Having to lose weight stinks.
I look at my P90x the past several mornings and then just say tomorrow. ...followed by eating 6 homemade really fatty chocolate cookies. I feel like an addict. I can't even cut the eating down to 2 cookies. My body doesn't settle down until I have "that routine amount." 
Ugh... anyone else trying to diet even though sweater season is almost here? Hopefully this is the last time I have to lose this amount of weight. |
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| Losing weight sucks. That's all there is to it. There's as many ways to lose weight as there are ways to quit smoking. Debcram and I will endorse Weight Watchers. I know several people have had success using sparkpeople.com.
My biggest "aha" moment (and it's taken me about 20 years to realize it) is that losing weight really is a lifestyle change. It's not temporary (unless you want to lose weight, gain it and even more back, lose it again, over and over). I used to have the mindset of "all or nothing." Like I can't EVER have a cookie. I can either have NO cookies or the WHOLE BAG. That's setting myself up for failure. Within the last 2 weeks I've learned this little trick called portion control. I can have 2 cookies and not the whole bag. It's all about convincing myself that I'm happy with 2 cookies. There are a few foods that I cannot control so they will never be allowed in my house. And unfortunately it's been proven over and over again that exercise alone will not take off the pounds. Exercise is a huge metabolism boost and will burn off some calories but most people then think they've burned 1,000 calories and eat more to offset it and end up gaining weight. Weight loss is all about (well 90% about) what you put in your mouth. Good luck. Take it in baby steps. And vent here. |
| I'm confused. I understand the words you write, but not when they are put together that way. "Lose weight"? I dont get it! |
| Weight loss is very hard. At my heaviest I was 265lbs and a size 22. I've always struggled with my weight, but after 18 months, I had whittled my weight down to 134lbs and a size 7.
Since being with Josh for the past 4 years, I have unfortunately put on about 30lbs. What always worked for me was going out walking. My trouble time occurs from 5pm-8pm. I never had any issue earlier in the day, but those three hours I just snack non-stop. I make good food choices, I just eat too much of it. I'm right there with you though... losing weight sucks! |
Paula O. wrote: It's all about convincing myself that I'm happy with 2 cookies.
I could never convince myself that I'm happy with 2 cookies.  |
Those cookies are  EVIL!
I did most of my recent weight loss over the winter in "sweater season" - with the support of our "greatest losers - dog version" group. 
I have gained back a bit, so now that it is once again cool weather and sweater season, I need to lose the 8 pounds that creeped back.....  |
| lose......weight? Are the suppose to get together? Maybe I have a learning disability........... |
| I feel your pain Jo . My weight has been creeping up a few pounds at a time and I just ignored it. Since all my clothes are 6/8's I refuse to start buying a bigger size . My choices are simple: lose a few pounds or go to work naked |
| I so know the "what's losing weight...."
I think my age is starting to tell me I'm not a teen or in my 20s anymore either since I'm really not eating differently than normal. Okay, a tad too much chocolate..... I've got my spanx on in hopes it curves some of my crazy appetite. I've also started what I usually do when dieting, and that's 50 crunches every time I pee ...except I haven't done it in awhile so it's been about 20 each time. I drink ~a gallon or more daily to keep my kidney working, so I pee a lot!!! We'll see if I can keep this up longer than 1 day! I'm trying ...just don't have the determination like normal for some reason. |
| Ummmmmm
Is this pee-time crunch thingy a normal on-your-back-on-the-floor crunch, or is there some other kind? "Kidney" in the singular? |
| Like I literally get on my back and do them. Amazing how well it works when I commit. It's turns out to be a lot more than I used to do back in my fit days.
And yes to singular. |
| LOL, gaining is just as hard, I've been struggling for a few years to get over 90# and I eat like a horse and devour a bag of choc. chip cookies every other day |
| Jo--are you even allowed to be exercising at all yet? C-section wasn't that long ago!
