Niles - weight loss is not a piece of cake!

ack on track after the holidays

Nice to be home again!!!!

Wednesday and time for my weekly weigh-in:

Scale reading: 117.8 kg/ 259.2 pounds I have lost 2.4 kg / 5.2 pounds this week so I sure got back on track this week!!!:driving:

Starting weight 139,6 kg/ 307,12 pounds BMI 41.6 (08.22.2007)

I have lost 21.8 kg / 47.9 pounds in 19 weeks:)
 
Thank You Mal! I wish you a happy belated new year. May you, all forum members and I keep working towards our weight loss, fitness and life goals this year!

I feel very motivated to keep up the healthy eating habits and get in better shape. One of the things that have improved is my blood pressure. This morning it was 131/76. Pretty good compared to 165/105 4 month ago!!!!!!! My overweight gave me dangerously high blood pressure and eating healthy (not dieting actually ...) and exercising in a slowly progressive fashion, listening to my body has been wonderful and lowered my BP to the healthy range.

I am learning a lot about nutrition these months. About super foods, full of antioxidants, that tastes good and makes me healthy. (Blueberries, Broccoli, green tea, 1 glass of red wine in the evening, wholegrain bread and delicious fruit and vegetables and I really enjoy eating fish 5 days a week( 2 times dinner and 3 times for lunch, to get my Omega-3 fatty acids. Fiber and probiotic youghurt. Nuts) wine in the evening I have also gotten better at planning and preparing healthy meals.

I have learned to make satisfying egg white omelets (with red pepper, mushrooms and onions for breakfast! That is a new addition to my eating habits a few times every week. Yummy. Also the whey protein, blueberry and pomegranate smoothies with a little fluid sweetener is really making me come more alive.

And I loose weight and learn a lot about what I must do to keep the weight off. Also it really is a good idea go public on a forum like this. It keeps me accountable and make me want to reach my goals. Also I am done with crazy starvation diets. They only destroy lives.

I have also gotten so much less stressed by learning to cope better with stressors at work and in my private life. Stress was part of the reason I became morbidly obese, and I had poor coping skills and I did not take good enough care of myself.

It is going to be a great new year!
 
I quit smoking 51 hours and 55 minutes ago .... It is soooo hard. And I worry how it will affect my weight loss efforts. But what is the point of having the goal to become more healthy and eat very healthy and then poison myself and destroy my lungs and arteries with all the toxins in cigarette smoke? It is sort of insane to eat superfoods with lots of antioxidants and exercise and then keep smoking cigarettes. I want to quit and I am going to do it. Boy it really causes insane moodswings, but the cravings and the withdrawal lessen after a few weeks. But I also know they never go away totally. Like change Eating and exercise habits it is a lifetime of commitment and proposition towards better health.
 
yay for being on your way to a non-smoker and a slim and trim one at that :)

Like everything -just take it one day at a time...
 
Sometimes it is more likely a few minutes of the time ....I suppose this is how Addicts cope and overcome withdrawals. But yes it is positive ... even though I may loose weight in a slower pace, I hope it will not stop the weightloss. I will keep up eating healthy and see what happens ... one day and week at the time. Walking away the frustrations a few times a day helps keep the frustrations down and will perhaps also prevent me from gaining weight because of the about 10 percent lower metabolism smoking cessation causes. Also I do not eat more. One thing for sure ...quitting smoking is one of the most important health improving changes a person can make. So I will try focusing on the positive and stop whining and pity party because I crave Cigarettes. I already smell better ...and I better get starting cleaning my home this week as a diversion from cravings, so I can get rid of the nicotine ...actually I need to repaint my ceiling and walls.
 
Still a non-smoker. It really has not been that hard to quit this time!!!

