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    • RabbitPam
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        I’ve been hearing the call to go back to Weight Watchers, and yesterday morning I couldn’t stand myself any longer and renewed my membership. Attended an 8AM meeting before getting to work by 9AM. That’s with my favorite leader so it should work out fine.

        Was good all day, then pigged out on peanuts late last night. Figured out the points this morning and it turned out I was UNDER for the day!

        But right now I was told to start eating some breakfast or something within 30 minutes of getting up. Had cereal & banana with my coffee and I’m uncomfortably full. This will take some getting used to, but I have a huge goal of weight to lose. It’s better than paying a Dr. to test my cholesterol and tell me to lose weight. Skipped the high priced middle man and went straight to the diet solution.

        Anybody else ending the Holiday food binge and starting that New Year’s Resolution Weight Loss Plan? I read that about 40% of people who make a resolution to lose weight actually succeed in doing so, and only about 18% who don’t make a resolution will do it. So maybe when we promise ourselves, we come through.

        I walked into the meeting and my leader gave me a nice greeting during her talk and said “good to see you” and I said “there’s more of me to see.” All the folks around me cracked up. I have fun at the meetings sometimes.

        This used to be Scarlet Rose’s passion. I need to clone her success.

        And now for some exercise. Chasing Sammy to get her back in her house so I can go to work.


      • Lintini
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          That’s great Pam!! It’s so amazing how such small changes in your diet can make such large differences! I’m so excited for you! You will have to tell us all about your meetings and all jokes you crack in them :p

          My resolution was to take the dogs for more walks because the Puppy has cabin fever since it’s been raining so much. Unfortunetly our walk was cut short yesterday due to a german shepard that was loose walking around. I live on some steep hills so the walks are pretty healthy!


        • LucyTwoBunz
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            Woo Hoo !!!  I LOVE Weight Watchers…45 pounds lost so far.  I find that the more variety, the quicker I lose.  My passion is cooking so it was an entirely new culinary experience for me.  I have some excellent recipes, filling food ideas & general tips if you would like me to share any.  I just typed up a few to forward off to a couple friends & niece and plan to get more entered later today.  Off to go for a walk (and garage sales)…sometimes I check out garage sales on Craigslist, map out some, drive to that neighborhood, park & shop!  Makes it fun & you can even pick up some inexpensive things.  I have even found a few things for the bunz & my cat.  Got a “dog pen” that is 5’X4’X4′ for $20.  Yet to do anything with it ’cause I need to get some NIC cubes to add to it for their bedroom.  Anyway, GOOD LUCK…your energy level will get better as time goes by…


          • KytKattin
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              Yay for spring slimness! I am not dieting too much, though with school I have soup on Mondays and Wednesdays, with an Asian Pear for dessert. If I don’t eat often enough I start to get dizzy and sometimes faint. I try to make good choices though, by packing my own lunch instead of buying on campus so I am stuck with what I put in there, instead of going for something that I want then.

              Also, I started a yoga class at my college! It is very awesome! Nothing makes you go to an exercise class like putting your GPA at stake!

              Another good thing; I have maintained my gaining of only 10 lbs total since I lost my thyroid! *whoot* I think no dairy has really helped me in that. I would like to lose that 10 lbs, hence the yoga class, but I am okay if I don’t.


            • Monkeybun
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                Go Pam Go!

                My hubby keeps saying we need to get into shape, its hard to do much for me with my knee right now.. *sigh* Not that I need a diet.. I need to gain more if anything! But me being here and cooking has made him gain a bit extra.. any tasty healthier recipes you guys want to share would be appreciated


              • RabbitPam
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                  Thanks, guys. Lucy2B, that is amazing!!! I am the opposite of you. I really hate to cook. I am good about eating what’s put in front of me, but I get home from work and the absolute last thing I want to do is cook. So it’s difficult.

                  I am really pretty hungry after a Lean cuisine dinner thing, and have 5 points left tonight, so am trying to decide how to work this out.


