Club 200 Plus

Twinmom

It sounds to me as though you are approaching your weight loss in a very positive way that will ultimately lead you to success. Cutting out everything you love all at once is unrealistic and it sets you up for failure as everybody so wisely knows.

As you were talking about calories and learning how much things are it reminded me of my own absent minded ness. I for some reason always forget to count my beverages as food or calories or in my case points (WW). So cutting out beverages such as iced tea, fruit juices, pop (diet soda is an exception but can contain a lot of sodium never the less) is also a way to remove some extra calories from your diet. I like to drink Crystal Light diet pop and struggle with my water intake.

I just thought I would share.
 
I'm in for 3.5 kms!! I had to walk to the car mechanic to pick up my car (1.2 miles, then took another 1 mile walk tonight)! I think the conversion to 3.5 km is right :) This metric system might just catch on!

487.9​
 
Initial_C said:
M2M - Those are lovely pics of you. :) And whatever drink you're holding, I want a sip! ;)
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As I was looking for pictures, I realized that there are far too many pictures of me with a drink in my hand - I guess my thought was if I was drinking, at least I wasn't eating :rolleyes:

My girl friends and I get together at least twice a month, always for a book club, and then either for a mom's night out, one of our birthdays, etc., and we like a little refreshment ;) One of the mom's creates some amazing martinis.

The first picture is another birthday celectration of mine, the other two was from our last mom's slumber party.

I guess I didn't realize how many *empty* calories are in, um, drinks!
 
I know I have to get better at including all of my responses into one reply, so as to not clog up our pages with post after post from me - I'm just not used to using this style forum, give me time, I'll try and get better!

Anyhoo...

Initial_C - It sounds like a wonderful buffet! I love Peking Duck! You're right though, you probably have a LOT of water retention from the sodium.

Did you try the apple trick before you went?
(I'm kind of hoping to hear that it works!) ;)

Twinmom - I wanted to say that I think your first month approach is a GREAT idea! Just becoming aware is such a huge aspect to making changes a long the way.

There are some things I am just not going to give up completely - now, though, I don't have my fried eggs with sausage over hash browns EVERY morning! LOL! It's all about small steps for me. I can't do anything on drastic level or I won't do it long.

Jenn, you are right about hidden calories, and just googling a search on the effects of diet soda has made me stop drinking it. It's now water almost exclusively. When I do have a soda, I'm getting the leaded version. I just can't see doing that more than once a week now. (I used to drink a diet soda every day) which is better than what my old habit was!!

Anne2007, welcome to the club, I look forward to hearing more from you :)

OK, I'm really done for the night!
 
thanks

Thanks, gals! :eek: I think the value of moral support is inestimable.

I really am experiencing fundamental changes in the way that I think about food. For instance, that post about diet pop - well, I have had major issues where that is concerned. First of all, I used to drink a LOT of regular pop. About a year ago, I switched over to mostly diet pop, except when we went out to eat (which is too often, but that is another story all to itself). Anyway, I thought I would lose weight by cutting out all those calories, but over the last year I have GAINED about 20 lbs. WAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

I only just now am coming to terms with the fact that I replaced those calories and added more on top of them. Besides which I replaced natural sugar with an artificial sweetener that could be doing me a lot of physical harm. (I drink a LOT of diet pop now.) I replaced the calories by allowing myself to eat extra sweets - mostly candy or cookies - because I deserved a reward for being so good by giving up my pop. And you already know I was in total denial about how many calories my so-called rewards were costing me.

I have such a long way to go, but for the first time in my life I feel like I found the right road. I'm glad you guys are on it, too. :)
 
I did some walking last night 0.5kms and this morning I went for an extra long walk to make up for last night 4.2 for a total of 4.7kms



483.2kms​
 
M2M said:
Initial_C - It sounds like a wonderful buffet! I love Peking Duck! You're right though, you probably have a LOT of water retention from the sodium.
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actually... I forgot to eat it before I left.
But I did eat eat it when I got there. they had some excellent fruits at the salad bar. :)

btw... I LOVE the photos! Especially the one with all you ladies lying on the floor. It's so cute! :) I gotta do that with my friends!!

oh. subtract 1 km for me too...

482.2 km​
 
Initial_C said:
btw... I LOVE the photos! Especially the one with all you ladies lying on the floor. It's so cute! :) I gotta do that with my friends!!
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I do love going out with my girl friends, but it's all about the food & beverages when we get together.

It's a deadly combination.

I'm feeling a bit bummed in that today was the day I weigh in. I feel like I have made better choices not only in quantity, but in the quality of food I've eaten. Plus, I started walking this week. I thought I would lose more than just 1 pound. I should be happy with that one pound - I have met my first mini goal of 20 pounds, but I guess I was hoping for more. I'm really hoping it's just because I'm on my cycle. I've never paid any attention to whether I gain or hold steady during this time of the month.