Wednesday and time for my weekly weigh-in:

Scale reading: 117.6 kg/ 258.8 pounds I have lost 0.2 kg / 0.44 pounds this week this week

Starting weight 139,6 kg/ 307,12 pounds BMI 41.6 (08.22.2007)

I have lost 22 kg / 48.3 pounds in 20 weeks

I quit smoking this week!!!!! so far 5 days without cigarettes!!! I do worry that it will affect my weight loss. But it sure feels good to be free of that addiction.

Last week I was down with a cold and I have not had the energy to exercise at all. But now I feel ready again. Slowly but surely I will keep focusing on reaching my goals. Loosing weight and getting in shape!!

Also a tip for all: I have found great inspiration in the book: You on a diet ...your guide to waist management. Nope not another diet book but a great motivational boost to your knowledge about loosing weight and treating your body like a friend and eating super foods and exercising. A plan for life that is easy to follow. Everybody can learn a lot from this book.
 
quitting smoking is hard! It feels like my bowels have stopped functioning and I am bloated and have to take laxatives. Also I do not sleep so well and wake up sooo hungry about 3 times every night. It makes me tired in the daytime ... Yesterday I had no energy to go for my walk. I did do my exercises and it was very hard .... still I can only do about 12 push ups .... barely!!! I will try to see if a nicotine patch for a while will help me feel better and improve my mood swings and up my energy level. I took nicotine lozenges (About 5 every day) and thy did help me endure the cravings and quit the habit, but I think the patch will be better, and taper the dose down over the next 3 weeks. I think using nicotine replacement products to help quit must be used as short time as possible. I have seen many get just as addicted to gums/and lozenges for years after they actually quit smoking. That is of course more healthy than smoking, but they never quit the nicotine addiction.
 
Nicotine patch really helped!!! I sleep better and try to take as few nicotine lozenges as possible.
Last night I had dinner guests and I forgot to serve the Ice-cream I had bought.
I ended up eating it all with a spoon!!! I fell!!! I made a mistake. I did consider going to the bathroom and purge myself of the ice-cream. But flash-backs to the almost 20 years I suffered from bulimia, helped me accept that I just made a mistake and that there was no need to punish myself further. When I say I suffered from bulimia ... I really mean it!! From I was 12-30 I had 900 hours of therapy in order to overcome my bulimia. I hated being a man with an eating disorder ... It was such a girlie disease!!! I slowly recovered when I learned to treat myself better and I graduated from Medical School. In so many ways I was an overachiever, to compensate for the trauma and shame of really bad sexual child abuse.It was my way of surviving. Intellectualism and compulsive binge eating and purging. Recovering is a life long process. Loosing weight makes feelings deeply buried resurface. I am no longer a powerless little boy. I can protect myself and I am finally willing to take good care of myself.

Quitting smoking really made a difference!!! When I was swimming it was so much easier and I had so much more oxygen available for my muscles. I was not sure about starting going to a gym again February 1., but I have to put my insecurity and fears aside and just do it. I know I am going to like it. I have also found a gym I like close to where I live. So I will start.

I have been checking the scale a bit more often these days and it does seem like I have hit a plateau, because of quitting smoking. But I do feel so much better in many ways. I am sure I will start loosing weight again.
 
All right, a quitter!

my name's Valerie and I smoked from age 14 to 18.5. February 4th 2001 I inhaled my last drag from a cigarette. I'm pleased that at 25, I've now quit longer than I smoked. But being a runner, I kind of have to not.

Recovering IS a lifelong process. Sexual abuse sometimes never is even faced let alone healed from, you're very brave for confronting it and challenging yourself to deal with the protective habits that you formed with food and such. You rock! Glad you enjoy America, and keep up with the anti-oxidant rich superfoods! :)
 
I am happy to hear that you were sensible enough to quit at a young age Valerie. Please don´t ever smoke one cigarette again, however great the temptation may be. Smoking really is a slow way to commit suicide. Even though I have seen quite a few people that died from obesity/overeating too.

