| heavnlee
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| I'm new round here and I keep seeing people talking about making a whole new person out of what they have. I have to ask "why?". Are they so dissatisfied with life that they wouldn't want to continue to be who they are, just a little improved? We all have flaws, yes.. even me, believe it or not. I happen to like who I am. I am 40, a single mom with a pre-teen daughter who happens to think I'm pretty cool because I ride a skateboard, jam out to good tunes, drive a hot mustang, and let her get her ears pierced twice. The way I see it, my wrist will heal while I take a break from skateboarding, I won't go deaf from rock music, my car is being paid for and taken care of, and it's only holes. They'll grow in if she doesn't like them, just like hair will grow back or can be cut or re-colored. You only live once, right? So, I look down and realize that I'm no longer 105 lbs at 5 foot 3, but now 140. Fibromyalgia slows me down some days, and I'm on more drugs for this and that than I'm comfortable with, and I don't fit into my old clothes anymore. I'm not a size small. But at least now I have breasts and a butt! Yay for reaching puberty at 40! So, I quit smoking last summer and I've decided to lose weight. I've recieved a nod from the kid, which nowadays means she'll back me and her skinny butt has even decided to join me, not to lose weight, but to get healthy. So, where to start? At stage 1. I have the book.. I'm over halfway through it, and I'm getting excited. Now I have to go to the grocery store after making up my list. Thankfully, the kiddo loves veggies. I'm open to correspondance and tips and recipes from anyone. From stopping smoking, I know that it's easier to reach a goal with someone cheering you on and I think having a diet buddy would be cool. |
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Mon Apr 14, 2008 8:47 am |
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| jogran
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Congratulations on choosing a really healthy and do-able way of eating WOE) for you and "the kiddo"
Journalling is a fantastic aid to this weight control Good luck and enjoy your walk on the beach. |
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Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:51 am |
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| heavnlee
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| Thanks so much! I look forward to getting back into my skinny jeans, cheering on others who do, and cheering up those who slip a little as I'm sure I will. I also look forward to meeting those like-minded people, like yourself, who are taking positive steps! |
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Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:43 am |
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| heavnlee
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Tonight I was going through some old favorite recipes and one that snagged my attention and craving was my mom's old recipe for pea salad. I just, as usual, put my own spin on it. Normally, I tend to cook by sight and taste instead of by measurement, so these are estimations, and feel free to add or subtract things as you like.
2 cans (or equivalent frozen) peas
1 cup small diced cheddar cheese
1/4 cup grated red onion
1-2 cloves minced garlic
2 tablespoons mayonnaise (or enough to wet the ingredients. If using salad dressing, add a teaspoon of lemon juice. mayo is best though)
Salt and pepper to taste |
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Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:28 am |
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| gaia3
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Welcome and I hope that you succeed beyond your wildest dreams!
I started on Monday and right now I feel like I could eat a whole cake by myself, and I don't care that much for sweets... :lol: Everyone says it will get better and at least I don't have the headaches, but I'm looking forward to Phase 2!
I wonder how your recipe would work with lady finger peas?
I used to manage my sons' band called Stone Stephen about 15 years ago...lots of fun and I always knew where my kids were. lol |
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Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:46 am |
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| heavnlee
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A band, how cool is that? Finally, someone else who joins into the interests instead of just driving everyone around! I've found that finding things in common with my daughter keeps her talking to me.
Luckily I've not been craving sweets. I hardly ever did before. My cravings were more for salty or spicy or vinagery, so I've been chomping on pickles and every kind of olive, from garlic to jalapeno, that I can find in the store. Today we went and raided the veggie section at the g-store again and stocked up on fresh herbs and an array of squash, and we're planning on canning and pickling. I've found that little busying tasks like that don't exactly take my mind off of food, but keep my hands and tastebuds busy with foods that are ok on P1. It's exercising my experimental and artistic interests as well. I may have made a mistake with the meatloaf last night, but my pickled peaches and plums will be great!
gaia3 wrote: Welcome and I hope that you succeed beyond your wildest dreams!
I started on Monday and right now I feel like I could eat a whole cake by myself, and I don't care that much for sweets... :lol: Everyone says it will get better and at least I don't have the headaches, but I'm looking forward to Phase 2!
I wonder how your recipe would work with lady finger peas?
I used to manage my sons' band called Stone Stephen about 15 years ago...lots of fun and I always knew where my kids were. lol |
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Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:04 am |
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| heavnlee
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ok let's see if this ticker thing will work. Even with it being that time of the month, I've managed to lose more weight and my doc yesterday gave me a prescription for a whole new blood pressure pill with a bit of a water pill in it. I told her I was on the diet and she cheered me on. She even offered to send me to a dietician if I want. My insurance will cover it. For now I told her to hold off though and see if this works. So, just over 8 lbs later and a good 2 inches off waist.. here I am!
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:38 pm |
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| heavnlee
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Due to ill effects, the doc took me off of the antidepressant because it was giving me hot flashes and ddizzyness. But, I'm still getting a little dizzy. Maybe the blood pressure pills still aren't doing the job? Iit's getting a little tiring though. Sometimes I'm not sure if it's because I'm really not eating like I'm supposed to.. usually once a day and making that during the evening once it's cooled off. It's just hot during the day and I don't feel like eating, unless the blood sugar starts acting up, then I'll grab something high in protein. It's getting a little depressing though because I'm not losing nearly like i wanted to, even though I'm exercising and watching everything that I eat. Plus I drink a whole bunch of water, constantly. Today is my first day of phase 2 and I almost think I should stay on it for another week because I haven't lost more than ten lbs. But I really want the whole wheat pasta I got with no gluten in it. So maybe I'll do a little tonight and call the doc tomorrow.
