lost bigggggggggg

On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, "Anglea Woollcombe" wrote:
i lost five pounds over this last little while. and i still have milk and
eat cereal also i eat whole wheat bread.i also lost the weight without
exercising to

Great progress Angela

I lost another two pounds this last week - 36 altogether. big cheesy grin

Cellach
274/238/224(mini goal)

"Anglea Woollcombe" wrote in message
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i lost five pounds over this last little while. and i still have milk and
eat cereal also i eat whole wheat bread.i also lost the weight without
exercising to

There's nothing wrong with milk - unless you're drinking whole milk. I
drink at least a quart of nonfat milk every day. And I eat quite a bit of
whole wheat low carb bread myself. The bottom line of losing weight is to
take in less calories than you burn, and a person can certainly do that
through diet alone. The reason everyone preaches exercise is that it
optimizes weight loss, by increasing resting metabolism (through increased
muscle mass) and by burning calories. During weight loss, you lose muscle
mass. As a person loses muscle, their resting metabolism decreases.

You seem to be thumbing your nose at exercise, because you've been able to
lose weight without it. But for overall optimal health, you should still
exercise. If you don't, you'll still be able to lose weight, you just won't
be your personal best. For me it's not enough just to fit a size 6 - I want
to be healthy, have high energy, and to have lots of muscle.

det

i am not doing such a thing with exercise infact i used to exercise
regularly. i work mid nights and i find it hard to get on a regular exercise
routine . besides that i wallk to work every morning because i can and i
take the stairs. also, for that matter i do alot of running at work because
i'm a waitress.
angie
"determined" wrote in message
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"Anglea Woollcombe" wrote in message
...
i lost five pounds over this last little while. and i still have milk
and
eat cereal also i eat whole wheat bread.i also lost the weight without
exercising to

There's nothing wrong with milk - unless you're drinking whole milk. I
drink at least a quart of nonfat milk every day. And I eat quite a bit of
whole wheat low carb bread myself. The bottom line of losing weight is to
take in less calories than you burn, and a person can certainly do that
through diet alone. The reason everyone preaches exercise is that it
optimizes weight loss, by increasing resting metabolism (through increased
muscle mass) and by burning calories. During weight loss, you lose muscle
mass. As a person loses muscle, their resting metabolism decreases.

You seem to be thumbing your nose at exercise, because you've been able to
lose weight without it. But for overall optimal health, you should still
exercise. If you don't, you'll still be able to lose weight, you just
won't
be your personal best. For me it's not enough just to fit a size 6 - I
want
to be healthy, have high energy, and to have lots of muscle.

det

"Anglea Woollcombe" wrote in message
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i lost five pounds over this last little while. and i still have milk and
eat cereal also i eat whole wheat bread.i also lost the weight without
exercising to

You have lost some weight, and think you might want to lose more
weight, but do not want to push it too far.

Let me suggest that instead of measuring success in terms of pounds or
kilos, you measure success by the lifestyle you prefer to adopt - how
much and what you choose to eat, how much and how you choose to
exercise, etc. The lifestyle you have appears to be a way you enjoy
living. If you are like most people, and you are eating less and
exercising more than before, you will typically lose some amount of
weight, and then level off. When that happens, you will need to
decide whether to maintain that lifestyle, and maintain the weight you
have, or whether to change your lifestyle.

What I hope will happen is that you will choose to keep doing what
you have been doing recently, since that seems to suit you.

As for how to convince friends to see their appeal - the best way to
do that which I ever experienced was the first and only time I went to
a NAAFA dance. Having a room full of men look at me with pretty
obvious lust in their eyes did great things for my self-esteem.

Another thing to do is to encourage them to buy an outfit from one of
the more expensive sources of women's clothing. My personal favorites
are makingitbigonline.com or loveyourpeaches.com. I cannot afford to
shop there often, but nice clothes that really are big enough and that
are designed for a woman my shape and not for a size 8, can make me
feel more beautiful. Wearing polyester bought from a catalog using
models too small to fit in their sizes is often cheaper, but does not
feed the soul to the same degree.

Mary-Anne
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