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Title: Weight Loss I use to weight 135 before giving birth to my son 1 year ago. I currently am weighing in at 160 and cannot seem to loose the weight. Lately I have no motivation and am eating horribly. Can you please give me some advice. Thanks Name: Donna Date: Jun. 17th, 1999 Title: Re: Weight Loss Hi Donna, about a year and a half I was in the same position. The only difference is my daughter is 12 years old. One day (in fact New Years day 1997) I just woke up out of bed and went to the basement and started to ride my stationary bike that was given to me and I hadn't touched in in years. I rode that bike everyday for 45 minutes, watched my fat intake and drank plenty of water. Within a couple of days I started feeling really good about myself and telling myself that I'm going to do this. I felt like my husband wasn't paying much attention to me, it could have been my insecurity about my weight. But once I saw a change in my body (about 2 weeks) it made me work even harder. My face started to change, my clothes started getting looser, and I just felt wonderful, I felt like I could do anything. My sex life even got better. But after about a month I saw a really really big difference. I kept a mirror in front of me the whole time of working out. Then eventually I started power walking for about and hour a day, riding my bike or just basically just keeping busy thouhout the day instead of just coming home from work and lying down or sittin in front of the television. I always felt like I had things to do for my family and not for myself, so finally one day I started doing things for me and I feel so much better, I look so much better and I'm healthy. I feel like I'm in more control. I love the compliments from different people, and now I know that my husband pays attention to me. It's like we just met. I also take vitamins for women, which really helps a great deal with your hair, your skin, your nails, etc. Just keep busy always have something to do so that you don't think about food. My excuse was before that I didnt have time to exercise trying to get everything done before bedtime (9:00pm), now it doesn't matter what time I get to bed because I feel better and not depressed all the time. Name: Debra Jackson Date: Jun. 18th, 1999 Title: Re: Weight Loss I used to be in the exact same situation that you're in right now, only my weight gain did not result from having a baby - I just ate too much! I got up to 175 before I really made the decision to do something about it. Up until that point, I knew that I didn't look that great, and I knew that I didn't feel good about myself. I started out by just increasing my level of activity. Up until that point, all I did was passive activities (TV, reading, talking, sitting); but I started by simply walking. I would walk for 20 minutes, one or two times a day. I didn't lose weight that way, but I stopped gaining. I exercised for a long time without changing my eating habits, and boy did I eat a lot (and all the wrong things, too)!! But exercise kept me from gaining, and I eventually lost 5 pounds just walking. When I saw that happen, then I got motivated. I decided that I would watch my fat intake; I didn't count calories, just fat grams. I tried to keep them down to 20 grams a day (which was surprisingly hard at first). You may have to raid your kitchen and throw out all the bad stuff, and by good substitutes. Fat-free and low-fat substitutes have gotten so good in recent years, you almost feel like you shouldn't be eating it. You can substitute almost any high fat food for a lower fat item (frozen yogurt instead of ice cream, sweetened cereal or Quaker Crispy Rice Cakes (<-- the best!) instead of cookies, and hot chocolate or chocolate milk instead of a chocolate bar, etc., etc.) Go to the grocery store one day and just peruse the isles. There are so many options. Also, when buying food, stick mainly to the perimeter of the store (produce, protein, dairy, breads), that's where all the natural foods are. There are just so many things that I could tell you, but I don't want to take up too much of your time, or get all preachy on you or tell you that because I did it, then you should be able to, too. Losing weight is a hard thing to do because (let's face it) junk food tastes good! But you can sub some of the bad stuff for better stuff without sacrificing too much. And if you do that and exercise, you can lose the weight. It won't happen overnight, but eventually you'll start feeling really good about yourself. A good way to sneak in exercise is to do it while you watch TV (during the commercial breaks, get up and do squats, or jumping-jacks, or push-ups, or kick the air, or dance to the jingles, whatever you want!!!). By the end of an hour long program, you will have done about 15 minutes of exercise (give or take). But it's not hard if you take small steps. Cut out a little of the fat (use non-fat cooking spray instead of butter, don't eat out as often, avoid fast-food and vending machines, bake and broil meat instead of frying it), and sneak some exercises into your daily routine. You don't have to kill yourself, and you don't have to starve yourself (I've tried both of those, and there's a hell of a price to pay, trust me). Just keep your goals in mind. If you have any old clothes that you can't wear anymore, take them out of the closet and stack them up on the floor, take those old jeans and hang them on the wall, right out where you can see them (it will help you visualize your goal); motivation is key. I used to be in a size 14 jeans, and I thought, "Oh, if only I could be back in my 9's!" Now I'm a size 7, and I am staying that way. You can do it! Good luck! If you want to E-mail feel free (hopefully I haven't bored you to death with stuff you've already heard a thousand times). Katie. r Name: katie Date: Jun. 21st, 1999 Title: Re: Weight Loss Stop eating horribly and begin exercising. Name: DonLemmon@donlemmon.com Date: Jun. 24th, 1999 Title: Re: Weight Loss i guess ya'll know by now i love denise austin's workout videos. get a couple of them and alternate. they are fun, and not totally outragous that you could'nt possibly do them just starting out. good luck. 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