plastic folder right above my computer. I > mark my weight on it weekly. In the short time I've been doing this I've had > two seperate weeks stalled followed by little whooshes (I love that word!) but > when I look at the graph I see an overall downward trend. I look at it a lot :) This can be done at www.fitday.com, too. They'll even let you measure in kg or stone, as I recall. :-) Wendy >> I have a piece of graph paper in a plastic folder right above my computer. >I [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Wendy I'm an old fashioned girl - I like to see it whenever I look up from my screen. I also have it replicated in my diary - I find it motivational. Cellach > > One other bizarre occurrance...my knees aren't hurting as much. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Wendy > 244/189/174 I also found that my various pains were all gone with the weight and achieving a level of fitness. The only thing that hurts now are my occasional sports injuries, like my stupid hip flexor that seized again during my race last week and in spite of religious stretching hasn't let go yet. As you develop your muscles and strengthen them it really takes stress off of the joints. Jenn > > I get a kick out of peeling off and applying those stars. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > did an especially good job of sticking to my eating plan. Hokey? Maybe, > but constant visual accountability is another way to look at it. :-) That is a GREAT!!! idea wendy! :) I think I'll try that one. I can hang it up in my bedroom and it will stare me in the face every morning. Very cool Elise! I love it when you make a plan, a commitment and it WORKS! (btw - my poor puter is in the shop and I'm using a loaner, so if this looks odd don't fret)  SignatureWalking on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 > Since promising myself I'd really try the nutritionist's program as written, > I've lost 9 lbs! In 2 weeks. I know it will slow down, but in the meantime [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Elise Congrats! Re: stars - one suggestion I heard was to fill gallon milk jugs with water equal to the weight you've lost. A gallon is 8 pounds of water, so you'd get over a gallon. > Since promising myself I'd really try the nutritionist's program as written, > I've lost 9 lbs! In 2 weeks. I know it will slow down, but in the meantime [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Elise > Since promising myself I'd really try the nutritionist's program as written, > I've lost 9 lbs! In 2 weeks. I know it will slow down, but in the meantime [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Elise Congratulations Elise...keep up the good work! Success feels great, doesn't it? Jenn |
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