40-Something February Chat. We LOVE newcomers!

andrew80k · 02-07-2012, 11:06 AM

NEMom Hang in there. Problem with quitting smoking is there are so many triggers. A lot of folks smoke when they drink, smoke after eating, etc. I remember it was hard for a while, but it does get easier.

cldwv · 02-07-2012, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by andrew80k

NEMom Hang in there. Problem with quitting smoking is there are so many triggers. A lot of folks smoke when they drink, smoke after eating, etc. I remember it was hard for a while, but it does get easier.

I agree! It's so hard. Hang in there. You're doing great.

Well, I dusted the treadmill off last night and did 20 minutes. I thought I was going to die. How sad is that?! I used to be a runner. I'll stick with it and know it will get easier but man I hate that treadmill!

1of8atmayo · 02-07-2012, 10:13 PM

Hello. I'm new here, and not sure where on this site I belong. I am 47, so maybe this is a good start. I started taking 60 mgs of Pred in Nov 2009 for a rare illness of the brain. autoimmune in nature. the meds did more damage than the illness, but I'm still here :-) been off all meds since April 2011. No children, no luck with love, frustrated because I went from 110 lbs to 156...lots of water weight. difficult to walk, stand and exercise is such a challenge. body feels so darn heavy all the time, knees hurt, back and hips hurt, difficult to bend. went on a gluten free diet 10 months ago and lost 15 pounds, but can't seem to lose any more water weight. I'm so sick of complaining to my friends, family and physical therapist where I go 3 times a week. I used to be so active and in good shape, now I'm just in pain and feeling so heavy. been told by a dr in the hospital that for every water weight pound, joints and body feel 4 or 5 fat weight pounds, so I suppose I'm carrying a lot of weight on my small frame of 5'1! I don't look too good either. I feel lonely. but grateful to have a few good friends and family. always worrying about money. can only work a few hours a week. on disability. difficult to live this way. I hate the words, "give it time" as I've given it more than 2 years of my life! enough is enough! thanks for letting me vent! best to everyone.

patchworkpenguin · 02-07-2012, 11:27 PM

Sorry I've been MIA. I've been tired and sacked out on the couch for the past few days, just not feeling well. A little snuffly but mostly just tired.

The bread turned out well. It rose faster than it normaly does, which I'm not sure is due to the applesauce but easier on me! Since this is the only bread we {and my dad} eat I'm trying to make it as healthy as possible.

My eating was lousy yesterday and I didn't even keep track, but today was better but I didn't feel like eating much!!! I must be sick!

Tues, Feb 6
B= 1 c cereal, 1/2 c milk, 1/2 banana
L= 2 c milk, slice bread with apricot preserves
D= 2 homemade tacos, 1/2 c black beans w cheese
S= 5 bliss, 2 cups choc milk.
E= none

1of8, Welcome glad to have you join us.

andrew80k · 02-08-2012, 08:17 AM

I've been doing good the last couple of days. Back on the straight and narrow after going a little off the deep end on Sunday. 1977 Calories in, 3105 out. I rebuilt my workouts over the last couple of days and started the new one last night. It went pretty well since I'm a little sore today. Back on the treadmill tonight, going to try to go hard tonight. I actually slept pretty well last night, surprisingly. Maybe I'm getting enough weight off of me to make a difference, we'll see.

Patch Welcome back. Hope you get to feeling better.
1of8 Welcome.
cldwv Good job on the treadmill. I love mine. I got a commercial version from a physical therapy shop that was upgrading. I'm going to need to do some preventative maintenance on it soon though.

cldwv · 02-08-2012, 08:26 AM

So much for my "controlled environment." They are making waffles in the kitchen at work and peer pressuring everybody!

guacamole · 02-08-2012, 08:33 AM

Woke up this morning, and since TOM just about ended, decided to step on the scale. I'm 3 lbs down! For me, that's a big whoosh! One of the things I have been changing up is to consume fewer carbs. Even healthy carbs. I was eating a ton of carrots, sweet potatoes, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, and also flour tortilla wraps (multi grain or spinach). The last few days I have been sticking mainly to protein and greens for lunch and dinner. I still have my carbs in the morning - Greek yogurt topped with Kashi cereal. Maybe I will cut that out down the line too and replace it with an egg white omelet or something... For now, I will stick to my current changes and keep my breakfast the same - I don't get much dairy in my diet so I am reluctant to cut out the yogurt - and I hate yogurt so I need the cereal to mask it!

Anyway, good luck today everyone with all the healthy lifestyle habits we are trying to create!

NEMom · 02-08-2012, 02:21 PM

I am not smoking, trying to keep my food and calories under control and exercising. I purchased a Core Strength/Toning DVD set, it has 4 DVDs in it, I did one at lunch. It was a lot of yoga moves and I felt totally uncoordinated but I bet my abs are gonna feel it later. I am going to try each DVD and see which ones I like best. My plan is to do one at least 4 times a week during lunch until the end of Feb when I do a 4 week boot camp.

cldwv-Pat yourself on the back for getting that treadmill out. I am ashamed to admit how long my exercise equipment gathered dust before I got it out and put it to use.

1of8 -Welcome to the forum! You will find a lot of support on this forum!!

PP- I hope you feeling better!!

Andrew-So happy you are doing so well this week. Your rockin it dude.

Guac-3lbs off - WHOO HOO!!! I am so happy for you. Maybe I need to start limiting my carbs, I eat a lot of fruit and veggies too.

patchworkpenguin · 02-08-2012, 03:47 PM

Hubby texted me that his Dad has been taken to the hospital for pain in his arm/shoulder, they think he might have had another stroke, but we haven't heard anything definate. Crave your prayers and well wishes.

