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Quote from: Gertrude on December 15, 2018, 11:21:18 AM
Sounds like you're on your way. Keeping calories below what you need and use works and cutting out sugar and junk is better for your health too. Keep up the good work.


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Quote from: barbie on December 15, 2018, 12:29:41 PM
Body weight is very difficult to decrease in the long term.

My goal also has been 65 kg (143 pounds), and was reached several times during the past 15 years. But it mostly has oscillated in the range of 66-69 kg (145-152 pounds) despite of my regular running and biking outdoors. After an intensive physical activity, I feel very strong hunger for 2-3 days thereafter. I am always a big eater. My height is 6 feet (184 cm).

barbie~~

Quote from: Gertrude on December 16, 2018, 07:47:55 AM
Stenosis, bone spurs and bad disk L4-L5. Laminectomy and fusion. I have a thread hear about it in health or somewhere. Look at peripheral neuropathy. It's been 7 weeks since surgery.


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Quote from: Jessica_K on December 16, 2018, 11:35:38 AM
My goal is also 145lbs,  I started at 217 and currently at 174 since October.
I have a single wheatabix with milk for breakfast with black coffee, maybe 1 or two black coffees during the day no sugar, then a main meal in the evening. I don't count the calories in the main meal, some being better for me than others. I aim is to lose 4Lbs a week and so far close to that. Christmas will be a challenge I love mince pies but will keep off the choc.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 16, 2018, 11:48:16 PM
It is generally considered to be unhealthy to loose weight to fast.  A pound a week is a reasonable goal!

Just remember ladies, we are burdening our body with transitioning already, we have to be careful what else we want to challenge it with!

Quote from: GingerVicki on December 16, 2018, 09:16:02 PM
Great weight loss success!

I was at the doctor last Friday and I weighed in at 175 pounds! :(
One thing that I've noticed is that my muscle seems to be turning into fat, but shouldn't that make me weigh less? I am like whatever.

Most of my weight is the muscle in the upper body so I just have to wait. But with protein depletion, I should be able to begin that type of catabolism.

I have my running shoes, sports bra, workout outfit, gym bag (backpack), and a lock. So now I am ready to go :)

Quote from: Dietlind on December 17, 2018, 09:03:31 AM
It is always said that estrogen distributes body fat different (butt and boobs).  I almost have the feeling that estrogen is not doing this to my body in this manner.  I gained almost 10 pounds since i started E (yes gained, while I was loosing weight prior to starting it), but non of it did go to either my boobs or butt, I think it decided to join the other bacon of my gut!.  Now I finally start to loose the stuff again, I lost about 5 pounds now since i started a forced weight loss program!

As NatalieRene said, keeping the weight in check works only through life style changes.  I was able to stay for many years at ~ 200 lbs (after loosing almost 100).  This estrogen thing threw me off, and I have to adjust for this now, and I also want to loose about 20 to 25 more lbs.  My diet is pretty much dictated by my Type II diabetes (and I am doing well with this, i was diagnosed almost 20 years ago, and am still able to control it with Medformin only, while my sister died of complications of it.  We inherited this disease from our mother, who also died on it).
anyway, I can't do much concerning my died, I have to increase my calorie burning.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 17, 2018, 09:41:54 AM
It won't move the fat. New fat will be placed accordingly. I can say that since getting back on HRT my butt has gotten bigger and my waist has been slimming. My waist is back to parity with my hips, but that is still 12 inches more then I want. Once I lose all the weight my waist will roughly be 29 inches to my hips 41 inches.

Thankfully diabetes doesn't run in our family.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 17, 2018, 10:11:33 AM
you seem to be all around a smaller person than I am.  My hips are about 44 inches, and the smallest my waste has been in my adult life is 32 inches (and I looked like a bean string at that time).  But I am also 6' tall.  My waste is currently at about 35+ inches, and my goal is to get at or below 3 inches.  I don't think that much will change with my hips (bones have a hard time to slim down), with some luck I might loose an inch or less there.
But I want to loose weight all over my body, and If possible, I want to loose a lot at my upper body, to reduce my band width!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 17, 2018, 10:38:04 AM
The last time I measured my height I was 5'10" or 1.778 meters tall. When I get home I'll remeasure myself. I wear anywhere from size 9 to 11 shoes depending on the manufacturer. Width is my primary concern. I rarely wear anything about size 10 it just gets loose.

You can't decide where the weight will be lost sadly. However I have noticed the weight coming off my face, neck, upper arms and some abdominal fat being consumed right now.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 17, 2018, 11:13:01 AM
Eventually the fat will burn we just have to keep at it. Today I had a Cobb salad. I got full so I didn't finish all of it.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 17, 2018, 11:24:51 AM
That is a very good sign that your stomach is shrinking.  My lunch is a handful of walnuts, and some almonds!

Quote from: Dietlind on December 17, 2018, 01:31:05 PM
People still think that I am about 20 years younger than my biological age is.  But this seems to be normal for almost all persons who have the Klinefelter Syndrome.  We seem to age slower than the general population.  It might be partially because many of us never developed "adult" (rougher) skin, and the "baby skin" might make us looking younger.
I don't know whether we also age slower physically, but I am way more mobile and in better physical shape than most pople of my age I know.  I never had the chance to meet my grandparents on either side, and my father was 80 when he died of smoking related symptoms (ruptured enlarged abdominal aorta), and my mother died on a heart attack when she was in her late 60's.  I don't know what their potential age would have been, if hey would have been able to live their normal life to the end.
I just continue to chuck along with my own life, and hope that I reach the ripe age of 150.  After all, I want to rep some of the benefits of being  woman

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 17, 2018, 02:06:48 PM
What is Klinefelter Syndrome? Are you saying you think I'm intersexed? I guess it might be possible as I do have have a number of female primary characteristics but I don't know. How would I find out?

Quote from: Dietlind on December 17, 2018, 03:18:50 PM
Klinefelter Syndrome is the XXY chromosome thingy (I seem to have some other stuff in addition, like extremely delayed puberty, Non Verbal Learning Disability, etc.).

They need to test one for this  with a certain  hormone test (Karyotype testing).  Typical indicators for Kilnefelter Syndrome are:
Small, firm testicles
Delayed or incomplete puberty with lack of secondary sexual characteristics resulting in sparse facial, body, or sexual hair a high-pitched voice and body fat distribution resulting in a rounder, lower half of the body, with more fat deposited in the hips, buttocks and thigh instead of around the chest and abdomen
Breast growth (gynecomastia)
Reduced facial and body hair
Infertility
Tall stature
Abnormal body proportions (long legs, short trunk, shoulder equal to hip size)
Learning disablity
Speech delay
Crypthochirdism.

I have all of those, and then some!  If that also describes you, you might be a fellow intersex person!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 17, 2018, 03:36:13 PM
I had to go to speech trading as a kid. I was told it was ear infections.

I had gynecomastia and almost no body hair. It was a source of a lot of fights in middle and high school.

My shoulders are the same width as my hips.

I couldn't say about infertility because I never had sex let alone got to the point where I could try for a child. I also didn't have a lot of fat so I don't know how it stored but it was mostly in the waist and legs I guess.

I wasn't tall for a guy. I guess medium height. I wasn't short but I was close.

I do know that at a young age they put me on Ritalin and I hated it. I was on it through middle school.

Oh and my voice was never very low either. As you are aware my voice can also get up and beyond 250 in a normal speaking voice.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 17, 2018, 07:19:23 PM
One does not need to have all the typical characteristics of an XXY person, there are also a million and a half similar intersex conditions.
I think it is somewhat important to get tested, because the entire treatment for feminizing might need to be changed!

When you have a blood test coming up next time, ask if the can do this Karyotype testing!
Would it cause you any dysphoria if you would just switch from male to female and vice versa, like one  day male, the next day female?  I can do  this without any problem.  But again, I might have some other stuff going on inside me, which you might not have.
Whatever, I would try to get tested!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 17, 2018, 07:41:42 PM
It would cause me dysphoria. I don't think I could pull it off anyways.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 17, 2018, 08:02:29 PM
And I never felt anything like belonging to a gender.  With the knowledge of today, I would say I was non binary.  But I did not like this, I always wanted to belong to some group.  I assume that still today, some people would consider me to be non binary or gender fluid.  I still don't like it, i want to be a female, but still like the advantage to be a male if it seems to be the better gender for a certain purpose.  And this gender fluency does not bother me a bit, I could change my gender presentation every 2 minutes or so.  But my fall back gender will be female, because that seems to be what my body wants!

Anyway, if you look deep inside of you, and reflect on your feelings, you might discover feelings and emotions that were shoved into a corner until than, and those realizations may indicate possible intersex traits you might have.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 17, 2018, 08:26:05 PM

I'll check on the Karyotype testing, but my next appointment isn't until March. I'm curious. I don't think I have the body structure to pull of a guy mode. Besides thankfully programming and travel are acceptable female hobbies/professions.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 17, 2018, 09:18:05 PM
Well, you just have to find the right stuff to wear.
I go as a guy to auto repair shops, to Do-it-Yourself places, and to some other places at which guys are simply treated better than females.  And I walk every morning as a guy.  It is pretty woody around here where I live, and not very well build up.  Once people are gone to work,we have hardly any traffic here.  And my big dog (mix between Rottweiler and Great Dane) and I (with my 6' stature) are certainly not the objects for any rape attempt.  In girls mode, I would feel way less save on my walks.
I like this being gender fluid thing in one way, as long as I can be a woman when I want to be one!

Quote from: Dietlind on December 17, 2018, 10:57:24 PM
You could wear a binder for the girls that would keep them nice and warm.  My breasts are not as large as yours, but I have baggy enough tops to hide them pretty well.  I put a cap on and that covers most of my head and hair.

I live alone, and I have to be able to go out when dark, and I have to do all the stuff your boyfriend does.
Guy mode is very important for me, and I hope I can do it for a long time, specifically also, because it is no source of dysphoria for me.  it actually takes my voice dysphoria away, because nobody cares whether I constantly switch between a male and a female speech pattern!

Quote from: dee82 on December 17, 2018, 10:50:04 PM
Interesting thread Natalie!

Though a difficult time to be trying to keep the weight down. I find this time of year really challenging. There always seems to be a reason/excuse to eat too much.

I think I am resigned to putting on some kgs during December.

I have found what works best for me is getting used to feeling hungry, and embracing the feeling. I never starve myself, but I do things like waiting to be hungry before eating at the start of the day. Having a healthy lunch and then waiting until dinner before eating again.

In other words, no snacking. I have learnt that feeling hungry is okay. Like you say, water can help too.

I don't have a precise weight goal, but I have a belt that has a particular notch I like to use. If my tummy gets too big and I can't comfortably wear the belt, then it's time for more care with the eating!

~Dee.

P.S. You look gorgeous in those pics.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 17, 2018, 11:32:01 PM
I don't like my voice if I go deep. I only really use it to sing Queen songs. Day to day my natural voice has always been around 180 to 200 hz. I have paper work somewhere back home from the voice training documenting my metrics.

Being male for me is a huge source of dysphoria. To the extent where I only had girl friends for when my parents came over and they where just friends I knew. Many of them would have wanted to have been mine but I wasn't emotionally available. Everything about the role was foreign and aliens to me. The only thing I was ever good at was track, shooting, martial arts and programming.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 17, 2018, 11:40:18 PM

I didn't used to have to worry about my weight either. My weight is coming off fairly easily so it's good to know my metabolism is just as effective as ever. I just have to run a deficit for a few more months and then I can add in a snack like more fruit between meals to give me more natural sugar and fiber.

Quote from: dee82 on December 18, 2018, 12:05:01 AM
You can do it, Natalie! Photos like that are a good motivator. It sounds like you have the attitude and the will-power.

Go girl.

~Dee.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 19, 2018, 10:30:52 AM
As of this morning, after my 5 mile walk, I am down to my pre-estrogen weight.  It took me about a month to loose 10 pounds.  I want to loose 20 more pounds.  This should bring me down to my projected weight towards the end of the winter.  Once spring hits around here, working out outside is not really possible anymore, because it i to warm and humid for it.  But by that time I should be able to maintain my weight by going to the gym twice a week.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 19, 2018, 10:34:47 AM
10 pounds in a month is very good as long as you're getting the nutrients your body needs.

In the last 30 days I have lost 12.6 pounds. ;D

Quote from: Dietlind on December 19, 2018, 12:50:49 PM
You did well girl! You outdid me by 2.6 pounds!  But you are also way younger than I!
  I really like the looks you have in the top picture in which you are standing!  I can tell, you, if I would be a guy wanting to find a girlfriend, I surely would be after you!

As I said before, because of my Type II diabetes, my food intake has to be pretty much controlled, and I cannot change much with that.  My loss has to come from burning more than I take in.  And I can reduce the intake only in very small areas.  I hardly eat any carbs at all (unless they come in the form of French Fries).  My diet is mostly fruit, vegetables and fish (some meat and bread once in a while).  There is not much left to be cut out, which means increasing the burning of calories. 
I was able to maintain my weight for several my weight for several years with this diet, and twice a week for 2 hours each at the gym.  I hope I can do that again, once I am down 20 more pounds now.  I should loose some weight by loosing some muscle mass, but the only place where i want to loose muscles would be my upper back to reduce my bandwidth a little.

It is not ll that easy to become a woman!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 19, 2018, 01:28:08 PM
The one in the dress or you mean in my jeans?
I was constantly dating at that point. I met some really nice men. It's just at the end of the day there can only be one. (You know you're a movie geek when you sneak in movie lines).

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I just power through with exercise and my stomach is shrinking. At thanksgiving I was able to eat a cup of New England clam chowder, one full piece of rainbow trout and the rice and most of the fries. Even so then I had another meal from the left overs.
Today I ate the clam chowder, 3/4th of one piece of rainbow trout, half the rice and a third of the fries. I have so much left over I may have more then one meal remaining from it.

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I only have fat to burn although I have put on some muscle on the legs but not too much. I still have a ways to go but a good indicator for me is I can fit into a dress that is a size large that I couldn't fit into a few weeks ago. I have a ways to go but for pants, dresses and blouses I'm finally out of the XL size and down to large. Soon I'll be back down to medium/large sizes.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 19, 2018, 06:27:13 PM
The one in the jeans.  During my younger dating day, i would have considered you to be hot prey!  And who knows, I might have been the one!  Just that darn age difference would have killed all my chances!   :'( That would have been a pretty large meal for me, I might not be able to eat that much! (I would have left the rice anyway, because I don't lie it and I don't like the high arsenic content of it)
Why do you eat rice and French Fries anyway?  Why two different starches with a single protein?
My pant size has always been L, it might go down if I loose more weight (but I still need the length in the legs).  My chest is the problem wit my relatively large rib cage and the muscles.  I need XL, once in a long while I might find an L top that fits OK, but XL is definitely my size.  If I could go down to L, would be great, but I don't know what happens, once my breasts will grow more.  The rib-cage is pretty much a given, but if the boobs replace the loss of fat and muscles, I still would need XL.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 19, 2018, 06:27:13 PM
The one in the jeans.  During my younger dating day, i would have considered you to be hot prey!  And who knows, I might have been the one!

