Weight loss & fitness log

NancyNGA said:
April, you mentioned cake. I had a strong urge for cake with frosting last night. Almost decided to bake one at 3 am. I have a rule, if it's really bad food, like cake, or pie, I have to make it from scratch. Sometimes the thought of all the work and clean up gives me second thoughts. If there is a store-bought cake in the house it would be gone in a flash. No will power.
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I know what you mean. The thing that works best is distraction as well, it we can find a way to fill our thoughts with something else for a while, we sometimes are able to get the thought of the cake out of mind, but, it's that emotional thing that usually triggers us to refocus back on the cake as a distraction to get away from whatever else we don't want to deal with. If only when I'm in that mania, I would acknowledge this and act wisely. But dawn that cake feels so comforting in the moment and taste really good, feels like Nirvana in the moment, feels like hell when you feel see the aftermath. But there we go rinse and repeat. Sigh
 

Just a question. Do you think women are more concerned about their weight than men? My wife is always "watching her weight." I see her on scales at least 5 times a week. I keep telling her that she looks fine, but she keeps watching everything that she eats. No fried foods, no sugar, no pasta and so forth. She makes me spaghetti because she knows how much I really like it, but she won't eat it. Instead, she makes herself a salad and a coup of broth soup that she drinks. I could never just live on that. I'm like 6'2" and weigh about 225 pounds. I need meat and potatoes. I don't have a gut, but since I retired, I don't hit the gym like I should. I'm thinking about buying a machine for the house, if I can get a try it before I buy it plan.
 
Today, men are just as concerned due to the phenomenon of the six pack abs that every other guy seems to be sporting. Unfortunately, I'm seeing a lot of men using some kind of male hormone and some are getting too buff using too much of these drugs and are starting to look like the hulk. I'm talking even men in their later years as well.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to rid oneself or extra lbs, but yes, some women and men are overly concerned with losing when they really don't have need to. But nothing wrong with wanting to be your best you as long as you aren't beating yourself up in the process and setting up unreasonable goals.
 

Thank you Nancy. :)

I ended up getting a one quart container of lactose free vanilla ice-cream couple of bananas already don't feel too good after that small scoop. It actually doesn't have that many carbs per serving though it is eight servings, still, that isn't bad if I eat more than a few servings this weekend. I will however throw away most of it, just not feeling like a big cheat weekend, I am saving that for my birthday weekend.
 
tnthomas said:
I'm watching ya'all, making all the progress...good work! I do the gym routine, 30 to 60 min.s per day walk and/or elipitical...avoid fat-salt-sugar like the plague, but still have gained weight that I can't roll back off. :shrug:

I need to change my ways, in some way...?

I like the sample menu, probably need to increase breakfast and drastically reduce dinner.
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Thanks Thomas! Maybe you can switch up the gym routine a bit, do a different machine and used varying speeds, fast and hard for a full minute, then slower and easier for several, then the fast again. Weight lifting is mandatory at our ages for bone health, plus building muscle raises your metabolism. so if you're not already doing it, I'd add in the weight routine too. My husband has a weight bench in the basement, and lifts weights 3 times a week.

I'm not one for eating breakfast other than yogurt or banana, but they do say that a substantial breakfast is better for weight loss than a large dinner meal. Eating dinner earlier helps us to burn off the calories and digest the food before we lay down in bed, also help with heartburn issues.

Big way to lose some weight is cut back on the carbs, like bread, potatoes, pasta and white rice, etc. Carbs make you fat and turn to sugar in the body. I can't/don't want to cut them out, but I have cut down.

911 said:
Just a question. Do you think women are more concerned about their weight than men? My wife is always "watching her weight." I see her on scales at least 5 times a week. I keep telling her that she looks fine, but she keeps watching everything that she eats. No fried foods, no sugar, no pasta and so forth. She makes me spaghetti because she knows how much I really like it, but she won't eat it. Instead, she makes herself a salad and a coup of broth soup that she drinks. I could never just live on that. I'm like 6'2" and weigh about 225 pounds. I need meat and potatoes. I don't have a gut, but since I retired, I don't hit the gym like I should. I'm thinking about buying a machine for the house, if I can get a try it before I buy it plan.
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My husband can eat anything he wants and not gain much weight at all, he's not skinny, just average. Women tend to gain weight much easier than men, and have a much harder time losing it too.

Someone at my work went on a strict diet with his wife (South?something). Anyway, they emptied their cupboards and replaced all their food and drink with the recommended diet foods. They firmly followed the diet, including portion size, etc. He did fantastic, and looked much thinner in a month or so, the wife was much slower to lose weight and was unhappy with her progress.

Another thing with men, like you say, many times the man is taller and can handle weight better. My husband likes goodies in the house, and I like good food too. I'm not willing to cut out the potatoes and sweets, but I am okay with cutting down on frequency and portion size.
 