                • MimzMum
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                    Hogeeze…eating? What’s that? >.< I've been so busy and so stressed lately, I don't think I've put much in my mouth in the last 48 hours and who knows what in the last two months? ~_~ I've been hopelessly stuck at about 35 pounds over my ideal weight since my body leveled out on the tamoxifen I take for my cancer maintenance. It just won't go away, no matter what I do. (Little to no exercise doesn’t help and now that my blood tests say I am through the change of life, I can imagine it’s not going to get any easier.)
                    I also hate cooking. What a waste of time. By the time I’m done smelling it I have no appetite and I’ve probably already chowed down too much candy, soda and chips waiting for it to finish cooking. 0_o
                    Do they still give you prepacked meals at Weight Watchers, Pam? I remember my dad using that stuff, it reminded me of astronaut food.
                    And of course, Valentine’s Day is coming…MUST…IGNORE…CHOCOLATE!!! o_o


                  • RabbitPam
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                      They sell candy bars that are made to be very low in bad stuff and only 1 pt. apiece and really tasty. They have drink mixes and snack things. I think you’re thinking of Jenny Craig with the meals. WW has an arrangement with Smart Ones that are sold in grocery stores and they have points marked on the packages. Also, Progresso light soups just started a WW label, too.


                    • MimzMum
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                        Actually this was many years ago, my dad (well he was my grandfather who adopted me as a baby), had terrible weight problems and high blood pressure. He was either on Weight Watchers or NutriSystem. I’m thinking the latter. And he had horrible kidney problems in his later years and I always attributed that to this food they gave him to eat, which I don’t think was very good for him. It was almost all freeze dried stuff and very nasty looking. I didn’t want to taste it myself, so I have no idea about that. >.<
                        I love Progresso soups! My favorites are their lentil and barley soups. Yum!
                        Also, this looks like a good place for this question…anyone have a nice, tasty, low calorie, homemade pasta sauce recipe? I am getting tired of the bottled kind. *I should poke Sage Cat for this*


                      • jerseygirl
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                          Monkeybun, how would you go with swimming? My physio suggested swimming to me to get more core strength etc. I’ve never been much of a swimmer but a heated pool does sound nice.


                        • Monkeybun
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                            lol swimming… I can’t swim Never learned how! We have a pool here at the apartment, but I’ve never used it in the 3 years I’ve been here. It mystifies my friends


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                              Monkeybun, I’ll sell you some of my weight! I’m just a little bit over ideal, and it sure would be nice if you’d take some. And by selling I mean I’d pay you to take it lol. And wow, no swimming? It’s just so fun!

                              Good luck RabbitPam! Whenever I wanted to lose weight, the best way was no soda or juices, cut down on carbs, low fat/skim milk, no junk food, and just mostly counting calories. I also read that the amount of calories you should be taking in is to take your desired weight, add a zero, and then add your weight to it. Like if I wanted to weigh 120, I’d take 120×100=1200+120=1310 calories/day. Also walking lots helps. Although starting college 2 yrs ago made me do the famous weight gain haha thankfully I was thin before I gained the weight so it’s not so bad


                            • Sage Cat
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                                Good Luck Pam!!

                                Yes walk, walk, walk – I helps more than people think!!!!

                                 

                                J and I use to work out together. The last few years his schedule keeps him from going to the gym with me. So, J and I gave ourselves an awesome Christmas present we have been wanting for a while: A weight room: Dumbbells, a bench, a roman chair, matts and stability balls. 

                                It is not a resolution – because we started last year.

                                I love having a workout partner. We both work out a lot harder when we work out together. Plus it is harder to blow off a work out. He is having some knee problems. We are working on getting his knee stronger so that he can run with me!!

                                 

                                Cooking Light. Com has LOTS of great recipes under 400 calories!!! Check it out.

                                 

                                MimzMum here is one I have modified for you:

                                Simple Tomato Sauce

                                Yield: 2 Servings

                                 

                                • 1 can diced tomatoes

                                • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided

                                • 2 garlic cloves, minced

                                • 1 tablespoons plus 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt, divided

                                • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper

                                • 1/8 cup minced fresh basil

                                • 4 oz Pasta

                                • 6 tablespoons grated fresh Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

                                 

                                Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add garlic to pan; cook 30 seconds or just until garlic begins to brown, stirring constantly. Add tomatoes, reserved juices, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper. Increase heat to medium-high; cook 15 minutes or until liquid almost evaporates, stirring occasionally.

                                Cook your choice of Pasta but, only ¾ of the recommended cooking time. Drain pasta in a colander over a bowl, reserving 1/2 cup cooking water.