Quote from: dee82 on December 19, 2018, 08:13:21 PM
Sorry, Deitlind! I am a little younger than you, so I would be in front of you in the queue.

~Dee.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 19, 2018, 08:53:16 PM
How do I read this?  You tell me you don't respect age?  You are supposed to yield to your elders!
And yes, I still would consider Natalie to be a hot chick, once she is back a t that weight level!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 19, 2018, 09:04:07 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/pqLd3b6.jpg)

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I have expensive tastes though so be prepared.  ;D

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I loved that car. I got it just after I finished recovering from SRS. It was a 2011 Lexus IS 250 AWD with the Luxury Package.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 19, 2018, 10:10:49 PM
What in the world are you doing with a HD 2500 Silverado?
I used to have a Ford F 350 heavy duty long bed with the big diesel engine.  But that was my son's and mine "shop" vehicle for offroading. We had an ATV and a little shop in the in the back, and pulled my  Jeep on a trailer behind when we went out to Colorado and Utah for offroading.  I sold all that stuff, when I moved to Florida.  Now I meet up with my son, and we go either in his Jeep, or I rent a Jeep modified for offroading.
The only "truck" I have left, is my motorhome on the F53 chassis (F550) with the V10 engine.  I had that tuned by 5Star and Banks, and It should be good for about 450 hp now.  I have not tested for the time to 60, but that baby can scream, and I bet it does a pretty good time!

i have to remember that trick with the cops, I could play that old, partially senile grandma, who was not able to see all those speed limit signs!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 19, 2018, 10:18:10 PM
Nothing. I make more money then my boyfriend and he needed a new vehicle and that is the one he wanted. We cut a deal and got it under invoice for 1% interest. Eventually it will tow the Airstream. Right now he uses it to tow around his equipment for yardscaping.

Be careful with that idea with the cops. You might get out of the ticket but they might take your license.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 19, 2018, 10:26:53 PM
You are right with the cops, i have to think about something else, because I cannot pull the young girl thing of, like you can. For me it has to be something with an old hag!

What size airstream do you guys have?

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 19, 2018, 10:35:45 PM
We don't have one yet. First we have to complete the move over to Texas by selling the house and buying one out here. Then I have the resist the urge to go get a new car... We're thinking about a 25 foot so we can get into the parks but the Classic is just so nice. (he wants the 25 ... he has to drive towing it ... I want the 30 lol)

Quote from: dee82 on December 19, 2018, 08:13:21 PM
Sorry, Deitlind! I am a little younger than you, so I would be in front of you in the queue.

~Dee.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 19, 2018, 11:22:10 PM
Is the 82 in your username your birthday?  ;D

Quote from: dee82 on December 20, 2018, 12:03:42 AM
I wish! No, 82 is just a nice number I use when a user name is taken and I need to add some digits.

I'm in my early fifties.  :icon_cry2:

~Dee.

Quote from: dee82 on December 20, 2018, 12:03:42 AM
I wish! No, 82 is just a nice number I use when a user name is taken and I need to add some digits.

I'm in my early fifties.  :icon_cry2:

~Dee.

Quote from: dee82 on December 20, 2018, 12:28:02 AM
Oh, I try not to. Everyone middle aged feels it, right? In their mind they still feel younger than their chronological age.

Enjoy turning 38! Those years slip by. Cliche, but oh so true.

By the way, I feel I should say Congrats or something.

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~Dee.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 20, 2018, 08:02:36 AM
Ok back to seriousness. Today I lost .4 pounds and am below 211 pounds at 210.8. I burned 3261 calories and ate 1145. I was 37% carbs, 54% fat and 9% protein. I drank 32 oz of water. I walked 6.69 miles and went up 7 flights of stairs.

I am flying home today at noon. In the interests of not going to the airport and paying a crap ton for lunch I'm going to eat the last slices of pizza for breakfast and then eat dinner shortly after I get home. Then I'll hit up our treadmill which is better then the crappy one at the apartment I'm just glad it's there so don't tell on me for quibbling.  ;)

Quote from: Dietlind on December 20, 2018, 08:38:23 AM
And I was forced to be lazy today.  It is rainy (we needed this, winter is the dry season in southern Florida), and I can't go to the gym today because of other commitments.  and there is nothing looking close to stairs around here, I live on the highest elevation in south west Florida, a full 26 feet above sea level!

I hope you have a good time at home!  Just remember mom's Christmas cookies don't have any calories, you can eat as many of them as you want!  >:-)
You may have less weight than I pretty soon!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 20, 2018, 10:20:29 AM


Why would you try to sabotage me like that with fairy tales of guilt free cookies?  ;D

Quote from: Dietlind on December 20, 2018, 01:07:23 PM
Just picture the happy smile on the face of your mom when she sees how much you enjoy her cookies.   :angel:

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 20, 2018, 03:09:09 PM
That's ok. I would rather keep on losing the weight. My mother will understand. Besides I'm back home not at my parents. I'm here to pack it all up and put it on the market. Plenty of exercise and weight loss to come I'm sure.  ;D

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 21, 2018, 09:29:10 AM
I'm a little late logging in. After today's weigh in I am at 209.8.

I'm very excited. Less then 10 pounds and I am back under 200 pounds.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 21, 2018, 09:40:37 AM
I did not do anything yesterday, except eating!  I don't even want to step on the scale to see what I did to my weight.

But I am a good girl, it stopped raining and I am ready to do my 5 miles now.
I better watch out, other wise you'll pass my weight like nothing, the way you are shedding pounds now.  If I can stay these 10 pounds ahead of you, I will have reached my target weight pretty fast.  But you are working so much harder on it, and are so much dedicated.  You seem to be dedicated in almost everything you do, your voice training, your weight loss, your moving, etc.  I really like this!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 21, 2018, 09:52:07 AM
It's the only way to get things done. I'm aiming to keep my weight loss up and if I can maintain the pace I think I might be able to be at or just under 200 pounds by New Years.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 21, 2018, 09:58:53 AM
Wow, even with all he food and goodies available over the holidays?
The only thing what makes me fell good, is that I am relatively less heavy (size to weight ratio) than you are, and that I do not have to loose as much to get to my target weight! (175 to 180 pounds).  But you are really, really dedicated.  I had that dedication when I did my first big weight reduction, currently I am just dabbling around with loosing weight.  I don't really do calory counting, just do some guestimation from what I remember I did years ago.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 21, 2018, 10:38:18 AM
And you are the angel who is slaying that ugly guy, right?
Well now I know why we are talking here, I am also a Taurus! But I have to say, Taurus or not, you never will see me in a string bikini!  I think a number 40 bandwidth an a string bikini do not go very well together!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 21, 2018, 10:56:16 AM
I seriously doubt that is me. That is Michael slaying Lucifer and to the left is David. I found them sitting on my desk. I got them in Italy before transitioning. Maybe Michael has watched over me from time to time in hairy situations.

Once I get down to size I had a good enough figure to pull it off. This one is special though because it was the one I wore in the hot tub after GCS. It is one of those firsts. One reason I liked it was because it is reversible. This means there are no tags on it so instead I'll post a photo of it.

https://imgur.com/a/qdhgleK

The one thing I can say is the band wasn't 40. :laugh:

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 22, 2018, 08:12:43 AM
While searching my clothes I found that my Victoria Secret bras that I absolutely loved where 36B. These where bras that I purchased a few months into HRT. Sadly I don't know if I could wear them even if I do lose the weight because the cups would be too small. Which is a shame too because they are so nice.

Today I weighed in at 209.2 pounds that's .6 pounds since my last weigh in. This is fantastic because that was a very late weigh in and this morning hours before I'm lighter and by over half a pound. I'm hopingI can keep this burn rate up.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 22, 2018, 08:54:34 AM
And here I am sitting, not doing anything.  My walk yesterday was hailed out (nobody can remember to ever have seen a hailstorm down here) 10 minutes into the 2 hour walk, and I had to run home and was soaking wet.
Today I have a lot of stuff to do, and will not have time to walk much.  And it does not help that I went out to eat last night, and will do the same today, tomorrow and all the next days to come!

You will be a featherweight by the beginning of the new year, while I am working on to become a steam roller!

Quote from: Dietlind on December 22, 2018, 03:45:06 PM
Sounds great Natalie,

While you are thinking about how slim and trim you will be soon, and all those wonderful cloths you have, do you have any advise what a human seam roller could wear?

Was out for a bruncheon with a LGBTQIO Meetup group this noon, and am invite for dinner tonight!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 22, 2018, 07:08:19 PM
You could shop online at https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/clothing/category/womens-muumuus

It you don't have to gain weight just because you ate out. Eat a smaller portion and then use a treadmill.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 22, 2018, 08:31:30 PM
I would need to go to the gym for that, because I was so clever and sold my nice one when I moved.  But I really hate treadmills, it is soooo boring to do them. 
And eating smaller portions??? I paid for the stuff, it has to be finished to the last crumb!

Starting tomorrow, the weather is supposed to be nice again, and I have to work hard to make up for lost time!  To be honest, i don't think I gained any, because I ate fish both times, and did not finish my fries (what a sin, I had perfectly good fries going to waste).


The tops in that link look OK, but the long things look like night gowns to me, I don't know if I am ready to wear that kind of stuff!  My wife hardly ever wore dresses, she felt way more comfortable in pants, and so do I!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 22, 2018, 09:08:58 PM
You can get a to go box for your left overs.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 22, 2018, 09:13:30 PM
But fries in a to go box?? Yuck, I'd rather let them go to waste!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 22, 2018, 09:15:19 PM
Then don't eat them.  ;D

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 23, 2018, 12:39:25 PM

The second was because a friend drank at dinner so I drove her home in her dually F350 with regular mirrors. I thought that was nerve wracking.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 23, 2018, 12:59:33 PM
I had this until October last year.  Mine had the full crew cab and a 8 1/2 bed, and was the Super Duty version with the 7.3 L Powerstroke V8 diesel engine.  This was the longest pickup ever build in the US!  It was a beast, and is helping now a Minnesota farmer to get the cattle to the market!

And I plan to go onto a 5 mile walk now, to lose a few ounces of the weight the french fries put onto me!

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 24, 2018, 01:13:34 PM
How did your walk go? Any loss of weight?

I lost another .4 pounds and am down to 208.8 pounds. I'm hoping before I fly back to Texas after New Years for work that I can be down to 201 pounds.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 24, 2018, 06:35:40 PM
I should measure my waist and see where I'm at.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 25, 2018, 02:01:03 PM
Today after Christmas Eve dinner and the goodies I lost another .2 pounds and am down to 208.2 pounds. ;D

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 31, 2018, 04:06:32 PM
It's been a while since I weighed in but through the last week after all the celebrations I am down to 208 so I have managed to lose a little bit of weight.

Quote from: Dietlind on December 25, 2018, 09:44:46 PM
I don't even want to step onto a scale for the next months or so!  I was invited to a big brunch, at one friends house, and after that for dinner at other friends!  In between the two meals I had to take a nap to be strong enough to eat again!

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on December 31, 2018, 04:16:10 PM

Keep the weight loss up!

Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 31, 2018, 04:34:18 PM
Thanks! I absolutely will. I found all sorts of things like hair clips that I thought I lost to other jewelry and almost all of my clothes. I didn't find my pajamas though but of it all I am very happy. I even found my jackets after prying open the coat closet door. I have my first class upgrade secured for the flight home and am going to take advantage of the second priority access checked bag to haul it all back.

In the coming months I'll share more photos as I start to fit into the older stuff and supplement with new clothes.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 31, 2018, 04:30:35 PM
Denial won't help with weight loss. If you are honest with yourself about a gain the easier it is to reset and restart the burn. It took just about 50 miles last week to keep the weight loss in the negative value rather then gains but there was a day where I gained .4 pounds. By weighing in I was able to nip it in the butt by doubling down in the exercise even if it took three days to go from maintaining my weight to overcoming that devil known as sugar and getting the weight loss going again.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 31, 2018, 04:30:35 PM
Denial won't help with weight loss. If you are honest with yourself about a gain the easier it is to reset and restart the burn. It took just about 50 miles last week to keep the weight loss in the negative value rather then gains but there was a day where I gained .4 pounds. By weighing in I was able to nip it in the butt by doubling down in the exercise even if it took three days to go from maintaining my weight to overcoming that devil known as sugar and getting the weight loss going again.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 01, 2019, 11:13:33 AM
Thank you Dee.

I lost another .4 pounds today and am 207.6. I'm guessing I'm only a handful of pounds heavier then Dietlind now.  :angel:

Tomorrow I'll be rushing to the airport so I won't be able to weigh in but I'm hoping for continued loss going forward on the 3rd.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 01, 2019, 11:13:33 AM
Thank you Dee.

I lost another .4 pounds today and am 207.6. I'm guessing I'm only a handful of pounds heavier then Dietlind now.  :angel:

Tomorrow I'll be rushing to the airport so I won't be able to weigh in but I'm hoping for continued loss going forward on the 3rd.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 01, 2019, 12:43:36 PM
I had to quit walking after 1.5 miles today, because I experienced an unexpected sugar low, and could get home only with difficulties.  But to keep me alive, my body must have been converting fat into sugar working almost overtime on this. (I hope it was belly fat the body used, and not but or boob fat!)

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 01, 2019, 01:28:35 PM
I have walked 3.5 miles so far today.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 01, 2019, 01:34:52 PM
Can  we split the 2 miles you did more?  You get one and I get one?

Quote from: Dietlind on January 01, 2019, 12:38:30 PM
Yes, you are.  But I am almost 4 feet taller than you, and we have to calculate weight in relation to height.  Which means, me at 9.5 feet, and you at 5.5 feet!   >:-)  :-* :P :angel:

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 04, 2019, 07:43:50 AM
I forgot to post here yesterday but my weight was 209 at 6:30AM. That is a gain but it was also six hours earlier in the day. I'm resetting back to what worked for me on my own instead of meshing with my boyfriend's diet which was not bad but different.

This morning at 6:30AM I was 208.3 pounds.

Overall I think I have lost weight but I cannot weigh myself later in the day because I'm not able to sleep in as much and stay up late because of work. Not that it matters all those parties are done now. ;D

I am hoping that tomorrow I can be under 207.6 at 6:30AM

Quote from: Dietlind on January 04, 2019, 10:31:22 AM
I step on the scale once a week, because I do not want to see the frustration (and which scale is that accurate anyway?)  I have 2 digital scales, and both tell me a different weight, with a difference of more than a pound!  Which one is correct?  I don't know, and don't care, as long as I can see a trend downward.  Estrogen seems to contain a lot of water inside me, because after I walked for two hours at close to 80º the other day, and sweat like a horse. I had lost about 2 lbs of weight, which means, it was mostly water, which will be replenished very fast, with every drop i drink.

