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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/11/2009 1:58:42 AM
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This week has been awful for exercise and eating. I am pulling the right foods together and getting rid of (read eating) the bad food. LOL! I am going to do a low carb diet. That worked for me last year. I may have to do something like that forever, to keep my weight down.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/11/2009 8:13:25 AM
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I am joining you all I have lost a total of 61 pounds but this last week not good only worked out once but I am sick and so is my daughter so that is partially the reason. I am praying ot be feeling better tomorrow and get back into my routine.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/11/2009 9:32:43 AM
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Miss Giggles
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ORIGINAL: reach
This week has been awful for exercise and eating. I am pulling the right foods together and getting rid of (read eating) the bad food. LOL! I am going to do a low carb diet. That worked for me last year. I may have to do something like that forever, to keep my weight down.
I am still getting rid of some of mine. LOL.
If the low-carb worked for you before, than that should help you again.
61 pounds is great! I have been stuck trying to get rid of the first one and two for a while. LOL
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WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/11/2009 10:10:38 AM
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I have been stuck in the high 180s to low 190s for around seven or eight months now. This is very discouraging. I think I need to sub to this thread again.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/11/2009 2:56:18 PM
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Yes, but it is a sesrious lifestyle change for the next few months. But I am just not happy with how my body is right now. :(
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/11/2009 5:22:57 PM
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I am doing pretty well but I don't want to get on the scale. Moderate weight loss frustrates me and I won't do stupid things to encourage rapid weight loss. That is the mentality I have to get around. Moderate weight loss would leave me discouraged so I am not weighing right now.
What I am doing is eating well and often. I am filling my days with lots of veggies and some fruit. The whole food thing is going pretty well most days. My excercise is going great. I have been in the gym 5x since Sunday. I have ran 3x at 2 miles and I am going up to 3 miles next. Weight training is going well. I would like to get in some yoga but with ds having such strong needs right now, I am happy with what I am doing.
Losing weight is so hard for me because I become obsessive about it if I don't watch out. It makes me miserable. I work hard to just make good choices each day with food and activity. I pray to God that I don't pass this craziness over to my daughter. I want her to be healthy with a good body image. The best way I can ensure that is to be that myself. It is happening, slowly. My body image is better and much more realistic.
Like any struggle we have in this fallen world, each day I must look to Christ for the strength and peace to overcome. Early today after my dd took her second header before I could get to her, I was feeling like a pretty poor mommy, wife, everything. This verse came into my head.
10 A final word: Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. 12 For we[c] are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:10-12
Discouragement and disheartening thoughts are tools of the devil to lure us from our path. Through such things we can be distracted from our true work. Through such thoughts we will become more like the things we dread. Don't worry, I am not going all Oprah and the power of positive thought here. Instead, we need to turn our thoughts to Christ and seek out God's will for our lives. If we walk in His will, then we know we are righteous.
So I guess my point is, no matter what don't be discouraged. Turn your eyes to God and He will give you the strength to conquer whatever you need to conquer.
Have a great day.
Karen
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WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/11/2009 5:26:32 PM
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Thank you Karen, that brought tears of happiness to my eyes.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/11/2009 10:30:57 PM
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Karen,
What a timely post! I was just reading those scriptures yesterday morning, and then here they are again!
You say so much of what I think and feel. That lets me know we are not alone in our struggle, and wether it be weight loss, or something else, the process for overcoming it is the same. Keeping our eyes straight ahead and on the Lord, not looking to the left nor the right, that is what will put us on the path to where we need to be.
Tonight I was talking to my husband and I told him I don't want to be another statistic. I don't want to be a part of the numbers that were flashing across the tv screen as CNN announced that studies have shown that 2/3 of all American adults are overweight or obese. The numbers for childhood obesity are heartbreaking. I told my husband I feel an overwhelming urge in my spirit to do something about this in our household before we end up statistics of gluttony and excess. He agreed and we are going to make a plan after church tomorrow.
Good news: our two middle sons are signed up for football and volleyball starting this month. I'm so excited!
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/12/2009 7:38:15 AM
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Pink Carnations and Mamajennleigh, I am so glad the verses meant something to you. I am always overjoyed when I am urged to share something and receive feed back that it helped and encouraged. We should always listen to the urgings of the Holy Spirit but it is really nice to know it helped.
I am so encouraged to pursue a healthy lifestylfe for my children. They are so little, this can be the life they know. They can think that daily exercise, echewing hours of television, and eating healthy is just natural and normal. What an advantage they can have against the fight of obesity. I read that 50% of our nation is overweight. That is crazy.
