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I wanted to start this thread to see what other people are doing to lose weight and as an support group also. So feel free to post diet related topics ex:exercise routines, certain foods/diet food programs you have tried or would like to know about.
Please DO NOT: Thread Crap, post if you have negative things to say about others.
I want this thread to work,especially for the people whoses resolution is to lose weight,maintain weight, or even gain weight.
GL all
Please DO NOT: Thread Crap, post if you have negative things to say about others.
I want this thread to work,especially for the people whoses resolution is to lose weight,maintain weight, or even gain weight.
GL all
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This website has a list of different diets out there and it's PRO's and CON's
http://www.everydiet.org
PresidentsChallenge.org [presidentschallenge.org]-
Great for recording and keeping track of exercising and activities, comparing yourself to others, and win awards along the way
Exercisetv.tv -
Click on Work outs, then Free Full Length
If you have Comcast, they have free work outs on On Demand under Sports & Fitness, then Exercise TV
fitday.com -
is great for counting cals and carbs and tracking your weight
http://www.weightnags.
You need to be motivated and WeightNags will do what you can't.
http://www.consumer.go
Use this to find your BMI
http://www.sparkpeople
Keep track of your diet and other support groups
Foods to avoid at all costs! [dailyspark.com]
This is SparkPeople's list of the 11 Worst Foods of 2008. The calorie counts on some of these are shocking!
http://www.50millionpo
sders here to support you:
M0nay08: (Detoxing Diet) pm with questions,advice,info.Im here to support my fellow SDer's
chia: (Atkin's low carbing) pm me anytime, I am here for you to help you stay on track
cholepuree: (gym stuff, vegan/vegetarian lifestyle) PM for any reason.
pam1289 (exercise, weight watchers) PM for any reason
Norgechica: (exercise, cutting calories) PM me to tell me to get back on track!
The Sacred Heart diet worked for my husband and two friends
This website has a list of different diets out there and it's PRO's and CON's
http://www.everydiet.org
PresidentsChallenge.org [presidentschallenge.org]-
Great for recording and keeping track of exercising and activities, comparing yourself to others, and win awards along the way
Exercisetv.tv -
Click on Work outs, then Free Full Length
If you have Comcast, they have free work outs on On Demand under Sports & Fitness, then Exercise TV
fitday.com -
is great for counting cals and carbs and tracking your weight
http://www.weightnags.
You need to be motivated and WeightNags will do what you can't.
http://www.consumer.go
Use this to find your BMI
http://www.sparkpeople
Keep track of your diet and other support groups
Foods to avoid at all costs! [dailyspark.com]
This is SparkPeople's list of the 11 Worst Foods of 2008. The calorie counts on some of these are shocking!
http://www.50millionpo
sders here to support you:
M0nay08: (Detoxing Diet) pm with questions,advice,info.Im here to support my fellow SDer's
chia: (Atkin's low carbing) pm me anytime, I am here for you to help you stay on track
cholepuree: (gym stuff, vegan/vegetarian lifestyle) PM for any reason.
pam1289 (exercise, weight watchers) PM for any reason
Norgechica: (exercise, cutting calories) PM me to tell me to get back on track!
The Sacred Heart diet worked for my husband and two friends
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I swear its the hardest thing to think positive about ourselves
What kind of workout is everyone doing?
I heard the Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred is AWESOME! I got it but haven't tried it yet. A lot of talk on the ZUMBA too. I was going to try it but the class I found was for seniors.
I heard the Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred is AWESOME! I got it but haven't tried it yet. A lot of talk on the ZUMBA too. I was going to try it but the class I found was for seniors.
I heard the Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred is AWESOME! I got it but haven't tried it yet. A lot of talk on the ZUMBA too. I was going to try it but the class I found was for seniors.
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The last time I got super lean was when I was doing low intensity , long duration exercise - walking at the beach for miles and miles. I was eating very little --- veggies , Wheat Germ, Brewers Yeast and some other stuff. And I was taking arginine which was denounced a hoax all through the 2000s.
Recently I decided to experiment with arginine again after some articles came out claiming agrinine did work with pigs and rats. There was one with humans too but its not widely cited in articles.
http://www.sciencedail
Is it safe? I dont know. It is just a plain amino acid but some articles claim it can cause the herpes virus to reactivate. That can be mild or a major thing since it includes shingles and even other more serious problems. Some articles mention L-Lysine to control the herpes virus.
Im also experimenting with BlueBerries
http://www.sciencedail
ScienceDaily (Apr. 20, 2009) — Could eating blueberries help get rid of belly fat? And could a blueberry-enriched diet stem the conditions that lead to diabetes? A new University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center study suggests so.