I will really make an effort to quit and and take better care of myself. I am totally committed to that! Other than that I have never been a quitter! Not many would mention the deep underlying struggle behind overweight problems. But the psychological reasons for self destructive eating patterns must be faced in order to heal and recover. "Comfort" -foods can never replace real healing and recovery, but just give a temporary relief from stress and pain. Sadly I see way too many men loose the fight for recovery. Perhaps because many men are not open about their problems. Thanks for calling me brave.
 
My weigh-in this week is pretty easy .

Scale reading: 117.6 kg/ 258.8 pounds No gain-No pain;)
Exactly the same weight I was last week.

Usually this is where my impatience kicks in! The only choices seem to be, lovering the amount of calories or/and increasing the amount of exercise... in order to loose weight again and break the plateau. At least I can increase the amount of exercise since I have become stronger and stopping smoking have given me more energy and ability to supply my muscles and cells with oxygen. But I am sticking to the knowledge I have learned. No more starvation diets!! They only makes people even fatter, lovering metabolism and makes the body more effective store fat! Nope Eating healthy anti-oxidant rich super foods with plenty of fiber and nutrients is what I will stick to.

I am over my cold and it feels so good swimming again, but I still feel pretty weak doing my home exercises. I still barely can do 12 push-ups. . But I am going to start going to a gym Feb. 4. and I will start to run 3 min on the thread-mill every time!!! I plan on going 4 days every week. And do a 2 split body program, twice a week with low weights to start with. And not least increase my running on the thread mill with one minute every week. Week 1: 4 days of running 3 min each time. Week 2. 4 days of running 4 min each time. Week 3: 4 days of running 5 min each time ...and so forth. I simply have to start slowly and be careful, since I still carry so much weight and do not want to injure my joints and ligaments. I do see that other big guys are able to loose weight faster, but I know my body and my limits.

I will still swim one day each week. I hope keep eating healthy and increasing the amount of exercise will get the weight loss going again. I know it will!!!
 
I know you will too! That sounds like an excellent plan, and remember, weight fluctuates! Who knows, maybe your glycogen stores were maxed out this morning ;)

yeah, I won't smoke--the BF does, his parents do (in the house no less), his mom did whilst pregnant (3 a day), and his GRANDMA smokes, too. No cancer. He has no negative consequences in his family to learn from. He's addicted big time.

When we were having a break up talk last summer (we took a 2 week break) we were crying and he took out a cigarette and offered me one. I just cried and begged, "Please don't make me smoke! Wahh! Boo-hoo!" In retrospect I thought it was pretty funny. I didn't, hell I would have thrown up!

Keep exercising and eating right. Don't let minor frustrations get in your way, and read this if you're bored!
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/newcomers/11548-rant-about-basic-concepts-i.html
 
Nicotine is probably the most addictive substance in the world? I have however not tried Meth and I do not intend to!!! But it is very important that your BF keep trying to quit when he reaches the motivated-to-quit-stage that most smokers reach. Perhaps kissing him less often will help :toetap05:

Stressful situations are bound to happen ... especially emotional stressors. 11 years ago I had quit smoking for 7 month and had been working for 2 days in another town. when I came "Home" to my apartment building ... my apartment was gone in a fire!!! First thing I did was to buy a packet of cigarettes!! I have smelled of smoke ever since ... Hey I can actually smell some flowers in my house right now.

Not sure I can blame it all on maxed out glycogen levels ... ;) . I think my body is in shock of not getting a steady stream of nicotine ... (quitting smoking lover the metabolism about 150-200 cal every day). I did read the link, you gave and as much as I agree with much he wrote, I do not agree about that starvation mode do not exist. Yes I would loose weight if I dropped the caloric intake to say 500 cal every day. But I fear that I would gain the weight back pretty fast again. That is what my experience tells me (and 95 percent of all trying to loose weight by starvation diets ... most will probably contribute their failure to loose weight and maintain their weight loss to lack of will power or character.

I think I need to read up on the articles about beating plateaus. And see if there is anything I can use there. I also need to make a 2 split weight training program that suits me ...
 
