YOU: On a Diet - and other Oprah inspired diets - YOAD October Chatter

WOW.....it is October already! Time to start a new thread. :haphal::spid::sklol::witch::ghost::bat: What plans to do you have for the Trick or Treat night?

Cindy is a Mrs. now and df became dh. :bravo::congrat:

Hi gals - yes, I now have a DH! Wow, that sounds strange to say! Seeing the wedding ring on him is very strange as well!

Things went well - the weather was beautiful and most things went off without any issues. There were a few small glitches, but I'm hoping most people didn't notice.

We leave tomorrow for our honeymoon - Barcelona, then a Mediterranean cruise (mostly Italy). I can't wait.

I'm trying hard to hold my own on the weight front, but it's been hard - I'll step on the scale tomorrow for the first time in a week. The cruise food will be hard to resist, but I'll try to do what I can.

Hope you all are doing well - thanks Kim for starting the new thread! I'll be back on October 14th!
Cindy

What a BEAUTIFUL bride!!!!! Woot Woot!!!!!! Enjoy your vacation and we look forward to hearing from you after October 14th!!!!!

I've been on the YOAD since February and have lost 42 lbs, but am most pleased with how much better I feel. Who knew that I didn't have to go to bed with a stomach ache every night! :) It's changed our whole family and my two young kids say they have more energy and can "run faster" on the playground. (Neither of them have even the hint of extra weight.) They are my biggest supporters and want to know how healthy everything is before they eat it.
Lately, though, I have sort of lost my appetite. I enjoy fish, but am getting kind of tired of it. At least, tired of preparing it. I could eat at Red Lobster every night. :) :) Maybe I should reread the book or add more protein to my diet. Has anyone else gone thru a blah period?
Oh, and Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday. To make matters worse, they now have dark chocolate peanut M&Ms. A siren's call. Just smelling the candy in the holiday aisle at the market makes me salivate. Ah, caramels....

First of all Congratulations Cindy!!! omg I was away last weekend adn then my pc was in getting fixed..its not fixed I have to get a new one I guess ...missed you guys while I wasnt on here.
Next Iwas so good while I was away...then I bought a big bag of halloween molasses candies..and ate adn ate and ate...then threw the bag away. I was sooooo up last mondya and then worked my tail off all week..and managed to lose 3 pounds overall this week. whew..... Im down 4.5 into my 20 pound goal for xmas.
Next Lovdroz...I feel like that sometimes as well...I cant back into salmon right now...I was eating it once a week but sort of burnt myself out on it. I go online and see what I can find to mix t hings up ......I look at recipes and cookbooks......I search for info to help me......I dont give up@ I may make a few U-turns---see above--- but I keep getting right back on. Im going to do this .. Congrats on the 42 pounds gone! that is awesome and its so cool your family is right with you..my dh is going thru this with me and makes it much easier!

Dr. Oz on Oprah, Monday, Oct. 8th:

www.oprah.com

Be back later to catch up on posts!

Hi everyone, I am new to the boards and my hubby and I are going to be starting YOAD on Monday....I've needed a few days to read the books and to get everything planned out. I'm hoping that with the support of this board I will be able to figure this all out. I'm most concerned about the meal planning. But we'll see how it goes. Hubby and I have set our first weight loss goals. Hubby wants to lose 50 lbs by April and I am going for 30. We are promising ourself some kind of reward if we meet the goal....we havent' decided what yet, but the rule is that BOTH of us has to reach the goal in order to get the reward. We felt this would make each of us more accountable because we wouldn't want to disappoint the other....I'm a little nervous cause the first few days of any diet is always so hard. I look forward to logging into this forum and getting lots of support.
Hope you all have a great weekend.

