The fun's over! It's time for an Easter (Sunday, March 31) Challenge!

Won't let me rep you. But thank you! This sounds like a much better website than the app I am using (the app is MyFitnessPal).

The drinking water thing: It truly works. I used to drink a bottle of juice/ or "drink" every day with my lunch (when I was in high school. My mom would buy it by the case).

I went away for a summer and didn't get to drink juice all the time (I was on a budget and mommy wasn't buying LOL). I can back many dress sizes smaller. I only drink juice or iced tea as a treat now. Pop hurts my tummy so I don't drink it at all.

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Originally Posted by walkonby

torontogal
I loved your rant! It is what many of us have experienced in various stages of reducing. So the calorie tracking app, that is so coincidental that just on May 3rd I did the exact same thing ( well on my desk top I mean, registered to a free site called Everyday Health.com ) which tracks what you've eaten as you enter it and lets you know what is available to eat for the rest of the day.
I am not sure I agree with some of the values they state for certain foods, ( eg: 1 cup cucumber 8 calories, 1 cup cucumber peeled 10 calories ! how does peeling it make it a higher value? ) BUT I do love that each food is broken down into everything it contains. So not just calories, but sugar, fat, carb, fibre, cholesterol, sodium and proteins.
Once you decide what calorie amount you want for your plan ( I chose 1100 per day ) it then lets you know how much of each of the other things that 1100 calories should consist of, so certain %'s of fats.proteins, carbs, fibre etc and if you choose bad food low in calorie you are going to go over the nutritional calculations laid out.

I hope I am making sense to you. You are doing plenty of things right! Congrats on that ( the water, exercise, the veggie choice over fruit! SAME as me, the elimination of junky or restaurant type meals. ) so something else may be causing your stall in weight loss. If you want to check out the site where I track mine, have a look and see if it might be a better fit for what you want to do as you lose.

here is the link
http://www.everydayhealth.com/member...s%2fjournal#/1

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Mind if I join? I used to be very fit and health conscious but due to work challenges (read as constant change) and always feeling stressed I've been having more wine every week and doing little to zero exercise .... and gradually over the last 4-5 years I have seen as much weight gain as when I was full-term pregnant. Pretty scary. Gradually I find that less and less fits and not just snug but well ... you get the picture :)

This last couple of weeks I have been looking for a way to re-motivate. I've tried Jenny Crack in the past and it does work for me with one big drawback - too much frozen meals which have way too much sodium. I have high BP and have to be conscious of salt/sodium. I go crazy reading labels as stuff either has too many calories, too high in fat or sugar - or sodium.... can't win.

So last wednesday I bought a fitness pass for 1 month - it gives access to every fitness/recreation centre in Victoria - both the fitness rooms and the drop in classes. And knowing how frugal I am I am also excited that it's only $25 for a month of unlimited access. I'm feeling excited and really trying to make it work. Today at 5:00pm I quickly changed at work and left promptly to get to a 5:30 class... Usually I don't get out of there until 6-6:30 and by the time I get home I'm hungry and lack energy.

Tomorrow I will come home first and then head to a different centre for a different type of class. I know I have to change my caloric intake/portion size....but baby steps.

I think this is a fabulous idea for a thread to motivate and encourage each other to get healthier. Only found it because walkonby commented on a fitness/health brag. So thanks Walkonby :flowers:.... ps how's retirement?

Dahlia

So true re calorie counters...the thing is, you still have to stick to the required number of servings of each food in a day. For instance, I'm on 3 protein, 4 starch, 3 fruit, 4 vegetable, 1 dairy, 2 fat and one snack of 100 calories. That's what I'm on, on Herbal Magic and oh, my, it works!!

Walks, re the cucumber thing: do you think that perhaps removing the 'ruffage' or fibre part of the cucumber means that it's more quickly absorbed with little 'work' (ie fuel burning) involved? Just wondering....

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Originally Posted by dahliagrower

Mind if I join? I used to be very fit and health conscious but due to work challenges (read as constant change) and always feeling stressed I've been having more wine every week and doing little to zero exercise .... and gradually over the last 4-5 years I have seen as much weight gain as when I was full-term pregnant. Pretty scary. Gradually I find that less and less fits and not just snug but well ... you get the picture :)

This last couple of weeks I have been looking for a way to re-motivate. I've tried Jenny Crack in the past and it does work for me with one big drawback - too much frozen meals which have way too much sodium. I have high BP and have to be conscious of salt/sodium. I go crazy reading labels as stuff either has too many calories, too high in fat or sugar - or sodium.... can't win.

