I've been reading about fish oil and how good it is for you for weight loss, cholesterol, glucose metabolism, brain function etc.. I've been taking about 3 grams a day, but I'm reading upwards of 15 grams a day or even more, like 30-45g, is even better. I'm thinking about trying it, even though it means taking a liquid form (blech). Pill form in that volume would be way too expensive.

I got my B12 shot yesterday and I already feel better. Energy! I also made a great effort to drink my 80oz of water. I almost finished it.

Sorry you all have had to deal with my whining the past few days. I know you understand the frustration when the scale goes up instead of down. It's one thing to gain weight, but something else entirely to gain it in a week. I finally shed 2 pounds and I'm back down, happily to 151.6lb. I don't like the idea of even a two pound gain, but that's a little bit easier to swallow.

I met a friend at the gym this morning. My last day off and I didn't sleep in. we lifted weights, did some cardio, and I was home again before the kids even got out of bed. That's when I noticed my pants were on inside out! Getting dressed in the dark..... Today I hope I can get the house clean! At least some parts of it. My entire vacation is gone and I didn't get the house clean!

OK now, stop Linda, you're making me look bad! Seriously, when I first got my Bugg, I was just like that. I'd do great all day, go out to eat and then I'd jump on the treadmill just a little bit more to offset what i just did. It's so great that even though you had a lapse of control, you corrected for it with a lighter dinner and a few more calories burned! Having a treadmill at home really helps, doesn't it? I've since slacked on using this exceptional tool! I've been focusing hard on getting back to my old BB habits.

Thank you Newleaf! I've printed the recipe for that soup. I'm going to make some this week! I'm sure my kids will thank me. NOT! We have a rule here. If I bothered to cook it, you'll bother to eat it.

Olehcat, I agree with you on the IFing. I still count, measure and pay attention to everything I eat, but it sure helps take some pressure off. Especially when it comes to eating out, and having treats. I'm also with you on the traditional diet foods. I mean, I like veggies, fruits, chicken, certain breads, and such. But given the choice, I'm going to choose white food first, and fatty meats, etc.. I used to love yogurt, though. Since being sick, I can't seem to stomach it. Which is strange considering the probiotics. I've been drinking kefir, instead, which is actually better than yogurt where probiotics is concerned.

I think our bodies must really like certain weights. I think my body loved the 170s and I think it really also likes the mid 140s. I need to work hard to get below 140 and stay there. I'd like my weight to fluctuate between 135 and 140 because that's where I think I look good.

kelijpa that 5:2 sounds very interesting! Sounds like a nice alternative to IFing or even something to do along with it. I think little tricks like this to help lose faster or maintain is such a good idea.

I've been sitting here since getting home from the gym this morning. It's time for me to get moving and get something done.

Morning All,

Just a perimenopause thought for those of you that may/may not be there(dr said I was in peri last Jan@ 41). Last week I had those oh-so-fun trans ab and trans vag ultrasounds and then promptly put them out of my mind. Well...at 1830 last night my GP dr called me. Apparently I have some fibroids, a cyst and a really, really thick endometrium lining. Her words... The first thought I had was, "This better not interfere with my workouts." She told me she was glad that when I came in last month for a checkup I asked about the erratic, longer and super heavy TOMs (not normal for me) I have had for 3-4 months. She said it was early enough that if anything was abnormal (her main concern is the thick lining) that it could be taken care of.
So today I am waiting today for the OB/GYN to call me to schedule a biopsy. Yippee. More nakedness. Why couldn't it be an arm or something out in plain view??
In my quest to find something positive - I realized it was a good thing I had listened to my body and not let my embarrassment over someone seeing my chunkiness in all its glory stop me. Or fear of the lecture I would get about my weight. In the past (at my heaviest) I skipped 3 years of those visits for just such a reason. Speaking of, I have to call my sis today, she has avoided those visits for over 7 years...and she's 53. Bad girl!

On a lighter note - after hubby and I had talked about it for a bit - he says, "Well, you'll probably lose a little if you have to have something removed." *sigh* He tries so hard.


