OK fess up, who is going on a diet this month?

Hope not OFG!!! lololol....thanks for wishing me luck...it helps to know you have some people cheering you on ya know? lol...

My DH said he'll even post in here if I come home one day with some curves LOL....oh MY!!!! Maybe I better stay this way! lol NOT! It helps in ALL categories., IF ya know what I mean!

I am soooooooooooooooooo bad! Or is he?

I wish all of you good luck with what you decide to do and I hope that we can all achieve what we wish, whether it be to stop smoking or to lose weight. The trick then is to not go back to the old ways. That is what I'll have to watch out for. Of course, It will take me a long time to get to my desired weight...so I'll have time to think about that too.

I spent most of my adult life about 25-30 pounds overweight. The day I retired, I started losing weight. I lost 18 pounds, and the only thing I can attribute it to is lack of stress. How wonderful!

Then DH was told by his doctor that he had borderline diabetes. Diabetes is rampant in his family. (There were five people at the last family reunion in wheelchairs....four of them from diabetes. One has since passed away at age 53, and another has lost yet another leg. DH's sister and her 39-year-old daughter are both now blind and on dialysis. His father lost a leg at age 73.)

We started out on Atkins about a year ago, and with both of us doing it, and nobody else to worry about, it was not too difficult. However, we got carried away with homemade ice cream using whipping cream, and snacking on cheese. Then his cholesterol became a problem. It was not too high, but the good kind was too low and the bad kind too high.

Our current plan is to keep the carbs to a minimum and lay off the whipping cream, butter and cheese. So far, so good. And his sugar is now fine.

I'm now in the process of trying to alter my clothes down two sizes. (I've lost a total of 25 lbs. now.)

My conclusion is that having someone to diet with makes it much easier!

Good luck to all of us at losing it and keeping it off and living longer!

Kay

Gaylams, I agree I am a stress eater also. Since return to work my weight shot up. My family is always warning me about my sugar intake, my father passed away from diabetes at age 53 after being in a diabetic coma for six months (coffee light and sweet and coca cola one right after the other) since going on and then off atkins I got used to the equal and diet coke big plus. his last name was Brugman ( my maiden name obviously) My goal now is to figure out how to get a brug named after him...

I have a diet that you can lose 10 lbs. in two weeks if you can handle it. Not being able to drink milk like to have killed me. I am a milkaholic of the worst kind. I drink 2 gals. skim milk a week lol. will post it later. This diet you only do 2 weeks at a time with at least 2 weeks off in between. I can vouch that it works. It the so called Cardiac diet with the cabbage soup. I could only handle the cabbage soup for about 3 days, Then I switched to V8 juice and it worked fine as a replacement

kell, thanks for the pix. i'm having fun with it

mns21v4ever, the surefire way to get a brug named after him is to hybridize your own. It is an activity guaranteed to be addictive, but so very interesting. (This is one opportunity that God seems to have given us to play God ourselves!)

Kay

I just joined the Brugmansia Growers International maybe I can find out something about it there

Has anyone joined South Beach Diet Online?
http://www.southbeachdiet.com/login.asp

Gee, Donna, you wouldn't think any amount of skim milk would be bad. It's so watery. Milk is not a problem for me, I don't drink much at all or eat ice cream. What I do love though, is Cheese. I really have tpo watch my intake of that stuff. I have cut out all white bread, flour, sugar, and potatos with the occassional whole wheat wrap or piece of bread. Quit the coke and try and drink apple and orange juice and as much water as I can. We'll have to wait and see, I guess.

Gay...you are one lucky ducky!! I am green with envy. I wish your DH continued good health.

Julie, LOL... You Go Girl !!!

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OFG the object is the change the chemisty of your metablish and put your body into ketosis where it burn up more fat and sugars

Whoa, LOL, mighty "big" words, Donna. Don't understand a couple of them, but the one thing I do know is that I know I have to increase my lagging metabolism, so along with my food strategies, I walk twice a day for 30 mins each, and do 30 minutes of aerobics and finally 30 minutes or so on the Stationary Bike and Absizer. I am hoping that that does the trick. I have my annual check-up with my doctor on Friday, so I am hoping she can validate what I am doing and/or give me some more ideas. Wish me luck!