Plums and fruits and veggies in general
http://www.sciencedail
I think the big difference this time is that I really havent started doing lots of exercising like walking several miles a day. However Im losing weight like crazy maybe even faster than last time. Diet-wise the big change from the last time is very little carbs. In the past when I virtually fasted or tried to go ultra-healthy I ate tons bran cereal and other carbs. This time after taking arginine supplements I just completely lost my appetite. I have no idea if this is due to some delusion that arginine works or just a coincidence -- something else is causing my loss of appetite but I didtnt feel hungry at all the first week and lost a lot fast probably mostly water.
Second week got bored and still wasnt that hungry but started eating some KFC and other meals and quickly plateaued for a while a gained some weight back. So last week I decide to get serious again and ate mostly fruit. The normal meals seem to have triggered a stronger hunger effect. I do feel that acid gurgling in my stomach and some hunger pains -- but even they are strangely greatly muted with arginine and I can easily quell them with fruit which wouldnt have worked normally. Normally I would want like a pizza, eggs and bacon, burger -- or at least cereal or I just didnt feel quite right. Instead I eat a handful of Blueberries and an orange or grapes.
Of course drastic dieting can be dangerous as well as wolfing down any supplements etc. -- especially since who knows what kind of other factors that other people may have. They also say any drastic diets cause your body to compensate , it thinks you are in starvation mode and works to lower your metabolism making it even harder to lose weight and easier to gain it back.
However, I feel OK -- Im taking various vitamins to make sure I dont suffer any serious deficits and after a week Im losing like crazy. It seems like everytime I get on the scale to check myself I lose something even throughout the day. Its got to be mostly water. Im keeping tabs of everything I eat in a spreadsheet. My pants keep falling down now. Im going to start walking more this week too. However its not like Im pushing myself since I quickly adjusted to mainly eating fruit and since I just dont feel hungry.
Another thing I came across which Ive never used.
Phase 2 which seems to have some effect on the carbs you eat. I checked and you can buy it online.
http://www.sciencedail
Other radical changes --- stopped drinking soda. I was drinking lots of diet soda the last few years. I think that contributes to making you feel hungry. I always associate it with eating chips, burgers or some high fat food. It wasnt even a deliberate decision. As soon as I got less hungry I seemed to automatically be satisfied with just fruit and no soda. I can also start and stop eating high fat foods which is unusual. Usually if I break a healthy diet with a burger I get used to eating high fat foods again like an alcoholic falling off the wagon. This time --- Ive sampled small pieces of steak etc. and a few small pieces actually makes me full and I dont have a craving to eat it again.
Also looking for BPA free bottled water -- Primo is one brand. This is the new health buzz. A lot of clear plastic bottles are now found to leak BPA into the contents.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/g...e_concern/
MrsLola-- we're all mixed ages and mixed fitness levels. we've all gotten on the wagon and fallen off
audriannasmama-- i tried zumba at my school and at the YMCA, both were mixed ages of 18-55... and both times the class kicked my butt.
Dowa-- careful though. i did the same thing, and realized as i was losing weight, i wasn't losing it from the places i thought i was when i bought the bathing suits. it sounds like the Special K challenge (who's gonna win: you or the swimsuit? lol).
radford-- warning to anyone trying a "fad" diet. even if they work theyre damaging to the body. arginine is NOT the way to go. i wouldnt call it a "hoax" per se, but i know enough about the chemical to tell you that you shouldnt be putting it into your body. (basically too much of one amino acid works for building protein temporarily, but when you're body gets used to it it causes problems...) same problem with L-carnitine that Nivea uses in their products just as an fyi.
blueberries, pomegranate, acai, green tea, etc are filled with antioxidants which is great for natural cleanses within your diet.
also the biggest loser endorsed brita filters and reusable water bottles as part of their Filter For Good [filterforgood.com] promotion. the waterbottles are BPA free by nalgene and they start at $8. (i've seen them at my local bed bath and beyond if you wanted to check there as well)
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as for me, i'm up about 5 lbs. I did end up purchasing the Bosu ball this past thursday when City Sports offered to match a deal i wouldve gotten from Modells and then gave me my student discount on top of it. i can feel a difference already from doing the video that came with it which was full body with focus on core training.
i plan on wearing a swimsuit for 4th of july and i have vacay set for the last week of july as well so motivation is on!
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I think I'm also going to try Yoga again, but try to figure out how to motility certain poses due to my mending right arm. It's nearly 95% percent, compared to the pre-break range of motion. But I lost muscle mass that I can't put back on asap.