Hey there Teresa!
I was looking online for some walking regimes. I feel I will do better if I have a plan, rather than just 'walk 20-30 min'. while looking I also found these recommended ab exercises to sprinkle in the walking plan.

I really ought to get to bed. Early day tomorrow! Up and at 'em at 5:30am. The boy has 3 baseball games for a wooden bat tournament. :dizzy:Did I mention that I'm not a morning person?!:o

Night All!!!

Oh, boy......not in a great place in my mind right now.

For 19 days I have been carefully tracking my food, keeping calories around 1400, keeping fat low, and pretty much whole, healthy foods. Right? YEAH for me, right?

A week ago I got on the scale and I was down 2.4 pounds, and I could have thrown a tissy fit, actually wanted to, but convinced myself that was a great start and it would just get better.......

SO last night, after dinner, I decided to get on the Wii and weigh myself. Holy Freakin' spotted cow! I am up 2 pounds, not from last week but from the begining! I am so upset!

Now weighing after dinner, on at 100 degree day was probably not a good idea, but STILL, even taking that into considereration I am going no where!

So what did I do? DH and DD and I shared an elephant ear and a funnel cake. HA I will show me! SO there! I have a quarter of the funnel cake with whipped cream and strawberries, and I have a 4" x 5" piece of elephant ear, maybe a little more. I was sick afterwards. from the food, from the disappointment, from the anger.

So today? I would love to just have a pity party....but....?

B- Wheaties Fuel, fat free milk, 1 cup each, small banana
L - carrots, 2 Tbl hummus, 9 pita chips
Snack- low fat vanilla yogurt 3/4 cup, frozen raspberries
D, large green salad, 4 ounces chicken breast, dressing made from vegonaise, tons of fresh garlic and lemon juice

SO in my dark place right now!~

Oh Annette, you can not weigh at night like that. It can easily be 4 or more pounds over.
But, good for you for starting today well!
I really think it's this over-40 business. We need to jump start our metabolisms with some serious alchemy.
For sure, more exercise is better. Muscle conditioning is really important for getting the metabolism up and staying up all day.
I'm trying to take that advice myself since I can't seem to manage the diet part right now.
I've been doing cardio pretty consistently.

Oh, I remember something! Interval Training!!!! It's much much better at burning fat. You can seriously do your cardio for 1/2 the time and burn twice as much if you do it as interval training. Basically where you do short bouts of high intensity then lower then high again.
http://exercise.about.com/library/bl...alinterval.htm
I found this for me because I do elliptical. Easy to find for whatever you do.
I believe it's true because I am pretty strong and can do elliptical for a long time(40-60 minutes) and never seem to get results. I need to do this too.

Regina, thanks for the abs link! I need to look at that and do the ball workout again.

love2b150, I know what you mean... I feel your "pout". It does feel so hard sometimes.

Hi Jane!

You guys are really motivating me, thanks! I am going to come up with a better exercise routine. More effective. I do want this enough. I will make the time to get it done.

more later....

teresa
www.gooddaytodiet.com

Well I just logged everything for my days plan, and I come up with 1001 calories, that is not going to work! But I am happy that I am on track for my ration of carbs, protien, and fat pretty much.
My goal is 50% carbs, I am at 45.8, 20% protien and I am at 19.5, and 30% protien and I am at 34.7......So I am going to claim victory on planning and executing a well balanced menu....but I am also going to find at least 300 more calories IF I am hungry!

Hello everyone!

I'm sitting here at this keyboard, scratching my head while trying to figure out what to say. Being honest with myself all these years about my size - well, it just didn't happen. I've always been overweight, and I've always pretended I wasn't. However, now that I'm in my 40's, and weight about 300 lbs., my body is making is very obvious (knees and feet!). I have chosen not to ignore this anymore, because it sucks so much life out of my life. As I get older, I see how much I've missed, and I want to get it back.

