Come in here you big bullies

nanabanana06 · February 2014

I need someone to help me stay away from the sweets and lose weight. So, suggestions? I really need some accountability. Even if it means someone yelling at me to put down the darn twinky and posting a log every day. I'm sick of feeling and looking fat. I'm sick of looking at all my pretty dresses I have in my closet from before Cade. Including my wedding dress that I fear my never get worn.

nanabanana06 · February 2014

Is moderation considered 4 hostess cupcakes, 5 oreos, and a chocolate bar right?? Right?

Also, sweets and carbs are my Achilles heel.

JEPES1348 · February 2014

I've used the Lose It! app on my iPhone. It's free, and it helps give me a goal to strive for, and limits on my eating. It's a daily log of your food and exercise. Every time your weight goes up or down, it adjusts the calories you're allowed each day to lose your goal amount of weight each week. Like, once you lose 1 lb, or 5 lbs, or whatever, you're allotted fewer calories each day so that you continuing losing weight at the same rate (like 2lbs per week, etc.)

And I agree with MK; I eat way better when I know someone will see what I've eaten!

nanabanana06 · February 2014

I think I would die Awful, die!

nanabanana06 · February 2014

Well, shit MK. Gotta rain on my parade here.

Is it ok if I think I'm working out while eating it??

nanabanana06 · February 2014

Seriously though. I'm going to have to seriously cut shit out of my life and tone stuff down. So, is there a diet out there that doesn't suck and will allow me to at least enjoy a piece of buttery french bread every once in a while?

sarenu1 · February 2014

I need to make my apple dip again.

2 tbs of peanut butter
1 cup of yogurt

It's really good with apples and it did help with sweet cravings. I tink it had to do with the crunch of apples.

Chichigo · February 2014

Have you tried sparkpeople? It has a lot of healthified recipes.

sarenu1 · February 2014

And I'm right there with you. I am always so hungry when I breastfeed and I reach for junk food at work.

JEPES1348 · February 2014

Of course. Eat anything you want, just less of it. When I "diet" I still eat anything. I just make my portions smaller and exercise more. It's only about calories in < calories out. So while it's not healthy, if you eat 1000 cals a day of cupcakes or 1000 calories of brown rice, you'll still lose weight, though a little more slowly with the cupcakes since fat calories are more difficult to burn off.

nanabanana06 · February 2014

Anyone have any good low impact workout videos for days I'm not at the gym? Bonus if it's Amazon Prime.

PipSqueak0313 · February 2014

AFwifelife said:

Give up dairy and soy. Eliminates all the good stuff.

Yeah no kidding, I've given up on being gf (for me) since being dairy and soy free for ds is more important......and being free of all three was too hard for me......besides, it wouldn't help me not eat the fries at work.

nanabanana06 · February 2014

I have an android phone.

cedenton · February 2014

I just re-joined WW. I was/am a lifetime member, but now need to lose about 15 lbs. Luckily work gives us a 50% discount. I just joined the Online version. I like that you can eat anything in moderation, just stick to your points for the day/week. And it has healthy checks to try to prompt you to use your points for the "right" things. Also, you earn more points by working out so that's a motivator to move right there.

Danie007 · February 2014

My fitness app is a great log/calorie counter. It takes into account your goals and activity level. Bonus: if you have friends that use it you can view profiles and logs, as well as, keeping each other accountable.

nanabanana06 · February 2014

I tried WW. I do ok, but am hungry as well for 2-3 weeks and give up. I have a bad habit of not eating all day and then gorging on bad things by dinner time and after the kids go to bed. Overloading on veggies. Doesn't happen. I just don't have the time.

jcwinsto · February 2014

AFwifelife said:

Give up dairy and soy. Eliminates all the good stuff.

Yea, except my brain thinks that the only thing left to eat is carbs. Carbs are good stuff. :-?

Before I got KU I was trying to lose weight and was doing WW. My doc told me to eat all the veggies and meat I wanted. I ate more than my points in meat and veggies and still lost about 55 lbs in 3 months.

nanabanana06 · February 2014

Honestly, all my bitching and moaning and complaints. I just need to find healthy recipes for the foods I like and keep a log. Eat more salads. Get off my ass more. I'm even thinking of going off hormonal BC for this since I think it might be part of the problem. I just am so frustrated. With Rosie I just lost the weight. I didn't do anything. No diets, nothing. I was a size bigger than when I got pregnant with her and I liked it. This time I've goen through so many hoops and I've barely lost 5 pounds in a year. Add in PPA/PPD and it's no surprise I eat all the food.

