Trying hard to lose the pounds!!!!!!!!!

I read in a magazine yesterday (the new issue of Oprah) that flip-flops cause little tears in your foot. They had a podiatrist who said she'd seen people all last summer with plantar fasciitis caused by them.

Kari,

Another cool picture. Great photog. Great subject. You're looking good; hope you feel as good as you look.

Thanks.

171.

Plan for next weeks weigh in - DO NOT go to Chili's the night before and have a bacon cheeseburger, fries and cheesecake. (I did drink water...) LOL!

Well ladies, how is everyone doing especially during this flu season? I was only able to go to Curves once this week since I got the "cold" flu symptoms and pretty weak. Weight is staying about the same though. Still lost 7.5 pounds since Jan 2, 2007, 25 more pounds to go by April.

Good Luck all.
Judy

I've done too much eating on vacation! And I really need to slim down for a wedding in only 2 weeks. I don't have many dresses or skirts that flow when dancing and I'll have to go on a vegetable and green salad diet to fit into one of those! And I'm cutting out any after dinner snacks like popcorn.

Ginger...try substituting something with protein after dinner instead...I use a trainer and he pointed out that we use carbs for energy and protein for repair...if we take in carbs before going to bed it will not be used while we sleep (and I assume just sits on my hips instead!)...whereas protein is used to repair cells etc while we sleep. And I swear I lose weight much more consistently if I do it that way...no carbs after 7pm; 1/2 cut low fat cottage cheese instead.

Hi Ladies ~
Louanne ~ I calorie count (12-1300 Max per day)

Lost a total now of 9 pounds since 1/2/07.

Good Luck everyone and keep up the good work.
Judy

Cait, I'd have trouble with cottage cheese as a snack!! Yes, I think I'll keep popcorn hips in mind --maybe I'll need to think of brownie hips, ice cream hips, etc. Popcorn creates the best vision, though!!

Judy, great job. At your current loss rate, you'll be where you want to be in April. With the 1200-1300 calorie limit do you feel hungry a lot? What's your secret to keeping up the low intake?

"Popcorn" hips gave me a good laugh. Maybe it's not cellulite on my hips, it's popcorn. That's why all those creams I've been using don't work. lol.

Good Evening Ladies ~
I lost my post after writing it. So here goes what I can remember of it:

Cait ~ Cottage Cheese does not even appeal to me anymore since I went on the Dr. Stillsman Diet several years ago and the ONLY things I liked on it was the cottage cheese and eggs. I had my fill of it.

Louann ~ My secret for almost non-existent hunger is to eat several small meals practically all day long. Example:
Work Day: Breakfast: 8:00 - Breakfast Bar w/Milk in it (160 Cal), 9:30 or 10:00 - 3 oz Mixed Melon or Apple
Lunch: 11:30 or 12:00 - Usually a Low Cal frozen Meal (320 Calories or Less) with a Coke Zero, 1:30 or 2:00 - 3 oz Mixed Melon, 3:30 - 2 Hershey Kisses (Yep, that satisfies me) 7:00 - Dinner - Now mostly soups & salads being so cold, but always a "Big Salad" with ONLY 2 TBLSP Fat Free 1000 Island Dressing (45 Calories, Lettuce 25 cal 2 cups), 9:00 - 2 cookies or small ice cream cone

Ginger ~ I love it Popcorn Hips, now that is a Classic. I think I will use that one too especially in Hawaii.

Great Low Cal Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner: Rice Cake, lots of mustard, low cal deli meat and pinch of Shredded Parmesan Cheese. Put in microwave for no more than 22 seconds (listen for crackling-they burn FAST!) Delicious!

Question: Do most of you weigh yourselves daily, weekly, monthly or how? I used to weigh once a week but found that I can stay on track by weighing myself daily.

Take care all, keep up the good work.
Hugs,
Judy

I don't like cottage cheese. I felt for the calcium that skim milk was a better "buy". I like to warm that and have it at night, helps me sleep better.

I weigh myself every day. It's a habit from way back. You can really see how eating out impacts you when you get on the scale and see it rise for a couple of days afterwards. I find I do well during the week when I'm brown-bagging but slip on weekends.

I have 2-3 snacks though the day. If I don't bring them then I'm eating whatever is out in the xerox room or getting a treat when I go outside at lunchtime. It works out better for me to travel with an apple/orange/carrots. If I have them I'll eat them. I cut the apple up and peal the orange ahead of time so it's easy to eat them when I think I'm hungry.

There are several candy dishes where I am.

I try to visualize all those unwashed hands picking through them and getting germs on the candies. Why would I want to eat that? I ignore the fact most of it is wrapped, the germs are still on the tinfoil!

Rose,
You definitly have a point. When my Lat flap was cancelled because I was fighting off a cold, I think that I got the germs from eating M&M's at a house that I was cleaning for my cleaning service. There are 2 boys in that house who are always sick, but my lust for chocolate made me forget about that.
But after having my surgery cancelled did help to cure me of eating UNwrapped candy. But I can't get my mind to think that there are germs on wrapped chocolate !

And there also was a report on TV about how many germs that peanuts in a bowl in a bar had. All of those people reaching in with germy hands! Yuck.

I just have to work on the germy wrapper part! I am getting pretty good at unwrapping Hershey kisses and popping them into my mouth!

Nice to meet you Dawn!

I'm about 5'5" and kind of around your goal weight (depends).
I think you can do it because you've already accomplished a lot.

Sometimes to get off a plateau you have to change things around dramatically to un-seat your self. Can you fit a bit more exercise into your life? Or trade a "mild" exercise day for something a step up on the intensity?

I like to eat so I'd rather be a bit more active than eat less.

Hi Rose and Ginger, Thanks so much for your encouraging words. I agree - slow but sure is it, but yes, suppose I could step up the exercise as you suggest Rose. Must definitely hit the health club this weekend (if the snow ever stops).