A New Weight Loss Support/accountability Thread Anyone else wanting to lose weight?
#551 Guest_hightop girl_*
Posted 06 April 2008 - 03:04 PM
So yesterday I had almost the same meals. THe only difference was that I cut out the chips at lunch, but then we went to a 50 year anniversary, and I had some cheese (2 slices), about a T. salmon, and a couple of pieces of fruit. I ran 12 miles and then biked for an hour and actually gained about 1 pound. As you might expect I was pretty frustrated with my will power and body. I can't seem to get a grip. I am not eating more than 2000 calories per day, and I am working out pretty hard. So I think I will try the candida diet. I looked at what I am eating and all that fruit adds up to a lot of sugar, and I followed it because a doc made me a few years ago. To be honest, right now i am not optimistic.
Here is today (so far)
Breakfast: none
Snack: 7 dates with a t. peanut butter and about 4 tortilla chips (I crave crunchy and salt) this was before I decided to try the candida diet.
Lunch: smoothie- same as yesterday, but I cut out the peanut butter. about 6 sweet potato chips and 7 dates
Then I read about the candida diet and threw out my dates!
I went on a 45-50 mile bike ride then ran 8 miles.
snack: about 3 chips, a 1/2 t. peanut butter and some cashews.
I am planning to have aout 1 ounce of salmon and a salad for dinner.
If you see what I am doing wrong... let me know. I am pretty frustrated. I would like to get my weight under control while I am still within 10 pounds.
#552 Guest_hightop girl_*
Posted 07 April 2008 - 02:58 AM
#553
Posted 07 April 2008 - 08:16 AM
Hightop Girl - do you do triathlons, or do you just like running and biking? I've always been an athlete and used to do small (sprint) triathlons and I would run and bike like that too. It is frustrating to work out so hard and not lose weight.
I have to severly restrict my eating or I don't lose weight. I've been working out regularly in the gym - running on the running track, riding the bike, working on the "arm bike", doing the elliptical machine and lifting weights and have gained almost 10 pounds in the past year. And it's not muscle. So I'm trying to get back on track and not eat all the yummy things that I like to bake.
Okay everyone, it's Monday, the start of a new week. Is anyone else "starting over" for the spring and excited about getting back on track?
Started Specific Carbohydrate Diet on 8-16-09 because son was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and want to give him moral support.
Diagnosed with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome in 2003. Discovered that going completely gluten-free put me in remission.
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalms 27:13
#554
Posted 07 April 2008 - 10:10 AM
I just found out that decaffeinated coffee is bloating me a keeping me from losing weight. I stopped it for 2 days and lost 2 lbs., and it was over the weekend so I didn't exercicse much. I also just finished Diflucon and Tetrazole for systemic candida infection so that might play into it. I really think it's the coffee though because the first day I drank 1 cup in the morning my stomach hurt for a while and I was super busy that day and didn't get the chance to have any more and at night my stomach didn't hurt!!!
But if I do not exercise for any length of time, I will put on weight. Are you weighing yourself the same time every day? I am usually 2 lbs. heavier at the end of the day no matter what and it goes down in the morning. Do you drink a lot of water? I also will gain weight after I drink a lot of fluids. The best thing is to try and weigh in the same time every day. Well, actually every week, but I weigh in every day as way of monitoring how I'm doing.
lonewolf,
Yes, I am psyched! Bathing suit season is coming up and I have to lose this weight or be embarrassed at the pool! I'm kind of on an elimination diet and mostly whole foods and it's really helping me. If I eat lots of fruits and veggies I do fine with my weight and lose easier. Exercising has been going well too.
Good luck to everyone this week!
Dx'd with Celiac Disease 8/01/07
#555
Posted 07 April 2008 - 11:04 AM
So far today I've only eaten a piece of turkey bacon and had a cup of tea. I'm thinking about lunch now and trying to keep my willpower together. Salad will have to satisfy me!
Started Specific Carbohydrate Diet on 8-16-09 because son was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and want to give him moral support.
Diagnosed with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome in 2003. Discovered that going completely gluten-free put me in remission.
