October Diet Thread - Hallowe'en Candy Hell!

[danidance]

MiriamGamal,

I've been using Jenny Craig but stopped about 1.5 months ago and have just been eating using their principles which are basically Volumetrics. I eat low glycemic index foods, low fat, and I eat every few hours.

That's why that damned hallowe'en candy is hell - I shouldn't eat it at all but have indulged in a couple of pieces this month. Sugar and refined carbs make me hungry.

[Christina K]

Thanks for the encouraging words everyone! Right now I'm not on a program... more taking what has worked for me from several programs. I know lo-carb a la Atkins isn't for me, but some of the South Beach principles worked pretty well. I've done WW too and can take it or leave it really, but I did learn a lot.

I'm generally trying to get plenty of fruits, vegees, and dairy as well as eating lean meats in moderation and choosing whole grains over processed white-flour foods. Of course, trying to steer clear of sugar will help too.

I'm getting back into yoga and some other conditioning, plus walking more. I really like walking, but don't often give myself enough time to do so. Time management is currently my biggest obstacle.

Anyway, thanks again for all the support. I'll let you know how it goes!

[angelique2]

I could kick my husband. He brought ice cream home!!!! And potato chips. The 2 things I crave... ..c::

[MaryRaks]

Be strong Angelique! You can do it!!!

... must... resist... ice cream... yummy salty chips...

[yasmindiab]

wow, I didn't read this thread too much this week...and a lot has happened! :) Dani, you are looking SO good! Contrats! Christina, welcome! This thread is VERY supportive. :) I think the small goals are best as well...it makes it less intimidating.

so I went to my Weight Watchers meeting today...after my weekend of drunkenness at Ren Faire (ooh, I love Scotch...and wine...and rum...and beer...) I was REALLY worried that I'd gained weight...but I guess the two six packs of evian (+4 bottles of arrowhead water that I drank trying to sober up) and all the walking and dancing helped, because I lost another 1.6 lbs this week!

That puts me down a total of 7.4 lbs! (I started 4 weeks ago.) WOO HOO!!!!

[danidance]

Yasmindiab -

That is excellent!! way to go. That's a very rewarding weight loss.
This process requires support & I'm glad we're all here to give it to each other.

I guess that's what make WW work if you do the meetings, right? All the group support and interaction.

I had a stressful day today but I didn't do to badly with the food. I hope I'm on track again. I'm trying to up my water consumption and drink more tea - that worked really well for me at the beginning. Hot tea instead of snackies.

[ssipes]

Well, I have been to the gym and eaten my 1400 calories of healthy food for the day. The problem is its only 7:30 and I know I'm going to be hungry before I'm sleepy. There are lots of leftovers from dinner. I could easily stand in front of the fridge and wolf down another 500 calories in under 5 minutes.

Can you girls send me some psychic moral support?

[mish_mish]

I'm drinking wine. It's okay. I'll get back on track.

[yasmindiab]

OK! so I weighed in yesterday, and I'm down another 1.2 pounds. that's -8.6 in 4 weeks! Woo hoo!

However, the thing I want to post is this:
HALLOWEEN CANDY! I know that some of us were worried about the extra candy that may be lingering after the holiday...my WW leader gave us some great ideas...

1. Instead of passing out candy, pass out something more fun: ghost erasers, stickers, mini-packs of crayons from the dollar store, etc.

2. Give out candy that you don't like yourself...that way, you're less likely to eat it.

3. Only buy a small amount of candy...when you're out, you're out. Or...when you don't feel like answering the door anymore, dump the remainder of the candy in some lucky kid's bag!

4. Whatever candy you have left, take it to a church or a pre-school, after-school program. Churches will use it for their Sunday school classes or youth groups, and regular schools can always use treats for the kids! :) (This was one I'd never thought of before.)

:)

How's everyone else doing? :)
~YD

[gwyncara]

As I know I've mentioned before (probably quite a bit), this last month has been "moving month" for our family. In the last 4 weeks I sold my house in VA, moved into a motel with my hubby, 3 kids, and our dog for 2 weeks, and then moved into our new house in Maine. In all the unpacking that I've been doing, I came across my scale. Let me tell you, I was scared to get on it!

Between all the "junky" eating and not teaching Jazzercise for a month, I gained 9 lbs!!! And my body is definitely feeling it. I went to a Jazzercise class last week to realive some stress and I could barely keep up. It was horrible. I knew then that I needed to get back into my "good" routine. Thankfully, hubby is also wanting to get himself back into his routine so we've been working out again and we are changing the eating habits! YEAH!! And now that I've finally got my dining room table cleared off of all the boxes that were piled up on it, we can actually sit down and have dinner as a family at night again. What a joy!! It's also really good for the kids too, because they can now get back into their routine of doing their chores after dinner (clearing off the table and emptying the dishwasher).

My workout routine is currently consisting of learning new Jazzercise routines (our latest set of routines was delivered while I was in the motel), and incorporating some of the workouts from hubby's "P90X" workout dvds. Have any of you ever done P90X? Did it work for you? I'm definitely SORE!!! ..l;,

Anyway, I just thought I'd put it out to the world that I'm jumping back on the wagon! Wish me luck!!

