The VRF Weight Loss Support Group Thread

Flower · 03-25-2007, 06:35 PM

This is the thread of our own VRF "weight watchers".

It's the place to come for support and to share tips, frustrations & successes. If you have a question, ask it! Let's be here for each other and make this work!!

So, I'll start, I guess.

I definitely have some weight to lose. I know what weight range is comfortable & healthy for me because I used to have a great, muscular, healthy body, so right now I have 40 to 45 pounds to lose. I'm small boned, so although my weight wouldn't be bad on someone with a medium or large frame, it's way too much on me. I'm definitely not comfortable and this is not at all healthy for me to be carrying this extra fat around.

Thanks to JasperKat's recommendation, I read Neal Barnard's Breaking the Food Seduction and am now starting on another book of his, Turn Off the Fat Genes. They're both great books that promote a low-fat vegan diet. Great advice and lots of good recipes in them! I read a few of his other books quite a few years ago and lived by his recommendations at that time. I've got to say that was the healthiest & leanest I've ever been and really regret not sticking with it.

Anyway, along with walking & exercising consistently, I'm going to start working on revamping my diet. Refined sugars & grains are going to get the boot and I'm going to cut out extra fat wherever possible. I'm going to focus on whole foods and try to find the healthiest possible choices I can when shopping for food (I'm going for high fiber!). We joined an organic CSA this year, so we'll have lots of fresh veggies (and some fruit) every week to eat up, starting in June.

MercurialMary · 03-25-2007, 06:45 PM

Ok. I am 5 10 and 164, but I, too, have a smaller frame. I would like to lose 20-25 lbs of fatty fat fat. However, considering I'd be adding muscle, I think my losing number would be more like 10-15 lbs, if I could achieve the shape I'm wanting. I learned a long time ago that I can't have a set number as a weight goal because I will do stupid things to get there (another story/another thread).

Diet: Food Combining. The Fit For Life variety. The healthiest I ever feel is when I eat this way. Plus, it's geared toward veganism big time, makes me cook, offers me variety from veggie rut (broccoli, green beans, broccoli, salad, broccoli), and gives me tons of energy.

Exercise: Pilates, Yoga, Walking until my boobs have shrunk enough for me to Run comfortably, and swimming when the water warms up (it's still only 52 degrees in the Atlantic - BRRRRRR). My flexibility is about a 2 out of 10, when pre baby it was 8 or 9 out of 10. I want that back very badly.

Go us!

mamaquilla · 03-25-2007, 07:06 PM

I have been over-weight since baby number one, whom is now 10

and dealing with food issues since adulthood. I am currently needing to lose approx 40 lbs. I am doing a Hypno-therapy program geared towards weightloss/food issues. Its been WONDERFUL and have lost 18lbs. since Mid-January. Its not a diet, its more of mindfull eating, not emotionally eating, choosing healthy food more often then not and NOT EATING EMOTIONALLY.

I walk 30 min. a day 6 days a week. Sometimes I exersize more, seldom less. The whole process has effected all aspects of my life very positively!!! Yay for getting healthy and in shape.

Flower · 03-25-2007, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mamaquilla

have lost 18lbs. since Mid-January.

Wow, mamaquilla!!!

That's gotta feel so good!

Apple · 03-25-2007, 08:20 PM

I'm 5'9 and 145 pounds...I know that's considered healthy, but all my weight is in my lower body. I just went hiking this weekend and was looking at all the pictures of me and I'm just not happy with all the weight I have gained recently. I know my problem isn't food though...it's that I just need to excersize. It's so hard to motivate myself to get back in shape once I let myself get out of shape. I think I would lose a total of like 5-10 pounds in all, hopefully just by building up muscles.

Does anyone else say muss-kleez when they read the word muscles? I'm so weird.

MercurialMary · 03-25-2007, 08:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TofuGoddessa

Does anyone else say muss-kleez when they read the word muscles? I'm so weird.

Moo-skles here...