As for walking...Friday is the only day of the week I work outside the house, and I'm on my feet moving for 8 straight hours. I don't sit down and I don't take a break, so today, I decided to wear the pedometer. I walked 6.3 kms today! Almost 4 miles! And this is a standard Friday - no wonder I'm always tired when I come home ;)

Anyway, I don't know whether to count that in the total or not, since I didn't go out for a "walk".

You guys tell me...
 
Way to go

I think that you should be really proud of that one pound, M2M, and more proud of reaching a 20 lb loss. Wow! That is 1/5 of your total goal already GONE!!! Woo Hoo!

I need to add another mile to the tally...

480.6 km​

I started my food diary as of yesterday. I remembered everything I ate yesterday, down to the 10 french fries I snagged from my son's Happy Meal! I am trying to catalogue everything I eat each day, and get some sense of how many calories. I have found a few websites with nutrition info for fast food places we frequent and restaurants at least similar to ones we visit. Have any of you tried this? Did it help?
 
twinmom2791 said:
I am trying to catalogue everything I eat each day, and get some sense of how many calories. I have found a few websites with nutrition info for fast food places we frequent and restaurants at least similar to ones we visit. Have any of you tried this? Did it help?
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I haven't done this and I don't know if I will. I hate feeling like I'm obsessing over deciding to lose weight, and if I start tracking everything, it might put more pressure on me than I'm willing to sustain ;)

I know I had a full blown, full fat breakfast - I have NO idea how many calories or fat is in it. I used to eat this breakfast every morning. I now only do it a couple of times a week. I don't want to know it's nutritional value. I just know I'll make better choices throughout the day, and will eat smaller meals as the day moves towards night. So the bulk of my calories for the day came at 10:30 this morning ;)

My SIL never stops talking about her diet, what she's eating, how many points she had with this meal, or that meal, etc. I can't stand it. I think that's the primary reason I never told anyone I was "starting"

Keeping a food journal would be way too much for me.

However, it seems to really help a lot of people stay focused and on track. If you haven't done one before, it might be a good way for you to find out if you're the type of person like me who hates it, or one who can really benefit from it :)
 
Also, I'm counting my 6.3 kms from yesterday - it FELT like a work out!! I know my heart rate was sustained as much as if I set out for a regular walk :)

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scared of that, too

M2M, you pretty much outlined exactly the one thing I am afraid of when it comes to the food journal. I did spend a lot of yesterday really kicking myself over my big breakfast. But even with better choices through the rest of the day, I still ended up consuming a total of about 2350 calories.

It is going to be really hard to keep this journal and not end up obsessing over every little thing. I am trying - maybe not successfully, but trying nonetheless - to keep the journal over the next month without really setting a calorie goal. I just need to get a handle on things. As scary as it is, I need to face what I am eating and really become aware of what sort of calories I am putting away.

My little brother is overweight, too. He is 32 years old, about 6' 1" and 265 pounds, and is at his heaviest weight ever. I told him about my food journal, and particularly about my Oreo findings (LOL) and it blew his mind, too. And we are NOT ignorant people. I am beginning to think that the denial that goes along with this obesity is a lot like the denial alcoholics or drug addicts suffer. I can't believe how totally blind I was.

Well, happy weekend, everyone!
 
I absolutely hear you twinmom, we are not ignorant people...the nutrition panel has always been right there, if we WANTED to see it ;) The blindness is pervasive!

That's why I can see the benefit of a food journal, I think it's really great for taking the blinders off!

For me though, I just want to feel normal, to feel healthy - and most of my naturally thin friends don't obsess over their weight. What they eat is just a day to day thing, sometimes they make better choices than others, but they don't keep eating, and eating and eating.

They seem to be able to be satisfied with 2 oreos, whereas, I would need 6 before I began to think...maybe I should stop before the bag is gone ;)

I just want to get to where I have a normal, healthy thought process towards food. So I can't think of food in terms of good or bad and I can't obsess.

I want to make healthier choices more often then not and to get my butt moving :)

Have a great weekend you guys!
 
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You are right on, M2M. I want to get to that place, too. I do not want to be calculating my food for the rest of my life. I hope that when I gt through this month, I will have a really good idea about what choices I am making, and what they cost calorie-wise, and that I will only occasionally need to do some food math to see if something I want to eat is really worth it. (Chocolate cake will, unfortunately, ALWAYS be worth it.) :eek:

My favorite Mexican restaurant has re-opened. They have been closed since last September for remodeling under a new owner - who is actually the original owner, returned to bring his restaurant back to its glory days. Anyway, I have been waiting a long time for them to return. I always pig out there and I just LOVE it! I have decided to make it my Weigh Day treat. I will eat there once a month, with abandon! Woo hoo!!!