                                Add hot pasta and reserved cooking water to tomato mixture. Cook 5 minutes or until sauce is thick and pasta is al dente, tossing to combine. Remove from heat. Sprinkle with basil; toss.

                                Place pasta mixture on plate. Drizzle each serving with 1/2 teaspoon of remaining oil; sprinkle each with 1 tablespoon cheese.

                                Calories: 313, Fat: 9.5g (sat 2.1g,mono 5.6g,poly 1.5g) , Protein: 10.3g, Carbohydrate: 47g, Fiber: 3.2g, Cholesterol: 4mg, Iron: 2.3mg, Sodium: 576mg, Calcium: 83mg

                                 


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                                  awesome receipe sagecat! thx… will try it for sure

                                  rabbitpam i’m right there with you baby! ‘cept i’m not joining weight-watchers. love that program the most out of any that are out there. but instead i joined a runners club! yay me!

                                  i love running (tho what i do can *barely* be called running) and was upto 10k a few years back. actually… i don’t love the running part – i usually curse like a trucker wilst running – but i love love love it the instant i’m done. haha. the high is so awesome its enough to get me out the door the next day.

                                  the club i joined is with a local runners shop and there’s a free learn-to-run clinic where they get you started via a walk/run 8 week program. last week we were upto 1.5 min running 1 min walking recovery for a distance of 4k (thats about 2.5 miles).

                                  but i had to skip last thursday because my right knee was sore- not constantly but only when climbing stairs. i went out on my own on saturday and today it’s sore again. boo!!! just when i was getting back into the groove. *sighs* i will have to skip running until it feels better.

                                  anyways… i’m bound and determined to keep my momentum so tonight i’m doing a no-impact cardio in my basement. diet-wise i’m keeping it simple for now. fruit for breakfast or green smoothie, protein and veggies for lunch, and normal dinners with careful portions. protein and veggie snack at night if i need a snack. but i try to eat dinner later to avoid having a snack if possible.

                                  anyhoo… thanks for this thread! it was very timely for me to keep my motivation up dispite my bum knee. good luck


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                                    I could definitely stand to lose a few pounds, but I always have a hard time. Basically I totally lack will power 🙁 I eat really healthy with almost no desserts, no soda, no candy, but my downfall is eating too large of a portion size (even if it’s healthy, eating too much isn’t good) and drinking too much alcohol. We almost always have a beer or something with dinner and that’s probably 150 calories I don’t need. I’ve really started limiting my food to only one serving and on a small plate if possible (unless I need the extra room of a big plate to add lots of yummy veggies).

                                    I probably gained 5-10lbs when hubby and I moved in together a few years ago. Blah. It doesn’t sound like much, but it’s to the point where my pants are tight and uncomfortable – I’d really like to actually fit in my clothes again. I totally blame him because he makes me cook huge quantities of food and when he’s going back for seconds or thirds, it’s hard for me to resist having a little more too. Lucky for him he has an insane metabolism and is extremely skinny. When I lived alone, I would cook just a small quantity of food each night (like one serving of pasta, not the whole box) and when it was gone, it was gone.

                                    I’m trying to exercise more too. I honestly don’t find exercise at all helpful to weight loss unless I’m biking outside for a couple hours a day, 3-5 days per week and really burning 700-1000 calories at a time (I haven’t biked like this in a few years). However, I do find that it makes me feel a bit better and gives me something to do in my unemployed free time to work out a bit. Hubby set up my bike in the basement on a special trainer thing that keeps it stationary, so I ride for 30 minutes most days while watching a movie or something. It’s not nearly as calorie burning as really riding outside for 20+ miles, but I just can’t stand doing it inside for more than 30 minutes. I wish I could join a gym with a spinning class, but the cheap gym doesn’t offer them and I’m not in a position to spend $750 on a gym membership right now for the place that does offer spinning. Oh well.

                                    Good luck to everyone else on your weightloss! I hope to hear some success stories soon 🙂


                                  • Lara
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                                      Wow… everybody is doing great things! Keep up the good work. I have been trying to lose weight for years, but have pretty much just stayed the same. I tried weight watchers a few years ago and loved it, but now I’m trying to do it one my own. I have a gym membership, which I really can’t afford, but I keep because i think that health is important and I REALLY want to lose weight. lol. I just need to get a schedule going. Most nights, I put off going to the gym because I’m so tired! The worst part is that I’m in nursing… it is so hard to tell an overweight patient why they should try to lose weight when I am not an ideal weight either…


                                    • RabbitPam
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                                        Hi, everyone. I’m eating brussel sprouts for dinner, which may sound gross but I really love them. Samantha does not object to the smell.