To all you ladies out there that avoid the doctor:

Don't wait to get checked out - if you think there is something not normal for you - go do it. In fact, do it anyway! Maybe it's been abnormal so long that it's normal for you. Don't let your fear of reprimand or embarrassment of undressing and having someone see your stretchmarks, flabbiness or sagginess stop you. You would make your daughter go anyway, wouldn't you?

Hi Lovely Ladies,

Sending to all today

2FATCATS: Thanks for the warning and I hope everything turns out okay for you. Doctors have seen it all, we shouldn't be embarassed but I know what you mean....i hate it..

TWINIETEN:. Your pants inside out made me chuckle....

OLEHCAT: you and I are trying to lose the same amount of weight although I have a small frame and should probably weigh even less. I never thought I would be this big again.....140 looks a long ways off and getting below that would be some kind of miracle. Just shut your eyes and visualize that number on the scale...you can do it. we can do it....

Sorry if there is anyone that I missed, please know that I read all of your posts.

Well I got on the scale this morning...had to do it eventually. It wasn't a happy number, not even close. I don't want my body getting used to this weight, but I think it is too late for that. it isn't budging!!! I failed miserably at Atkins, I don't knwo why since I was successful on that diet so many previous times. I just can't get my act together. Tried again today, and again failed because I ate some pizza that my son didn't finish. My punishment now is no real dinner....I am not worthy. Harsh, yes....but that is how it has to be.....

I haven't been getting enough water down, so I'm drinking it now while doing housework.....

I'm wearing my "fat pants" today....they are really old and I kept them, and boy am I glad I did since nothing else fits except sweat pants. The worse part is they are tight on me, in fact right now they are digging into the fat on my hips and they are killing me. They are also cordoroy so when I walk my thighs rub together and I should be starting a fire soon...try explaining THAT ONE in in the Emergency Room!

binders as for menopause, my advice is to keep on with what you are doing, but maybe eat a tad less. I've been in menopause for a couple of years, and for me, losing weight hasn't really been any harder than pre-menopause. But I do find that I need to eat a little less than I might otherwise think appropriate (I don't count calories, so I can't really be any more specific).

2fatcats I hope everything is okay...

zumba ouch! Don't be so hard on yourself, mentally. Sure, skip dinner tonight if you need to, but try not to beat yourself up...

HOPE THAT THIS POST FINDS ALL THE GALS OF THE 40-SOMETHINGS BOARD DOING A KICK BUTT JOB TODAY!!!

Had a healthy breakfast. Bout to start a healthy lunch. Got in a 50 min. walk & have started my water for the day. Pretty good start. Hope that others are following suit! :
Tomorrow H gets his monitor. I think the closer it gets the mor nervous he gets. He's been asking a lot fo questions & I've been looking up answers as much as I can online. Like I said he has a learning disability (dyslexia) so it's hard for him to ask questions in a way that he gets answers. So he can get really frustrated at that, so it's part of how I help him.

2FatCats: Hope all you medical things go well. I know what you mean about being "overly exposed" but like Zumba said, "Been there, seen that" is kinda how it is for drs. I know BUT IT'S YOURS!!! Good advise. Anything not right...get it checked out. I just wish that it wasn't so freakin' expensive! Another reason to try & be healthy as possible. Just do darned costly to be otherwise!
I, too, am probably in the midst of menopause. My TOMs were always as regular as the sun coming up in the AM...I went 3 months without one, then I spotted for awhile. Then a month later a actual TOM. I need to get in & have a physical myself!

Zumba: Come on sweetie! You can do this!!! I know it's rough especially when you have to reach back to something you really didn't want to. UGH! Cordoroy I believe is a torture device! I know what you mean about starting a fire!

newleaf123: Ooooh!! Thanks for the recipe!!! I'm going to save it & try it for my honey. Like I said he's been missing chilli cause of the sodium. I have been looking at low sodium recipes but I just haven't had a lot of time with my screwy schedule. But once again THANKS! We'll try is soon, maybe my next days off.

Sorry to cut this short. Gotta start getting ready for work. joy.... Cyber hugs to you all!!!

