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Post by stevensmummy on Nov 26, 2007 8:29:38 GMT
Oh and liz I have a gym ball, fill me in plz xx
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Post by Scarlet on Nov 26, 2007 8:54:42 GMT
Wish I was 9 and half stone again *sighs* When my eldest was a toddler I used to go to the gym 4 times a week and got down to 8 half, but hubby told me he liked me with more weight on. I'm most comfortable when I'm between 9 and 9 and half. This week didn't do too well again, and hubby had lost another 2 pounds. I really need to get myself motivated, but it's so hard this side of Xmas...perhaps the New Year would be a good time to start a diet . I'm usually a lot more enthusiastic than this, but feel soooooo blooming lazy.
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Post by Bobyn on Nov 26, 2007 14:59:41 GMT
Yep, I agree this time of year the thought of exercise seems like too much effort. It's the right weather for stodgy chips (and cheese - oh I wish!) and warm blanket curled up on the sofa. StevensMummy - I'm so jealous of your horses. If only you didn't live about 10 hours drive away - at least - I'd be suggesting meeting up if only to drag you our on a hack for an hour or two a week. x
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Post by southerngirl on Nov 26, 2007 18:58:24 GMT
Great exercise do do with a ball. Failing that put feet on sofa. Lay flat with heels on ball/sofa. Lift bum up then put on floor again. This really helps saggy bums and tummy muscles if on the ball. Ball moves so you have to control your core which helps tummy muscles Liz x
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Post by winegirl on Nov 26, 2007 22:17:34 GMT
I cant help but feel like i have no chance on this diet with all the yummy treats that will be thrust under my nose during the festive period! Perhaps new year is a good start, kick PNI and kick the weight!
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Post by Scarlet on Nov 27, 2007 8:21:11 GMT
New year sounds good to me....oooo I am so easily led ;D
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Post by southerngirl on Nov 27, 2007 12:28:26 GMT
This is the thing that so many people dont realise, you can have the treats you want but you then need to up your exercise. I still enjoy my choccie pud a few times a week from hubbys work and am still losing weight. Also have sweets now and again. You lot are terrible, dont wait until New Year start now !!!!!! Dont think of it as going on a diet but changing your way of thinking about food. If you fancy a biccie but might eat the whole pack then just get a few out and put the rest away. Its about willpower. Once you have realised that you can do it you will feel quite smug with yourself It is hard to start with but you can do it I promise. I sound like a headmistress nagging you lot lol. I just want you all to be happy. Liz x
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Post by Veritee on Nov 30, 2007 11:09:10 GMT
I hope no one minds but I did feel I needed to put a proviso or warning on this thread?
I.e. not to participate in this thread or try to lose weight - or even gain weight if you are underweight as some on this forum have been in the past...................
If it is not the right time for you at present.
There will be some women for instance that are currently on mood altering drugs that make you retain weight or even gain weight as some medications do, and it may not be the best time to try to lose weight as the priority may be to complete the drug therapy and then consider trying to lose weight.
Also breastfeeding as some have mentioned here. While if done sensibly there is no problem with using healthy eating to get healthier or maybe lose a few pounds when breastfeeding . But it may be harder for most to lose weight when you are breastfeeding and it may upset you that you are not shifting the pounds while breastfeeding, and your priority may not be to lose weight at that time.
As the extra pads of fat you carry when breastfeeding are there for a purpose. I do understand that we are a nation of people that are well nourished and for most who are breastfeeding we are well nourished enough not to need those reserves of fat .................
But you body is different when breastfeeding in the way it retains weight and where - as I am sure you all know.
I breast fed for nearly 3 years and while I was no where as heavy as I am now I remained at least a stone 1/2 bigger than I had been pre the PG and birth.
This was despite being very fit at the time.............. I had a small holding with 3 milking goats, poultry, store cattle and 5 horses and ponies and was riding almost every day and breaking in two ponies I bought at the Exmoor sales, as well as working half time and looking after my baby and two dogs - who I had to walk every day, so I was constantly on the go. But it was not until I stopped breastfeeding that I lost that extra stone and a half. And then it just happened on its own without my doing anything!
I am also concerned that we are all different sizes and even if we are all mostly the same height, we still may have different body shapes, different metabolism and some may feel they need to lose weight when they are under 9 stone and others when they are over 12 and others might feel they are quite happy with their weight whatever it is but may find this thread makes them feel they should not be happy with it.
Using myself as an example -
for instance have lost a stone over the last couple of months but I am still over 11 stone and even though in the past for most of my adult life I was on average 8 stone or even under for many years it would take a miracle - or complete starvation - for me to get under 9 stone or even 10 stone right now !
This is because I am post menopausal and nearly 55 and in my family all the women on my side gain at least a couple of stones post menopause and in their 50s , I am also now registered disabled due to a severe horse riding accident in 2003 and as this limits my mobility and the speed I can walk and the sorts of Gym equipment I can use etc I simply can not do many of the sorts of exercise that helps you to lose weight.
My mobility has improved rapidly since an operation in 2006 and it is still improving - but I will never for instance be able to run or jog or use a stepping machine or one of those running machines etc .
