I weighed myself this weekend, and I'm 199 Pounds! I had gained a few from my old low of 200 and finally beat it back and am now continuing with my weight loss ( Read more... )

I weighed myself a few days ago.. and I've lost 25 Pounds so far. I weighed in at 205 Pounds.

I told my mother and sister about it, and they suddenly became "converts" and wanted to know how I did it.
Well, I'd been telling them this whole time but I suppose they were just listening politely before, you know like when someone shows you their ( Read more... )

Just a short note to say I have lost 20 Lbs since Christmas.

One of the HUGE problems I'd always had was watching my hunger spike through the roof every time I began an exercise program.

So much so that like Pavlov's dog, I felt like I was being punished for exercising by losing my willpower to resist eating every time I tried to to the "right thing" by exercising.

"Sedentary Hungry Me" was far more easy to ( Read more... )

The protein thing is definitely a step in the right direction.
I recently posted about increasing my protein intake per meal.

• When I initially reviewed my protein intake it was between 9 and 20+ grams of protein per meal.
• So I increased the minimum to 15 grams. It helped my hunger go down a lot but I was still having the occasional heavy cravings.
• ( Read more... )

Well over the holidays I slid, and started to sneak in Fast Food lunches and soft drinks.  I  am pleased to report that since the new year I have stayed away from fast food and am not bringing my meals to work and drinking my hot tea with sweet & low, and have switched to a lower sugar/higher protein variety of nature valley bars. I pretty much ( Read more... )

I occasionally post about my struggles with my weight... I truly believe that when they were handing out the self-discipline gene on portion control I was off somewhere else looking at something shiny ( Read more... )

Well, I had to work late, and we ended up going to China Moon buffet for dinner ( Read more... )

At least for part of the past weekend I've eaten healthy - i.e simply and from scratch to eliminate (at least temporarily) my allergies ( Read more... )

I was talking with a subcontractor at work who complained that since his workplace insurance went tobacco free, that he has gained 50 pounds in 9 months. (He was on the large & flabby side - his job is testing related and they guys in that field are all huge) and he was still gaining (although i'm not sure how fast.

I did some quick calculations and ( Read more... )