Fernanda

:welcome3:Fernanda Major YOU turn for me. I just got back from Las Vegas and I feel like I ate my way through the electric city. I have to do a major YOU turn and work towards looking like a :sklol: Just kidding but I need to really lose and get serious. One of the girls I met in Vegas has started a competition between now and Jan 2nd for our small group of gals. We are calling it the Biggest Loser and it's based on the highest percentage of weight lost between today and then. The winner gets to decide where we all will meet next year........wish me luck! I am going to change my ticker to reflect my current weight......I gained. Have a good one and :welcome: again to Fernanda

thats sounds like alot of fun Kim....
Fernanada welcome to our little corner of the site...
Well this past weekend was our thanksgiving. I think I got thru it ok. The scale looked good this morning anyways. I kept everything pretty simple with no extra calories. I did splurge on some stuffing( i passed on the buns which i can have anytime) and a small amount of gravy. No butter on anything..and dessert was a crustless pumpkin pie with small amount of cool whip. Today dh and i had our traditional hot turkey sandwich,,I made them open faced ,,little gravy,,more turkey and oven fries. It was very good..thats it for they gravy though......Im freezing the rest.
Im still walking my 100 miles in 100 days...

Hi everyone! Just wanted to pop in and say hi, "HI". This is not my first go with YOAD. I tried it once before, planning ahead and recipe ideas was an issue with me in the past. Breakfast was also hard, I was to stubborn to try the steel cut oats and I really don't care much for cereal.

Anyway, I decided to buy the oats last night and with different ideas I have compiled from this site and the YOAD site I made them today. OMG, they were SO good! I cannot believe how different they are from oatmeal.

I think I am going to give this another go. I was going to do the WW flex program since I have all the books at home but I always feel like I am eating artificial sweeteners all day just to stay within my points.

I didn't weigh myself or measure this morning so, after going to the grocery store later I think I will be all set to make tomorrow an official start to putting my life back to were it used to be (when my weigh wasn't on my mind 24/7).

I also want to set a Christmas goal for myself but want to make it realistic. Anyone with any ideas. I am 5'7" about 198 and 35yrs. I wanted to make it 20# but we are already almost half through Oct. Do you think 15# would be a realistic goal?

Hey Lori! I know a woman who is 38 and she has lost over 100 since March. She makes sure she walks every single day without fail. She does cardio kickboxing and core exercises. I on the other hand am 50 and I am not as active as she is and well, I have had to make more than my share of YOU turns. I would set my goal for 15 and if you lose 20......berries for your steel cut oats. LOL!!!!!

Hi Iwanawurkit! Thanks for the input, 15# makes me feel more at ease, less pressure so that is my goal.

I will have steel cut oats again today only reheated from yesterday. I hope I love them as much reheated.

I don't forsee any problems today other that my mid afternoon sweet cravings. I am thinking LF cottage cheese and pineapple?

Have a great day everyone out there...wherever you are.:)

The Target Cafe in New Albany Indiana has steeled cut oats for $1.99. They freeze the oats and then they microwave the oats when you order them. You should be fine. You get hooked on the Steel Cut Oats.....so filling and satisfying. Cottage cheese and pineapple sounds really good!!!! They may help with the sweet tooth. Have a great day!

Hi Lori,,I eat steel cut oats for breakfast too...I add ground flax seeds plus cinnamon and a chopped up apple to mine. mmmmmmm its so good. I also add a tiny bit of splenda brown sugar to mine..I just cant eat mine without something sweet. But Im adding less and less all the time. I re-heat mine all the time.
Im back on the two week kick start...I decided I needed to get my act together again. Im on day 2 and so far so good. I think I needed to detox from sugars again. Things were showing up more and more in my cupboard that I knew I shouldnt be eating. All the bad stuff is gone again.
Still walking too.......

well, I am back. Who knew that not having a plan would stall my weight loss?

Today I am re-starting YOAD. I *WILL* make it to 199 by the 31st if I stay on plan. I got the exercise covered - 30 to 60 mins a day plus lifting. It's the eating I need to work on. I am taking out my book this morning and planning out a few days at a time. I can't wait to be under 200!

you are very close Cakese too....im rooting for you!! still on plan here today...mmm vegetarian chili for supper smells so good

thanks patti! last time i stuck to plan i lost 10 pounds in 10 days so we'll see if i can manage 8 pounds in 2 weeks :)

I really need to recipe plan. Having a quiet night in with my kids, so I think I will give it a try. Almost dinner now and I am going to go make YOAD friendly food. Need meat though, so off to cook some turkey or chicken whatever I can find then plan plan plan!

