Weighty issues

[yendi]

I just put on the black shirt that I got for my birthday, one of the few pieces of clothing I owned that shadesong had mentioned making me look sexy (or sexier than normal, since she weirdly finds me attractive).

It was tight. Very tight. I looked obese and disgusting (which might, coincidentally, have something to do with being obese and disgusting). I've been eating like a pig for the last few weeks, and it really shows.

If you all do not see a post here by this time next week saying how I've started Weight Watchers, kick me in the ass. Hard.

And if anyone has any feelings on the At Home program vs. the Online program (I'm leaning towards the former), let me know. the meetings just aren't my cup of tea.

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[voltbang.livejournal.com]

Ask Becky about her diet power software.

[ariedana.livejournal.com]

You might also want to look at eDiets.com.....I've checked out the program and it looks very good - they actually give you grocery lists and convinence diets and an exercise plan. However, I'm having trouble coming up with the $35 to start up. :(

[mfree.livejournal.com]

I need to start something too; this month I edged past 220 pounds after hovering at 215 forever. I don't seem to have the self-control to get anything done without a set plan...

[yendi]

I've looked at them (and even get the free daily email of things I already know, like French Fries are Bad). The reason I'm leaning towards the At Home program (see http://www.weightwatchers.com/aboutus/i1_au_products_athome.asp) is that A) it has offline resources (frankly, I want a book I can refer to for point totals, etc), and B) unlike the other ones, there's no time limit -- once I've paid up, I can keep dieting for as long as I need to. But I've heard good things about Ediets.com too

[yendi]

Yup. that's me in a nutshell, too.

[yendi]

I shall! Although since I haven't gotten Virtual PC for OSX yet, it may be a moot point.

[yendi]

Thanks -- yeah, I've always found more from the peers than anyone else. To be honest, the leaders only really seem worthwhile if you just have no fucking clue about food (this from the two times I've done it in the past). Frankly, I don't need to be told that eating an orange is healthier than drinking OJ, or that salad dressing contains fat. And they've never done much to motivate me, to be honest.

[maneaterlad.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who's doing the WW Online thing and she's lost about ten pounds so far, and lots of folks at my job are on the Atkins Diet. One man has lost 54 lbs on that one so far.
As for me? I'm following a neat little diet program from Men's Health called "The Belly-Off Program." It's pretty much a common sense diet. Avoid processed foods, in favor of whole foods. Eat more protein than carbs and more carbs than fat. So far I've lost about two inches off my waist, and that's without doing the exercises like I should. There's even Online support if you want to sign up for it, but the big selling point for me was that the BOP was created with men in mind.

Boycott eDiets

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

I'm serious. If you put into its equation form that you're 6'2 and way 100 pounds, it'll tell you that you can lose ten pounds right away or some such garbage.

Re: Boycott eDiets

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Oh, god.

WEIGH.

I'm sorry. -_- I just got off the plane and am at my parents' house, is my excuse.

[tikimama.livejournal.com]

Since my meetings are over, I'm probably going to join the online WW. It's pretty cool--you keep track of your Points on a onine journal, which you can choose from a huge db of products, and it fills in Points for you.

You already know I'm a big advocate of it--nice, balanced eating, no crazy not-eating-one-thing, and I've lost 40lbs since February. Though I could have lost more this summer, I've been slacking.

Good luck, honey!

[chelona.livejournal.com]

http://www.dietpower.com/

[yendi]

Thanks! The web page says it'll only work on Windows, though. :-(

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[chelona.livejournal.com]

Shoot. I thought I had seen a Mac version. Sorry! I should have looked at that before I posted the URL. Too tired to think today.

[yendi]

Thanks! I'm still considering the At Home program (because it'll be cheaper in the long run), but the online is tempting.

[yendi]

No apology needed! I'll be getting a copy of Virtual PC eventually, anyway!

Re: Boycott eDiets

[yendi]

I just got off the plane and am at my parents' house, is my excuse.

And it's a good one! :-)

Seriously, one of the reasons I'm thinking Weight Watchers is that I already know I want to lose weight. My goal is acting on it. So going to a place to get told I should lose weight doesn't benefit me.

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[chelona.livejournal.com]

Ok, cool. It is neat software anyway, if not impossible overkill. hehe

[sage-and-sea.livejournal.com]

I went and downloaded it for the 15 days...we'll see if I can actually use it. I'd like to be down to 250 (a 25lb loss) by 1/1/03, which they say is manageable. It's also interesting to see what I've been eating like this.

I don't expect to ever be thin...I look too much like my bio-mom for that to happen. Most people look at me and would never believe that I'm so close to 300, but I can feel it. Under 250 would make me happy (and make my life insurance premium go down!), under 200 would make me ecstatic. I haven't been under 200 since I was 25, I don't think.

Swimming every morning has been helpful!

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[chelona.livejournal.com]

I currently weigh just a hair under 250 myself. I was up around 275ish right before my daughter was born. My pre-preg weight was 242. So I am slightly above that now. I DID get back down to pre-pregnancy weight pretty soon after she was born. But then I crept back up a little.

What is strange, is that I don't FEEL like I weigh as much as I do. And everyone around me (well, almost everyone), says I don't look anywhere near that heavy. Being about 5'10" helps quite a bit.

Anyway, my goal right now is 225 by my birthday, which is Feb 19th.