Wednesday Weigh In
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My SIL, who is hosting, told me to bring anything that I wanted. I said, "I want to bring two pies from Perkins." So that is what I'm going to do
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157 lbs today. Happy Thanksgiving to you guys from me in British Columbia, and enjoy the festivities. One day of eating a bit more can't do that much damage, and one has to enjoy life too!
Carroll2, welcome here. There are few things that depress a woman more than unwanted weight. But you know, it is a marathon, not a sprint. I made a lifestyle change four years ago, because I hate diets, and they don't work, because the weight comes right back when you stop. So instead of concentrating on weight loss, I started concentrating on, and researching, what is healthy, and learned to make good food choices. Also started exercising regularly 5 days a week, which I never did before. I lost 30 lbs in four months' time, and has kept most of it off thanks to the healthier lifestyle. I am within my normal BMI range, but I want to lose a little more to get rid of some flab that can still produce estrogen, which tried to kill me. Now and then I fall off the wagon with my treacherous sweet tooth, but most of the time I'm consistent. Maybe this will help you to approach it in a different way, and to make the decision to have a healthy lifestyle. You are much younger than me, I think, and I can kick myself that I did not make this decision 20 years ago.
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Up half a pound last night, back to 149 (we met early this week, no Optifast class tonight) but I don't care.
We just got back from a week in Laguna Beach, and bless DH; he lugged not only our VitaMix but all my Optifast products down there so I could stay on program.
(Except for the night we went out to dinner at our favorite romantic restaurant on the beach and I had - get this - tequila/truffle-glazed filet mignon, roasted new potatoes with Manchego cheese, corn and poblano chiles, and steamed broccoli. And several big bites of DH's Caesar salad...
)I went to Nordies for a bra fitting, and when the bra fitter learned I was from out of town, she set me up with a personal stylist, who, BTW, was an absolute sweetheart, as was the bra fitter...
I told the stylist my story of what I'd been through this past year. She looked at me in my baggy jeans and top and said "I'd say you're about a size 8."
When I stopped laughing, I told her I'd be lucky if I fit into a 12. I told her to just humor me. She picked out a whole bunch of pants to try on, and handed me a pair. "Here" she said. "Try on the biggest ones first." I did, and they fit.
I told her how I was right, and that I wasn't as small as she thought I was. She informed me that I was wearing a size 10, and in fact, they were a bit loose on me. She brought me an 8.......AND THEY FIT!!!!! I nearly fainted in the dressing room.
Now, granted....these had lots of nice spandex in them, and weren't cheap. (They're called "Not Your Daughter's Jeans" but oh my gosh....the stretch corduroy pants were on sale and I got a pair in every color.)
Then I tried on some tops in Medium......and stood there in front of the mirror and laughed and cried at the same time. The stylist was laughing and crying along with me!!!!
I told her that it had been so long since I bought clothes....that when you're a size 18, there's no point in spending much money because nothing fits anyway. And all my tops were either 1X or 2X. But that size Medium sure made the New Girls stand out!!!
Anyway, life goes on. Someone asked for my Drivers License this afternoon and I just laughed again. For the first time in my life, I actually weigh what it says on my license!
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Oh, Carrol2 - forgot to add what I'm making for Thanksgiving tomorrow....it will be just DH and me, and then after we eat, we'll go visit family.
DH roasted the turkey last night and cut the meat up. He'll make mashed potatoes and stuffing tomorrow (I'm not eating starches yet) and I'll make the gravy.
We've got cranberry sauce, and instead of the traditional family recipe of canned green beans and onions and a pound of bacon simmering on the stove til the beans are mushy
, I'm sauteeing onions, mushrooms, and nitrite/nitrate-free low fat ham in a skillet, then adding it to fresh steamed green beans.But I'm anticipating dessert most of all. It's a smoothie I make for my Optifast program.
For one serving, I freeze a cup of Lactaid fat-free milk in a baggie. I put that, along with a few tablespoons of pumpkin puree, 4 ounces of frozen banana slices, a bit of pumpkin pie seasoning, and two tablespoons of Torani sugar-free French Vanilla syrup in the VitaMix. Once it's all blended, it turns into creamy ice cream. YUM!!! We'll have that instead of pumpkin pie.
