Re: Just 10 Pounds/Chuck

[Guest guest]

Veddddddddy EEeennterrrrestink, Helmut!

Fascinating to be guinea pigs during this time of research and trial and error.

What about exercise? Did you change your habit there? Were your life stresses

different?

I wonder what that OTHER variable was. What age range are you guys in?

Tell me more more more about your blood work!

When I changed my diet from horrible whatever to WW, my bone density TEST

results

IMPROVED for the first time in five years! I realize that without a big sampling

that my

personal data can only be considered anecdotal, however, if it works for me, I'm

happy.

I would like to know what you mean, though, Is your cholesterol better? Or

what, exactly?

If you had to guess why the pounds crept back, two what factors would you

attribute the

slow climb? Not being as completely (be honest) diligent? Little nibbles? Or,

are you just

as diligent and methodical, and it 's STILL COMING back?? No, don't tell me

that. It would

be too too depressing. I don't want to hear that (if it's true, just phrase it

euphemistically

and let me put two and two together, like the waitress did last night when I

asked her if

much oil was in the sauce over the steamed vegetables, and she said, " well -- it

gets

spooned over them, and there IS a little oil put into the sauce at the

beginning, and then it

gets reduced down, so . . . . "

[as i said earlier, they were DRENCHED! but the way she phrased it, it sounded

palatable.

.. . .it's like, I'm SO SO SO scared of aging, and identity factors related to

always having had

a rather streamlined image . . . and great health . . . .and now it's like I'm

looking at this

ugly black wall closing in!)

> > Oh, good. . . .more of you are coming out of the woodwork!!!

> > Before the last few posts, I was starting to feel I might be a rare bird

here. Glad I'm

not. I

> > think on the WW site most had miles to go before reaching home, and some, I

think,

didn't

> > take the remaining 10 too seriously. When one poster called them " Vanity

Pounds, " I

> > nearly freaked. I think they are the hardest ones -- because when you're

way over, I

think

> > it's easier to lose.

>

[Guest guest]

Age.

, who's 54.

> I'm almost 53 and wife is 7 years younger.

>

> So, genetics? I don't know. Something else? You got me.

>

>

> Chuck

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you for explaining! Sounds like you're doing everything SO very right

that what

you're eating is even a little boring! Heh! Wow. That's discouraging-- and to

think you're

gaining some back . . . wonder what you'd do if you HAD to lose those 20 pounda

again?

Like what are we supposed to do? Starve? At least you two are in it together,

which is

nice....aye, yi yi -- well, at least your blood work is good. And, in my case,

at least my

bones are good. Heh. But, I haven't given this plan a good go yet, and I'm

almost 58, so

if I'm successful in losing something here, and getting to 135, then I guess I

have a few

more good years... sort of....

> > Veddddddddy EEeennterrrrestink, Helmut!

> > Fascinating to be guinea pigs during this time of research and trial and

error.

> > What about exercise? Did you change your habit there?

>

> Up until when the snow flew this year, no change. We walked 20 minutes

> daily. When the weather changed this fall, I've had a hard time getting

> back to the treadmill for some reason, but there was gain during the

> exercise.

>

>

> Were your life stresses different?

>

> Not that I can put my finger on, but who knows what's really going on

> inside?

>

>

>

>

> > I wonder what that OTHER variable was. What age range are you guys in?

>

>

> I'm almost 53 and wife is 7 years younger.

>

>

>

>

> > Tell me more more more about your blood work!

>

> It was red! Seriously, cholesterol was down, triglycerides were down,

> blood pressure was down. Doctor was real happy with the numbers.

>

>

>

> > When I changed my diet from horrible whatever to WW, my bone density TEST

results

> > IMPROVED for the first time in five years! I realize that without a big

sampling that my

> > personal data can only be considered anecdotal, however, if it works for me,

I'm

happy.

> > I would like to know what you mean, though, Is your cholesterol better? Or

what,

exactly?

> > If you had to guess why the pounds crept back, two what factors would you

attribute

the

> > slow climb? Not being as completely (be honest) diligent? Little nibbles?

Or, are you

just

> > as diligent and methodical, and it 's STILL COMING back?? No, don't tell me

that.

>

> I don't really know for sure. Breakfast is EXACTLY the same as I did in

> Phase 1, same for morning snack. Lunch is EXACTLY the same as when I

> started Phase 2, same for afternoon snack. Dinner is slightly different

> in that I don't eat as many salads as we used to, but they (dinners) are

> still phase 2 compliant. I may be eating more for snack in the evening,

> but it doesn't seem to be THAT much more. Like I said earlier, we

> typically have one meal a week that is not Phase 2, but we did that all

> along when we were still loosing, so I tend to think that it's not that.

> Who knows. Evening snack - you probably want to know what it is -

> typically consists of about 3-4 oz. of 2% cheese and 5-6 whole wheat

> crackers and a handful of nuts. After dinner I usually have 2-3 cups of

> tea sweetened with stevia with some skim milk.

>

> Hostess Ho-Ho's are Phase 2, aren't they? No.... just kidding!

>

> Anyway, I lost 76 pounds at my best point - and did that in about a

> year, so it's not like I didn't grasp the concept of South Beach. I

> dumped 17 pounds in the two weeks of Phase 1.

>

> So, genetics? I don't know. Something else? You got me.

>

>

> Chuck

>