Weight Loss

Ok, I'm on a diet! I will divulge with you guys that I am obviously overweight. Not super "fat" but I am pudgy in areas I'd rather not be, being a tall girl with a big frame, it's semi easy to hide, but it's gotten to the point where I'm not happy with myself.

Last week I weighed 190lbs. This week 185! Woohoo!

My plan? Semi on the GI Diet, basically I cut out all the sugar, sauces and pasta (with limits.. some pasta is ok just not as much as I was eatin)

Right now I'm super sick with a cold, but regardless of that crappy feeling, I feel amazing!

My goal is to get back to 165, that is my ideal healthy weight for my body frame.

Go me!

Anyone else dieting?

You shouldn't diet. You should make lifestyle changes.

I don't diet anymore, I make lifestyle changes. Eat smaller portions more often.

I cut out artificial sugars (non-natural occurring sugars).

Use splenda in place of the normal sugar you see in table packets, etc. That'll make a huge difference.

Also doesn't spike blood sugar levels, triggering insulin release, triggering fat storage. You won't crash using the stuff. Plus I believe its formed out of a natural form of sugar the body uses.

In addition to your dietary changes you should exercise CHEEZ. I would recommend a gym membership and find a workout partner with the same goals. Bare minimum, get out and walk for 30 minutes a day, everyday.

Weight will come off fast for a short time and then you may notice a plateau effect.

Mutliple things factor into this.

1lbs of muscle burns 300 calories more than 1lbs of fat over the same amount of time. Though, muscle weights more than fat - at this point weight starts to mean less to people.

As you lose weight, your muscles no longer have to work as hard when you're walking. 1) You're pushing around less weight 2) your muscles are in better condition and use less energy to do the same thing.
This is where muscle confusion works well, change your routine. Running is good if you mean jogging. 4.5 - 5.5 mph. Try running half a mile 2-3 times a week. Next week running a mile will seem easier. It'll keep going up faster as your muscles improve. You will gain weight though as your muscles build up.

Don't be afraid to "snack" on high protein before you go to bed.. Actually, it doesn't hurt to have a small scoop of ice cream before you go to bed. This stabilizes your body's protein breakdown and helps you get through the night without breaking down or slowing down protein/muscle growth.

Eating veggies is always good to do.. but I'd highly recommend pouring olive oil over them or using that to dip in it. Your body needs unsaturated fats to absorb the nutrients found in veggies. Without unsaturated fats, the nutrients can't get through your stomach lining. Thus you need some form of unsaturated fat. Generally, vegetables are served with butter or something that has a fat content to it. Its not a coincidence.

It takes 20 minutes for your brain to know you ate something. Drink a glass of water before every meal and eat slower. You'll eat less and you'll be able to figure out if your "hunger" is really you being hungry or if you're really thirsty.

One of the top reasons cited for over eating is mistaking thirst for hunger.

With that I'd say you should be able to hit 165lbs around the end of April.. at least safely that is. Losing too much weight fast is bad for your body. In worst case scenerios it can kill, generally you end up in the hospital getting pumped with crap and gain back all the weight (at least to where your body functions normal again).

You know what's the worst? Once you start loosing weight, the boobies are the first to go, and that is NOT what Jay wants I'm sure.

LOL!!! I was lucky. I don't have to diet. Courtesy of a nice chemical cocktail, I managed to drop from 230 to 190 in just a matter of 6 weeks. I feel REALLY good about my weight now, since that puts me squarely into the middle of my weight range for my height!

And not to mention that now that I am off the medicine, I feel much better anyway. As a matter of fact, yesterday, I was actually able to enjoy a full afternoon in the park with my 3 daughters yesterday, with temperatures in the 60's F (or about 16-20 C). I haven't been able to get out for long periods in years. I was exctatic!

get out and ride a mountainbike.

you dont have to actually ride off road.
just ride 5 miles a day.

it will take you like 15 minutes max to ride 5 miles.
then before you know it youll be riding 10 miles
and in the same amount of time.

oh and youll be one tone sexy hot mamma in 3 months time

yeah i first noticed this over ten years ago.

after riding offroad for years pretty hardcore trails.

i learned to read my body better.
when i fell dehydration coming on, tempurature body drop, from diving.
mtb,ing in 100f temps.
that kinda stuff.

i bet cheezy would like it, feel better and see a weight loss in no time.

good thing about biking(ecxpt for offroading).
no impact like jogging or running.

That's what does it for me. Doesn't hurt my knee at all, even riding pretty heavy trails in the bluffs near my house. It's also nice because an average run (for me) is about 3-5mi and an average bike ride is 10-12 or more if it's a weekend and I have time. You can cover a lot more ground making it less repetitive and tedious. Snow is melting fast (only skied a few times, need to get out at least 2 more) but the part is I can bike more. Was fine biking in the winter until over last week we got about 30" of snow so all the good trails were a little too deep to be worth the effort. Drifts over my head are kinda scary 8O

cool i would like to ride in your area.
in okla. we have mud
red gooey/sticky shtuff.

its not like mud from anywhere else.

I wake up in the morning, go for a 1/2 ~ 1 hour walk, starting out slow and speeding up until I'm at max speed.

In the evening after work, I spend about an hour (give/take 15 minutes) on the bike, burning off excess energy, if any.

I switched into this pattern recently (from a 2hr walk in the evenings only) and have been feeling somewhat more energetic and healthier.

I'm currently pushing 74KG @ 1.82M (can somebody else do the imperial conversions?).

Gotcha.. 5.97Ft and 163.14lbs.