AprilT said:
If I know I'm going to spend time out and about I do use those special occasions as my cheat days, but, I also, have to make a decision about how far off plan and for how long, I willing to push that. This is of course depending on when and how determined I am at the time to get the weight off. I unlike the rest of you, really have a lot more weight to lose, you all are really ok with the little bit of extra weight you have on your tiny bodies, but, I have way too much that I need to get off, so, I don't have as much play room.

I too have friends coming town for a birthday next month and I plan to have fun and not think diet so much that weekend, especially when they buy me a cake. My friend has a bad habit of letting the wait staff at restaurants know it's my b-day and next thing you know their bringing cake over on the house and singing happy birthday to my horror. The singing is the horror, I really am not fond of being on display like that, but, I didn't mind the cake so much. :D

I hope you have a great time with all the celebrations an especially wonderful anniversary, what day does it fall on?
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My 15th anniversary is April 17th. Grandson's birthday is the 21st.

When we visit Ugandan daughter on the tiny island she works on, we go to the pub/restaurant where half the island is in the evening and having a pint, and another pint, and another pint.... It's like a nonstop party in there.

When is your birthday April?
 
NancyNGA said:
Calories:
Thurs (3/19): 1460
Friday(3/20): 2020

Staying up late last night doing taxes did not help the weigh-in this morning. Frustration at trying to fill out the Alt. Min. Tax Worksheet led me to eat chicken at 3am, and give up on cutting calories for the day. (I still count 3am as the previous day:) ) So weight was up 0.4 from yesterday. This excuse only works once a year, btw. But the difference in the average weight for all of last week, and the average weight for this week, showed a 1.1 pound drop.


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You did lose, so well done!
 
Ameriscot, please don't put the "only" in front of your .8 loss, that only makes something negative out of something that is definitely positive. You've lost weight and you should give yourself all the credit and be proud of it, congrats...way to go! :love_heart:

QuickS​ilver, you've been doing so much in the way of exercise, maybe your gain was from muscle? :) Keep on keepin' on, next week will be better for you, I'm sure!

April, Congratulations on your 3 pound weight loss, that's excellent! Maybe time to invest in a new scale if you don't trust yours, I know if I lost 4 pounds I wouldn't want to reduce it to 3. :D

Nancy, great job on losing your 1.1 pounds, that's wonderful! With all the stress you've been having of late, I'm very impressed that you're doing so well! :cool:

I'm not counting fractions of a pound at all in my weight totals, I round it up or down depending on the decimal. I've lost a pound this week, and I'm happy about it. I haven't been exercising as much this past week, because I've had some other things to take care of. Being here with you guys is definitely helping me keep on track. :thankyou:
 
SeaBreeze said:
Thanks Thomas! Maybe you can switch up the gym routine a bit, do a different machine and used varying speeds, fast and hard for a full minute, then slower and easier for several, then the fast again. Weight lifting is mandatory at our ages for bone health, plus building muscle raises your metabolism. so if you're not already doing it, I'd add in the weight routine too. My husband has a weight bench in the basement, and lifts weights 3 times a week.

I'm not one for eating breakfast other than yogurt or banana, but they do say that a substantial breakfast is better for weight loss than a large dinner meal. Eating dinner earlier helps us to burn off the calories and digest the food before we lay down in bed, also help with heartburn issues.

Big way to lose some weight is cut back on the carbs, like bread, potatoes, pasta and white rice, etc. Carbs make you fat and turn to sugar in the body. I can't/don't want to cut them out, but I have cut down.



My husband can eat anything he wants and not gain much weight at all, he's not skinny, just average. Women tend to gain weight much easier than men, and have a much harder time losing it too.

Someone at my work went on a strict diet with his wife (South?something). Anyway, they emptied their cupboards and replaced all their food and drink with the recommended diet foods. They firmly followed the diet, including portion size, etc. He did fantastic, and looked much thinner in a month or so, the wife was much slower to lose weight and was unhappy with her progress.

Another thing with men, like you say, many times the man is taller and can handle weight better. My husband likes goodies in the house, and I like good food too. I'm not willing to cut out the potatoes and sweets, but I am okay with cutting down on frequency and portion size.
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True. Interval training is excellent for losing weight and building stamina as well.

My DH has never had a weight problem. He's had varying sizes of belly , but that's it. He has a skinny build and is not a big eater. He's always been a healthy eater and if it wasn't for beer he'd be a total toothpick!

His typical day is thick slices of toast with marmite and a banana, for lunch he eats fruit, dinner a curry/chili with rice - about 3 times my portion. He's not a snacker.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Ameriscot, please don't put the "only" in front of your .8 loss, that only makes something negative out of something that is definitely positive. You've lost weight and you should give yourself all the credit and be proud of it, congrats...way to go! :love_heart:

QuickS​ilver, you've been doing so much in the way of exercise, maybe your gain was from muscle? :) Keep on keepin' on, next week will be better for you, I'm sure!