:dust:Cakses....you can do it!!!!!! :dust: I walked today for 3 miles and it took me 1hr and 5mins. My foot feels like it is normal again and I have to really work on my eating!!!!!! We just need to get with the program and do it!

Hi all!

Wow, I can't believe all the things I have been depriving myself of. I am 35 and just had my first beet today. I had to do a search on how to cook these things, I did and they were good. My mom was a great cook but only made what she liked and looking back I'm thinking she must not have been very fond of many fruits and veggies. I'm thinking of the other things in the produce isle I have never given a try and thinking this is gonna be great...my kids probably not so excited;). But I can work on them one bite at a time:).

Patti....I am now also a steel cut oat reheater eater.:D I have been experimenting and my two favorite oats are pumpkin w/ pumpkin pie spice, chopped pecan, and a little splenda or a cap full of real maple syrup...and...diced apple w/ cinnamon chopped walnuts or pecans and a little splenda or maple syrup.

I have gotten some really great walks in the last couple of days but none today. When 8:30 rolls around I just don't feel like it anymore. I really need to make walking a priority in my day tomorrow, evenings just don't work for me.:yawn:

I did make a big U turn already today, but I made it and that's all that matters. Usually a slip up this early in a normal weightloss plan would cause me to go off and not look back. Could this WOE be my new "normal".

I don't like sticking to a definate "plan", so I have been staying away from the two week plan in the book...is that ok?

Hope your weekend is going good!

Hey gals, I'm back!

Glad to see you talking about recipes and cooking - I really need to get myself back on track with that. It's literally been months since I've made myself my steel-cut oats and/or cooked more than one meal in a week. And now, after the cruise food, I really need to get myself back on track. I don't even want to see what the scale says!

The good news about our honeymoon is that it was very busy and entailed a lot of walking. That is a good thing as I'm somewhat back in condition in terms of some endurance for physical activity.

Also, because of jet-lag I've been up since 5am this morning - perhaps I can use that to my advantage and keep this schedule. I really need to get up by 5:30 in order to get my workout schedule back on track!

Today will be about laundry, organizing, unpacking, grocery shopping, food planning, and making a huge U-turn, in no particular order. I loved the time away, but it's good to be home!
Cindy

Lost 3 pounds in the first day. 5 more to go by the end of the month! My TOM is ending as well as me being on plan, so just really good timing I suppose. Makes it easier to stay on plan though when you see a difference right away!

Hi Cindy, welcome back (to reality)! My husband and I also went on a Mediteranean cruise for our honeymoon, two weeks of heaven. But that was 12 years ago already!

Pumpkin pie spice? Wow.....that sounds yummy! I am going to have to give that a try.........mmmm, I am starting to salivate just thinking of it.

Welcome back Mrs. Cindy!!!!! Glad to see you can make the jet lag work for you. Did I tell you all that some other girls on another thread have made a little contest out of the plan? Six of us met for the first time in Las Vegas and we have decided....whomever can lose the highest percentage of weight between now and the first of the year.....the winner picks where we will all meet next summer. I am going to try like crazy to be the biggest loser!!!!!
Vegas was fun but I think I want to vacation in Florida on the Gulf side. Yay!!!! Maybe do some Parasailing.......

I need to lace up my sneakers and get moving! Hope everyone has a fantabolous day!

Welcome back Cindy......Im glad you had a wonderful honeymoon...sounds so romantic being on a cruise! Yes we are talking recipes and exercising!! yeah for us!!
Yesterday wasnt a good day for me..I was out of town..little choices for supper so I had a submarine sandwich,,made with low fat ham and lots of veggies and no mayo..just mustard. It was sooo good..first one Ive had since last spring. Then came home and ate more bread....wow...not sure where that carb craving came from..Im thinking hidden sugars in the sub. I will plan better next time. The good thing was I knew choices wouldnt be good...so I had a very light lunch. The scale was good this morning.
Im going to have to try the pumpkin oats as well..I do find I enjoy the apple steel cut oats better if I cook the apples in the oatmeal while its being reheated. Makes them a little softer.
ok im off to work here...
glad to see the site busy again!!
big wave goodbye!!

