Weekend

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 22:13:51 GMT, "Cox SMTP east"
wrote:

he said this
as only Tom can (Chris knows) without causing insult but giving tremendous
amounts of motivation.

Yep. He really is very good at that :-). (Of course, he talked me
into going to P.F. Chang's for dinner. But I was very good there and
am still within my calorie budget for the day.)

He made me think that I have to really look again at
how I am eating and that's why I got the scale. I hereby promise to measure
everything and not assume that that bowl of whatever is 8 oz when it could
be 15. Maybe I am not eating what I think I am.

We got a food scale when we first started dieting, and it really is
helpful to understand portion sizes. Now I'm much better at
estimating but I still always use the scale. I just estimate when I
eat away from home.

Chris

On Mon, 06 Oct 2003 22:13:51 GMT, "Cox SMTP east"
wrote:

In any event, at least I didn't start the week higher than last
week, but I undid all my week's prorgress (I am one of those people that can
gain, and have on many occasions, 5-6 pounds in ONE DAY and then work a week
to get it off.)

Um, you do know this is mostly water, don't you, Elise? It takes 3500
calories to add a pound of fat to your body; certainly you didn't eat
even one pound's worth of extra calories. I think you retain water
rather easily, don't you? Just keep drinking more; it will help you
flush it out.

Chris

Congrats, Susan. Yes, we all get stalled here and there, but you'll hear
lots of voices on this NG telling you that stalls aren't permanent and
you'll get through them. The main thing is, you're losing weight. That's
great!

By the way, I like the "stones" thing, as in "I've lost 10 stones." It
sounds like so much more weight than a pound sounds. Stones sound H E A V Y.

I've lost 75 pounds so far, but I don't know how many stones I've lost.
Hmmm...come to think of it, I've almost lost an entire person. Phew. That's
a scary thought.

Cat

Thanks I sure appreciate the support from everyone here at ASD, it does
help
These stalls are baffling to me. Not just frustrating but I simply don't
understand why. There has to be a logical, reasonable physical reason to
stalls.

Susan
260/219/160
---
4weeks 17:47hours of being smoke-free, 1,158 cigs not smoked, $214.23
saved, 4day 0:30hours of my life saved


"Jennifer Austin" wrote in message
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"Susan Jones-Anderson" wrote in message
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I managed to stay on my WOE all weekend despite some very temping
situations.

Saturday night we went to a fish fry and for those of you who are
not
familiar with a fish fry it is where you go to someone's home or
gathering place and they fry vats of catfish filets breaded with
cornmeal out over open flame in peanut or some other high heat oil.
The
also usually do french fries and hushpuppies and ALWAYS alot of
beer.
Needless to say I had 1 piece of the fish, 2 hushpuppies and no beer


Fish fries up nort' consist of perch or walleye, fries, cole slaw, and
rye
bread. Some restaurants are getting with the times though and
offering
broiled fish and baked potato. The only fish fry I like is when my
friend
does his walleye with his secret recipe (we only know he gets some
kind of
spice mix through mail order from Louisiana) and cooks it in a big
cast iron
skillet on an outdoor burner.

Sunday I went to a big celebration at Mark's(yes we are tentatively
back
together at the moment and it's been hell getting to this point)
church
..small local Baptist church.. maybe 100 regular members and they
had
dinner on the grounds. As you can imagine there was the typical
southern
fare there of BBQ, Beans, Cole Slaw, Potato Salad, and every dessert
imaginable, from cakes, cobblers, fudge, Mississippi Mud, etc. All
of
them to die for. I decided on one breast of BBQ chicken, a portioned
serving of pintos and a portioned serving of coleslaw. It was SO
difficult to stay out of the desserts. But I did and I am really
pleased
with my dedication even though I am not losing like I think I should
be
since I'm stalled currently. I am still very pleased with the fact I
am
not gaining.

Staying on my WOE is so easy if I am at home. It's the being out at
functions and events that is difficult.

Anyhow that was my weekend, How was ya'lls?

Susan
260/219(STILL!)/160


The weekend was good, thanks. Spent part of a day at Cranberry Fest
and
resisted the urge for a slice of the "World's Largest Cranberry
Cheesecake."
Got more fresh cranberries for the freezer (they keep for a year) and
made a
lovely sugar-free cranberry sauce (not the jellied kind) which goes
great
with my baked potato or my shakes. Also made a cranberry-orange
compote
which will be done in a few days. Made home made salsa with chipolte
peppers, went overboard in sampling it and got seriously ill for a few
hours.