PipSqueak0313 · February 2014

We started with serving meals in the kitchen and bringing our plates to the table since we tend to sit around the table for literally hours after meals talking and I noticed that we would graze on food remains in serving bowls while doing so. Now, the plate of raw veggies is the only serving platter allowed.

MagPie 1986 · February 2014

Nana_Osaki06 said:

Anyone have any good low impact workout videos for days I'm not at the gym? Bonus if it's Amazon Prime.

Jillian Michaels 30 day shred gets good reviews!

CLLDLL · February 2014

Get My Fitness Pal app for your phone. It has nutrition info on pretty much any food you eat , inclluding fast food. It tracks calories eaten and burned. I find I'm way more accountable when I use it consistently.

I highly recommend Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30 or 30 Day Shred. It's crazy hard but she has modifications for beginners and intermediate. I lost around 50 pounds after D using it, walking, occasionally running and eating sensiblely.

unaveragejane · February 2014

I also like the My Fitness Pal app a lot. If you're looking for a little bit of reading/nutrition education, I really like the book Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads. It explains a lot about balancing blood sugar, eating the right amount of lean protein and healthy carbs. It's not very complicated, and the author helps it all make sense. She also has a new book out, I just saw when I was on Amazon.

jcwinsto · February 2014

bookitup said:

Nana_Osaki06 said:

I tried WW. I do ok, but am hungry as well for 2-3 weeks and give up. I have a bad habit of not eating all day and then gorging on bad things by dinner time and after the kids go to bed. Overloading on veggies. Doesn't happen. I just don't have the time.

I do WW too. I have been awful about it lately, though.

Could you spend like 20 minutes to chop up a bunch of veggies and fruits into portion-sized containers so they are ready to go when you're hungry? I find that if I pre-wash and prepare everything then I'm much more likely to eat veggies when I have like 2 seconds to grab something while E isn't fussing.

Do you like fruits? I'm usually in a relationship with fruits while on WW...grapes are like my BFF. Also, cottage cheese. For some miraculous reason, fat-free cottage cheese is like 2 points or so for a decent amount. And yogurt. I can usually substitute those things for sweets when I'm feeling like I'm going to eat an entire container of Oreos.

Check out PB2. I FIND it to be a satisfactory peanut butter substitute. Pair with dark chocolate for sweet cravings.

lovelainie · February 2014

AFwifelife said:
Give up dairy and soy. Eliminates all the good stuff.

This, lol. And, just for good measure, also remove wheat, peanuts, and tree nuts. (Life is good around here.)

But seriously. Before I got pregnant I lost 35 pounds by religiously using MyFitnessPal on my phone. It helped motivate me to keep working out even though my progress was really slow. And on TTCAL we had a healthy living check in 3x a week. I ran it, which also forced me to be accountable.

jcwinsto · February 2014

bookitup said:

bookitup said:

Nana_Osaki06 said:

I tried WW. I do ok, but am hungry as well for 2-3 weeks and give up. I have a bad habit of not eating all day and then gorging on bad things by dinner time and after the kids go to bed. Overloading on veggies. Doesn't happen. I just don't have the time.

I do WW too. I have been awful about it lately, though.

Could you spend like 20 minutes to chop up a bunch of veggies and fruits into portion-sized containers so they are ready to go when you're hungry? I find that if I pre-wash and prepare everything then I'm much more likely to eat veggies when I have like 2 seconds to grab something while E isn't fussing.

Do you like fruits? I'm usually in a relationship with fruits while on WW...grapes are like my BFF. Also, cottage cheese. For some miraculous reason, fat-free cottage cheese is like 2 points or so for a decent amount. And yogurt. I can usually substitute those things for sweets when I'm feeling like I'm going to eat an entire container of Oreos.

Check out PB2. I FIND it to be a satisfactory peanut butter substitute. Pair with dark chocolate for sweet cravings.
I have never heard of pb2...it looks like it's powdered? What do you do with it? Where do you buy it?