For me, I get up at around 5 and begin with stretches, crunches, push ups, yoga, and then I head to the parallel bars for the real exercise, then finish up with stretching some more, and if I have time, I'll practice Capo. If I really have time I finish with a 2 mile run. I make sure that my breakfast is full of both proteins and carbs, because damn it, I earned it. I'm 6.24ft an 168.5lbs, my goal is about 175.

In truth my exercising is more of a warm up for Capo later on in the day than for the traditional sense of the word.

And a nice stretch feels great in the morning.

Grats Wyrm on losing that weight!

Stranger, I'm kinda amazed too I won't be losin any curves, I know that for a fact lol My biggest "body" flaw in my eyes is my love handles, I'm getting a little blimpy in that area.

I'm not trying to get all rail thin and anorexic. I like people with meat on them, and that goes for myself. People who look healthy are gorgeous in my eyes. My main goal is to get healthy again and tone up the body. I'm becoming self concious and I don't like that one bit.

I've been thinkin about getting a bike to, I went out for a couple rides last year (mind you they were WAY too long) and I was exhausted, but I felt great 2 days later when my legs were usable again. We went all over the damn city, up a bunch of steep hills on the river bank, over the train bridge, down a shit ton of stairs... was fun! Gotta wait for all this snow to melt and spring runoff to disappear though. It's very slippery out there.

http://www.biggest-loser.us/muscle [...] aining.htm
Read up on that.

Once your body gets used to something, it becomes more efficient at it, using less energy yet performing better. That's why you don't notice a weight loss.

You can change your diet to cause your body to break down fat for energy but with your workout, you might be better off adjusting your routine to get faster results.

Try putting on a backpack with something in it to add extra weight. Walk faster or do a slight jog for a short distance with the dog.

Most likely though, changing your diet would help. When you eat food your body restocks energy supplies in your muscles and stores the rest as fat. Exercise before you eat a big meal so you waste all your immediate energy and your body starts breaking down fat. Once the body is in that process, it continues even after you've eaten food.

I recommend people eating a small handful of nuts.. almonds, walnuts mainly, before exercising. That will give you some energy and tide you over while you work out. Once you're done working out, eat something. Your appetite should be smaller, you'll eat less, and you'll be burning more 'fat' because your body is breaking it down for energy. In 2 hours, have a small snack. Maybe a single packet of oatmeal with milk or water. Handful of nuts, etc.

Something to keep food in your stomach. When you get hunger pains, you've waited too long and your body is switching to storing fat mode, which you'll over eat and gain weight.

Eat slow. Eat a little, wait a few minutes to see how hungry you really are. Eat half of what you have on your plate, wait a little bit and determine if you really are hungry or if you want to eat it because it looks and tastes good. I bet you'll eat a lot less.

5 meals a day is good. I have oatmeal in the morning (1 packet of that quacker oats stuff, cinnamon apple this morning ) then I'll have subway for lunch, another oatmeal around 3-4pm, protein shake about 5:30, workout, eat dinner, and maybe a small snack right before bed.

Though, I should eat breakfast about 7:30ish, snack at 10, lunch at 12, snack at 3-4, dinner at 7, snack at 9. (with my work schedule I adjust so I eat dinner after working out, so everything shifts 1-2 hours later).

The main reason I didn't lose weight over the holidays is I fell off my eating plan. I can't resist treats & stuff, and work for orthodox jews so there's always treats during holidays and I like kosher food. :?

I'm up by 5:45, out with the dog by 6, back about 7 where I make lunch then take my shower and get ready. Leave for work by 7:40, usually eating a banana on the way in. Lunch is usually a sandwich (whole grain bread, ham or turkey w/cheese & mustard) and 1 or 2 pieces of fruit. After work I'm home about 6:30 when I eat dinner (usually meat & potatoes w/some veggie type :\ ) and in bed usually before 10. I should eat even more veggies but don't. Lots of water through the day - about a half-gallon. Milk with dinner. Diet soda at night if anything.

I'm almost a mile from a section of the great western trail and about once a week jog about 1/4 mile down that during the dogwalk. Weekday walks are on sidewalks and the weekend is really a hike on an unimproved trail or just plain cross-country. Many times its slogging through mud as its one of the many swampy areas in Chicago (imagine that - a swamp in the chicago swamp...)

Mike.

Hey! Finding those bodies keeps me safe from Wingy... Bloated, maggot-ridden necrotic flesh is much more attractive than slimy, scaly fish.

Mike.

"Join me tool, it's bliss..." [/Wingy]

No sh[i][/i]it, Sherlock.

Refresher course on what I said above:

Some time in the near-ish future I'll up the activity level again.

If I was to do all that right now and ask myself how I felt, I'd say something akin to "I'm Dyyyyyyyyyyin!" [/bugs bunny] Assuming I could say anything at all.

But seriously: Thanks for the serious conversation. You're right, and I'm still lazy. Now that there's no more snow [crosses fingers] I'll start jogging more mornings and I'm hoping to get ambitious enough to do something more strenuous - like sit ups & push ups, etc.

Mike.

Well your brain is a third the size of a man's. It's science. /Anchor Man

So you already have a weight loss advantage.

Actually CHEEZ, I think you'll find it will definitely be shorter than the bus ride. On a bike you can cut across parking lots, skip stop signs and red lights (with no traffic of course and look out for cops) take back streets, etc...

no you wouldnt want to mix it up.
not starting out.

it says about 4 miles.
get you a bike and ride, then after 2 weeks or so you will find the ride is too short and want to go longer.

if you ride to work everyday after a month.
you will notice your lovehandles dissapearing.

Well now that Wingy knows where you live, you won't have to worry about going to work again...