My suggestion...is to cut back on your baking for a while. The kids won't notice in the long run...and it'll allow you to get back down a little...then you can start up...just my thoughts! |
jean wrote: LOL, gaining is just as hard, I've been struggling for a few years to get over 90# and I eat like a horse and devour a bag of choc. chip cookies every other day
You know, my sister-in-law has the exact same problem. That girl can eat, too! She can sit down and eat three people under the table and she must weigh a whopping 85lbs! She loves mac and cheese and will make a gigantic amount and eat most of it herself. It's so crazy, because my family is the exact opposite, we have to watch everything we injest, or else we'll easily become huge. |
I feel for you 
But I also have problems with your cookies I just took a batch of chocolate ones out the oven & as I have 4 hours of driving tomorrow they will be the only thing keeping me going! |
| oh i agree. but I love Weight Watchers. It is not a diet. It works. Just lost 12 pounds and 2 pounds from goal. Wanted to loss some before I stop smoking. Sunday is my stop smoking date. I will keep with Weight Watchers and lots of celery! |
Hint of Mischief wrote: I feel for you
But I also have problems with your cookies I just took a batch of chocolate ones out the oven & as I have 4 hours of driving tomorrow they will be the only thing keeping me going!hahaha...they're my energy pills too. I just need to get back to normal portions (which would definitely be more than what experts say you should eat) b/c right now I'm on the eat what I see which includes an entire L pizza diet. I can't help it and sad we have to order 2L pizza's w/cheesesticks because of my piggy self. Mr. J only eats 2 slices, and the kids eat 1. I eat 6-8 each time or feel like I'm starving. 
I have cut down on the baking but with halloween coming up, the pace is probably going to go back up. I can't give up what I eat. I actually think I eat pretty good. I just want to cut down how much of it I consume. |
Joahaeyo wrote: I have cut down on the baking but with halloween coming up, the pace is probably going to go back up. I can't give up what I eat. I actually think I eat pretty good. I just want to cut down how much of it I consume.
I feel you there. That is my problem. I swear I must have an eating disorder at times, because I can consume a decent sized meal and still not feel full. It's not even in my stomach, it's kind of my mind that thinks I'm still hungry. |
| Okay, since my last post...I've lost 5lbs by just forcing myself to not think about food all day. It's not that I'm ever hungry, it's just that I'm always eating which I'm sure is largely due to the fact I'm a stay at home momma!
I've cut the 6 cookies down to 4 *shrugs* ...it's a little better! ..and I eat 2 double stuffed pb&j sandwiches instead of 3 at lunch. plus a yogurt. not sure what my obsession is with pb&J lately, but I use 1/2 a jar of jelly each time I eat sandwiches. I wish I was joking, but I'm sick. I think what immediately cut some weight back was the fact I completely cut out the chocolate I ate. In a day, I would always go through an entire bag of dove or bliss chocolate. They're so dang good, I can never quit. Not the first time they've been my obsession either. I originally got them to make some turtle chocolate (10 bags so I can pass them out), and then it turned into my snack throughout the day. I'm sitting up straighter due to the crunches but stop doing them when Mr. J comes home from work. He always makes grunting sounds and all kinds of jokes that make me too embarrassed to do them. So, 25lbs more to go. lost 25-27lbs already The last 15 will be the lbs that stay until goodness knows when. |
| Still don't know how you can do crunches so soon after a c section! lol... |
| ah jo, i feel your pain...as a person who never ever gained weight no matter what or how often i ate, has now changed her tune...
i think age (just about to turn 42) has a lot to do with it..also, in my case, chemo thru me into early menapause..and come to find out...that sucks too...weight just loves me now... soooo, ive learned to eat what i love but stop way before i ''think'' i am done...... |
barney1 wrote: Still don't know how you can do crunches so soon after a c section! lol... Did you have staples or glue? I had glue and I hear that heals faster? Of course, people are just different. I was way more paranoid w/my first to start exercising than I was with second and with 3rd... I was wanting to start ASAP. Anyway, it's been 5 wks since the surgery, and I don't feel anything. Quote: soooo, ive learned to eat what i love but stop way before i ''think'' i am done.....
yep, trying to retrain my mind! |
| I had the glue too. I wasn't in pain at that point I guess. It just seems so soon! all I know is that I tried running for the 1st time at 9 weeks and thought my uterus would fall out. Maybe crunches would have been okay. Apparently I didn't exercise much to get the weight off, lol.
And actually, I've been having the opposite problem. I can't keep weight on, which is a first for me. I'm struggling to stay above 100... |
| So I've been doing crossfit in the mornings. It's killing me.
KILLING ME.... Every muscle in my body feels like jello. Last night I was too weak to carry my boppy upstairs (a pillow), so I had to ask my husband. ...and I've taken to eating my sorrows away. Gained 3lbs. As I type this, I'm eating my second extra glazed molten cake that I made this morning. It makes the pain stop for a second or two.
I've got to get serious. I bought an extra bag of assorted chocolates for Halloween for me, and I have no idea why. Well, yeah I do... it's hard to find oh henry! and 100 grand bars and now they come in the same bag!! |
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