April, Congratulations on your 3 pound weight loss, that's excellent! Maybe time to invest in a new scale if you don't trust yours, I know if I lost 4 pounds I wouldn't want to reduce it to 3. :D

Nancy, great job on losing your 1.1 pounds, that's wonderful! With all the stress you've been having of late, I'm very impressed that you're doing so well! :cool:

I'm not counting fractions of a pound at all in my weight totals, I round it up or down depending on the decimal. I've lost a pound this week, and I'm happy about it. I haven't been exercising as much this past week, because I've had some other things to take care of. Being here with you guys is definitely helping me keep on track. :thankyou:
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Thanks for your encouragement, SB! My scale is a digital one that measures fat % and all that and for weight I do have it set to pounds and measures in .2 lbs.
 
Ameriscot said:
Thanks for your encouragement, SB! My scale is a digital one that measures fat % and all that and for weight I do have it set to pounds and measures in .2 lbs.
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My scale is digital too, but, I like my old one better it was very accurate, but, I left it at my daughters when I moved and can't remember the name to order a new one, it was one like yours that measure both weight and fat %, though I rather it leave out the latter part. :mad: I'm good without knowing how fat I am, I thought I wanted to know that part, but, not thanks. LOL.

I'm not going to buy another scale, I will weigh in at the PT and my Doc office for assurance on the numbers. This scale if probably correct, I rarely ever use it, had it stored away, just changed the batteries when I pulled it out. I just don't want to get a big head, thinking I really lost another 4 lbs. I'll wait to see the doctor.
 
AprilT said:
My scale is digital too, but, I like my old one better it was very accurate, but, I left it at my daughters when I moved and can't remember the name to order a new one, it was one like yours that measure both weight and fat %, though I rather it leave out the latter part. :mad: I'm good without knowing how fat I am, I thought I wanted to know that part, but, not thanks. LOL.

I'm not going to buy another scale, I will weigh in at the PT and my Doc office for assurance on the numbers. This scale if probably correct, I rarely ever use it, had it stored away, just changed the batteries when I pulled it out. I just don't want to get a big head, thinking I really lost another 4 lbs. I'll wait to see the doctor.
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I like mine it's a Tanita and measures everything. But I can't remember the last time I did the full measurements. The fat % seems to change too easily depending on fluid intake.
 
Ameriscot said:
I like mine it's a Tanita and measures everything. But I can't remember the last time I did the full measurements. The fat % seems to change too easily depending on fluid intake.
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By golly, I almost think it may have been a Tanita, but it was an older model, I bought it like a decade ago, but it was very accurate, some models of the same brand aren't as good. I used to use it weigh my packages for shipping when I had a big move coming. I'd get on the scale holding the boxes and deduct the extra weight. after, always worked out. LOL.

This time around, I picked up a very inexpensive one, not that the other was expensive, I just, knew I'd mostly be getting weighed at my doctor's office anyway and at the time didn't want to make a big investment.

Anyway, this is the one I have, There's really know way to tell by the reviews who's telling the truth unless you check each reviewer's background to make sure their not plants to some degree by reading their other reviews and then, sometimes you can't really trust that some of these people are pros and get rewarded for their views. And the bad reviewers are sometimes just the competition. Sigh.

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Bathr...F8&qid=1426962668&sr=1-1&keywords=epica+scale
 
AprilT said:
By golly, I almost think it may have been a Tanita, but it was an older model, I bought it like a decade ago, but it was very accurate, some models of the same brand aren't as good. I used to use it weigh my packages for shipping when I had a big move coming. I'd get on the scale holding the boxes and deduct the extra weight. after, always worked out. LOL.

This time around, I picked up a very inexpensive one, not that the other was expensive, I just, knew I'd mostly be getting weighed at my doctor's office anyway and at the time didn't want to make a big investment.

Anyway, this is the one I have, There's really know way to tell by the reviews who's telling the truth unless you check each reviewer's background to make sure their not plants to some degree by reading their other reviews and then, sometimes you can't really trust that some of these people are pros and get rewarded for their views. And the bad reviewers are sometimes just the competition. Sigh.

http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Bathr...F8&qid=1426962668&sr=1-1&keywords=epica+scale
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If it's accurate that's what counts. Mine was kind of expensive. Asked my DH for one for a birthday or xmas as I wanted to measure everything. It was probably 3 or 4 years ago.
 
Ameriscot said:
If it's accurate that's what counts. Mine was kind of expensive. Asked my DH for one for a birthday or xmas as I wanted to measure everything. It was probably 3 or 4 years ago.
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After I checked to make sure the one I had now wasn't a Tatiana, I know for sure my other one was, I knew I had one with the name, I just wasn't sure if it was this one or the old one, but, they do have expensive one over $100., but I'm pretty sure I stayed between $45-$60. reduced ticket price I'm sure. I loved that scale, never fluctuated was always on the money.