Believe it or not, I've never really dieted before. Twice, I dieted longer than 1/2 a day - the longest being for about 2 weeks. There's just something about having a mile-long list of food I can't have, that hits my control-freak button, and I resent having to do this, and the idea of dieting is chased off.

Now, my mindset is to keep a list in mind (should probably write it on paper, huh?) of the food/recipes I do like that's very diet worthy. I've started keeping these foods around, so when I started grumbling about what to eat for lunch that I'll enjoy - I'm excited to remember I have it in stock! For example, I've found out I LOVE cilantro! I add a bunch of that to a green salad, add bits of chicken, use a spoonful of light sour cream mixed with several of salsa as a dressing - and Ta Da! One of my favorite things!

Ah. Getting to long-winded here.

Here's where I stand today: I started pre-dieting last week - reducing junk and sugar, practicing counting calories and reducing portions, and getting some exercise using Wii - Wii Fit, Just Dance, and Walk it Out. I have order the Beck Diet Solution book and workbook (Annette had something to do with that!)

I worry that I don't have the ability to commit to this, as I rarely see long-term projects through to the end. I'm too impatient, it's going to take a long time before I see results. But geez, the time is going to pass anyway whether I diet or not, right? So why not spend that passing time losing a few calories every day, so when the end of the year comes and we're all talking about how fast the year 2010 went by....and many pounds will have passed with it.

At least, that's what I'm telling myself. I hope I can keep that philosophy going next time I'm craving pizza.

So here I go....Day 1 started today.

Thank you to everyone who has had the courage to fight this battle so openly on this website. I've read pages and pages over the last few days, and each of you has shown me that this can be done.

Jura

Hello Jura, and welcome! If you've never done this before, and are "not good at seeing things through," I think you might find an in-person teaching approach helpful (either something like Weight Watchers, or your local hospital's weight management clinic if they have one). Reading a book, even one as awesome as the Beck Diet book, may only get you so far.

In any case, it's terrific that you've found the motivation to get started, as that is definitely one of the hardest things to do. Good luck!

Hi Everyone!

Welcome Jura! You know, the fact that you haven't dieted before may be to your advantage now. They say that yo-yo dieting makes it harder for your body to lose. Your body is fresh and ready!
I love your pre-diet plan. i think that helps. And I'm a big big believer in exercise. It's definitely the key for me.
I just can sit around all day "not eating". I have to know there is something I can actively "do". Any movement counts, even stretching. Wii is great. So many choices.
I'm glad you're here. Just keep coming and talking to us.

As for me... I'm having a bit of a hellacious headache. Just TOM related and expected. My child is napping though, so that's a joy.

I got bloodwork today to see what's going on with me hormonally (45 years old and cycles getting weirder...). And then on tuesday I'm going to the psychiatrist to talk about my anxiety. I've tried EVERYTHING natural... homepathy, neurofeedback, energetic/spiritual work, herbs... and even a regular exercise routine which usually helps my anxiety a lot. But nothing is helping enough. I do think it's part of my difficulty right now in curbing eating. Food does calm my nervous system. Not to make excuses. I believe I should do it anyway... but I've learned as I've gotten older not to waste too much time before asking for help.

We share everything here, right?:o

I'm back to working out probably tomorrow or Monday for certain.

I hope you are all well and having a wonderful weekend.

-teresa

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Hi Mikkijoe,
So sorry to hear about your frustration with the dieting, especially when you are working so hard. I totally understand what you are talking about in regards to the expectation of weight loss when we get on the scale and not seeingthe number we want. One thing I would like to point out to encourage you would be to get a scale that measures body fat% and muscle % as well as pounds. The reason being muscle weighs more than fat and even though the scale may say 2 pounds you may have lost fat% and gained muscle which would count for only 2 pounds. Another little tip that might help is get a pair of pants and a shirt out that you used to fit in but is too small now. Measure yourself every week with weigh in and then try the top and pants on to see how they are fitting. If you are losing fat and gaining muscle you will notice a difference. Hopefully this was helpful to you, these are some of the things that helped me.
Much luck and hang in there. :o))

Hey guys, the weekend came and went, with 100 degree tempurtures! 9certainly not my favorite)
Kids were both busy alot this weekend, so we just hung out at home doing nothing and trying to stay cool.

will post more later, Monday mornings at the office are busy!!

