Fat Enders

[Mozart]

I'm still holding at 160 pretty consistently, 159 or 164 is my range but generally 160.

I guess its a good weight for me, but I wouldn't mind being less. Trying to loss body fat now and not just weight.


I really haven't done any exercise, but summer is almost over and I'll go out more when the temperature is nice. That exercise you guys talk about must be quite helpful.

And cashews are too delicious..I think I found a new love.


I also took my blood pressure today randomly, it was 119 and 67, which I guess is normal so hooray for me! If I can be 150 by the end of winter, I will complete one great year, loosing 70 pounds. 2010 I can turn into superman. Ekkkk 60 pounds gone without effort, why didnt I do it before?

[Elgarian]

I do just need some encouragement to stay the course in the face of apparent lack of success!  Tonight's treat--some grapes (no Cherry Garcia  ) 

That's the style!

Have you tried melon instead of grapes as a treat? Grapes have about 3 times the calories compared with the same weight of melon, and I believe melon may be harder to digest than grapes (so you use more calories while digesting it). During those three weeks on my graph, I've been eating half a melon per day (some days a whole one), two or three oranges, and half a dozen plums as 'treats', on top of my normal meals, and as desserts.

Another alternative is sugar-free jelly. It comes in little sachets in a variety of flavours, and contains effectively zero calories. You can make up a pint of the stuff in the morning, chop up a couple of strawberries or plums into tiny pieces, and chuck 'em in, and you have a huge bowlful of fruity jelly to eat, literally as much of as you want during the day. Tiramisu it is not, but we're desperate folks, right?

[secondwind]

Revising shopping list. . . add melons, sugar free jelly, triple the lettuce. . .

[Elgarian]

Revising shopping list. . . add melons, sugar free jelly, triple the lettuce. . .

During these last few weeks I've acquired the alter egos of Melon Man, Jelly Jim, Lettuce Leslie, and Tomato Tom.

And today - can't quite believe this - I've gone under 14 stone (13st 13 lb) for the first time in years. (Runs off to go and eat more melons ...)

Have you tried caramel-flavoured rice cakes (the brand I get here is 'Snack-a-Jack)? They taste rather like popcorn (which is good if you like popcorn), and two big ones - you can nibble away at a couple for quite a while - are only about 100 calories.

[Mozart]

How about making a sprout salad? You buy a bunch of sprouting seeds, a mason jar, soak them in water, then drain them, wet them every 12 hrs for 3 days and boooshh probably the healthiest food you've ever had in your life. And low in calories...

[karlhenning]

Hmm. Normally Mamochka keeps us in sprouts, and it's been a while . . . .

[Mozart]

Hmm. Normally Mamochka keeps us in sprouts, and it's been a while . . . .

Do it yourself, its not difficult and maybe more gratifying.

[secondwind]

Okay Fat Enders, new moment of now!  Time to get (back) with the program!  I missed my run yesterday--just didn't get up early enough to run before starting the rest of a highly scheduled day.   Today, no excuses!  I can be out there by 6 am, run an hour, then back for melon!  On the plus side, I've stayed away from Cherry Garcia and similar indulgences, so I'm not feeling too bad. 

[karlhenning]

Okay Fat Enders, new moment of now!  Time to get (back) with the program!  I missed my run yesterday--just didn't get up early enough to run before starting the rest of a highly scheduled day.   Today, no excuses!  I can be out there by 6 am, run an hour, then back for melon!  On the plus side, I've stayed away from Cherry Garcia and similar indulgences, so I'm not feeling too bad. 

Good for you!

[Harpo]

I'm still holding at 160 pretty consistently, 159 or 164 is my range but generally 160.

I also took my blood pressure today randomly, it was 119 and 67, which I guess is normal so hooray for me! If I can be 150 by the end of winter, I will complete one great year, loosing 70 pounds. 2010 I can turn into superman. Ekkkk 60 pounds gone without effort, why didnt I do it before?

Congrats on losing the weight. Wish I could be more consistent in my eating habits. I was doing pretty well yesterday until I brought a pint of Ciao Bella pistachio gelato into the house and consumed 3/4 of it. 

[MN Dave]

Yeah, food is killing me. I'm not focusing. Too much other stuff going on.

[Mozart]

Congrats on losing the weight. Wish I could be more consistent in my eating habits. I was doing pretty well yesterday until I brought a pint of Ciao Bella pistachio gelato into the house and consumed 3/4 of it. 

For that much ice cream, you could eat 10 pounds of strawberries! Why don't you switch the ice cream for frozen yogurt, and instead of buying a pint and keeping it in the house, go out when you get tempted for it. Fill your house with good things, and when you get a craving for something bad, make sure its eaten outside. Today you might not want ice cream, but just seeing it there will tempt you.



Mmmm strawberries, why would you want ice cream when you can have strawberries?

[DavidW]

Yeah, food is killing me. I'm not focusing. Too much other stuff going on.

The heedless watermelon caught up with you.

[karlhenning]

 

[Elgarian]

It all seems unfair. For the first time in years, I dip below 14 stone (see above).

Then I have a family day out with my daughter. We eat roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, ice cream. OK, bad stuff, but it was just one special day out, following weeks of struggle against the reckless heedlessness of watermelons.
The next day after my usual exercise etc I get on the scales. 14 stone 2 - I've gained 3 pounds. Today, again, fully back to the heedless melon routine, I'm still 14 stone 2. Now - if I actually weighed the food I consumed during that day out, it would weigh LESS than 3 pounds. My body can only have absorbed (and converted to fat) a fraction of that - so this extra can only be due to water retention. But WHY? WHY?
WHY?

[Harpo]

For that much ice cream, you could eat 10 pounds of strawberries!

You're right, of course. I just came back from the gym--an hour of Jazzercize aerobics--so that's a plus. Salad for lunch. I have been working with a holistic nutritionist on "mindful eating," but I'm progressing slowly....  Made a "contract" with her (and myself) to exercise 5 times a week.

[DavidW]

Hey fun fact-- some people that suffer from migraines have considerable water retention before and during their migraine.

Anyway water retention might be a complicated issue.

[karlhenning]

Water retention is the least of a Texas speed bump's worries, je-je!

[DavidW]

Water retention is the least of a Texas speed bump's worries, je-je!

After that rain we had, a Texas speed bump might really swell up.

[Mozart]

207 pound Mozart
158 pound Mozart


I do look cooler at 207 I guess, but its hard to take a photo of yourself with a webcam. In fact its just one frame from a video...so excuse the stupid face I am making.