Jessica · 03-25-2007, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mamaquilla

I have been over-weight since baby number one, whom is now 10

and dealing with food issues since adulthood. I am currently needing to lose approx 40 lbs. I am doing a Hypno-therapy program geared towards weightloss/food issues. Its been WONDERFUL and have lost 18lbs. since Mid-January. Its not a diet, its more of mindfull eating, not emotionally eating, choosing healthy food more often then not and NOT EATING EMOTIONALLY.

I walk 30 min. a day 6 days a week. Sometimes I exersize more, seldom less. The whole process has effected all aspects of my life very positively!!! Yay for getting healthy and in shape.

Tell me more about this hypnotherapy stuff. I was thinking about that because I know a couple people who've used hypotherapy/acupuncture to quit smoking, and both have been successful. I was considering checking into it to help with food issues.

mamaquilla · 03-25-2007, 09:52 PM

Thanks Flower, it feels amazing!!!

I contacted a local company that has a whole "program" around Hypno-Therapy and weightloss. They are called Livinglitenow.com. If ya wanna browse and see. The owner has had the buisness for 20 years. You recieve a binder with cd's, common sense nutrition,motivational, sugar addiction stuff, and emotional eating/family dynamic info. The cd's I listen to everyday, they are a 20 min. hypo session. You do one for a week, then onto the next, etc, ect. I also attended 4 classes 2 1/2 hours 1 day a week and now go to support classes once a week or as many as I like (there the instructor checks in with everyone and makes a hypno session geared towards all that are presants needs). Its been so amazing/wonderful/re-enforcing/confidence building!

If you wanna know anything else specific ask away

mishka · 03-25-2007, 10:13 PM

That sounds great, mamaquilla! Good for you!

I'm 5'2 and 150 lbs - 12 of which I've gained in the past 2 years after losing about 20 - and big boned. I want to lose a total of 15 lbs to start with, but I haven't really figured out how I'm going to tackle it yet. Today I walked for 3 hours straight, so I guess that's a start!

A friend of mine has lost about 70 lbs in the past 3 years by eating right and going to Curves for an hour almost every day. People always ask her what she used to lose the weight and she all "Ummm... healthy diet and exercise."

Oh, and I say muss-culls in my head as I type it

bluedawg · 03-25-2007, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flower

right now I have 40 to 45 pounds to lose.

i am extremely shocked that you feel this way! i mean i'm not trying to sass you or anything, but i... well, i don't know how to finish this sentence really. i guess i'll just say: you look great!

um, back on topic, um...

i'm trying to lose somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 pounds. step one is getting my lazy bum back into a hamster routine. i'm about halfway there (to the routine, that is--not to the 10 pounds).

veganshawn · 03-25-2007, 10:57 PM

What is some good weight loss ideas? I need to exercise more, but we can't afford a member ship to the gym. I weighed myself today and I am at 220, pisses me off I was in really good shape for years but have went to shape in the past 4.

emzy1985 · 03-26-2007, 01:40 AM

Veganshawn - dude I know how you feel! I've been slim all my life but in the last two years since I finished school, I have really been piling on the pounds. I also cannot afford the gym and have to work almost 60 hours a week just to get by.

Any tips anyone?

emzy1985 · 03-26-2007, 01:41 AM

I weigh about 11 stone and am 5ft11 tall

If you know how to convert...please do!

mishka · 03-26-2007, 05:43 AM

I had one of my coworkers pick me up a set of Weight Watchers books from her meeting once, and I tried to loosely follow the points system - anyone else try this and have success? I also have a copy of Dr McDougall's Maximum Weight Loss which helped me drop a few pounds at one point, though I didn't follow his "no fat at all" ideas. And, realistically, I don't like the idea of "doing a diet".

One thing that helped me lose weight last time was having a challenge at work. People would bet (!) on who would lose the most weight each week, and we would weigh in every Monday morning. It sounds awful, but the motivation of having to answer to other people worked. We all lost a good chunk of weight.