My daughter graduated from Hair Design school so now her schedule isn't as crazy......she said she will be my walking buddy. Went for a walk with her and my youngest son tonight as we looked at the Halloween decorations. It was a beautiful day....got up to 85 degrees....it isn't usually that warm this time of the year but it sure made for some great walking weather. Thought I would poke my head in and say "Hey" to you all!

Last two days been on and off plan, so the scale is teasing me. Planning out tomorrow's food though so I don't get caught out and about.

Yay!!!!! The official weigh in day is here and the scales are showing a 2 pound loss!!!!! I will take it. I weighed in yesterday and it showed a 4 pound loss so that is how my weight fluctuates. I will try to weigh in once a week and not cheat and get on the scales before my official weigh in day......I was a little discouraged when I seen it was only 2 lbs this morning.

Back on plan today. Did alright yesterday until dinner and had subway with a coke - bad girl! Wish I liked diet...just have to cut it out is all!

try water cakeses.......i miss water now if i dont drink it. I actually feel thirsty.

Aughhhhhh I was very good for 9 days in a row and I fell off the wagon yesterday. I had pumpkin bread for breakfast, hot banana pudding with lunch and pizza and breadsticks for supper. I didn't go walking because of the rain......I know excuses..excuses ...excuses. Back on track this morning but I can tell you I wasn't feeling very good about myself yesterday and I had a hard time going to bed last night.

Fell off the wagon yesterday, just didn't feel like trying. Scale is up 2 pounds since Sunday, so I am back to watching my food choices carefully! Don't want that to happen!

Well I re-started the YOAD program ...the 1st two week program from the book. Im down 2.5 this week. Now the first time I did this I think I lost 7 but I am very happy with 2.5. I feel back in control again. I think I needed to clean out the white crap out of my body again.
Come on you two.....we cant quit now!! we need this. Jump right back on that wagon Im waiting for you...

Patti.....you are so right. I did 9 days really good and was walking everyday and then I fell off the wagon this past Wednesday and I am struggling to get back on. Since I don't see a monthly anymore, I think I maybe 'cycling' because the cravings don't go away. Does that make sense?

Hey gals, I'm working on that restart myself. But DH is a challenge - he keeps wanting to by snack foods to have in the house that is pulling me off course.

I think I'll let him have this weekend, and then a Dr. Oz-style purge will occur - everything in the trash, even if unopened! DH gained 10# from the cruise and I gained 5# - nobody needs that!

But on the bright side, I've been having whole oats w/protien powder for breakfasts, and whole wheat pasta with low sugar sauce for lunches.

Hey, let's plan to next week re-start our daily food logs - one thread a week. I think that will help to get us all back on track. I want you all to log *everything* you eat - good or bad - awareness is the first step!

Cakes - hang in there - you remind me of myself in the sense that I get close to a goal and then I start to sabotage myself for some odd reason. You are SO close to wonderland - you can do it! Just buckle down and stick to YOAD basics and you'll get there in no time. Then it will be time to change your ticker and make a new goal!

Patti - good for you - 2.5 is great for a restart! Don't forget about me on that wagon as well!
Cindy

Well one of my best friends called me last night and he's getting married in 6 weeks and wants me at the wedding no matter what. So boy oh boy do I have a goal now. Seeing my old friends from back home who haven't seen me since 2005 is giving me a whole new lease on this dieting thing. Having lunch now, still on plan and did 60 mins of run/walk combo and will continue to do this until I'm at goal. I know it's going to be hard, but I am so pumped - and I don't expect to make goal in 6 weeks but even 20 pounds will get my self-esteem back so I am going to push for it! I hhope you guys keep me on track too!

ok gals lets go! i think a daily food journal is a good way to get back on track.

Hi all!

Cindy, I think that is a great idea, food jounal.

Ugh, my lack of planning once again bit me in the butt this week. Lack of planning, busy schedule and a little self saboutage ~ yep I need to regroup and start with a clean slate.

I was feeling so good about myself and my body in just one week of eating this way ~ why can't I just give myself a break and allow myself what really makes me feel good? I really need to kick my self saboutaging habit or I will never truly be happy.

Well, enough of that, tomorrow's a new day.

Wishing everyone a good weekend!:D

Did great until 6pm then cheated, ahhh. The only part of the cheat was rice, but still...

