I am the Biggest Loser...Kinda.

[Arwen]

Dear Fellow Losers,

Um, guess what? I've not had even ONE soda since Wednesday. Not even ONE! And I've been drinking a lot more water. So w00t for me!

Haven't done the movement thing because I've been engrossed in a story I'm working on. But I did get 1700 words written yesterday which is awesome for me. Usually it's 250 here, 500 there. LOL

I've also been really focused on eating the right things. I slip and slide some but overall, I'm eating like someone who really cares about my body.

So thanks for this thread, Candacebaby! And thanks for this planet, Dusa and Jack. And to all the losers here, thanks to you as well.

Love
Thankful Femme

[Leigh]

Originally Posted by Arwen

I also picked up the Weight Watchers magazine (turned it face down on the conveyer so no one else could see it--snort) It actually had a ton of information along with recipes. Not sure what I think about their point system but the recipes and stories were very good.

I think I have every issue of the Weight Watchers magazine from the last year and a half. I love their recipes (might even try a few out sometime) and am gonna take the weight loss success stories and maybe make a motivational scrapbook out of it so that if I ever get down or discouraged I can just look at those stories and know that if they can do it then so can I

Oh, and of course I'll be here with you all getting encouragement as well

And and, I went to the doctor's this week and I lost four pounds in two weeks .......... no complaints here, YAY Me

Originally Posted by christie0918

Have you tried the sugarfree koolaid/crystal light things? I also have an aspartame issue, but these don't seem to bother me. I have gone from drinking literally a 12 pack+ of mountain dew (non diet) to NONE since August. My personal favs are the "Hawaiin Punch" Orange and Limeaid Berry.

I'm bad for downing a 2L of pepsi in like 1-2 days, but I wanna try those crystal light drinks packets just cuz I've heard lots of people raving about it!!!!

Originally Posted by Diva

AND....I have lost 22 lbs.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So perhaps it would have been a little more had I not succumbed to the Hell that IS the Hushpuppy..

All in all.....I'm feeling pretty good right now.

WOOHOO for losing 22lbs Ms Diva, thats fantastic

Originally Posted by Arwen

I'm pretty proud of myself. I've been coming up with excuse after excuse as to why I can't exercise.

I don't have the right shoes.
I don't have the right clothes.
It's raining.
I don't have a bike.
I don't have time.
yadda
yadda
yadda

This morning, after working on one of my books, I just got up and turned on my iPod. I have two groups (one is 20 minutes and one is 30) of music that I used to use when I did the step aerobics on the WiiFit board.

Well you know what? I was barefooted wearing nothing but a heavy terry cloth robe.

I danced. I moved. I stayed in motion for thirty solid minutes. At the beginning I did stretches, then I unloaded the dishwasher. Then I boogied and sang my lungs out.

Y'all should be thankful that you do not live with me. I am not American Idol material unless it's the outtake reels. LOL

But I did it. I stayed in motion for thirty solid minutes and broke a sweat.

Good for you Arwen! Even if its just something like dancing around the house and singing (even if one is not good at it) its that kind of feel good stuff that not only helps us to lose weight but also produces those endorphins that make us feel good

Originally Posted by amiyesiam

oh, you have a wii fit too!!!!!!!!!

I love it cause

it totals my minutes
it estimates calories burned
it weighs/does BMI every time you get on it
it tracks it all on a nice little chart
Bare FOOT oh yes oh yes
in the jammies yippie
no having to shower to go out in public just so you can exercise and shower again!!!!!!!
you can add and track other exercise you do (like shoveling LOL)
it keeps track of how you do on each exercise so you can see your actual progress and it means that you can not over or under estimate what you have done or not

How is the Wii Fit for exercising Ami? Do you recommend it?