Whoops it is called the (I did this one)(it is for 7 days not 14 as I previously stated)

Weight Watchers Drop Diet

Basic Fat Burning Soup

2 bell peppers
3 lg green onion tops
1 or 2 cans of tomatoes(Rotel or Cajun Spiced may be used)
1 bunch of celery
1 lg head of cabbage
1 pkg Lipton Onion soup mix

Season with salt, pepper, curry, parsley etc. if desired or Beef bouillion

Cut veggies in to small to medium size pieces and cover with water. Boil fast for 10 minutes. Turn to low and simmer until veggies are tender. This soup can be eaten anytime you get hungry. Eat as much as you want when ever you want, and anytime of the day. This soup will not add calories; the more you eat the more you lose. If eaten for an indefinate periods, you will suffer from malnutrition. Take a thermos of soup with you if you will be gone all day.

The end of the 7th day, if you have not cheated, you will find you have lost 10 to 17 lbs. It will clean your system of any impurities, give you a feeling of well-being as never before, and have an abundance of energy.

If by day 3 your bowel movements have changed you may eat a cup of Bran and Fiber

Eat only the foods listed for each day of the diet

Definite No No's
fried food
bread
alcohol
carbonated drink not even diet one

Drink
water
unsweetened tea or coffee(no cream)
unsweetened fruit juice
cranberry juice
skim milk (on the day it is allowed only)

Fish may be substitued on one of the beef day only

Day 1
All fruit except bananas. Your first day will consist of all the fruit you want to eat except bananas. Cantaloupes and watermelon are lower in calories. Eat only fruits and your soup on day one, drinks from above list

Day 2
all vegetable day. Eat all the veggies you want and all the soup you want. Try to eat green leafy veggies and stay away from dry beans, corn, and peas. At dinner time you may have a lg baked potatoe with butter

Day 3
Mix day 1 and 2 together. Eat all the soup, veggies, and fruit you want. no bananas or baked potatoe

If you have not cheated you should have lost 5 to 7 lbs and have more energy

Day 4 (my favorite)
Bananas and skim milk. You may eat up to 8 bananas and have as much skim milk as you want. Don't foget to eat your soup too.

Day 5
Beef and tomatoes. You may have 10 to 20 oz. of beef or skinned chicken breast, and one can of tomatoes or up to 6 fresh tomatoes. Eat your soup. Need to drink 6 to 8 glasses of water today to flush the uric acid from your body

Day 6
Beef and veggie day. Eat all you want of beef, veggies and the soup. No baked potatoe

Day 7
Success Brown Rice, fruit juice, veggies, and the soup. May put rice in the soup if you like.

If you have not cheated you should have lost 10 to 17 lbs. If lost 15 lbs or more stay off the diet a few days before going back on it


Warning go off diet for 24 hrs. before drinking any alcohol

Oschners 3 Day Super Diet-------can lose up to 40 lbs in a month

Do this diet for 3 days only, eat normally 4 days and then may do 3 day diet again, 4 days off etc...

Water, unsweetened tea, coffee, and fruit juice

Day 1
Breakfast
1/2 grape fruit
1 slice dry toast
2 tbsp peanutbutter

Lunch
1/2 can water packed Tuna
1 slice dry toast

Dinner
3 oz any type meat not fried
1 c. stringbeans
1 c. beets
1 sm apple
1 c. vanilla ice cream

Day 2
Breakfast
1 egg
1 slice dry toast
1/2 banana

Lunch
1 c. cottage cheese
5 saltine crackers

Dinner
2 hot dogs
1 c. broccoli
1/2 c. carrots
1/2 banana
1/2 c. vanilla ice cream

