comprehending my ultimate goal

When I started Atkins December 4, 2003 at 234 pounds, the goal weight of 150
pounds sounded like an impossible goal. We are talking about a weight I had
not seen in 20 years. The Atkins.com & Fitday journal asked for my goal
date, so I posted a modest July 20, 2005, my birthday.

Even after a year of losing, I still didn't want to get my hopes up and got
comfortable at 184. After all, I'm 50 pounds lighter! that was something to
get used to and was now just losing a pound or less a month.

January resolutions are for the birds, but diet wise, not a bad idea try
something new, so I PAID for Fitday, bought some cross country skis and
reintroduced myself to the treadmill. "lets just see what happens" Fitday
paid version gives you your projected weight loss for what your doing now
and I said" Yeah right." Even the robo challenge here- I kept my mini goal
low because of low expectations.

Something reclicked! Keeping under 2000 calories, getting some type of
cardio in every day ( even if it was only 20 minutes on the treadmill when I
didn't want to, or a walk around my neighborhood) and net carb level varies
between 20-40 a day.

I hit 177 this morning- weighed 3 times and checked the balance on the
scale....and Fitday says at this rate I'll be 160 in May????? Dang, you can
still teach an old dog new tricks. I do believe my revelation was in that TJ
Max dressing room-buy size 14 bathing suits!!!! I will be wearing them in
April, but 3 suits is an investment in not gaining any weight back.

If your in a rut, try something new.

Diane
243/177/150

"diane" wrote in message
...
When I started Atkins December 4, 2003 at 234 pounds, the goal weight of
150 pounds sounded like an impossible goal. We are talking about a weight
I had not seen in 20 years. The Atkins.com & Fitday journal asked for my
goal date, so I posted a modest July 20, 2005, my birthday.

Even after a year of losing, I still didn't want to get my hopes up and
got comfortable at 184. After all, I'm 50 pounds lighter! that was
something to get used to and was now just losing a pound or less a month.

January resolutions are for the birds, but diet wise, not a bad idea try
something new, so I PAID for Fitday, bought some cross country skis and
reintroduced myself to the treadmill. "lets just see what happens" Fitday
paid version gives you your projected weight loss for what your doing now
and I said" Yeah right." Even the robo challenge here- I kept my mini goal
low because of low expectations.

Something reclicked! Keeping under 2000 calories, getting some type of
cardio in every day ( even if it was only 20 minutes on the treadmill when
I didn't want to, or a walk around my neighborhood) and net carb level
varies between 20-40 a day.

I hit 177 this morning- weighed 3 times and checked the balance on the
scale....and Fitday says at this rate I'll be 160 in May????? Dang, you
can still teach an old dog new tricks. I do believe my revelation was in
that TJ Max dressing room-buy size 14 bathing suits!!!! I will be wearing
them in April, but 3 suits is an investment in not gaining any weight
back.

If your in a rut, try something new.

Diane
243/177/150


Good for you, sounds like you are really earning your rewards and it's a
great felling when you get close. I am about 20lbs from goal myself and it's
only been about 4 years of being fat for me (2 yrs were being preggo) So I
can only imagine how nice it must be for you after 20 years!!

Now - make sure you keep the reciepts for those swimsuits! You are hoping to
only maintain your loss but you may be a sz 12 or 10 by spring )

diane wrote:
When I started Atkins December 4, 2003 at 234 pounds, the goal weight
of 150
pounds sounded like an impossible goal. We are talking about a weight
I had
not seen in 20 years. The Atkins.com & Fitday journal asked for my
goal
date, so I posted a modest July 20, 2005, my birthday.

Even after a year of losing, I still didn't want to get my hopes up
and got
comfortable at 184. After all, I'm 50 pounds lighter! that was
something to
get used to and was now just losing a pound or less a month.

January resolutions are for the birds, but diet wise, not a bad idea
try
something new, so I PAID for Fitday, bought some cross country skis
and
reintroduced myself to the treadmill. "lets just see what happens"
Fitday
paid version gives you your projected weight loss for what your doing
now
and I said" Yeah right." Even the robo challenge here- I kept my mini
goal
low because of low expectations.

Something reclicked! Keeping under 2000 calories, getting some type
of
cardio in every day ( even if it was only 20 minutes on the treadmill
when I
didn't want to, or a walk around my neighborhood) and net carb level
varies
between 20-40 a day.