Okay, that might sound crazy, but I don't even care. I think that having that day as my treat might give me a lot of motivation the week before I weigh in. I think I might even consider it a statistical outlier in my food journal and not even record the calories that one day! :D
 
a few days

Okay, I was in here a few days ago and made an agreement with myself to come back and post everyday. I haven't been back in since then. Anyway, I'm going to start over again tomorrow and hopefully will be able to keep my word. It's nice to talk to others who understand what I am going through.

First let me tell you all a little about myself. My name is Tara. I have twin 2 year olds. Boys, fraternal, they look nothing alike. We live in Texas. I want to lose weight and be healthy so I can be around for them as they get older, and also I don't want to be an embarassment to them. I want to be able to play sports with them and go places, etc.

SO, I know there is someone else in here with twinsmom as a user name so if you all want to call me Tara, feel free. Anyway, I'm a single mom and I work part time and go to school full time.

Okay, here are my short term goals. I want to lose 30 pounds by Sep 1, and then 20 more by Dec. 1 which will get me out of the 200's finally. So I better get busy huh?

Now with that being said, here is my plan: I am giving up soda's. No more soda's after tomorrow, they are too addicting to me. I love coke, I could probably live off of it. I'm going to drink lots of water. I've read that I need to drink 125 ounces of water (half my weight) Although I will be happy if I get down the 64 ounces for the first few days. I'm going to follow the WW points plan as far as food is concerned. So hopefully all will go well tomorrow. Oh yeah as far as exercise goes, I work part time at a daycare and I take my infants for a walk everyday in this stroller that seats six, so just pushing it would be good exercise, but I'm going to wear my pedometer and force myself to walk them for at least 1 mile tomorrow, and gradually build up.

Well, sorry this post has been so long, but I am excited about my upcoming week. I will let you all know how I do tomorrow.
Thanks for listening!!
 
Hi, Tara

Good luck in your efforts, Tara! Just so you know, the twin thing gets easier! Mine are 4 1/2 now and it is so much easier to get out of the house and do things with them. I have about the same amount to go as you do to get out of the 200's. I have not been under 200 since I was 19 years old, so I am pretty excited to think that it is even possible. :)

Well, if she is going to make things easier for you guys, I guess I can, too. You can call me Lee.

Oh, and by the way, you distance walking crazy women, I got up to 2 miles tonight! AAARRRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!

471.7 km!​
 
I'd like to join, if I may!

I walked 9.6km today. I did 3.2 in the morning and 6.4 in the late afternoon. I felt so good after the morning walk that I just couldn't stay inside...:D
 
Welcome back to posting Tara! It's good seeing you here :)

Lee, it's nice to have a name to go along with Twinmom2791! BTW everyone, my name is Debi.

BigBear, Welcome to the club! You did an amazing amount of walking!! Great Job! Don't forget to deduct it from the total!

I'm leaving in an hour or two to go camping, I'll be back on Friday (good thing I changed my weigh in day to Saturday AM!)

I have to say, I'm nervous about camping, remember I mentioned these gatherings with my friends contain a HUGE amount of GOOD food? Well, I plan on making better choices this time ;)

Yesterday, I had my insanely, highly caloric breakfast, but did well throughout the day, by dinner time, I had some mandrain oranges and a light yogurt. I figure that will cover the two beers I had while watching an outdoor movie after a pool party!

I'll be at a beach all week in a bathing suit, that should be a pretty good reminder to do well!

Have a great week everyone, remember your goals - I put mine on paper and have it tucked in my purse. I don't "look" at it, but I know it's there and what it says - every time I go in my purse I'm reminded of my goals!

Talk to you when I get back!
 
Hi guys, gotta make a quick post...

welcome to the club big bear. :) that's a mighty impressive long walk. would you like to join our club challenge? we're walking from Vancouver to Banff. :)

hi tara. welcome back. whew. i was starting to get dizzy with so many twin moms... i didn't think having twins was very common and here we have two moms with twins in our lil club! :)

Nice to "meet" you Lee and Debbie. I'm uh... C. No really. heh. Name's Caroline but NO ONE calls me that. Everyone calls me just "C." Um. I'm not sure why... I think C is easier to say and Caroline has 3 syllables and my friends got lazy. Anyhoo, hate to post and run. But I posted something in my journal and thought I'd share it here too...

definitely do NOT exercise like this. ;)
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oopsie!

I miscalculated my km last night! Oops!!! That was my longest walk so far, so that extra 0.6 km has GOT to count! :D

471.1 km​

C - cute cartoon!

BigBear - welcome, you crazy distance walker. LOL I think I am going to need new sneakers if I am going to try to keep up with some of you.
 
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