I love the recipes you posted....will have to try them!
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hi all, I'm down this week so glad for that. Probably not going to see the 160's by tomorrow but am sooo close, I'm not bummed a bit. Plus I will walk mile 3,000 tomorrow!
Blessings, love the size 8 story - congrats!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Oh Blessings, that it so awesome! I am smiling and having tears in my eyes as well. The Power of the Human Spirit can do great things!!!!!
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Blessings, you've made me cry once before on another forum, and here you go and do it again. I am so truly happy for you! You've come such a long way, hung in there, and now you get the reward that you so rightly deserve. Woo hoo!
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Oh, badger, ruthbru, liefie - LOVE YOU LADIES!!!!!!! xoxoxo
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Size 18 to 8 is awesome, blessings. You rock!
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Blessings what an awesome story!! I am so happy for you and can't even imagine how incredible that must have been for you! You're so inspiring
I have recently hit a plateau and am stuck at 153.5
I've been using MyFitnessPal to log my exercise and calories, but still stuck. However, since I've lost 12 lbs since the end of August, I'm pretty happy overall about the losses I've incurred.I think I'll switch up my exercize routine and see if that helps.
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One of the realities of exercise is the more you do, the easier it gets, so you burn less calories. The thinner you get, fewer calories burned. Ya gotta keep upping the ante. Sigh.
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Blessing add me to the list I would be crying in that fitting room with you! Right now I am only crying the blues but I am kicking it into gear next week I promise you inspire me!
I mean 30 pounds it took me 6 months to lose 23 so might be a while. sigh
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Stepped on the scale this morning and saw that the Thanksgiving Day damage wasn't too dire. Up 1 lb! Have been eating some leftovers but in a small bowl and only at mealtimel. The size of the plate or bowl makes a difference. I serve myself dinner on a 9 in. plate now.
Fortunately, I'm not a dessert-o-holic. Sent all the leftover dessert home with other people. DH kept a slice of pumpkin pie for himself.
DH made turkey/veggie/noodle soup with the stock from boiling the carcass, and it is delicious. Not bad at all on WW.
Back to WW meeting on Mon. but do not have to weigh in since I've reached lifetime status again.
Hang in there to all of us!
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A friend of mine said yesterday she went to an exercise class with the title, "Get That Pie Off Your Thigh"!
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Heidihill and IsThisForReal - thanks for your kind comments, and congratulations on your weight loss! Yeah, plateaus are a bummer. When that happened, we were advised to either move more, or eat more. Guess which option I chose!
Sometimes the body just needs a bit of a change - a few more calories a day, then back to the plan, to jolt itself out of the stagnant phase.Cindyl - when we "graduated" from the Fasting and Transition phases of Optifast, we were told that it would take 90 minutes of exercise a day to keep the weight off. WHAT??????? But then they said that this meant just moving every day. Take a ten minute walk. Work for ten minutes in the garden. Clean out a closet for ten minutes. Do anything that gets your muscles working, and something that gets your heart rate up. You don't have to turn into a gym rat. That was good news.....
Carrol2 - for all the money I spent, and all the effort and discipline I put into staying on program, I still only lost about a pound or two a week. Sometimes I didn't lose at all. But I just kept going. I wasn't doing it to see lower numbers on the scale, I was doing it as my breast cancer treatment. I wanted to eliminate body fat, and therefore estrogen. Thinking of it that way made it a whole bunch easier to just keep going one day at a time.
carolehalston - I decided I was going to eat whatever I wanted on Thanksgiving, as long as it was special. For example, I didn't need rolls and butter, but I sure did want a taste of dressing, because it's not something I have all the time. So I ended up having two ounces of turkey with a few tablespoons of gravy, some dressing, and my green beans with caramelized onions and mushrooms. Like you, I had it in a small bowl.
