My Weight Loss Goal

Losing Weight Fast

2009-10-30T14:15:00.001-07:00

If losing weight fast is important to you, then here is another great tip I found.

Carbing up and Carbing Down.. ever hear of it? What this means is that on alternate days of the week.. such as Monday, Wednsday, Friday, for example, you would eat very little carbs that day. You would follow a low carb diet, use low carb bread, and eat mostly protein and vegetables and no cheating with treats!

But this works because, you also know, that on the other days of the week, you get to eat all those things, so you don't feel like you are missing out! You eat your whole grains and treats (as long as they are not dripping in fat and calories) This is suppose to trick your body into burning more calories.

If you have ever followed that "Atkins" diet, where you ate almost all protein and vegetables, you also know that your body seems to get used to that initial weight loss and then slows down, but by adding carbs back in on alternate days, it triggers a burn.

Anyways, worth a try, especially if you are stuck on a plateau, where the weight won't budge no matter what!

Lose Body Weight Fast!

2009-10-30T10:11:00.000-07:00

I have hit a plateau! I need to lose body weight, 14 pounds to be exact before I get to my goal weight! I need to lose it from all over.. But guess what? I have discovered a little secret that will lose body weight fast, or at least get you off that plateau.

I call it "rearranging your day" Ever heard the saying "Eat like a king for breakfast, a queen for lunch and a pauper for dinner"? This means eat most of your calories in the early part of the day. I have been having a bigger lunch and a smaller dinner, and not missing food at all. I decided last week to switch it up a bit, and it is working! I am still eating the same calories.

I guess I get a chance to burn off any extra calories, by eating my bigger meal at lunch. I finally got that scale to move a couple of pounds, hopefully it keeps going. To lose body weight this close to your goal gets hard! Give it a try!

2009-10-04T08:56:00.001-07:00

I had my measurements done at curves, and I have lost pretty well all over, except for this one spot that is determined to be my last area of fat loss.

It is the spot she calls the abdomen. Not your waist, and not your hips, but half way between them. I have this one stubborn roll there, or if I feel bloated, or eat too much salt the day before, this is where is shows. I have lost everywhere else.

I do see a dietitian, and that is EXACTLY where she measures me! So, I could have lost inches all over my body, but if I don't lose anything there, she counts this as unsuccessful! I try to tell her, that I am rearranging my body, but until I lose something from there, I am still not at my goal.

I am seriously considering stopping going there, because as nice as she is, I don't feel that one and only measurement should be the gauge to my success. I have not been losing much more weight, but with going to curves 3 times a week, I am changing my body composition. Maybe it will budge soon!

More tips for Losing Weight!

2009-09-29T18:55:00.001-07:00

I have been working at my weight loss for over a year and am glad to say, I have lost 15 pounds, that may not seem like much, but for me that is a good result.

I am very close to my goal weight, so it is getting harder now. I need to lose about 10 more pounds.

I did join curves earlier this year, and have noticed a difference in my shape and feel better. I invested in some good running shoes, and am now adding jogging to my daily exercise... I also invested in a really good sports bra, this gives me the support to carry on!

This is what happened so far

2008-11-07T09:11:00.001-08:00

Ok, me again..

Just wanted to tell you of my progress up until I started this blog.

The dietician I went to see firmly believes, in not messing with your routine. She asked me to keep a food diary, and then she asked which grocery store I shop at. She then started "replacing" some of my foods.

For example: The bread I was eating was this healthy flax seed bread but it was 230 calories for 2 slices. She had me change the bread to a different brand at 170 calories for 2 slices. I hardly noticed the change. But that takes care of 60 calories. She then showed me the size of peanut butter I SHOULD be using etc... and switch out my cookies for "social tea cookies" and I managed to get myself down to 187 pounds fairly quickly.

But then she told me to add some exercise, and with my son being very much into fitness, I used his universal weight machine, and was doing a routine Mon, Wed, and Fridays, increasing my walks to 4km a day when I could, and I took up swimming again at the local pool.

At my last weigh in, I was proud of my new program and felt great, muscles were actually looking sexy, but I got on the scale and I was UP TWO POUNDS!. We both looked dismayed, but then she did my measurements and I had lost 1.5 inches around my gut. So don't despair if you work out, you can gain muscle weight. But I still want to be less than 189, so she has told me to get more aerobics in my week, and gave me until December 3rd, to get rid of 2 pounds....

How it All Started

2008-11-07T08:47:00.000-08:00

I embarked on this journey of fitness and weight loss because of a medical checkup I had earlier this year, and also this was the big 50 this year!

My body must have been set on some kind of alarm clock that was to ring at 50 years old, because up until then I had perfect blood pressure, and great cholesterol. My doctor looked at me and said "your blood pressure is a wee bit high, and you cholesterol is borderline and you could stand to lose a few pounds around the middle"

She said it with a smile, and at first it didn't register, but then it did, and I knew I had to do something about it now. I didn't want to take meds yet, and therefore she sent me to a dietician to see what we could do with my diet. I knew what I was suppose to eat! .. But after that first appointment, I was glad I went, she battles weight just like me, and was realistic about my goals.

She sized me up at 5'9" (I used to be 5'10" must have shrunk!) and 194 pounds, she wanted 30 pounds gone, which made me choke, but then she said, lets do it slowly at a rate of 2 pounds per month. Sounded easy....