The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[ChynnaDoll]

I LUVVV naps too!!..and Dora:+))

Nickie you are doing sooooo WONDERFUL with everything it seems..keep up the good work girl!!

GOOD LUCK on your musical...SOUNDS EXCITING:+))

Love,
Chynna

[nickieluv]

My nap was EXCELLENT, thanks, Chynna.

Karli, you know I was going to say my first day would be August 6th, waiting a whole week after the show, but I thought that was going too easy on myself!

I'll see how I feel on that Monday. I'm not IN the show, I'm just the vocal director, and I'm not even playing in the pit or conducting or anything - so all next week I'm pretty much just going to be doing the warmups, answering questions, and watching the rehearsals/performances. So they will be late nights but I won't have any real physical pressures. Heck, maybe I should start THIS Monday - but no. That IS too much.

I'm not sure I can tell the difference in the morning between being tired, or being too comfortable and lazy to want to get out of bed. Maybe that first week I'll do the after-dinner walks with the baby and not the 'serious' walking program.

The thing is, I don't really want to exercise, but I feel I should, and I think I WILL come to like it after I've been doing it for a while. So I just don't know. It's peer pressure making me think about walking but that's not necessarily a bad thing, you know?

Well, at least I'm not confused any more about being compliant! That's one battle down at the moment!

[DogMa]

Some women actually run with the strollers.

Yeah, they do that here, too. Maybe you could start with the evening strolls with the baby; a walk doesn't have to be an all-out sprint, ya know. I predict that if you do THAT for a while, you'll start actually wanting to do more or go faster or whatever - and that's when you could start doing a morning fitness walk. I'd suggest starting slowly and do what you enjoy. If you think you'll enjoy the baby walks, do those first. Any movement's better than none at all, and that's a perfectly respectable way to start.

I don't think any of us started out anywhere near the level we are now. I started with a little treadmill walking or easy fitness tapes. And then I found I wanted to challenge myself and do more, and so I did.

[bikipatra]

When I started WW a year ago, I was still catching a bus to go 2.5 blocks from Union Station to my building. I was a little manic so when I quit working I jumped to 2 miles pretty quickly and then 3. Now with the heat I walk around 2 miles a day. My walking time has also been altered since I sleep more and no longer get in that extra 5:30am mile walk to Starbucks. I am gratefully snoozing!

[nickieluv]

And I'm glad you're snoozing, too, Biki!

Well, here's a funny little coda to the walking discussion -

Tonight the cast of my show was walking in a parade for publicity. The line up point was not very far from my house so hubby and I packed up the baby in the stroller and headed out. Well, where we lined up was not the right place - and I did not take into account the parade route going as far as it did - and then we still had to walk all the way back home - so my 'little walk' became over 3 miles!!

I was not going to have my L&G because it's so late now, but I had my nap and got behind on supplements, and with all the walking I ended up doing I don't want to go into starvation mode - so I'll be having shrimp and mushrooms tonight with a hot cocoa before bed. I imagine I'll see some upswing on the scale tomorrow BUT I know the walk was good for me.

And 60+ pounds ago it would not have gone so well. I did not get out of breath at all and I even had to jog at one point to catch up (stopped to talk to someone along the parade route) and it felt wonderful to be moving so quickly. I might be a runner deep inside, my friends. Can you run/jog on program at all? Anyway, it wasn't my endurance bothering me, but my legs - they are not used to all the work. But even so, they seem to be recovering pretty quickly - and my feet - they feel great! I NEVER could have walked that far without aching feet before!

So, this has taught me that I definitely want to be doing some exercise. So I'll keep up with these evening walks and then start the 'official' walking program when I feel ready. But I LIKED this tonight!

[holberry]

way to go Nickie,
You are already experiencing the exercise buzz.
before you know it, you will be running with Queenie.
have a good evening.
hol

[Karli]

Nickie, I just wanted to say how excited I am that you are nearing onederland !!!!

[bikipatra]

Congrats on the walk!!! That is great!

[nickieluv]

The walk was nice, and we are planning on golfing today - but we'll do 18 holes and for that many I use a cart. But I do walk a lot, since I only hit the ball about 50 yards at a time, and my husband and I tend to hit on opposite sides of the fairway so one of us always has to walk to the other.