Hey there everyone!

love2b150: I only did 30 crunches this morning and thought I was gonna die. However, it is a start and in comparison to doing none...I kicked butt! :)

Annette: Dark places happen. Simple as that. You kicked it's butt! You didn't allow it to get you too far down, you came here and got it off your chest. I do agree with Teresa; you cannot weight yourself like that. It's one thing to be obsessive about it, but weighing at night after eating is NEVER a good thing. I have to tell my husband the same thing! I know for a FACT that I can weigh 3-8 pounds heavier at night than I do in the morning. Looking at that number at night is enough to cause a downward spiral if we're not careful.

Teresa: Welcome for the abs link. I haven't done yet. Small steps...the crunches almost killed me this morning! LOL

WELCOME JURA!!!! you have a plan...having a plan is the first step. :)

This weekend was crazy busy with one at softball tournament and the other at baseball tournament. We usually do the stick together family thing on the weekends. Especially since the husband aka Rambo is often gone during the week when he is not training or deployed. This time it was unavoidable, we had to do split team ops.

I did manage to get some random walking in, which is more than I have attempted to do in the past. Yesterday my son and I went to the pool, I could not wear my pedometer, but I was in the water splashing around like a kid for about 5 hours...that HAS to count for something!!! :)

Last night a late dinner (9pm), again unavoidable. We have late dinners when games go until the late evening (8-10pm). We had Olive Garden. I could have eaten at a much worse place if my daughter had her way. As for food, I had shrimp pasta primavera. With all the choices, I think I took a pretty healthful route! Of course late night carb eating means a bloated Wicked Crafty in the morning. So much, that I did not even LOOK in the scale's direction!

I got the kids off to practices, cleaned out and vacuumed out the car in 90 degree heat, then hopped on the treadmill for 30 min at 3.2mph. I am also trying to get my water in. I am BAD when it comes to drinking or should I say not drinking water! Oh, and I did the 30 crunches that almost killed me ;)

Small steps. I am not sweating the food part right now. Right now for me, finding the motivation to MOVE my large a$$ everyday is the biggest challenge. The plan is to walk 3 times this week for 30 min each; along with the crunches. (with my 'butt shoes' as my son calls them ;) Reebok Easy Tone) Just doing everyday errands I have lost INCHES off my hips and thighs since later May. *added bonus*

OK, enough from me for now! I hope everyone is having a great Monday and staying cool!

Hey guys! Monday came and went without a break to allow me to post a 'real' post! And Tuesday is half over already (office wise)

love2be150--I too have the oval ball, bands and DVDS.....WHAT was I thinking when I spent money on that???? seriously!

Regina--great job on the crunches, my crunches today were 16----that is crunchy pita chips with my hummus! LOL Love the "we stick together" in regards to your family on the weekends--SO very important especially with teens!

Jura--so glad you came by, hope you post/read often, this really does help

I am awaiting my Becks books, I think they should be here today. I am very excited about getting started, for me--weight loss is so much more than just physical.

I also ordered Wii Walk It Out.... it is a game, a little juvenille, but me and sun just dont get along, I have already had skin cancer removed from my face, AND I live in central Washington, where it is ALWAY sunny! So an inside walking program that I can compete at, will be great. It cost me $43 to have it sent and all.....BUT I already justified that....Check this out!

I went to Famous Footware and used 4 $10 off coupons, and their sales and got $142 of shoes and socks for $31!---disregard the Ham Cat, he jumped onto the table when I was trying to take pictures on the porch!