Anyone ready to ring in the new year...and lose weight/get fit?

[elizabethbinary]

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Your body needs more good fats and protein. You also need to have your thyroid checked. Hyperthyroidism (too much) can cause undesired weight loss. Have some protein (cheese or nuts or something) with that fruit for lunch. Calorie shakes aren't a bad idea, but watch that they don't contain aspartame or some other crap.

Being underweight is just as unhealthy as being overweight. Welcome!

Thank you! I hope I can catch up with more people's progress too, I've just been too shy to follow this because I was embarassed.

I want to see how everyone is going!!

I will get my thyroid checked asap.

I will check the contents of my calorie shakes. I put a little cheese in my salads (feta/gouda) but not very much. I used to have smoothies for breakfast where I put a tablespoon of cold flax seed oil in it... I should get back to that....

How is everyone going today?

 

[oesdog]

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Hay join us - if you want you can pop your weight on the chart too and an aim for weight - your doing the same as the rest of us!!! - Were all trying to be healthy and eat the right things. We are all struggling to be the "right weight" for our height, we are also trying to make better choices with our diet and excersize more and have a healthier lifestyle - it is NOT just about losing weight but more being healthy and makeing good choices, for you this is gaining weight so that you are the best weight for you!!!!

- for you it is gaining a bit for the rest lossing or trying to maintain a weight. This is a very supportive thread so don;t feel bad or not wanted cause your going in the different direction- WERE ALL HEADING TO THE SAME DESTINATION!!!!!!!!! NEVER FEEL EMBARASSED ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

Oesdog

If it makes you feel better I had Ballemia for years growing up and know what its like to be too thin as well as being overweight. Stay your wanted on this thread!!

 

[3goodeggs]

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Keep on. The fluffy fat is the first to go. the hard fat is... well hard. Add some more walking or walk faster. Don't lower your calories though. Your metabolism will slow in response. Long ago.. about 20 years or more, there was a diet called the rotation diet. the idea was that you ate a decent amount of calories on day one and two. Your metabolism geared up, then you cut the calories down and your geared up body used them quickly. then, before your body geared down again to the lower calorie intake, you geared up again with food. and rotated back again. I do not know if that is healthy or not. but it made sense to me at the time. My uncle lost about two people's worth of weight, won his bet and gained it all back. (Money is a good motivator.)

Elisabeth binary, sweetie, you are a dear heart and I have loved all of the posts you had posted. You will just make this a funner place. (funner is NOT a word.

) -geesh I can't do that and just walk away. 'More fun.' I am officially old.

 

[BlackBart]

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Keep at it, don't despair!!!!

It might take awhile to break through the plateau but it will happen then you should have a sudden drop.
But to loose weight you must eat. Sounds weird but its true. If you don't eat your body goes into panic starvation mode and holds onto all of its resources (fat)

 

[oesdog]

Keep going - I lost a lot of weight then got stuck last August on 10 stone.9 I struggled like crazy got to 10.2 and thought oh just 2lb to go till I am under 10 stone. I stopped trying and put on heaps over Christmas went up to 10.12 so now I am trying to lose it all AGAIN! So don;t be discouraged keep going even if its hard.

I am away now so wont be on for a bit just poped in to say good bye!

Well actually its more a

- To the beach and the sun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oesdog love you all!!!!!!

 

[elizabethbinary]

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Keep up with the no beer!!! If it makes you feel better I learned in nutrition that a single beer can effect the metabolism (and, er, other things as a male of the human species) for up to 6 weeks. Any more than 2 beers in one sitting can do the same for up to the same. Afterwards the amount is one beer a day or something to keep the metabolism at a rate that's somewhat normal within range.

Week four is ALWAYS the big week. It's when the water weight has stopped being a factor and the sugars in your body are able to start being processed from your fat stores now that your body is recognizing a change. Weeks 4-6 are the HARDEST on a diet. YOU CAN DO IT!

 

[annaraven]

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Have a great time! We want a full report when you get back!

 

[elizabethbinary]

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Hay join us - if you want you can pop your weight on the chart too and an aim for weight - your doing the same as the rest of us!!! - Were all trying to be healthy and eat the right things. We are all struggling to be the "right weight" for our height, we are also trying to make better choices with our diet and excersize more and have a healthier lifestyle - it is NOT just about losing weight but more being healthy and makeing good choices, for you this is gaining weight so that you are the best weight for you!!!!

- for you it is gaining a bit for the rest lossing or trying to maintain a weight. This is a very supportive thread so don;t feel bad or not wanted cause your going in the different direction- WERE ALL HEADING TO THE SAME DESTINATION!!!!!!!!! NEVER FEEL EMBARASSED ABOUT YOUR WEIGHT!!!!!!!!!!

Oesdog

If it makes you feel better I had Ballemia for years growing up and know what its like to be too thin as well as being overweight. Stay your wanted on this thread!!

Aww thank you so much this does make me feel better.

I know this sounds weird but I have a particularly muscular frame for being so skinny so my -weight- itself SEEMS normal, but it's not. I can show photos so you can see it's not really a good weight for me. But I'm 105 right now and I feel absolutely positively radiant at 120. So... 15 pounds.

Today I ate one cheese and salad sandwich, one roast beef sandwich, two small bowls of muesli with full cream and a small salad. It's not dinner yet, so that seems reasonable.

