Wednesday Weigh In
Comments
-
Made no-salt homemade italian sausage, hmmmn. Same thing with the no-salt spaghetti sauce. Can say I was not tempted to over eat, so maybe that is good? Maybe I just have to give these things up.
0 -
Wow Kim that is great !
Got weighed at the doctors office 171 which is 9 lbs from my goal. Cripes ! Came home from the doctor's office and had pizza a nd cookies. Not doing so well.
I think my new goal will be to simply slow down and enjoy what I eat. One of the reasons I lost so much weight while on chemo was that I ate small portions throughout the day. Because I was home all the time I did not need to eat at a specific time. Also because my mouth was dry and sore I ate slowly. So, I am hoping if I slow down I will be able to stop when I am full.
0 -
JFV - Slowing down is a big part of it I think. Probably like any habit, eating fast is hard to change. I am a fast eater too.0
-
DUCKY--down the shore??? I was born in Chestnut Hill, my Mom's family is from there and we had a few motels as well as a family home "down the shore"-- where is your home? We lived in Ocean City, NJ. I think of it as my real home town-- loved it and still dream of going back at times.
I now live in the desert which really, oddly enough reminds me of the beach-- big blue sky and open!!! Q
0 -
OK-- how did someone say it-- they were "rebooting"!!! Love it!
I decided that I needed to reboot and I spent a few days researching. On thursday, the day of my 11th chemo, I began. I have cut out WHITE... except Yogurt that is... I am worried about diabetes which some of my moms family has and since the weight gain was all around my middle from the chemo and there are studies of using Metformin with breast cancer folks, I asked my Onc to test me for pre-diabetes. It is a test which measures your blood sugar activity over the last 3 months (for me, that is the time since my dx). At any rate, I am not pre-diabetic but I am 0.1 from that category!! Scared me enough to REBOOT.... So I am going healthy and low carb (not no carb...need those colorful veges). healthy fats, good protein.... I am totally motivated but I have yet to hit that wall which should be in about 2 days-- will need your support!!!!
Q
0 -
Q..........my home is in Cape May Beach, Nj.................It is a small very quiet place "off shore".........and away from all the craziness.........lies between Cape May proper, and North Cape May................we had it built, and decided to put in an "inground pool"...........just 1 year after...........It was great to go to the beach, soak up all the water, waves, and sun we wanted, and when all the "nuts" came, we left, and went back to the "pool" for the rest of the day ........my husband loved it, but sadly only enjoyed it for 6 years, dying from Pancreatic cancer..........I kept the house, but only go down in the s;ummer, and only when one of my children go down..........thought a few times about selling it (because it is a headache) being 2 hours away, and especially in the winter.
When he was alive we went down every weekend, summer and winter, and sometimes long weekends in the prime season................oh well, life goes on.
I know many people who own homes in O.C...........that has become quite "overcrowded"..........and very, very expensive to purchase a home there...........It is still a "dry" town, no booze allowed, but they are pushing hard to get it okayed...........doubt they will.
I have 6 children, 18 grandchildren, and 2 great-grandaughters (twins)......but only 2 of my girls go down during the summer...............2 of my sons own their own places in North Wildwood..........nice, but too much craziness for me over that end.....
hugs.
0 -
Ducky- so glad to hear from you. It sounds like your shore place holds some wonderful memories. I grew up in New Jersey but in East Brunswick. I rarely made it as far south as Cape May. But day trips to "the shore" were a huge part of my life. I now live on Long Island in a town on the Long Island Sound. If you want to go to the ocean you take a trip to "the beach". Funny how different areas talk about the ocean. Two of my sisters were born in Cape May.
0 -
JFV, I'm next door in North Brunswick. Such a small world. I grew up in NYC, Harlem, The Bronx then Brooklyn then here in NJ. Spent many summers at Orchard Beach and Jones Beach was a treat! Now I tend to stay away from "the shore" except for Ocean Grove a couple times in the summer, just too many people.
0 -
Patoo it really is a small world ! I learned to drive on Route 18. I haven't been back in awhile. Will probably visit this summer since my daughter is looking at colleges and may check out Rutgers. My father taught at Rutgers and most of my family attended school there. I have a sister who lives in Highland Park. I went to Sandy Hook alot growing up. We referred to Ocean Grove as Ocean Grave because it was so strict about behavior and dress.