Karli, I'm very excited about onederland, too! Doesn't look like I will hit it this week, although you know I was hoping! But I will officially be in the 60# club this week (I missed it last week by I think a tenth of a pound ).

The scale was up a little today, but only a little - 2/10. And I was expecting it, but again, hoping it wouldn't happen. I'm sure it was better for me to have a real meal than to go 6/0 for the second day in a row, and after all that walking. And it might be sodium because my shrimp always taste a little salty. Even my husband said so and he LOVES salt. On everything. I sauteed them in ICBINB spray but still....

Anyway, the scale is moving down and even if it stays the same for roll call tomorrow, I'll still have a slightly better than average week of loss. Last week's loss changed my goal projection by three weeks (sooner)! That's fun to see. And maybe this coming week I won't have two days of my weight going UP before it goes back down again. But if it does, it does - I guess I'll just have to accept that as my personal pattern of weight loss.

Yesterday the line-up place for the parade (which turned out to be the wrong place) was right in front of a pizza joint - it was rough smelling it and I confess I did say to myself 'in 86 days you can have some if you want it' to make myself feel better. But you know what I'm really looking forward to? Fruit and dairy. Having a glass of milk again - yogurt - grapes, apples, watermelon, plums. I know I have to watch out for the cookies and chocolate. I think I will just never be able to have that stuff in the house again.

I'm starting to face the fact that I can't eat whatever I want when I'm thin, anymore than I could when I was fat. The pipe dream must die. What we do for my daughter is not keep anything junky in the house. When we go to someone's house for a picnic or a party, she can eat the chips and cookies and cakes if she wants to, but I also fix her a healthier plate that she eats. I think the same kind of thing could work for me. We are not real social people so we are not out as much as you might think. And I have learned to be satisfied with less food so I think I could put a small serving of things on my plate, and just not go back for seconds. Then at home, just continue to eat the way I have been. Three official meals, three small snacks, spaced throughout the day. That's how my daughter eats, too - except just two snacks, nothing to eat after dinner. I really am trying to get her entrenched with good habits right away.

The hard part will be not relying too much on processed foods. Like having an apple for a snack instead of a Special K bar or something. Real food more often. And no more ordering in every Friday night. Maybe once a month, if that. And I've spent a lot of days ignoring the food my family orders and just eating what I'm supposed to, so why couldn't I do that during maintenance?

I'm just feeling that fear of gaining it all back because I've kidded myself all along that I'm different than everybody else, that I know what I'm doing and I don't have to be scared, I can eat whatever and I'll be fine. And maybe eventually that will be true, but only if I form different habits and my idea of eating 'whatever' does not include junk five days a week. Maybe I won't always be afraid because after I've maintained for a good long time - a few years, maybe - I'll have more confidence that I know how to control my weight and my eating. Right now I have no such confidence.

I'm halfway to goal. I may not make it all the way there this time around, but then again, I might. I may get just so close that I can't bear to leave it undone for 18 months. And part of me is starting to feel oddly about losing weight just to gain some back again on purpose. But I got myself in this boat. And when you're overweight they recommend gaining less weight when pregnant anyway. And no part of me will be sad to be pregnant, I know that.

I'm totally getting ahead of myself again, aren't I? But in a way I think it's good for me to keep the goal in mind. When I'm not clear on my goals, that's when it seems like pizza is not such a bad choice. I'm not feeling majorly tempted by anything right now except being able to say I was compliant for 100 days - I REALLY want that. Don't know why it's become such a big deal for me, but it has. There is just no possibility of even a nibble off-plan because I WANT this.

Well, hubby wants the computer to pay bills (why he wants to pay bills is beyond me, I hate that part of the week) so I'm off. Have a great day all!

[queenielou]

Hey Nickie,

You are rocking this 100 day challenge, woman You can definitely jog/run while on Medifast. I started doing the Couch to 5K plan from coolrunning dot com 8 weeks ago and I am now able to jog 3.1+ miles, not including my warmup and cool down. I lose around 2 pounds a week sometimes more and rarely less. I also go to Curves 3 times a week. Exercise has made all the difference for how I feel about myself and it helps me understand why I am eating this way. I know that I don't want to get on the treadmill and jog for 30 minutes with some off-plan food in my stomach. It's hard enough to jog as it is, so jogging with pizza in my stomach probably wouldn't happen.