                                        babybunsmum: “green smoothie”? That sounds interesting. Recipe please?


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                                          Elrohwen, that sounds like me and my hubby, except I’m the one with the high metabolism. And I still gained weight this last 3 years, which in my case was good. My doctor is happier with my weight now. But he gained right along with me, and is whining he cant fit into his pants now hehe.


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                                            Pam, brussel sprouts are so fantastic!! How do you cook them? The only way I know how is to roast them in some olive oil with salt and pepper (and maybe throw some garlic in during the last 5 minutes). A friend has a recipe that involves shredding them and cooking them with at least a stick of butter and pound of bacon. Lol. It’s good, but kind of defeats the purpose of eating a vegetable. I’d love to learn some new brussel sprout techniques.

                                            MB, I’m lucky enough that my metabolism is fairly high – I can eat more than most girls I know and still stay fairly thin (helps that I’m really tall), but it sucks to know that I was my “perfect” weight right after college and just lost it. And 5-10lbs sounds like such a small thing, but it’s so hard sometimes, I think because most of my life I’ve been able to eat whatever I want. I wish I was in your position! I love to eat, so I’m pretty sure I could find some way to pack on a few extra pounds 😉 Hubby has actually gained 10lbs in the last few years, but most was muscle that he lost right after college (he’ll never be a “big” guy, but he used to lift weights much more in college) and maybe 3-5lbs of it was fat that he needed anyway. Now he complains that he has a gut … lol. It’s literally like 1lb worth of fat on his tummy, but he calls it a gut.


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                                              Brussel sprouts smell like feet. :0(

                                              I need to lose 40 lbs but I am so incredibly lazy it’s not funny. I also hate to cook. Woe is me.


                                            • jerseygirl
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                                                Just drinking water can help. I’ve heard alot that when you feel hungry, it can be that you’re actually thirsty and the brain can get the message mixed. Downing some water can make you feel a bit fuller. If you have a beverage with your meal, have a glass of water at the table also to drink in between. You may then not go for the top up of alcohol or soda/pop/softdrink. I can talk though….I really like water but I often fill myself with biscuits or sweets. Where as I should drink more water.  Should should should.  I’m lucky to have high metabolism too.


                                              • TARM
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                                                  I drink a ton of iced tea. My doc says thats as good as drinking water, which is good. I always have stuff to drink in my hand. I don’t even leave the house without a glass of tea. I know, I’m weird, but if I don’t I have to stop somewhere and get something to drink. I’ve been that way for years.


                                                • Monkeybun
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                                                    I HATE drinkign water. Hubby is always telling me to, but I hates it. Iced tea is much much tastier!


                                                  • TARM
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                                                      Arizona Diet Iced Tea w/ginseng is da bomb diggety.


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                                                        Diet Lipton Green Tea with Citrus makes me a very happy girl


                                                      • jerseygirl
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                                                          Tea has lots of benefits. Though some varieties of iced tea are just cordial. The one TARM mentioned seems to be low carb though.
                                                          Putting lemon in your water is said to help with weight loss. Might make it more palatable for fussy Monkeys too…. Anyway, it’s said to prevent the body storing water where you don’t want it too and start burning fat for energy. I’ll let you look into that if interested, I don’t know much about it, just another one of those things I’ve heard more than once and suspect there’s something to it.


                                                        • LucyTwoBunz
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                                                            Crystal light has 2 flavors I really like…Cherry Pomegranate & Raspberry Ice.  Also, when you get hungry, brush your teeth.  Don’t know why but was told that by our leader @ WW & it seems to work for me…not forever, but holds me over at times.  I also rely on WW Yogurt (1 point) & Jolly Time Popcorn (1 point) for fillers or in-between meals.  Enjoyed reading everyones stories .


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                                                              After five years of eating mostly Indian food and then some months in India, I’m really not impressed with my weight. Just moving out and starting to do stuff like walk, and rock climb has really helped me. I love being active and I cannot believe what a sloth I became LOL. My pudgy stomach is beginning to get a tiny bit of definition and I’m starting to become addicted to excercise again…yay 🙂
                                                              I’m going rock climbing this afternoon and I”m counting down the seconds.


