I posted this on the old September board, but I'll repost here for those who don't go back to the old one:
THE SCALE WENT DOWN!!! And I had to restep, restep, to make sure it wasn't lying to me. I'm down 2 lbs, not a bad way to start the month. Even though I didn't lose pounds in Sept., my body was doing something because I lost 5.5 inches:
2 from chest
1 from hips
1 from thighs
1 from calves
.5 from ankles
I cannot say how happy I was to see that I've lost inches even though the scale wasn't moving. And I lost 5.5 inches in August as well, and that's when I lost 8 lbs. so I must have done something right to still lose the same inches exactly.
My SIL used to be very heavy, around 300 lbs. I think, and she took all the weight off and has kept it off for over six years now. I asked her last night what she did/does to get it off and her answer shocked me. She said she went on strict diets, like the firstweek all she ate was eggs, that's it! Then each week she did a different diet, like the cabbage soup diet, etc. and she exercised, mostly riding her bike and lifting weights. When all the weight was off, she went back to eating what she wanted but since her stomach was smaller she couldn't hold as much. Whenever her pants start getting snug, she just goes on a diet for a week. She said that all the dieting taught her self control and in the end she just really doesn't want to gain the weight back so she eats in moderation. Her kitchen is STOCKED with everything from cookies to potato chips, brownies, you name it she has some. She said she eats that stuff, just one treat a day and then if her jeans get tight she diets a week or so to get it back down.
I am not sure what I feel about this. I always firmly believed that if you take the weight off through unhealthy diets like that, it would just come right back. Seems to me she's in a yoyo pattern where she eats and gains, then cuts back to some crazy diet to get it back under control, then goes back to her junk again. I also noticed last night that she's at least a size, probably 2, bigger than when we saw her a few months ago, so I think the weight is starting to come back...she said she's into the egg diet this week because of some "minor gains."
I am so happy I am doing this the right way. She told me the only way to do it is to stick with a diet and exercise. I think she is right, but I want a healthy diet, not one crazy fad diet after the other. I am working to change my lifestyle permanantly so I'm not cycling through diets and gains trying to maintain. I'd rather get there slowly and have an easier, healthier time getting it off.
Okay, enough rambling. Happy October everyone!
Theresa