The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[DogMa]

Back to 132.8 and I don't know why. I suppose it's either the lamb chops coming back to haunt me or just salt and bloat and the weather (I do tend to bloat a bit when it's humid and rainy out; don't know why that is). Anyway, sticking to plan today, even at the Greek restaurant tonight. Tomorrow I'm leaving for my trip, so I'll be checking in sporadically for a few days but won't be able to weigh (other than probably at the hotel gym, which won't count since I'll be clothed, out of deference to the other guests) till I get back.

[bikipatra]

YUM, I love Greek food...have something good for me...not just a Greek salad!

[DogMa]

I'm afraid it's going to be either a Greek salad or just some kind of souvlaki with veggies. I can't have any of my favorite stuff right now. Sigh. Spanakopita, tiropita, taramasalata, grape leaves, etc. Grrrrrrr. But I swore, nothing off-plan (my plan, that is) until I'm back below my goal.

[bikipatra]

Okie dokie, I understand. Have fun anyway!

[DogMa]

No time again, but wanted to check in now that I'm back. Wasn't great while I was gone, but wasn't completely horrible, either. I did do very well with my running, although I didn't run yesterday (early flight) or the day before (when I could barely wake up, let alone run; stupid time change). But I ran the other days, and worked my way up to running 60 percent of the workout.

No run today, either, but we're doing the 3-mile tape this afternoon. I'll be sure to run tomorrow morning (no time for the tape tomorrow afternoon because we have a luncheon), and then Saturday is the Race for the Cure.

Hope everyone's doing well. I'll have to catch up later on; it's going to be a hectic few days.

[katieb920]

Welcome Back You were missed.

[bikipatra]

Missed you. Glad you hadn't gone off and eloped...

[GucciGoo]

Robin, I was wondering if you could tell me how much you exercised while actively losing on plan. I am skipping the gym until after Vegas, but I want to start up again. Typically I would burn about 300 calories in cardio 3 times per week. You think that's too much?

[katieb920]

Missed you. Glad you hadn't gone off and eloped...

How do you know that she did not elope. She did say it was hectic.

[Tawanda]

Robin welcome back!!! Eager for your life to settle down so you'll be back posting and sharing!

[fairladyj]

interested in the "one step from starvation" comments and low metabolism. I also have this problem - when I have exercised in the past, I have sometimes literally passed out on the floor at the end of the workout, fast asleep (almost got tested for narcolepsy, but it doesn't happen at other times)

Anyway, my loss is also extremely slow - 26 lbs in 10 weeks, but 14 were in the first 4 weeks. I have hesitated to add exercise, and have found that I even have to stay on the low end of the carb range (around 80/day) to lose at all - totally compliant.

Trying to think of a way to speed up a little, so appreciate others attempts to do so.

[bikipatra]

Anyway, my loss is also extremely slow - 26 lbs in 10 weeks, but 14 were in the first 4 weeks. I have hesitated to add exercise, and have found that I even have to stay on the low end of the carb range (around 80/day) to lose at all - totally compliant.

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How is around 80 the low end of the carb range? I was 100% compliant yesterday and had 73 carbs.

[fairladyj]

I was going on info I received that we should stay between 80 - 85 grams/day - can't remember if that was here or in a MF publication

[bikipatra]

I was going on info I received that we should stay between 80 - 85 grams/day - can't remember if that was here or in a MF publication

Then that would be the HIGH end of carbs we should have not the low end.

[DogMa]

Thanks for all the welcomes, guys (and no, I did not elope). Fairlady, I don't know that 26 pounds in 10 weeks is really slow, even though you said a big chunk of it was in the very beginning. I averaged about a pound a week - after the initial big loss (which wasn't all that big for me) - and that was when I was being compliant. I did no exercise until I got within a few pounds of my goal, because whenever I tried I would stop losing. That's just me, though. (Beth, I guess that answer goes for you, too. Periodically I'd try to start working out, with some minor lifting or some workout tapes, but it just stopped me in my tracks every time. I couldn't tell you how many calories I supposedly was burning, though. I don't trust most of the calculators, so I just ignore that stuff. All I know is what I do and whether I have the energy to do it, not how many calories I've supposedly burned.)

Did I miss any questions? If so, I apologize.

As for me, the weekend was nice in that I got to see my family. And stressful, in that I got to see my family. Got a ton of cute Disney T-shirts and a couple of sweat shirts and a fabulous Mickey Mouse denim jacket at the Disney clearance place in Fullerton, plus a T-shirt and hat for JDG that made him laugh. Talked to everyone about him and my ambivalence. Discovered that I kind of missed him. A little. Then he picked me up at the airport yesterday and we kinda hung out all afternoon, then went to dinner and came back to hang out and watch TV for a bit. Which was nice, except by the time he left I was EXHAUSTED and really, really ready for him to. (But then I realized we'd been together eight hours, which is way more time than I like to spend with ANYone, really. And this after spending all that time with family, too. No wonder I was so tired.)