My mom knows that I wanna lose weight and she is thinking about looking into getting it for our whole family so that we can all use it to work on losing weight. I don't really wanna go to the gym and feel uncomfortable changing as well as exercising in front of complete strangers, so doing it in the comfort of home is probably the best way to do it. I'd also wanna get games for it like bowling, golf etc so that there are other fun things to do on the Wii to help get into shape

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Arwen

Dear Fellow Losers,

Um, guess what? I've not had even ONE soda since Wednesday. Not even ONE! And I've been drinking a lot more water. So w00t for me!

Haven't done the movement thing because I've been engrossed in a story I'm working on. But I did get 1700 words written yesterday which is awesome for me. Usually it's 250 here, 500 there. LOL

I've also been really focused on eating the right things. I slip and slide some but overall, I'm eating like someone who really cares about my body.

So thanks for this thread, Candacebaby! And thanks for this planet, Dusa and Jack. And to all the losers here, thanks to you as well.

Love
Thankful Femme

Ahem, missy. I believe it was 1701 words. Every single word counts!



I was logging my food intake today into TDP and after only one cup of oj (NOTHING more!), I was at 108% of my recommended sugar intake. Holy crap! No WONDER I consistently go over my sugar rda. Yikes!

I'll be at 400% by the time I've had my dinner and snack (an apple and an orange are in my future).

<---- loves her sugar

[Galahad]

Everyone here is really inspiring me to get started again. I need to lose about 100 lbs. One thing I read about in a spark people exercise article and try to do is move my arms about to get my heart rate up. I have sore feet and can't run or walk much. When I add waving my arms about and punching along with stepping or walking, I work up a sweat and get the pulse racing 3x faster than just marching or jogging along. I need to force myself to do it every day. It gets boring. Looking up exercises vs. calories burnt,I found shadow boxing is one of the best. I'm not sure if I'm doing it right, but it breaks the monotony.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Galahad

Everyone here is really inspiring me to get started again. I need to lose about 100 lbs. One thing I read about in a spark people exercise article and try to do is move my arms about to get my heart rate up. I have sore feet and can't run or walk much. When I add waving my arms about and punching along with stepping or walking, I work up a sweat and get the pulse racing 3x faster than just marching or jogging along. I need to force myself to do it every day. It gets boring. Looking up exercises vs. calories burnt,I found shadow boxing is one of the best. I'm not sure if I'm doing it right, but it breaks the monotony.

At my Y, they have a couple of 'bikes' that have hand 'pedals' for those who shouldn't/can't move their legs well. The motion is just like the foot pedals, only it's at chest level. Maybe a place near you will have one of those too!

[Galahad]

Sounds like dog peddling. I think I'd get really bored just cycling for 30 minutes. Great for people that can't use their legs at all though. I'll stick with the shadow boxing, windmills, waving,swimming, signaling, arm movements. Dancing around on the cushions etc. It helps to know there are so many of you out there exercising whether or not you want to.

[canmarielan]

Originally Posted by Arwen

I'm pretty proud of myself. I've been coming up with excuse after excuse as to why I can't exercise.

I don't have the right shoes.
I don't have the right clothes.
It's raining.
I don't have a bike.
I don't have time.
yadda
yadda
yadda

This morning, after working on one of my books, I just got up and turned on my iPod. I have two groups (one is 20 minutes and one is 30) of music that I used to use when I did the step aerobics on the WiiFit board.

Well you know what? I was barefooted wearing nothing but a heavy terry cloth robe.

I danced. I moved. I stayed in motion for thirty solid minutes. At the beginning I did stretches, then I unloaded the dishwasher. Then I boogied and sang my lungs out.

Y'all should be thankful that you do not live with me. I am not American Idol material unless it's the outtake reels. LOL

But I did it. I stayed in motion for thirty solid minutes and broke a sweat.

I've also not had any cafFIEND today. I did have two squares of my dark chocolate though. Grin!

What was wild was when I put in 30 minutes of dancing and it ZEROED out my smoothie. THUD. All that health gone like that.

hee.

