2011 Weight Loss Thread

[kimandkathess]

Wow, im glad to have a good group here to motivate eachother! We are up to 12 people.

I do wish we had one person joining us this year. Lets all keep momof4inmi in our hearts as we go through our weight loss journey.

Again, im glad to have motivators here :)

[leqet]

I really need to join y'all.
I need to rid myself of about 60 pounds.
I'm not really looking forward to dieting in the first place, but now I'm planning to follow a recommendation to go gluten-free for two weeks and then gradually add it back in. I know I don't have much time to figure out my new diet, but my start date is January 3.
I'll be checking out those suggested web sites soon.

I lost about 20 lbs in my first two months gluten free. The key is to NOT eat any GF replacement items (GF bread, GF pasta, etc.). They are usually higher in carbs and calories than regular stuff with gluten. Instead stick with lean meats, fruits and veggies and you will drop weight in no time at all.

And since I'm posting in this thread I will fess up I haven't been very good this year. I dropped twenty lbs at the start but I didn't do any thing to lose more and I do need to lose more. I also have the problem however that I need to add muscle--my muscles got very weak from being bedridden before my celiac was diagnosed. Over this past year I've regained my ability to walk a good distance now without having pain or an asthma attack. So my goal is going to be to continue to be more active and alternate between walking and lifting light weights. I'm not going to set a weight loss goal because if I gain muscle I will weigh more (or it will even out). I will however set a goal for my clothes to get smaller. I currently wear an 18-20. I want to get down to at least a size 12 by next year.

[skw6559]

I'm in 255 to 180

[XUfan]

kimandkathess...Can you PLEASE change my stats in your OP????? I know it's not a big deal, but it should read 182...not 185. (Unless you're figuring...as I am...that the holidays might put that other 3 on! LOL!!)

Also, let's set my goal weight at 145...since I forgot to put that in my previous post.

BTW...thanks for starting this! I really hope this is the year we all hit our goals!

[2mnyteens]

I would love to join this group. I lost 98 lbs. a few years ago, but went through some major depression and gained 60 of it back. I have now rejoined WW and am back on the wagon. I really need the support and accountability - my bp is WAY too high and I just plain don't feel good!

Starting weight: 270
Goal by July 1: 230

I do go to the gym at least 2 days a week. I need to go more often, but daughter is disabled and I usually need to get home to help with her.

Anyway, thanks for letting me join!

[kimandkathess]

Alrighy peoples, list is updated to this points and i fixed it for you xufan...that would have bugged me too.

[chitownmelli]

Wow, im glad to have a good group here to motivate eachother! We are up to 12 people.

I do wish we had one person joining us this year. Lets all keep momof4inmi in our hearts as we go through our weight loss journey.

Again, im glad to have motivators here :)

I'll join you guys! Momof4inmi is actually someone who really motivated me to join spark people with our little group that we had going there. I'm sure she's cheering us on :)

My starting weight is 177
Goal weight 130

I would like to do this by May, happy birthday to me - it sounds reasonable as I have been doing quite well lately.

Some things I have been doing: I'm down to one soda a day. No more, no less. The rest of the day it's water and iced tea. The tea is only very slightly sweetened with simple syrup (think 1/2 c of sugar to one gallon of tea) I think this has been helping most of anything as I am a real Pepsi junkie :)

I don't eat many sweets at all any more, and if I do, it's just a few small bites. Any more than that and I really don't feel so great anyway.

Portion control. It's seems that I am capable of controlling myself after all ;) So I eat more reasonable sizes at meal time, and then have small sized snacks in between using my small sized pampered chef bamboo bowls as a guide. I no longer use getting up and walking to the pantry for more as an "exercise" to justify the second helping, I walk to the sink and wash the bowl instead and decide that I am done eating for now.

Activity - I upped that too. I find any reason to get outside... my neighbors will be having me committed soon because I wear my ipod while being outside with the dogs and dance my fool head off while I'm out there (and they keep catching me tee hee). It's okay with me, I can dance in the back of the van when they come to take me away to the land of Oz. I'll be skinny when I get there ha ha ha.

Joking aside, I'm done being overweight and can't wait to cheer on the rest of our team. I'm starting now, because NOW is the best time to start any goal that you have :) Good luck everyone!

[angeleyeza]

we should all go get physicals in the begining of the year to start out fresh. I thought about having my Vit D levels checked also Thyroids, and other stuff. liek BP and heart. just to be on the safe side. kwim?

[angeleyeza]

im just praying i can stay motivated. I did well years ago and hoping the motivation gets in my butt again. I have an exercise ball, resistance bands, wii fitness games, workout dvds time to dust them off and get ready. ive tried southbeach did well until i incorperated carbs back into my diet. tried atkins, didnt care for it. tried diet pills out the wazzoo.


what i take daily:

1- multivitamin
1- Vitamin D 3
1- Super B Complex
1- Fish Oil gel cap
1- 5- HTP
1- cOQ10

anything else I should be taking that you all take?

[angeleyeza]

speaking of exercise videos..... DH saw a comercial for a DVD of pole dancing to lose weight?!?!? LOL and he got excited that it included a free dance pole...ROFL