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                                                                E, I take the bag of frozen brussel sprouts out of the freezer, put them in a bowl with 2 tbsp of water and nuke ’em.
                                                                this time I measured out 2 tsps of butter (I use low fat canola oil butter by land o lakes,) for flavor. Ironically, I was starving when I started but didn’t want more than 2/3. Then I had a half of a tuna sandwich with very little mayo (1 tbsp) and felt ok. I saved the sprouts for tonight and had enough tuna for my sandwich lunch today.

                                                                Foods like tuna, rice, nuts, fat free mozzarella cheese sticks, are more filling even than water. Drinking lots of liquids is excellent. flavored water or chrystal light and iced teas are all good too as long as they don’t add sugar to the mix.

                                                                I tried again with the bran flakes this morning, only i used water and no banana. feel much, much better that way.


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                                                                  Elrohwen – I am exactly the same way – I eat really healthy but, I eat portions that are too big! I just love food!!! We often have wine with dinner. And once that bottle is open – we drink it!   J and I are working on cutting back on the alcohol – it is a lot of calories!
                                                                  Since we have been living together – 4 years now – I have gained 10 pounds.  Considering I am only 5″3′, that is a noticeable amount of weight. J has gained about 20. We are concentrating on loosing fat and gaining muscle – so, I might not actually loose any weight.

                                                                  I must also say, for those of us who are older – wow, does it take longer to loose that weight!
                                                                  There is always the “Fashion Model” diet: coffee & cigarettes!   Too bad I don’t smoke, And I drink decaf – oh well.

                                                                  I love ice-tea, but I brew it rather than purchase. I love cranberry Juice – but only get the kind that is 100% juice. And V-8, YUM!!

                                                                  For those of y’all who don’t want to join a high cost gym – look to see if there are Rec Centers where you live. They almost always have a gym and exercise classes, lots have pools. Here in Denver the cost is $12 a month. 

                                                                  Brussel sprouts with a stick of butter and a pound of bacon – sounds good to me!!! Hee, hee!


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                                                                    This has always been a point of contention with me…drinking water. I absolutely despise it. At our old home on the beach in California, there was a restaurant that served large pitchers of water with lemon slices in them. That was the only water I’d drink without something else in it like tea or coffee.

                                                                    I drink too much soda. I like iced tea, but have yet to find one I can drink consistently without it beginning to taste like chemicals. I need to pull out my sun tea jar this spring (as soon as we get more than 6 hours of sunlight) and put it in the fridge with a few of my bagged teas or go to my health food store and get some more mini pink rosebuds.

                                                                    Exercise…ugh. It’s not as much fun anymore without my walking buddy (Taiku) but I bet Hello Kitty would follow me down the road apiece. ^_^

                                                                    My daughter eats tuna, but she has to nuke it with cheese first. Hot tuna smell all over the house…eeeewww! *holds nose and doesn’t comment on the sprouts*


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                                                                      I’m lucky in that our apartments have the pool, hot tub and a gym that we have free access to… if only we’d use it! lol. My knee is slowly getting stronger with my physical therapy, so I’ll be able to go on walks with the hubby soon. Which is good, cuz I miss going on our “walks” in the mall… hehe.

                                                                      You need to talk Mimzy into going for walks with you MM


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                                                                        MM, why don’t you boil up a kettle of tasty hot tea, leave it out a few hours to get to room temp, then transfer it to a pitcher and put it in the fridge?
                                                                        It’s real iced tea that way.

                                                                        My house smells lovely. Like bunny hay and end-of-work-day-shoes-just-off feet. Sprouts smell? Can’t tell the difference. (I exaggerate, though I haven’t had company in a while…)


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                                                                          Yeah, I suppose I could do that…*sigh*…so much more work though…lol.
                                                                          I tend to forget things I leave out to cool, will have to set a timer to remember…if I can remember why the timer went off. ^_^

                                                                          MMMmmmm…work feet…how tasty they must be for a free roam bunny like Herself! ^_^


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                                                                            Sage Cat, we do have a cheap rec center place, but no spinning 🙁 And it’s really the only thing I know I’ll consistently do at a gym. Fashion model diet it is then! Though I don’t like coffee, so I’ll go with the champagne and cigarettes diet 😉 (uhh, without the cigarettes … can I just sit around and drink champagne all day??) The wine kills me too – especially when I open a bottle and hubby says “I’m having a beer!” so I end up drinking 3 glasses before I convince myself to put the cork back in and save it for the next day. Wine needs to come in 1-2 glass containers (I’ve seen this before, but it was only Sutter Home – ick!)