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalms 27:13
#556 Guest_hightop girl_*
Posted 07 April 2008 - 06:41 PM
Here is today:
Breakfast: none
Snack (about 9:00 am) one boiled egg
Lunch (about 1:30) my daughter had a senior luncheon- salad and pasta and cookies- I skipped all of that because I was afraid of even the salad after my airport experience. I went back to work and had a small salad with steelhead trout on it, and a few tortilla chips.
Snack- I tried a few nuts and a little peanut butter- but nothing really sounded or tasted good so I gave up
Dinner- Salad with steelhead and salsa and a few tortilla chips crushed and added on top. And 7 rice crackers.
I really am craving something sweet, but I think I will live- just pout a little.
I biked for about 20 minutes this morning, swam 30 minutes this afternoon, and will probably ride on a stationary bike while I watch the KU game.
I hope my weight stays stable or goes down.
#557
Posted 07 April 2008 - 08:28 PM
B - 1 piece turkey bacon, unsweetened tea
L - Salad with Romano cheese, flax meal and light Italian dressing, carrot sticks
S - Carrot sticks, about 3 C popcorn (no butter)
D - Salmon, about 1 C rice with garlic sauce, cooked carrots
And I just got back from working out.
Started Specific Carbohydrate Diet on 8-16-09 because son was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and want to give him moral support.
Diagnosed with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome in 2003. Discovered that going completely gluten-free put me in remission.
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalms 27:13
#558
Posted 08 April 2008 - 08:39 AM
I have no idea what's going on in here ...
Hi New People
Hi, also, the ones I'm familiar with
Here are my
Weight Loss Confessions
I've lost no weight. I'm in need of change ... change of habits and of flabbiness. I love working out. Why don't I do it more? I'm fed up with carrying it around. At a size 12, I look a few lbs overweight, but in a bathing suit - it's not good.
I think I'm finally sick enough of this that I'm ready to commit. It's worked before, and it's going to work again.
This is me, working on a goal:
So, let's see ... It's the second week of April. If I were to really reach for it - the GOAL, that is - I would shoot for about 150 lbs, so, at 165, that's 15 lbs to lose - I'm very large frame at 5'7". If I really, really worked out & stopped snacking, I believe that I could lose that 15 lbs. by my birthday (mid-June). That's about 9 weeks. So, it's a little less than 2 lbs. per week. It's possible (and, it's probable, when you take into consideration my extreme level of fed-upedness).
I really think yoga would be great ... weight training - gotta have it. Hiking, DDR, cardio, all the stuff.
It starts with going to the gym today ... right now ... bye.
#559
Posted 08 April 2008 - 08:47 AM
UR Groovy, on Apr 8 2008, 09:39 AM, said:
Hi Kat! I can so totally relate. I don't look too bad fully clothed - I'm a size 12 too - but the bathing suit is not going to happen without some work.
I'm 5'7 too, and want to get to 150 by June 15th. Maybe we can encourage each other extra good? I have about 21 pounds to go, but I think it's do-able if I really get after it.
Hope your time at the gym went well!
Started Specific Carbohydrate Diet on 8-16-09 because son was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and want to give him moral support.
Diagnosed with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome in 2003. Discovered that going completely gluten-free put me in remission.
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalms 27:13
#560
Posted 08 April 2008 - 09:10 AM
lonewolf, on Apr 8 2008, 09:47 AM, said:
I'm 5'7 too, and want to get to 150 by June 15th. Maybe we can encourage each other extra good? I have about 21 pounds to go, but I think it's do-able if I really get after it.
Hope your time at the gym went well!
Wow, Liz,
Similar goals. I like it. What a coinkidink. I'll post my confessions or milestones, accordiingly. Let's do the weigh-ins, regardless of the outcome. Once a week for me - whatever day - I'll choose a day of the week.
I'm going to work on a schedule for working out & also, I'm going to try to plan my meals and snacks a few days ahead. I have nothing else to do today, so working on this seems important enough to dedicate some time to. Who knows? It may make cooking & cleaning a bit more sano. With a plan, I can make most stuff ahead of time.
So, I came in to Edit my previous post. I noticed at some point you all were considering starting a new thread - I really like that idea. I like 'support', and I think it naturally comes when the community begins to come together, but I also like 'milestones' - because I feel good when I have something that made a difference. Also 'confessions' - because it gets it off my chest.
What would you guys like this thread to be about? Or am I just being stupid?