Hope you have a great day golfing!

[ChynnaDoll]

your MINDSET ROCKS!!!!

Love'ya
Chynna

[nickieluv]

Well, I will consider the couch to 5k then, after I get in better walking shape.

Golf was OK - should have stopped after 9 holes instead of going for 18. Somewhere on the back 9 I tweaked my back (I NEVER have had a back problem) and it hurt to walk, sit, bend over, and climb in the cart. It did loosen up as I kept playing, but it's pretty ouchy right now. Oh, I know, I could take something for the pain. Duh. I never think of medicine.

Dinner seemed salty and was late again, plus I'm behind on water, so I hold out no great hopes for roll call tomorrow. I don't know if I'll even post a loss for the week at all - but maybe that's just me being negative today. So, I'm going to go drink some water and take some ibuprofen probably. Still one more supplement to get in today, maybe cocoa again - that was nice last night and it's not terribly hot around here at the moment.

Okey dokey - so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye....

[Janae]

Adieu....Adieu.....to you and you and you!

Janae

[nickieluv]

Thanks Janae! We're doing the Sound of Music this week so the songs are running through my head....

Well, scale adventure today. I was actually dreading getting out of bed because I did not want to weigh in. I was terribly afraid of being disappointed. And I was disappointed, of course, self-fulfilling prophecy I guess.

I have seen the number 201.8 on my scale this week. But I seem to very annoyingly lose for a day or two, then gain again. Overall I am down 1.6 for the week but I'm growing to hate that damn scale very quickly. And I think about not weighing every day, but I think it helps to know the numbers were at one time lower, and can be again. I don't know.

So, I get on the scale - 202.8. Which sucked. But I thought I might be up some because of not enough water and a feeling of too much sodium. But see, I can't seem to just get on the scale once. So I did some grooming stuff and weighed again - 202.4. Yay, I was hoping for a lower number! But just getting it once isn't 'real,' I have to step on again to see if it will come up again. 203.6. Three times in a row. So of course I'm devastated. I'm in my bedroom trying to figure out what to wear to church - after five minutes I go weigh AGAIN. 204.1. So I go into the bedroom and I'm on the verge of tears - and then it hits me.

Of course I did not gain 2 pounds within 10 minutes! That's ridiculous! I would have gone with the 203.6 so I'm actually glad I weighed one more time, because seeing that 204.1 snapped me out of it. No scale is perfect and who knows, I was standing differently or stepped on funny or whatever. So I weighed one last time with my new mindset, saw 202.8 (the original number), and called it good.

But then I was still feeling fat and depressed, so I tried on some clothes that I hadn't worn in a while. One shirt that's been a bit tight fit perfectly, but didn't seem right for church, but that made me feel better. And then my size 12 (an old size 12, and cut very large) dress that I before could not even get over my head went right on and pulled all the way down. I don't think it looked really bad but I also think I needed a little more room in the hips, so I didn't wear it but seeing it on was a boost. And the outfit I did end up wearing to church, while it still seemed to hug my hips more than I wanted, I noticed that the sleeves were not tight at all anymore. My upper arms are a big problem in my mind so having something fit more loosely there was a great picker-upper.

So in the end, I'm fine. Tired from the parade Friday and golfing yesterday (I never did take any medicine for the 'tweak,' and my back was pretty stiff this morning but I seem to be pain-free now) and not looking forward to a rehearsal this afternoon - but fine.

At no point did I consider going off-plan - but were it not for the 100-day challenge I doubt it would have been so. I was actually surprised and impressed to see my ticker this morning and realize I have been compliant for 14 days. After Friday it will have been 20 days, and I'm excited about continuing to move forward. There was cake at church again today for a baptism and I was not in the least tempted (of course it wasn't chocolate...). I keep looking forward in my projection chart and by the end of the challenge I might be in the 170s. Pretty unbelievable. It's just not worth it to slow myself down. It took me about 7 months to realize that, but even so I've done well. 60 pounds in 7 months is not bad at all (7/28 will be my 7-month-iversary). I am excited about onederland coming soon, and being more than halfway to goal at that point. It's really going to happen!

[Serendipity]

Nickie, I think the 100 day challenge has been the boost you needed to get serious about the program. You're doing great.....whatever works, right? If you work better under pressure (as I do), create the pressure and your'e home free!