I did try to find another one exactly like my old, but when I went back looking, it wasn't available as new and all the newer ones under that label had similar reviews as the one I now own with people saying all the same things about the fluctuating numbers and positives and negatives, so, I figured why pay twice as much, I actually had sent a more expensive one back, that was really terrible, I don't remember which brand that was, but it did cost more then the one I ended up with.
 
AprilT said:
After I checked to make sure the one I had now wasn't a Tatiana, I know for sure my other one was, I knew I had one with the name, I just wasn't sure if it was this one or the old one, but, they do have expensive one over $100., but I'm pretty sure I stayed between $45-$60. reduced ticket price I'm sure. I loved that scale, never fluctuated was always on the money.

I did try to find another one exactly like my old, but when I went back looking, it wasn't available as new and all the newer ones under that label had similar reviews as the one I now own with people saying all the same things about the fluctuating numbers and positives and negatives, so, I figured why pay twice as much, I actually had sent a more expensive one back, that was really terrible, I don't remember which brand that was, but it did cost more then the one I ended up with.
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I think mine was about £130ish?
 
911 said:
Just a question. Do you think women are more concerned about their weight than men? My wife is always "watching her weight." I see her on scales at least 5 times a week. I keep telling her that she looks fine, but she keeps watching everything that she eats. No fried foods, no sugar, no pasta and so forth. She makes me spaghetti because she knows how much I really like it, but she won't eat it. Instead, she makes herself a salad and a coup of broth soup that she drinks. I could never just live on that. I'm like 6'2" and weigh about 225 pounds. I need meat and potatoes. I don't haven't a gut, but since I retired, I don't hit the gym like I should. I'm thinking about buying a machine for the house, if I can get a try it before I buy it plan.
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Just addressing weight control issues related to men: For me it's about avoiding(or lessening) the threat of weight related health issues, with more and more friends and former coworkers getting strokes, multiple heart bypass operations, death etc.
Also, my doc says for me to keep my BMI under 29 in order to lessen the threat of liver cancer.
 
Ameriscot said:
I think mine was about £130ish?
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They run every price range from $30s up in the $200's likely beyond.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_hpc?ie=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=Tanita&node=3760901

The one I had looked something like this, mine was a more expensive plus had a $20 discount and additional features couple of different buttons as well. but it had the foot sensors you could see.

http://www.amazon.com/Tanita-UM-028...=sr_1_17?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1426964136&sr=1-17
 
tnthomas said:
Just addressing weight control issues related to men: For me it's about avoiding(or lessening) the threat of weight related health issues, with more and more friends and former coworkers getting strokes, multiple heart bypass operations, death etc.
Also, my doc says for me to keep my BMI under 29 in order to lessen the threat of liver cancer.
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First motivation for all of us should be health. It is for me.
 
AprilT said:
They run every price range from $30s up in the $200's likely beyond.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_hpc?ie=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=Tanita&node=3760901

The one I had looked something like this, mine was a more expensive plus had a $20 discount and additional features couple of different buttons as well. but it had the foot sensors you could see.

http://www.amazon.com/Tanita-UM-028...=sr_1_17?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1426964136&sr=1-17
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Mine has the foot sensors and then these handles you pull up which is supposed to measure muscle and bone density and fat.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tanita-Segm...&qid=1426964961&sr=8-2&keywords=tanita+BC+545
 
Sunday
No workouts


Menu:
B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
L: 1 whole grain toast w/unsweetened pb and jam, pear, cottage cheese
D: veg chili & basmati rice, salad w/walnut pieces, slivered almonds
Drinks: tea w/soy milk, herbal teas, flavoured water, water, coffee w/almond milk
Cals: 1212
 
Okay, where is everybody?

I am proud of myself for sticking to my lower calories yesterday on a rest day.

Monday
Trying to shake things up a bit. Doing all my workouts in one day and eating 1500 calories. Tomorrow no workouts and 1200 calories.

Menu:
B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
S: post workout: 2 oatcakes w/pb
L: grilled cheese, clementine, yogurt
D: veg curry & basmati rice, salad
S: light hot chocolate, banana, oatcake
Drinks: tea w/soy milk, herbal teas, flavoured water, water, coffee w/almond milk
Cals: 1503

Workout at gym:
30 mins spin bike
10 mins elliptical
4 x 12 on 4 resistance machines
4 x 12 rope/pulley for triceps

Workout at home (upper):
dumbbells - 4 sets of 12 - 11 routines
push ups - 4 x 12
triceps dips - 4 x 12
Lower:
using dumbbells, step, mat, ankle weights for abs, core, glutes, thighs, calves
 

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