It is powdered. They have basically squeezed all the oil out so it only has like 20% of the calories. You rehydrate with water. I buy it on Amazon. It's good to dip apples or bananas in or make apple nachos.

lovelainie · February 2014

jcwinsto said:

bookitup said:

jcwinsto said:

bookitup said:

Nana_Osaki06 said:

I tried WW. I do ok, but am hungry as well for 2-3 weeks and give up. I have a bad habit of not eating all day and then gorging on bad things by dinner time and after the kids go to bed. Overloading on veggies. Doesn't happen. I just don't have the time.

I do WW too. I have been awful about it lately, though.

Could you spend like 20 minutes to chop up a bunch of veggies and fruits into portion-sized containers so they are ready to go when you're hungry? I find that if I pre-wash and prepare everything then I'm much more likely to eat veggies when I have like 2 seconds to grab something while E isn't fussing.

Do you like fruits? I'm usually in a relationship with fruits while on WW...grapes are like my BFF. Also, cottage cheese. For some miraculous reason, fat-free cottage cheese is like 2 points or so for a decent amount. And yogurt. I can usually substitute those things for sweets when I'm feeling like I'm going to eat an entire container of Oreos.

Check out PB2. I FIND it to be a satisfactory peanut butter substitute. Pair with dark chocolate for sweet cravings.

I have never heard of pb2...it looks like it's powdered? What do you do with it? Where do you buy it?

It is powdered. They have basically squeezed all the oil out so it only has like 20% of the calories. You rehydrate with water. I buy it on Amazon. It's good to dip apples or bananas in or make apple nachos.

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I have some of this from before I had to eliminate nuts. It's chocolate flavored, though. It was really good thrown into a smoothie for extra protein.

unaveragejane · February 2014

Also, for workouts I have heard a lot of libraries have fitness Dvds to borrow. This would be a nice way to get more variety and try before you buy. I want to see if mine carries Zumba the next time we go.

CurlieWhirlie · February 2014

A few ladies in my office combined My Fitness Pal with FitBit and lost a bunch of weight, just by gaining insight into the number of calories they were actually taking in and expending in a day. I work in finance, so that might be a data nerd thing, but it makes sense that when you can actually *see* what you are taking in and burning, it's easier to make small tweaks rather than big adjustments. So along the same lines as your idea of posting a log. (I think My Fitness Pal allows you to post to social media for that same reason — when people are watching, you behave.)

YellowLily2013 · February 2014

My trick to eating sweet is pre portioning them. So my dark chocolate covered coffee beans have been divided into 1/3 c baggies. It's not a ton but I take one or two here and there and when it's empty that's all I get for the day.

Also, EAT BREAKFAST. it's a complete necessity. I've been eating oatmeal with honey and cinnamon daily. It's healthy and fills you up for a while. Add some fruit too!

It's also been proven that if you eat healthy breakfast you'll make better food decisions later in the day.

Oh! SNACK. You have too, to prevent your blood sugar from eating low and then making you make poor decisions later in the day. I've really liked my premade burritos. Or chips and salsa. Yum!

YellowLily2013 · February 2014

Also, do you drink water? Try drinking lots of water 100 oz or so a day. And drink a glass before you eat something that your craving. It'll fill you up!

And if you've been drinking soda or something else... You'll be saving all those calories!

PipSqueak0313 · February 2014

The other thing I have found to be true for me, is if I am craving chocolate, to eat a small piece of chocolate because if I don't then I wind up eating 2-3 times as many calories trying to find something to satisfy and nothing does.

haileyq · February 2014

Nana I think you're pre-nursing curriculum right now? I know for me understanding the science of my food choices is what has helped me the most. A good nurse friend of mine is reading up a lot on epigenetics right now (google it) and the effect garbage/junk/processed foods have on genes. So for me, knowing that my food choices could prevent me from getting the diabetes that my ENTIRE FAMILY has is really empowering. Also, being pregnant, those food choices are shaping the genes of my baby, so that is a great motivator. Moms always want to do good things for their babies, if not for themselves. So my food rule is 75% of my plate must be fruits and veggies, and 90% of my food should be whole foods, plant based. Those concrete numbers make it really tangible for me, its logical, and there are no weird diet rules. It's got me pumped, maybe it will inspire you?

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