I hit 177 this morning- weighed 3 times and checked the balance on
the
scale....and Fitday says at this rate I'll be 160 in May????? Dang,
you can
still teach an old dog new tricks. I do believe my revelation was in
that TJ
Max dressing room-buy size 14 bathing suits!!!! I will be wearing
them in
April, but 3 suits is an investment in not gaining any weight back.

If your in a rut, try something new.

Diane
243/177/150


So you ate less, exercised more, and you began to lose a lot more fat?
Amazing! Who'd have thought that would work? Now imagine how much
faster you'll lose fat and gain LBM by dropping to 1600 KCal/day and
introducing resistance training.

You could be right, but I still wont believe it till I see it. I still cant
comprehend it. Being that I'm 51 now, I know this is a totally different
experience. My weight is very much connected to my hormones.

I hit my military weight limit briefly in 1987 ( I would crash diet, sit in
tee sauna and was always on the overweight list) and found out I was 4
months pregnant just as I was finally under the goal of 164- guys just don't
understand what us Moms go through.

maintaining weight of 160, I have to think back to when my daughters were
babies. Of course I thought I was fat, back then.

Diane



"nanner" wrote in message
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"diane" wrote in message
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When I started Atkins December 4, 2003 at 234 pounds, the goal weight of
150 pounds sounded like an impossible goal. We are talking about a weight
I had not seen in 20 years. The Atkins.com & Fitday journal asked for my
goal date, so I posted a modest July 20, 2005, my birthday.

Even after a year of losing, I still didn't want to get my hopes up and
got comfortable at 184. After all, I'm 50 pounds lighter! that was
something to get used to and was now just losing a pound or less a month.

January resolutions are for the birds, but diet wise, not a bad idea try
something new, so I PAID for Fitday, bought some cross country skis and
reintroduced myself to the treadmill. "lets just see what happens"
Fitday paid version gives you your projected weight loss for what your
doing now and I said" Yeah right." Even the robo challenge here- I kept
my mini goal low because of low expectations.

Something reclicked! Keeping under 2000 calories, getting some type of
cardio in every day ( even if it was only 20 minutes on the treadmill
when I didn't want to, or a walk around my neighborhood) and net carb
level varies between 20-40 a day.

I hit 177 this morning- weighed 3 times and checked the balance on the
scale....and Fitday says at this rate I'll be 160 in May????? Dang, you
can still teach an old dog new tricks. I do believe my revelation was in
that TJ Max dressing room-buy size 14 bathing suits!!!! I will be wearing
them in April, but 3 suits is an investment in not gaining any weight
back.

If your in a rut, try something new.

Diane
243/177/150


Good for you, sounds like you are really earning your rewards and it's a
great felling when you get close. I am about 20lbs from goal myself and
it's only been about 4 years of being fat for me (2 yrs were being preggo)
So I can only imagine how nice it must be for you after 20 years!!

Now - make sure you keep the reciepts for those swimsuits! You are hoping
to only maintain your loss but you may be a sz 12 or 10 by spring )

Your probably right! I'm still tweaking the diet- not eating after 6:30 pm
helps, but my darn work schedule keeps me challenged, if breakfast is at
5am.

All I know is I never want to see those lost pounds again!

Diane


"warehouse" wrote in message
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diane wrote:
When I started Atkins December 4, 2003 at 234 pounds, the goal weight
of 150
pounds sounded like an impossible goal. We are talking about a weight
I had
not seen in 20 years. The Atkins.com & Fitday journal asked for my
goal
date, so I posted a modest July 20, 2005, my birthday.

Even after a year of losing, I still didn't want to get my hopes up
and got
comfortable at 184. After all, I'm 50 pounds lighter! that was
something to
get used to and was now just losing a pound or less a month.

January resolutions are for the birds, but diet wise, not a bad idea
try
something new, so I PAID for Fitday, bought some cross country skis
and
reintroduced myself to the treadmill. "lets just see what happens"
Fitday
paid version gives you your projected weight loss for what your doing
now
and I said" Yeah right." Even the robo challenge here- I kept my mini
goal
low because of low expectations.