                                                                            I do love water though! I used to drink 3 gallons of milk per week (only skim though, can’t drink anything else) but I cut it down when I realized it was 90 calories per glass. Now I drink pretty much only water, beer, or wine unless I’m really craving a tall glass of milk. Yum.


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                                                                              Awesome job everyone!! I know-Scarlet Rose was like our health leader

                                                                              I hated water too. Just do it-you’ll get used to it.

                                                                              I was always on the diet drink bandwagon (thinking that was a good thing) but after lots of research the sweetners they use aren’t healthy and they cause an insulin spike so you may as well be drinking regular pop but with more chemicals. So I quit. (Except for a rum and diet every now and then because I like it!) lol
                                                                              Add lemon or lime to your water-and make sure it’s cold with lots of ice-you can do it!!
                                                                              Juice as well but be wary of the calories-never buy juice mixes. Just plain 100% juice-they even make nummy fruit juices with hidden veggie juice you can’t taste

                                                                              I don’t believe the walking myth lol -hasn’t worked for me! Heheh We got Mikey in May and of course I’m the one doing the walks-He’s a nut so we do 1-2 hours at the dog park a day plus usually another 40 minute walk. All brisk pace. He’s in awesome shape -not me lol

                                                                              I joined the gym and I just need to get my butt there-seems I don’t have enough time. I know you have to make time but when the house is a mess. So that’s my demon if the house is a mess I can’t go. So Dave and I worked out a chore list divided equally and over the week and the house is almost spic and span… By friday I should be able to find my sweat pants and gym bag and go Goal is three times a week-so oooo wish me {{No procrastination get my butt out the door}} vibes lol

                                                                              Also I’m going Vegan Not really a weight loss but a health and ethical thing I want to do. I’ve been vegetarian for almost 15 years now and I’ve been meaning to go vegan. I bought a copy of ‘Skinny Bi***” as its a best seller and just thought it would be a fun read (tough love guide to losing weight) to my surprise it was not only a fun read but a guide to going vegan to be healthier-and that was the jump I needed I guess to follow my dream and just do it-be vegan
                                                                              Problem is I lean on cheese a lot as a veggie and I don’t really cook. So I’ve allowed myself three months to try vegan dishes and learn them. Once I have some ‘tried and true’ recipes I can make I will become completely vegan. It’s going really well so far! Veganaise is awesome so is the ‘butter’ -still need to get my guts up and try the rice milk I bought-it scares me


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                                                                                Good luck on the vegan thing, K&K! I would be a great vegetarian, but I don’t think I could go without my dairy products.

                                                                                I’ve also read (and experienced) that diet is more important to weight loss than exercise. Exercise is all well and good, and is good for you heart and lungs, but you really need to adjust your diet if you’re going to lose weight. It sounds like you’re well on the way!


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                                                                                  I doubt I’d ever be able to be a vegetarian, let alone vegan.. I like my meat too much. And my cheese. And ice cream. And chocolate…


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                                                                                    Haha. I love seafood, so I could be a vegetarian if I was allowed to eat seafood. I could easily give up chicken, I almost never eat beef as it is, and pork would be hard, but I could get by. I probably would (at home at least) but hubby would be mutinous

                                                                                    Definitely couldn’t give up diary products though (see comment on 3 gallons of milk per week, above )


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                                                                                      I was doing well as a vegetarian till I met the hubby. He reintroduced me to Taco Bell and that was the end of that.
                                                                                      I’ll get more into walking when it warms a bit. We just got a Siberian blast that’s taking us to -30 at night and -20 during the day…no fun! 0_o
                                                                                      I used to love to dance when I was younger…just my own kind of aerobics thing…but I jiggle so much now I can’t stand myself and it actually hurts my back if I don’t take the impact down a bit. I could dance for hours when the kids were tiny, now I can’t manage five minutes without gasping for breath! lol….
                                                                                      Luckily, the air is so dry here, you almost have to drink SOMETHING, so I’ve been trying real hard to forgo the sodas and pick up the water bottles instead. It’s hard, but yeah, it can be done. Easier for me at night when I wake up parched to grab the water bottle and chug that.