I like Jones Beach better than the Jersey shore. It is an easier drive from my home now than it was to the Jersey Shore. It is very popular but the beach is very very large. But, now they are finding dead bodies in that area ! One of my favorite things is to go to the beach on a warm day in winter and fall.
Patoo if Ducky gets too depressed we'll have to grab her and go to the shore !
0 -
I am gonna come tooo!!!
Ducky- when my family first came to Ocean City it was in the late 1800s. My father built a motel in the early 1960s and we bought a house right on the beach around then too. It was not a very crowded place to be-- very community oriented. Quiet, great clean beaches, cute boardwalk (although we lived at the end of the island and not near the bw), great surf. It was an idyllic childhood-- family always laughing or teasing each other. I grew up surfing. I miss it immensely and the whole nostaglia of youth--
When I got lymphoma in 1987, I was still pretty youth (especially in my own mind!) and I returned home to my family. I would go to Univ.of Penn hospital and get my chemo and my parents would drive down the the shore with me. Perfect place to just be in times like that. I would love to have that as an option right now.
oh and JFV, I LOVE the beach in the winter!!!
getting teary eyed....Q
0 -
Q.............yes, the shore holds a lot of wonderful memories for me........even before we built our own home, we would go down every summer............then we would go to North Wildwood, and stay right on the beach.....back then it was a "great place".................now a lot of the "youth" has taken over, and it is not like it was..............don't misunderstand we had our "crazy days, and crazy times"...............we were not angels, but the "youth" that frequents "Wildwood proper"............what we always referred to as "the center of Wildwood"...........................has changed drastically.....................................it is horrible............I can't begin to tell you all the reasons we don't go to the boardwalk....................it will never be the same, and what a shame, because...........North Wildwood, and Wildwood Crest are still beautiful places, and the beach is the best by far.............................if they could just get control of the "youth" down there in the summer, it would be great.
We will go for pizza, and to take my grandchildren up for a change from miniture golf, and walking the beach, but we dont' stay long.............we go early, and as soon as all the "rif raff" comes, we leave.................it is a shame.............Wildwood use to be a "family town".........women dressed nice, kids decked out, now its..........foul mouthed, dirty, pierced everything, and they all look like they could use a bath........................it is sad.....................oh well, I'm just glad we built "off shore", and closer to Cape May..............
0 -
Ducky, I aways heard North Wildwood was a great place but, like many things in our society today, the riff raff has taken over and they feel it is their right to act any way they please. Such a shame. But when JFV and Quaatsi come out we will have to find a spot somewhere.
JFV, Ocean Grove is no longer strict about dress however I don't think the riff raff knows yet (so let's keep it quiet)
0 -
okay I am not budging...nope not budging... staying at the same friggin weight.... AND, I have cut out all white and eating much more healthy low carb good protein.
I am putting the onus on Chemo!! dang you chemo! Q
0 -
Well, have I been not good. I made a bowl of popcorn with a stick of butter melted on it this weekend, was lucky to get weight back down by Monday. Then today, chunky applesauce heated in the microwave with apple pie spice on top of a scoop of ice cream. I am eating Ruth's fruits and vegetables though and had spinach, sweet potato, broccoli, multiple colored peppers, beets, grapes, assorted melon chunks, couple olives, piece of artichoke today. Did you know the Japanese diet recommendation is to have 30 different foods per day (must be teaspoon or tablespoon portions or like 10 ingredients in a soup). They live the longest and have the lowest national obesity rate for a developed nation. They also have like 5-10 grams of sodium per day. Don't know how they get away with that.
Trying to add something different in the cart from the produce aisle instead of the same old standards. This week's unusual picks for me were a banana (they constipate me, so just one), but also a mango and an avocado. This is going to sound kind of weird but I paired up a yukon gold potato with spices with a chunked avocado last week as a butter substitute. It tasted good and had the satiety factor of fat just like butter only healthier.
I think Ruth and I have the opposite problems. Apparently she doesn't favor her fruits and vegetables, and I have a hard time making myself exercise. Bought my second pedometer but it is sitting on my bathroom counter for the last 2 weeks. Gotta move darn it.
0 -
If we were in the same body Kimberly, we'd either be really skinny or really fat!