This limits what I can do to lose weight and probably the weight reduction I will be able to achieve
I know that I am older and have a disability and most of you are younger than me and have no disability - but there still could be health and other factors that make it difficult for some on the forum to loose weight, at least not easily, or to loose as much as another may be able to, or get down to the weight that some can - or gain to this weight.
Or it maybe that it is not emotionally the right time for you and you need to concentrate on getting well from PNI or living with PNI for the time being and being kind to yourself and not to set goals that would be difficult to achieve.
So basically I am saying that if this thread is upsetting to you in any way, or not useful for you, please do not read it as we are all at different stages in our lives - and PNI - and with what we need to achieve right now.
Of course eating healthily and sensibly and exercise can really lift your mood as can loosing - or gaining - a few extra pounds.
But it is up to you to decide if this is right for you.
Anyway I know I have been a bit long winded in trying to say what I want to say.
but I would not want this - or any thread - to upset anyone.
We are all different, physically and mentally, and need to do things at our own pace and the things that would best help us as individuals right now.
While it is fine to share our weight or weight loss or gain,
this is an individual thing and no one should feel bad if they, like, me could never attain some of the weight others are at now - or if they do not want to try to lose weight or gain at all whatever their current weight is.
Love Veritee
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Post by Veritee on Nov 30, 2007 22:58:24 GMT
I hope I have not put anyone off of using this thread? It was not my intention to do this if loosing weight or indeed weight gain is right for you. I just felt I needed to add what I did from the perspective of my responsibility for everyone using this forum I have as administrator. But I will still be using this thread as I am trying to lose weight and it is right for me at the moment.Today I weighed in at 11 stone 6 - so one more pound gone thank goodness!!! My current problem in keeping this weight of and losing more in the next month or so is as follows:But my husband is home now from sea - got back yesterday from Trinidad and will be home for about 8 weeks until after Christmas - and I always eat more when he is home and of course Christmas is coming up! I have a problem when he is home because I am overweight but have an underweight husband who can not keep weight on ( partly because as a seaman, a marine engineer, he works for months at a time in a very hot engine room and works very hard and he is normally under 10 stone - 9 at present - which is very light for a man, especially one that does a heavy manual job. He is short, about 5ft 6 but he is still very thin) So I have the problem in that I do not eat much or anything 'fattening ' when he is away but when he his home I always aim to put at least a stone back on him before he goes back to work - if I don't he will not afford to lose a stone or so while away as he always does as his health could suffer as he is skin and bones anyway. So I have to cook meals, which I hope are healthy but with a high calorie/carb percentage for him. And I can not do the fattening bits or the carbs separately as he just will not eat mountains of pasta or potatoes separately so I have to work the carbs and fats into the main meal. And he is not a big eater - except for a curry or roast now and then but I can't do this every day and he would not want to eat it every day - and does not like eating alone as then he will leave it so I have to eat some of it with him. Even if I give myself very small portions I still put weight on when he is home as I just do not need the carbohydrates and the calories at all - but he really does!!! So any suggestions folks? Anyone with the same problem re their family or partner? I can't really up my exercise as I do have a disability and am doing as much as I can. So this is a real problem for me. I have to cook meals that potentially put weight on my husband for his health but I need to lose weight for mine!! Very difficult I find Veritee
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Post by southerngirl on Dec 1, 2007 6:12:49 GMT
Smaller plates I use a smaller plate than everyone else so the portions are smaller but we eat the same things Liz x
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Post by Jay on Dec 1, 2007 7:25:59 GMT
I've somehow lost 5lbs and managed to get my wedding ring back on. I think it is the change in meds, as the previous antidepressants were ones which put the weight up and made me feel hungry all the time.
Might join you in trying to keep losing. Or if not in the new year I will. Or after my treatment. [am I talking myself out of it already??] I have loads to lose, one day. It is a goal in life to do this and sort it.
Southern girl, I can imagine all those Mums laying on the floor with legs up on the ball or sofa, trying to lift there bums off the floor, with their little ones sitting on them or jumping on them thinking --This is a good game!!!! When we had a dog, it too would have climbed on top.
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Post by Scarlet on Jan 7, 2008 17:27:07 GMT
As Veritee quite rightly pointed out earlier, it may not be appropriate for you to lose some weight at the moment, perhaps if you are breastfeeding or are underweight, or not well enough yet. But if you are, here's an interesting site I found (free of course ;D), and I've joined, so if anyone wants a buddy please look me up on there ;D www.gyminee.comIt actually looks quite interesting, you can track your weight and it has info on nutrition, exercises etc. + forum and buddies. Scarlet X
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Post by winegirl on Jan 7, 2008 18:54:20 GMT
Scarlet
Thats ace! My OH pointed out to me last night that i need to lose some weight (gee thanks), but i didnt know where to start, so this link is perfect! Thanks hun xxx
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Post by gizmoracer on Jan 7, 2008 22:07:55 GMT
God only knows why I went and joined up to. Have managed to add winegirl as a gymbuddy but don't know how to find you scarlet? any ideas?
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Post by Scarlet on Jan 8, 2008 7:41:26 GMT
Added you both as my buddies, just finding my way around the site.
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