Healthy Weight Loss

gaea · 04-23-2012, 09:34 AM

what i am doing seems to be working for me one pound at a time, my clothes especially my shirts seem to be fitting a little bigger i am tickled about this...

the legs in my pants seem to feel more loose...

it seems as though the belly is shrinking too hence why my shirts are feeling looser in the middle this was my goal to lose the belly fat...

one pound at a time...

"dear weight loss gods, please let me retain my ass thank you in advance"

JoSchmooze · 04-23-2012, 10:49 AM

Why is it that before you get to the gym
you are cussing out everything.....
And once there, you cuss out your legs, your arms, your
back...muscles screaming as you grunt...
"one more minute...I can do anything for one more
stinking minute!"
And of course, you must give the <<@>> at least
once to the pimply assed 30 yr old trainer when he
grins at you and says,
"time to up those weights 5 more pounds".....

But once home and out of a nice hot shower,
clean and not as sore you are actually calmer,
there's a smile on your face.....

Why is that?

Lady_Di · 04-23-2012, 08:36 PM

Doing my Masters completely online and loving it. I can do the work from anywhere on the planet! Even while in patient here. btw... my surgery went well, it was uneventful. Which is always a good thing in an OR.

Focus Focus Focus

My focus aside from excelling in school, is simple

Eat healthy
Sleep healthy
Hydrate healthy
Exercise healthy

I do believe I see a trend here!

Visualizing, writing everything down with pen and paper, a visceral way to get the neurons in my brain aligned with my focus and true goals. My Shaklee mentor very gently suggested I be writing everything down. Another reminder from the universe, do what works. Just do it.

Julian Cameron would be proud, this suggestion is from me to anyone and everyone here. The Artist's Way. She talks about this same process, the Morning Pages as she calls em. Why do I not do these simply things that I know work. Daily practice of what really does work. Just do it, diane!

And well, puck yesterday... staying present, fully conscious and in the now, pad and paper at the ready. I will do that brain dump each and every day. Once it is on the page, out of my head, then I can fill it with the Light of the Spirit. Love her analogy of filling the well. Inspiration and what I like to think of as a G.d thing. That universal energy of Love, which is just another word for G.d for me. That works for me.

Love is the most powerful tool in my war chest, tool box, whatever visual I happen to be focusing on. Though this is not a war, but an act of love. Health wellness, vitality, all that vim and vigor. My goals are attainable. One day at a time. One hour at a time. One second...

Choosing the next right thing for me. Forgetting the past and simply moving on. Taking action.

We can do this! Together. Like they say in many spiritual programs, religions and even paganism *gots to love the Druid in me* This is a We program.

We are not alone. May the Great Spirit be with you. And may you feel my support of what each and everyone of you are doing here. As I am babbling on here, chock full of some really great drugs. I probably should just hit submit, or reply, whatever they calls it here.

Submission is a good thing. Submitting to my Higher Power, with absolute trust and fealty. Mother nature rules!

In health and wellness, with much happiness,
Di

deedarino · 04-23-2012, 08:52 PM

Still here pluggin along. I have been working my butt off, literally. Unfortunately with exercise the lbs went up for a bit. I was a little discouraged but the scale has finally started heading downward. So far, I am back to my lowest so the rest is gravy from here.

Sorry about the gravy comment...

Hollylane · 04-23-2012, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaea

"dear weight loss gods, please let me retain my ass thank you in advance"

Good for you gaea! Your prayer made me laugh. I have the same thought often. Interestingly, my ass is actually growing because of muscle growth. If I'd know this years ago, I would have started the hiking and squats much sooner!

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoSchmooze

Why is it that before you get to the gym
you are cussing out everything.....
And once there, you cuss out your legs, your arms, your
back...muscles screaming as you grunt...
"one more minute...I can do anything for one more
stinking minute!"
And of course, you must give the <<@>> at least
once to the pimply assed 30 yr old trainer when he
grins at you and says,
"time to up those weights 5 more pounds".....

But once home and out of a nice hot shower,
clean and not as sore you are actually calmer,
there's a smile on your face.....

Why is that?

Jo, this is so true. All of it. It is that glow of self pride. It feels so good to accomplish more than you think is possible. Even when working out with a pimply faced thirty year old. lol.

I have not seen my trainer in about two weeks, he is going to kill me with his workout on Wednesday.

I am plateauing this week, nothing gained, nothing lost...Not even a Cornish hen was lost this past week.