Flower · 03-26-2007, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluedawg

i am extremely shocked that you feel this way! i mean i'm not trying to sass you or anything, but i... well, i don't know how to finish this sentence really. i guess i'll just say: you look great!

um, back on topic, um...

i'm trying to lose somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 pounds. step one is getting my lazy bum back into a hamster routine. i'm about halfway there (to the routine, that is--not to the 10 pounds).

Believe me, I hide it well.

Likewise, I'm surprised that you want to lose any! You tiny.

Here are a few pictures of me when I was 45 pounds lighter & in great shape. They're both doing things I loved with my beloved Bruno. I miss that body, but I miss him much, much more-

03-25-2007, 06:35 PM	#1
Flower Tattooed tree hugging dirt worshipper Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 6,333	The VRF Weight Loss Support Group Thread This is the thread of our own VRF "weight watchers". It's the place to come for support and to share tips, frustrations & successes. If you have a question, ask it! Let's be here for each other and make this work!! So, I'll start, I guess. I definitely have some weight to lose. I know what weight range is comfortable & healthy for me because I used to have a great, muscular, healthy body, so right now I have 40 to 45 pounds to lose. I'm small boned, so although my weight wouldn't be bad on someone with a medium or large frame, it's way too much on me. I'm definitely not comfortable and this is not at all healthy for me to be carrying this extra fat around. Thanks to JasperKat's recommendation, I read Neal Barnard's Breaking the Food Seduction and am now starting on another book of his, Turn Off the Fat Genes. They're both great books that promote a low-fat vegan diet. Great advice and lots of good recipes in them! I read a few of his other books quite a few years ago and lived by his recommendations at that time. I've got to say that was the healthiest & leanest I've ever been and really regret not sticking with it. Anyway, along with walking & exercising consistently, I'm going to start working on revamping my diet. Refined sugars & grains are going to get the boot and I'm going to cut out extra fat wherever possible. I'm going to focus on whole foods and try to find the healthiest possible choices I can when shopping for food (I'm going for high fiber!). We joined an organic CSA this year, so we'll have lots of fresh veggies (and some fruit) every week to eat up, starting in June.

03-25-2007, 07:06 PM	#3
mamaquilla Rwar Join Date: May 2004 Location: LakeForestPark,Wa Posts: 9,993	I have been over-weight since baby number one, whom is now 10 and dealing with food issues since adulthood. I am currently needing to lose approx 40 lbs. I am doing a Hypno-therapy program geared towards weightloss/food issues. Its been WONDERFUL and have lost 18lbs. since Mid-January. Its not a diet, its more of mindfull eating, not emotionally eating, choosing healthy food more often then not and NOT EATING EMOTIONALLY. I walk 30 min. a day 6 days a week. Sometimes I exersize more, seldom less. The whole process has effected all aspects of my life very positively!!! Yay for getting healthy and in shape. __________________ "Kindness is a language we all understand. Even the blind can see it and the deaf can hear it." -Mother Teresa

03-25-2007, 09:52 PM	#8
mamaquilla Rwar Join Date: May 2004 Location: LakeForestPark,Wa Posts: 9,993	Thanks Flower, it feels amazing!!! I contacted a local company that has a whole "program" around Hypno-Therapy and weightloss. They are called Livinglitenow.com. If ya wanna browse and see. The owner has had the buisness for 20 years. You recieve a binder with cd's, common sense nutrition,motivational, sugar addiction stuff, and emotional eating/family dynamic info. The cd's I listen to everyday, they are a 20 min. hypo session. You do one for a week, then onto the next, etc, ect. I also attended 4 classes 2 1/2 hours 1 day a week and now go to support classes once a week or as many as I like (there the instructor checks in with everyone and makes a hypno session geared towards all that are presants needs). Its been so amazing/wonderful/re-enforcing/confidence building! If you wanna know anything else specific ask away __________________ "Kindness is a language we all understand. Even the blind can see it and the deaf can hear it." -Mother Teresa

03-25-2007, 10:13 PM	#9
mishka she melts! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: vancouver, bc. Posts: 6,047	That sounds great, mamaquilla! Good for you! I'm 5'2 and 150 lbs - 12 of which I've gained in the past 2 years after losing about 20 - and big boned. I want to lose a total of 15 lbs to start with, but I haven't really figured out how I'm going to tackle it yet. Today I walked for 3 hours straight, so I guess that's a start! A friend of mine has lost about 70 lbs in the past 3 years by eating right and going to Curves for an hour almost every day. People always ask her what she used to lose the weight and she all "Ummm... healthy diet and exercise." Oh, and I say muss-culls in my head as I type it __________________ again! sig-free!

