Who's Trying to Lose Weight?

[DebLynn]

^same here. I must have had 3,000 calories yesterday. The family holiday picnic was cheeseburgers, baked beans, potato salad, chips, strawberry shortcake and cookies. And of course I had to have some of everything. At least I ran 7 miles this morning to burn some of it off.

 

[Skittle68]

The party I was at had "cake pops" (cake crumbled up with frosting and shaped into a ball around a stick, and dipped in chocolate), and crackers with cream cheese with sweet pepper
jam poured over the top of it. Yum!!! Not to mention the beer. If it wasn't for the beer it wouldn't have been so bad lol

 

[Kylie1969]

Well done CWS, that is a fabulous effort!

It is amazing what can happen when you just cut down on certain foods and change your eating habits

I'm in my skinny jeans! I've been eating big breakfasts (today's took me 10 minutes to make), a moderate lunch, and salads or veggies for dinner, sometimes meat, for 10 days. I tried these jeans on last Friday...had to "suck it in" to zip them. Today, they zip right up.

To check my breakfast regime, see:

http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f104/what-have-you-had-for-breakfast-lately-70240-130.html

I am not hungry, I don't have afternoon or evening cravings, and I don't feel deprived. I do think, however, that eating "grains" instead of bread with breakfast makes a difference in combination with the greens. The DH eats toast with his breakfast. He ate grains yesterday and was so full at lunch, he didn't finish his salad. He is an afternoon (no--all day grazer). He said that he was surprised at how full he was all day.

I committed (to myself) to try it for 30 days, give or take. I'd say try it for a week, even 3-4 days.

 

[CWS4322]

Okay--about a month ago, I started eating my big meal for breakfast. My goal was to fit into my skinny jeans by the end of July. That happened after 10 days. Today I had to run some errands, so I thought I'd wear my favorite jeans...not happening. Jeans are 4" too big (I am not a big person--size 12). Okay. Let's try another pair of jeans...oops, no, not gonna happen. The jeans I ended up wearing were size 6. Designer jeans. Oh my. Check out the What have you had for breakfast lately thread to get a sense of what I've been eating...

http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f104/what-have-you-had-for-breakfast-lately-70240.html

 

[CWS4322]

Okay--about a month ago, I started eating my big meal for breakfast. My goal was to fit into my skinny jeans by the end of July. That happened after 10 days. Today I had to run some errands, so I thought I'd wear my favorite jeans...not happening. Jeans are 4" too big (I am not a big person--size 12). Okay. Let's try another pair of jeans...oops, no, not gonna happen. The jeans I ended up wearing were size 6. Designer jeans. Oh my. Check out the What have you had for breakfast lately thread to get a sense of what I've been eating...

http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f104/what-have-you-had-for-breakfast-lately-70240.html

As I was hopping in and out of the car today while doing errands, I kept thinking "my legs are skinny." I was a semi-pro athlete--so I've always had, if I must say so myself, nice legs, but not skinny legs. And no, I have not cut out all the soda or liquor in my life. I just changed the time of day that I eat my big meal and combined greens with grains. Can't say how much weight I've lost, I refuse to own a scale. I just know I've gone down 3-4 sizes in jeans (that is flipping shocking for me--I fluctuate between a size 10 and 12, when "fat" a 14). Those size 6 jeans were ones I wore in 1990! I couldn't get rid of them--they were flipping expensive.... I probably should contact Dr. Oz...it was one of his shows that prompted me to do the "load calories on the front-end" of the day experiment. It worked.

 

[powerplantop]

I probably should contact Dr. Oz...it was one of his shows that prompted me to do the "load calories on the front-end" of the day experiment. It worked.

I am the opposite if I eat a big breakfast I am starving early on and then pig out at lunch. Now I eat a small light breakfast then a light lunch. At night I have a good meal but keep it within reason, most of the time.

 

[PrincessFiona60]

That is so great CWS!! I'm jumping up and down, which is scary and should burn some calories...

 

[bakechef]

Being on vacation in Maine, I am eating way too much and may need to have my jaw wired shut when I get home everywhere you go there is baked goods or great ice cream. I had an awesome piece of blueberry pie yesterday with a perfect crust! I've had peanut butter pie today, along with ice cream from a place that makes it there. Their "scoop" is actually 3 balls of ice cream mashed together, so their serving sizes are quite generous! I've eaten at my favorite Chinese restaurant, along with the buffet at the casino. Add to that a few whoopie pies (a must have when visiting Maine) and I'm surprised that my pants still fit!

Back home tomorrow and back to more sensible eating, I think I need it!

 

[Addie]

I went to Winthrop yesterday to have my vitals checked. I lost another pound. I don't know if that is good or bad. I have been eating, and I thought for sure that I would start to regain the weight I had lost when I had the eating problem. But at my height, I could stand to lose at least another 25 pounds. They have a new scale that is digital. Right down to the ounce. I like it. The old one was the one with the sliding weights. The new one is more accurate.

I have a stupid digital here at home. It is a bit neurotic though. Stand on it and it gives you a weight. But if you don't like what it is showing, move it and you will get a reading of lower weight. Works for me.

 

[CWS4322]

I am the opposite if I eat a big breakfast I am starving early on and then pig out at lunch. Now I eat a small light breakfast then a light lunch. At night I have a good meal but keep it within reason, most of the time.

