http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum Give and get support here! en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:34:10 GMT vBulletin 5 http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186804-overwhelmed.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:24:26 GMT I haven't posted on 3FC in ages, but I'm back because I really need to get serious about my weight.

I'm get so overwhelmed/discouraged/unmotivated that I can't stick to a plan. On WW I find myself eating 25 points worth of empty calories and that is bad. For the past several months, I've been following SugarBusters, more or less, just choosing whole grains and watching sugar, and I think I've lost about 10lbs, but it was SLOW going and I gave myself free weekends (which is really not good because it triggers sugar cravings again and it makes the next week that much harder).

I think I lose most quickly on low carb, and I feel the most in-control when I am eating low-carb, but it gets so boring. I have to make a lot of rice and pasta dishes because I have 2 very picky toddlers, and those are our staples. But I use whole grain pastas, so I choose the healthier option.

I think it would be best for me to somehow combine these plans- lower carb/low sugar/calorie counting. So I'm wondering if #1 such a plan already exists and #2) if not, what kind of support group is there for DIYers?

Thanks so much! ]]> Weight Loss Support groovia http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186804-overwhelmed.html http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186799-sugar-sugar-sugar.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:13:05 GMT I have used C&H since...forever lol.

I want to try something healthier. What do you guys use and why?:dizzy: ]]> Weight Loss Support Marti4484 http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186799-sugar-sugar-sugar.html http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186797-everyone-weigh-11-20-09-a.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:48:06 GMT It's time for the 3FC general weigh in thread. Everyone is welcome to join, just jump in whenever your official weigh in day rolls around. Good luck, everyone!

Me: 192.5, up two and half pounds from last week. My first gain in a while, and it's a big one. I suspect that some of it is from last week, I really wasn't expecting a loss and I think I might have just been dyhydrated or something. But, I obviously have to focus on getting back on track. Unfortunately, Thanksgiving is next week, and my food scale just died. Nooooo! ]]> Weight Loss Support Tealeaf http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186797-everyone-weigh-11-20-09-a.html http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186763-eating-after-8-a.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:50:15 GMT I heard that it is bad for you to eat after 8 at night. Is that true and if so, why? Thanks. I heard that it is bad for you to eat after 8 at night. Is that true and if so, why?

Thanks. ]]> Weight Loss Support wfonseca3017 http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186763-eating-after-8-a.html http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186760-results.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:05:14 GMT I just saw my doctor for the first time in well over a year. At my heaviest of 247, my blood pressure was steadily increasing and I was worried meds would be in my future. Yesterday my bp was 112/70 :carrot: :carrot: And my pulse was at 60! :carrot: :carrot: AND, her scale said I was at... I just saw my doctor for the first time in well over a year.
At my heaviest of 247, my blood pressure was steadily increasing and I was worried meds would be in my future.
Yesterday my bp was 112/70 :carrot: :carrot:
And my pulse was at 60! :carrot: :carrot:

AND, her scale said I was at 213!!!! When I told her that I loved her scale she said most patients B*&$% that it weighs them HIGHER!! than their home scales!! :carrot:

I posted a little while ago that the gym was out for me due to a back injury so i've really been paying much more attention to what I'm eating and it's clearly working. My exercise consists of 3 days of physical therapy for 1 hour a week of just strength training, 10 mins of the bike, and stretching. And I make sure to do my stretching on my off days. I'm just shocked that I've managed to LOSE ANYTHING! I would have been happy maintaining!

Just wanted to give a big hug to everybody on this site. You guys are the best support system anyone could ever ask for! :hug::hug: ]]> Weight Loss Support AbbySinthe http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186760-results.html http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186754-even-service-people.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:02:39 GMT Some of you may know from my other posts that I currently reside in Japan. In the U.S., I don't know if service people like clerks in stores treat customers badly or speak poorly of them because of their weight, but it happens a fair amount to me in Japan. Today, I had one of those experiences.

I went into a convenience store and the young woman at the counter said something to the effect of "whoah!" when she saw me. There are two expressions in Japanese which carry a bad connotation with one word that don't translate well into English. One of them is essentially, "how awful!" and the other is "whoah, look at that!" She used the latter when she saw me (and no one else was in the store or had just entered, so I know it was about me). Japanese people do this to me ALL THE TIME when they see the fat foreigner walking around. Average people do it because they don't care about my feelings. Service people do it because they think I don't understand what they're saying.

After this woman did that, I looked her right in the eye to let her know that I knew exactly what she was doing and she put on her fake service face and smiled and gave the typical "welcome" greeting in Japanese. In Japan, they actually have a saying for each of their two faces - the public face and the private face. Service people think that it's okay to use their "private face" around foreigners because we're not important enough to be given the same respect as Japanese customers or they simply think that we won't understand what they're saying.

After many, many years of this type of thing in Japan, I feel completely objectified and dehumanized. I know people get treated badly and made fun of in the U.S. (it happened to me there, too), but here the way in which I am considered outside of the social norms of behavior is very demoralizing. It feeds directly into my sense that being fat makes me valueless and less human than other people around me.

For the record, the Japanese people are generally seen as polite because of the emphasis on the "public face" which most tourists encounter during their brief visits here, but the truth is that they can be very, very cruel when they think you won't comprehend what they're doing, when you are viewed as powerless (because you're alone and in their cultural setting) or when you're not looking/paying attention. ]]> Weight Loss Support screamingfatgirl http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/weight-loss-support/186754-even-service-people.html