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here_be_dragons

Starting Today: 165

Sep 26, 2007 21:24

Over the past couple of years, my weight has been creeping up, to the point where I can’t fit into many of my clothes anymore. I lost some of it several months ago, but gained it all back again, and then some. I’ve decided that just thinking “maybe I should eat less” is not actually a very effective diet plan, so I’m going to get more organized ( Read more... )

43 things, weight loss, health

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melissa_mifeng September 27 2007, 01:24:44 UTC

Me too!
But I am shy and my weight loss journal is on Greatest Journal.

here_be_dragons September 27 2007, 01:27:44 UTC

Heh. I thought about not posting this here, but I figured that if I came out and actually posted some numbers, it would help me stay accountable. Plus, I'll be embarrassed if I don't succeed. :D So, that's why I posted.

I didn't know you have a GJ. I have one, too, although I don't think I've ever posted anything there. :D I'm hebrideanblack over there - which is a WAY old username, one I used more than four years ago. Hilarious to think I've had that journal all this time and never used it. :)

happy_potterer September 28 2007, 19:37:39 UTC

Good luck! It does creep up, doesn't it? For the record, I think you look great as you are right now.

Putting it on LJ helped me. I know I wasn't "accountable" in that anyone here would give me shit if I gained weight, but it upped my own internal pressure to know that I was going to have to report it each week.

here_be_dragons September 28 2007, 20:19:25 UTC

Thanks. :) Honestly, I mostly think I look fine right now, too. Well, when I'm feeling good about myself anyway; if I'm grumpy, I look at my thighs and think OMG COULD I BE ANY UGLIER? But mostly, I feel pretty good even at this weight, except for that fact that I know look pregnant in some of my clothes. Which is a fantastic look when one IS pregnant; not so much otherwise, though. :D Plus, I don't want to buy new clothes. I need to eat healthier foods anyway, and I think this will help.

Yeah, I'm hoping that weekly accounting here will put some internal pressure. I'm still on the fence about Weight Watchers. I know you went to meetings; did you use their online stuff, too? You weren't buying WW food, right? You ate "regular" stuff? Any special tricks that helped you reach your goal?

happy_potterer September 28 2007, 22:26:42 UTC

No, the only WW stuff I eat is the occasional sweet thing. They sell these 1-point dark chocolate raspberry bars that are really good, though once I read the ingredients I was less wild about them . . . ! But I have no interest in the smoothies or TV dinners and have never felt pressure to buy any. They just give out coupons and the occasional sample and mention them as good low-points options sometimes.

Some things about WW that have been good for me: Weekly weighing in (as opposed to more or less often than that). . . meetings, which are sometimes dull but often have good tips from other people . . . recording everything I eat . . . most of all, learning to pay attention to how hungry I feel. A few times recently, with feeling rushed about work and baby care, I have ignored my own signals and reverted to my habit of skipping meals until I am RAVENOUS, which I had pretty much stopped doing thanks to WW. That emphasis on eating until you are satisfied, and only until then, is what has kept me from feeling hungry (or stuffed) on ( ... )

here_be_dragons October 3 2007, 12:34:25 UTC

That's definitely not more than I wanted to know. That's exactly the sort of thing I was hoping to hear. I've been working on some of these things this week. I'm bad about skipping meals, too - it's something I've done all my life. Which almost sounds like a good diet strategy :D, until I realize that I'm not eating less - I'm just eating later in the day, because I totally pig out in the evening, right before bed. Which is pretty much the worst time to eat. O_o So, I'm working on that ( ... )