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Congratulations!!! I stopped drinking soda 2 years ago, and granted it didnt make me lose weight(since I didnt drink it often) It helped me keep weight off.. from June- Dec of last year, I lost 40 lbs just by drinking solely water(no exercise cause my knees are horrible-I need knee replacement surgery at age 22!!!!) I had to cut back on my pasta intake
lol but I did it... 60 lbs by Jan 1 is my goal this year.02-05-10 08:08 AM - You guys are so motivational!!! I'm currently in a weight loss competiton among my friends. I've changed what and how much I'm eating, and I exercise quite regularly, but I'm slow to see changes. It's frustrating, for sure. I think my biggest obstacle is my weekend drinking. I like a good beer or glass of wine (or 3 or 4) during the weekend, and I think that needs to stop if I'm going to see any serious weight loss.
I've actually created a bbm group for weight loss and fitness support, if anyone would like to join. It's fairly active. If you're interested, pin me!
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com02-22-10 01:47 PM - take it easy on your heart man. seriously.
you can consider taking 'lipitor' to reduce your cholesterol to lower risk of heart attack.
how did you lose weight so fast? did you go vegetarian?
i have replaced my lunches with 4 or 5 slices of white bread. been losing around a kilo a week
02-22-10 03:45 PM - Good job OP! About 7 months ago I was having chest pains and always too stubborn to go the docs, so decided that night I was tired of being a fat pig and feeling sorry for myself. Also wanted to be around for my kids. I have since then went from 332 and I am currently 245. So pushing close to 90 pounds of fat loss and went from 35% body fat down to 24%. I still have a long way to go till I hit my main goal of under 200, but I am getting there. Basically I did it by counting every calorie that enters my mouth and I work out 1 hour a day 3-4 days a week at home on my bowflex and Wii fit. Keep up the good work and stay focused!! Now if I could get my wife to lose some weight! She is so unhappy with herself.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com02-23-10 01:30 AM - Good job, keep it up!! To help the wife, you are going too have to do a little family exercise. Something along the lines of family outings. Daily, nightly walks or bike rides, weekly bike rides, bowling, walks, picnic hikes. The wife is more likely to join in if the entire family is doing it. If she brings up the excuse about watching TV, tell her PVRs and VCRs were made for that. And it helps when the excuse of time pops up, that you just say plain and simple, "WE hav e time to watch X number of hours of TV." "And we can watch TV anytime if it's recorded." And not too many people die from a 45 min walk before or after dinner, especially when dinner is cooked and cleaned up by hubby or in the crock pot.Good job OP! About 7 months ago I was having chest pains and always too stubborn to go the docs, so decided that night I was tired of being a fat pig and feeling sorry for myself. Also wanted to be around for my kids. I have since then went from 332 and I am currently 245. So pushing close to 90 pounds of fat loss and went from 35% body fat down to 24%. I still have a long way to go till I hit my main goal of under 200, but I am getting there. Basically I did it by counting every calorie that enters my mouth and I work out 1 hour a day 3-4 days a week at home on my bowflex and Wii fit. Keep up the good work and stay focused!! Now if I could get my wife to lose some weight! She is so unhappy with herself.
The eating will be another matter, but if you do a few meals a week, that will help. If the kids are old enough to help plan a couple of meals a week, all the better. Make a healthy meals chart and have them pick items from it to build a healthy meal or two during the week. You putting the food items on the chart, helps to keep it from being a pizza and fries kinda meal.
And of course you could ask her to join you, in your exercise and meal planning. You already know making comments and jokes don't work. But in the end, if she does not want to join in, you still need to do it for you and the kids.
And she has for certain noticed your weight loss and changes in how you eat. She may have even made a few comments about you not needing to lose any more weight, or that you will only put it back on later. That's just some of her fear of whatever may be holding her back, ignore it. Keep encouraging her and the kids to join you. If you have dogs, it's a great time to add them to your daily routines, they need exercise too.
02-23-10 05:35 AM - Thanks for the kind words and motivation.Good job, keep it up!! To help the wife, you are going too have to do a little family exercise. Something along the lines of family outings. Daily, nightly walks or bike rides, weekly bike rides, bowling, walks, picnic hikes. The wife is more likely to join in if the entire family is doing it. If she brings up the excuse about watching TV, tell her PVRs and VCRs were made for that. And it helps when the excuse of time pops up, that you just say plain and simple, "WE hav e time to watch X number of hours of TV." "And we can watch TV anytime if it's recorded." And not too many people die from a 45 min walk before or after dinner, especially when dinner is cooked and cleaned up by hubby or in the crock pot.
The eating will be another matter, but if you do a few meals a week, that will help. If the kids are old enough to help plan a couple of meals a week, all the better. Make a healthy meals chart and have them pick items from it to build a healthy meal or two during the week. You putting the food items on the chart, helps to keep it from being a pizza and fries kinda meal.
And of course you could ask her to join you, in your exercise and meal planning. You already know making comments and jokes don't work. But in the end, if she does not want to join in, you still need to do it for you and the kids.
And she has for certain noticed your weight loss and changes in how you eat. She may have even made a few comments about you not needing to lose any more weight, or that you will only put it back on later. That's just some of her fear of whatever may be holding her back, ignore it. Keep encouraging her and the kids to join you. If you have dogs, it's a great time to add them to your daily routines, they need exercise too.
My wife and I do things together, but is more about going out to eat of the movies........last thing on our minds is to go workout, but I might have to revamp my thinking as it might really help out with her. We don't get to many nights away from the kids and honestly never thought to go on a walk...granted the weather has been pretty crappy here.....definitely something to think on come spring time.
We do like to watch a lot of TV as we are home 95% of the time with 2 little ones in 2 and a half an 7 months old and takes up a lot of our time....not to mention my wife still breast feeds, which is harder for her to lose weight.....and her job stresses her the F out, which is probably most of it as she is drained even on her days off. I know she would feel better if she could knock of the weight. I know it did wonders for me and my outlook on life.
As far as planning ahead, I have a fool proof way of doing that, just takes some dedication......I will now and always swear by counting calories. I log everything on fitday.com and hit my mark everyday........well okay, most days, lol! I have tried to tell her it is this simple, but need to stick with it.
She tried it for a month, lost a few pounds and then gave up as she wasn't seeing the weight come off her like it did me. I tried to explain to her that women and men are different and our metabolisms vary, but she just brushed it off as she says she is too tired to worry about it.
I wish she could find a different job, however she makes pretty good money.....
Oh well, such is life. Maybe once summer comes along and we could do more stuff as a family outside it will change.....hopefully. She really is unhappy, which brings me down, unfortunately.
I love my wife, but want to be happy to and right now not happy, besides spending time with my kids.
Nothing like airing out the dirty laundry......well not really dirty, but you get the point, lol! Sometimes it helps talking about stuff to complete strangers, lol!02-23-10 03:04 PM