Time to pump up the volume again.

Leigh · 04-23-2012, 10:54 PM

Well I learned a very valuable lesson today ~ regular pepsi/coke doesn't agree with me anymore! I had one of those swiss mushroom melt bistro sandwiches from McDonald's and small fries plus a regular coke (not diet). Uhhhh yeah THAT was a huge ass mistake on my part ~ because over the last two weeks I've only been drinking water and the occasional diet coke, the sugar got to me and threw me into an anxiety attack that felt like I couldn't breathe. Took me a few minutes to figure out why I was feeling that way, once I had drank a full glass of water I felt fine again so now I've learned my lesson: NO more regular soft drinks, only the occasional diet one and stick with plain/flavored water!

JustJo · 04-24-2012, 06:16 AM

Good morning healthies

So I've been parked at 200 for a long time....this morning I woke up, hopped on the scale and....

199.6

Yep....finally broke the 200 barrier!

Now to stick with the eating plan and work out very closely over the next week or so to make sure I don't backslide.

Also....isn't it funny how exercise does all the right stuff for us? Hollylane is building a butt, and I'm losing some.

The biggest change I see in my body is from my waist to my knees....where everything is shrinking, especially my belly, and toning up. It's a great feeling, because that's exactly what I needed.

I really believe that exercising regularly is helping to keep the weight loss healthy and in the right spots!

Have a great day all.

JoSchmooze · 04-24-2012, 07:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JustJo

Good morning healthies

So I've been parked at 200 for a long time....this morning I woke up, hopped on the scale and....

199.6

Yep....finally broke the 200 barrier!

Now to stick with the eating plan and work out very closely over the next week or so to make sure I don't backslide.

Also....isn't it funny how exercise does all the right stuff for us? Hollylane is building a butt, and I'm losing some.

The biggest change I see in my body is from my waist to my knees....where everything is shrinking, especially my belly, and toning up. It's a great feeling, because that's exactly what I needed.

I really believe that exercising regularly is helping to keep the weight loss healthy and in the right spots!

Have a great day all.

Doing the Happy Snoopy dance for the other Jo.....
It took me a week but I am back to where I was
pre-Austin.....
On another thread someone said something about Ben & Jerry having a new rocky road ice cream.....
I bought a pint on Sunday and hid it behind the frozen fruit
for my one bite at a time celebration when I break
200......

Keep it up, girl!
You are doing so well and are an inspriaration!

gaea · 04-24-2012, 07:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hollylane

Good for you gaea! Your prayer made me laugh. I have the same thought often. Interestingly, my ass is actually growing because of muscle growth. If I'd know this years ago, I would have started the hiking and squats much sooner!

Holly 7 years ago (oh goodness, time flies) i took a short term position out at a local casino, in doing this they had a fat factory for a lunch room however if you looked around they also had so much healthy stuff...so since i could not leave for lunch i always ate really healthy at lunch, i always took the stairs and i dropped 100 pounds in one year I had gotten to a rather uncomfortable size for me, taking the stairs every day gave me an ass lift that i still have

..I tend to carry my weight in my mid section my legs and arms dont blow up just my belly...so that is what i have been working on...

and last

Let the ass lifts begin!

gaea · 04-24-2012, 08:21 AM

I have a friend who is trying to lose weight she seems reluctant to do it the healthy way not sure why..in any case im trying to encourage her daily..she thinks she should be "bathing suit" ready by june...wtf? I have no idea what bathing suit ready is...i wear my bathing suit and i go out and tan and even though i have 25 more lbs to go to be where i want to be i dont care what people think im going to enjoy myself because i can..my advice to her has been to take this one pound at a time and stop worrying about this "bathing suit ready" bullshit and get a suit and come lay out with me. I fear she is setting herself up for failure. Me im gonna done my suit anyway...

. I like the sun and im not going to let a few extra pounds scare me off from doing what i love to do regardless of what it is.

I cant help someone who chooses not to listen to good healthy advice.

JoSchmooze · 04-24-2012, 08:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaea

I have a friend who is trying to lose weight she seems reluctant to do it the healthy way not sure why..in any case im trying to encourage her daily..she thinks she should be "bathing suit" ready by june...wtf? I have no idea what bathing suit ready is...i wear my bathing suit and i go out and tan and even though i have 25 more lbs to go to be where i want to be i dont care what people think im going to enjoy myself because i can..my advice to her has been to take this one pound at a time and stop worrying about this "bathing suit ready" bullshit and get a suit and come lay out with me. I fear she is setting herself up for failure. Me im gonna done my suit anyway...