I still have slightly swollen feet, which mans that estrogen is still collecting water inside of me.  I have no idea what that is doing to my weight, but I bet it will be a few pounds of it.
I decide to not go that much by absolute weight now, but by the way my clothing will fit me.  My waste line seems to be a little smaller now, and once I am able to shed those stupid love handles, I should be there where I want to be.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 04, 2019, 10:35:29 AM
My waist is shrinking as is the fat everywhere is reducing. It's just a matter of time. My weight fluctuation I believe is simply the time of day I was weighing in then vs now. The trend is down though so I'm happy even if switching times resulted in what looks like a spike. Now tomorrow if I'm more then 208.3 then I'll be irritated.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 05, 2019, 08:59:15 AM
Todays weigh in was a little later at 8:50 AM but that is when I woke up. Today I was 207.7 pounds making it .6 pounds lost today. ;D

Quote from: Dietlind on January 05, 2019, 09:13:07 AM
And I had French toast, bacon and hash-browns for breakfast!  Can you beat that? 
My freindly neighbor invited me to this!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 05, 2019, 10:05:39 AM


I have some turkey bacon and eggs I could have. :D I can eat good food too and I have while losing 28 pounds since October 30th. :D

Quote from: Dietlind on January 05, 2019, 10:39:50 AM
Ish!  Turkey bacon??? And you call that good food?  Girl oh girl, what did femdom do to you?   >:-)
But I am still impressed that you are loosing weight with eating well.  But you also work out like a horse, I think that is what is doing it for you!  If I would be a little more dedicated (I was able to find reasons not to walk yesterday and today), I might be able to loose weight as fast as you do.  But on the other hand, I was not as overweight as you were, and I do not have to impress another person in my life.  Sometimes, being single can make you fat, or at least keep you fat!  ;D

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 05, 2019, 10:05:39 AM
Au contraire I ate just fine.  8)

I had Papa Johns for dinner last night with some BBQ Hawaiian Chicken pizza. Yesterday I had a Chicken Parmesan Sandwich on Sour Dough bread. Dinner yesterday and for lunch I had Hamburger Helper with the lasagna flavor. Honestly I didn't like that as much as I thought I would but c'est la vie. Today I'm going to go to Boston Market and pick up a meal for 4 and mix it up between it and the Papa Johns food until both are gone. I feel satisfied with the food I am able to eat.

I have some turkey bacon and eggs I could have. :D I can eat good food too and I have while losing 28 pounds since October 30th. :D

Quote from: Jenny1969 on January 05, 2019, 01:17:55 PM

One question.......Do you put pineapple on your pizza........answer carefully  ;)

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 05, 2019, 01:50:49 PM
;D I love pineapple.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 05, 2019, 11:10:34 AM
I was never overweight single. It was a combination of poor habits picked up from him which he is changing too since he wants to lose weight too, and me being able to walk again. Although the treadmill helps I much prefer outdoors with the wind and unfamiliar terrain. It's just more fun. :D

Soon very soon size 10 will be mine once more ... >:-)

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 05, 2019, 01:50:49 PM
;D I love pineapple.

Quote from: Jenny1969 on January 06, 2019, 01:52:46 AM
Pineapple on pizza is great!!!   I'm glad I'm not the only one that likes it that way.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 05, 2019, 11:55:00 PM
One of the fruits that diabetics like I should not be eating.  Those things have tons of sugar hidden in them!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 06, 2019, 03:31:21 AM
I agree.
Thankfully I am not diabetic then and I think the sugar in Pineapple is marginal. The pump is still there and it's not concentrated like you would find in processed food.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 06, 2019, 11:34:32 AM
Today's weigh in is a little later then usual because I was up late assembling my old Core 2 Quad computer. I weighed myself at 3:30AM and I was 207.4 pounds so I know I lost weight but I don't know how much. So if tomorrow I don't have much of a loss I am not going to freak out because of the late weigh in. Anyways today at 11:00 AM I weighed 206.4 pounds.

That said tomorrow anything less would be splendid.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 06, 2019, 02:01:24 PM
I am admiring you, you are definitely a girl on a mission!
I was able to find a reason again, not to walk today (my back hurts, and walking would not help this, so I am telling myself).

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 06, 2019, 03:32:33 PM
I have walking helps with aches and pain. Actually in losing the weight I feel younger, I have more energy, I pretty much have my running legs back. My waist has shrunk considerably. I know I'm not imagining things because I am getting miss more then ma'am more often now.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 06, 2019, 04:19:37 PM
I don't know, it could very well be that I am sliding into some version of depression, because I do not feel like doing much at all.
My encounter with the medical profession last week did not turn out as well, as I was hoping for, and I am really glad that I see my psychologist on Tuesday.  She builds me up every time I see her.
I am feeling very alone currently, I have lots of friends, but I am at a point again that I am missing a partner very bad.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 06, 2019, 05:36:41 PM
We can't have you falling into a depression. Just think about the things that you do have and get out there and socialize and you will meet someone. :D

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 06, 2019, 06:05:57 PM

Linde,

Consider visiting some of your many lady friends several times this week and that may help alleviate your down thoughts.  Volunteer work may help too as it takes the focus off of yourself.  :)

Chrissy

Quote from: Dietlind on January 06, 2019, 07:37:07 PM
I see one of them on a daily basis (the young one, who is my neighbor, and I have supper with them most of he time).  But I am alone once either I go back home or they leave me.  It's only the dog and I every evening, and that is currently getting to me.  I am alone now for more than 10 years (after my son moved out), and those evenings tend to get long once in a while, and being alone gets really old over time.
I have lots of daily activities all the time, its the evenings that are hard on me.  When I was still a "real" man, I could have had lot's of female companions, but I was not ready for a new relation at that time.  Now, as a trans woman, it is not that easy unless I would want to get involved with a >-bleeped-<!  And I for sure do not want that!

But enough of that here, I do not want to derail Natalie's Weight Log!

Quote from: Dietlind on January 06, 2019, 07:37:07 PM
I see one of them on a daily basis (the young one, who is my neighbor, and I have supper with them most of he time).  But I am alone once either I go back home or they leave me.  It's only the dog and I every evening, and that is currently getting to me.  I am alone now for more than 10 years (after my son moved out), and those evenings tend to get long once in a while, and being alone gets really old over time.
I have lots of daily activities all the time, its the evenings that are hard on me.  When I was still a "real" man, I could have had lot's of female companions, but I was not ready for a new relation at that time.  Now, as a trans woman, it is not that easy unless I would want to get involved with a >-bleeped-<!  And I for sure do not want that!

But enough of that here, I do not want to derail Natalie's Weight Log!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 07, 2019, 07:46:56 AM
Use that time to meditate and compose yourself for the next day. Plus it's a great time to hit the treadmill and or watch a movie.

Maybe it's the way I adapted to but being alone isn't a scary prospect for me.

For today's log entry I weighed in at 206.1 pounds.

I walked 10.71 miles and burned 3897 calories while eating 1047 calories worth of food.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 07, 2019, 09:51:11 AM
Still did not feel like walking, because of back pain.
I am composing myself for the last 10 years now, there is not much left to compose anymore.  My biggest problem every morning is to decide what gender I am.  Today I seem not really clear what it is.  I am wearing my new knee high boots to break them in a little, but I have not decided what I will be wearing on top of those boots.
Here I sit, in boots,  shorts and t-shirt, and must look as metro as it comes!

I am still amazed how well you stay on track with your weight loss!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 07, 2019, 10:41:53 AM
It sounds like you are worrying over what you are. One can not simply decide to be something. One simply is. Your decision is how to present. I propose you simply present as you. Look through your wardrobe and pick out what stands out to you even if it is a masculine and feminine. Then head out and get on with your day as you.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 14, 2019, 06:26:04 PM
I think my scale is broken, it does not go down at all!   ???

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 14, 2019, 06:51:06 PM
I had that problem but I think it fixed itself when I started drinking kore water again.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 14, 2019, 07:02:25 PM
so, that means you have a water driven scale??  I got to find one of those!  ;D

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 15, 2019, 08:26:58 AM
Today's weigh in was 203.8 pounds and 45 inches for my waist. I burned 3583 calories and ate 1531 calories worth of food. I walked 6.65 miles yesterday. Overall I am very happy.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 15, 2019, 08:26:58 AM
Today's weigh in was 203.8 pounds and 45 inches for my waist. I burned 3583 calories and ate 1531 calories worth of food. I walked 6.65 miles yesterday. Overall I am very happy.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 15, 2019, 08:26:58 AM
Today's weigh in was 203.8 pounds and 45 inches for my waist. I burned 3583 calories and ate 1531 calories worth of food. I walked 6.65 miles yesterday. Overall I am very happy.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 15, 2019, 06:55:45 PM
You'd better be, because pretty soon you have passed me and leave me behind as the fat lady (and I can't even dance).
I had meetings almost all day long, and had no chance to walk (but also not many chances to eat either)!

Quote from: LizK on January 15, 2019, 07:07:07 PM
Wow what a great effort...losing weight is so hard and always seems to be 2 steps forward and then one back...6.65 miles is a great effort and a long way to walk...I have been using walking to help me lose weight and know first hand how hard it can be....congrats!!


Take care

Liz

Quote from: Dietlind on January 15, 2019, 09:21:34 PM
I think I better learn how to sing and dance to be able to handle my future routine as the fat lady!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 15, 2019, 10:40:29 PM
Awesome! I just got into 36C. The cup size is a little bit smaller then I remember but the band isn't right at all. This is fantastic! In addition the dress I purchased that is a large fits me perfectly now. So I'm officially too small for XL clothing and down to large. Maybe in another month or so I can be back in the medium clothes I have. It's great to fit into clothes that haven't been wearable for a long time again.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 15, 2019, 10:40:29 PM
Awesome! I just got into 36C. The cup size is a little bit smaller then I remember but the band isn't right at all. This is fantastic! In addition the dress I purchased that is a large fits me perfectly now. So I'm officially too small for XL clothing and down to large. Maybe in another month or so I can be back in the medium clothes I have. It's great to fit into clothes that haven't been wearable for a long time again.

Quote from: NatalieRene on December 17, 2018, 10:38:04 AM
The last time I measured my height I was 5'10" or 1.778 meters tall. When I get home I'll remeasure myself. I wear anywhere from size 9 to 11 shoes depending on the manufacturer. Width is my primary concern. I rarely wear anything about size 10 it just gets loose.

You can't decide where the weight will be lost sadly. However I have noticed the weight coming off my face, neck, upper arms and some abdominal fat being consumed right now.

Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on January 16, 2019, 04:55:23 PM
  Hi Natalie,
                  watching your Weight Log posts with great interest! Looks like results are already beginning! Love how you mention the simple technique of calories in vs calories out + physical activity.

I am in the process of losing weight myself at the moment. I think I will follow your lead of a weight diary - great idea.
   At the moment I am 2weeks in at 198lbs size 14 US aiming for 170 lbs size 10 US.

I bet you see better & faster results as your satisfaction and feeling of good health starts to compound. sounds like you are already getting fantastic gains already! Also are you keeping a photographic log as you fit into smaller outfits. I think I should do this as a tangible record.

PS I hope the figure gods keep shape on your bust and derriere( with slim waist ). Your posts are inspiring!

Best regards Kirsten.

Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on January 16, 2019, 04:55:23 PM
idea.
   At the moment I am 2weeks in at 198lbs size 14 US aiming for 170 lbs size 10 US.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 16, 2019, 06:19:31 PM
while I'm outside walking around I can check out all the cute boys in college walking around. ;

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 16, 2019, 06:19:31 PM
Thank you. I figure it is the only way to keep the weight off. By retraining myself to eat within certain parameters I'm not tempted to cheat. I get fuller faster now and I still can eat pretty much whatever I want with the exception of two burgers a day. If I eat more in a day I pay the price and walk longer. This isn't so bad because I have my Apple Watch and Air Pods to listen to music while on the treadmill and while I'm outside walking around I can check out all the cute boys in college walking around. ;D When it stays light longer I'm going to stop at the park to jog after work.

Today and last week have been difficult to lose weight but overall I'm losing weight. If I can be under 203 tomorrow I will be super happy.

I've taken  a few photos but I hate them. I might consider releasing them after I have lost all the weight I want to lose but I can't bring myself to post them now as is without the after shot.

I don't think I have to worry about the bust. I was able to fit into a 36C on the outside clip (not wearing them because I don't want to stretch them) and the cup is a lot smaller then I remember.  The center piece isn't on me and sitting up. I might have to see if a 36D fits better.

As for my butt I honestly don't know if it is losing the effect or not.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 16, 2019, 07:18:32 PM
Your weight must be distributed different than mine.  I am hovering around tat weight for some (felt) 200 years now, but I cannot put anything smaller than an XL tops (16) onto my body!  I can put pants on that are L (14, but they are almost a little on the wide side for me, and I definitely need to wear size 14 with a belt).

My weight goal is around 180 lbs, but I don't think that i ever will fit into something smaller than an L top, if that.  I think my shoulders are simply to wide.
Must be the Viking in me.  Viking women were always expected to handle a sword as well as their men! :P

Quote from: Dietlind on January 16, 2019, 07:30:45 PM
And this si the difference between you and me!  I do not have this incentive!  The only beings i can watch are some fat alligators that lick their chops when I walk by, or the occasional python that is eyeing me up to decide whether I or the dog would be the better tasting morsel!

I am just glad that panthers are nocturnal hunters, because I live in the middle of a panther protection area.  If they would hunt during the day, they, too would probably considering me to be a nice meal!
Just imagine, all the fear and angst I have when I am out for a walk!  It is that cold sweat of fear I lose that mimics a weight loss for me!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 16, 2019, 08:52:06 PM
How large are are your shoulders? Mine are 44 inches which is a little larger then my hips but not staggeringly so.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 16, 2019, 08:52:42 PM
You could buy a wii and wii fit and run the virtual track from in doors.  ;D

Quote from: Dietlind on January 16, 2019, 09:50:42 PM
But would I not need a TV for that, too?  I am on TV refusal now for almost 20 years, and I don't want to break with this good habit!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 16, 2019, 10:00:57 PM
Technically you could get a monitor. You don't need the tuner.  ;)

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 17, 2019, 12:02:45 AM
While getting ready for bed I went ahead and did an unofficial weigh in and I was 203.5 pounds. Thats a nice loss of weight even before the morning. I'm thinking maybe I have a shot at being under 203 pounds in the morning. :D

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 17, 2019, 12:02:45 AM
While getting ready for bed I went ahead and did an unofficial weigh in and I was 203.5 pounds. Thats a nice loss of weight even before the morning. I'm thinking maybe I have a shot at being under 203 pounds in the morning. :D

Quote from: Dietlind on January 17, 2019, 12:29:35 AM
You should develop a restless leg syndrome!  This way you could burn more calories while asleep!   >:-)

Have a good night!
Hugs
Linde

Quote from: Kirsteneklund7 on January 17, 2019, 12:20:09 AM
Wishing you sweet(lightweight)dreams

Kirsten x.

Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 17, 2019, 09:22:39 AM
  I also drank 40 Oz of water yesterday.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 17, 2019, 01:57:40 PM
If I would drink that much, being on Spiro, I would have to spend my day on the stool, and my septic tank may overflow soon!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 17, 2019, 03:19:37 PM
You have to drink water. It's some sort of chemical reaction that helps with burning fat. Water is all I drink if I can help it so a bottle in the morning, afternoon, evening and one after dinner. This is a light day. If I go for a 10+ mile walk I tend to drink one more bottle of water on top of that.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 17, 2019, 03:32:14 PM
Yes, I understand, but being a medical person, I want to alert you that you have to also be careful not to dilute the minerals in your body to much.  To overcome this a little better, i drink different fruit teas, as well as some salty liquids.
I could not drink much when i am walking, because i have no location to relief myself along the way, Spiro forces me to look for a bathroom almost every 60 to 90 minutes, and that can be bothersome in some situations.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 17, 2019, 03:58:22 PM
I heard about that but from I understand that is for more water. I also eat more fruits and vegetables and less fast food then I ever did before. I think I should be ok.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 17, 2019, 05:00:12 PM
Again, every body is different.  The problem is if you sweat a lot, you loose quite a bit of salt and minerals.  When you ad just normal water, you dilute the minerals left even more, and at some point your mineral content could be low enough that vital organs could get damaged, and in extrem cases you could drink yourself to death.

I have no idea how your metabolism is working, but you are loosing weight more rapidly than generally recommended, which indicates that your food intake is relatively low, which also means your mineral intake is low.  Fruits and vegies are great, but you also need proteins and fats.  You don't need fast food at all!
I would consult with either a dietitian or your doctor about the fast weight loss, and the rather high water consumption.

What good is a waist like a bee, but your liver or kidneys don't work anymore.  Just bounce your lifestyle of, of either of those professionals and see what they have to say.
I am neither an internist nor a dietitian but just a surgical schlug, who is a little informed about those things!

Quote from: Dietlind on January 17, 2019, 08:07:27 PM
The mineral water is a plus!
The meals and the portions look pretty ok to me.  Total waste of empty calories were the waffles and the maple syrup (sugar is sugar and stays sugar no matter what color or name it has).  But.. the Mayo Clinic recommends that one should not loose more than a pound a week.  I assume that your maintenance amount of calories is between 2200 and 2600?


The mayo Clinic recommends that one should be in average max 1000 calories below the maintenance level, and that one should not loose more weight than about one pound a week.  Loosing weight faster could lead to health problems.  It is darn hard for the heart to adjust pumping volume constantly because the body get rapidly smaller.  Liver and kidneys are also not that wild about this. 
The only part of your body that is happy about a fast weight los is your brain, because that one is already dreaming about all those cute things you can wear pretty soon!

Again, I am  not a specialist in this flied, I just remember some stuff from med school, and some more from literature I have read.

I would check in with somebody who can see that everything is OK, and you get the appropriate nutrition

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 17, 2019, 08:25:21 PM

But I'll go ahead and eat an apple.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 18, 2019, 07:50:54 AM
Today's weigh in is more of an estimation then actual because for some reason my scale is giving me err 9 times out of 10 but the one time I got a number it was 202.8. So I guess I lost weight but now I have to go buy a better scale. I guess that is why the scale was under $20.  >:(

No decrease in my waist line or at least not to the degree that is easy for me to read doing it myself.

Maybe this is a good time to buy one of those fancy scales that reports to my Apple Health app on my phone.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 18, 2019, 09:01:01 AM

Natalie,


Perhaps it simply needs a stronger battery?

Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 18, 2019, 06:55:26 PM
No joy so I went and got a new scale. I tested it out and it said I was 201.9 pounds. It's a Qardio Base 2. I got it for sale at $99.95.

Quote from: Jessica_K on January 20, 2019, 02:16:16 AM
Ideal heathy weight depends on height. If I remember right Dietlind you said you were 6"2' this means your ideal weight is in the range 144-194lbs. Whereas Natalie you at 5"10' should be in the range 124-174, myself at 5"3' I have to get to at least 145.
None of above take into account where the weight is or how it is made up, so I guess is are just the start.

Congrats Natalie on your success so far

Love Jessica

Quote from: Dietlind on January 19, 2019, 10:09:07 AM
That is great!  Weightwise you are now very close to me.  But my weight must be distributed a lot different (I think estrogen is holding a lot of water inside of me.
Having to tighten my watch bad the other day, and finding out that my waist is 41 and my hips are 44 inches (I have no idea how to manage to measure my shoulders?  I have only two hands),
I decided to try some L size tops I had bought because they were cute and I hoped to wear them one day.  I tried them on last night, and they fit perfectly.  In fact one is a sweatshirt type of thing, and that is almost a little on the wide side.

I really don't know what is going on, the measurements of my body seem to go down, while he weight stays about the same.  I know that my boobs are growing again, but that cannot be more than max a pound, some of the weight may settle in my butt, I can't see that very well, but I really believe that there is quite some water retained in my body.

Anyway, my top seems to slowly be at the size I was hoping for, and now I just have to loose more weight at my waist.  And there it is mainly those semi ugly love handles that have to go!  I don't know what target waist I am looking at, because I have no idea what my body will look like with a smaller waist, my aim are those love handles, when they are gone I am pretty happy with my waist, no matter what size it is.

Quote from: Jessica_K on January 20, 2019, 02:16:16 AM
Ideal heathy weight depends on height. If I remember right Dietlind you said you were 6"2' this means your ideal weight is in the range 144-194lbs. Whereas Natalie you at 5"10' should be in the range 124-174, myself at 5"3' I have to get to at least 145.
None of above take into account where the weight is or how it is made up, so I guess is are just the start.

Congrats Natalie on your success so far

Love Jessica

Quote from: Dietlind on January 20, 2019, 10:00:53 AM
You made me 2" taller than I am in reality.  My ideal weight seem to be around 175 lbs, which brings me slightly towards the "you look to thin" side.  I used to be between 179 and 182 lbs way back when, and was told when I was 179 lbs that I look like a starving person.  I am currently hung up at about 198 lbs, and I do not want to weight much  less than 180 lbs.  I have to consider that some of the weight will be in my boobs, and weighting less than 180 lbs would make me appear to be really thin.  I seem to have pretty solid bones, and unless I get osteoporosis, they will have the same weight whether I am a guy or a woman.  Any possible weight loss will be bacon distributes in and on my body, and I want to only loose that which is placed at the male typical locations around the gut area.

I think at some point, the appropriate physical appearance is of more importance that the absolute weight!

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 20, 2019, 10:55:24 AM
Congratulations on your weight loss!


Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 20, 2019, 11:34:49 AM
Thank you ChrissyRyan.  ;D

Quote from: Dietlind on January 20, 2019, 08:19:47 PM
You almost got me girl!  Maybe tomorrow or Tuesday, I will become the fat one of the two of us!  I better learn to live with it!
I wanted to go to a symphony concert today, and arriving at the venue I found that it was canceled (looking at the website would have helped.  Here I was, with all that free time on my hands, and I decided to drive to the largest mall in the area and do some shopping.  I needed a pair of pumps anyway to have some more formal looking shoes.  I found a nice pair at Payless, and to make it even sweeter, they had 40% of n anything today (the snowbirds are here and they have to be lured in).  And I bought a pair of cargo jeans in another store that had everything reduced by 50% and three tops.  All the tops were L sized (seems no more XL required for this lady), and the pants were a size 12, and not my norml 14.
It looks as if I reached my trage clothing size, but definitely not my target weight.  I just don't know how much water that estrogen stuff holds back in my body, but I know that I still want to loose some more weight!
I might want to set a new tragget for clothing, tops size M and pants size 10????  I might never get to this, but I need to set a goal to work towards it!

At least I don't look anymore like the fat lady (and that is good, because I can neither sing nor dance well), I might retire to be the heavy lady instead!   :o ::)

Quote from: Dietlind on January 20, 2019, 11:27:43 PM
I have a similar jacket, and I have to see if it fits again.  Your weight loss might slow down once the added bacon is gone.  Try to find out with your doctor what they think an ideal weight would be for you!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 21, 2019, 06:36:56 AM
My weight before I put on weight was roughly 140 pounds. I know I can get down to there and be fine. I also know I still had minor love handles at that weight so there is room to lose a little more. For me 130 pounds is roughly a BMI of 20.5 which would be considered normal.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 21, 2019, 09:47:44 AM
Wow, you could have a weight competition with my dog, she is about 130 lbs!  As  said, when I was a little below 180 lbs, I was considered to look way to thin!  I am not that much taller than you, but it seems that I have way heavier bones than you have.  Most people tell me now already that I look just right and can't understand why I would like to loose another 20 lbs (but they don't see those handles either)!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 21, 2019, 11:35:39 AM
Yeah I am not large boned. I can wear most woman's watches. My hands are small. My fingers are small. I'm under six feet tall. I have wide hips. My shoulders are more broad then I would like but fall within the female range. My arm if held straight down palms out go out away from my body below the elbow.

My build wasn't from HRT. I started transitioning when I was 28 so my skeleton was fully developed at that point. It was pure genetics. I also ate a normal male diet so it wasn't like I was loading up on soy and stuff.

The only thing that made me male was the plumbing which was a cruel joke.

Our male Black Labrador is close to 100 pounds. He is a large dog and gets excited on the leash. The funny thing is I have him walking on the leash better then my boyfriend who is a large guy.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 21, 2019, 01:26:34 PM
The weight loss is a simple manifestation of my will. If I am losing weight I eat less and/or exercise longer. I usually opt for the later option.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 21, 2019, 01:53:48 PM
For me it seems less eating (as far as I am allowed to do that) is way easier than more exercising.  It is early afternoon, and so far I ate about 400 cals.  I might add another 400 for supper, and that is it for the day!  Once i am on a low food intake track, I can do this easily, I just have to set my mind to it.  This makes my stomach shrink in a few days, and I feel filled with even rather small portions.  I can achieve this low calorie intake stuff, by eating fish and vegetables plus a little amount of fruit.  I just need to eat enough carbs to keep me from going into hypoglycemia.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 21, 2019, 02:29:45 PM
Do you go into hypoglycemia if you have more carbs and exercise more?

My lunch today was about 425 calories. My dinner will probably be around 500 to 600 calories. I'll log it as 600. Then I'll exercise to have expended over the course of the day at least 3000 calories. This along with 40-60 Oz of water in a day generally helps me lose about .3 to .8 pounds per day depending on the cycle.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 21, 2019, 03:27:52 PM
I am glad that I do not have that issue.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 21, 2019, 07:24:00 PM
That was either a free gift from my mother or from those stupid mutated chromosomes (XXY people tend to have diabetes)!  I for sure did not ask for it!  When I was first diagnosed with it about 20 years ago, I fell into a really deep hole of depression, and it took me a while to climb out of it again.  And shortly after that the stupid transgender stuff hit!

Talking of kicking a person when she is down!
But I am now OK with both, I have the diabetes pretty well under control, nd love the transgender thingy!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 21, 2019, 08:05:31 PM
I can tolerate being trans. I'm very thankful I at least rolled decent genetics despite the plumbing but I wish I could have been cis female. My childhood would have been better, I wouldn't have had to play a part. I could have a biological family. I know there are cars woman that are barren but most are not. I know it doesn't help going down depressed lane.  :icon_sadblinky:

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 22, 2019, 08:22:39 AM
I think that you are doing very well Natalie.   :)

Chrissy

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 22, 2019, 07:00:10 PM
Natalie,


Do you like the new scale?

Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 22, 2019, 08:17:13 AM
No weight loss to report. I actually weighed in at 199.3 today. But my waist size has dropped down to 43.5 inches so it is possible that I am retaining some water. I'm content though with the shrinking waist and trust that I'll be below 199 by the end of the upcoming weekend.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 22, 2019, 07:31:16 PM
I think you are hitting the same problem I am at.  The easy to burn fat is gone now, and the hard core stuff does not really want to let go  But estrogen keeps more water in the body.  I see that with my feet, even with spiro, they are still slightly  swollen at night.  I will get some compression knee highs, and see whether they can push the water up.
I had 900 cal food intake today, burnt 250 cals with walking.  That leaves 650 cal for nutritions.  My average daily requirement is 2200 cals.  I need to get down to 180 lbs, darn it, and if I have to live on glucose pills alone!  I will get there!

But in reality, I still think it is more important to be able to have the  a nice waste  o be able to fit ll the cute clothing stuff, than it is to have the absolute weight right!

I am pretty happy already, because I can go into any store and buy any XL top, and any L bottom, and I know it will fit me!

Quote from: Dietlind on January 22, 2019, 07:31:16 PM
I think you are hitting the same problem I am at.  The easy to burn fat is gone now, and the hard core stuff does not really want to let go  But estrogen keeps more water in the body.  I see that with my feet, even with spiro, they are still slightly  swollen at night.  I will get some compression knee highs, and see whether they can push the water up.
I had 900 cal food intake today, burnt 250 cals with walking.  That leaves 650 cal for nutritions.  My average daily requirement is 2200 cals.  I need to get down to 180 lbs, darn it, and if I have to live on glucose pills alone!  I will get there!

But in reality, I still think it is more important to be able to have the  a nice waste  o be able to fit ll the cute clothing stuff, than it is to have the absolute weight right!

I am pretty happy already, because I can go into any store and buy any XL top, and any L bottom, and I know it will fit me!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 22, 2019, 09:01:21 PM
I am not going to be stuck at this weight! If I have to fast for days on end I am going to lose this weight. I'm not even sure if this scale is any good. I step on the thing three times and it gives me a different weight by a difference in pounds at a time. I'm honestly thinking about returning it and going and getting a different one.

My waist is shrinking so I know I am moving in the right direction. I'll get there. For all I know I wasn't actually as light as I thought I was when I first got that scale. Who knows because I don't have an item of a known weight to see how accurate it is. If I end up returning it I'll do it on Saturday.

Quote from: Dena on January 22, 2019, 09:18:52 PM
My roommate needed to lose serious weight because of diabetes and I got tired of cheap scales that kick out different readings every time you stepped on them so I ordered a beam balance scale. People who have seen it kid me about it all the time but I know when I step on it, the weight will be correct. They run about $150 now but we probably put close to that in cheap scales that didn't work.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 23, 2019, 08:12:02 AM
Yay!   :)

You record a lot of detail.  That might be useful.

Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 23, 2019, 08:36:39 AM
I'm a software engineer so it's my job to make order out of chaos. I guess this is just another manifestation of that behavior.

The important thing though is I'm losing weight.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 23, 2019, 08:36:39 AM
I'm a software engineer so it's my job to make order out of chaos. I guess this is just another manifestation of that behavior.

