Re: Weight Watchers & Raw: Carol's 24 hour fitness experience; body bugg

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Sharyn,

I used to be a weigher at Weight Watchers. We are talking maybe 20

years ago. It was a few pounds to lose back then and it worked.

Speaking very recently of my weight loss program are how I lost 23

pounds so far since end of August. I never saw myself as heavy, but

obviously I had some shut eyes when I got weighed and went into a

deep shock of being the heaviest I have ever been. I have gone from

Ex large or large at Dress Barn (clothing store for ladies) to

SMALL. I look very slender too. What am I doing:

I joined 24 hour fitness.

http://24hourfit.schedulesource.com/public/

FL has some places.

Oh, if interested in joining let me know before as I will get reward

points for that. I earned already 5 free training sessions by my

rewards. It's not any gimmick at all. I totally believe in it.

Also for any products I get rewards I believe too (I would have to

check on that). You can get free one week pass there.

Not sure if you have it in your area Sharyn, but great investment

for me. I was always a gym girl, but floated around not knowing how

to use the machines, or which exercise for which part of the body.

The guess work is being done for me now by a hired trainer at the

gym. It is working great. Each week I have gone down and never up.

Sometimes I think my daily weigh in would show differently but so

far so good.

Having a personal trainer helps me do the right exercises for my

body and the routine is changing weekly. I do coombine that with

CARDIO. He has me on the treadmill at the highest incline and I

feel like I am in a constant HILL climb playing with the speeds to

keep me on the machine without holding on at all. It is a TOUGH

workout. He tells me what I need do, I write it all down, and

follow up each week doing it.

Another thought:

Bodybug is a software gadget that people use to keep track of

calories burnt etc. Lots of skinny people at the gym invested in

them. Today is the last day to buy one with $100 off. Not sure if

you can find what I have at the gym however.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/w

faa071126_mo_bodybugg.41b093bf.html

I gained lots of pounds by eating lots of nuts to the max. I would

also bake 4-5 potatoes vs. 1 and eat it all up. I used to eat bread

and Rice Dream Ice Cream that made me have acid reflux. Now that is

gone.

Now, I eat nuts in my Sunshine Burgers (health food store), 2 per

day, very little grains if any daily, very little if any nuts too

and then lots of salads as before, some soup, mainly with veggies

and little lentils that are measured before putting in pot. I don't

assume I put into the pot 1/2 c. but weigh everything before it goes

in. I am drinking not enough water, but water helps tons too. I am

going to the bathroom as usual 3 times per day.

Hope this helps you.

Being raw has helped me but not to my total new designed body. Oh,

I am down 5 INCHES in chest, 5 INCHES in waist and all over body but

these were the big numbers since I started at 24 hour. The trainers

are fairly priced and I have had one since I joined and will

continue to stand on feet at event centers to work for my training

sessions. It is paying off. People say older people lose slow and

I am living proof it is a myth.

I'm here if you need my support or need phone or email support.

I care.

Hugs,

carolg

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> I'm getting to that point, Judith. But first I want to follow the

program

> as much as possible to see how I fit in there. Since Tuesday,

I've lost 3.4

> pounds, without feeling at all deprived. I just think the point

system is

> based on eating a lot of " phony phoods " as you say, and would like

to be

> able to translate it as much as possible into real food. And I

really think

> that anything raw (1) uses as much energy to digest as is in the

calories of

> the food and (2) leaves no toxic residue to accumulate as pudge

around the

> midsection. I've joined for three months.will eat as healthy as I

possibly

> can and try to keep within the points system. Of course, once I

reach my

> goal weight (only 4 more pounds), I'll go on maintenance and will

probably

> have more leeway built into the system.

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> I also don't eat a lot of phony phood, and tune into my tummy.but

I do like

> my 5:00pm pomegranate martini and maybe a glass of wine with

dinner, and

> those empty calories add up. I thought I didn't eat very much

until I had

> to start accounting for every bite that goes into my mouth. It's

been an

> interesting experience. Plus I have to account for each glass of

water and

> serving of fruits/veggies/dairy, etc., which is a good thing

because I

> probably wasn't drinking enough water before and now I have to

check off

> each one I drink.

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> Tonight is our weekly Happy Hour at the local microbrew. Dirty

martinis are

> less points than pomegranate ones (because the olive juice has no

points vs.

> 2 points for the pomegranate martini mix), so I'll save there, and

have a

> wedge salad with the dressing on the side, which will only have 1

or 2

> points. Plus I'll save up my points during the day to splurge for

HH.<G>

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> Thanks for the feedback!

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> Sharyn

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