Something reclicked! Keeping under 2000 calories, getting some type
of
cardio in every day ( even if it was only 20 minutes on the treadmill
when I
didn't want to, or a walk around my neighborhood) and net carb level
varies
between 20-40 a day.

I hit 177 this morning- weighed 3 times and checked the balance on
the
scale....and Fitday says at this rate I'll be 160 in May????? Dang,
you can
still teach an old dog new tricks. I do believe my revelation was in
that TJ
Max dressing room-buy size 14 bathing suits!!!! I will be wearing
them in
April, but 3 suits is an investment in not gaining any weight back.

If your in a rut, try something new.

Diane
243/177/150


So you ate less, exercised more, and you began to lose a lot more fat?
Amazing! Who'd have thought that would work? Now imagine how much
faster you'll lose fat and gain LBM by dropping to 1600 KCal/day and
introducing resistance training.

There is 1 thing that I am doing this week that might have a answer for the
dramatic drop this week. I have a no carb breakfast of bacon and eggs, and
save my low carb cereal, yogurt, shake or muffin (3-5 carbs) till mid
morning break. Kind of a carbless fast of 14 hours, but enough energy
300-400 calories) to work on the job and not get hungry. Dinner is the same.

"diane" wrote in message
...
Your probably right! I'm still tweaking the diet- not eating after 6:30 pm
helps, but my darn work schedule keeps me challenged, if breakfast is at
5am.

All I know is I never want to see those lost pounds again!

Diane


"warehouse" wrote in message
oups.com...
diane wrote:
When I started Atkins December 4, 2003 at 234 pounds, the goal weight
of 150
pounds sounded like an impossible goal. We are talking about a weight
I had
not seen in 20 years. The Atkins.com & Fitday journal asked for my
goal
date, so I posted a modest July 20, 2005, my birthday.

Even after a year of losing, I still didn't want to get my hopes up
and got
comfortable at 184. After all, I'm 50 pounds lighter! that was
something to
get used to and was now just losing a pound or less a month.

January resolutions are for the birds, but diet wise, not a bad idea
try
something new, so I PAID for Fitday, bought some cross country skis
and
reintroduced myself to the treadmill. "lets just see what happens"
Fitday
paid version gives you your projected weight loss for what your doing
now
and I said" Yeah right." Even the robo challenge here- I kept my mini
goal
low because of low expectations.

Something reclicked! Keeping under 2000 calories, getting some type
of
cardio in every day ( even if it was only 20 minutes on the treadmill
when I
didn't want to, or a walk around my neighborhood) and net carb level
varies
between 20-40 a day.

I hit 177 this morning- weighed 3 times and checked the balance on
the
scale....and Fitday says at this rate I'll be 160 in May????? Dang,
you can
still teach an old dog new tricks. I do believe my revelation was in
that TJ
Max dressing room-buy size 14 bathing suits!!!! I will be wearing
them in
April, but 3 suits is an investment in not gaining any weight back.

If your in a rut, try something new.

Diane
243/177/150


So you ate less, exercised more, and you began to lose a lot more fat?
Amazing! Who'd have thought that would work? Now imagine how much
faster you'll lose fat and gain LBM by dropping to 1600 KCal/day and
introducing resistance training.

Fitday is a powerful tool.

Keep up the good work. Stay focused on the calories, and be patient.


"diane" wrote in message
...
When I started Atkins December 4, 2003 at 234 pounds, the goal weight of
150
pounds sounded like an impossible goal. We are talking about a weight I
had
not seen in 20 years. The Atkins.com & Fitday journal asked for my goal
date, so I posted a modest July 20, 2005, my birthday.

Even after a year of losing, I still didn't want to get my hopes up and
got
comfortable at 184. After all, I'm 50 pounds lighter! that was something
to
get used to and was now just losing a pound or less a month.

January resolutions are for the birds, but diet wise, not a bad idea try
something new, so I PAID for Fitday, bought some cross country skis and
reintroduced myself to the treadmill. "lets just see what happens" Fitday
paid version gives you your projected weight loss for what your doing now
and I said" Yeah right." Even the robo challenge here- I kept my mini goal
low because of low expectations.

Something reclicked! Keeping under 2000 calories, getting some type of
cardio in every day ( even if it was only 20 minutes on the treadmill when
I
didn't want to, or a walk around my neighborhood) and net carb level
varies
between 20-40 a day.