The important thing though is I'm losing weight.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 23, 2019, 09:03:54 AM
It would be really interesting to see, how the weight of the new scale correlates with the weight of the old scale.  Knowing the deviations.  I have two scales, one measures in kg, the other measures in pounds, and I see close to 2 pounds of difference between the two!  Both sitting next to each other on a floor tiles with 18 x 18 inch tiles, which means, both are sitting on a 100% flat floor.  I don't know which one of them lies to me, or if both of them are liars?

The heaviest barbell I have is 25 lbs, and I don't even know if that is 100% correct.  This means, I always have to be a believer in technology!

And that what I go by, trending, and if clothing fits me, I am happy and know that I am on the right trak!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 24, 2019, 08:02:32 AM
The old scale was saying err so sadly now it is err vs a weight so it went in the garbage.

At today's weigh in I was 197.9 pounds. This seems accurate enough because I tracked my weight through the evening and this morning again and it had the cycle of gain and loss from eating and drinking. I guess I can keep this scale. Furthermore I am super happy to be lighter today then I have been in a very long time.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 24, 2019, 08:26:57 AM
You did it!
I am now officially the fat lady!  I did not move the sale for a fraction of an inch.  198 it is, and it seems not to change!  I must be redistributing bacon, because I had to make my watch band one notch tighter, and start to be able to wear pants size 12 and tops size 14.  I either am retaining a lot of water, or the weight must be in my feet or in my boobs (they don't look much bigger), or probably in my butt in places I can't see it?

Anyway, you did it!

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 24, 2019, 08:04:01 AM
Sounds good.   :)


Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 24, 2019, 08:56:00 AM
I took a picture in the office rest room and today was the first day I didn't look in the mirror with disgust at myself. I still have a ways to go but I am really seeing the progress now.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 24, 2019, 04:22:18 PM
Yesterday I bought a woman's swimsuit  (single piece one) for the first time in my life, and I tried it out last night.  I almost got a deadly shock when I looked at myself in the mirror, I think I look like a beached wale in that thing.  I need to loose those 20 pounds, because I don't like the beached wale look!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 25, 2019, 07:15:53 AM
I haven't even tried mine on because I don't want to see it.

No weigh in for today. I have a stomach bug and am nauseous. I had to take a sick day. I ate a banana and had a bottle of water to help replace water lost from the runs and I am going back to bed. I'm feeling better now then I was feeling in the evening but I don't want to overdo it today and get worse. It sucks. :(

I bought some Campbell's chicken soup, apple sauce and bread. I also picked up packets of emergency-c immune+ with vitamin d dietary supplement. I got it instead of the gummy version to force me to drink more water.

Thanks a lot whoever came to work sick!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 25, 2019, 07:15:53 AM
I haven't even tried mine on because I don't want to see it.

No weigh in for today. I have a stomach bug and am nauseous. I had to take a sick day. I ate a banana and had a bottle of water to help replace water lost from the runs and I am going back to bed. I'm feeling better now then I was feeling in the evening but I don't want to overdo it today and get worse. It sucks. :(

I bought some Campbell's chicken soup, apple sauce and bread. I also picked up packets of emergency-c immune+ with vitamin d dietary supplement. I got it instead of the gummy version to force me to drink more water.

Thanks a lot whoever came to work sick!

Quote from: Dietlind on January 25, 2019, 08:57:41 AM
Might not be a bug, but some mild version of food poisoning.  The CDC feels that most so called stomach bugs are cases of food poisonings in reality.
It may feel the same, because both are caused by bacteria.  "Starving" them out is the best remedy for it to avoid any medication.  If you can eat as little as possible as long as you feel sick, it might get you better faster and have weight loss as a side benefit!

Quote from: Gertrude on January 25, 2019, 09:21:02 AM
If you don't eat enough and burn a lot, your body will break down. You shouldn't go more than a 20% calorie deficit. I used that with Keto and lost over 160lbs in 16 months. It was steady and almost predictable. I also only weighed myself 2x a week. I didn't exercise other than walk and hike, about 20 miles a week.


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Quote from: NatalieRene on January 25, 2019, 10:18:58 AM
It's od. I was fine in the morning when I got up and then through the day it just got worse and worse. It started after I filled my bottle up with water at the filtered water station. I think I am going to throw that water bottle out and for a few days keep to my own supply of water.

I went to bed at 2100 hours and woke up at 0100, 0300 and 0600 hours having to go. I just woke up around 1000 hours and I'm feeling much better. It's almost like my body was using the water that I have in me to flush me out because it is almost pure water coming out. I have been drinking one 16ml bottle every time I go to the bathroom so I don't dehydrate.

My appetite was gone yesterday but I forced my portion of rigatoni and peas down me along with one of vitamin supliment packets in a bottle of water. Right now though I have only had a banana and I feel hungry. I think I am going to have a piece of toast, a little apple sauce and some chicken soup.

Also I couldn't help myself I did step on the scale and I was at 197.3 pounds.

Whatever this bug or food poisoning was I think my body has kicked the crap out of it. I'm going to let my boss know I'm feeling better and that I will be doing some coding today from my apartment (just in case I'm contagious) so I don't have to take a full sick day.

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 25, 2019, 10:18:58 AM
It's od. I was fine in the morning when I got up and then through the day it just got worse and worse. It started after I filled my bottle up with water at the filtered water station. I think I am going to throw that water bottle out and for a few days keep to my own supply of water.

I went to bed at 2100 hours and woke up at 0100, 0300 and 0600 hours having to go. I just woke up around 1000 hours and I'm feeling much better. It's almost like my body was using the water that I have in me to flush me out because it is almost pure water coming out. I have been drinking one 16ml bottle every time I go to the bathroom so I don't dehydrate.

My appetite was gone yesterday but I forced my portion of rigatoni and peas down me along with one of vitamin supliment packets in a bottle of water. Right now though I have only had a banana and I feel hungry. I think I am going to have a piece of toast, a little apple sauce and some chicken soup.

Also I couldn't help myself I did step on the scale and I was at 197.3 pounds.

Whatever this bug or food poisoning was I think my body has kicked the crap out of it. I'm going to let my boss know I'm feeling better and that I will be doing some coding today from my apartment (just in case I'm contagious) so I don't have to take a full sick day.

Quote from: Gertrude on January 25, 2019, 11:25:20 AM
Slow and steady wins the race.


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Quote from: Dietlind on January 25, 2019, 11:01:22 AM
It sounds very much like food poisoning to me! (after all, my speciality is infection control& prevention).  Water fountains, etc. are very notorious to bread any kind of crap in the lines and at the dispensing tab.  I bet you got it there.  And getting into the stomach that has the ideal temperature for multiplying human pathogens (basically a wet bath incubator), they started to have a hay day!  And you were at the wrong end of the party!

Quote from: Gertrude on January 25, 2019, 11:25:20 AM
Could be dehydration too. I would focus on calories in, calories out. Don't go more than 20% under and take vitamins. Also, make sure you're getting enough protein. Figure at least 1g per kg body weight for sure. The thing to watch out for too is catabolic response from overtraining and under nutrition. Slow and steady wins the race.


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Quote from: NatalieRene on January 25, 2019, 12:12:10 PM
I think I'm going to keep to my own supply of water from here on out in order to avoid this contamination in the future.

Quote from: Dena on January 25, 2019, 07:21:18 PM
Most of the time I am pretty sure my experience with the runs is caused by food poisoning however there was one time that it was some form of infection passed by some other method. Many people at the gun range were getting it on different days. My roommate and I got it on different days. Last but not least, we weren't eating gun club food or drinking gun club water so it had to come from human to human contact. It was a real nasty bug and put you out of it for about a day. You didn't want to do anything other than lay there and hope you could get some sleep.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 25, 2019, 08:14:29 PM
Another funny thing is, people don't tend to touch the door nobs of public bathrooms, but push against the wooden part of the door.  If the knob is metal, and is clean, it is pretty free of bacteria, because the fluent of the microorganism create an acid on most metal surface which in turn kills the bacteria.  While the door, consisting of a porous organic material is a pretty ideal breeding ground for any kind of pathogens!

That was it today for microbiology 101!

Quote from: Dena on January 25, 2019, 09:00:31 PM
Didn't even use the bathroom as we had our own in the motor home. The only contact we had with other people was through the money they handed us. When it was time to eat, we washed up because we had no clue where the money had been. On the other hand, I heard that money is antibacterial. The paper contains something to help prevent molding and the metal isn't a very happy place for bacteria to live. Something about a large number of metal ions.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 25, 2019, 08:14:29 PM
Most people believe that you catch an infection through your mouth or your nose.  This is not the case.  The saliva in our mouth is a pretty good bactericidal agent, und protects us fro most common infections.  The typical route for an infection is through the eyes.  One touches a contaminated surface, and follows that with rubbing or itching a single or even both eyes.  Voila! You got it baby!
Another funny thing is, people don't tend to touch the door nobs of public bathrooms, but push against the wooden part of the door.  If the knob is metal, and is clean, it is pretty free of bacteria, because the fluent of the microorganism create an acid on most metal surface which in turn kills the bacteria.  While the door, consisting of a porous organic material is a pretty ideal breeding ground for any kind of pathogens!

That was it today for microbiology 101!

Quote from: Gertrude on January 25, 2019, 10:05:33 PM
Farting passes germs too. Seriously. Worse in the olden days before hygiene and underwear.


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Quote from: Dietlind on January 25, 2019, 11:08:09 PM
But most of those germs are not human pathogens, and they are not in any concentration that they could become a problem!  The uncomfortable stuff with farting is the methane gas, which smells pretty bad!

Quote from: Gertrude on January 26, 2019, 06:25:08 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nXU7fqdGfE

Quote from: Dietlind on January 25, 2019, 08:14:29 PM
Most people believe that you catch an infection through your mouth or your nose.  This is not the case.  The saliva in our mouth is a pretty good bactericidal agent, und protects us fro most common infections.  The typical route for an infection is through the eyes.  One touches a contaminated surface, and follows that with rubbing or itching a single or even both eyes.  Voila! You got it baby!
Another funny thing is, people don't tend to touch the door nobs of public bathrooms, but push against the wooden part of the door.  If the knob is metal, and is clean, it is pretty free of bacteria, because the fluent of the microorganism create an acid on most metal surface which in turn kills the bacteria.  While the door, consisting of a porous organic material is a pretty ideal breeding ground for any kind of pathogens!

That was it today for microbiology 101!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 26, 2019, 08:24:53 AM
I drank almost half of a 24 pack of dasani bottled water. Thank goodness 24 packs of water don't cost anywhere near as much as pop/soda/coke/cafinated-carbinated-cough syrup :icon_blah:.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 26, 2019, 07:08:26 AM
As I said, any pathogens are not present in a high enough concentration to cause any harm.  I do not expect people around me farting without wearing any underwear (I do not tend to frequent nudist colonies).

Quote from: Dietlind on January 26, 2019, 09:00:13 AM
You have a lot of water weight now, and that has to go away.  You will be wak for a while, because your body was not able to absorb any nutrition from your food, if that does not stay long enough in your guts.  But weight loss is not instantaneous, because you did not move much.  Give it some time until you are back to "normal", and than judge what your wight is.
Anyway, whatever it is, you beat me now for good, because I have the feeling that I am loosing an ounce per month now. But to be honest, I am not working hard on it, because I do not have to impress any boy or girl friend with the looks of my body.  I just have to be ready for the beach, to not look like a wale who was stranded there!

Quote from: Gertrude on January 26, 2019, 09:08:50 AM
My point is that it can be a vector and at one time it probably was much more of a problem.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 26, 2019, 09:24:56 AM
Yes, as the man said, in the days before underwear, which filters most of the stuff out now!  I still don't know how realistic that would have been?  We made a test in the lab with sneezing and droplet distribution in the air (to find out, if somebody sneezing at you could infect you), and we found that the major amount of the dropless follows a kind of a ballistic curve, and would hit your knees if you stand abut 4 feet away from the person sneezing at you.  If you can manage to stand 3 to 4 feet away from people sneezing, and keep your hands away from your eyes (unless you disinfect them each time you touched an environmental surface), you should not fall victim to the common cold.  I am just recuperating from one of the worst colds I had in years.  Even all my knowledge about not to get an infection, did not really protect me from that one.  Theory and it's practical application are two different pairs of shoes!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 26, 2019, 09:35:51 AM
Thank you guys for an interesting topic on farts. Maybe we should consider a new thread to discuss the topic in depth if desired.  ;D

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 26, 2019, 09:46:57 AM

I am looking forward to hearing more about Natalie's fascinating and successful weight loss program!

Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 28, 2019, 08:03:59 AM
Yesterday I was feeling almost back to normal. I had an Animal Style In N Out cheeseburger for dinner, chicken noodle soup for lunch and fruit for breakfast. I also managed to get a minimum of 870 calorie movement based burn.

This morning I weighed in at 195.8 pounds. Today I brought my own lunch and water. I don't intend to get contaminated again anytime soon.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 28, 2019, 09:47:42 AM
Just make sure that you keep your lunch cool enough so it will not try to walk away from you! (hint, white mold is relatively harmless, the really nasty stuff is green or black).

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 29, 2019, 07:59:26 AM
Thank you ChrissyRyan. :)

Today's weigh in was 195.3 pounds.

I didn't do as much exercise yesterday. I had work to catch up on and I had to dialate. In all though another day another half a pound. Looking in the mirror today I still don't have a waist smaller then my hips. Even worse it's now it's in line with my hips and it sent a shiver up my spine in a horrible way. The only saving grace is I know my waist is shrinking because it used to be larger and any smaller is less then my hips so it's darkest just before dawn.

Quote from: Dietlind on January 29, 2019, 09:02:26 AM
I am at that point waist wise.  I think I lost a quarter of an once!
Just don't even think to put a swimsuit on, because he no waist line thing makes you look like a beached wale in such a suit!

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 29, 2019, 09:36:17 AM
I'm aiming to be in the 160s by the summer at the most. I should be starting to have my waist back to a nice and manageable size by then. Then I have some cute two and one piece bathing suits for the beach and the pool. But  more importantly I'm looking forward to sight seeing once my boyfriend gets out here. It's so much more fun together then alone.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 29, 2019, 10:20:29 AM

What caused you to gain weight so that now you are reducing?

Chrissy

Quote from: Dena on January 29, 2019, 11:44:00 PM
Might I suggest something like this. (https://www.4mdmedical.com/catalog/product/view/id/212648/?CAWELAID=120141310000056386&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&adpos=1o16&scid=scplpHOM400KL&sc_intid=HOM400KL&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiKGliOWU4AIVi7bACh1LtgkSEAQYECABEgJCwvD_BwE)

Quote from: Dietlind on January 30, 2019, 12:13:51 AM
That is the only type of scale that is accurate all the time, ach time.  But one can be sloppy and miss a few pounds if one does not get the indicators matching acurately.  This could be avoided, if one gets one with an electronic (digital) readout!