BE GOOD! BE HEALTHY! STAY ON TRACK! WE CAN DO THIS! GO! GO! GO!!!!!!

Newleaf thanks for the link, I love reading health blogs and recipes, I think it's great to see what's out there and there's so much whole food, veggie, healthy blogs out there to glean from, it's wonderful.

2FatCatsthanks for the reminders about those checkups, I need to make the appointments for sure, DH wants to have his blood work done now that he's gotten healthier to see if the numbers are better, his highest were triglycerides, they wanted him to consider meds, but he wanted to try and get there without, we'll see if it worked.d

MrsTryingAgainthanks for the butt kickin' you know we're worth the effort

Twinietenlol about the pants, I thought I had my shirt on backwards that I was wearing under my sweater, when I looked in the mirror when I was washing my hands in the bathroom at work, i was like, oh no, went in the stall took off the sweater, then the shirt under and it was the way it was supposed to, it was just a thicker seam in the neckline, I thought it was a tag, yeesh, there isn't even a tag in that shirt...lol...really wasn't looking that closely at myself in the mirror before, I guess...

I'm going to try the 5:2 next week, monday and wednesday, my regular juice fast, nothing crazy, just splitting it up, haven't done the 2 day 2 weeks in a row before either, easy way to have a meatless monday, that's one of the suggestions from the newsletter, too, try a meatless monday, one of the magazines, like family circle or woman's day touts the meatless monday, too.

I want to get this next 20 off and see if maybe I want to try for 10 or 15 more, I think I could get to 135, never able to maintain it though, I think 140 will be a good healthy weight for me at my height and build.

Zumbachica I have totally been there with the big pants I kept becoming the only pants that fit and were tight, I kept them again when I lost weight, they were pretty sad looking and almost gained to the point where they were the next size, I would have been able to wear them again if they weren't like DH calls them "hobo pants". I finally tossed them in the rag bag, it didn't work for me to keep that one pair, but I think I will keep the ones I was wearing today, they're to the point I don't have to unbutton to put them on and they were digging into my legs tight not too too long ago...you'll get there girlfriend, I sense the fire in you!

Sum thanks for the willpower dust, I must have felt it today, someone brought in chocolate rum balls, everyone was raving about them yesterday, there were some left today, but I resisted, tried to think of them being out overnight and maybe something crawled on it...not the best way to look at them, but it kept me away...lol


best to all

Hello to all my friends in the 3FC world! So sorry I have been remiss in posting lately. You wouldn't know it but I have been lurking, nearly every day secretly checking in with you all.

Still on my WW plan but my progress has really stalled lately. Since Thanksgiving I have only lost 1.6# !!!! I swear I have been faithful to my plan, and I had been expecting a plateau but I mean, c'mon! This is CRAZY!! The other factor is that I have gone back to work so, while I am able to better control my access to food and the nibbling that can sometimes come with being at home alone all day, I am doing a lot more sitting at the computer. So, the little bit of exercise that I was getting is pretty much gone. Clearly that is a part of the overall stall that I am experiencing. I would never claim that the first 45# came off easy (cuz it didn't) it is clear that the next 100 will only come off when I incorporate exercise into my plan.

**sigh**

My new years resolution was to begin the couch to 5K plan and prepare myself for running 5K's starting in the spring. They have a big Mothers Day and Memorial Day 5K runs here so I have set my goal for trying to be ready for one of those. Here's hopin'

Ladies, hi!

I woke up feeling so liberated about my weight for some reason this morning and thought I'd share.

I like my method of IFing and one main meal a day where I get to indulge a little because I've saved most of my calories for then. I don't mind skipping breakfast (not into breakfast foods at all, and mostly I'm always eating in a rush at that time, plus there are temptations to get a scone on the way to work!) and I don't mind eating a very light salad at lunch (everyone at my table at lunch eats super light salads. I would feel like a piggy if I dared even eat a sandwich then, LOL). And I don't mind the hunger that really settles in around 2 p.m. and goes right to dinner. I really don't. So I want it to work SO MUCH. I think I can make it work, even if I have to tweak things as I go along.

