Qjay's thread

Oh the mall sounds good! It would be nice to get that sort of feedback now and then I think.

It's good to hear you say you're not in a hurry. :) I thought you were feeling impatient. Persistence will do it and the rewards will be there.

I do get it about not putting your joints in danger because there are things I won't do! I feel a bit wistful when I see what other fitter people can manage, and I am aiming to try and turn around the increasingly long list of things that "I can't do anymore" into a list of "things I can do again now!" Well, that's the plan. So far it is easier to get in and out of the car (easier, not easy), easier to tie my laces (sometimes easy, not always), and easier to walk around.

Well I plan to be here for a long time, so I'm sure I will be cheering as you add things on to your own list. :)
 
hi qjay
two great things for increasing metabolism:
green tea and saunas
i dont know the reasons why (sorry!) but i remember reading that they are two major things that can increase metabolic rate
 
Thanks for dropping by, Sophie. I love green tea, I drink a lot of it, maybe not daily, but definitely weekly, and i tend to just flavor it with herbal teas instead of sugar or honey. It seems to make more sense that way.
I am not willing to head out and put myself into a sauna yet, but I have heard similar "supercharge your metabolism" stories about that, too. I'm trying to stick with simple exercise and a better diet at this time, so hopefully it will improve on it's own; i have a long ways to go.
Felici, of course I am impatient, I just know it won't matter if I get into a hurry. I've lost over a hundred pounds before, and just put it back on because of stupidity, but I thought I was fighting it every step of the way. I didn't have any support, and I lived surrounded by fast food, and people whose idea of healthy eating was adding peas to the cheeseburger helper or ordering tomatoes on top of the every-kind-of-meat-in-the-store pizza.

Well, off to Gramma's birthday party, I'm definitely snacking before I go...
 
Isn't it odd how we have to work so hard to take it off, but just a few weeks of not paying attention and being lazy and it'll come right back on?

You lost it before, you can lose it again .. and this time, you will be more cautious.

I did the same thing only I lost 30lbs and put it right back on. What made me think I could go from my well-balanced portioned meals to eating anything and walking daily on the treadmill to do nothing, I do not know!
 
So far today:
Sandwich: 420 cal
Halibut 8oz: 400 cal
Potato w/ sour cream: 200 cal
Sherbet & 1 bite of birthday cake: 150 cal

Oops! I have to change this part:
"Will also have Salmon Salad: 500 cal, Veggies: 300 cal"
I ended up going out and playing all night, just dragged myself home a little bit ago (It's now 7 AM) Instead of salad/veggies I had a beer, a sandwich, a single handful of popcorn(1/2 cup?) and a couple of jalapeno sausages instead, with about the same calorie count. :p 150+420+30+300=900 calories, but nowhere near the same level of nutrition.
Well, I was going to fancy up the veggies anyhoo, lol


Smokes, about a pack!. Too much time around family, then off to play!


Jahochku, to get down to the area I want to live at, I need to lose at LEAST 120 lbs from my "regular" weight of "around 360". I've weighed over 300 lbs for most of my adult life, so variations of 30 pounds or more in a week is nothing unusual for me. It's one of the reasons I like measuring instead of weighing, because while my weight might vary, my sizes don't change much. Right now I am down by my 4th belt notch, but it's mostly due to stress and low liquid intake the past couple of days, I fully expect it to be a "phantom" loss for at least a few more weeks. My pants are still fitting right at 56 inches (I have outgrown plenty of them and have lots of sizes available :p)
I am just stressing the past few days, school is tough, and I'm having a hard time focusing on it with all of the other bits and pieces of life clamoring for my attention. I don't know how you parents do it!
I wonder if pulling out hair would qualify as "weight loss"...
Back later!
 
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I'm really impressed that you have ever lost 100 pounds in one go. Especially if you felt you were fighting it the whole way and coping with a poor environment for weight loss.

As a mum who's also been a "mature age" student, I'd have to say that I can still relate to your study stress - I think we expect a lot more of ourselves than we do when we're first out of high school. Good luck with it.

Qjay said:
I wonder if pulling out hair would qualify as "weight loss"...
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Absolutely! :D
 
Well, in all fairness, I am getting my BS in Business Admin in 2 yrs, 8 months. I brought 11 credits in with me, which would make it about 3 years even. I am really pushing to just get it done at this point. I am probably going to graduate with honors, but I just don't care at this point, I'm tired of school right now.

Hot tea... Mmmm...

The weight I lost before was just stimulant-induced appetite reduction with a job performing pretty heavy labor on long shifts. I'd eat a couple of meals a day, but mostly I just stuck with the diet pills, and when they quit working, I started eating a lot more. I do NOT recommend it, I ended up malnourished and had a bad scrape turn into cellulitis that almost put me in the hospital for a week. As it was, I went to the ER and had a few months of wound therapy dealing with the resulting damage... Seriously bad news, but an interesting (and large) scar.
 