ETA: FIL was sent home from the hospital not long ago. As it turned out a new-to-him Dr cut his arthritis meds to see if he really needed them or if they were causing another problem, but apparently FIL doesn't function well without them, which accounts for the pain in his arm/shoulder. At any rate, he's on his way home and it wasn't anything worse like another stroke.

Mom had a bone density test and is fine, I've been having fun with 'my mom is dense' jokes.

NE, glad to hear you are still smoke free! Hope you like the toning workouts. Yoga makes me feel like a klutz too, I"m always falling over.

Guac, great job on the 3 lbs.

cldwv, waffles! yum. I'm not sure I could resisit!

Andrew, hope the workout rebuild works for you.

patchworkpenguin · 02-08-2012, 10:38 PM

Feb 8, Wed
B= 1 c cereal, 1/2 c milk, 1/2 banana
L=1/2 PB&J, baked chips
S= coffee, 5 Bliss
D= chili, 2 cornbread, 3 choc chip cookies {thanks, Mom!

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S= 1/2 graham cracker, 2 triscuit + cheese whiz, banana
E= 60min cardio

Every been hungry but you couldn't figure out what to eat? My last snack was like that. I tried a few things but ended up eating a banana. Embaressing but true the cheese whiz is made for humans but we buy it for the dog; we squirt it in one of her chewtoys, I think she was mad when I ate some, LOL.

invisiblgrl · 02-09-2012, 12:36 AM

Hi I'm new here too. When I split up with my daughters father 13 years ago I really gave up on life and love. I packed on over a hundred pounds and used food as my support system. Over new years eve I got some unexpected "attention" from an old friend and ended my 13 year dry spell. Yay! I was embarrassed about my body but he has had weight problems in the past too and we talked about it for a while. Now I am super motivated and want to look great the next time I see him! Anyway, I lost my job 2 weeks later and I have all this free time while looking for work. I joined a gym and I have been going almost every day, at least 5-6 times a week, doing either classes or elliptical and weights and crunches. lots of crunches. I have completely changed my diet too. I am trying to cut fat and stay around 1200 calories. I also joined a biggest loser contest at the gym and after 2 weeks I am in 3rd place. I am going to win, dammit, and use the $500 prize to buy all new clothes!

andrew80k · 02-09-2012, 07:58 AM

Ran 5k in 35:23 last night. A little slow but faster than Monday. I'll go fast on Friday and try to beat my time of 32:30 from last week. A little high on Calories yesterday at 2220, but I was at 3228 calories out so still right at 1000 deficit. And I'm down almost another pound. YAY! I was extremely sore from my workout rebuild, which is a good thing. I ended up taking some ibuprofen to help with that.

Patch Glad FIL was a false alarm. Cheez wiz?? Yuck!
NEMom Awesome job on the not smoking. Keep at it.
Guac Gratz on the loss. You're doing awesome.
Invisiblgrl Welcome. Good luck and keep us posted.

NEMom · 02-09-2012, 09:46 AM

Made it through one more day smoke free (sick of hearing about this yet?) My food was good yesterday. I actually went to bed feeling hungry which is okay for me because normally I would have been up, rooting around in the kitchen looking for something to eat. When I weighed this morning my scale was at an all time low and about 1.5lbs lower than yesterday. Don't know what it will bring tomorrow since I can be down one day and up the next. I am just so excited that it is 1lb lower than it has ever been, even if just for today. I have been maintaining within a couple of lbs for the last couple months and I really have not changed much in the last month except I am adding more protein, wonder if this has helped or not???

PP- So happy to hear your FIL in okay, had me scared there for a minute. Good job settling on the banana.

invisiblgrl- Welcome! I am sorry about all your hardships and so happy you have decided to become healthier! My only concern about your plan is the number of calories is low, especially with the amount of exercise you are doing. 1200 is minimum for women. If your weight loss stalls, you may consider upping the calories, especially if you keep up with your exercise schedule.
Andrew-Congrats on your 1lbs loss! You are rocking it and I bet you feel great.

iamritu · 02-09-2012, 10:54 AM

Hi,
Am new here...but am sure on the right group. I am 41...ughhh. Had problems conceiving and hence piled on pounds during infertility treatments, partly due to the drugs and partly due to not paying attention, along with genetics playing its part ( come frm a pear shaped family). Anyways, finally lost 16 kgs ( nearly 35 pounds) around 3-4 years back. And was happy with it all. Then we adopted a darling little girl and life has been just wow!! except tht i got so involved with her, tht forgot all abt exercising and dieting and the weight has come back.
Now tht DD has started playschool, i hv decided to take control once again. started working out since the past 3 weeks. i manage around 40 - 50 mins of treadmill and cross trainer 4 days a week ( at least) > Also am taking care of wht i put in my mouth ( tht is difficult). Not had had a sweet thing for over a month, avoid fried food. Am counting calories, tho not rigidly but eat healthy and strive not to give into hunger pangs or cravings too easily.
so, here i am...hoping to report progress as we go along. I know it is not gng to be easy but then triumph starts with a "try".

GemIAm · 02-09-2012, 12:48 PM

I am also new here. Been on ideal Protein since January 14th. Just had my week 4 weigh in and I have lost 18 lbs so far! i am going from feeling hopeless to hopeful!

My daughter & I are going to visit family near Seattle this weekend and go see Cavalia (think Cirque du Soleil with horses). I am a little nervous about how to handle eating while a guest in my sister-in-law's home. I was thinking of bringing some pregrilled chicken and a huge salad (enough for everyone and lots of leftovers for me). Anyone have any tips or hints for surviving a family weekend on a really restrictive eating plan?