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Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:16 am |
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| heavnlee
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| I find myself trudging along, finding new ways to cook old things, and I've decided that even if I can't be as thin as I used to be, I'll at least be more healthy. But really, do I want to be that thin again, all angles and skinny limbs and no boobs and butt? I actually like having curves. I may not be a size zero anymore, but at least I'm not anorexic. I'm finding a happy medium. I'm no longer stuffing my face with crap. I'm working at making my food more interesting. My boyfriend opened the fridge last night and said "wow, there sure is alot of food in here. But what can I snack on?" I had to point out the fresh veggies and fruit, the marinated veggies, the cheese and healthy spreads that would go with the whole grain crackers and breads. I think that our trip to the grocery store.. his first with me since I started this diet.. was a bit eye opening for him too. He kept looking at all of the sugary stuff in the bakery and on the shelves and pointing cakes and pastries out and I turned up my nose. I actually don't want that stuff! I've found things just like I always have to take care of my cravings for all things sweet, sour, or salty. |
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Tue May 06, 2008 11:03 pm |
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| I am so glad to be almost at the end of of stage 2, though, to be honest, ithe way that I've been eating isn't a whole lot different from the way that I ate before. The biggest difference I think is that I'm eating a little more fruit and a little less bread products. I've been snacking alot on fresh veggies cut up and lightly tossed in low-fat and low-carb dressings and dipping sauces. And then there are the SB snack bars and the cookie bars of one of the other diets. I'm guessing that they're made to expand in your stomach because, after eating one and drinking water, I'm very full. And then there are the shakes. Yes, yes, I know that they have carbs in them and a bit of sugar but, to be perfectly honest, they pretty much do the job for me. I don't often eat during the early parts of the day. I'm just not hungry. But that's always been pretty typical. Now though I make sure that I get something in me to change the way that my body's working. I suppose it's doing the trick, because I've lost more weight and, by exercising a little, I'm losing inches. |
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Sun May 11, 2008 10:41 pm |
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| Ladyfingers28
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Quote: I'm new round here and I keep seeing people talking about making a whole new person out of what they have. I have to ask "why?". Are they so dissatisfied with life that they wouldn't want to continue to be who they are, just a little improved?
I think the reason you see this a lot is because...no offense, some people have huge amounts of weight to lose. You have 30 pounds to lose. Others have 130 or 230 pounds to loss. That would mean they would have a totally different life because lets face it weight does hold us back. No disrespect but if you have never been obese you would never understand that statement, ya know?
Sounds like your doing great, keep up the hard work! |
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Tue May 13, 2008 2:52 pm |
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| heavnlee
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Ladyfingers28 wrote: Quote: I'm new round here and I keep seeing people talking about making a whole new person out of what they have. I have to ask "why?". Are they so dissatisfied with life that they wouldn't want to continue to be who they are, just a little improved?
I think the reason you see this a lot is because...no offense, some people have huge amounts of weight to lose. You have 30 pounds to lose. Others have 130 or 230 pounds to loss. That would mean they would have a totally different life because lets face it weight does hold us back. No disrespect but if you have never been obese you would never understand that statement, ya know?
Sounds like your doing great, keep up the hard work!
-smiles- I know a little because my late best friend was extremely obese. I had the opposite problem: I had a hyperactive thyroid and had to fight to keep weight on. and to put it on. I reached a point when I dropped into a deep depression and got older that the weight began to come on and my thyroid problem reversed itself so that I had to watch out. Through liver problems, kidney problems, and now the whole of it: fibromyalgia. No, I don't have 100 plus pounds to get off. Debra did before she died trying. My best friend showed me though that I could do it once the health problems started. She told me that she didn't want a whole new her. She wanted a thinner her. She wanted to do certain things once she did. So, even though I only have a "little" weight to lose, I have a whole new lifestyle to learn. And, like Debra, I still don't want a whole new me. -smiles- My best wishes to you and to everyone else, and my thanks for the kind words. |
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Wed May 14, 2008 2:47 am |
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| heavnlee
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| I noticed tonight when we went out to dinner that I just really don't have an appetite. I don't know if it's the hot weather or the new pills or what.. but my weight's been fluctuating a bit by about 3 lbs or so the past two weeks. I'm pretty pleased though since I had a day or two of weakness and a few beers. |
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Mon May 26, 2008 7:04 am |
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Hi there! I, too, have been hyperthyroid and 'naturally' skinny and am now hypothyroid and outting on pounds. I also gave up smoking and coffee recently and have gained a few. That brought me here to SB. How much bread and whole grains did you wind up with by the end of P2?
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Mon May 26, 2008 5:57 pm |
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| heavnlee
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muffintop wrote: Hi there! I, too, have been hyperthyroid and 'naturally' skinny and am now hypothyroid and outting on pounds. I also gave up smoking and coffee recently and have gained a few. That brought me here to SB. How much bread and whole grains did you wind up with by the end of P2?
Good luck.
Hey muffintop!
I'm sooo glad to see someone else like me! As for my bread and stuff.. I really never ate too much bread per se. My big problem was the little bit of this and little bit of that that I ate from a bit of pasta and a little bit of other carbs. I've never had a big appetite. But I felt like I'd done really bad things by making potato salad and baked pork chops. I'm still sort of on the fence about alot of things because of things that I hear everywhere. I've been told to take a bit of the best and leave the rest. The one thing that I've done is kept to whole grain stuff. Instead of regular pasta I get whole wheat stuff without glutin. For my bread, I get whole grain stuff. I just remember that, if it's good for my daughter, surely it's good for me. |
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