getting real close to my goal weight...

[carole]

Hey i have really enjoyed reading all your responses, thanks for the extra support, it is hard going it alone,and it means a lot to get your encouragement, i only hope i can inspire others and keep them at it too.

I was reading a BMI chart yesterday that really dismayed me, i really think build and age should come into it, if i were to go to what they recommend i would be stick thin and look awful, i think i will just stick with my goal, and then when i achieve it, i will decide whether or not to go a bit further down, i probably could go another further 4 kgs after that, but one day at a time, and i will wait till i am there.

No twelve step programme for me, i think i can do it without that,this is going to be a lifestyle change for good this time, i actually do not enjoy fatty food,i am more of a sweet tooth really, and that i have to watch.

My lifestyle programme is to continue as i am forever just adding a few more points in the way of fruit mostly when i have found my maintainence level, it took me six weeks to loose this one kg that is 2.2 pounds, i thought i was doing my maintainence, with the cold weather i was super hungry and was giving it a rest for a while, but hey presto one kg came off, so i now know this is not my maintainence level, ooh thank goodness, i don't want to eat that little the rest of my life, i want a little bit more than that.
I also plan to have special occasions ,like birthdays, wedding anniversary's,xmas days when i can eat whatever i want, if there is a low fat option i will choose it , if not i won't stress over it and go right back to healthy eating the next day, now this is all theory for now, so hopefully when i put it into practice it will work. you still have to enjoy life, and if eating nice food occasionally is part of it, then so be it, i have already done this a few times during my journey, and it has made no difference, went out to lunch on mothers day,and we choose someone we had not been before and i had no option but to eat fatty food, it was awful , i was disgusted by the menu and will never go back again, however it made no difference to my weight loss,it is all about control, portion control and how often you eat the NO NO's.

And the biggest thing i have to work on is exercise, i have been so slack on that, i have been in quite some pain lately and that has really stacked things against me, even walking is painful at times, but i guess it is the catch 22 if you do not use it , you loose it, and i know i have to do it, now where is the determination, and motivation there, it is very lacking,so that is also my next challenge.

Cataholic, all i can say is you are young yet, so if you can loose it now, it is the best thing to do, the longer it stays there the harder it gets, when you are dealing with hormonal ups and downs, and reach this age, it is darn hard, i am sure my fellow friends in my age group can vouch for that, a lot of women put weight around the middle and find it very hard to loose in this age group, so girl try hard, YOU can do it too, and yes those babies are beautiful but they have a lot to answer for lol,for me it was breastfeeding afterwards that i gained the weight after my second child, i actually weighed only 2.2 pounds more than i do today when i left hospital only gaining 4kgs all up,but after i fed for 16mths, i was starving all the time, and ate too much and my weight ballooned, by the time i finished i was the heaviest i had ever been in my life,luckily i did loose about ten kgs of it and kept that off for many years, just going up and down a few kgs now and then, until now ,this is the lightest i have been in almost 17 yrs, my baby girl will be 17 in August, i am trying to get to my goal then, as i will then be the same weight as i was before i got pregnant,when i was 34,so that would be quite an achievement for me.

Anyhow enough raving on and on, you will all be sick of hearing about it all, but i hope some of you can relate to my story, and motivate yourselves too, as you can see by reading my posts it has been a real struggle, it took me ten years to loose weight after my first child, i got down to the perfect weight then, and was very slim, i am aiming for a higher weight as i am older now, and it will take too much of a toll if i loose too much, and this time it has taken me 17yrs, just as well i only had two children lol.

[Cataholic]

Carole- I do blame my beautiful child for it all. The weight gain, the large cup size, the grey hair, the sleep deprivation- LOL, all of it. This morning, when he yelled, "snuggle time" (something we do virtually every am, with Allie cat), I had 5 more minutes to go on the elliptical. I nearly jumped off and went upstairs. That is what I usually do, work his needs in ahead of mine. This time, I said, "Okay, honey, be up in 5 minutes!" and nary a word was said. Oh, well, he did say, "you can't lie in my bed all sweaty". LOL. Brat!

I am totally trying and feel very committed. I had a neighbor girl say, "you look like you lost weight" and inside, I nearly cried. Of course, I shrugged it off and said, "yeah, a whole half ounce".

Off to the gym for a quick workout.

[RICHARD]

I was reading a BMI chart yesterday that really dismayed me, i really think build and age should come into it, if i were to go to what they recommend i would be stick thin and look awful, i think i will just stick with my goal, and then when i achieve it, i will decide whether or not to go a bit further down, i probably could go another further 4 kgs after that, but one day at a time, and i will wait till i am there.

I think the BMI charts are a bunch of effin horse shiat!

I just ran my #s thru a calculator and I am obese!

I do have a spare tire, but I have seen athletes the same height and a few pounds heavier and they look like slobs!

I did weigh quite a bit more at one time but now I walk more and feel a bit better since I started doing more physically.

I just don't trust the 'standards' for the world.


You know what and where you body feel like at a 'suitable' weight.


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Congrats and get rid of those KILOS!

[carole]

right on Brother, i agree 100 per cent, they can stick their stats where the sun don't shine, according to these charts when i reach my goal weight i am still overweight for my height, sure i may still have a few spare tyres left as well, and realistically i always will,but i know how i look and feel, i would not be considered skinny at the weight, but i would be very acceptable even by my own very critical standards.

I do however want my waist measurement to be in the healthy range, and that is something i will have to work hard at to achieve, as it poses so many health risks that i am trying my darn hardest to avoid.

Good on you Johanna, keep at it, that's the spirit,yes those little darlings have a lot to answer for lol, but then we would not be without them in our lives for one single second would we?ok maybe now and then for a much needed break lol

[RICHARD]

http://www.slate.com/id/2223095/?GT1=38001

A news story about BMI!

[carole]

Thanks Richard that made very interesting reading, and you know to heck with the BMI, when i am happy with what i am, that is where i shall stay.

I just did my BMI just out of interest, and found i am slightly over the healthy side of things, in the slightly overweight category,but not too much to go, probably when i loose the rest i will be ok..according to it i need to loose another 12 pounds, which i am ok with, i was only go to loose another 7 but i could do the rest, i would feel better at a lower weight anyhow.

And i only have one inch to loose on my waist and i will be in the healthy waist range, yahoo.