Quote from: Dena on January 29, 2019, 11:44:00 PM
Might I suggest something like this. (https://www.4mdmedical.com/catalog/product/view/id/212648/?CAWELAID=120141310000056386&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&adpos=1o16&scid=scplpHOM400KL&sc_intid=HOM400KL&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiKGliOWU4AIVi7bACh1LtgkSEAQYECABEgJCwvD_BwE)

Quote from: NatalieRene on January 29, 2019, 10:44:07 PM
Summed up depression.

Oh and you where asking my thoughts on the scale I bought. It is absolutely 100% garbage. I have it packed back in its packaging and I am going to return it after work tomorrow.

I literally just stepped on it five times and each time the weight went up. I have zero faith in the consistency of the measurements it gives. It throws into question if I have lost or gained weight since buying it because I can't trust it. So after I return it I'm going to go back over to target and buy the cheap scale I had again and avoid dropping anything on it because while cheap it was at least consistent so I could track trends.

So no weigh in tomorrow...

Quote from: Dena on January 30, 2019, 07:48:26 AM
I had a digital scale that also had problems. The base wasn't firmly constructed so it would flex causing the reading to drift depending on where it was on the floor. The costly medical grade scale shouldn't have this problem but you will end up paying more for them.

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 01, 2019, 08:20:03 AM
I got a cheap-o scale from target. After weighing in with it I found it consistently gave me the same weight. How accurate it is I have no idea but I can get back to tracking if I am losing weight by not having a scale that is all over the place.

The even better news is I was down to 195 pounds. I was worried I might have been gaining weight but thankfully this was not the case.

I am still tempted to get that beam scale though because the OCD in me loves the thought of a accurate measurement.

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 01, 2019, 04:23:07 PM
Keeping the eye on the prize. These are some more photos of me from when I was transitioning.

(https://i.imgur.com/MOIlLam.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ANK5pBY.jpg)

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 01, 2019, 04:23:07 PM
Keeping the eye on the prize. These are some more photos of me from when I was transitioning.

(https://i.imgur.com/MOIlLam.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ANK5pBY.jpg)

Quote from: Dietlind on February 01, 2019, 05:20:56 PM
I still like the picture of you best, when you were standing, and had just normal jeans on.  You looked like the girl that would have fit into my male dating pattern! (to tell the truth, into my female pattern, too)

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 01, 2019, 08:10:08 PM
I guess it must be because you can see my hips and waist.

Quote from: Dietlind on February 01, 2019, 08:46:48 PM
No, there is more to it.  I have a hard time to put a finger on it, you just trigger my interest!  I think it is he entire person, and how you present yourself in this picture.

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 01, 2019, 09:01:54 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/6ZE4VsU.jpg)

I just don't see it. I mean I like how my breasts where developing and the shirt but I felt like I was phoning it in that day.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on February 01, 2019, 04:42:54 PM

Beautiful, you are.

Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 02, 2019, 11:26:50 AM
Thank you. Those photos are old but once I get my weight down essentially that is still me.

Speaking of which todays weigh in I was 194.6 pounds. My weight loss this week is just over two pounds this week which is very slow for. However I was recovering from a stomach bug. The important thing is that I am still on corse to reach my goal at some point this year.

To keep me motivated I have lost 41.1 pounds since October 30th 2018 with my average weight being:

November 2018: 221.93 pounds
December 2018: 212.87 pounds
January 2019:    202.79 pounds
February 2019:  194.8 pounds so far

Quote from: Alaskan Danielle on February 02, 2019, 01:05:49 PM
@NatalieRene
Dear Natalie:
WOW-ZERS .....  you should be quite proud and satisfied with your terrific progress so far... your photos are a testimony to your hard work and tenacity to get your weight and your physical appearance the way that you want it.

Not only do you feel better losing the weight but you obviously should feel better about yourself and your self-confidence in your transition  successes as you are out and about.

Thank you for feeling comfortable sharing your weight loss story....  it is so very encouraging to so many members here on the forums.

I will continue to be eagerly following your posts on this thread and on other various threads as you feel comfortable posting....   and I love your photos that you have been posting and documenting your before and after.

Hugs and and well wishes,
Danielle

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 04, 2019, 07:55:24 AM
I lost another decent amount of weight and am now below 194 pounds! I weighed in at 193.5 pounds.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on February 04, 2019, 09:11:03 AM

Keep that up!

Chrissy

Quote from: Dietlind on February 04, 2019, 09:15:34 AM
That girl is good and determined!  I wish, I would have half of the drive that she has!

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on February 04, 2019, 09:11:03 AM

Keep that up!

Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 04, 2019, 09:38:05 AM
That is just the way I am. My boyfriend tells me that on some occasions I can be stubborn. I don't know where he gets that from though.  ;)

Quote from: Dietlind on February 04, 2019, 10:14:54 AM
The stubborn one should be me!  After all, I am the German!

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 04, 2019, 10:38:51 AM
What does being German have to do with anything? Besides I'm a mix of British and Spanish both of which can be stubborn.

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 05, 2019, 08:19:35 AM
Today's weigh in was 193.1 pounds.  ;D Stubborn or not here I come with the weight loss.  8)

Quote from: Dietlind on February 05, 2019, 10:28:19 PM
You are good, I have to say it again!  Between spiro and estrogen, i seem to keep water inside my body, and add fat to it.  My butt seems to fill out, the holes at the sides seem to be stuffed with bacon now.  Might be estrogen is working on my butt instead of my boobs?  I keep my calories really low lately, probably had about 800 today.

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 05, 2019, 10:31:59 PM
Possibly that is what is happening.

I'm on a mission. I will be able to go swimming at the beach and turn heads this year. I will I will I will! And not in a fat  :icon_blah: way.

Quote from: Dietlind on February 05, 2019, 10:47:37 PM
There are no wales in the Gulf, that means, I cannot go to the beach, what would people say if they see me and think I am a beached wale?  That would mess up everything they ever learned about wale habitats.  Maybe I could act like a Manatee?

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 05, 2019, 11:00:40 PM
You could go in guy mode. Just throw on some trunks and a wife beater.

Quote from: Dietlind on February 05, 2019, 10:42:56 PM
I don't know how accurate that program is!  It stole quite a few years of my life, just like nothing.  I know that I look way younger than I am in reality (that intersex thing with the baby skin and zero hair loss), but I would not pass as a kid at all!

(https://i.imgur.com/tPr3YNO.jpg)

Quote from: Jessica_K on February 06, 2019, 01:45:10 AM
I have used that app. For my new avatar the good news it thinks I look female the bad news it says I am 74

I have in the past got as low as age 45

Love Jessica

Quote from: Dietlind on February 06, 2019, 08:25:02 AM
I don't know what the criteria of the ting is.  Depending on the amount of makeup I se, it makes me from mid 50's to this unbelievable 24!  I know that I look about 20 years younger than my biological age is, but I don't look as young to be mistaken for my own child!  Not even with the fancy makeup!  People who have not seen me as a woman reacted to this very picture and told me I look like around 40, and that may be way more realistic!

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 06, 2019, 08:53:21 AM
I got carded every time I wanted some wine coolers when I saw other people walking up and not being carded at all. People tend to guess my age in early twenties now so I guess I'm not impervious to aging but considering I'll be 38 on May 1st that isn't a bad age to be mistaken for. I especially love that they think my middle sister is older then me.

Quote from: Dietlind on February 06, 2019, 10:09:12 AM
Well ,I was in my mid 40's when they still carded me!  But I have to agree, you still look pretty young!  I wonder if trans women look younger anyway? We seem to take more care of ourselves than many cis women do, and we have the more teenager like attitude towards life and out surroundings!  I don' know if that would make a difference?  If I look at cis females of my age, I see a lot of very old looking and acting people!

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 07, 2019, 08:08:37 AM
Today's weigh in was 192 pounds. That makes three pounds lost in the last seven days. Right now I'm losing weight in 10 pound milestones so the next milestone is very close.

Quote from: Dietlind on February 07, 2019, 08:36:26 AM
It still amazes me how you continue to pull this off! 
I might have lost 1/4 once during the same time!  But my girls seem to grow, however, I don't believe that they make up for 10 lbs?  Or could I be something like an iron maiden with boobs made of heavy steel?  That would explain the weight!

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 09, 2019, 10:21:33 AM
Today's weigh in was 191 pounds and my waist was down to 42.5 inches. Both the waist and the weight continues to go down. The waist has a long ways to go but I am thankful for it going down

Quote from: Dietlind on February 09, 2019, 10:33:15 AM
I am just back from a 3 mile walk at 80º, which means lots of sweating.  I stepped onto the scale before and after the walk.  I lost a little over a pound (I bet it is mostly water weight).

But you are running away from me with a very high speed!  I just measured my waist, and it is 41".  I beat you at least in that one, but I still look like one of the manatees Florida is famous for (and they are 100% vegetariens!!!!)

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 09, 2019, 11:13:29 AM
My waist has shrunk 3.5 inches over the last four weeks. So if that trend continues next month my waist will be 39.5 inches. If my weight continues the trend I think my weight might be around 180 around then too.

Quote from: Dietlind on February 09, 2019, 11:42:55 AM
I slowly need to refuse to open those posts!  Each time when I read how great you are doing, and when I look at my body, I feel sad for the poor manatees that they have to live with a body like that!

an alternative would be that i buy a shorter mirror, and I can't see anything below my boobs.  My body, from the boobs up (including them), my arms and my legs are the only parts of my body I like to see!.  My butt may look OK, but I am never able to really see it, it seems to prefer to stay out of my line of vision (stupid thing)

Quote from: Dietlind on February 09, 2019, 11:58:00 AM
I just found out that my edema (estrogen induced) might add 10 to 15 pounds of water weight to my weight!  But I still feel that I look like a manatee, I wonder how much their water weight might be?

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 09, 2019, 12:19:07 PM
Have you lost any weight? You can do it! My boyfriend has lost 15 pounds in the last three months and other friends elsewhere have lost weight. It's not a race don't feel bad if I am losing more. If you are losing weight to reach your goal no matter how slow you are still moving forward in reaching your goal of a more healthy life style. :D

Is there a reason your doctor put you on edema ad opposed to estrodile? This seems like it explains your swollen feet with all the retained water!

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on February 10, 2019, 02:27:13 PM
Good progress.

Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 10, 2019, 01:29:25 PM
Todays weigh in was 190.5 pounds. It was rainy so I went to the gym at the office and had an awesome jog on the treadmill.

Quote from: Alaskan Danielle on February 10, 2019, 04:23:05 PM
@NatalieRene
Dear Natalie:
Great progress for sure....  as we all know, weight gains happen so quickly and easily but losing weight is a such a much slower process for sure. It can certainly present frustrations and disappointments....

It appears that you are very focused on getting your weight down...    just 3 days ago you were at 192 pounds and now you are at  190.5 ......... EXCELLENT!!!!!

Please keep your reports coming, I am rooting for your success. 
Hugs,
Danielle

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 12, 2019, 10:33:12 AM
Today I was down to 190 pounds. Please please please let me be under 190 tomorrow!

Quote from: Dietlind on February 12, 2019, 11:29:47 AM
OK, wish is granted, but only this time!  :police:

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 12, 2019, 11:46:56 AM
No I need breathing room. The cloths simply are too tight I must continue to lose weight.

Sorry so could resist the dark humor.

Quote from: Dietlind on February 12, 2019, 12:22:22 PM
I hoep that my testes are really heavy, and removing them could bring me down several pounds, or?

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 15, 2019, 07:40:59 AM
Today was not a huge weight loss day but after days of no change I am now 189.8 pounds! I'm under 190 pounds!

Quote from: Dietlind on February 15, 2019, 08:06:03 AM
Yeah! Only 4.9 pounds more loss, and you reached my target weight!  I would recommend that we swapp weight at that point, and you can work down on mine, too!

Quote from: Alaskan Danielle on February 15, 2019, 09:06:48 AM
@NatalieRene
Dear Natalie:

Hallelujua!!!   WOW !   finally UNDER 190 pounds
Congratulations to you.
Keep on keeping on with your weight loss journey.
I will be eagerly looking for your continued reports!

Hugs and well wishes,
Danielle

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on February 16, 2019, 01:36:03 PM
Natalie,


Congratulations on staying below the 190 pound level.   :)

Do remember that water weighs about 8 1/3 pounds per gallon, so it may be not hard to vary a pound or so each day because of fluid intake and retention. Weighing at the same time of day may reduce that variability.

Chrissy

Quote from: Maid Marion on February 16, 2019, 02:12:57 PM
Congratulations on getting past that hurdle!

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 18, 2019, 10:54:07 AM
Todays weigh in was 189 pounds. I am hoping that tomorrow I can be under 189 pounds. Little by little the weight is coming off.

Quote from: Alaskan Danielle on February 18, 2019, 11:24:41 AM
@NatalieRene
Dear Natalie:
Congratulations to you for keeping going with your weight loss... as you know it can be difficult at times, continue to "stay the course"
 
I will be rooting for your success and will be looking for your updates.
Hugs,
Danielle

Quote from: Alaskan Danielle on February 18, 2019, 11:33:27 AM
@NatalieRene
Dear Natalie:
Here is a cute something for all of those that are in the process of losing those extra pounds...
Hugs,
Danielle     :) :) :)  :D  ;)
           (https://pics.me.me/i-thought-the-dryer-made-my-clothes-shrink-turns-out-27341698.png)

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 18, 2019, 10:54:07 AM
Todays weigh in was 189 pounds. I am hoping that tomorrow I can be under 189 pounds. Little by little the weight is coming off.

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 21, 2019, 08:14:34 AM
Today's weigh in was 188.7 pounds. So now I'm under the 188 mark. I'm about 48.55% of the way to my goal.

Quote from: Dietlind on February 21, 2019, 01:18:45 PM
I am just back from my endo and normal physician.  Talked with them about my weight loss and diabetes.  Both said I am bodyfat wise pretty much down, not much fat to burn anymore.  What is left is the fat cells that are very hard to remove, and that is the reason I am not rally loosing weight anymore.  Now that the canned fat is gone, i have to work at the canning containers, the darn fat cells.  Both recommended to do the Atkins diet to allow me to stop taking the diabetes meds and loose with the Atkin diet the rest of my weight by starving my body of carbs.

Once  am recuperated from my surgery, it is Atkins, here I come!

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 21, 2019, 05:08:54 PM
Whatever works. :)

I'll just be very happy if this weekend I can be in 187 range or less.

Quote from: Dietlind on February 23, 2019, 10:21:23 AM
I lost about a pound, consisting of balls and blood!

Quote from: Dietlind on February 23, 2019, 10:21:23 AM
I lost about a pound, consisting of balls and blood!

Quote from: Dietlind on February 23, 2019, 10:21:23 AM
I lost about a pound, consisting of balls and blood!