Supposedly, because protein takes longer to digest, eating protein in the morning keeps you fuller. I know the mornings I eat rice with my greens, I'm not as satiated as I am the mornings I eat quinoa or barley with my greens and eggs. I read s/where recently that one needs to add whole grains to greens to get the full nutritional benefit of the greens.

 

[CWS4322]

That is so great CWS!! I'm jumping up and down, which is scary and should burn some calories...

Thanks, PF. I haven't been wearing jeans lately--too hot, so I was a bit surprised. Don't know what I'm going to wear when the weather cools off!

 

[Skittle68]

Supposedly, because protein takes longer to digest, eating protein in the morning keeps you fuller. I know the mornings I eat rice with my greens, I'm not as satiated as I am the mornings I eat quinoa or barley with my greens and eggs. I read s/where recently that one needs to add whole grains to greens to get the full nutritional benefit of the greens.

We did an experiment in high school chemistry, where we held a couple different types of burning food under a dish of water, and measured the rise in temp to determine the number of calories. The only two I remember we're the peanut and the cheeto. The calories were roughly the same, but the cheeto flared up and burned hot and fast, and the peanut smoldered the whole time and took much longer. Definitely a good thing to remember when you are reluctant to eat something like nuts just because they are high calorie. In moderation, they are a good snack to keep you full longer.

 

[CWS4322]

We did an experiment in high school chemistry, where we held a couple different types of burning food under a dish of water, and measured the rise in temp to determine the number of calories. The only two I remember we're the peanut and the cheeto. The calories were roughly the same, but the cheeto flared up and burned hot and fast, and the peanut smoldered the whole time and took much longer. Definitely a good thing to remember when you are reluctant to eat something like nuts just because they are high calorie. In moderation, they are a good snack to keep you full longer.

+1 exactly. Carbs fill you up, but take less time to digest. It helps (for me) that I'm a protein addict. I love protein. Most folks eat the smallest meal in the morning, largest in the evening. Then people go to bed. I've been trying to change the paradigm--get most of my energy foods on board in the a.m., and then have something light (small) for supper, so a smaller meal for supper. For snacks, I've been drinking veggie juice for snack.

 

[Skittle68]

+1 exactly. Carbs fill you up, but take less time to digest. It helps (for me) that I'm a protein addict. I love protein. Most folks eat the smallest meal in the morning, largest in the evening. Then people go to bed. I've been trying to change the paradigm--get most of my energy foods on board in the a.m., and then have something light (small) for supper, so a smaller meal for supper. For snacks, I've been drinking veggie juice for snack.

I am bad. That's exactly how I eat. Small or no breakfast, small lunch, and then I eat like I've been saving up calories all day (which I have!!) I love my big dinners... Plus I can't stand going to bed hungry!! I can be mildly hungry all day and it doesn't bother me, but come evening, all I want to do it eat. I just crave food at night. Doesn't seem to make a difference if I eat a lot during the day or not, so I just don't, usually.

 

[Skittle68]

I am bad. That's exactly how I eat. Small or no breakfast, small lunch, and then I eat like I've been saving up calories all day (which I have!!) I love my big dinners... Plus I can't stand going to bed hungry!! I can be mildly hungry all day and it doesn't bother me, but come evening, all I want to do it eat. I just crave food at night. Doesn't seem to make a difference if I eat a lot during the day or not, so I just don't, usually.

For example, it's 6:30 and I've only had around 550 calories today... I did eat it in pretty small amounts throughout the day tho, so that's at least something, right?

 

[CWS4322]

I wasn't really trying to lose weight--I really wanted to get some energy back (and, if I did get back into my skinny jeans--bonus or I could give them away). What I wasn't anticipating was that my "bloomers" would turn into bloomers that almost reach my armpits (I know, TMI). If I jumped up and down, PF, they'd be around my ankles. Suspenders? Now I have to go lingerie shopping (or go without--the weather is HOT)...I don't have any skinny lingerie I was hoping to squeeze into again...I see the color purple...

 

[PrincessFiona60]

I meant I was jumping up and down...burning calories and causing earth tremors in China...

 

[Addie]

Being on vacation in Maine, I am eating way too much and may need to have my jaw wired shut when I get home Add to that a few whoopie pies (a must have when visiting Maine)!

There isn't a kid in New England that hasn't had a Whoopie pie. It was a staple of our lunch bag as a kid. While the rest of the world was eating Twinkies, we had the Whoopie Pie! We also had the half moon cakes/cookies. We used to go around the corner to the Quality Bakery on the way to school and for a nickel, we would buy a day old halfmoon and eat it on the way to school. That or a piece of pizza from the corner store. But we had to have that Whoopie Pie in our lunch bag.

 

[bakechef]

There isn't a kid in New England that hasn't had a Whoopie pie. It was a staple of our lunch bag as a kid. While the rest of the world was eating Twinkies, we had the Whoopie Pie! We also had the half moon cakes/cookies. We used to go around the corner to the Quality Bakery on the way to school and for a nickel, we would buy a day old halfmoon and eat it on the way to school. That or a piece of pizza from the corner store. But we had to have that Whoopie Pie in our lunch bag.

I love whoopie pies, I'm on the hunt for the ultimate recipe. I know that the filling will involve crisco, and I'm just going to have to be OK with that, it may be that one recipe where I break the "no hydrogenated fat" rule, they just aren't the same with butter, tasty yes, but not the same!

 

[simonbaker]

I have started doing some water walking & it's amazing how much better it makes my knees & everything feel better. I just need to incoprorate more sensible eating paterns.