When the bowl was empty, I got up to go get seconds, because that's what I've done every single Thanksgiving of my life...but I found that I was full!!! (That was a surprise!) Later on, we went to my nephew's for dessert, and there I had a tiny piece of peppermint bark. Yummy! One thing I've discovered is that the first bite of something is really the best part. The rest is just filler. I simmered the turkey carcass yesterday, and put the broth in the fridge overnight. Today I'll skim all the fat off, and make a huge pot of soup. Yay for you for reaching WW Lifetime status!!!!
ruthbru - Cute!!!!
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Blessings - the first bite is the best! I had a bite or two of everything I wanted at Thanksgiving and was comfortable full when we finished our feast. I hope it works out on the scale, but like you I'm less interested in short term weight loss then in getting rid of demon estrogen long term.
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Blesssing oh you are so right. I know I am putting myself at risk but having the extra weight. I jsut have to get my will power in tact.
I am announcing to you all here. I will go to a weight watcher meeting on monday, weigh in and face the music.
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Good luck, Carrol!
I am learning from everyone here. It's good to know all these little tricks. I am more than half way to my weight goal after four years and it's plateau with a capital P. For me, I think every little bit counts. Estrogen is one problem but the other problem is inflammation, of which belly fat is a major source. I'll have to keep trying to lose a little more or keep trying to get a six pack, whichever comes first. That's why I'm on this thread and the Daily Exercise thread!
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Oh, Carrol2 - don't think for a minute that I just decided to lose weight on my own to be healthier!!!
It was actually during a showdown in my MO's office - she was prescribing Anastrozole, and I was refusing. We were at a standoff... I insisted I had NO estrogen in my body, as I was not only post-menopausal, but that I'd already had a complete hysterectomy. That's when she politely said "Estrogen is manufactured in belly fat..." and there I stood, looking about 7 months pregnant, with no snappy answer back for her....
I actually joined the Optifast program as ammunition...thinking that I'd go back to her and say "LOOK! NO BODY FAT!!! NO ANASTROZOLE!!!" but I didn't...once I got on the diet-and-exercise bandwagon, I made the decision to take the drugs anyway.
Good luck at WW. Just take it one day at a time, and forget about the numbers on the scale. Every healthy choice you make is helping your body in one way or another. Don't judge your success or "failure" by WW weigh-ins. It will all pay off in the end.
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Ooooh, Heidihill - I had completely forgotten about the link between belly fat and inflammation! Thanks for the reminder!!!
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Good Day to All and Welcome to Carol2,
Traveling last week, so no weigh in. Back at the exercise and tracking religiously today. I ate moderately over the holiday weekend. Don't feel deprived or guilty for stuffing myself. Cancer Center Dietician stresses that enjoying holidays in moderation are a part of life. I appreciate her perspective as I tend toward perfectionistic "all or nothing" thinking. I realized that people who don't have a problem with overeating occasionally celebrate with a special meal and dessert, but then just go right back to eating less.
Something I would like to share with Carol. Dietician told me that there should be NO GUILT associated with eating and weight as it sets us up for a negative cycle. If you've made some mistakes, well, just learn from them and move on. Please don't feel disgusted with yourself and/or your body. Your body has fought off the assault of cancer that has tried to invade it and take your life. Your body has done something amazing by healing from major surgeries and recovering from the ravages of chemo. You have been through unbelievably difficult experiences and are adjusting to a new normal. Please be kind to yourself.
Will swim my laps later today. I'm up to 30 lengths of the pool and it feels very good. Keeps lymphedema in check as well.
Blessings, you must be so proud of your healthy body! I got goose bumps reading your story. Get rid of those 1X and 2X tops and wear something that fits your new body!!! After all of your hard work you are deserving of it. You inspire and encourage us. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
All the Best for a Great Week,
Charlotte
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wow charlotte thanks for the encouraging words. I know it seems I am very hard on myself but perhaps your right, its way too negative, I have been told that a lot at weight watchers. I always feel that if I am too easy on myself I wont kick it in gear. I joined weight watchers about 15 years ago. I lost 17 pounds, the whole time people kept saying "oh you must be at goal", or "you don't look like you need to lose weight." So in my head I was not motivated, thinking well, I look fine so who cares. NOt true now because now I need to lose 30 pounds. But now my motivation is very different. This is the last tool available to me to keep fighting. I just need to find a way of thinking of this in a positive light as a motivator. Today is my restart day just like a computer I was stuck and need to start over. DId my knee stretching cause bad knees and gonna go to the gym and so a little cardio. The food shopping to get some healthy things to cook this week, and tonight I will go back to weight watchers and weigh in and get some fuel for the fire from the other members there.