. I like the sun and im not going to let a few extra pounds scare me off from doing what i love to do regardless of what it is.

I cant help someone who chooses not to listen to good healthy advice.

This is where I find the term "addiction" to
be appropriate. And I have to remember that
I have no control over other people, places and things....
I can advise, give my opinion and my friend then needs to
make her own choices.....
Jest saying.....

girl_dee · 04-24-2012, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gaea

I have a friend who is trying to lose weight she seems reluctant to do it the healthy way not sure why..in any case im trying to encourage her daily..she thinks she should be "bathing suit" ready by june...wtf? I have no idea what bathing suit ready is...i wear my bathing suit and i go out and tan and even though i have 25 more lbs to go to be where i want to be i dont care what people think im going to enjoy myself because i can..my advice to her has been to take this one pound at a time and stop worrying about this "bathing suit ready" bullshit and get a suit and come lay out with me. I fear she is setting herself up for failure. Me im gonna done my suit anyway...

. I like the sun and im not going to let a few extra pounds scare me off from doing what i love to do regardless of what it is.

I cant help someone who chooses not to listen to good healthy advice.

Believe me, people with any type of food disorder struggle with this and for me it's SO hard to get that eating more food, or ANY food to lose weight is healthy advice. i STILL 20 years later struggle with not feeling like food is the enemy.

04-23-2012, 09:34 AM	#1
gaea Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: west coast Posts: 3,910 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,630 Thanked 14,363 Times in 3,381 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	what i am doing seems to be working for me one pound at a time, my clothes especially my shirts seem to be fitting a little bigger i am tickled about this... the legs in my pants seem to feel more loose... it seems as though the belly is shrinking too hence why my shirts are feeling looser in the middle this was my goal to lose the belly fat... one pound at a time... "dear weight loss gods, please let me retain my ass thank you in advance" __________________ Gaea "Building a lifetime together one day at a time" Courage: the willingness to risk who you are for who you want to be and what you have for what you want You're not who your past says you are, you are who you choose to be today moving forward.

04-23-2012, 10:49 AM	#2
JoSchmooze Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Preferred Pronoun?: He, hym, mister or "sir", like I get called by strangers! Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Right here, surrounded by technology Posts: 1,830 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 19,267 Thanked 10,989 Times in 1,627 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	*Why is it that before you get to the gym* *you are cussing out everything.....* *And once there, you cuss out your legs, your arms, your* *back...muscles screaming as you grunt...* *"one more minute...I can do anything for one more* *stinking minute!"* *And of course, you must give the <<@>> at least* *once to the pimply assed 30 yr old trainer when he* *grins at you and says,* *"time to up those weights 5 more pounds".....* *But once home and out of a nice hot shower,* *clean and not as sore you are actually calmer,* *there's a smile on your face.....* *Why is that?* __________________ *Live your life in such a way that* *when your feet hit the floor* *in the morning,* *Satan shudders and* *says, "Oh God, he's up!"*

04-23-2012, 08:36 PM	#3
Lady_Di Member How Do You Identify?: Homo sapien Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Home Posts: 353 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,486 Thanked 1,486 Times in 315 Posts Rep Power: 16304880	Spinal still has not worn off. CPM feels great. Foley is patent. Doing my Masters completely online and loving it. I can do the work from anywhere on the planet! Even while in patient here. btw... my surgery went well, it was uneventful. Which is always a good thing in an OR. Focus Focus Focus My focus aside from excelling in school, is simple Eat healthy Sleep healthy Hydrate healthy Exercise healthy I do believe I see a trend here! Visualizing, writing everything down with pen and paper, a visceral way to get the neurons in my brain aligned with my focus and true goals. My Shaklee mentor very gently suggested I be writing everything down. Another reminder from the universe, do what works. Just do it. Julian Cameron would be proud, this suggestion is from me to anyone and everyone here. The Artist's Way. She talks about this same process, the Morning Pages as she calls em. Why do I not do these simply things that I know work. Daily practice of what really does work. Just do it, diane! And well, puck yesterday... staying present, fully conscious and in the now, pad and paper at the ready. I will do that brain dump each and every day. Once it is on the page, out of my head, then I can fill it with the Light of the Spirit. Love her analogy of filling the well. Inspiration and what I like to think of as a G.d thing. That universal energy of Love, which is just another word for G.d for me. That works for me. Love is the most powerful tool in my war chest, tool box, whatever visual I happen to be focusing on. Though this is not a war, but an act of love. Health wellness, vitality, all that vim and vigor. My goals are attainable. One day at a time. One hour at a time. One second... Choosing the next right thing for me. Forgetting the past and simply moving on. Taking action. We can do this! Together. Like they say in many spiritual programs, religions and even paganism gots to love the Druid in me This is a We program. We are not alone. May the Great Spirit be with you. And may you feel my support of what each and everyone of you are doing here. As I am babbling on here, chock full of some really great drugs. I probably should just hit submit, or reply, whatever they calls it here. Submission is a good thing. Submitting to my Higher Power, with absolute trust and fealty. Mother nature rules! In health and wellness, with much happiness, Di