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on February 23, 2019, 04:46:09 PM
I hope the discomfort goes away soon.

Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 25, 2019, 09:34:24 AM
Thank you. My knee feels good as new.

Even better today at my weigh in I was 188 pounds

Quote from: Dietlind on February 25, 2019, 09:39:44 AM
Just rub it in lady!  Here I sit, and can only walk as if I have my underwear soiled!  All that packing in there makes it look like this, and forces me to hobble around with my legs spread pretty wide!
At least, my appetite is also quite reduced, so I eat less!

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 25, 2019, 09:34:24 AM
Thank you. My knee feels good as new.

Even better today at my weigh in I was 188 pounds

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 27, 2019, 07:29:48 AM
A few months ago I couldn't weigh that if I fasted all day, drank nothing and ran around in my birthday suit so I'm absolutely elated.

Quote from: Dietlind on February 27, 2019, 09:07:54 AM
I bed that birthday outfit suits you much better now than it did  a few month ago!  >:-)

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 27, 2019, 09:33:15 AM
I guess it does I wasn't trying to imply anything graphic just place an emphasis on how far I have come. :)

Quote from: Dietlind on February 27, 2019, 09:36:04 AM
I did not think it was any graphic, but I know from own experience that a birthing suit with less weight stuffed into it, looks way better!

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 28, 2019, 09:26:04 AM
I thought I escaped winter weather. :(

Quote from: Dietlind on February 28, 2019, 10:41:15 AM
The only way you can be sure you did that, is if you live in Florida south of Orlando - Tampa line.  I think that is the only area in the US (maybe around Sand Diego, too?) in which Winter means, it is around 60 degrees!

Quote from: NatalieRene on February 28, 2019, 10:56:32 AM
I was born in San Diego at the Naval hospital. :)

Quote from: Dietlind on February 28, 2019, 11:24:55 AM
I know that place, I taught a seminar there.  You should have stayed, at least you could have been out of the cold weather!

Quote from: Alaskan Danielle on February 28, 2019, 12:27:04 PM
@NatalieRene
Dear Natalie:
Great news for you...  187.4 pounds yesterday....

...... If I may ask, what is today's weight? ???

Keep doing what you are doing...  it's working!!
Hugs,
Danielle

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 01, 2019, 07:35:17 AM
Happy days! I'm under 187 pounds and 186.9. ;D

My HRT checkup is in the afternoon today so it will be interesting to see my doctors reaction.

Quote from: Alaskan Danielle on March 01, 2019, 10:41:06 AM
@NatalieRene
Wonderful!!!   Steady progress... keep focused and determined...  186 pounds now!!!
weight loss can be a slow process but usually when losing weight slowly and steadily it will be easier to keep it off and is better than fast weight loss which may backfire later on.

I will be eagerly looking for your report after your doctor's appointment.
Hugs,
Danielle

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 07, 2019, 06:13:01 PM
Sorry about the lack of weigh ins. I have been very swamped at work and sore so I have not weighed in until now. However now I am over the moon because when I weighed in I was 183.8 pounds! This is also not my normal time for weighing in s so I'm probably heavier now then I was in the morning so yay!

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 12, 2019, 09:17:01 AM
182.9! Yes I'm under 183 pounds.

Quote from: Alaskan Danielle on March 12, 2019, 09:23:40 AM
@NatalieRene
Dear Natalie:
Wowzers!!!!   
You are now under 183 pounds. :) :o

It was just 3 weeks ago on February 15th that you finally got below 190 pounds!!!
7 pound weight loss in just a few weeks!!!   You go, girl. 
 
Fantastic weight loss progress....
Kudos to you.
Stay focused and stay determined!!

Thank you sharing!!
Hugs,
Danielle

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 13, 2019, 07:32:14 AM
Thanks everyone. Sometimes it feels like it is happening at a glacier's pace. I suppose I should be grateful. Like today I lost .4 pounds and weighed in at 182.5 pounds but I really want to be at my target weight now.

The one thing that has been helping is looking at the monthly averages so I can gauge where I could be if I keep on track. In November my average was 221.93 pounds. That is 39.43 pounds heavier then now. If I look at things like that it helps but still.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 13, 2019, 07:32:14 AM
Thanks everyone. Sometimes it feels like it is happening at a glacier's pace. I suppose I should be grateful. Like today I lost .4 pounds and weighed in at 182.5 pounds but I really want to be at my target weight now.

Quote from: Dietlind on March 13, 2019, 08:35:17 AM
If you continue like this, pretty soon you need to hop in the shower around in order to get wet!  >:-)

You are doing great girl!  Still admire your strength in doing this!

Quote from: Karen_A on March 13, 2019, 09:03:43 PM
The lower you get the slower the weight loss will be...Unfortunate but usually true.

How did you decide on a target weight? BMI?

That is what I find difficult to decide on for myself... but I have some special challenges... Many years ago before starting HRT I was a hair under 6ft... but I have scoliosis so if my spine had been straight I would have been a bit taller... but over the years I have shrunk down to 5'7" due to age and other spinal issues...

Right now I'm about 180lb (at one time years ago i was 370lbs - more recently in the 230-250lbs range ) and want to lose more ... So all that taken together  (and the fact that I have a big frame) leaves no idea on what  the lowest healthy weight I should shoot for would be ... Right now I weigh less than in High School!

So how did you choose your goal?

- karen

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 16, 2019, 12:47:55 PM
It has been a tough second half of the week and over the course of three or so days I have lost a grand total of .1 pounds. :( I guess a loss of weight is a loss of weight but dang. My caloric intake has been roughly 1000 to 1100 a day and I have been burning 2800+ calories a day. I should be losing weight. The only thing I can figure is I am retaining water.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 17, 2019, 11:19:18 AM
Don't give up Jessica. The trick is sticking to it.

I think I broke through my plateau. I weighed in this morning at 181.9 pounds. So I'm officially no longer over 182 pounds!

Interesting enough I discovered a young persons group for twenty something trans people in the Dallas area. Too bad I'm in my late thirties. :/

Quote from: Alaskan Danielle on March 17, 2019, 01:55:28 PM
@NatalieRene
Dear Natalie:
Great news!!!
I am looking very forward to when you report under 180 pounds!!
It will be a glorious day for you and your supportive followers.
Hugs
Danielle

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 17, 2019, 11:19:18 AM
Don't give up Jessica. The trick is sticking to it.

I think I broke through my plateau. I weighed in this morning at 181.9 pounds. So I'm officially no longer over 182 pounds!

Interesting enough I discovered a young persons group for twenty something trans people in the Dallas area. Too bad I'm in my late thirties. :/

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 21, 2019, 08:27:21 AM
At my weigh in today I was 181.4 pounds. It looks like I'm on track to be under 181 pounds this weekend. ;D

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 22, 2019, 08:23:10 AM
Yay under 181 at 180.8 pounds. Now I'm hoping I'll be under 180 pounds by the end of the weekend.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 22, 2019, 09:24:52 AM
The hard way is the only way but it's not really that hard it just requires self control.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 22, 2019, 09:24:52 AM
Thanks Danielle and ChrissyRyan. It really helps having support.

Another person outside of the forums has been losing their own weight too. I found out yesterday that she has developed loose skin from losing her weight too fast. She was also doing the keito thing. I feel bad that she has the loose skin but I'm also glad I don't.

I have passed her by on weight loss, have no loose skin and continue to lose weight. I keep trying to tell her stop the fad dieting and simply cut your calories but eat balanced meals and exercise.

The take away is there are no shortcuts. The hard way is the only way but it's not really that hard it just requires self control.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 22, 2019, 09:24:52 AM
Another person outside of the forums has been losing their own weight too. I found out yesterday that she has developed loose skin from losing her weight too fast.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 23, 2019, 04:16:37 PM
I've been meaning to post this today but it's been a busy day. My weigh in today was 180.3 pounds. I am crossing my fingers that tomorrow I will weigh in under 180 pounds.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 23, 2019, 04:16:37 PM
I've been meaning to post this today but it's been a busy day. My weigh in today was 180.3 pounds. I am crossing my fingers that tomorrow I will weigh in under 180 pounds.

Quote from: Jessica_K on March 24, 2019, 12:26:34 PM
You are aiming a little lower than me 140lbs? I'm looking for 146lbs. I started at 217lbs back in October so 61Lbs in 6months. But the last 10lbs has been very slow and I guess the next 8 will be even slower. I am pretty much in a routine now and I do not have any target date other than perhaps around October so hopefully I will get there by then

Jessica

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 24, 2019, 10:46:47 AM
You're very close to you goal Jessica. You can do it!

I weighed in this morning earlier and I was 179.7 pounds! I'm a little further from my goal then you but I'm edging in bit by bit. I have ~39.7 pounds to go. Since starting on my weight loss journey I have lost 56.7 pounds over the course of just about five months.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 24, 2019, 10:46:47 AM
You're very close to you goal Jessica. You can do it!

I weighed in this morning earlier and I was 179.7 pounds! I'm a little further from my goal then you but I'm edging in bit by bit. I have ~39.7 pounds to go. Since starting on my weight loss journey I have lost 56.7 pounds over the course of just about five months.

Quote from: Jessica_K on March 24, 2019, 12:26:34 PM
You are aiming a little lower than me 140lbs? I'm looking for 146lbs. I started at 217lbs back in October so 61Lbs in 6months. But the last 10lbs has been very slow and I guess the next 8 will be even slower. I am pretty much in a routine now and I do not have any target date other than perhaps around October so hopefully I will get there by then

Jessica

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 26, 2019, 08:01:44 AM
Great news, today I weighed in at 179 pounds. Tomorrow I'm sure I will be in the 178.x range. I'm elated. That's a loss of 7.9 pounds so far this month with about a month. My guess is probably this month I'm looking at losing 9 pounds. That is not bad for getting down to the hard to lose pounds.

One of my tricks for getting my body to burn calories is when it starts to go into a conserve calories mode I give it a juicy bacon cheese burger and fries. Health wise it is a horrible meal. But my body goes oh happy times are hear and if I keep my exercise up and go back to my normal diet the body happily burns more calories faster. It's like dropping fuel in the fire. That and I only drink water and I try to drink roughly 60ml a day. The body needs hydration to burn calories.

Quote from: Alaskan Danielle on March 26, 2019, 11:33:29 AM
@NatalieRene
Dear Natalie:
I am rejoicing with you ... 179 pounds ! ... and wonderful accomplishment for sure.

Hmmm, a typo I am certain:  I am hoping that you drink more than 60ml a day...
... that is only 2 ounces or 1/4  Cup ....    I am thinking that you meant 6 liters (a little over 6 quarts) perhaps which sounds closer to the right amount of good hydration.

Keep the reports coming....  I am rooting for you.
Hugs,
Danielle

Quote from: JanePlain on March 27, 2019, 02:52:18 AM
I've been trying to change the 2 in 2xx lbs to a 1.  I'm on the cusp.  some mornnings I am at the 199 or less but I'm still long term determined to get it to 175 again.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 27, 2019, 08:26:05 AM
Thank you everyone. Today I weighed in at 178.7 pounds so now I am officially under 179 pounds.


If you're serious you just need to give up chips, sweets, pop and snacks and eat better food with moderate portion control. A good diet (not the losing weight diet, remember this is a permanent life style change not temporary) and exercise will help the weight fall off.

Quote from: Dietlind on March 27, 2019, 08:27:57 AM
I am on my second day of a slightly modified Atkins die now!  Want to se if that will do the trick!  I did it years ago to initiate my big weight loss, it worked well for me!

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 27, 2019, 09:37:20 AM
You can do it. ;D

Quote from: Dietlind on March 27, 2019, 02:08:04 PM
I hope so!  But I am not as determined as you are!

Quote from: Dietlind on March 27, 2019, 02:08:04 PM
I hope so!  But I am not as determined as you are!

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 27, 2019, 03:17:03 PM
Not with that attitude. ;)

Quote from: Dietlind on March 27, 2019, 03:20:37 PM
I was out for lunch with some friends today, and i stayed strong!  Not a single fry made it onto my plate, just fish and veggies, like Dr. Atkins wanted me to do!

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 27, 2019, 04:25:05 PM
Excellent and fish is good. I had some cod for lunch.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 27, 2019, 06:31:39 PM
I like fish but I also like beef.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 27, 2019, 10:32:38 PM
I do too. The worst part is I know these animals are intelligent but I have developed a taste for them and it is so easy to forget that a burger has remains of a cow in it.

I do have some good news. I just noticed that my size 12 jeans are starting to get a little loose in the waist but nice and snug in the hips. This bodes well as I lose weight.

Quote from: Dietlind on March 28, 2019, 07:17:35 AM
That sounds really great!

I think I can't go by weight alone, because I am still fighting the edema in my legs and feet.  I don't know what of my weight is water, and what is fat!
The doc doubled the diuretic I am taking, which means, my nights are getting shorter because of the pit stops!
I seem to loose some fat around my middle, I have the ,biased, opinion that I can see something that could resemble a waist of some sorts.
I also need for two of my size 14 pants a belt now, to keep them on me and not on the ground!  The stupid thing is that I need size 14 because of the length of the legs, unless I want to buy at specialty stores.  I think a belt will be my best friend for a while!
I wonder how much Atkins will peel off of my waste?  I finally want to do away with those love handles and the remains of my male gut (has never been really much, but it still looks different than a female gut).  My only concern is that I might even look taller when I am slimmer, and I don't want to give up walking on heels!  For me, 2" heels seem to be most comfortable, even more so than flat loafer type shoes.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 29, 2019, 07:53:46 AM
Excellent news for today. I was 178.2 pounds and my waist is down from 41 inches to 40.5.

Quote from: Jessica_K on March 28, 2019, 01:22:25 AM
Wow I don't log in for a couple of days and your progress is super Natalie.
I agree with you about the small mods to the diet making differences I changed my breakfast and I am on the move again. Just,just 1 lb short of going under the 11st mark 154lb. That will put me into the final straight

To all of us that are trying so hard to lose weight, keep up the good work

Jessica

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 29, 2019, 07:53:46 AM
Excellent news for today. I was 178.2 pounds and my waist is down from 41 inches to 40.5.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 30, 2019, 10:38:51 AM
Thanks ChrissyRyan =)

It seems like I'm hitting a stride now because today I weighed in at 177.4 pounds. My goal now is this weekend to be under 177 pounds before I go to work Monday morning. Hopefully that should be more then possible.

Quote from: Dietlind on March 30, 2019, 11:04:03 AM
I hope so, too!  Cause the way you are moving down, is still amazing to me!  It is not that long ago that you were heavier than I, and look at you now, a feather that can almost be blown away in the wind.
And even more amazing, you start to look the way I like a lot! (like in those older pics of you)

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on March 30, 2019, 11:55:44 AM
Natalie,

You are doing so well!

Chrissy

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 30, 2019, 12:53:58 PM
Yeah I know. In my depression I really let myself go. Thankfully I'm getting closer to where I was now.