The Packers won so it was all good. The Cubs even won even though I
still
sorta don't care about baseball.

Your stall will end eventually. Like you said, at least you aren't
gaining
and you are practicing good decision making skills rather than
throwing in
the towel - which I've done numerous times in the past. Keep it up
because
you really are accomplishing something.

Jenn

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 23:24:30 -0500, "Susan Jones-Anderson"
wrote:

Thanks I sure appreciate the support from everyone here at ASD, it does
help
These stalls are baffling to me. Not just frustrating but I simply don't
understand why. There has to be a logical, reasonable physical reason to
stalls.

I always think that too, but I don't know what it would be. I stalled
at 210 lbs. for about a month, for no reason that I could see. But
then I lost 7 lbs. in the next month, and pretty much continued on
down. I frequently stall for a couple of weeks, though, so I don't
worry about it.

Chris

Good for you Cellach - that's a very good start!! Are you still
following the Slimming World programme?

janice
233/161/133

On 06 Oct 2003 07:13:12 GMT, pamgone (Cellach) wrote:

And - better news scales wise - I lost 5 pounds last week and so have lost
15lbs in total (just over a stone!) in four weeks.

Woooooooo! (Sorry

Cellach
274/259/224 (mini goal)

My new scale is a Salter model 2006. It was $30 at Linens and Things. I
could have gotten a less expensive one, but I liked the very slim line of
this one (I can store it vertically next to the plates) and the auto 0
function. They had an even more expensive Salter which measured liquids as
well. But that was for baking. Even though I thought it was a cool gadget,
I honestly didn't need the extra bells and whistles. I felt guilty enough
buying the 2006 because I had a handy dandy weight watcher one from many
years ago. I was just tired of the bulk and having to re-set it each time.
I spent the morning measuring out little bags of snacks for my son who
started his new eating plan today. Very educational seeing what weighed
what. I am going to us both use it at dinner as well. The nutritionist did
a nice job designing a kid slanted plan. Elise
"Jennifer Austin" wrote in message
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"Cox SMTP east" wrote in message
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On a positive eating note, I got a new food scale today. I like it
because
it automatically sets to 0 after you put a plate, or whatnot, on it. I
was
whining to Tom today that I was eating within guidelines, except for the
one
aforementioned cheat, and that I wasn't losing weight like I used to be
able
to on the same levels 2 years ago. He basically told me that it was too
bad, it was the way I was made and that I had to deal with it...he said
this
as only Tom can (Chris knows) without causing insult but giving
tremendous
amounts of motivation. He made me think that I have to really look
again
at
how I am eating and that's why I got the scale. I hereby promise to
measure
everything and not assume that that bowl of whatever is 8 oz when it
could
be 15. Maybe I am not eating what I think I am.

Well, I feel better now having vented a little. Elise.

What kind of scale did you get? I'm thinking of upgrading mine.

Jenn

From: (janice)

Good for you Cellach - that's a very good start!! Are you still
following the Slimming World programme?

janice
233/161/133

Yes, sticking to it religously. After you adjust to cooking without oils/fats
wherever possible and sort out when's best for Green or Red days it feels so
easy to follow. I can see myself eating this way for the rest of my life - it
can only be a good thing. I'm eating way more veggies and fruit than I used to
and I haven't been hungry.

I think one major hurdle was actually getting into the right mindset to do this
at all. I am in that "zone" now - and everytime I see something that I might
have eaten before I just think "what a waste of the work so far - what a lousy
way to spoil things" and I don't eat it. I just haven't ever been ready to do
this properly before, so with every small setback I just gave up.

Not giving up this time

Cellach

"Susan Jones-Anderson" wrote ...
Thanks I sure appreciate the support from everyone here at ASD, it does
help
These stalls are baffling to me. Not just frustrating but I simply don't
understand why. There has to be a logical, reasonable physical reason to
stalls.

Susan
260/219/160
---
4weeks 17:47hours of being smoke-free, 1,158 cigs not smoked, $214.23
saved, 4day 0:30hours of my life saved


I think sometimes the body just needs to "settle in" to a new weight. It
will recognize that you really meant for the pounds to drop off and begin
again. We are asking our bodies to lose weight a lot more rapidly than we
gained it for the most part. Just let everything catch up.

But why it doesn't ask when it's the other way around, I'll never know.
"Whoa - you surely didn't mean you *wanted* to gain weight over the
weekend?"

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