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I am heavier, eight YEARS post-partum, than I was at my baby shower. Just shoot me now.
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Anonymous
| PP, what shake do you drink? Thanks. |
Anonymous
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Shake poster here.
I do the isagenix shakes, but NOT the full Isagenix program. The full program is too aggressive for me and the calories way too low. I also do not buy into the whole benefits of a cleanse. I just use their shakes because the ingredients are high quality and taste good. They are also a good carb/protein balance. MANY of the other shakes are either for body builders or too full of sugar. |
Anonymous
| has anyone found an "easy to use" calorie counting web site??? |
Anonymous
| I am in your shoes, OP, except that I can correlate the weight gain to a hysterectomy (ladies, menopause sucks). My metabolism halted. I 100% agree with the posters who said you have to cut your caloric intake - as you age, exercise alone will not drop the pounds. I am on weight watchers and love it - I have had slow but measurable weight loss on the plan (I'm averaging about 1-2 pounds per week of loss), and do not really feel deprived. I have cut out eating out a lot, though, and my portions are much smaller (and smarter - more protein, less carbs) than before I was on the plan. I try to bulk up my plate with a salad base, and then eat a small portion of what we are having for dinner on top of the salad. Breakfast is a fage yogurt or fiber cereal with skim milk. Lunch is a salad with a protein (tuna or beans) or a turkey sandwich made on a low carb flat bread with lots of veggies to male the sandwich bigger snacks are fruits and veggies only with a spoonful of peanut butter or hummus, depending on what I'm eating. I allow myself one small sweet a night. So imo I am not really "deprived." As someone else said, seeing my weight steadily drop keeps me motivated to continue. I also think the WW plan has made me more mindful of what I eat so that it will help me to achieve a sustainable change in eating habits to keep the weight off long term. Take a step - any step - whether it's starting to take walks, adding a new form of exercise to your routine, cutting portions down, join WW, whatever -- you will feel more in control immediately. |
Anonymous
www.fooddiary.com There are lots of free ones, but food diary has most of the things i eat. I used it once before extremely successfully, but now have gained some weight back about 5 years later. I signed back up for the site recently, but haven't really made up my mind to do the work to track what I am eating as I did before. PPs are right. It really is mostly about food, but it sucks! I am not even overweight (5'4" 125#), but I swear they could get 8 pounds out of my belly easy, and if I don't stop my crazy eating kick I have been on for - oh - about a year, I'll have the thighs to match soon. Hate, hate, hate this part of being mid-40s. Solidarity, ladies! Let's try to help each other eat "clean." |
Anonymous
| Let's put this in perspective. I read that Jillian Michaels eats about 2000 cal a day. She is in here late 30s and incredibly active and fit. 2000 cal maintains her weight. The NORMAL active 40+ woman has to east a lot less than that. Eating out crushes your calories. A club sandwich at Chaamps packs 1700cal alone!! Imagine Thai food! |
Anonymous
Is Jillian Michaels a woman? |
Anonymous
are you exercising, OP? I'm 39 and weigh pretty much the same as I have weighed since college. 5'8" and my weight is typically 140 if i'm not on the pill, 146 if i am. i'm at 146. I would probably be lighter if it weren't for all the damn Valentine's and Easter candy I ate recently.  I put on 54 lbs when pregnant 3 years ago, but took it off with exercise and watching what I ate.
I am reasonably careful about what I eat - I actually eat the recommended portion size, I try to get plenty of veggies in my diet, and I like lean meats instead of fatty ones and flavorful whole grains instead of too many starchy carbs. My weakness is desserts, so if I'm trying to lose a few, I have to give up sweets altogether. But I think exercise is really what makes the difference. I lift weights for 20-30 minutes 3x a week, take 2 weekly yoga classes, and do cardio every day. Cardio might be a 7-mile run, or 30 minutes on the elliptical. I also walk to a slightly further metro stop and go outside with my daughter almost every day. (and i play with her on the playground, climbing jungle gyms, swinging, etc. that is a workout too.) If you build muscle, you'll help your metabolism a lot - muscle burns more calories, even at rest. If you look at it as a normal part of your lifestyle instead of a diet that will be abandoned when you lose the weight, you will be better off. |
Anonymous
TRUST me, you are blessed. I work out 6xs a week, 3 of which are with a trainer. I cannot shead a pound without a STRICT food plan. I look great and people would probably never think that I have to watch every morsel that goes into my mouth. I can be thin on diet alone, but WILL get fat with exercise only, even at high intensities. I even BIKE to work on my "off" day from the gym. I just don't want people to think that exercise is the key to weight loss. Exercise is the key to health, but NOT weight loss. |
Anonymous
The poster did say she, that should be a clue. |
Anonymous
Ja, but she looks just exactly like a tranny in my building. |
Anonymous
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Read "Why We Get Fat" by Gary Taubes and stop eating bread, pasta, and sugar.
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Anonymous
carbs are not evil. I stay thin by exercising and eating everything in moderation. Due to how much I exercise, I need the carbs. I keep my portion of bread/rice/pasta to ONCE a day and sometimes I get no carbs from those foods, BUT I think very restrictive diets, such as the type of eating Taubes supports sets the average person up for failure. Why we get fat? Because we eat too much for the amout of physical activity we do. Simple. People just need to find out what their caloric intake is for their body focus on eating whole foods. Even the twinkie diet helped a professor of nutrition lose near 30lbs in two months, which is rapid weight loss. It boils down to calories, no one needs a book to figure that out. http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html |
Anonymous
| 10:25 PP here - oh, i know exercise alone can't keep weight off, especially after a certain age. if i get lazy with my diet, i see my weight creep up. I know that everyone's metabolism is different, and I might be lucky in some respects. Just pointing out, though, that i don't think diet alone can solve the problem, especially after a certain age. Weight-bearing exercise can help metabolism. And carbs are not the enemy, though I tell people that if you're not doing heavy cardio, you shouldn't be going crazy on carbs. |
Anonymous
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Don't give up! I am going to be 46 in a couple of months, and I've lost 10 pounds since Christmas. I cut way back on carbs, and work out four or five times a week. Weight or strength training is essential - 2X a week.
You can do it! |