I don't know if I get blown around in the wind quite that easily. I'm still over thirty pounds from my goal but at least it's not over fifty pounds anymore.

I assume you're talking about my new photos. Why wouldn't I start to look like my younger self again or do you mean because it doesn't look like I've aged much? I can see a difference but I know it is drastically less then other people I know. People I knew from high school are starting to look old and me who was a year older then all of them looks younger. I don't get carded anymore but the interns at work thought I was a recent hire out of college and where asking me what the starting pay is.

Quote from: Dietlind on March 30, 2019, 03:52:47 PM
I think many of us trans women look younger than our cis peers, I don't know exactly why, but I think it is that we take better care of ourselves, and probably have a younger attitude.

The picture of you I like most is the old one in which you stand in jeans and a shirt on, and I think that you start to look like this again.  It's the flair that comes out of that picture that just speaks to me!

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 30, 2019, 05:39:31 PM
You really like that picture. I'm glad I'm starting to loo better again. Maybe by this summer.

Quote from: Dietlind on March 30, 2019, 05:53:27 PM
I really like it.  if i would have been single in those days, and would come across you, I would have tried to date you! (actually, i would still do that today  >:-))  You are just simply very attractive to me!

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 30, 2019, 06:38:12 PM
You would have had a lot of competition back then.  ;D

Quote from: Dietlind on March 30, 2019, 06:56:44 PM
I was always told that I was a very good looking guy with real good manners (don't forget, I was mostly female emotionally for all my life)  I knew what made the ladies tick!  >:-)

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 30, 2019, 07:57:41 PM
So this is what really happened in the movie What Woman Want.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 31, 2019, 05:21:28 PM
This mornings weigh in was 176.5 pounds. I'm quite pleased and now I'm hopeful to be below 170 pounds in a couple weeks.

Quote from: NatalieRene on March 31, 2019, 05:21:28 PM
This mornings weigh in was 176.5 pounds. I'm quite pleased and now I'm hopeful to be below 170 pounds in a couple weeks.

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 01, 2019, 08:09:44 AM
Well I'm up a bit today at 176.8 pounds. However I weighed in when I got up at 6:30am as opposed to 9am yesterday when I woke up on Sunday. So I think overall I maintained my weight loss over the weekend.

I think .9 pounds in a week is doable so I'm confident I can be in the 175.9 pounds range by this weekend. The real test is next week when I'm at a educational conference filled with snacks, pop and free food. It will be a real test of will power.

Quote from: Dietlind on April 01, 2019, 08:49:28 AM
The Mayo Clinic considers a loss of 1 pound a week as a healthy weight loss!
You go girl!  I am routing for you!

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 01, 2019, 09:15:34 AM
My research (amateur) indicated to me it was ok to aim for more initially as long as I maintained my intake of vitamins, protein and other vital nutrients but as the weight gets closer to the goal the body has less and less to burn so it Is best to slow the loss down.

I'm willing to take it nice and slow now too in order to give me skin time to contract. I don't want streatch marks or to be loose. So far so good even if that means I won't be at my goal until around August this year.

Quote from: Dietlind on April 01, 2019, 10:07:49 AM
Who cares if you are at your goal a month or two later?  As long as you can avoid the dreaded stretch marks or flabby skin!  You are young enough for your skin to go back into its original shape, it just needs some time for doing it!

After all, I want you to look good in your future pics!  >:-)

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 01, 2019, 10:23:30 AM
At some point I'm sure you'll see me posing next to my shiny new 2020 VW Golf GTI Cup or maybe even the R.

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 02, 2019, 09:50:31 AM
No news to report today because my crappy scales said I weighed more then I weighed last night. Unless while I was sleeping I left my apartment and ate a metric ton of food the scale I'm using is an absolute price of junk.

Needless to say today started off on the wrong foot and the other aspects today have been just as bad. I just want to go back to bed.

Quote from: Dietlind on April 02, 2019, 08:02:44 PM
I see in you the future owner of a balance beam scale.  Should have bought it when we recommended it to you, but you wanted to waste your money on the fancy electronic stuff!

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 03, 2019, 10:54:12 AM
Yeah but I didn't have $300 to spend at the time. Now I just hate my scale.

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 07, 2019, 10:07:51 AM
I think I am going to have to buy a scale. The one I had exploded into a million pieces a few days ago when I stepped onto it. It was very depressing because it made me feel like I was a metric ton.

I have a Wii Fit U so I used it to measure me and it says I'm just under 180 which is super double depressing. The only good news is that my waistline is down to 39.5 inches so I know that I am still losing weight. I need to just get a beam scale when I have the money. If the wii fit U can at least help me see the downward trend I'll be content for now.

Quote from: CynthiaAnn on April 12, 2019, 08:54:08 AM
Very nice Natalie  :) you can break through that plateau...

Keep it up !!

C -

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 12, 2019, 08:41:31 AM
After my week of training and good food I weighed in this morning at 8AM at 175.2 pounds. So it seems I managed to lose a little bit of weight over the course of the week and am very happy.

Quote from: Dietlind on April 12, 2019, 09:54:10 AM
I was at Costco yesterday and found a weight Watchers scale there for about $20.  It looks very well done, and tares it self out each time prior to measuring.  I bought it, and compared it to my known pretty accurate scale.  It is consistently about 1/2 pound less than my good one.  As long as it is consistent, I don't care!

You might want to take a look at this scale, low cost and pretty good!

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 12, 2019, 10:00:00 AM
Is it made out of glass. If so that was probably the one that blew up and sent glass all over my apartment.

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 12, 2019, 03:12:12 PM
If it has the white in clear with a vertical ww and a biggish lcd then that is the one I had and it broke from normal usage. I'd rather not get another one of them.

Quote from: Dietlind on April 12, 2019, 03:25:54 PM
Here  I sit with the scale on my legs.  A roughly 5/8" thick glass plate is sitting on top of a silver colored fame,  The top side of the frame is pretty wide and contains the back lit display, which shines through the glass.  A small WW is silkscreen printed at the bottom of the glass plate.  Te batteries are in the right side underside of the frame.  The frame has 4 feet that are the pressure sensors.

There is no hole in the glass plate to accommodate anything, it is a solid plate sitting on top of the frame.

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 12, 2019, 09:17:15 AM
Thanks.

In a long twist of events related to Delta being crap. I had to drive from Delaware to Virginia yesterday to get to a flight that replaces the flight from Bradley that was canceled yesterday. I had to pay the rental myself. But I got to head back to my place in Virginia for a day and see my boyfriend. I fly back to Texas later today.

My boyfriend, and people I knew at training where all shocked to see how much weight I have lost. It felt good.

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 26, 2019, 07:15:37 AM
I still haven't gone to buy a new scale. Things have been super busy in the work and personal life area. I bought a new daily commuter car. The Wii Fit U balance board thing as I mentioned before is a little more conservative with its weigh ins but this morning my weigh in was a smidge under 177 at 176.7 pounds. That is half a pound since the 21st which isn't bad. Mentally I will be happier when the number is lower then what I had on the other scale but logically I know I haven't gained weight and that I have continued to lose weight.

This Saturday I am destined for a boring day at the DMV to get my I'd flipped from Virginia to Texas.

Quote from: NatalieRene on April 28, 2019, 12:47:34 PM
I'm not sure how accurate the Wii Fit U board is but this morning it said I was 173.7 pounds. So today that puts me at a BMI 25 which marks the first day in a long time that I have not been over weight. I still have roughly 35 pounds left to go but the weight loss is progressing well.

Quote from: Dietlind on April 28, 2019, 12:57:07 PM
You are going down in weight as fast, as the Cruize is going up in speed! ;D

Quote from: NatalieRene on May 02, 2019, 07:32:14 AM
Thank you both. I didn't do anything to special. I flashed Trifecta to my new Sonic and drove it around for a few miles to make sure the tune took. Other then that I was on the phone with my boyfriend planing for the packing and selling of the house and getting the dogs out here. I'll be flying out on Saturday and it all goes high gear for a week. The next step is scraping together money for shipping the pod and the rental house while the house is for sale. Hopefully it sells fast.

In other weight loss news I weighed in this morning and was down to 173 pounds. ;D

Quote from: Dietlind on May 02, 2019, 08:34:08 AM
Good luck with everything!  Is the Sonic fun to drive now?  Maybe we can talk later today?

Quote from: NatalieRene on May 02, 2019, 09:44:36 AM
It was a pleasant commuter before the tune but this morning it out paced a Dodge Charger SXT on the on ramp and did a hostile pass (ie the charger sped up as fast as possible because they decided they didn't want to get passed) where I was slightly faster from 0 to 80mph and pulled in front. Needless to say you could see the driver's shocked expression as I was passing him and it was just great. My guess, because I didn't measure, is the 0 to 60 was around 6.1 - 6.3 seconds.

This is not bad for a basic 1.4L Turbo ecotec engine.

Quote from: Dietlind on May 02, 2019, 08:31:56 PM
You are a lady, you are supposed to do passive driving!  It is all a Hp to weight relation.  I think those Chargers are a little on the heavy side!

Quote from: Jessica_K on May 03, 2019, 11:38:46 AM
You are not meant to mention being on the heavy side on a diet thread lol

Quote from: Jessica_K on May 03, 2019, 01:30:12 PM
I'm about to go electric 0-60 4.5 secs

Quote from: Dietlind on May 03, 2019, 03:57:06 PM
Do I hear a T in your future?

Quote from: Jessica_K on May 04, 2019, 12:59:41 AM
No a J. Jag I-pace, T's are nice but the x range is very expensive and the new 3 lives up to its name with at least a 3year wait for delivery in the UK

Quote from: NatalieRene on May 02, 2019, 09:44:36 AM
It was a pleasant commuter before the tune but this morning it out paced a Dodge Charger SXT on the on ramp and did a hostile pass (ie the charger sped up as fast as possible because they decided they didn't want to get passed) where I was slightly faster from 0 to 80mph and pulled in front. Needless to say you could see the driver's shocked expression as I was passing him and it was just great. My guess, because I didn't measure, is the 0 to 60 was around 6.1 - 6.3 seconds.

This is not bad for a basic 1.4L Turbo ecotec engine.

Quote from: NatalieRene on May 02, 2019, 09:44:36 AM
It was a pleasant commuter before the tune but this morning it out paced a Dodge Charger SXT on the on ramp and did a hostile pass (ie the charger sped up as fast as possible because they decided they didn't want to get passed) where I was slightly faster from 0 to 80mph and pulled in front. Needless to say you could see the driver's shocked expression as I was passing him and it was just great. My guess, because I didn't measure, is the 0 to 60 was around 6.1 - 6.3 seconds.

This is not bad for a basic 1.4L Turbo ecotec engine.

Quote from: JanePlain on May 11, 2019, 09:32:16 AM
  I wish someone would make an easy to bolt on supercharger for a 13B Rotary engine.

Quote from: Dietlind on May 11, 2019, 12:35:44 PM
Those babies were the reason that NSU/Audi did not want to play with the Wankel engine anymore!

Quote from: Dietlind on May 11, 2019, 12:35:44 PM
Wouldn't you be afraid to blow the seals out even faster than they go already!

Those babies were the reason that NSU/Audi did not want to play with the Wankel engine anymore!

Quote from: JanePlain on May 12, 2019, 11:59:50 AM
Supercharged would be scary without a lot of extra work on cooling.

But stock?  Hummm no, not worried.  Mine has 130K with excellent compression.  Its the people who don't know that the Wankel needs special care.  Off the top of my head never use normal octane / cheap gas.  Don't let the oil or coolant run low.  Don't shift and drive at low RPM.  Rev and count 5 when you turn it off to avoid flooding.  I premix 8oz of heavy marine oil in the gas because I have one of the years that didn't use enough engine oil in the fuel mix.  Never EVER use a synthetic oil. The typical drive puts gas in the car and has the oil changed when the idiot light comes on.  They can't be allowed to own an RX-8 or 7 because they will be revving it up to 9K when the engine is cold.  Letting the oil run low (Or ignore coolant loss) and boom! Its not my sister's station wagon. 

It needs a little more TLC then your typical car.  Power to weight is like UFO technology and mine does 0-60mph in 5 sec (and change)  It will beat the slower years 911 and Corvette in 0-60 and the quarter mile.  At least on paper! ;-)  Mazda had Rotary engine race cars at the 1990.91 le mans and won it in 91.  After which the Rotary engine was banned.

Quote from: Linde on May 12, 2019, 02:04:15 PM
Here we are killing Natalie's weight thread, but she likes car talk, too, and would not mind for a little bit!

I used to have the original RO 80 from NSU, just before the merged with AUDI (actually the first AUDI 100 was loosely based on this body architecture, just with the AUD Aluminum engine - I had that after the RO 80).  this vehicle was a rocket in those days, but the engine lasted only about 50,000 miles before the gaskets were gone.  They tried all kinds of different materials to improve this, but they never got this gasket wear under control.  That is the reason AUDI killed the engine, and handed it over to Mazda for a few pennies to the dollar.

Quote from: Jessica_K on May 03, 2019, 11:38:46 AM
You are not meant to mention being on the heavy side on a diet thread lol

Quote from: Linde on May 03, 2019, 12:10:36 PM
But many of the Chrysler Dodge products could stand some intense dieting to gt a decent Hp to weight relation.
Always remember not the size matters (burly V8's) but how to use the size is the real secret!
This is a wisdom an older woman can tell you from years of experience!

Quote from: Jessica_K on May 03, 2019, 01:30:12 PM
I'm about to go electric 0-60 4.5 secs

Quote from: JanePlain on May 13, 2019, 12:12:49 AM
Your right.  Sorry Natalie for the topic takeover. Your tune program sounds very cool.  I did some youtube watching and this seems to be making a lot of people smile! Back to diet update!!! *And I had a friend with an aluminum block engine that he put in a station wagon (Early form of sleeper) and street raced for pink slips.   That had an interesting power to weight ratio as well.  Which if my diet works I hope my weight to ? gets better.  I'm just stuck at 200...  Ugh! Anyway keep inspiring us Natalie! 

Quote from: NatalieRene on May 27, 2019, 12:51:42 PM

The tune program is awesome. Even better is when you drive normal the MPG goes up. Even when I use the extra umph to get around obstacles my lifetime MPG is 27MPG.

Quote from: Linde on May 27, 2019, 01:08:58 PM
And once you reached your target weight, the ratio of weight to HP will be even better!  ;D

Quote from: NatalieRene on May 27, 2019, 01:25:46 PM
Another 35.6 pounds lighter couldn't hurt but I don't see it being make or break at least for the car. Now the upgraded turbo, intake and exhaust and the ~75 more hp at the wheels will do nicely. I will need to upgrade the brakes though and the fuel injectors.

Quote from: Linde on May 27, 2019, 03:21:15 PM
How much weight will that ad?  You might want to put that car onto a diet and strip it of unneeded stuff!