Come to the beach with me!

[Kimmifunn]

Thank you thank you thank you for posting this! I am so depressed at my post-holiday figure. I stepped on the scale this morning and almost fainted. I've never weighed this much before except when I was pregnant. (Now that's bad; very bad.) Too much wining and dining over the holidays!

I am going to use WW because that's what Merman did when he started piling on the Executive Dinner pounds, and it worked great for him. I put today's weight on the calendar and on next Wednesday's date, that weight minus 2 pounds, and on the next Wednesday after that, today's weight minus 4 pounds, and so so forth and so on. And a slash right next to it so when the day comes up I can compare.

Wed Jan 4
200 lb / __ lb

Wed Jan 11
198 lb / __ lb

Wed Jan 18
196 lb / __ lb

Hopefully when I fill in the blanks each week, target weight will match actual weight.

Hopefully we can all encourage each other! I HATE dieting.

STOP! You are teeny tiny!

 

[peapod1980]

Well, I'm not into South Beach, but I'll do what I can for moral support. I follow a low fat, high fiber regimen and prefer to think of it as a lifestyle change more than a diet. I don't count calories, just try to keep my fat grams below 30 and my fiber grams above 30. I have been doing this since the beginning of November and lost 35 pounds so far (the holidays were tough, but when I cheated a little, I added an extra workout to compensate.)

Linda, congratulations! That is really impressive. Tell me more--how do you measure the fiber, for example? Meaning, are you just reading food labels, or what?

 

[CastlesOfSand]

Today will be my official weigh in/measure day as well. No time like now! Thanks! This is the boost I needed!

 

[seagrovelover]

Congratulations!!!!!
I'm going to my very first Weight Watchers meeting tonight with a friend. She talked me into it, so we'll see....

Me too johnrudy, started last night. we have it up at our parish gym so its all people I know and we can give each other support. Keep me posted on your progress!!!! good luck!!! :clap_1:

 

[dbuck]

I'm game. I need to lose 10 lbs. But I do better with a diet that tells you what to eat and when. (Day 1: 5 boiled eggs, etc.) Other words, take my free will away.

 

[iwishiwasthere]

Yep, that is why south beach worked for me...not many options. My daughter lost 10 pounds on WW and loved it. WW offers a great variety, but you have to have willpower. I do better with a strict regime. The most important thing is to find a diet that will work for you. It needs to be something you can consider a lifestyle change...not a diet.

 

[Beach Crazy]

I'm game. I need to lose 10 lbs. But I do better with a diet that tells you what to eat and when. (Day 1: 5 boiled eggs, etc.) Other words, take my free will away.

Me too, Dbuck. I'd rather you just say "No, you cannot have that". From July to present date I have gained 20 pounds after getting off my low-carb diet

That is just shameful. It just goes to show you how fast it can come back. Please everybody remember this....

 

[lindatat]

Linda, congratulations! That is really impressive. Tell me more--how do you measure the fiber, for example? Meaning, are you just reading food labels, or what?

Thanks so much - yes, reading food labels for the most part. Breakfast & lunch are easy - for breakfast I just have high fiber cereal (raisin bran, mini-wheats and wheat chex are my favorites) with skim milk and some kind of fruit. For lunch I've been eating a lot of canned soup (not a good option if you need to be concerned with sodium, but that's not an issue for me.) I find that split pea, black bean, and beef barley have high fiber contents; if you fix the whole can it's considered 2 servings but for the most part it's still less than 400 calories, very filling and up to 10 grams of fiber. I snack on lots of fruits, raw vegetables, and yogurt, also prepared hummus and whole wheat pita bread. Dinner is the toughest meal - I've been feeding my kids first and then try to take time to fix myself a good, healthy meal. This is a good time to go a little heavy on the protein and lighter on the carbs - I have an indoor grill so I eat a lot of chicken breast (been using a jerk marinade and also another one that's sesame ginger flavor.) My life saver some evenings are bags of whole frozen cooked shrimp - sometimes if I can't manage to cook I just fix shrimp cocktail and eat some vegetables and cottage cheese with it. So far, so good - I used to eat like this before I had kids and the last few years I've been making excuses to eat too much fast food. I still indulge occasionally - we have this chain here called Culver's and I can order the kids chicken strips with mashed potatoes and gravy for only 12 fat grams. Eating out in general can be a challenge but not impossible - a petite filet and baked potato with a little sour cream works well as does most grilled fish or chicken breast.

I know so many people are afraid of carbs, but if you make sure you are choosing as many complex carbs as possible, they are a good choice (whole grain breads, brown rice and the new whole grain pastas. I really like the Barilla Plus pasta - they don't taste grainy like some others I've tried.)

 

[Ocean Lover]

Yep, that is why south beach worked for me...not many options. My daughter lost 10 pounds on WW and loved it. WW offers a great variety, but you have to have willpower. I do better with a strict regime. The most important thing is to find a diet that will work for you. It needs to be something you can consider a lifestyle change...not a diet.

I agree. I'll probably do the beach for 2 weeks then after that just watch the carbs. I am so addicted to carbs it's not funny. I need to rid myself of the sugar and carb cravings. Last year when I started SB I lost 8 lbs. the first week and then a few after that and kept if off for several months.
I hope to stick with it a little longer this time!

:clap_1: This is great...not everyday we can get excited about dieting!

 

[Mermaid]

I agree. I'll probably do the beach for 2 weeks then after that just watch the carbs. I am so addicted to carbs it's not funny. I need to rid myself of the sugar and carb cravings. Last year when I started SB I lost 8 lbs. the first week and then a few after that and kept if off for several months.
I hope to stick with it a little longer this time!

:clap_1: This is great...not everyday we can get excited about dieting!

That's the rub. Getting rid of the cravings for carbs and sugar. I practically have to nix them completely or I never even get started on slimming down. If I get the taste in my mouth for sweets...watch out. :roll: