The amazing, all-encompassing diet thread

[Spok]

Originally Posted by CheriAnn

Not yet....just telling myself that as soon as I get slim enough, I'll have them done...(I also have a "higher" place I want pierced....a matching set!)

Okay, we have hijacked this thread already, so what the heck!!!
Hubby has some tattoos himself. Here is the VERY BEST one (my name on the top!!!!)

be sure to visit the ink thread...its a piercing but we will need pics

hahahahahahahahahahaahh

[jukief]

Originally Posted by Spok

julie, you might want to look for a ywca or one of those health clubs that tailor to women only. that might help you with the getting out there syndrome...not picking, just saying...you know...being supportive.

Believe me, I've thought about that. We don't have a YWCA or a WMCA here, and the health clubs for women only don't have pools. But maybe the senior center will be better for me.

[CheriAnn]

Originally Posted by Spok

be sure to visit the ink thread...its a piercing but we will need pics

hahahahahahahahahahaahh

You're so funny!!!
Actually, that is an area I am NOT afraid to "expose"
Family friendly forum, or I'd share some of those good boating pictures we have Just have to use your imagination!!!

[Saki.Girl]

Originally Posted by CheriAnn

Not yet....just telling myself that as soon as I get slim enough, I'll have them done...(I also have a "higher" place I want pierced....a matching set!)

Okay, we have hijacked this thread already, so what the heck!!!
Hubby has some tattoos himself. Here is the VERY BEST one (my name on the top!!!!)

dang girl you go I use to have my tounge done I miss it but man my hats off to you fo i would not have the balls to peirce mine

sweet tat

opps sorry for the hijack

ok keep up the great work everyone

[CheriAnn]

Thanks Saki.Girl! Now see, to me the tongue sounds WAY TOO painful!!!!

Yes, back on topic....I have a wide variety of reasons to diet. I am hoping with some support from here I will accomplish my goals!

[jukief]

It really is nice to have a group of friends to offer support. And summer is still far enough away that we have time to accomplish our goals. I'm making better progress than I have in a long time, but I still find myself getting impatient. But I can't expect to change overnight what took several years to happen.

[Saki.Girl]

with this great group we will do great and get closer to are goals everyday

[CheriAnn]

Originally Posted by jukief

It really is nice to have a group of friends to offer support. And summer is still far enough away that we have time to accomplish our goals. I'm making better progress than I have in a long time, but I still find myself getting impatient. But I can't expect to change overnight what took several years to happen.

That's a good reminder for me Julie!
I get impatient too. That's why I am joining a gym!!!! I am thinking that hard exercise along with the diet will take it off faster. Wrong attitude, isn't it?

[darkwolf29a]

Originally Posted by CheriAnn

That's a good reminder for me Julie!
I get impatient too. That's why I am joining a gym!!!! I am thinking that hard exercise along with the diet will take it off faster. Wrong attitude, isn't it?

Hard exercise will take off part of it. However, as was explained to me by my trainer. The harder you exercise, the more you rip up your muscles, and then...they build and repair themselves, making you stronger. The byproduct of all ripping, tearing, shredding, and rebuilding....nothing more than muscle, which weighs more than fat. Hmmm...interesting problem, huh?

[CheriAnn]

Originally Posted by darkwolf29a

Hard exercise will take off part of it. However, as was explained to me by my trainer. The harder you exercise, the more you rip up your muscles, and then...they build and repair themselves, making you stronger. The byproduct of all ripping, tearing, shredding, and rebuilding....nothing more than muscle, which weighs more than fat. Hmmm...interesting problem, huh?

Good to know! So if I work out several days a week and the scale goes up, I shouldn't get depressed, right?
I could live with muscle instead of flab REAL easy!!!!!

[jukief]

Originally Posted by CheriAnn

That's a good reminder for me Julie!
I get impatient too. That's why I am joining a gym!!!! I am thinking that hard exercise along with the diet will take it off faster. Wrong attitude, isn't it?

Exercise *does* help! I'm trying to step mine up just for that reason. But I also know that I can't lose the weight in one month that it took me three years to gain. No one can exercise THAT much! Bwahahaha

[jukief]

Originally Posted by CheriAnn

Good to know! So if I work out several days a week and the scale goes up, I shouldn't get depressed, right?
I could live with muscle instead of flab REAL easy!!!!!

The scales are SO deceptive, especially for women. I notice that when I get up in the morning, when you're supposed to weigh yourself, my fingers are so swollen that my rings won't come off. By later in the day, my rings are so loose they're flopping around on my finger. I know my weight fluctuates greatly. The scales are notoriously undependable, I think, unless you only weigh yourself once a month. And who can do that? I can't! I can't even make myself weigh only once a week.

I think it's better to go by inches and how your clothes fit. The jeans I've been wearing are getting pretty loose (I'm almost down one size now), and I can visibly see a difference in some parts of my body. And that's a lot more encouraging than getting on the scale and not seeing my weight go down.

[Saki.Girl]

something i started doing is take messurments sometimes you do not lose weight but do lose inch and for sure muscle weights more then fat

[A2rider]

Originally Posted by darkwolf29a

Hard exercise will take off part of it. However, as was explained to me by my trainer. The harder you exercise, the more you rip up your muscles, and then...they build and repair themselves, making you stronger. The byproduct of all ripping, tearing, shredding, and rebuilding....nothing more than muscle, which weighs more than fat. Hmmm...interesting problem, huh?

But all that extra muscle ups your metabolism all the time, where cardio doesn't do that. Cardio is great for upping your endurance, but lifting weights is better in the long run for losing weight, IMO.

[Saki.Girl]

ok just got done doing a killer ab and leg work out feeling great ..


keep up the great work everyone

[jukief]

Originally Posted by A2rider

But all that extra muscle ups your metabolism all the time, where cardio doesn't do that. Cardio is great for upping your endurance, but lifting weights is better in the long run for losing weight, IMO.

Yeah, they're both really important. And as you get older, especially, the cardio is good for your heart, and the strength training is good for your bones! This old gal has to think about those things.

[A2rider]

Maybe if I can get a good pic, I will post a picture of my calves. I wish the rest of me looked like they do! I like the muscle part just to scare the men! And the look on their faces when a woman can easily pick up a hundred pounds!

[jukief]

I hear you, Tina. I used to work in a glass shop, and I routinely picked up and carried incredibly heavy pieces of glass. The first time one of the glaziers had to lay down a giant piece of 1/4" plate glass on the table with me, he was terrified. They learned to trust me, though, and I was proud of how strong I was. I felt like I had to prove myself, too, because I was the first woman glazier in town, and some of the guys really resented me. They were afraid they'd have to "help" me all the time and that I wouldn't carry me own weight (no pun intended). I knew I'd won them over when I was carrying a really heavy insulated unit one day, and one of the guys came over to me and told me to ask for help with something like that. He said even the men wouldn't carry anything that heavy by themselves.

My legs used to be really strong when I rode my bicycle everywhere, but I'm a slacker now. If I have any muscles left in there, they're covered by fat and are invisible.

[Billy D.]

OK, Someone is going to have to start posting some recipes in this thread, I have been eating so much tuna until cats are following me everywhere.

[Saki.Girl]

Happy Friday to everyone I do not know about you but for me staying on track on the weekend is the hardest i do great during the week but sometimes go crazy on the weekends . so i hope you all have a great weekend and stay strong
Ang