Well, if you are going from a position of little veggies to one of more then that can only be a positive thing all else being equal. So yah, a move from fatty meat and no veg to lean meat and lots of veg is a step in the right direction. Just like switching from butter to olive oil is good for you. Lean meat and olive oil aren't inherently good for you but they are far better than other fatty alternatives. Good luck with that.

Thanks!  I can't give up meat entirely so lean meat is what I mainly stick with already...I just need to eat a little bit more than I have been and not eat what I keep eating.

I'm also giving up coke after today, which is the only soda I like so I just need to develop a taste for water.

I'm just glad you guys didn't break out into a full on fight over diet. It would have driven me straight to the King China All-You-Can-Eat Buffet to drown my despair with food.

Quote from: Madelyn on January 26, 2011, 02:48:02 PM
I'm just glad you guys didn't break out into a full on fight over diet. It would have driven me straight to the King China All-You-Can-Eat Buffet to drown my despair with food.

I couldn't fight over someone's diet even if I wanted to because people are different and prefer different things, and how a person eats is one of those.

Quote from: LukasGabriel on January 26, 2011, 01:38:19 PM


I'm also giving up coke after today, which is the only soda I like so I just need to develop a taste for water.

Let me know how you get on with this one as i am thinking ive got to give up coke as well. Can't drink coffee anymore as giving up smoking is playing havoc with the taste of that so water is about my only option left

Quote from: James instead of Al on January 27, 2011, 06:32:33 PM
Let me know how you get on with this one as i am thinking ive got to give up coke as well. Can't drink coffee anymore as giving up smoking is playing havoc with the taste of that so water is about my only option left

I don't know about where you are but here for the same price as coke you have lots of tasty options such as soya smoothies and low-sugar fruit and veg juice drinks. Have you also tried oat milk, rice milk or nut milk? I love my choccy oaty drink!

I'm back down to 311.  I'm thankful that I made it back down that far, because of what I've been eating the past 2 weeks with my friend Jamie here.  But either way, Yay for being down to 311. 

Quote from: sigmafan on January 28, 2011, 11:46:07 AM
I'm back down to 311.  I'm thankful that I made it back down that far, because of what I've been eating the past 2 weeks with my friend Jamie here.  But either way, Yay for being down to 311.

And good luck continuing!

I am up to 220.4 .... I have been very depressed so not doing much of anything .. just going through the motions of life

However, this week our office started a weight loss challenge ... the winner gets $125 ... it starts next week ... I joined ... money is a good motivator for me

Quote from: Rob on January 28, 2011, 12:16:38 PM
I am up to 220.4 .... I have been very depressed so not doing much of anything .. just going through the motions of life

However, this week our office started a weight loss challenge ... the winner gets $125 ... it starts next week ... I joined ... money is a good motivator for me

Reminds me of the episode of The Office with the same idea. Good luck!

Good job Sigmafan. Hang in there Rob and Madelyn because giving up works even less and hey, money is a good motivator to get you to start better habits, and once you adopt a healthy habit it's easy because it's a habit. And welcome LukasGabriel, regan, MeghanAndrews and the others, nice to have more motivated and positive people here. Make sure you stick around and check in weekly. Together we can totally lose it.

My weekly check in:

So after losing 12lbs. in 6 weeks and then being on a plateau for 6 weeks at 177lbs. I finally dropped another pound!
Yay for 176!

Jennifer

Jennifer that's awesome that you lost another pound. I seem still stuck right here around 190. Today I weighed 190.8 which is 1.2lb above my lowest a couple weeks back. Grrrr I hate these plateaus.

Hopefully I'll see another drop really soon, that would be so great. I've been being good on calories, but I think maybe I need to add a bit of physical exercise to the mix to help.

Thanks Madelyn, I like your pretty flower avatar. I'm shoveling tons of snow for extra calorie burning so I am hoping for a good check-in this Friday. And welcome Lance, great to see you join us losers. You are so right, the encouragement and accountability has helped to keep me on track, I hope it helps you too.

Jennifer

I have some good news. This morning I was 188.8lbs. A new low for me! I'm very happy to see that I've come down a little more, I was so worried there because I was just hanging around at 190 forever (like a couple weeks basically).

It's easy to lose courage when I get stuck like that. I hope it keeps coming off this week!

Well, I'm down to 154.0 as of this morning. I think it's attributed to some health issues I'm having but we'll see. Mid 140's, I have my eyes on you

And now, I'm down to 310.  Another pound lost, and I'm doing it the right way.  Water, working out, and cutting out some wasteful food.

Madelyn, Meghan and sigmafan that's totally cool! Good for you. And I have gone down from 176 to 175.6. Not a lot but I am happy with that. Slow, steady and healthy. Good luck to all the rest of you motivated people!

Jennifer

After finding out I had gained 7 or 8 pounds in my time over in England (putting me at 175 lbs), I have lost 1.5 lbs.   I started to actually get more active :shock: (this mainly means playing on my Wii Fit right now and playing indoors with the dog because we have an Arctic Freeze occurring and it makes going outside painful for me) on Tuesday.  I couldn't get back onto the Wii today because my calves hated me for having done a couple of the games. xD  And I got my PokeWalker to work, which is a lot of fun and encourages me to walk more because I get to open up neat stuff while using it.

So...I'm now at about 173 and I just need to get down to 155!  Slowly, slowly going down in weight!  And having a blast, especially since I remembered why I love strawberries.

Hi Lance,
   
     I am not familiar with calorie shifting but as you can see I am on this plateau. Please enlighten us if you can. :

Jennifer

Quote from: Lance M. on February 05, 2011, 06:32:32 PM
i will definitely put my progress with calorie shifting up here as time goes on. provided i stick to it. i hate counting calories, i wish i was bigger and stronger so that i could just control portions and work out harder.

I'm not certain what you mean.  I'm trying to eat a 1500 calorie diet at the most (sometimes I'm a little over and sometimes I'm a little under), while keeping up with eating good foods (and sometimes not-so-good foods. XD college student and all).

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/  is good for setting a certain amount of calories and setting a goal weight.  And it's free.