                                                                                      As long as it’s not the vinegar/water bottle >.<


                                                                                    • Kokaneeandkahlua
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                                                                                        Haha. I love seafood, so I could be a vegetarian if I was allowed to eat seafood. I could easily give up chicken, I almost never eat beef as it is, and pork would be hard, but I could get by. I probably would (at home at least) but hubby would be mutinous

                                                                                        There are people who give up all meat but seafood
                                                                                        I don’t want to sound ‘recruity’ because I’m perfectly fine with others eating meat-its a personal decision-and I respect that greatly. I live with two BIG carnivores-Dave bf, and Mikey. Mikey my dog eats more veggies then my boyfriend-and for a vegetarian of 15 some odd years-I can cook a mean steak I don’t want to force. But anyone who’s considering ditching meat-it’s a lot easier then it sounds (specially if your keeping diary cheese etc and eggs) -veggie options are at almost every resturaunt and tbh I was a BIG meat eater when I declared myself a vegetarian one day when I was 12-in fact I didn’t like ANY vegetable and didn’t start eating them until I was about 14 . My parents weren’t worried because they thought I couldn’t do it. It’s just who I am now -no biggie. And yeah-like I said personal choice and I definitely don’t judge those who choose different

                                                                                        He reintroduced me to Taco Bell and that was the end of that.

                                                                                        bahahah I went to taco bell once because they kept having these commercials for some wrap and I was dying to have it. So I ordered it with no meat. I seriously was in drive thorugh for almost 15 mintues explaining to bewildered staff after bewildered staff that no meat was what I wanted. Not chicken. Just no meat. I haven’t tried again becasue I think those staff likely wonder to this day.

                                                                                        Oh other funny story. BK has the best veggie burgers. I was in Mexico and my bro was going into town to get subway (We were in an all inclusive but boys and their food right) so I asked him to pick me up a veggie burger at bk since it was closeby. He got laughed out of BK (Cancun) and they asked ‘if you don’t eat meat why do you come to burger place?” BAHahahahah sooo funny *blush*

                                                                                        Luckily, the air is so dry here, you almost have to drink SOMETHING, so I’ve been trying real hard to forgo the sodas and pick up the water bottles instead. It’s hard, but yeah, it can be done. Easier for me at night when I wake up parched to grab the water bottle and chug that.

                                                                                        Here too!!! I’m always sipping something-not a big drinker but I always need a sip. So trying to do water at most and juice at least. I’ve been to bed with only water the past two weeks! Victory is mine! eheheh


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                                                                                          I remember when I was about 20, my girlfriend was dating “Santa Claus” that worked at Montgomery Wards & he was not only vegetarian, but jewish .  We went to Jack in the Box drive through & he ordered a Jumbo Jack without meat…same thing, it took a bit to convince them…


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                                                                                            K&K, I love veggies! Like I said, I’d be a good vegetarian. But since I do all of the cooking every night, I think it would just be way too hard to make meat for hubby and something else for me. Besides, if we’re still buying meat at the store, I feel like it defeats the point (for me at least). But almost everything I already make would taste just as good without the meat (it’s only chicken breast, which doesn’t like anything anyway) so I think I’d be a good vegetarian chef 🙂 Maybe I could convince hubby to go vegetarian a certain number of days of the week.


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                                                                                              I had no idea you could get uppity enough with fast food staff to ask for no meat on your food! 0_o I may just do that!
                                                                                              We just had chicken last night and it tastes so terrible to me now. I know I’d like to go back to just veggies, but a lot of them mess with my stomach, so I’d wind up having a very limited diet, but eh… Probably better for me than what I eat now.

                                                                                              Plus, it’s hard bringing meat into the bunny room with me (when I want to sit on my bed to eat) and see three pairs of herbivore eyes looking at me like, “How COULD you??”


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                                                                                                The scene that was really famous for years from Five Easy Pieces with Jack Nicholson was in the restaurant. He asked for toast. They wouldn’t serve it. he finally asked for a toasted chicken salad sandwich – hold the mayo, hold the chicken, hold the lettuce.


