Results of Nutritionist Visit Yesterday

Looks like you found your groove Mary. WTG!
Teri


"Mary M - Ohio" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone -- I had my latest nutritionist visit yesterday. Yay, this is
the first
time I have lost at a checkup since November! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! So happy
to change
that 160 number in my signature - blah, I hated looking at that for a
month! And this
is the first time that I have gained muscle mass since November too (only
0.2 lbs but
I'll take it!). I think it is my bike! Have ridden 175 miles since I got
it two weeks
ago today -- and my friend and I are about to go on a long ride as soon as
I finish
writing this and leave the house. I am so excited!

The stats below my signature show my starting statistics at the
nutritionist from
over 2 years ago -- I didn't want anyone to think I had lost 22% body fat
since this
May, LOL (and get inundated with questions from newbies or lurkers wanting
a quick
fix). It takes time and effort and willingness and never giving up -- in
other words,
my personal mantra of "Committed, Consistent, Patient and Persistent."
Weight loss is
not about a race -- *keeping* it off is more important to me than *taking*
it off!
Thanks to everyone who shows such great support to me here.

Mary M
325-154-148

Total Weight:
(Original high weight would have been around August, 1985 at roughly 325
lbs)
May 7, 2002: 228.0 lbs (when I started with my nutritionist)
July 5, 2004: 160.2 lbs
August 2: 154.5 lbs

Fat Body Weight:
May 7, 2002: 103.3 lbs
July 5, 2004: 42.8 lbs
August 2: 36.9 lbs

Lean Body Weight:
May 7, 2002: 124.7 lbs
July 5, 2004: 117.4 lbs
August 2: 117.6 lbs

Percent Body Fat:
May 7, 2002: 45.3%
July 5, 2004: 26.7%
August 2: 23.9%

Normally I don't eat anything over 250 mg of sodium per serving, so if I do have
something salty it really has a strong water-retention effect. And my weight
predictably goes up and down due to water retention during the course of the month,
as it has all my life -- now the weight just seems to have a harder time coming down
again after it peaks. It used to go off in a day or two -- now it takes at least a
week.

Mary

Normally I don't eat anything over 250 mg of sodium per serving, so if I do have
something salty it really has a strong water-retention effect. And my weight
predictably goes up and down due to water retention during the course of the month,
as it has all my life -- now the weight just seems to have a harder time coming down
again after it peaks. It used to go off in a day or two -- now it takes at least a
week.

Mary

"Beverly" wrote in message
...
Keep this up and you'll be needing new tires for that bikeg
Congratulations on a successful visit.

Thanks, Bev -- I think of you often when I am on my bike! I can't believe how much
fun it is and what a challenge, too. I just bought the Cycling for Women book we were
talking about -- I got it from the library but it was from 1984 I think, and they
didn't even have hybrid bikes then -- so there were a few pages that talked
specifically about my bike, plus a lot more updated information. I also got a
bicyling training journal, which will be fun to look back on and see that I once felt
that a certain 7.5 mile ride was "hard" :-). Glad you'll be able to get back on your
bike this weekend!

Mary

"Beverly" wrote in message
...
Keep this up and you'll be needing new tires for that bikeg
Congratulations on a successful visit.

Thanks, Bev -- I think of you often when I am on my bike! I can't believe how much
fun it is and what a challenge, too. I just bought the Cycling for Women book we were
talking about -- I got it from the library but it was from 1984 I think, and they
didn't even have hybrid bikes then -- so there were a few pages that talked
specifically about my bike, plus a lot more updated information. I also got a
bicyling training journal, which will be fun to look back on and see that I once felt
that a certain 7.5 mile ride was "hard" :-). Glad you'll be able to get back on your
bike this weekend!

Mary

Well the scary thing about it was that I was doing pretty well -- a few indiscretions
here and there, but nothing to be really concerned about on the eating front (like
the old bingeing days for example). I think my body just really needed shaken up by
sometehing new and challenging, and the bike certainly has given me that. Thanks,
Chris! Wow, look at you, still below your intended goal!

Mary


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
...
Way to go, Mary!! I knew things would get back on track! Maybe you
just needed a little break :-).

Chris
262/143/ (145-150)

Well the scary thing about it was that I was doing pretty well -- a few indiscretions
here and there, but nothing to be really concerned about on the eating front (like
the old bingeing days for example). I think my body just really needed shaken up by
sometehing new and challenging, and the bike certainly has given me that. Thanks,
Chris! Wow, look at you, still below your intended goal!

Mary


"Chris Braun" wrote in message
...
Way to go, Mary!! I knew things would get back on track! Maybe you
just needed a little break :-).

Chris
262/143/ (145-150)

"jmk" wrote in message ...
Wow! 175 miles in two weeks! You are cranking on that thing. Mary
goes from 0 - 175 in two week :-) Woo hoo!

Thanks, j -- just came back from the ride (which wasn't as long as I thought we were
going to stay out) but it was very hot and humid, so it was challenging! I think we
did about 13 miles.

not about a race -- *keeping* it off is more important to me than *taking* it
off!
Certainly. Keeping it off is the main thing...

In people's quest to take it off so quickly, I think they forget that the real
question is not "How long did it take you?" but "How long has it stayed off?"

Mary

"jmk" wrote in message ...
Wow! 175 miles in two weeks! You are cranking on that thing. Mary
goes from 0 - 175 in two week :-) Woo hoo!

Thanks, j -- just came back from the ride (which wasn't as long as I thought we were
going to stay out) but it was very hot and humid, so it was challenging! I think we
did about 13 miles.

not about a race -- *keeping* it off is more important to me than *taking* it
off!
Certainly. Keeping it off is the main thing...

In people's quest to take it off so quickly, I think they forget that the real
question is not "How long did it take you?" but "How long has it stayed off?"

Mary

"jmk" wrote in message ...
Wow! 175 miles in two weeks! You are cranking on that thing. Mary
goes from 0 - 175 in two week :-) Woo hoo!

Thanks, j -- just came back from the ride (which wasn't as long as I thought we were
going to stay out) but it was very hot and humid, so it was challenging! I think we
did about 13 miles.

not about a race -- *keeping* it off is more important to me than *taking* it
off!
Certainly. Keeping it off is the main thing...

In people's quest to take it off so quickly, I think they forget that the real
question is not "How long did it take you?" but "How long has it stayed off?"

Mary