MyCatSmokey, are these snack foods in your house? If so, why? Wouldn't it be easier to not have them around for temptation?
Have a great day, I need to get ready for church.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/12/2009 11:06:20 PM
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mamajennleigh
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Karen, I am also encouraged to pursue a healthy lifestyle for my children. My oldest 3 boys are 16, 12, and 11 and none of them have weight issues, but they are following in our (old) footsteps as far as lack of exercise and eating sugary foods (when they can get them because we don't keep them in the house!) I know it is never to late to do the right thing, though.
I did really well today, and I had a great day because I talked to God about it, instead of trying to handle it myself. I bought some sugar-free french vanilla instant coffee (like the Swiss Mocha kind) and it has only 30 calories per cup so I thought it might be a good "pick me up" for late afternoons when I am craving something sweet. I love coffee, but hate that my regular cup has to have so much half and half, so I only drink it that way in the morning.
Hope everyone had a great Sunday!
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/13/2009 9:08:42 AM
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At the risk of sounding chirpy, I'd like to encourage everybody to try to spin their negative motivations into positive ones. I've been dealing with weight issues for most of my adult life; I've seen a whole lot more success when I make my goal a positive one, rather than a negative one. Ie "I want to be fit enough to run to catch the bus" rather than "I don't want my health to deteriorate." I'm not saying the negative goals can't be successful, but in my experience they lead much more easily to negative self-talk.
The world criticizes us; our family and friends sometimes criticize us; even the church sometimes criticizes us. If we make the mistake of reading the wrong thread, Crosswalk criticizes us too. The last thing we need is to give them any help.
I just think we'd all be a lot happier with our progress if we became our own best cheerleaders. What have you done well lately? Pat yourself on the back for it! And when you look at what you haven't done so well lately, how do you plan to avoid it? And what resources do you have to do so?
On that note, I think everybody here is on the right track. Keep up the good work!
OK, OK, so that sounded relentlessly chirpy. 
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/13/2009 10:44:12 AM
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mamajennleigh
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Well, Anne-girl, chirpy is exactly what I needed this morning, so thank YOU!
I want to be fit enough to run. . . without passing out LOL! I'm serious, though, I see people out running and in my heart, I long to do it, too. I loved to run everywhere when I was a little girl. It was exhiliarating knowing my little legs could carry me just about anywhere I wanted to go. I want to feel that again!
On that chirpy note, I'm going to put this baby down for a nap and go out to the living room to do my Leslie Sansone video (the hard one lol). Aaron will just have to work out with me. He loves when I dance around the living room and tries to imitate me. Pray I don't step on a toy!
Love you guys!
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/13/2009 4:34:42 PM
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Well, when I was a little girl I was "too fat" to run, or so I thought. I was never really overweight as a child; I'd get pudgy right before a growth spurt so I though I was fat. I never really tried to run until I had to in grade 6, when I discovered I had asthma.
The first time around when I lost weight, the last goal I set myself was to be able to run 5 km without stopping (something like 3 miles). I found to my astonishment that I could run, for the first time in my life!  Best of all, no asthma!
Unfortunately, I developed bunions in the process; probably a combination of running/spending all summer in sandals w/o my orthotics/spending 2 wks sightseeing on my honeymoon without walking shoes. My feet are stable now, though, so that's my goal, once again.
So if I can get there, we can all get there. 
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/13/2009 7:01:52 PM
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mamajennleigh
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The first time around when I lost weight, the last goal I set myself was to be able to run 5 km without stopping (something like 3 miles). I found to my astonishment that I could run, for the first time in my life! Best of all, no asthma!
What an amazing accomplishment! I would love to be able to run 1 mile right now lol. How about for 1 minute tee hee! 
Today was so awesome! I started my day off with bible study and prayer, all by my lonesome, and then I got bummed out because I couldn't walk with the babies due to the storming :( Ahhh, but not to be deterred, I got out my Leslie Sansone walking video and I walked for 48 minutes with Leslie and her friends lol. I stretched really well afterward, then got busy with laundry, cooking beans (takes all day around here), and tending to two little babies and two that should quit acting like babies  . Ahhh, a very satisfying day.
The best part is, I didn't cheat on my food plan! I stuck right to it, and even managed to work in a small piece of cornbread with my beans. I really was nervous because I can never say no to more than one serving. But, I prayed and I realized halfway through eating mine that I was really getting full, so I savored every bite and then I was finished and all was well!
Tonight, hubby and I are almost kid-free (just have the baby here) and we're going to go pick up a prescription and drive through McD's for a reduced-fat vanilla cone. Only 150 calories and 3.5 g of fat. I'm looking forward to it!
