Today is day one of my Slimfast diet :( :) I need encouragement!!

[Sirrahsim]

by the way, thank you to everyone who thinks I look fine how I am My main purpose of this diet is to improve my health, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't secretly toy with the thought of being toned, tight, and compact one day *snort* like that'll ever happen

[ramanth]

I do the majority of my cooking on a Foreman grill too. I usually cook everything too long. But you'll get the hang of it.

Do you get your recipes from Slim-Fast.com? They have some great stuff there.

[Sirrahsim]

I CHEATED!!!!! I feel terrible I was starving, and they have these really good spuds at this restaurant that I handle funds for... they're soooo goood! They bake potatoes, then cut them into slices, then season and deep fry them yummmy
But I CHEATED on my diet!!

I only had a few before my guilt forced me to throw the rest away, but now my guilt is forcing me to tell all of you

On the up side, my pants are feeling a bit looser today than they did last week
No, Ramanth, I haven't looked at the recipes from slim-fast.com. I didn't even think of that! thanks for giving me an idea

[popcornbird]

I need to get back to losing weight again too. I lost over 20 pounds over the past few months, and I would like to lose some more. I've been a little lazy for a while though, and I'm not watching my diet as I should, nor am I exercising *enough*. I need to get back on track.

As to losing fat on your legs, there are many leg workouts you can do that really help. I usually use stretch bands for working out my legs, and they really help. They help when I do it everyday.

[sirrahned]

Originally posted by Sirrahsim
Pllllllease give me encouragement. I thought about posting a now picture and then later posting my results, but I don't wanna scare anybody I'm currently 5'4"(about) and approximately 147lbs. I wear a size 13 juniors jeans and that is just not right
WISH ME LUCK!!!!

Hey Girl,

We still have thirty cans of slimfast in our fridge. They haven't worked yet to take off a single pound. I guess we could try actually drinking them. I hope you have good luck with your diet...


Love,

Dad

[lizzielou742]

Good Luck with your diet! It's great that you're making a change for yourself. You do look fine the way you are now!!! Of course, everyone says that to me too. LOL.

Swimming is GREAT exercise. It's a complete cardiovascular workout, it's low-impact on your joints, the water provides resistance, and it's an entire body workout the entire time you're in the pool. One summer, I started swimming four times a week (I worked at a pool) and stopped drinking pop, and I lost 30 pounds! (I went from 180 to 150, I'm 5' 6.5") Unfortunately it didn't stay off, but that was because I went back to college in the fall, stopped exercising and started back up on my beer/pop drinking, late-night nacho eating, pizza-ordering diet. At least I never got back up to 180 - I weigh 160 now and would like to get back to 150....but I can't give up my Cokes!!!

As for leg exercises, I totally agree with the Pilates idea. You can buy great videos for pilates, yoga, ballet etc. that would work. Also, swimming will help that too. Just remember to kick your legs when you stroke!! I have trouble remembering to kick sometimes, I just let my arms do all the work.

Good luck and stay positive! It's hard but it's worth it! Feel free to PM me anytime you need some encouragement.

liz

[BCBlondie]

I hope your diet is going well!!


As for the leg exercises I asked about, my brother offered to let me borrow his 5lb ankle weights and showed me different stuff I could do. Yays!

[Fox-Gal]

I hope your diet is working out for you, even though from your picture, I think you look great. I'd trade places with you any day.


I just thought I'd share this with you, in case you wanted to know. Better homes and garden did a study on these kinds of diets You know whats the best tasting etc etc. Anyway, they say for the can drinks the wal-mart brand is the best for taste. It's cheper too. Might as well save money as well as getting a better tasting drink.

Good luck to you.

[Sirrahsim]

Originally posted by Fox-Gal
Anyway, they say for the can drinks the wal-mart brand is the best for taste. It's cheper too. Might as well save money as well as getting a better tasting drink.

Mmm yes, I agree, the Walmart brand weight loss shake does have a better flavor. too bad we don't have a wally-world here in Japan They own a store called Seiyu, but they don't stock Walmart brands. The only indication that they are related to the US walmart is that they use the Smily face guy in some of their ads The diet is going ok. We decided to cheat on the weekends, which is probably a bad thing, but we went from eating a jillion calories a day to less than 2000, so we think we're doing good My pants are definately looser and my hubby's love handles are smaller... I have mixed feeling about that loss, but it's good for him I have a feeling that next week will be any more successful for me. This week's exercise program consisted of only one trip to the pool I WILL do better next week.

[Fox-Gal]

Silly me I forgot to see where you lived. I guess it would be a long trip to a Wal-Mart for you. lol

A little cheating in normal, now and again and as long as your pants are looser, your doing good.

[Sirrahsim]

WEIGH-IN time!!

As of this morning (saturday), my official weight is 142. That's down approximately 5 lbs in two weeks. Go me

How are your diets going?