Day 3
Breakfast
5 saltine crackers
1 slice cheddar cheese
1 sm apple

Lunch
1 hard boiled egg
1 slice dry toast

Dinner
1 c. tuna water packed
1 c. beets
1 c. cauliflower
1/2 cantaloupe
1/2 c. vanilla icecream

The Mayo Clinic Diet

Breakfast
1/2 grapefruit or 1/2 c. grapefruit juice
2 eggs any style
2 slices of bacon

Lunch
1/2 grape fruit or 1/2 c. grapefruit juice
salad with any dressing
meat any style and amount

Bedtime snack
glass of tomatoe juice or skim milk

Eat until you are very full at each meal
Do not skip any foods listed. It is the combination of foods that burns the fat
Limit coffee to 1 c. at meal time
No snacking between meals
No sugar or starches
You may fry food and use butter on veggies
No desserts, breads, white veggies, or sweet potatoes
Wiil show no weight loss untill the 5th day
Should lose at least 20 to 25 lbs a month

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I'm stickin' to my exercise program at 'Curves' LOL....I've tried only the Adkin's diet with low carbs and found that I have low blood sugar and it makes me feel very badly. Studies show that quick fix diets usually end up as stated up top of this thread, to be more apt to gain back more pounds down the road after coming off the diet...

I do LOVE the grapefruit juice though! No bran would be needed in my case when I endulge in the veggies and juice LOL...I hear Grapefruit juice burns fat cells, anyone ever hear of that?

LOL thank you OFG!!!!!! I think! lolololol

Lots of good info here, thanks, DonnaB. The Mayo Clinic Diet sounds the most reasonable to me, except for the Grapefruit/juice. I can't have them as I am on a Beta Blocker medication for Hypertension. But the rest sounds pretty sensible. Good luck to everyone no matter what method we've chosen to "get Healthy!" :D

minigrannie, your weight problem may be that your metabolism is just slowed down. You can pick it up by walking every day.
For those of you who gained weight after quitting smoking, nicotine actually increases your metabolism so when you quit, your metabolism slows down. Again, walking should get that level back up to normal.
The Mayo Clinic Diet looks similar to Atkins' after the first 2 weeks of induction.
I printed out that cat picture and put it on my refrigerator at work and at home, lol.

Short course on metabolism if I may ........................

Walking or any other aerobic action only increases metabolisim during and possibly a short time afterwards.

Your metabolism slows as you age (technicaly around the age of 21).

Your hormone balance and quantity changes constantly throughout your life and you start loosing your lean tissue (muscle).

This is the reason your metabolic function slows down. Your muscles are your metabolic furnace.

If you do resistance training to keep your muscles strong and active is best , as your muscles burn cal. 24/7

Lean hard muscle is Lean . Your muscle tissue is marbled like grade A beef if you are fat.

FYI .............. did you know that 1 pound of fat = 3500 calories ?

I hope this helps someone .

*All this I have learned as a personal trainer for almost 25 years and bodybuilding (bodyshaping) for my own satisfaction.*

Love all y'all

I fess up. At nearing 300 lbs and having tried every diet out there, I got desperate and had weight loss surgery 18 months ago. I'm currently down over 110 lbs and still working on it. It's given me a new lease on life and I don't regret it but it is not a miracle cure. It is a tool to get eating habits under control.
Jan...

Way to go, even tho that surgery scares me a lot. We had several people die in Iowa from the surgery and now, it is no longer done, at least at that hospital. There is a thread in the prayer forum about a girl who had it done and nearly lost her life. She isn't out of the woods yet.

Wow, Scooterbug. Will you come to my house and be my personal trainer? I need one bad. LOL

Would if I could ada :~D

Wouldnt that be neat Ada?!!! Our own 'Personal Body Trainer'!! I watched a program that grabbed my attention last night, it was called, 'The biggest Loser', well, it was pretty good. The people on the show had weighed in at the beginning of show, which I didn't get to see, and had a trainer to help them to get fit over a period of time. They looked great after some losing 55 to 80 lbs.

