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  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited March 2010

    For me the most difficult time is after dinner. which I almost got used to it, having some fruits instead of junk food.

    Deb that expression you use tub of lard you should get a pattern for it and sell it to WW. hahaha

    Nicole I cant put a mission on mine as long as I can keep it off and loose maybe few more pounds. My tummy will be big. At this age I'm not expecting miracles just to stay healthy.

    GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US.Wink

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2010

    Okay, I am joining the E-LAB group.  An experiment in virtual weight loss which results in actual weight loss.

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited March 2010

    Meece....please explain E_LAB group. Or you just made it up!

    Okay Meece I finally figured out your diet plan. EAT-Like A Bird

  • mimi1964
    mimi1964 Member Posts: 851
    edited March 2010

    O.k. Ladies follow me along on my weight loss plan.  I have from now till August to lose 50lbs.  Valjean I really appreciate your support!! It means alot to me to have someone do this with me.  I have no support at home.  I am doing this diet on my on.  I cook my family one meal and then myself another.  I pray I can keep this up for another 23 1/2 weeks. 

    Has anyone heard from Cake?  Just wondering how she is... 

    Nicole congrats on making a decision that is right for you about whether or not to have recon right now.  And good luck losing the 15 lbs for Hawaii.  Gosh how I wish I were going!!!!!

    Renee

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited March 2010

    Im keeping my scale right here.  For all of us.

  • Nicole112
    Nicole112 Member Posts: 130
    edited March 2010

    Sheila, Renee, Meece- WE can do this, I am motivated by you ladies!

    Sheila- Your scale above is what I want to see!

    I'll keep you posted... I did a first, attended a bday party and passed on the cake!

    Speaking of CAKE, CAKE where are you... waiting to hear from you!

  • Nicole112
    Nicole112 Member Posts: 130
    edited March 2010

    Wow, just getting caught up on all the posts and realize there are a team of us ladies supporting each other in our weigh loss... VERY NICE! Hey, we if we can beat cancer together, we CAN do this, TOO!

  • hmm
    hmm Member Posts: 957
    edited March 2010

    Hi Everyone,

    I am joining too! Always good to knock off a few pounds. Sheila I keep clicking on your scale but it still is saying 135.2!!!!!!! How do I get it to go down?Innocent

    Seriously, count me in.

    Pat

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2010

    I won't go down as low as Sheila's scale, but maybe 145.  I am 5'8" and 140-145 is about right for me. 

  • mimi1964
    mimi1964 Member Posts: 851
    edited March 2010

    Way to go Ladies!!!!!!!!!  Yeah us!!!!!! We can do this together.... my goal is 125.  I sure hope to see it.  I'm only 5'5" and I'm wearing a 14 right now it stinks.  Sure will be nice to see a 4 or a 6 again I'll even settle for an 8.  LOL!!!   I would especially like to see a pair of shorts and a swim suit, something I haven't been in for about 3 years. 

    Just another question, I was wondering how many of you are actually watching your soy intake?  In other words, trying not to consume much soy at all?  I've been doing some research and have found where studies are showing that it could actually be helpful.  

    Here's the link to the article I found I'm not good with this copy and paste thing :

    http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=349208

    copy and paste it to your browser... it's some new research saying soy may actually be good for us.  Use your own judgement, but the reason I asked is because of course it is in a lot of food products we buy and I wasn't told to not consume it by my Med Onc and it is plant based.  

    Thanks Meece, Sheila, Nicole, ValJean, hmm

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2010

    I have been watching soy, but have been recently told that the hormones in soy are not the same type which might lead to BC.

  • DaylilyFan
    DaylilyFan Member Posts: 12
    edited March 2010

    Here's my two cents on soy and diets:

    The pharmacist at my cancer clinic talked to me when I started tamoxifen, and he was only concerned with people who have been in the habit of eating a fair amount of soy regularly.  (For example, some vegetarians depend on soy for protein, and some women for various reasons put soy in their smoothies.  However, this was in the context of drug/food interactions, not BC risk factors in general.

    My trigger foods, especially when stressed, are bread/crackers/chips and desserts.  If I don't eat them, I lose weight.  If I do, I gain weight.  To maintain my weight, I allow one day a week to eat whatever the heck I want, and that seems to work.  I needed the support of Weight Watchers, though.  I could never have managed by myself!  So go for it, ladies, and keep posting and encouraging each other.   

  • hmm
    hmm Member Posts: 957
    edited March 2010

    Mimi- You said you are only 5'5" ......well I am barely 5'1"...........so my weight needs to be kept  below the weight on that scale that Sheila posted...... that is why I said that I kept clicking on it.

    Thanks for the soy article.