In an ideal world, I would have my main meal at lunch, but can no do since I don't want to have it at work (I want to enjoy it at home).

Anyway, about the being liberated about my weight...I weighed myself this morning and I was up from yesterday. I think I know why. I ate a very sodium-filled soup last night and I did (*cringe*) have a glass of wine last night even though I said I wasn't going to do that during the week and it is my last week on my BC pills and I tend to bloat up AND my muscles are still really sore from my workout two days ago. So I really am retaining tons of water right now, I think. I mean, I'm so sore, I can hardly stretch, so yeah, am definitely having a lot of water retention in my muscles.

Anyway, I just realized this morning that I just wasn't going to care about the numbers. I wasn't going to flip out at the fluctuations. I was going to keep doing what I'm doing for at least a month, so I can see what, if anything, needs to be tweaked. I feel like my body has no choice but to let go of fat if I'm eating less, doing strength training three times a week, and running four-five times a week!

Onward to today!

OLEHAT: I think what you're doing is great. After my second son was born and I went back to working out I had decided that I was going to pay no attention to the scale. I refused to weigh myself and felt that I would know I was losing by how my clothes felt and how toned I was (i was much younger then..lol) I started working with a trainer and doing cardio on my own....eventually my big ugly sweat pants were falling off of me and people were telling me how I looked so much smaller. When I finally got on the scale it showed that I was only 8 lbs lighter, but i had gained so much muscle that i was a good four sizes lighter! I lost mega inches without losing a ton of weight.....it was kind of bizarre but taught me not to be a slave to the scale. Okay about your IF, I think it is great as long as you stay hydrated. Different things work for different people. I do not think eating six small meals works for me....all it meant was that I was eating all day and I always ate over my amount of calories at each meal. And quite frankly I'm too busy to look at the clock every four hours and say it is time to eat or what not. Last spring I was pretty much just eating one large meal a day for a while because I was depressed and had no appetite and guess what? I lost weight and didn't pass out or anything. In fact, in other countries people eat one big meal during the day and pretty much have barely anything the rest of the day....(eat breakfast like a pauper, lunch like a king and dinner like a pauper again)....So more power to you girl, it sounds like you have it all down pat and I wish i were at your weight right now!

KELI..you made me laugh when you said HOBO PANTS. That's how i fel lately..a hobo

MRSTRYING: I love how positive your posts are and all the emoticons...thank you for your positive energy and pep talks!!!!!

Well I ruined my Atkins day yesterday AGAIN. I was doing really well but last night was my son had a concert and we always celebrate afterwards by having something sweet. I had bought a box of black and white cookies for him, and of course having them out on the counter was more than I could handle. I wound up having a quite a few and the fact that I shook a ton of sensa on them (LOL) Ifelt so guilty the rest of the night. I managed to still look .08 of a lb so atleast I didn't have a gain.

Today my friend has her last chemo...yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy....going to the cancer center to visit and see her ring some bell when it is over....I don't think i'm going out to eat tonight like we usually do after her chemo so no temptations for me tonight.......

I hope everyone has a great day!!!!!! Willpower and focus my friends!!!!

Good morning all!

I am feeling very discouraged today. I got on the scale and the number is so bad I cannot even believe it. I have had three good food days and am working on my fourth today but the number on the scale is higher than Monday and just don't know why it is so high. Days like this make me want to give up but I know if I do, I will balloon up to my starting weight in no time.
I am wondering if this has something to do with quitting smoking and after my metabolism settles down if I will go back to losing a little at least. UGH, very discouraged and upset today. Wish I lived close to ZUMBA so we could cry together.

Mrs Trying - Hope that all goes well with DH today!!!! Thinking of you.

To all struggling, I am sending you !!

I am sorry if I am not doing personals! I just don't have it in me at the moment.

I am super stressed out over my upcoming trip home. Just found out that my sister will be there as well. I have not spoken with her over 2 years...she is a total witch

So needless to say I have been stress eating....

I am drawing strength from all of you, and trying to stay accountable. I had a bad night last night and ate half the fridge, but I am back on plan today. I can't let the past haunt me

Sending to all.