0 -
OH YES! just got off the scale and yes, my weight is budging--downward--in the right direction. I am down 3 pounds! only 10 left to get to a reasonable place for being on chemo.
suspect water to be part of this but what the heck, it still makes me more comfortable. And, I feel good about what I am putting into my body. I used to always eat this way and somewhere after the dx I lost sight of it and ate more sweets than I normally do (homemade, of course). But right now, I am sipping my strawberry, yogurt and protein shake with 30g L-Glutamine and 4g Inositol in it. yummy bitter taste. !
0 -
mpeaches, I say an appitite is a Godsend. It means you're ALIVE!!!! Have bites of all of it and thank your body for telling you what it wants and needs.
I am a firm believer that the body is very smart. Sometimes it needs a sweet!!! Sometimes it needs salt. With the internet, it is easy to plan and choose your decadent and fun indulgences.
See "The Devil Made Me Do IT" @ http://lightbodies.blogspot.com/2011/06/devil-made-me-do-it.html
0 -
123
0 -
Congrats Quaatsi. I have no idea what Inositil is but you make me curious to look it up. I'm just holding even this week and lucky to squeak out with that because I gave into some salt cravings. Tomorrow I put on the pedometer and get strict with the salt again. I did try a new product to me, Stevia, to used in my vinaigrette for cucumbers. It was OK, sounds like its natural. Hope it doesn't turn out to be another carcinogenic sweetener.
Ruth, you eat your veggies and I will go outside and walk, and we will both be healthier than, hmmn, let's say, our doctors or at least the average Joe.
Hope the rest of your had a better week than I did. I'm waiting to hear! Popcorn with butter and salt broke me this week. Darn. The scale didn't move this week and that was lucky. I want to do better next week.
0 -
I lost 2 pounds already in 2012! I want to be rid of it permanently so am posting here. This will help, right?
0 -
My doc thought I looked thinner and she was right! I am down another 5 pounds. Gotta say that cutting white carbs really worked.
0 -
Down 1.3 lbs!!! I have strayed only slightly from my loseit.com plan where I wanted to lose 1.5 lbs per week, so not too bad!! Feel like I'm back on track again!
Congrats to all!!! Our efforts will eventually pay off, just trying to stick with it!
0 -
Looks like some good success stories on here! I will add my one pound loss for the week.
0 -
Well, I re-gained the pound I lost last week. I did eat tons of fruit & veggies but apparently too much of everything else too. SO, I logged on to www.loseit.com and recorded my breakfast (oatmeal and prunes) before I reported in here. Using loseit really helped me before, so I'm going back and it should work again, as long as I actually report there every day.0
-
This morning the scale went up a pound but I think this is more real loss anyway. So I am 137#...I am owning up to it! Not easy to lose while on Taxol, I think. I am OK though because I feel good and that is what really matters to me. (just tell my clothes that!)
0 -
anyone use spark people? how does that compare with Loseit.com? Q
0 -
Lost 2 lbs! Going to try chia seeds this week. Not sure what they are or how you use them, but have been hearing a lot about them lately and it's piqued my curiousity.
0 -
I've used spark people. I am doing their January jumpstart challenge right now, started January 1. I like it, as it makes you exercise every day. I'm beginning to feel rather fit, though when I'm doing heavy cardio (like walking up steep hill), my lung on irradiated side hurts. Need to remember to mention this to RO next time I go. Still not doing so great with weight loss, mainly because I am concentrating on exercise and not healthier eating. Total weight lost since Jan 1 - ZERO. Went shopping last night to find some shorts that might fit for our upcoming trip, but the stores aren't really carrying shorts yet up here.
0 -
Gave in, and gave up...........................................called today and cancelled my "monthy pass", at WW.................It is still good till March 2nd, cause I didn't cancel in time...................it got too frustrating seeing the scale go up and down.....................10lbs in less then 3 months would be fine, if I wasn't paying $40.00 a month to lose it......................so basically this 10lbs cost me$120.00.....................plus the original money I spent before finding the $40.00 a month deal.......................
Back to the drawing board...............................
0 -
Down to 167. That would be a 4 lb weight loss very quickly. But, I have been better about food and exercise. Also the doctor gave me advice on how to deal with my (ahem) bowel problem. That may have helped the weight. Also my pants are looser.
0