[Lauren_]

I'm right there with you Gwyncara. I've gained back nearly 10 pounds of my 20 pound weight loss, if I don't get it under control I'll end this year right where I started!

Wow, it creeps back on fast. An extra 2-3 pounds. "oh, I must be bloated." 2-3 more pounds after that? "oops, that was a *real* weight gain, and now I'm bloated on top of that!" Another 2-3 pounds and...yoinks, I've gained 9 pounds!!!

I'm back to documenting on fitday as of today.

[danidance]

Lauren,

You get right back on the wagon this minute!!! no no no no no!
Of course, you've had some major trauma going on so let's just forgive ourselves and move ahead.

I'm doing okay. I had a major horror moment on Monday when I weighed in at 164 but I'm back down to 161 now. I drank a little much on the weekend.

Let me tell you - I can definitely see the extra 3 pounds and feel it - all squishy and poofy.

Let's make a pact with each other again - starting this weekend - back on track for real - no fudging! We have only 2 months to christmas and that's my goal for 10 more pounds!

[gwyncara]

10 lbs before christmas sounds like a reasonable goal to me. I'm in! My goal weight is 155. (14.4 lbs to lose) I want to look good in my dress for my hubby's christmas party. Better yet, I want to have to go buy a new dress because my old ones are too big! ..l;,

Edited to add that I just got on the scale and I've lost 1.6 lbs since I weighed myself on Monday.

Monday: 169.6
Friday: 168.0

Woo-Hoo!! I think I'm going to continue to weigh myself on Monday's and Friday's. That should help by keeping track of how I do over the weekends.

[Souzan]

Lauren, stress does so much to us including hoarding fat on our bodies. And comfort foods, of course.

It has been slow for me. Between the time I first met with the nutritionist and started a weight loss program at my HMO I put on an additional 5 lbs. Fortunately it fell off quickly but then after that it has been slow. This is week 9 of the program and we have weigh in today. I am losing an average of about 1.5 lbs a week. So I am down about 13 lbs so far. Still fighting to get enough protein and keep the fat down. The program ends next week but there is a weekly weigh-in followup meeting each week for people who have been through the program. Out of the 12 people who started the class together there are only three of us left. One of the gals who stuck it out weighed over 300 lbs and has dropped about 30 lbs so far. She started exercising for the first time in a decade by going to the pool and swimming for an hour every day. She said that some days all she can do is just tread water or do a little side stroke, but she keeps moving for the entire hour. The pool she goes to is not far from my house and is heated and open over the winter, so I may join her once in a while or look at taking one of their water aerobics classes for something different. So I am thinking positively, which makes a real difference.

Souzan

[danidance]

Great! ..g.:

Let's call it the Christmas Challenge on Bhuz. Today is a brand new day. Let's grab it and start our countdown to Xmas! Go Team!

10 lbs before christmas sounds like a reasonable goal to me. I'm in! My goal weight is 155. (14.4 lbs to lose) I want to look good in my dress for my hubby's christmas party. Better yet, I want to have to go buy a new dress because my old ones are too big! ..l;,

Edited to add that I just got on the scale and I've lost 1.6 lbs since I weighed myself on Monday.

Monday: 169.6
Friday: 168.0

Woo-Hoo!! I think I'm going to continue to weigh myself on Monday's and Friday's. That should help by keeping track of how I do over the weekends.

[MaryRaks]

Boy do I need this Christmas Challenge! I've fallen so far off it isn't funny, but thankfully the scale hasn't shown anything too scary.

I think I'm going to try Body for Life once I can get my hands on the book. One of my troupe members did it once and lost like 20 lbs... if I can lose 5-10 total by losing some jiggle and replacing it with a little more muscle, I'd be set. Has anyone else tried this?

[yasmindiab]

Great! ..g.:

Let's call it the Christmas Challenge on Bhuz. Today is a brand new day. Let's grab it and start our countdown to Xmas! Go Team!

You know what? WE CAN DO IT! :)

There is a red dress that I want to buy for Christmas parties...and I want to look GOOD in it!

;)

[Lauren_]

I can lose 10 pounds by Christmas. I can lose 10 pounds by Christmas. I can lose 10 pounds by Christmas.

[Souzan]

Good news! Just got back from my weekly weight management class and official weigh-in. Down anothr 2.5 lbs!!!! Maybe I can do 10 more lbs by Christmas too. I think that is a reasonable expectation.

Souzan

[MaryRaks]

You can do it Souzan!

[yasmindiab]

Good news! Just got back from my weekly weight management class and official weigh-in. Down anothr 2.5 lbs!!!! Maybe I can do 10 more lbs by Christmas too. I think that is a reasonable expectation.

Souzan

Good job, Souzan!

[Souzan]

Thanks, ladies! I know we can all meet the 10 lb by Xmas challenge. Eight weeks. I am pumped now. One thing that happened was that the nutritionist brought a model of five lbs of fat to class and it was very motivating to see what five lbs looks like! And the other was that I had a dream the other night that I was standing in front of a full length mirror wearing a bikini. And I could see my hysterectomy scar again. In my dream I put my hand on my tummy because to make sure that the weight loss was read. In actually I have been losing belly fat. So it has given me something to picture in my mind--not what I looked like at 25 but what I might look like today without the gut!

