weight loss, diet, and fitness thread
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Side note to Harmon
I had this same problem when I first got married. I like cooking. I like cooking for Joe and that is part of how I show my affection for him. He likes my food and he likes that I feel good when I feed him and letting me feed him is part of how he shows his affection for me. That's how I fattened him up so good in such a short time.
Eventually, we recognized our own and each other's role in the cycle and used that information to make a better cycle--one that promotes us losing weight together.
The realization hit me when Joe said something to this effect: "If you don't stop feeding me like this, I'm going to die on your early. Neither of us want that." The way I was showing affection with food was killing him slowly, and once I groked that, the changes started to happen in our daily lives, albeit gradually.
If this is something you really want for yourself personally, you may have to have a talk with wife and let here know that this goal would be a lot easier with her help, and for now, all that means is not bringing certain foods into the house or at very least, not bringing those foods to your attention and stashing them somewhere you don't readily see them.
Good luck,
suzi
I had this same problem when I first got married. I like cooking. I like cooking for Joe and that is part of how I show my affection for him. He likes my food and he likes that I feel good when I feed him and letting me feed him is part of how he shows his affection for me. That's how I fattened him up so good in such a short time.
Eventually, we recognized our own and each other's role in the cycle and used that information to make a better cycle--one that promotes us losing weight together.
The realization hit me when Joe said something to this effect: "If you don't stop feeding me like this, I'm going to die on your early. Neither of us want that." The way I was showing affection with food was killing him slowly, and once I groked that, the changes started to happen in our daily lives, albeit gradually.
If this is something you really want for yourself personally, you may have to have a talk with wife and let here know that this goal would be a lot easier with her help, and for now, all that means is not bringing certain foods into the house or at very least, not bringing those foods to your attention and stashing them somewhere you don't readily see them.
Good luck,
suzi
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Aurora
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I find fitday.com to be a good place for inputting info (calories/food/exercise/journal). It even tells what what vitamins and minerals etc you are lacking in based on what you are eating. I like it.
Right now I am 4 weeks out from having a baby, and 5 pounds lighter than when I got pregnant. Breastfeeding works I am still really overweight though and am impatiently waiting for my 6 week pp checkup so I can start exercising again.
EricNoah said:
Right now I am 4 weeks out from having a baby, and 5 pounds lighter than when I got pregnant. Breastfeeding works
I am still really overweight though and am impatiently waiting for my 6 week pp checkup so I can start exercising again.
EricNoah
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Anyone feel like checking in?
I had a good week since my last entry -- I have exercised for 8 straight days -- not always a lot but always something -- and already I can see and feel a difference. I know there will be a plateau coming up soon where it seems like my moderate exercise and semi-reasonable diet are no longer paying off, but for now the results are motivating. My typical exercise is a 30 minute walk around the neighborhood, often with Mrs. Noah in tow, or sometimes alone with my iPod. I also do very light weightlifting (20 lb dumbells to do sets of curls and presses, and pushups) on days when I don't do the walk, so maybe 2-3 times per week. Diet-wise, I have stayed south of 2000 calories a couple of days this week and have stayed south of 2500 all days. So for now ... I'm on a roll and it feels good.
I had a good week since my last entry -- I have exercised for 8 straight days -- not always a lot but always something -- and already I can see and feel a difference. I know there will be a plateau coming up soon where it seems like my moderate exercise and semi-reasonable diet are no longer paying off, but for now the results are motivating. My typical exercise is a 30 minute walk around the neighborhood, often with Mrs. Noah in tow, or sometimes alone with my iPod. I also do very light weightlifting (20 lb dumbells to do sets of curls and presses, and pushups) on days when I don't do the walk, so maybe 2-3 times per week. Diet-wise, I have stayed south of 2000 calories a couple of days this week and have stayed south of 2500 all days. So for now ... I'm on a roll and it feels good.
EricNoah said:
Sure!
I've lost 5 pounds in 4 weeks (well, 4 weeks on Monday). I'm taking part in a fitness challenge, so I've been working on toning/muscle building exercises as well as cardio. The dieting is going well, although my sugars are still running a little high, so I'm going to have to tweak the what I'm eating (and when) and not scrimp on the cardio exercise (With the fitness challenge, I only did cardio 3 times last week instead of 5). However, my sugars are trending downward overall, and losing weight has helped a lot on that front.
10% done toward my goal. Treated myself at the tea house with a slice of quiche and cup of tea on Friday (but no breads or sweets).
-suzi
RangerWickett
Legend
My friend brought donuts to the game last night.
I got a tiramisu cake Thursday evening at a Greek restaurant.
I baked cookies Monday night.
Not doing too terribly well with the whole weight loss thing. But I am exercising more; spent an hour at the gym twice this week, and will probably go again today after dinner. And I got a half hour walk the other days. Plus, I've been doing pull-up exercises, with the goal of being able to finally do a full pull-up again. Sadly, I have scrimped on my physical therapy; I've done the jogging, but not the muscle-training for my knee.
I've given myself a new 'diet' goal for the next week: Except for Wednesday when I'm stuck at work from 8am to 7pm, I'm only going to eat food I cook at home.
I got a tiramisu cake Thursday evening at a Greek restaurant.
I baked cookies Monday night.
Not doing too terribly well with the whole weight loss thing. But I am exercising more; spent an hour at the gym twice this week, and will probably go again today after dinner. And I got a half hour walk the other days. Plus, I've been doing pull-up exercises, with the goal of being able to finally do a full pull-up again. Sadly, I have scrimped on my physical therapy; I've done the jogging, but not the muscle-training for my knee.
I've given myself a new 'diet' goal for the next week: Except for Wednesday when I'm stuck at work from 8am to 7pm, I'm only going to eat food I cook at home.
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