[Stand Tall]

Hi Everyone,
 
  After going to my doctors appointment last Monday and talking about weight loss and eating plans I thought to myself that it would be nice if us LBS's could have a place on HS where we could talk about what we are doing to get healthy through weight management, exercise and eating right. 

  In this group we can talk about the different plans that we've tried or are trying, what we eat, share recipes, maybe something cool that we find on the internet that has to do with this subject.

  My doctor talked about weight watchers. I do like their plan, but not all of us have the spare money to do a plan like this. She also talked about the new thing called intermittent fasting.

  This is the eating plan I am going to try. I'm going to do the 16/8 plan. This means I will eat all my calories in an 8 hour period and fast for 16 hours. In the 16 hours you can have water, plain tea or black coffee. I've been doing this for two days now and since I never eat breakfast anyway it hasn't been hard for me. I can choose to do this for 5 or 7 days a week. I'm starting with the 5 and will be eating from noon to 8pm.

  Ideally, I would like to lose about 60 lbs. I did lose 55 since BD. I also have a gym membership, but sometime I find it hard to get motivated to go. I'm hoping to find someone in here that would like to have a motivational partner to keep each other going.

  I am looking forward to this group supporting each other on our journeys in GAL. I really think this is one of the big hurdles to accomplish with as much stress as we are under. Food just always seems to be our comfort.

  Please feel free to contribute anything you have and please keep this positive.

~Stand Tall

[Anjae]

I lost a ton of weight after BD even if I was eating everything that come by way - I'm a LBS who never stop eating. Plus drinking more than I should (which to me is a drink or two a day since I don't usually drink). It was not good, I become too thin.

Every Summer I lose weight without any sort of diet. It is hoter so I eat less. I eat when I hungry and as a general rule my meals are home cooked. I am Portuguese I tend to eat our normal diet, not American style. Our portions are also much smaller than American ones.

I'm a walker, I can't run because of a bad knee. I also lift mild weights, do streching exercises and meditation. I pretty much do everything in moderation. 


If I convert it right, you want to lose 27 kilos.  If I lose 27 kilos I will be very, very ill if not die. I have the right weight for my height and body type/frame and still use clothes from 10, 15, 20 or so years ago.

For a number of reasons, for me me diets only for serious health reasons and prescribed by a doctor.

[Finding Joy]

Hi!  I’m following along.  I typically just eat healthy 80 percent and splurge a bit on the weekend.  My daughter wanted us to do Trim Healthy Mama(which I typically do some, but not all).  So today was day 1.  After a month or so I will probably do a cheat meal once a week.

For excercise I generally walk the beach or bay, and do beach body 3x a week.

Have y’all heard of chaffles?  The basic recipe is 1 egg and 1/2 cup of mozzarella missed together and put in a waffle maker.  There are many variations.  It can be used instead of bread, pizza crust, traditional waffles.  Tons of ideas.   

We eat a ton of smoothies, açaí bowls, eggs with sautéed veggies under, lots of spaghetti squash meals or zucchini pasta.  I will post some recipes on occasion of our favorites.

[Father5]

I have become vegan before BD. I am down 50 lbs so far. I play tennis , surf do yoga and play softball. I am beyond active! Instead of WW try an app called my fitness pal. It's by Under Armor. It's free and easy to jse. You can add recipes and frequently eaten meals. It tracks calories and our exercise.

[Stand Tall]

Thanks for participating everyone.

Finding Joy,
  Those chaffles sound interesting. Great way to get a little extra protein. I bet they would be good with sun dried tomatoes on top.

Anjae,
  I guess some of us are just a little more lucky when it comes to weight. I wish I was. When H and I still lived together we both drank too much. I have all but quit now. I do like a nice glass of wine every now and then though. I hear champagne has a lot less calories then wine. Maybe I should switch to champagne. 

Father5,
  Thanks so much for telling us about My Fitness Pal. It will be a big help. I think my S30 uses that website and lost 60 lbs. I'm going to check it out.

I'm going to be checking out some recipes today to add to my list of what to eat and will share. Does anyone have any they would like to share?

You're a fighter. Look at everything you have overcome. Don't give up now.

[xyzcf]

Many LBSers lose weight after BD. I lost 45 pounds very quickly. Often LBSers are "happy" with the rapid weight loss. However, many will gain it back.

The problem with this rapid weight loss is that it resets our body's "set point" and then the body will find that it requires less calories then previously and pushes you into a situation where you eat less than ever and still gain weight. This is why so many quick weight loss diets are not helpful.

I have used My Fitness Pal and found it very helpful.

Basically consuming less calories and exercising more is the essential diet. To me, anything that eliminates eating real foods will eventually fail..that is why WW is so successful because you can eat anything in moderation and the calories are split over the day to make sure  that you are not feeling "hungry"

When I am hungry I binge eat. I was outside this am doing yard work and I also attended a  barre class and just came in....rather than prepare a healthy lunch, I had chips and peanut m&m's. I was hungry, hot and needed some salt..and I know better than to do this.

Eating alone is another difficult thing for me. I find vegetables and fruit go bad before I can use them up.

I eat out too much but find the portions so large that I take home and have them for another meal or two.

Exercise doesn't necessary cause you to lose a lot of weight (unless you are really into powerful stuff)  but I find it is my most important tool to help me psychologically and physically. Research shows that 30 minutes of walking a couple of times a week is as effective for mild to moderate depression as an antidepressant. Exercising outside is even more beneficial psychologically.

Finding exercise that you enjoy is the key. The rec center which is a community rec center that I belong to and is quite reasonable offers both exercise workout machines and several classes. I prefer the classes for I find it motivates me and I enjoy the social interaction with people.

[PJ Ames]

I've lost about 40 lbs since BD in June, 2016. My MLCer was a live-in wallower for 3 years and her crisis was pretty low-intensity. So I never had a huge event that precipitated rapid weight loss. I did start exercising a lot more post BD, which helped my energy levels, which helped me eat less.

Other than that, I just improved habits - walking more, snacking less.

Intermittent fasting works well for me, but I can't do it permanently.

[Stand Tall]

PJ,
  What was the hardest part of intermittent fasting for you? I'm just getting started with this. I need to do a lot more studying on it. I think I did pretty good today. I ate at 1pm and had a chicken salad then I had a regular portion of spaghetti for dinner and a small snack closing out my day of eating at 8pm. I need to start getting more active. I'm just waiting for the heat to break so I can start walking.

 What is everyone else doing in their lives?

[barbiedoll]

I am going to follow along and try some of the suggestions . I lost near 40 lbs after BD ..fell off me with zero effort. Now I have gained most of it back and NOT happy at all. So it is time to get serious and change some parts of my life style , get active and get in control. I am interested in the "fasting" idea and will do some research on this. Thanks for this topic!

[Disillusioned]

One word:  PALEO