Souzan

[danidance]

You can and if you don't I'll have to come out there and kick your ass (with my skinny ass and you know you'd hate that!)

I can lose 10 pounds by Christmas. I can lose 10 pounds by Christmas. I can lose 10 pounds by Christmas.

[Lauren_]

You can and if you don't I'll have to come out there and kick your ass (with my skinny ass and you know you'd hate that!)

Ooooooh, I'm so scared I'm shaking in my cellulite. ..l;,

[mish_mish]

I've fallen so far off it isn't funny, but thankfully the scale hasn't shown anything too scary.

I've been eating things I never eat...cookie dough...candy...yikes. I have PMS from hell!

[gwyncara]

My Monday update... slightly disappointing: I'm back up to 169.6. But, I'm not going to let it get me down because it could very well be from all the weight training I've added to my routine. This morning's workout was chest and back. Lots of push-ups and pull-ups. Well, not really pull-ups yet. I'm using resistance bands to simulate the pull-ups because I can't lift myself more than a half inch. I also do my push-ups on my knees for the first round and on the wall or window sill for the second round. My goal for the end of the first 90 days is to do all of my push-ups on my knees and do atleast 10 of each type (standard, military, wide, and diamond).

I also need to admit... I was a bit naughty with my food intake yesterday. I made my very first seafood chowder. I used 2 slices of bacon and heavy cream. It was so decadent (and YUMMY)!! I did hold myself back from getting a second bowl though.

[Lauren_]

I did hold myself back from getting a second bowl though.

You are a diet goddess. I could *not* have stopped at one bowl of that.

I was mighty self-indulgent over the weekend (trying not to use words like 'bad'), but it could have been worse. I'm so excited by the freedoms of my new single-ness, even moreso when my son was gone most of the weekend. Cereal for dinner! Only having to pay for ONE person to eat out! Woo hoo!

[danidance]

my S.O. showed up yesterday with pumpkin pie and salads for dinner. Have I mentioned before that I am kookoo for punkin' pie? as in, i could (and have) eat an entire pie at one sitting? I had one piece. it was yummy.

I did wake up today a pound heavier but I think that was more from the 3 glasses of wine and just bloat. same old song - wine makes me bloaty for the next 2 days.

Today is the official start of the CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE - should we start a new thread?

[MaryRaks]

This weekend wasn't the best for me either. We ordered Thai take out saturday and I love noodles, so my pad thai was GONE and then yesterday we split a pepperoni pizza. Oh, and I baked... so um... challenge time? lol

[weese17]

Hi all -

Rejoining the diet threads after a long absence! I'm finally motivated to really kick butt - and the fact that my new office has a great gym downstairs and an in-house cafeteria with good, healthy food is helping a LOT.

So far, I'm working out about 4-5 days a week - between 30-45 minutes of cardio (of which about 20 minutes is at my peak effort), plus stretching and weight machines or free weights. I'm trying to come up with a good weights plan, and have just printed out all kinds of exercises from various websites to give me ideas. I definitely need to work on strengthening my right glute, balancing exercises, and strengthening my ankles (I have an established history by now of ankle sprains thanks to overly-flexible joints).

My diet is sort of -- well, not planned out well right now. I just logged in to fitday today for the first time in ages, and will try to keep a food diary. My problem isn't sweets at all - it's the carbs - mostly in pasta or bread form. I love and adore fresh fruits and veggies, but I probably don't get enough of them. (Since I'm vegetarian, a lot of my main meals are based around carbs.)

A typical day might look like this --

-- Two slices whole wheat toast w/ pumpkin butter
-- Glass OJ
-- Mixed nuts or light trail mix - two palms' worth
-- Salad with various veggies and oil/balsamic vinegar dressing - tofu might be a topping
-- Roll
-- Baggie of carrots
-- [This is where the carbs come in - mid afternoon!] -- pretzels or saltines or something similar from the vending machine - possibly peanut butter crackers
-- Maybe yogurt w/ fruit on top

If I have class that night, my evening is pretty effed up - I might have a falafel sandwich from the cafeteria at school, or maybe a bag of cashews or pretzels. If I've packed food the night before, I'll usually eat more carrots or an apple or celery sticks. Then I go home (getting home around 10) and maybe eat a bowl of cereal. If I'm home earlier, I might toss some pasta w/ tomato sauce.

If I don't have class, dinner is sometimes a cheese sandwich, sometimes pasta, sometimes a rice/bean dish.

(Okay, now that I re-read this, it doesn't seem so bad.)

Anyway, according to the scale, my weight hasn't changed at all over the past month, but my pants are practically sliding off of me and I've had to drop a size. It'd be nice to see the number on the scale drop, but as long as I keep visibly losing weight, I won't complain. :)

Weight right now - around 171 (eek)
Goal weight -- 150
Timeline - I'd like to drop 10 or 15 by my wedding (12/15/07), but it's not a hard and fast thing. Definitely would like to be down to goal weight by late January.

:D