Phase 2 of weight loss odyssey

I'd like to join in too, I want to lose ten pounds (again), the ones I keep gaining back. I wasn't really driven to do it now, last night I had a piece of mixed berry pie with heavy cream, so you see where I'm going here. But with a little push from others here, that will give me some incentive to 'just do it'.

Even if I lose the ten pounds, I'll be in the lower end of the BMI for overweight, now I'm closer to the upper end. That's okay with me though, at that weight I feel very good, regardless of those online calculators. My problem is, my legs and arms are not big, all my weight is in the middle, apple shaped, and I refuse to go up any more in pant sizes, even though that limits my daily wardrobe (of jeans) greatly.

I just came back from the gym, did 35 min. on the elliptical and around 25 min. on various weight machines. I'll be reporting my loss or gain on Saturday with you guys. I think this challenge is a great idea! :)
 

SeaBreeze said:
I'd like to join in too, I want to lose ten pounds (again), the ones I keep gaining back. I wasn't really driven to do it now, last night I had a piece of mixed berry pie with heavy cream, so you see where I'm going here. But with a little push from others here, that will give me some incentive to 'just do it'.

Even if I lose the ten pounds, I'll be in the lower end of the BMI for overweight, now I'm closer to the upper end. That's okay with me though, at that weight I feel very good, regardless of those online calculators. My problem is, my legs and arms are not big, all my weight is in the middle, apple shaped, and I refuse to go up any more in pant sizes, even though that limits my daily wardrobe (of jeans) greatly.

I just came back from the gym, did 35 min. on the elliptical and around 25 min. on various weight machines. I'll be reporting my loss or gain on Saturday with you guys. I think this challenge is a great idea! :)
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I've started a thread for daily logging and loss/gain and will begin posting my log in the morning.
 
Good luck to all of you ladies! I know how difficult it is as I decided to lose 20 pounds last year after I retired. It took me 6 long months of slow-going, determined effort with a couple of long and exasperating plateaus thrown in for good measure. ARRGH! But, believe me, when I stepped on that scale and it finally said 125 (I'm 5'5"), I was ecstatic! You will be too!! Go for it!! :encouragement:

P.S. It's not that hard to keep it off once you get there. You just have to change a few habits and be consistent.
 
Glinda said:
Good luck to all of you ladies! I know how difficult it is as I decided to lose 20 pounds last year after I retired. It took me 6 long months of slow-going, determined effort with a couple of long and exasperating plateaus thrown in for good measure. ARRGH! But, believe me, when I stepped on that scale and it finally said 125 (I'm 5'5"), I was ecstatic! You will be too!! Go for it!! :encouragement:

P.S. It's not that hard to keep it off once you get there. You just have to change a few habits and be consistent.
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I do fairly well keeping it off at home, it's traveling that's my problem. I find it really hard not to indulge too often. And we travel a lot.
 
Glinda said:
Good luck to all of you ladies! I know how difficult it is as I decided to lose 20 pounds last year after I retired. It took me 6 long months of slow-going, determined effort with a couple of long and exasperating plateaus thrown in for good measure. ARRGH! But, believe me, when I stepped on that scale and it finally said 125 (I'm 5'5"), I was ecstatic! You will be too!! Go for it!! :encouragement:

P.S. It's not that hard to keep it off once you get there. You just have to change a few habits and be consistent.
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Hmmm, I've lost the same 30+ lbs twice and then some over the past few years, this time it has stuck longer, after the last cigarette quit of 4+ years ago. But having a group to feel somewhat accountable, I've often found helpful. I really need to do this and am willing to give it another serious try.

Thanks for the good luck wishes. :)
 
I gained my weight too after quitting smoking, many moons ago, but worth the trade off healthwise.
 
I practice a strategy called intermittent fasting and I do it not to lose weight (I actually need to gain some weight) but for other health benefits. But I have heard that some people have found that helps when the object is loosing weight. Basically I only eat two meals a day one at noon and one at 5:30pm. This means that every day includes and 18 hour fast. In my case I include in these 2 meals all the calories I would normally eat in three meals if I was following the more conventional 3 meal/day format. There a lot written about the benefits of IF. It's considered very paleo because our distant ancestors didn't eat three meals a day.
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/health-benefits-of-intermittent-fasting/#axzz3Twi0f6vn
 

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