Time for the FAT FARM..today is the day! Add this to your favorites: WeightWatchers.com: Food and Recipes Gateway - Visitor even if you plan NOT to diet a few low cal meals help. I'll let you know if you want, how much i weigh? oooooo. should i really tell? i think i gained at least 25 lbs. since October? Feeling like its time for more changes. XXOO Ripples
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I'm with you Ripple. I know I have gained at least 15 - 20 since Oct., and need to get it off! No summer bottoms fit and the tops look like crap. I'm game if you are! Let's do it!
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Ripple,
The first time I went AF I ate everything in sight! I decided the next time that I would join Weight Watchers before I went AF and it worked great. It is cheap (I use the online program) at $16.95 a month. I am on the Core plan and I have lost almost 15 lbs. I want to lose about 5 more and without the AL I know it will be a lot easier. Having a healthy diet also helps with AL cravings (for me at least). I have tried many diets (South Beach, Atkins, etc.) and WW is the only one that I know I can live with long term. Best of luck! GabbyDon't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.Comment
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I'm jumping in here too. I track what I eat (using Sparkpeople.com or Fitday.com) and I went back and did some figuring. Over 45% of my calories come from AL on the days I drink!!!!!! That is unbelievable - over a week's time that is more calories than 1 1/2 pounds of fat! Times 52 weeks a year! That's shocking. And I wondered why I kept gaining weight year after year. I would love to see some pounds come off as I go AF longer and longer. Only 3 days AF so far. Today will be 4. Also I read somewhere that drinking AL (more than a glass) in an evening can block your body from processing fat correctly for 48 hours - that explains the beer belly I guess - or wine belly - or whatever.
Wasted Time (NO MORE!)Comment
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Ripple, hun, I know this sucks! lol
Lost about 22 lbs when I first went AF and I think I gained most of that back because of the sugar cravings! uggg! Taking me too long to figure out supps and whens the best time to take what, etc.
I think it's hysterical that we have no problem admitting how much we drank and swapping drunk stories, but we don't want to tell each other what we weigh!!! :H
Good luck to all you want to change!
Love, Me
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i am 152 and loving it yeehaaaaaaaaaaaaa:beach: life does change as long as you are willing to change yourself ..
best thing about the future it comes one day at a time..Comment
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There are just to many things to give up...smoking I gained 40 lbs and now with trying to give up AL I crave sweets and so I keep putting on the weight...I'm bigger then I have ever been in my life except while pregnant...I can't wear hardly any of my clothes...I have to stop eating so much..The evenings are the worst because that's when I want to drink.
When I got up this morning I made coffee sat on couch watching news before getting ready for work and thought to myself, "right now I don't crave anything, not food or Al." why can't it be like that all the time. Why can't I always be satisfied and content???..But as the day wears on I start having those thoughts...like I'm only going to have a few and y'all know the rest...OH well....just have to keep trying.:lComment
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Tlrgs, now there's no reason for you to be a smart ass!! :lalala:
Just joking....:H
Love, Me
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I have never really been on a diet in my life. When I took the topa I lost about 20 pounds in about 3 months. Then I quit the topa and started drinking again. That's when I gained back the 20 plus 10. At the end of 2007 I weighed 287 pounds and I am 6' tall. Even at that I was down a little from my heaviest of jsut under 300 pounds. That's fat and it made me feel tired all the time. I had to eat a lot of food to maintain that weight. hehe
In Dec. of 07 I started eating healthier; and watching my calories. I was amazed at how many calories I was taking in each day. The amount of calories in fast food astounded me. That double cheese Whopper and fries with a fried pie for desert was about 2000 calories. That was about what I should have to eat for the whole day. Not to mention the meal contained about 100 grams of fat. Sometimes I would eat 2 burgers but lets not get into gluttony. I have found that eating lots of fiber and lots of fruit and veggies I can keep my calorie count down and still not be hungry. It is more expensive and I eat a lot of baked chicken breast and baked fish, but as of this morning I am down to 250 pounds and I am losing weight at about at about 2.5 pounds per week and I am feeling much better. I have found that eating healthy choice soup is low in calories and filling along with an occasional TV dinner when I want something fast.
That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.
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bearWhat St. Frances of Assisi said of himself is true for me.
?If God can work through me He can work through anybody.?Comment
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Great job, Bear! Keep up the great work!
My problem is I don't eat often enough. I skip too many meals, especially breakfast. I just find it so difficult to eat in the morning. So my metabolism goes into starvation mode. Then when I do eat it's not the best chioces. And snacking at night - eeks!
I've been better about cutting back on caffiene though! I always say it's harder to cut back on coffee than it was to give up booze! lol
Love, Me
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Go girls! :rockon: The guys are cheering 4 you. Wait till U see us in our Speedo's. :gramps: er I meant suspenders.Comment
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The plan to have an AF May for me also entails losing some weight, as previously I never could because of all the wine calories. And yes - I have developed a wine belly. No matter how much I exercise I never lose anything! Grrr... So my sister is sending the the WWatchers Core Plan and I am going to try it. I don't eat after supper (and I never eat when drinking) but as soon as I get home from work, I eat munchies (my one junk food) or cheese while making dinner, and then there are all those wine calories - I think I could lose 2 lb a week just cutting those things out!!!! I want to drop 15 lb, so I can feel a wee bit more comfortable on the beach in a bikini!!!! (I am a sun worshipper - I hate being covered up in the sun)
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Ya know when I quit smoking and drinking the first time I gained 25 pounds and man did my small boned body look FAT! Well two years later I am back to doing the same things again even though I never lost those 25 pounds!...YIKES....I am ready to get healthy and loose weight with you all! i just need the motivation!
Best wishes!
Hugs, Bambi"When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable." -- Walt DisneyComment
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okay.
i weighed in at 206. gonna check out Fit.com wot Wasted mentioned. need to quit butts too, not yet. And yes i can eat a lot. i eat more than hubby and he weighs 250. i have swallowed more bad stuff in my life since i returned home in Dec. My last drink was 10/11/07. I'll post some easy recipes as i go. thanks guys and YES i told my weight.Comment
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wow...pretty damn close 203 days sober and 206 lbs of love and joy! well ain't that jolly! Thats IT!Comment
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