Then they sent the people home to do it on their own. The trainer's got very close to these people as they helped them get fit. I think this person was very personable that helped them. I guess you would have to have alot of patience and understanding to be a body trainer to those overweight. Well, I can imagine mood swings would often happen during the process.

The reason I like this 'Curves' workout center is, you do it all on your own. It's a 30 min. workout but more if you'd like it to be....even up to an hour as you progress. You start out with walking briskly for 30 seconds, (not sure but it's not long) then while music is playing, it tells you to change stations (which are different types of workout machines) and it goes on like this 30 minutes....I like it and my daughter is LOVIN' it.

Scooter, do you still body lift and do body shaping?? That's great information there, thanks for sharing.

As far as the Curves program goes, be careful! You MUST know when to take it to the next level. My mom was on it and dropped 30 pounds in four months I think it was. Everyone, noticed a huge difference. But, then she plateaued and lost nothing. Curves doesn't give you the opportunity to increase the weights your lifting or the resistance on your routine. Your body is obviously changing and your workout needs to change to meet your bodies new demand. SOOOOOO many people get stuck in that rut just to say "I work out everynight after work," but there is no chainging go on, because you have found a comfort zone. Don't get stuck in your comfort zone! Be aware of it. Know when your body needs more. When the routine becomes easy or boring, it is time for you to help kick things up a notch at home. Best of luck everyone!

James

Oh Yes!!! I will definetely be kicking it up a notch James lol....while I still can. They told me when I feel comfortable to do more on each round....to do so. When it starts to feel comfortable, it's time to knock it up a knotch!

Just got a call that my DIL is on her way to the doc's due to swelling, etc....she's 3 weeks away from her due date. I may be on my way this afternoon for Savannah, GA! This is my first grand and I am exstatic!!!!!

P.S. Stevie Nicks Rocks!!! I love her too!

Stv - I go to Contours instead of Curves because Contours has free weights and you increase as you are ready. I think that is the only difference between the two. Just happened on Contours as a new one came to this area - otherwise I'd probably be at Curves instead. I really like it (well love/hate relationship actually!!) But I feel as if I am doing something for my body. Started in Nov, have my annual physical in June, and I expect to see results by then!!! I keep expecting miracles quickly tho!! It used to be that I could quit eating for a couple days and drop 5 lbs. - what happened to those days????

Tell me about it, sarv48. I remember when I was around 30 something, I would just have to quit eating deserts for a couple weeks and I'd drop 5 lbs. Sigh, those days are gone...

If you can cut one item out of what you usually eat ' every day ' like that 2nd piece of toast (example).

AT the end of the year or month it can make a painless difference.

Say your whole wheat toast is 80 cal. x 44 days = 3440 cal . which is what a pound of fat is.

-or - add the daily toast and mysteriously gain a pound out of nowhere ('-'?) in 44 days.

Hi Brugie,
Surgery is definitely a last resort and is very high risk. I am very fortunate in that I had no complications whatsoever. Surgery was on Tuesday. Home on Saturday. I definitely don't recommend it to everyone. You certainly have to have your head on straight to handle it.
Jan...

I do know that walking is the best if you have time to really get into it and have a good long one on a regular basis. At one point in my life when I was laid off, a friend and I started walking at night after the kids were in bed. We ended up walking 9 miles 3 x's a week. No dieting. I went from a size 10 to a size 3 , 130 to 105 lbs. and kept it off for years without walking any more. We only did this for about 4 months. We started out just doing 4 miles a time but when you have a chatty friend you can pass away the time with no sweat. It took us 3 hours so you would have to have the time to do it.

A couple years ago I started low carbing and over a 2 year period I lost 60 lbs. (Not bad for someone that had thyroid cancer, never exercises* and, until I found 2 low carb plans, had found it impossible to lose weight.)

