Weight Loss Support Thread!!!

[Destiniey]

Weight Loss Support Thread!!!

Hey everyone......I just got a smartphone today so now I am addicted to apps...I guess that's better than vodka! There is an app that is TOTALLY free....its called MyFitnessPal and you can track your food on it or look up calories etc. If you are at the grocery store you can scan the barcodes and it automatically tells you the calories and whatnot.....very cool! Today...before I got my phone...I went to McDonalds and got a Caramel Mocha Frappe....it was sooooooooo friggin good but when I checked it with the app it blew like half of the calories I am able to have in a day...Damn....it wasn't THAT good! Ha!

[patricia]

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Hi all I'm so excited by this thread that I've kept losing it on my iPhone by pressing wrong link. Until two years ago I was 142 to 147 lbs and I thought I was fat! Now I'm 2 stone heavier ( I'll post in kilos tomorrow) was going for weigh in Friday because wanted body levels to settle down because am only on day 3 again but perhaps I will have bonus next week ha ha! Px

[rooniferd]

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I woke up this morning feeling really good - day 4 AF. I kept within my allotted Weight Watchers points yesterday (using one of the 49 bonus points), and I exercised on my treadmill for over an hour. It really helps to put a TV in front of the treadmill, by the way!

I am 168.8 pounds now. When I get to 160 pounds, I am replacing that TV with a bigger, nicer one!

And when I get to 150, well gosh, I don't know yet, but it's gonna be really cool!

[Destiniey]

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Rooni...when you hit your goal and I hit mine we are so totally hitting the Crabtree Mall or Streets at Southpoint and getting some new clothes for our new bodies!!!!!!! Ahhhhh..so much to look forward to!

[LibraryGirl]

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patricia;1332430 wrote: Hi all I'm so excited by this thread that I've kept losing it on my iPhone by pressing wrong link. Until two years ago I was 142 to 147 lbs and I thought I was fat! Now I'm 2 stone heavier ( I'll post in kilos tomorrow) was going for weigh in Friday because wanted body levels to settle down because am only on day 3 again but perhaps I will have bonus next week ha ha! Px

Someone posted a quote on FB that said, "I wish I was the size I was when I thought I was fat!" That describes me perfectly!:H

[Irie]

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Good morning? May I join you?

I have a crazy relationship with food. For the last 20 years I have basically been on one crazy diet or another. Basically they have all failed because of the 800-1,000 calories of wine that I didn't plan to drink every night but invariably did!

So, today I am committing to 30 days AF (for a start. The goal is to flat out quit). During that time I'd like to follow a sensible weight loss plan. Nothing so crazy that I throw in the towel, feel sorry for myself and decide I might as have a glass of wine!)

I need to lose about 20 pounds. I'm thinking of tracking calories and keeping them somewhere between 1,200 and 1,500 daily. And walk everyday. Pretty simple. Now, I just need to do it!

[rooniferd]

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Irie;1332573 wrote: Good morning? May I join you?

:welcome:

Yes!! Please do! Very glad to have you here, Irie. I think we are all in the same boat in this thread. We eat...drink....go on a diet...drink....eat.....etc. I have about 40 pounds to lose, and I have FINALLY realized that I just cannot lose the weight (or even stop gaining weight, for that matter) without quitting the poison. I have consumed SO MANY empty calories because of alcohol. And alcohol also makes me eat crappy late-night snacks. And, on top of that, I only want junk food when I'm hungover. And God forbid I get up and be active when I'm hungover. All those things combined have turned me into a flabby middle-aged woman.

Well, no more.

I have joined Weight Watchers (WW), and I'm damn excited about it. And you know what's so cool about WW? There's just no way to drink and meet the goals of the program. I mean, sure, some people can moderate and make it work, but I can't moderate.

Anyway, you sound like you have a plan in place. Have you thought about any rewards? I think they are very important and keep me more motivated. But everyone is different!

[Destiniey]

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Hi Irie....welcome...we are glad to have you here. Rooni and I are doing WW....she is going to the meetings and I am doing it on-line. I did find an app that is awesome for your weight loss plan...it's called MyFitnessPal and it even scans barcodes in the grocery store to let you know how many calories, fat etc is in the product and allows you to add them to your food tracker and adds up the calories. This way you always know how many calories you have eaten and how much you have left to hit your target....pretty cool! The data base also has retaurants in it so you can keep track of your calories if you are eating out!

[Irie]

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Oh, thanks for the ideas, Roonie and Destiney. I've tried WW online before, but always gave up because as you know the AL points add up. I do know that the times I have been on it have taught me that being fit, and drinking, for me are completely incompatible. I'll think about WW. That might be a great way to learn how to eat normally. And thanks for the app idea. I love apps!

[Destiniey]

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Irie...I love your quote......I can so totally relate to it!!!

[dixon]

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Hi everybody,

I was thinking to loose my weight since a long .I was on slimming pills as well but there were no continuity and timetable in taking the pills.And certainly,I was not punctual in eating and had no determination in eating hygienic foods.Always took the spicy,oily food to fill the stomach up .I have to eat a lot to avoid hangover . Luckily, there was no problem in my digestion system.
Think,consuming high amount of Al means high intake of calories and carbohydrates and eating further spicy food ..then how does the pills work ?.Pills are already dysfunctional when we are in AL and intake of high calories means no way out to lose the weight.
Some people do not eat after drinking as their digestion system is already poor so they damage their Liver very quickly.
I have realised now that only sober mind can think good,so why I have lost 4-5 kg in a month of my sobriety.Why,
-Intake of less calories.
-Avoiding junk food and leaning with the natural food like veggie and fruits.
-Started loving my health cause my mind is now concious.
-I do not need to be on pills.
-Enjoying natural foods cause my mind is sober.
That is my experience and I have known we must remain sober to do everything good and achieve happiness.There is no way out rather than that ......This must be a MANTRA or Prayer ..
Dix

[patricia]

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Hi everybody

On day four now and posted yesterday that I would do a weigh in but I'm beginning to understand my triggers and I don't want to do anything today that will alter my focus that I AM NOT GOING TO DRINK TODAY, so I have decided to weigh in (as planned originally) on Friday when my body hopefully will have settled down after 7 days AF. Hope this is okay with everyone - I am not opting out, just trying to be sensible. I've got the myfitness app which I go on intermittently - but the wine always shoves me over . . . . . (I'm only allowed around 1300 a day). So with my sensible head on, I've not binged on food over the weekend but eaten more or less what I wanted, today I am beginning to watch what I eat and hopefully by Friday I will at least have stayed the same or lost a pound or two - the last few months I just seemed to have crept up and up and up. Irie, you sound a lot like me! Px

[LibraryGirl]

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4.4 lbs down. Was 5 yesterday exactly, but once a week is the best indicator of loss I think, much as I'd like to say 5, lol.

Getting ready for work, so I'll check back in later.

Lg

P.S. Welcome Irie!

[Irie]

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I think you are smart, Pat. I don't know how many times I've weighed myself, been disappointed, thrown in the towel and had a drink. I'm going to focus as much energy as it takes to stop drinking. Everything else is secondary right now. The good thing is that I prefer healthy foods, and I think if I quit drinking and quit making crazy rules for myself about what I can eat the weight will come of naturally. (My poor body must be so shell shocked! In the last few months I've been on the Atkins Diet, Metabolife, Hcg drops, and a vegan diet! It's embarrassing to be in my 50s and not know instinctively how to simply eat!)

[Irie]

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Wow, great job, LG! You must be feeling great!