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 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-03-31 07:19pm 

I'm operating under the assumption that since his mother bought all the food and that this alarms him that there's probably not a lot of snacks in the house that are healthy. It's better to plan everything out in advance.

Also, to be honest, I'm sort of playing semantics without initially realizing it. I don't "snack" I eat 3 normal meals and 3 small meals which are, arguably snacks. Sorry, I forget that I do that sometimes.

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Posted: 2009-04-05 12:30pm 

Has anyone heard of sparkpeople.com? It's a sort of myspace for losing weight. It has a comprehensive diet and exercise regimen with allowances for custom food.

Me and the GF are starting out on it, and were curious if anyone tried it.

 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-04-07 12:58pm 

207





The more weight I lose the more I'm convinced that losing weight is not a physical challenge at all and I find myself (Perhaps wrongly) disliking and/or disbelieving people who say they cannot lose weight. I did it, I'm still doing it - I'm barely trying. Just don't eat garbage that you know is bad for you. Don't be stupid - you know what's bad for you, and stop making kriffing excuses - "I didn't have time" isn't an excuse - I work full time and I have a 2 year old and I eat healthy without fixing extravagant ultra-healthy meals.

Or maybe I'm just grumpy because I'm hungry.

 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-04-07 02:13pm 

So, I've made 4 consecutive weeks of attending meetings and I'm really starting to feel the motivation (I was down 1 pound this week ) I seem to lose interest in the points-recording though I understand academically that that is the most important part. Also, I appreciated an article Mike posted on this board showing that a huge part of obesity is self-control, or a lack there-of. I find it comforting to know that at the bottom-line it's "all up to me".

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Posted: 2009-04-07 05:01pm 

Chardok and that's from the heart.

194, so I didn't gain much from the previous week so that's good. I am about to have some pizza (don't judge me).

 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-04-08 12:05pm 

Just a FYI - The iPhone has a pretty cool calorie tracker called "Lose it!". Like the name suggests you enter whatever you eat into a daily log. It helps you realize just how many calories you're taking it.

 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-04-08 02:02pm 

Thanks! That looks really useful.

 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-04-15 09:56am 

204.


Thank goodness my weight loss has slowed down to something akin to normal. I was getting a tad worried.

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Posted: 2009-04-27 10:33am 

201



Man, when I get under 200 I'm going to squee like an 11 year old girl at a Jonas Brother's concert.

 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-04-28 12:34am 

Is it normal for weight to crash when you are under high stress? I have lost 7 lbs in a week, and that doesn't seem healthy, but I'm not doing anything different than when I was losing 1 lb a week.

Should I contact a doctor?

 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-04-28 01:34am 

It's not healthy, but if that's all you get then it's OK (well, sort of). If you get sustained weightloss like that (ie for another week) then see a doc.

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Posted: 2009-04-28 10:49am 

I did that when I hit 212 last year. My goal had been 215, but to see 212 come up on the scale was magic. I celebrated by going for a 3 mile walk with my dog.

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Posted: 2009-04-29 08:32am 

okay - so 201 Must've been a fluke - it was before my morning shit and AFTER I'd had some drinks. That said, this morning, at 7:02 AM April 29th, 2009, I have OFFICIALLY, (witnessed by two co-workers) broken 200 pounds - (Verified by repeated weigh ins on both the carpet-y stuff in the office and the linoleum in the break room)

You lot have never known me to weigh this little.


Welcome to the 1's Mr. Chardok!

199.5!

 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-04-29 09:02am 

Congrats Chardok.

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Posted: 2009-04-29 02:35pm 

You should do some before and after pictures if you have some available...

 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-05-04 03:24pm 

I'm not a big guy, (around 162 cm tall), but I've been getting chubby and its sort of embarrassing.

I'm trying an exercise routine I heard about on the CBC Radio that involves three sets of 30 second sprints, with walking during the breaks to cool off.

I figure it takes me about 15 seconds to run a hundred metres, so I sprinted 200 m this morning. Unfortunately I kind of ran out of gas for the third sprint, so I didn't get to finish it, but I'll work up to that...

I'm also walking to places instead of driving where I can (the mall, for example, is about 3-5 km away IIRC.)

Oh, for reference, I'm presently about 68 kg, and I'm looking to get that down to around 60-65, or turn that into muscle if I can.

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Posted: 2009-05-05 07:13pm 

I've lost 5.5 kgs since the start of the year. The best motivation I find is to keep a track of the calories I burn on runs (typically 5-600 cal in 30 mins at a time at the mo') and use that when thinking about food. I.e. a pizza (my old vice, 2000 calories) is 4 times my normal run to compensate. One run is already pretty hard work, so its a strong motivator to go for the healthy option. Once you start to think of once-pleasant food in terms of pain the desire to eat it goes right, right down.

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Posted: 2009-05-06 02:34pm 

196!

WOOO HOO! only 16 more pounds to go! Rockin'!

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Posted: 2009-05-13 12:25am 

Started at 177.5 lbs on April 23rd. Now under 167 lbs.

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Posted: 2009-05-14 09:19pm 

-4.2 kilos so far, in 16 days or so. My target is -14 kilos.

As I suspected, all I had to do was stop consuming ten litres of coke and half a kilo of sweets every week. Although I may need smaller meals as well to get below 80kg.

 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-05-18 07:44am 

I put on 3.5 while injured. Diet and training readjusted.

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Posted: 2009-05-24 01:18pm 

First post here in this thread.

I haven't done any sports before January, and at that time I used to eat a bag of chips each day...
Then I decided to join the Navy, and they have a fairy strict physical requirement.

I slowly started eating less (currently not snacking anything any more and eating healthy) and started exercising.
I am 1m97 long, and in January I weighed 112 kilos.

In the beginning I actually gained weight, going up to 115, due to muscle growth.

As I passed two of the three test for the navy (only the physical one remaining) I started doing more and more exercises. The last two weeks I went to the gym 6 times a week.
My current weight is 95 kilos.
Today, when watching myself in the mirror, I was actually pleased with what I saw for the first time in a long long time.

 Post subject: Re: SDN Weight Watchers, Thread the Second

Posted: 2009-06-06 03:50pm 

Back up to 84kg.

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Posted: 2009-06-06 06:04pm 

186 - Slowly but surely, now!

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Posted: 2009-06-12 04:16pm 

That's great!