Unfortunately last year the manufacturer of one of my thyroid replacement meds changed the manufacturing process and my meds no longer worked for me. So over the last year my endo and I have been working to find a new med and new levels that are workable replacements. In the process, 25 of those lost 60 lbs found me.

This last month my thyroid med's level has finally found a semi-decent balance and my blood sugar has finally stopped acting like it's a ride at an amusement park. So this month I will start low carbing in earnest again and hopefully will be close to my weight goal by the time my 50th birthday get here this coming August.


Thank goodness we get to start over when our eating habits go wrong!

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* Before anyone admonishes me for not exercising, know that before thyroid cancer and a parathyroid adenoma got the best of me I was a weightlifter, long distance cyclist and an avid swimmer. I look forward to the day my body allows me to get back to some semblence of exercise again.

Dstartz, you have a good reason for your weight going back up. I also know how meds can play havoc with you weight. You've been thru a lot. I hope someday, you'll be okay to enjoy life with some exercise. Altho most hate exercise. LOL

Dstartz...

Donna, I wish you the best and hope you have success. I'm hoping that as I do things the right way, maybe I'll not have to take as much Synthroid. Maybe my blood pressure will go down too. Exercise is hard for me with two artifical hips and bad knees, but I'll give them a workout when we can get back outside up here in the very white and slick state of Iowa.

Walking is harder for me with my hip joints but I can ride my bike and it doesn't hurt them at all plus I can go farther look at all the scenery. LOL

I wouldn't make it very far on a bike today. Our neighbor cleaned our driveway and when I talked to his wife, I asked how much snow he thought we got and he told her ten inches. It is ten degrees right now but a warm up is on the way. We might even be above freezing this weekend. I hope so. We need to get rid of this snow before another storm comes in. LOL!

Oh my!!! It sounds as though you are quite snowed in, Brugie! No biking for sure...

Donna -- wishing you many blessings in your continued good health!

Edited to add that I wish many blessings on everyone here -- I love you all!!!
Gretchen

This message was edited Jan 6, 2005 12:41 PM

No, Shirley. I sure wouldn't even think about biking with snow or ice or if the weather was too cold. I save bike riding when it's warmer. I have a recumbent bike I ride when it cold. It has a much more comfortable seat. LOL

You guys I know some people have seen me and say sure ...skinny is telling us how to eat
and I can pretty much eat what I want.....
What I wanted to say is about those charts that say what you should and shouldn't weigh
When I went to work at UPS as a loader I weighed 115
within 6 months I was up to 125 and gradually went to between 130-135
People would look at me and guess that I weighed 110
I was solid muscle
According to their "CHARTS" I was obese at 5'2 and 135
So ignore those charts if you are building muscle.....
I then went thru a very stressful period and was dropping weight like a rock,(when I'm stressed I have no appetite)when I got down to 122 the doctors said they will put me in a hospital if I go below 120,that scared me so I started eating again.Wen't back to 135
I since then have stopped loading ,lost some muscle,and now drive and sit at about 124,give or take a few lbs,and I have some stomach problems that are making loose weight so I probably weigh less now but my normal weight is around 124
The trick is stop eating AS SOON as you start feeling full
I know its very hard but even if I'm eating a happy meal ,as soon as I start to feel full I quit eating.....Don't think to yourself If I burp I can fit more in.......Just stop.......No matter how good it is .You can eat more later
Guys at work gain so much weight as soon as they come out driving big trucks cause you're sitting for hours and fast food is the easiest food to get,then you're tired when you get out of work so you're not gunna go work out.I'm sure if I sat there and ate 2 big macs ,large fries and a shake I'd weigh 300 lbs.But I eat ANYTHING - but in moderation.Its a much slower way of loosing but shesh,I'd die of hunger with some of those recipes you guys posted.No wonder no one can stay on a diet
Delivery drivers loose weight cause they are always running and moving,thats the other thing
Get up and do something
Do not sit in front of the TV or in the kitchen,the food commercials will get you every time and in the kitchen the food is too close
And I wish you guys all the luck and will power you need!!!!