Niles said:
Perhaps kissing him less often will help
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Nah, BUT in my presence he smokes WAY LESS than if I'm not around :hurray: He is amazing in that his body metabolizes things very quickly. 155 lbs is he, and 6'! Smoked scent gets off him easily, his breath never really smells bad except in the morning, and even after he eats something I consider nasty the taste and scent goes away. I actually have no idea how he doesn't smell bad :eek:

Niles said:
when I came "Home" to my apartment building ... my apartment was gone in a fire!!! First thing I did was to buy a packet of cigarettes!!
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:eek2: I have my own additions. First thing I would buy would be a beer!!:cheers2:

Niles said:
I did read the link, you gave and as much as I agree with much he wrote, I do not agree about that starvation mode do not exist.
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Yeah, I'm not so sure, the human body is AWFULLY adaptable--and each body responds differently. There are A LOT of ideas about plateau-busting. Keep searching on here!
 
Well glad to hear your Bf is not a stinker! Curvie-girlie! A beer! Well that could help put out the fire!

Wednesday and time for my weekly weigh-in:

Scale reading: 116.8 kg/ 257 pounds I have lost 0.8 kg / 1.8 pounds this week
Starting weight 139,6 kg/ 307,12 pounds BMI 41.6 (08.22.2007)

I have lost 22.8 kg / 50.1 pounds in 22 weeks


Finally broke the 50 pounds lost mark!:party:

And going on day 19 still a non-smoker!


And I am starting to go to the gym this week!!!
 
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Hey Niles,

Just stopping by to say hi. Congratulations on hitting the 50lb mark, that's awesome! Well done. Great job on quitting smoking too. You're taking on two big challenges at the same time and you are succeeding in concuring both. You must be feeling great. There's no stopping you now. Good for you. Give yourself a big pat on the back because you deserve it.

V.
 
Thanks V! Good to see you are doing really well yourself!

Quitting smoking is harder than I expected. The last 4 days I have felt almost depressed and drained of energy. All I could do was go to work and then get home and sleep. I am so tired all the time! Perhaps the combination of SAD and the chemical/emotional imbalance created by nicotine withdrawal is really taking its toll on me. I have barely had energy to cook good meals and frankly I did not have much of an appetite. Today I actually went for a walk at dusk after I got home... First time in 3 days I had energy enough to do that! The other days I just collapse on the sofa....

I did not go swimming Friday and I have not started at the gym Yet! I hope I will get more energy soon, I am tired of feeling this tired all the time. :banghead:
I think I have to keep a food diary for a while to make sure I follow the principles again. I lost 7 pounds in January ... I suppose that is good enough. But somehow I feel impatient since I usually loose weight and see changes faster when I eat this way. But perhaps this is OK ... If I just lost 7 pounds
every month I would really be doing well! It took me 9 years to become this overweight And I expect it to be gone in 6 month? And this time I want it to be a lasting weight loss.
 
Wednesday and time for my weekly weigh-in:

Scale reading: 115.4 kg/ 254 pounds I have lost 1.4 kg / 3.08 pounds this week
:hurray:
Starting weight 139,6 kg/ 307,12 pounds BMI 41.6 (08.22.2007)

I have lost 24.2. kg / 53.1 pounds in 23 weeks

Seems like I have begun loosing a again ...but in a good Way!
 
Gosh What happened!!!!! 16 month since I posted!!!! Short but honest story:

Found out my GFs son was a pedophile!!! Was angry and In shock for weeks - did not see that coming - that hit too close to home since I was abused as a boy myself. Wanted to kill the little shithead. GF was in denial and got all religious. We argued and eventually broke up. I got deeply depressed - and got more social phobia than ever and began eating junk and smoking again ... I gave up trying to get back on track again.

I am back up at 300 pounds!!! And I am scheduled for Gastric Bypass Surgery.

I have in no way given up! But I don´t believe I can maintain a healthy weightloss without the surgery. I take the plunge and hope for the best.
 
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