Now, I'm going to the gym.
#561
Posted 08 April 2008 - 11:42 AM
Liz: I know that you have been camping in the past and we are planning to go soon, was is easy to make pancakes and food that you needed while camping.
I have not gained or lost any weight, I am still at 147lbs. I have changed my drinking habits, as far as diet sodas go anyway. I used to drink 1-3 depending on the day, I am now only drinking 1 d. soda maybe ever other day or may every 3rd day I might have one. My tummy feels better, since I got my results back from Enterolab I have been doing better on watching what I eat.
Here are my meals
Saturday
B- gluten-free waffles
coffee
D- gluten-free pizza
coke zero
Sunday
B- scrambled eggs with gluten-free bacon, onion, bell pepper
milk
coffee
D- Stuffed baked potato, with bacon, turkey, sour cream, chives
tea
starbucks latte Cinnomon Dolce Latte
working dinner at 1am
left over potato
32oz tea
up at 12:30 pm
coffee
D- 8 chicken tenders with gluten-free gravy (I made these with rice flour)
D. DP
I made cookies for my husband and daughter for them to eat and I a tiny piece of cookie dough an hour later I had gas in my back.
Tuesday
coffee
B- 1/2 bowl of gluten-free maple buckwheat flakes
L- gluten-free sandwhich turkey, cheese, alfafal sprouts, avacodo
vitimin water fruit punch.
no Idea what is for dinner
Happy eating ladies
Fecal Antitissue Transglutaminase IgA 13 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)
Quantitative Microscopic Fecal Fat Score <300 Units (Normal Range <300 Units)
Fecal anti-casein (cow's milk) IgA antibody 12 Units (Normal Range <10 Units)
HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 1 0501
HLA-DQB1 Molecular analysis, Allele 2 0501
Serologic equivalent: HLA-DQ 1,1 (Subtype 5,5)
You can teach an old dog new tricks!!!
#562
Posted 08 April 2008 - 03:07 PM
#563
Posted 08 April 2008 - 03:20 PM
little d, on Apr 8 2008, 12:42 PM, said:
I had no problem making gluten-free food while camping.
Breakfasts - sausage, bacon, pancakes, french toast, hot applesauce
Lunches - chips and refried beans, sandwiches on rice tortillas or lettuce leaves (I'll be bringing Brazilian Cheese Bread this year to try), Envirokidz cereal bars, cookies, fruit, chips, trail mix
Dinners - Camper stew (meat, potatoes, onions and carrots), hamburgers, hotdogs (Ener-G buns), baked beans, chips, tacos, dehydrated soup, fajitas - lots to choose from!
Snacks - cookies, fruit, trail mix
That's all I can think of now, but we never go hungry and have been doing it mostly gluten-free for several years now.
Started Specific Carbohydrate Diet on 8-16-09 because son was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and want to give him moral support.
Diagnosed with Minimal Change Nephrotic Syndrome in 2003. Discovered that going completely gluten-free put me in remission.
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalms 27:13
#564
Posted 08 April 2008 - 03:59 PM
I wouldn't mind if we start a new thread. I like the idea of confessions and milestones. I'm sure we each have some of each to tell about!
I have been great dieting, but nixed the exercise this week so far. I just found out I'm severely low in ferritin stores and vitamin D. At least I know why I'm so tired all the time now.
I only missed Monday and Tuesday so I'll just start back up tomorrow.
Happy Healthy Eating and Exercising!
Dx'd with Celiac Disease 8/01/07
#565 Guest_hightop girl_*
Posted 08 April 2008 - 06:10 PM
Breakfast - none just black coffee
Rode my bike to work (10 miles)
Snack- 1 boiled egg and a few tortilla chips
Lunch- salad with steelhead and a few chips ( I can't seem to give up the crunch)
ran 4 miles on my break
Snack- 6 rice crackers with peanut butter and one bite of a gluten free protein bar (I have to find something for the 1/2 iron)bar
Rode my bike home 10 miles
late dinner so I had another snack of about 2 T. mixed nuts
Dinner- salad with steelhead and salsa, a few chips.
Snack -- none
A rum and diet coke
I was down another pound today... I think the combo of fruit and 2 glutenings in 10 days really had me retaining a lot of water.

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