I hit 177 this morning- weighed 3 times and checked the balance on the
scale....and Fitday says at this rate I'll be 160 in May????? Dang, you
can
still teach an old dog new tricks. I do believe my revelation was in that
TJ
Max dressing room-buy size 14 bathing suits!!!! I will be wearing them in
April, but 3 suits is an investment in not gaining any weight back.

If your in a rut, try something new.

Diane
243/177/150

In article ,
says...
When I started Atkins December 4, 2003 at 234 pounds, the goal weight of 150
pounds sounded like an impossible goal. We are talking about a weight I had
not seen in 20 years. The Atkins.com & Fitday journal asked for my goal
date, so I posted a modest July 20, 2005, my birthday.

Even after a year of losing, I still didn't want to get my hopes up and got
comfortable at 184. After all, I'm 50 pounds lighter! that was something to
get used to and was now just losing a pound or less a month.

January resolutions are for the birds, but diet wise, not a bad idea try
something new, so I PAID for Fitday, bought some cross country skis and
reintroduced myself to the treadmill. "lets just see what happens" Fitday
paid version gives you your projected weight loss for what your doing now
and I said" Yeah right." Even the robo challenge here- I kept my mini goal
low because of low expectations.

Something reclicked! Keeping under 2000 calories, getting some type of
cardio in every day ( even if it was only 20 minutes on the treadmill when I
didn't want to, or a walk around my neighborhood) and net carb level varies
between 20-40 a day.

I hit 177 this morning- weighed 3 times and checked the balance on the
scale....and Fitday says at this rate I'll be 160 in May????? Dang, you can
still teach an old dog new tricks. I do believe my revelation was in that TJ
Max dressing room-buy size 14 bathing suits!!!! I will be wearing them in
April, but 3 suits is an investment in not gaining any weight back.

If your in a rut, try something new.

EXCELLENT job, Diane! Exercise certain can make the difference. I've
had some stamina and injury issues over the last six months that have
curtailed my exercising, and my slower rate of loss has reflected that.
I DO exercise, but not as often because I keep getting sick and/or
rundown and have to back off again (I've learned that if I DO exercise
when I'm feeling rundown, I WILL get sick). It sucks being such a
delicate flower :-)

--
Saffire
205/144/125 - 5'1.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

diane wrote:
There is 1 thing that I am doing this week that might have a answer
for the dramatic drop this week. I have a no carb breakfast of bacon
and eggs, and save my low carb cereal, yogurt, shake or muffin (3-5
carbs) till mid morning break. Kind of a carbless fast of 14 hours,
but enough energy 300-400 calories) to work on the job and not get
hungry. Dinner is the same.

I doubt if skipping carbs has much to do with faster weight loss beyond just
lowering appetite. It is likely just attributable to the generally whacky
way weight loss happens, especially on LC. Dropping to 1600 kcals would
likely help you make your goal date, though. I think it would be cool to
hurry up those last few pounds!!

Oh, I've found for me that it make no difference when I eat as long as I
hold carb and calorie levels.


"diane" wrote in message
...
Your probably right! I'm still tweaking the diet- not eating after
6:30 pm helps, but my darn work schedule keeps me challenged, if
breakfast is at 5am.

All I know is I never want to see those lost pounds again!

Diane


"warehouse" wrote in message
oups.com...
diane wrote:
When I started Atkins December 4, 2003 at 234 pounds, the goal
weight
of 150
pounds sounded like an impossible goal. We are talking about a
weight
I had
not seen in 20 years. The Atkins.com & Fitday journal asked for my
goal
date, so I posted a modest July 20, 2005, my birthday.

Even after a year of losing, I still didn't want to get my hopes up
and got
comfortable at 184. After all, I'm 50 pounds lighter! that was
something to
get used to and was now just losing a pound or less a month.

January resolutions are for the birds, but diet wise, not a bad
idea
try
something new, so I PAID for Fitday, bought some cross country skis
and
reintroduced myself to the treadmill. "lets just see what happens"
Fitday
paid version gives you your projected weight loss for what your
doing
now
and I said" Yeah right." Even the robo challenge here- I kept my
mini
goal
low because of low expectations.

