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    #16
    Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

    Oh DG - your profile stats are the same as mine!!!! No kids, one cat (the other one left us a few months ago) and a DH who has the same problem.. Adding one more - we are both in a COLD climate! We are starting a "winter weather advisory event" here.. Can I add one more KILL ME NOW?
    "We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections."
    ~John Lennon

    Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
    ~Author Unknown

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      #17
      Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

      DipGal, interesting you bring up IF. I practice Fast-5 (most days) and am on a FB website where many talk of going from 5:2 to F-5. Most say they lose wt with 5:2, then plateau as they eat too much on their feeding days, switch to F-5, start losing again & find it easier. F-5 means fast for 19 hrs, eat during a 5 hour window. You may find the 5:2 works just fine for you.

      Good luck everyone. I would join you, but I'm a modder so think I better stick to the mods thread where I have started a wt loss check-in.

      TMH
      The pain of discipline is less than the pain of regret.

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        #18
        Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

        Hi To My Health, no reason you can't be in two healthy eating threads! Yes, I am familiar with Fast 5.. but am restarting 5:2 and have a lot to lose.. and will be paying attention to my normal day calories now that the holiday season is coming to an end and I am cutting down/eliminating AL. I do kind of a 16:8 when I am in the groove. Back in the groove soon! Good luck to you in all of your goals!!
        "We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections."
        ~John Lennon

        Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
        ~Author Unknown

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          #19
          Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

          I'm checking in. No weight loss yet ;-) but according to DrinkAware, I'm down 4208 calories compared to last week if I don't drink today. I'm going to work out now.

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            #20
            Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

            Oh DG, good for you! My healthy living starts tomorrow. One last hurrah (oh, please let it be so) today.. Snowed in, football, cooking, etc.

            Happy New Year!!
            "We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections."
            ~John Lennon

            Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
            ~Author Unknown

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              #21
              Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

              Hi all. Im new and really need really loose.weight. I have ordered the book, CDs and kudoz. My af date is starting Jan the 4th. I have about 60 pounds to lose.
              Ill check out that diet. Thanks
              ?Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.?

              ― John Wayne

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                #22
                Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

                Hi meshellrm! welcome! looking forward to taking the journey with you! I am seeking moderation after I do at least a 30 day period AF. I need to reset my tolerance to AL and jump start my weight loss.
                "We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections."
                ~John Lennon

                Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
                ~Author Unknown

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                  #23
                  Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

                  Hi All - Hope it's okay if I add my two cents - I'm in the same spot as most of you - I need to quit drinking AND lose weight. One thing I learned last year when I did stop drinking for 6 months was that the weight comes off so much faster when you are AF. The reason is that your body views alcohol as poison - it can't store it so it has to metabolize it right away. That means any food you eat gets put "on the back burner" until your body has dealt with getting the alcohol out of your system. This means, of course, that the food is not getting metabolized and thus is stored as fat. And, if you're like me, you often eat "junk" after your binge - it's late - and you end up sleeping, not exercising, making the whole situation that much worse! So, you may end up re-thinking your plan to moderate when you see how much more quickly the weight comes off during your AF period. Please know that I'm not making a judgment call regarding moderation - just sharing what I've learned about the difficulty of losing weight while still drinking. Take care all and Happy New Year!

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                    #24
                    Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

                    I appreciate your advice Caper! I am sure you are right. Of course, it will all be an experiment. I just know with no or less alcohol to cloud my judgment I'll make better choices and have better control. I have A LOT to lose, so it will take me some time before I hit a stall. I'm doing the 5:2 Intermittent Fasting plan.
                    "We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections."
                    ~John Lennon

                    Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
                    ~Author Unknown

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                      #25
                      Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

                      Happily I woke up with some enthusiasm to restart my diet program. I made today a "fast" day on my 5:2 Fast diet program. Doing good so far! Sat. and Sun. I can eat normally - not drinking will help with less calories and no need to binge!
                      "We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections."
                      ~John Lennon

                      Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.
                      ~Author Unknown

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                        #26
                        Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

                        Guys,

                        Pls share your post alike weight strategies pls. Also, for the newbies, don't be alarmed if you actually put on a little post alcohol....its normal, my two cents, stay off the sugar and work out.

                        Vy

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                          #27
                          Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

                          I wanna join!

                          I lost 20 lbs before I broke my foot in June...thankfully I was able to keep (most of) it off. But I was not at my goal. I have about 20 more to go. I started my eat healthy/exercise routine last weekend and I am down 3lbs. Actually I think I have 22 more to go now that I think about it...see, the first step is to stop being in denial :H
                          :heart:I love my daughter more than alcohol:heart:

                          Believe in yourself. You are stronger than you think.

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                            #28
                            Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

                            AClassic - I didn't spot it, either! Just shows how efficient our brains are! I'd love to join here.

                            DipGal, like you I have around 100 pounds to lose. Yo-yo dieted all my adult life, and to my surprise the weight didn't start falling off me once I gave up alcohol (six weeks AF, yay!). I'm not a chocoholic either but I do love cheese and I think that's why my waistbands tell me I've put on another few inches over the festive season.

                            I've been on a health kick since November when I gave up alcohol but it's all gone haywire over Christmas so I'm stocking up the larder this weekend with decent food, chucking out the last of the leftovers and baddies and ready to start afresh on Monday.

                            Interesting that several of us on this thread are already into intermittent fasting. I know there are many ways of doing it - I don't lose on 5:2 even when I'm careful on the calories so I'm fasting most days and eat during an 8 hour window. It suits me and I was seeing improvements. But it's my health I need to regain, as much as the weight I need to lose. I'm hoping they will go hand in hand. I'm disabled in as much as joints dislocate all the time, so I cannot do gym work or any kind of repetitive movements including swimming, (it's not the intensity, it's the repetitive movement of a particular muscle) and a 2 mile walk is out of the question so I just do what I can, when I can. Gardening is perfect, and I love it; not talking about just pulling weeds out but some full on remodelling and fairly heavy stuff that I can do 5 mins then stop for 5. Works for me. Been on some weight loss forums where they all started veering off into exercising and trying to encourage me to exercise, and I just switched off as they didn't get it! Would be great to be on here with people I know are friends already!
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                            AF from 22 November 2013

                            Happily on the road to Sobriety - there's nowhere else worth going to...

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                              #29
                              Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

                              I would like to join as well, I'm looking to lose about 20 pounds, planning on cutting out the after dinner snacking and drink green tea instead, that is my first step! Here's to a great New Year!:l
                              On a mission, and the only option is success. My family and I deserve a better life, an AF life.:h

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                                #30
                                Can we get a weight loss tread started up in here?!

                                Hi, I found a great free website/phone app called Loseit.com. It is just like weight watcher, track your calories and weight loss, scans food.... only it's free!! check it out.
                                ?Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.?

                                ― John Wayne

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