03-26-2007, 01:40 AM	#12
emzy1985 Straight Edge Metal Head Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Luton, England Posts: 937	Veganshawn - dude I know how you feel! I've been slim all my life but in the last two years since I finished school, I have really been piling on the pounds. I also cannot afford the gym and have to work almost 60 hours a week just to get by. Any tips anyone? __________________ Because I Am Diluted And Perfectly Flawed, I Shall Live By Passion And Not By Law! You really are scary, Emzy. I hope you take that as the compliment it is - VegeTexan

03-25-2007, 06:45 PM	#2
MercurialMary geek Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,227	Ok. I am 5 10 and 164, but I, too, have a smaller frame. I would like to lose 20-25 lbs of fatty fat fat. However, considering I'd be adding muscle, I think my losing number would be more like 10-15 lbs, if I could achieve the shape I'm wanting. I learned a long time ago that I can't have a set number as a weight goal because I will do stupid things to get there (another story/another thread). Diet: Food Combining. The Fit For Life variety. The healthiest I ever feel is when I eat this way. Plus, it's geared toward veganism big time, makes me cook, offers me variety from veggie rut (broccoli, green beans, broccoli, salad, broccoli), and gives me tons of energy. Exercise: Pilates, Yoga, Walking until my boobs have shrunk enough for me to Run comfortably, and swimming when the water warms up (it's still only 52 degrees in the Atlantic - BRRRRRR). My flexibility is about a 2 out of 10, when pre baby it was 8 or 9 out of 10. I want that back very badly. Go us!

03-25-2007, 08:20 PM	#5
Apple nuts! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: VA Posts: 381	I'm 5'9 and 145 pounds...I know that's considered healthy, but all my weight is in my lower body. I just went hiking this weekend and was looking at all the pictures of me and I'm just not happy with all the weight I have gained recently. I know my problem isn't food though...it's that I just need to excersize. It's so hard to motivate myself to get back in shape once I let myself get out of shape. I think I would lose a total of like 5-10 pounds in all, hopefully just by building up muscles. Does anyone else say muss-kleez when they read the word muscles? I'm so weird.

03-25-2007, 10:57 PM	#11
veganshawn Reprazents Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento Ca Posts: 3,973	What is some good weight loss ideas? I need to exercise more, but we can't afford a member ship to the gym. I weighed myself today and I am at 220, pisses me off I was in really good shape for years but have went to shape in the past 4.

03-26-2007, 01:41 AM	#13
emzy1985 Straight Edge Metal Head Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Luton, England Posts: 937	I weigh about 11 stone and am 5ft11 tall If you know how to convert...please do! __________________ Because I Am Diluted And Perfectly Flawed, I Shall Live By Passion And Not By Law! You really are scary, Emzy. I hope you take that as the compliment it is - VegeTexan

03-26-2007, 05:43 AM	#14
mishka she melts! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: vancouver, bc. Posts: 6,047	I had one of my coworkers pick me up a set of Weight Watchers books from her meeting once, and I tried to loosely follow the points system - anyone else try this and have success? I also have a copy of Dr McDougall's Maximum Weight Loss which helped me drop a few pounds at one point, though I didn't follow his "no fat at all" ideas. And, realistically, I don't like the idea of "doing a diet". One thing that helped me lose weight last time was having a challenge at work. People would bet (!) on who would lose the most weight each week, and we would weigh in every Monday morning. It sounds awful, but the motivation of having to answer to other people worked. We all lost a good chunk of weight. __________________ again! sig-free!

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