 

[vfem]

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Your body needs more good fats and protein. You also need to have your thyroid checked. Hyperthyroidism (too much) can cause undesired weight loss. Have some protein (cheese or nuts or something) with that fruit for lunch. Calorie shakes aren't a bad idea, but watch that they don't contain aspartame or some other crap.

Being underweight is just as unhealthy as being overweight. Welcome!

Thank you! I hope I can catch up with more people's progress too, I've just been too shy to follow this because I was embarassed.

I want to see how everyone is going!!

I will get my thyroid checked asap.

I will check the contents of my calorie shakes. I put a little cheese in my salads (feta/gouda) but not very much. I used to have smoothies for breakfast where I put a tablespoon of cold flax seed oil in it... I should get back to that....

How is everyone going today?

You sounds like my husband, honestly, he tries to eat and eat, and even takes the weight gain suppliments from GNC. Kills me to have someone who weighs all of 130 lb at his heaviest!!! Once we get insurance again, he's going to see a doctor and see if it is, what it is... or what healthy changes he could make.

However, my 4 year old is barely 30 lbs she's so tiny, just like her dad and her 98 lb Nana! ARGH! That is one little family!

Sounds like its probably medical and you should visit a doctor soon to get some advice.

I personally know my issues aren't medical.... I just ate because I liked it way too much... and didn't exercise because I didn't like exercise. Now I changes my views and attitude, I'm doing better.

 

[elizabethbinary]

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Thank you! I hope I can catch up with more people's progress too, I've just been too shy to follow this because I was embarassed.

I want to see how everyone is going!!

I will get my thyroid checked asap.

I will check the contents of my calorie shakes. I put a little cheese in my salads (feta/gouda) but not very much. I used to have smoothies for breakfast where I put a tablespoon of cold flax seed oil in it... I should get back to that....

How is everyone going today?

You sounds like my husband, honestly, he tries to eat and eat, and even takes the weight gain suppliments from GNC. Kills me to have someone who weighs all of 130 lb at his heaviest!!! Once we get insurance again, he's going to see a doctor and see if it is, what it is... or what healthy changes he could make.

However, my 4 year old is barely 30 lbs she's so tiny, just like her dad and her 98 lb Nana! ARGH! That is one little family!

Sounds like its probably medical and you should visit a doctor soon to get some advice.

I personally know my issues aren't medical.... I just ate because I liked it way too much... and didn't exercise because I didn't like exercise. Now I changes my views and attitude, I'm doing better.

I honestly should adopt your cooking/tasting methods! I saw the stuff you bake and HOOBOY I would be a happy little camper in your kitchen if I got to be a Hoover. But for a year I went to, get this, French Patisserie school - and I still didn't gain. Recipes with literal KILOS of cream. Weeks where I'd bring home 5 french gateaux and 4 doz macaroons and I'd still not gain! It's -awful-. It doesn't SOUND awful to a lot of people (but with your husband I bet you understand) but it really is.

When I go out to eat, people stare at me. They watch me eat. They judge what I order. darn if I order a salad, it's usually met with an eyeroll and someone whispering, "Well no wonder she's so skinny." Or I like salads. If I eat something heavy I get, "Pft, I wish I could eat anything and be that tiny." I don't even -know- the people saying these things they purposefully say loud enough for me to hear (because, what? I'll start eating more?). I once accidentally walked into an automatic glass door and instead of the usual, "haha you walked into a door" commentary, some woman snarked, "Maybe it couldn't see you because you're so small!" I feel like I can't eat in public, which is entirely unhelpful to the situation. The heat is too intense to wear layers. It's really terrible - it's doing one heck of a mark on my self-esteem. One comment, too terrible to say, made me cry for 3 days.

I am going to the doctor today. I got ill last night and wasn't even able to keep my dinner down - which isn't helping. It's a great combo - I get sick more because I'm tiny and I'm tiny because I'm always sick! D: So I need to do -something-, and fast, before it becomes a real hospital-able problem. My fingers have shrunk and my wedding ring (that I only got a year ago) is falling off. I look/am always tired.

That's why - 120. I looked amazing. I had great curves, I still had my fitness, I was eating a heap a day, running an hour a day, getting a TON of stuff done, I was energized, happy, enjoyed life - even my relationships were better. My husband and I would go to the gym 4 times a week together and plan big carbo-loaded meals together for comps. I feel like -my- problems have strained our relationship, y'know? Can't go to the gym, too tired. Morning runs? Gone. But at 120, I was great. Fitness/appearance/energy was all perfectly balanced. I felt like a million dollars at that weight. I feel like I can see my eyesockets without a mirror at this weight.

I think you're right, I think it's medical. I don't even know how to begin to ask the doctor for help though, it makes me want to cry. The backlash in public alone is so intense I fear what do you say? The most annoying part is I studied nutrition for the longest time - I only quit because I got sick - and I still have no idea what to eat to help myself. Every meal plan I come up with is flawed in some way (mostly, I can't eat it!).

I am clearly hurt by this because with the tiniest urging, I posted a fricken novel!!!! I'm so so so so so sorry for taking up your time with all this lamenting sadness and worry. I plan on making an appointment today (its 5am, not open yet, haha) and getting this solved once and for all. I'm sick of being sick. I'm tired of my husband looking at me like he's going to cry! I'm tired of being afraid to eat in public.

I'm so glad you're doing well on your diet! I always found the most awesome way to fit exercise in is to 1. swim a lot and 2. fidget a lot. Fidgeting burns up so many calories!!