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                                                                                                  RabbitPam – What a great new start! I really missed Scarlet’s health/diet posts, and so I am so happy you have started it up again. This kind of thread was always a popular so if this is something that ends up being ongoing, then I can create a little sub-section so it’s easy to track these posts in one place (especially when there are such good tips and recipes to refer back to)

                                                                                                  I was doing very well with my new years resolution to FINALLY get my weight off — eating right, working out everyday, and then I fall off the health wagon when something really stressful happens, I fall back to comfort food. But this time I did get back into the groove after a short setback.

                                                                                                  We are exercising and cooking healthy yummy meals. I never was much of a cook, but in order for me to really control what I am eating, I wanted to really cook from scratch or almost scratch what I was consuming. That way I could control fat, salt, sugar intake more. I am actually lovin’ cooking. I am actually finding it relaxing!  There is also a great online recipe exchange site that I like. You can also modify the recipes to less sugar,salt, fat etc and put them in your online recipe box. http://www.allrecipes.com

                                                                                                  We’ve also taken to getting back to our old fun activities of hiking and biking (I used to mountain bike, but I need to get in better shape, but I would like to get back to that again).

                                                                                                  My biggest challenge is not having alot of time to make breakfast and lunch and it’s easy to skip breakfast and feel famished and shove in something quick and very bad! So to combat our time issues, we do fresh fruit smoothies with protein and Trader Joe’s”very green” powder (veggies) in the morning.  I may have a little toast with that, but the smoothy fills me up and it keeps me full. Lunch is normally a salad, and a small portion of what is left over from whatever healthy meal we cooked the night before. (We try and make enough for the next day’s lunch just because of the time crunch)

                                                                                                  Even making a salad can take a little time as you have to cut up all the veggies etc. So I’ve been pre-cuttting radishes, celery, broccoli, peppers,cabbage, carrots and putting each of them in plastic sandwich bags with a little damp paper towel as that helps keep them fresh. (cucumbers and tomatoes don’t do well pre-cut, of course, so I do cut that later), but anyway, that just allows me to throw everything over lettuce in less than a minute.

                                                                                                  So this year, that has been my strategy and we’ll see where it takes me. I really am finally done with this weight. (I’ve been overweight for five or six years now and it’s embarrassing when I see old friends that hadn’t seen me in five years, and they see me with an extra 55 pounds!)

                                                                                                  But besides just the ego aspect of it, it just really has to GO as I miss doing some serious hiking, biking, and skiing….just all around energy level is slower now….plus I miss my old body, I don’t expect perfection, but just something that can easily carry me around and fit into a decent sized pair of jeans doing it…it’s somewhere in this flubfest!

                                                                                                  Thanks again Pam for revving this topic back up.


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                                                                                                    My hubby is the same way BB. He used to do all sorts of hiking and camping and biking and running… and now here he is, a few pant sizes bigger, and nowhere near in shape for it now. It bums him out. So I gotta get cooking healthier for him to make him feel better about it


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                                                                                                      MB – I do have to say that the healthier meals definitely make a difference for me. My cravings for bad foods lessened each week, and my energy level is more steady. Before my energy would peak and fall more quickly and dramatically. That even energy level helps me stay more active.

                                                                                                      With the exercise, I can honestly say I HATED getting back into it. It was just so hard. The first few days are misery, and then after a week it gets easier. This time though I am exercising smarter. When I first started gaining weight after my first knee surgery, I had gained a bit of weight and I still kept trying to do all the things I loved to do at the level I used to, and that just made it worse for me, shin splints, heal spurs and then later a second knee injury (needed surgery) so of course that didn’t help with the gaining weight at all. So this time, I am going about the exercise thing much smarter (though, I’ve let enough time pass, I couldn’t do it at the level I did before even if I tried). I am pushing myself, but I am really paying attention to what my body can actually do and I have found that I progress with the exercise each week without a problem.

                                                                                                      I can say though, for me, to get the energy I needed to get motivated enough to exercise, it started with the healthy meals. Does your husband like to cook? Both my husband and I have taken to cooking together and we actually found it’s a great way to connect after a busy day.


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                                                                                                        Neither one of us likes to cook lol. But I’ll do it to make my hubby feel better

                                                                                                        Knee problems have been the reason I haven’t exercised much.. which hasn’t help my hubby get into it either. With my knee slowly getting stronger, I hope we’ll get more active.

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