I know. It was just the calories, but it made me laugh.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SISTER THIS IS Exactly what i did the other day!!!!!!! SOOOOOO much fun, eh??

Just dancing around acting goofy. I picked up my kitty and did a few twirls with her...she was.....umm...NOT interested!!! hahhaaa...they just sat there and stared at me bewildered!!!!!!!!!

I didn't care

GREAT JOBB!!!!

Originally Posted by Puplove

I have learned that if I stop to think about working out, as in "will I or won't I" or if I entertain any thoughts about what steps I have to take to get exercising -- I'm not going to do it. The second I make exercising an option, I have just decided I'm not going to do it today. (I've been making it an option every day now for a couple months...that's stopping right now!)

So....anything I can do to remove steps helps. A major one is the hassle of putting on running shoes, lacing them up, then loosening them because they're too tight across my high instep, but then they're too loose, adjusting and tightening, blah blah blah...so I eliminated shoes from my workout routine. I just do it barefooted. I figured that's healthier than not doing it.

Lo! and Behold!
I'm happy to see that more and more research is supporting the idea that it is better for our bodies to run and do aerobics barefooted instead of in shoes.

The basic facts they're pointing out are are: With shoes on, we land with all our weight on our heels. In addition, supportive and structured running shoes do not allow our toes to spread. The foot's natural operation when running is to absorb the impact throughout the foot and to spread the toes to balance and absorb more. This protects our knees and ankles.

I don't know anything about foot doctoring or the anatomy, physiology or any malfunctions, injuries and stuff. But, I love seeing this research.

Now, I'm looking for research about working out or running in terry cloth robes. I bet they wick away the sweat....

I love you.

That is all.

Originally Posted by Arwen

Dear Fellow Losers,

Um, guess what? I've not had even ONE soda since Wednesday. Not even ONE! And I've been drinking a lot more water. So w00t for me!

Haven't done the movement thing because I've been engrossed in a story I'm working on. But I did get 1700 words written yesterday which is awesome for me. Usually it's 250 here, 500 there. LOL

I've also been really focused on eating the right things. I slip and slide some but overall, I'm eating like someone who really cares about my body.

So thanks for this thread, Candacebaby! And thanks for this planet, Dusa and Jack. And to all the losers here, thanks to you as well.

Love
Thankful Femme

I'm so proud of you for all you are doing, babes!!!

And all of you are doing so great. I just know 2010 is the best year for all of us!!!

I can't wait to see you guys at the reunion and when I come home to texas to visit. *smiles* it's gonna be so great

Originally Posted by Galahad

Everyone here is really inspiring me to get started again. I need to lose about 100 lbs. One thing I read about in a spark people exercise article and try to do is move my arms about to get my heart rate up. I have sore feet and can't run or walk much. When I add waving my arms about and punching along with stepping or walking, I work up a sweat and get the pulse racing 3x faster than just marching or jogging along. I need to force myself to do it every day. It gets boring. Looking up exercises vs. calories burnt,I found shadow boxing is one of the best. I'm not sure if I'm doing it right, but it breaks the monotony.

Welcome...and I am so excited that you are joining us in this journey

Keep us updated on your progress. Also...I really really like your ideas *smiles*

We can't all or just yet

sometimes, in fact, all I really wanna do is

hahahaaaaaa



Everything is going okay. I don't know if I"m going to lose any weight this week b/c though I am still counting my calories I haven't gotten the burn in lately.

I really think I"m going to start my period soon (tmi I'm sure) b/c i have the appetite of a lioness. Kassie says it's b/c my metabolism is faster b/c i'm losing weight and while I am inclined to believe that it still doesn't make it fun when I am hungry. The first few weeks I was eating such great food that I didn't even realize I was dieting. Now, though I am still eating the same great food, I'm wanting more of it, ya know?

Alas, as long as I don't gain any weight I will be pleased with my progress this week.

I love you all.