    Pat

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited March 2010

    Okay ladies...When I posted that scale I wasnt paying attention to the weight

    < HERE IS OUR NEW SCALE WITH 0 WEIGHT ON IT>

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited March 2010

    hmm...If you care to write your weight. I will find your BMI ( Body Mass Index) for you.

    Which tells you your healthy weight.

    Sheila

  • mimi1964
    mimi1964 Member Posts: 851
    edited March 2010

    Pat you are welcome for the article on soy and Sheila thanks for zeroing out that scale... LOL!!!

  • Jaimieh
    Jaimieh Member Posts: 925
    edited March 2010

    Okay can i join the E-Lab group.  I lost 27lbs during chemo and then I found almost all of them.  I could have left10lbs off and looked and felt so much better.  When I was at my lowest I looked horrible and felt even worse.  I have been having a new love affair with food and it needs to end.  I also need to start exercising again.  I will be 6 weeks out from hip flap surgery this week and I think I should be able to start walking and maybe light weights this week.  I was hoping that I could start running but I have fluid at my donor site so I think they are going to make me hold off on running for a bit longer :(. 

    Sheila~ I am 5'5" and 152lbs so my BMI should be about 26 but I would love to hear what it says :)  Oh and I am 33 if that makes a difference. 

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited March 2010

    Hi Jaimieh....Your BMI is 25.3.

    Normal weight BMI is between 18.5-24.9.

    If you weigh up to 149 pounds it falls between normal range. Again you can weigh 132 and you will be thinner. Its a personal choice.

    I'm also 5 5" and weigh 163 but I know I cant loose that much weight and I don't even want too.

    i already lost 9 pounds and 10 more I will be happy.

    Sheila

    Welcome to E_Lab group  LOL LOL

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2010

    My bmi is 25.8 according to weight and height.  We have a nurse come in at work quarterly and do our cholestrol and BMI.  We hold some machine and my bmi is always around 30.3, but so is the bmi of four other co-workers.  Coincidental.  I am the "thinnest" of the five of us for our heights.  A couple weight less, but are 5-6 inches shorter. 

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2010

    With that being said, if I lose 15 pounds, I will be in the healthy range.  That will be my goal.  Actually 7 lbds would put me in healthy range.

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited March 2010

    Meece...What do you mean you hold some machine and is around 30.3

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2010

    You hold both hands on the handles and somehow it calculates bmi by an energy wave through from one side to the next.  

  • Nicole112
    Nicole112 Member Posts: 130
    edited March 2010

    I am so excited for this and REALLY fighting the craving for some food right now... all I wanted to do this past hour is munch... hee hee... but I think of you ladies and I say, NO!

    I am 5'9, 168 lbs... not sure where I am... I know I am on the top of my scale and my clothes hurt to zip :)

    I just took my Tamoxifen and an Ativan to help me sleep, I was up with a sick baby all night last night... thank goodness she is better today!

    BTW- This sonds silly, but Metamucil is fine with tamox, right? My sis recommends it and says it keeps you regular and helps with weight loss... a little fiber can't hurt, right?

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2010

    I can't answer the"drug" interaction thing, but I doubt that it would hurt.  Fiber is a good thing.

    The BMI Calculator I use says your BMI is 24.8 which is the high end of normal.

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2010

    I harvested a bunch of radishes yesterday.  My plan is to munch on them when I really want patatoe chips.

  • sue-61
    sue-61 Member Posts: 262
    edited March 2010

    Hi, All, count me in on the losing weight stuff. If you go to the Weight Watchers web site, you can calculate your BMI there. Mine is over 25! I am 5-8 and the low end of the "normal weight" for me is 132. I NEVER weighed that in my life. I don't think the Arimidex is helpful as far as my weight issues. I have been busy all winter, painting my house. Up and down the ladder, etc. And no weight loss. I think I have to admit that yes, I am a CHIP A HOLIC! Gotta lay off the Lays. Being a widow doesn't help, either. You guys should see what I eat for "supper" sometimes.

    I am going to WW this Wed. Amen! Sue

  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2010
    Here is a place for our group so we don't override our Stage I thread:   The E-LAB Project
  • Meece
    Meece Member Posts: 10,618
    edited March 2010

    I have a WW cd that I can enter any recipe and it gives me the calorie count.  Wow, is it enlightening!

  • carolinachick
    carolinachick Member Posts: 135
    edited March 2010

    Just checking in after being gone for a few days...I want to join E-LAB as well and will check out the new thread.  I'm 5'7" and weight around 155.  I need to lose about 15 pounds and would love to get there by Memorial Day.  That gives me 12 weeks...I guess I'd better go walk tonight!

  • sheila888
    sheila888 Member Posts: 9,611
    edited March 2010

    Cake....Are you okay. We all thinking about you.

    Hugs

    SheilaWink

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