04-23-2012, 08:52 PM	#4
deedarino Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Woman Relationship Status: In recovery. Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 632 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,518 Thanked 1,955 Times in 496 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Still here pluggin along. I have been working my butt off, literally. Unfortunately with exercise the lbs went up for a bit. I was a little discouraged but the scale has finally started heading downward. So far, I am back to my lowest so the rest is gravy from here. Sorry about the gravy comment... __________________ Squint your eyes and look closer. I'm not between you and your ambitions. I am a poster girl with no poster. I am thirty-two flavors and then some. And I'm beyond your peripheral vision, so you might want to turn your head~Ani I want to think again of dangerous and noble things; I want to be light and frolicsome; I want to be improbable, beautiful and afraid of nothing as if I had wings Mary Oliver

04-24-2012, 06:16 AM	#7
JustJo Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: pushy broad Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: Follow your heart; it knows things your mind cannot explain. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Southeast corner Posts: 5,633 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 24,417 Thanked 25,406 Times in 4,660 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Good morning healthies So I've been parked at 200 for a long time....this morning I woke up, hopped on the scale and.... 199.6 Yep....finally broke the 200 barrier! Now to stick with the eating plan and work out very closely over the next week or so to make sure I don't backslide. Also....isn't it funny how exercise does all the right stuff for us? Hollylane is building a butt, and I'm losing some. The biggest change I see in my body is from my waist to my knees....where everything is shrinking, especially my belly, and toning up. It's a great feeling, because that's exactly what I needed. I really believe that exercising regularly is helping to keep the weight loss healthy and in the right spots! Have a great day all. __________________ I'm not tall enough to ride emotional roller coasters

04-23-2012, 10:54 PM	#6
Leigh Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her, etc Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 7,767 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,029 Thanked 13,024 Times in 4,784 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	Well I learned a very valuable lesson today ~ regular pepsi/coke doesn't agree with me anymore! I had one of those swiss mushroom melt bistro sandwiches from McDonald's and small fries plus a regular coke (not diet). Uhhhh yeah THAT was a huge ass mistake on my part ~ because over the last two weeks I've only been drinking water and the occasional diet coke, the sugar got to me and threw me into an anxiety attack that felt like I couldn't breathe. Took me a few minutes to figure out why I was feeling that way, once I had drank a full glass of water I felt fine again so now I've learned my lesson: NO more regular soft drinks, only the occasional diet one and stick with plain/flavored water!

04-24-2012, 08:21 AM	#10
gaea Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: west coast Posts: 3,910 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,630 Thanked 14,363 Times in 3,381 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I have a friend who is trying to lose weight she seems reluctant to do it the healthy way not sure why..in any case im trying to encourage her daily..she thinks she should be "bathing suit" ready by june...wtf? I have no idea what bathing suit ready is...i wear my bathing suit and i go out and tan and even though i have 25 more lbs to go to be where i want to be i dont care what people think im going to enjoy myself because i can..my advice to her has been to take this one pound at a time and stop worrying about this "bathing suit ready" bullshit and get a suit and come lay out with me. I fear she is setting herself up for failure. Me im gonna done my suit anyway... . I like the sun and im not going to let a few extra pounds scare me off from doing what i love to do regardless of what it is. I cant help someone who chooses not to listen to good healthy advice. __________________ Gaea "Building a lifetime together one day at a time" Courage: the willingness to risk who you are for who you want to be and what you have for what you want You're not who your past says you are, you are who you choose to be today moving forward.