So last wednesday I bought a fitness pass for 1 month - it gives access to every fitness/recreation centre in Victoria - both the fitness rooms and the drop in classes. And knowing how frugal I am I am also excited that it's only $25 for a month of unlimited access. I'm feeling excited and really trying to make it work. Today at 5:00pm I quickly changed at work and left promptly to get to a 5:30 class... Usually I don't get out of there until 6-6:30 and by the time I get home I'm hungry and lack energy.

Tomorrow I will come home first and then head to a different centre for a different type of class. I know I have to change my caloric intake/portion size....but baby steps.

I think this is a fabulous idea for a thread to motivate and encourage each other to get healthier. Only found it because walkonby commented on a fitness/health brag. So thanks Walkonby :flowers:.... ps how's retirement?

Dahlia

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Hi and welcome Dahlia!

Glad I could inspire another " loser " to jump onto our boat! ( not to worry there is no maximum load )
We all fight the same cravings, ups and downs. It really makes a huge difference to be here chatting, sharing and just knowing in those " dark " times when the bad foods call your name.....you are not alone.
What an awesome deal on that fitness membership!

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Originally Posted by torontogal12

I downloaded a calorie tracking app and I hate it! It groups all calories in as the same. Fruit is grouped the same as chocolate. Ummmm no. Useless... I actually love eating bowls of veggies but hate fruit.The fruit we have in Canada in winter is sub, sub sub par and I find I buy it trying to be healthy but I can't eat it because it's yucky.

I don't own a scale but my clothes still don't fit. I go on the exercise bike 3x a week and I am getting MORE cellulite. I gained a ton of weight last year because I had a foot injury and couldn't walk for about a year. Now my feet are better but I can't get rid of the weight. I drink litres and litres of water a day (I always have). I don't drink pop. I don't like chips. I am not in the habit of eating a lot of junk food and I don't go out to eat much. Why is this happening?

Thanks for listening to my rant :(

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What is your eating pattern like? The old diabetic diet (not sure what it's called now) had folks eating smaller portions regularly. For example for me, breakfast consisted of a slice of toast with PB and a small glass of milk or juice. Then a couple of hours later, a snack (fruit or yogurt). Then lunch (sandwich with a salad). A couple of hours later, another snack (usually carrot sticks for me). Then dinner with protein, starch & veggies. Finally a bedtime snack (fruit, yogurt, veggies, even a small sandwich - whatever you'd like, depending on how much activity you'd had and whether you're likely to get hungry in the middle of the night you might want something to tide you over).

The theory behind this plan, was to try to keep blood sugar on an even keel, by making one's metabolism keep working.

One problem I have had in the past (& the weight used to come off when I would realize my mistake) is to make sure you're getting enough calories in. If you don't eat enough, your body thinks it needs to store calories as fat.

Hope this helps. :)

I use a website called sparkspeople to track my food intake. Not only does it count calories but also grams of carbs, protein and fat and it works for any diet plan. I really like it as you can save groupings of food and your own recipes. You can even copy meals from one day to the next without having to re enter it again (helpful for breakfasts which tend to be the same for me all week). There are also other trackers on the website for weight loss and exercise too.

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Originally Posted by bobbiegirl2010

I use a website called sparkspeople to track my food intake. Not only does it count calories but also grams of carbs, protein and fat and it works for any diet plan. I really like it as you can save groupings of food and your own recipes. You can even copy meals from one day to the next without having to re enter it again (helpful for breakfasts which tend to be the same for me all week). There are also other trackers on the website for weight loss and exercise too.

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yes! I looked at that one a while back when I was unfamiliar about putting my info in, if I recall I got confused by that one and walked away, but maybe I was just not in the right frame of mind to try it.
everydayhealth sounds very similar to sparkspeople and I like that they list everything else too ( nutrients and such ) not just calories.
We are on our way bobbiegirl2010

I've done sparkpeople too, but now that I'm on HM I have to track for my meetings with them..

So...I've maintained this past week in spite of my evil ways, and will be returning to HM tomorrow for my weigh-in before this over indulgent phase of mine really gets out of hand! I feel frumpy, even though I've only (?!) put about 6lbs back on. WHY does it have to go to one's tummy?!! PHhhtt!!

Lynn we feel your pain..............


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but once your back at HM this will be but a memory!

Walks, Walks....you are a wonder!! What did you google to get that perfect pic of me and my tummy issues?~:tongue:

I pick the CHEESE!!! :biggrin: And the ICE-CREAM!!


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Anyone? Anyone??

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Anyone? Anyone??

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The answer to all our problems!! Can we order them online?? :biggrin:

You first, Sweetie....Good morning!!! :sweet:

hello losers!! I have gotten a real burst of renewed hope and energy!! Thanks Lynn for strongly suggesting that I go back to journalling, recording, tracking the food that goes in each day. That site I use to track has somehow just kept me more disciplined. I am confident that by Friday I will see another good loss!