Tomorrow will be better!

Back on track today! Saturdays are light dinners but I have some salmon calling my name in the freezer :)

I had to help at a fish fry today for our church..im proud to say I didnt have any for supper!!! I came home and made myslef a small steak andgreek salad. I got in tons of walking at the fish fry so it was a great day!!

I made it through the whole day! LOL sad but I never seem to be able to. Tomorrow is grocery shopping, as I am out of fruits and veggies and chicken!

Good morning YOADers! It's only 9:35 here but some of you may be onto lunch by now, so have a great Sunday! I'm still on track and slowly my weight is coming off! Woo hoo!

Happy Monday. Scale is loving me when I follow YOAD properly and exercise my butt off! Woo hoo. Just changed my weight loss goal to Thanksgiving instead of Christmas.

Where is everyone????

Made it through breakfast and lunch, dinner should be a snap! I saw 199 at the gym after my workout but I won't celebrate it until my weigh in tomorrow when I hopefully see it again!

Hey gals - busy day for me - I might be buying a new car! Exciting but a little stressful.

Anyway, I'll start a thread for our food for the week - let's help to keep each other on track!
Cindy

Down 3 pounds this past week!!!!! Yay.....I am so excitied!!!!! Just wanted to post real quick before work!!!! More later!!!!!!

Hi everyone,..my computer at home is shot..I have to wait to get a new one...Im still walking and the scale showed me down to 279.5 yesterday I was walking on air all day. Ive been trying to get there all summer.
Of course today shows me at 282...uggh but I will get right back down again..Iim thinking it was sodium. Im eating light today to see it again!
Ill pop in when I can..I havnt left you..

Did I tell you all they shipped my BEAN.....? I ordered once before but I guess it got messed up because I never received it. I got notification this time they shipped my BEAN......Yay!!!!!!

Your BEAN? What is a BEAN?

Patti, sorry to hear about your computer - I would really like a new one myself - the hard drive is nearly full on mine. I'm thinking it's going to lead to a crash someday!

Well, I'm not doing great with my food, but at least I've posted the last couple of days. Now if I could only clean it up more and start exercising again!
Cindy

The BEAN is like a stability ball only more stable. It is shaped like a bean. You can check it out at http://www.bean.com/ abdomen crunches and such

Oh, yes, I've seen those! Cool, how fun! I need to get some more air in my ball so I can use it more.

How was your weekend? Mine wasn't too bad, but still no activity! I really need a kick in the pants to get me in gear - I just can't seem to manage myself. Maybe I need to get out my YOAD book and start reading!
Cindy

Re-reading the book really helped me to refocus. I walked Saturday and Sunday......I really didn't want to but I made myself. I am almost back to where I was with the steps so now I need to incorporate some core muscle exercises. I am thinking I will need to work off the stress since I start a new job on Thursday and I am still going to try to do some work for my present employer. Hope I don't hit the burn out brick wall now that I have the scale moving downward. My BEAN should be here on Friday.......Yay!!!!!

Man....I am bummed......I am up 4.5 pounds this morning. Crap.....I was so excitied the scales was moving down. Oh well, I will continue to plug away.

Yep Kim, keep plugging along. That's why I try not to weigh myself everyday - those daily fluctuations can play games with your mind!

Patti - where are you? Still having computer issues?

Cindy

Yes I am Cindy,,,,,Im on my work one with now so this will be quick.
Kim those pounds came on too easily...its not real weight..its fluff! It will be gone before you know it.
Iwana I was watching biggest loser on tuesday and they gave the top 5 hints...and one of them was to do the imaginary bicycle laying on your back. Im going to start doing that..not sure how long I cna do it for but Im going to work on it...apparantly its better for your waist then crunches. Im hoping so..i need to work on my waist...the wieghts going down but the waist isnt.
Tomorrow is my weigh in...Im hoping to be in 270's officially this week!! Thikning light thoughts......
Ill be back on later everyone.......keep on working the plan everyone..we know it works...we just have to keep working it!!

Hey everyone! I found my YOU: On a Diet book and I am starting up the diet tomorrow! I am going to miss my 100 calorie packs but I am sure I will live! :)