Weird...
My day started off all right. I had my normal sandwich (420 cal), and was still hungry afterwards, so I made my salad topped with salmon (500 cal) after about half an hour. I waited another HOUR and was still just feeling starved, so I decided to go take a look in my cupboards. What I found was around 1200 calories of assorted delicious "healthy in small amounts" badness, so I am likely to not stay under 2500 calories today (I have medication that requires me to eat food or else it REALLY screws up my GTI), but I should be able to stay under 3000. I'll make up for the difference with a couple of days of more careful eating, but I was really hit with the munchies, bad. The worst part: I could keep going, pretty easily. I didn't finish ANYTHING off out of my bad snack foods, so I am glad I was able to do that. At least I'm finally not hungry/craving the stuff, although it would taste and feel good to have more.
Blegh... What a day. I wonder if it is because my sleep schedule got all screwed up last night. Not that I have much of a schedule...

Well, back on track tonight.
 
It does sound like your body was confused. Congratulations on limiting the damage. It's the "back on track" that will count in the long run. :)
 
Interestingly enough, I ended up feeling bloaty and overfed all day afterwards. I'm headed to bed, having had nothing since. *shrugs* Apparently I'm not over on calories for the day. Weirdness, innit?
So add 0 smokes to my list, and I'm pretty much done.
2100 calories, or thereabouts. I could definitely be worse off, the stuff I ate wasn't junk. It was just a lot, and all in a relatively short period. It FELT like a binge, too.
 
I'm glad your calories worked out. Was the medication ok? (I mean, because you didn't eat later.) At least your body was eventually able to signal "too full" and you listened.

I find it confusing that you get actual hunger when you wouldn't expect to. Do you know what makes that happen? Is it related to your blood sugar levels or medication somehow?

I hope tomorrow is a good day for you. :)
 
Actually, I went back to sleep before the medication was due, so I just put it off until today. No harm, no foul. :D

I have always had problems with my body saying "HUNGRY!" when I'm not in need of food. I could easily gorge myself, wait a couple of hours and do it again. I actually was so messed up when I started eating more meals in a day, that that was exactly what was happening. I would eat a full, large meal, then "because I was changing my diet" I would eat again about 3-4 hours later and it would turn into another full, large meal. I did that for a couple of weeks before I was able to get my messed up eating reflexes partially under control.
I was eating better foods, so I didn't wind up gaining much weight during that time, but it was still a lot of food, and not all of it was good. There was a lot of junk in my diet then, and it isn't perfect now. At least I don't eat as much fast food, eh?
 
Yes. It is important to value all the progress you've made. :)

From what I'd heard, I initially thought that movie Supersize Me, must have undermined its message with the extent of its exaggeration, but now I've heard more about what is in some meals, and how many calories some people say they would consume at once, it seems more relevant. Fast food can be pretty nasty, but a lot of the "meals" don't actually satisfy my appetite.

I think I might have misinterpretted when it was that you ate yesterday. Was the sandwich you mentioned your first food of the day? Maybe what you ate or didn't eat before that would explain your reactions after the sandwich.
 
Yeah, the sandwich was my first meal, but I'd had plenty of food the night before, and had plenty with me. It was after my late night out, though. That COULD have had something to do with it, but it didn't feel like the reasoning.
I hope not, I was out all night again tonight. :O
It was good, except when I slipped on some ice and took a tumble in the parking lot. Nothing bent though, just a skinned knee and a bruised ego.
 
Out all night. That sounds like a likely culprit to me! :confused: :)

:eek: Ice sounds nasty. :mad: We just have gum nuts here for making people fall over. Honky nuts. Falling is more scary now. Babies hardly care, but time goes on and it gets more and more dodgy!
 
Nope, but I did go to a hockey game :D
Drank too much, smoked too much, probably ate too much, but I had a REALLY good time!
Home safe, relaxing and having a good time... Heck, wish you were here ;)
Nothing personal, but I am SO glad I am "single, no kids" :p
I know they can be wonderful, but my absolute favorite thing about people under the age of 18... is watching them go home with their parents. Ahhh...
 
Are these thoughts of "no kids please" related to the hockey game? :)

I'm fairly happy living with my kids these days, but I did go through a time when mine were younger and I used to think Catch-22. To properly educate my daughter I must tell her never to have children - oh but I can't tell her that cos I'm her mum and might make her an emotional cripple. LOL. I hope those thoughts are not coming back again when I have two fully fledged teenagers. :D
 
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