Something reclicked! Keeping under 2000 calories, getting some type
of
cardio in every day ( even if it was only 20 minutes on the
treadmill
when I
didn't want to, or a walk around my neighborhood) and net carb
level
varies
between 20-40 a day.

I hit 177 this morning- weighed 3 times and checked the balance on
the
scale....and Fitday says at this rate I'll be 160 in May????? Dang,
you can
still teach an old dog new tricks. I do believe my revelation was
in
that TJ
Max dressing room-buy size 14 bathing suits!!!! I will be wearing
them in
April, but 3 suits is an investment in not gaining any weight back.

If your in a rut, try something new.

Diane
243/177/150


So you ate less, exercised more, and you began to lose a lot more
fat? Amazing! Who'd have thought that would work? Now imagine how
much faster you'll lose fat and gain LBM by dropping to 1600
KCal/day and introducing resistance training.

Maybe it was just time for me to finally cash in on my perseverance. I try
to exercise regularly, but I am a bad example.

I had a few days of eating less carbs, but a few days of eating more, but
the calorie intake stayed the same. The other side is maybe when I wasn't
recording on fitday, that I was eating more than I thought I was. After many
months it seems like you are writing the same thing down, but still needed.

As far as dropping weight faster- I'm not that interested. I'm more
interested in making permanent changes. Every change will be a permanent
one- so that is a personal commitment.
You mention 1600 cal, somehow that is a disturbing thought, though some days
it is a easy goal..

goes way back to when I had to keep my weight down I bet.

Diane


"Roger Zoul" wrote in message
...
diane wrote:
There is 1 thing that I am doing this week that might have a answer
for the dramatic drop this week. I have a no carb breakfast of bacon
and eggs, and save my low carb cereal, yogurt, shake or muffin (3-5
carbs) till mid morning break. Kind of a carbless fast of 14 hours,
but enough energy 300-400 calories) to work on the job and not get
hungry. Dinner is the same.

I doubt if skipping carbs has much to do with faster weight loss beyond
just
lowering appetite. It is likely just attributable to the generally whacky
way weight loss happens, especially on LC. Dropping to 1600 kcals would
likely help you make your goal date, though. I think it would be cool to
hurry up those last few pounds!!

Oh, I've found for me that it make no difference when I eat as long as I
hold carb and calorie levels.


"diane" wrote in message
...
Your probably right! I'm still tweaking the diet- not eating after
6:30 pm helps, but my darn work schedule keeps me challenged, if
breakfast is at 5am.

All I know is I never want to see those lost pounds again!

Diane


"warehouse" wrote in message
oups.com...
diane wrote:
When I started Atkins December 4, 2003 at 234 pounds, the goal
weight
of 150
pounds sounded like an impossible goal. We are talking about a
weight
I had
not seen in 20 years. The Atkins.com & Fitday journal asked for my
goal
date, so I posted a modest July 20, 2005, my birthday.

Even after a year of losing, I still didn't want to get my hopes up
and got
comfortable at 184. After all, I'm 50 pounds lighter! that was
something to
get used to and was now just losing a pound or less a month.

January resolutions are for the birds, but diet wise, not a bad
idea
try
something new, so I PAID for Fitday, bought some cross country skis
and
reintroduced myself to the treadmill. "lets just see what happens"
Fitday
paid version gives you your projected weight loss for what your
doing
now
and I said" Yeah right." Even the robo challenge here- I kept my
mini
goal
low because of low expectations.

Something reclicked! Keeping under 2000 calories, getting some type
of
cardio in every day ( even if it was only 20 minutes on the
treadmill
when I
didn't want to, or a walk around my neighborhood) and net carb
level
varies
between 20-40 a day.

I hit 177 this morning- weighed 3 times and checked the balance on
the
scale....and Fitday says at this rate I'll be 160 in May????? Dang,
you can
still teach an old dog new tricks. I do believe my revelation was
in
that TJ
Max dressing room-buy size 14 bathing suits!!!! I will be wearing
them in
April, but 3 suits is an investment in not gaining any weight back.

If your in a rut, try something new.

Diane
243/177/150


So you ate less, exercised more, and you began to lose a lot more
fat? Amazing! Who'd have thought that would work? Now imagine how
much faster you'll lose fat and gain LBM by dropping to 1600
KCal/day and introducing resistance training.