Re: Digest Number 1804

[Guest guest]

hey everybody...what did you eat for supper today? i love to see menus....

[Guest guest]

Okay you fabulous workout muscle people, I need your help. I am 50, a year

and one month out of surgery, still weigh 265, and a total flabby disaster.

I have thus far been unsuccessful at dieting and exercising. But, I am ready

to try again. I am sitting here thinking....where do I start? Do I totally

humiliate myself by dare putting on a bathing suit and doing water aerobics

at the YMCA and letting everyone see my flabby thighs and arms or do I trod

along at the cold, snowy cemetry everyday on the pavement for a mile until I

hobble back to the car with sore feet and ankles? Do I go stare at the

exercise equipment at a gym, wondering what to do on these things and most I

doubt I could even fit into. I feel lost. I don't know where to begin. I

just now threw away all the sweets out of the house..all the homemade

Christmas cookies are gone, all the chocolate chips, the peanut butter, it is

all gone. I cooked hamburgers and mashed cauliflower for supper, thinking I

will start on Atkins tonight. Gosh I get bored eating low carb, so I will

have to try to find some recipies I can live with. I want to lose weight and

don't know where to start right now. At least all the good stuff is out of

the house. I guess that is a start. Yesterday, I ate a dozen of the

Christmas cookies that were to be just for other people. I can't make

anymore as I don't have the willpower to not eat goodies in front of me. I

can't believe i am not able to stick to an eating plan...everyday is another

failed day. My intentions are always the same. To eat for breakfast either

eggs and bacon or sausage OR Flaxomeal cereal or just a salad. My breakfast

as I call it, is when I wake up around 11. Then around 3, my intention is to

have a protein shake. Then supper at 6, which is supposed to be a meat and a

low carb veggie. Then, another protein shake at 8 and maybe a handful of

sunflower seeds in there somewhere. But, I have yet to make it through one

day. How do you do it? I had the surgery, lost fifty pounds at first, then

stopped as my stomach was able to hold more. How do you all stick to a

eating plan and a exericise routine? How do you stop yourself from saying oh

i am too tired to walk today or how do you stop yourself from thinking...oh i

just want this one bite of candy or whatever....tell me your secret...please.

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody,

First of all, send us some show her in Anchorage, Alaska!! I feel like I am

living in Seattle-and it is sooo dark to drive without the snow to reflect

the light from our headlights! My studs are worn to the nubs from running

on pavement too!

Now-exercise. My intentions are good-but it ain't happenin'. I have

osteo-arthritis, degenerative disk disease, and I plain hurt all over. My

knee doctor says no walking for exercise, so I bought a recumbent bike for

the house. Unfortunately, I had to put it in the spare bedroom on the

second floor-which I avoid due to the stairs. The few times I did crawl up

there, I felt better for it-but I get up at 4:30AM and don't crash until

11PM-with a full day in between-so I have lots of reasons why I can't

exercise. OK folks, I am rationalizing-and would welcome a kick in the

pants. I do work and am away from home on the job 10.5 hours, then there is

church (I have a couple of callings I serve in), and a teenage daughter who

doesn't yet have her driver's license-which changes this month!! Between

work, church, and taxi service-I am too pooped to ride a bike most days

anyway!!

OK-I am ready for the pep talk now-go ahead. I am really a lousy time

manager, or I just don't like to sweat!

I would really like to know how anyone out there incorporates exercise into

a busy day. Some days I feel like I live in my car and on the streets of

Anchorage!

Thanks for letting me whine. Please, send cheese to go with that!

Sue in AK

Re: Exercise

Okay - my turn.

I was walking regularly from 2 weeks post op with the distance and speed

moving up the further post op I got. I added some light weights (arms

especially). At my peak I was working with a trainer 3 days a week for

weight training and doing the elliptical machine for 45 mins the other 3

days. This made NO difference in my weight.

I continue to work with a trainer 3 days a week and hope to get back to the

additional aerobic workout the other three days. My schedule has changed

making it more difficult for me to fit in exercise.

Marjie

[Guest guest]

Oh Pat......I can really feel for and relate to you!!! I have the same

struggle on a daily basis!! Every night I tell myself that tomorrow is the

day I am going to get back to being " good " ........and I'm lucky I make it to

lunch!! I too want to do Atkin's......I know I can't do carbs AT ALL....or

there will be NO weight loss!!! I do remember from doing Atkin's in the

past that if you can get past the first day or so it is MUCH easier!! So

far today I have been successful There are a ton of websites available

with low-carb recipes.......I used to belong (pre-wls) to the Atkin's

message board......I am sure that they are still around!!! Both my hubby

and I try to do low-carb so I HAD to find a ton of recipes.....I make

low-carb lasagna, chicken-cordon-blue (sp), low-carb pizza.......even the

kids love everything I make.. I bet if you did a search for low-carb it

would keep you busy for a while!!!!!! HTH, P.