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Up 100 grams. Should have had a smaller serving for dessert last night.
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Down 1.6 for the week. 3 for the month. 38 lbs since June 1.
Whoot.
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Good job! Up one due to PTS (Post Turkey Syndrome)
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I was flabergasted and thrilled this morning to get on the scale and see 160.5 - down 4 from 2 weeks ago, and the same as 3 weeks ago. Since returning from Thanksgiving I'm really trying to watch my food intake and up my exercise in peparation for all the holiday eating. If I can come back here in January and still be 160.5 I'll be immensely happy.
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went to my ww weigh in up 10 pounds!!! ugh
but I was good yesterday so back on track. DId my food shopping so armed and ready to beat this fat off.
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158.5 this morning. Up 1 lb. for the week. Back on the WW wagon.
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Thank you, everyone, for your kind comments!
Saw my MO this morning…she was soooo impressed with my weight loss! (She currently has many of her patients in the Kaiser Optifast program. Her reasoning is that they’ve fought too hard, and come too far in beating cancer to let the excess weight keep putting them at risk.)
I told her that my motivation all along was never to “look good”… that I looked at this diet as my breast cancer treatment. I didn’t need rads or chemo, but since I was 100% ER+, it didn’t make sense to me to take the Anastrozole for five years, yet hang on to the body fat (and subsequent production of estrogen).
I also said that I stopped thinking of foods as “good” or “bad”, and that stopped me from calling myself “good” or “bad” when it came to what I ate.
Ya gotta have a life, and in this life we all need treats. But that’s what they need to be: “treats”, not a regular staple of your daily diet.
A few weeks ago, we spent a week at our timeshare at the beach. DH lugged down boxes of my Optifast product, as well as the VitaMix, so I could stay on program there.
Yet every day at 4 pm, in the community room, the staff makes popcorn in one of those movie style poppers. It’s greasy, salty, and loaded with chemicals. And I love it!!! But this time, I had half a small bag, not the usual SALAD BOWL full that I’d usually have.
Now comes the hard part: keeping it off.
The MO encouraged me to get back to the therapy pool ASAP, and keep moving every day. (I just got released to go back; I had a stupid pinpoint hole in my incision that didn’t want to close.) I never thought I’d hear myself say the words “I miss exercising!”
Our middle son dropped by last night, and during the conversation, he mentioned how on “The Biggest Loser”, after the participants have met their goals, they make them put on weights to equal what they’ve lost – just to remind them of what they used to lug around.
I can’t even PICK UP a 40 pound sack of birdseed….how in the world did I carry around an extra 60 pounds every day?
I didn’t gain it overnight and I didn’t lose it overnight. I just kept getting up in the morning and sticking to the plan. The numbers on the scale didn’t deter me. I had lots of encouragement from both the program staff, and the other cohort members.
We had challenges and pitfalls and plateaus and we just kept going. The numbers on the scale were just a bonus at the end.
Tonight is our first PST (Post Turkey Syndrome, according to Ruth
) weigh-in. Who knows what the scale will show? Don’t really care. I’m doing what I need to do. The rest will follow eventually.0 -
158 lbs. Somehow I just have not had much energy this week, and did not exercise as I should have. Maybe an iron supplement will help give me some spark again. I'm going away till January, and will check in again when I'm back. Hopefully I will be able to keep the weight off . . .
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Up one. :-(
But I've been riding the bike 10 miles nearly every day. Today i did 16. I've upped the tension this week too, so hopefully things will kick in soon. I'm finally starting to feel more like myself....6 weeks post BMX.0