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/14/2009 8:41:18 AM
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Anne-girl, chirpy cheerleaders are always wanted here. I really agree with you about the postive spin on everything. For me, it is much more effective and keeps me in a better frame of mind. Each day I try to choose joy so looking at goals in a negative light will not help me with that. It is a great way to look at it. I am so happy that you busted one of your childhood myths (being too fat to run). I find I still run into irrational thoughts that were developed in my childhood. It is hard to confront and defeat them but with the strength of Christ all things are possible.
Yesterday was a rest day from working out. It was a poor choice eating day. The baby was so fussy and I ate what I could. There are days like that.
I have to go shopping for some things for dd this morning. If that doesn't devastate me, I am going to try for the 3 mile mark on my run today. I really think I can do it. I am still sore from lifting on Sunday. It is a crazy week but I am deteremined to get in my exercise.
Have a great day all!
Karen
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WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/14/2009 9:08:02 AM
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187 today.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/14/2009 9:45:43 AM
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getting ready to go and walk for 10 k trying to go for 15 k but will do 5 first.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/15/2009 12:05:31 AM
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I'm positively spinning to a different tune today. The last couple of days, I was so angry and upset at the prospect of having to give up my new kitten Sammy, I just wanted to eat, eat, eat. Well today, I've decided to stop letting my emotions rule my eating habits and only eat when I'm really hungry. I may still have to give Sammy away, but at least today, I feel at more peace about it and I'm not eating as much.
As for the snack foods, if I HAD MY WAY, they would not be here. However, I don't buy the food for the household, so they are always going to be around, whether I like it or not. The only thing I can do is to tell myself that those foods are for the rest of the family, not for me. I have my own sugar free candy and ice cream and I can buy sugar free cookies if I want to, so I don't need to be eating any of that sugary trash anyway!
BTW, I found a can of sugar free cherry pie filling at the store today. It has Splenda in it and is only 8 grams of carbohydrate for a 1/2 cup serving. I'm thinking of making some sugar free cheesecake with cherry pie filling topping soon! 
Now time to go do cartwheels down my driveway!
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/15/2009 10:17:55 AM
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Melissa, I'm sorry that you may have to give your cat away. Good for you for not letting emotions rule your eating habits. I don't remember if I've already posted this, but one of the quotes I saw on the Weight Watcher's board was, "If hunger is not the problem, eating is not the solution" I think of that when frustrations make me want to go on a binge.
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/15/2009 10:47:59 AM
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I find I still run into irrational thoughts that were developed in my childhood. It is hard to confront and defeat them but with the strength of Christ all things are possible.
That is just about the only thing that can conquer those thoughts. I have a whole truckload of them myself. Many of them, which I thought I had licked, are slowly being healed; esp those to do with my appearance and attractiveness. I'm very fortunate to have a really understanding hubby, and he's been helping me work through them.
I had to LOL at DH yesterday, who confessed that he's been resenting my positive approach to food because he feels like he can't stuff his face around me. You have to understand how ironic this is; when we started dating I was 50 lbs overweight, and as a man who'd formerly been overweight himself, DH was taking a bit of a calculated risk that I'd be able to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Now he's annoyed that my lifestyle is so healthy it makes his look bad.
I'm very fortunate that a good female friend of his laid the groundwork before we met by explaining that guys in their 20s who lose weight can pretty much eat whatever they want as long as they're exercising, but women in their 20s who lose weight need to eat sensibly for the rest of their lives. Unfortunately her warning that at a certain point (eg now, in his 30s) his metabolism would change and he'd gain weight didn't quite sink in.
DH has been getting better about not proposing impulse trips to Dairy Queen (particularly difficult for me because their soft-serve isn't low-fat, their smallest dessert is pretty big, I'm lactose intolerant, and can't, but really want to, eat chocolate. The other day he dropped me off to "go get gas" and came back about a half later than need be and I said "I guess you went to DQ then?" He said "Nah, I just met up with my mistress." I said, "Oh; this would be the mistress made of brownie batter, right?" and told him it was OK to admit he'd gone to DQ... preferable that he not refer to food as a lover. 
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RE: WEIGHT LOSS / WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT THREAD - 7/16/2009 11:37:41 AM
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Well I started my low carb diet yesterday. I stayed on diet, but did eat some extra things that were not on plan, but I was starving. I just had some extra meat and pickles to curb the I want bread hunger. LOL! I also cut out sugar too, so no regular soda. Yikes....Today is day 2. No weight loss on the scale this morning, but it has only been one day. LOL!
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