Re: Digest Number 1804

> Okay you fabulous workout muscle people, I need your help. I am 50, a

year

> and one month out of surgery, still weigh 265, and a total flabby

disaster.

> I have thus far been unsuccessful at dieting and exercising. But, I am

ready

> to try again. I am sitting here thinking....where do I start? Do I

totally

> humiliate myself by dare putting on a bathing suit and doing water

aerobics

> at the YMCA and letting everyone see my flabby thighs and arms or do I

trod

> along at the cold, snowy cemetry everyday on the pavement for a mile until

I

> hobble back to the car with sore feet and ankles? Do I go stare at the

> exercise equipment at a gym, wondering what to do on these things and most

I

> doubt I could even fit into. I feel lost. I don't know where to begin.

I

> just now threw away all the sweets out of the house..all the homemade

> Christmas cookies are gone, all the chocolate chips, the peanut butter, it

is

> all gone. I cooked hamburgers and mashed cauliflower for supper, thinking

I

> will start on Atkins tonight. Gosh I get bored eating low carb, so I will

> have to try to find some recipies I can live with. I want to lose weight

and

> don't know where to start right now. At least all the good stuff is out

of

> the house. I guess that is a start. Yesterday, I ate a dozen of the

> Christmas cookies that were to be just for other people. I can't make

> anymore as I don't have the willpower to not eat goodies in front of me.

I

> can't believe i am not able to stick to an eating plan...everyday is

another

> failed day. My intentions are always the same. To eat for breakfast

either

> eggs and bacon or sausage OR Flaxomeal cereal or just a salad. My

breakfast

> as I call it, is when I wake up around 11. Then around 3, my intention is

to

> have a protein shake. Then supper at 6, which is supposed to be a meat

and a

> low carb veggie. Then, another protein shake at 8 and maybe a handful of

> sunflower seeds in there somewhere. But, I have yet to make it through

one

> day. How do you do it? I had the surgery, lost fifty pounds at first,

then

> stopped as my stomach was able to hold more. How do you all stick to a

> eating plan and a exericise routine? How do you stop yourself from saying

oh

> i am too tired to walk today or how do you stop yourself from

thinking...oh i

> just want this one bite of candy or whatever....tell me your

secret...please.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Went to a Christmas party with dh...

Menu..

tossed salad,

pasta salad......... bite of each

baked fish.. 1/2 portion

green beans.......... handful

carrots.. one bite.. too sweet

brown rice.. none

chicken cordon bleu.. none

rolls.. one bite

variety of pies/cakes none

water, sweet tea.... . sipped water during presentations after

dinner

also had the winning ticket for the poinsetta plant on the table

Hugs,

from GA

open RNY 12/12/00

Revision 04/18/01

Revision 02/07/02

St wt.... 392

Cw.......187

Wt loss..-205

[Guest guest]

I began at Slender Lady three years ago. If it hadn't been for an

all women's gym I would have never, ever entered the doors. I

weighed 240 pounds when I began- managed to eat my way up to 264

before it was all over with but that wasn't the fault of the gym.

Deep depression and some problems at home contributed. If I hadn't

been exercising three times a week who knows what I would have

weighed. Now one hundred pounds lighter I have been lifting weights

for the last 2 1/2 months. I hired a personal trainer and it is

money well spent. I am almost two years out from RNY and have

dropped on full size in the last two months! Haven't lost any more

weight yet........note the operative word yet, but have lost inches

and I feel better and stronger and have a better figure than I have

ever in my entire life had (and that's saying something since my 56th

birthday is in just a few days). I wear a 8/9 pant, a medium top

(still wearing 36DD bra so top probably won't get much smaller) and I

feel grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat! I hate the sweating, hate doing the actual

exercise but love the results enough to not miss a single session.

Look around and see if you have an all women's gym near you, Slender

Lady, Curves, whatever. That will at least get you started or find a

small gym that offers personal trainers and go at a time that the gym

is usually dead. That way you don't feel like everyone is staring at

you while you act totally stupid until you get the hang of it all.

Good luck to you.

Alice

The Loon

RNY 12/28/00

> Okay you fabulous workout muscle people, I need your help. I am

50, a year

> and one month out of surgery, still weigh 265, and a total flabby

disaster.

> I have thus far been unsuccessful at dieting and exercising. But,

I am ready

> to try again. I am sitting here thinking....where do I start

[Guest guest]

Sashimi!

Re: Digest Number 1804

hey everybody...what did you eat for supper today? i love to see menus....

[Guest guest]

Well as I was preparing for a craft show today, I had a quick portion of a

tuna casserole that Jon prepared at about 9pm (I know too late - old

lifestyle habit). I ate a small custard cup full. That was it!

Marjie