Someone asked for one tip that's helping me lose. Here's an easy one. Most of the time I cook and eat at home, but now and then it's fun to eat out. Before I go to a restaurant, I visit their website and check out their menu and nutrition listings. A few places allow you to mix and match items so you can build your own meal. By doing this, you'll know exactly what to order before you arrive and you won't be tempted by items that aren't goal friendly. Steven and I did this while dining out and it was nice not having to stress about what I could or couldn't order. We were able to relax and enjoy the meal.
Congrats @Christy! You're doing great! I've lost 16 so far! :) I joined Weight Watchers. I couldn't do it by myself. The tip is a really good one. I need to remember that when I go out. That's one of my weak spots. I get there and then don't know what to order. Usually I end up getting something that's way off of what I should have had.
ReplyDeleteHow are you doing @Steven?
Way to go @Sarah! Keep up the good work! 16 pounds is a good loss! I remember you have a lot to lose, so hang in there and keep us informed about how you're doing! You go girl! :)
Delete@Sarah: I just had a weird Google-glitch, so this comment may come thru twice.
Delete16 lbs is awesome! And there's nothing at all wrong with Weight Watchers. Whatever works is what I say. I also about to say, "You go girl!", but @Michelle beat me to it. ;)
I've lost 13 lbs. also, the exact same amount as Christy in the same amount of time. That's gotta be true love, huh? lol!
I only see it once @Steven. Thank you and a big old congrats to you too! We're all losers! LOL! :) I like being in this losers club.
DeleteThank you too to @Michelle!
@Sarah: Okay, cool. First Google deleted my comment - poof! it was gone - then when I posted another comment, the first one I'd re-typed disappeared. Finally had to quit out of Firefox and start again.
DeleteOur Losers Club rocks, doesn't it? LOL!
@Sarah 16 pounds is wonderful! Weight Watchers is a great program and will give you good accountability. Sounds like it's working well for you already. Yay! I'm OK being in the losers' club too. :-)
DeleteGood job @Christy! 13 pounds is great! Keep it up and keep encouraging us. I like the eating out tip. It would make it easier. I just need to remember to do it. I'm going to tell hubby about it and get him to do it with me. Nice that @Steven did it with you. :)
ReplyDeleteGo @Christy! That tip is awesomesauce! I have a hard time eating out and losing weight. Planning ahead would make it easier.
ReplyDelete"Awesomesauce" - love it! (As long as awesomesauce isn't fattening or high in sodium.)
Delete"Awesomesauce" - love it! (As long as awesome sauce is low in fat and sodium.)
DeleteLOL! I wish we could just +1 or "like" come of the comments on here. :)
DeleteThanks @Kirani! I'm glad you liked the tip. It does make eating out easier.
Delete@Sarah: I know! Some of these I just wanna give a "thumbs up" to.
ReplyDeleteDitto. I don't always have a comment, but often I just want to let people know I liked what they wrote by clicking something below their comment.
DeleteYa hear that @Blogspot? How about adding it? ;-)
Hey just found this on G+. You're all doing great! Me and the Mrs. are fat and happy together, but we support you. Keep on keepin on!
ReplyDeleteYou're very lucky @Grey Goose. No one will love me fat. I have to lose the weight.
Delete@Sarah the wife and me have been together a long time. We learned through the years that it's what inside that counts the most. We're both healthy but we are overweight. We're OK with that. Our ups and downs never have been about looks. It's always been about things like how much time I spend doing other things or with other people, or how much money she spends shopping when we need to be saving. That's just how we are and I guess we are lucky.
DeleteI don't know how much you have to lose, but you shouldn't think that nobody will love you unless you get to a certain weight (the wife says so). Maybe I'm not a normal guy and maybe @Steven can chime in here, but back in the stone ages when I was dating, for me it was more about how much we had in common and how much we enjoyed being together. I do like certain features on a woman, but I tend to like my lady curvy. The wife is plenty curvy and I like having more to hold onto. If I do, then you know other men out there do to.
Attraction is about looks @Sarah, but real love goes deeper. When the right person comes along he'll see the real you no matter what you weigh and love you for the person you are.
I think you and your wife are very lucky too @Grey Goose. I have to side with @Sarah on this, I think.
DeleteWhen you're a woman it's harder to find someone who is willing to give you a first look, let alone a second look if you're overweight. It just seems to be how our society is today. We can cry unfair all we want, but that's the facts. Weight counts. Looks count. Personality doesn't even get a chance if men aren't attracted.
Media has us all believing that women are supposed to be super thin and gorgeous all the damned time. Do you know how hard that is to maintain and how unrealistic it is?
I'm not naturally thin, but I made it all the way down to a size 8 once, only to have the man I was dating tell me I was still too fat. I couldn't get any thinner. I tried. I starved myself. I stopped eating. True. It took me six months and getting physically sick to get fed up and tell him to go screw himself. I also wasn't allowed to leave the house without makeup, a skirt, and high heels on. If you want to date a Barbie doll, Toys 'R Us has plenty for sale. He on the other hand could leave the house in comfortable shoes and clothes. Not fair! I'll never date anyone like that again. Controlling a$$. I'd rather spend the rest of my life alone. This isn't 1950 and I'm not June Freaking Clever. Sometimes I want to go out in sweats and eat a burger and drink a beer, but I'm still a girl who loves men.
So @Sarah I feel your pain. Hang in there. I don't have any answers or words of wisdom. I wish I did. I just know how you feel.
@Grey Goose. I've seen you on here and on @STeven's blog and I know you're a nice guy and all, but most men will dump their fiances, wives, girlfriends if they gain weight. You're the exception and not the rule. Your wife is a very lucky woman if she gained weight after you got together and you stayed with her.
DeleteMen can gain all the weight they want and be slobs but we can't. We have to stay perfect for them. Who made that rule? Oh that's right. Those same white old dudes who are trying to take over the White House again and tell us we can't have abortions and we should stay home and raise babies (even if they're abortion babies). Those days are over or they should be.
Keeping weight off is hard damn it! It's hard for men and it's hard for us. I'm tired of feeling like I can't eat because OMG I might put on an ounce of weight.
I haven't commented here in a long time, but the comments today just begged me to log on.
DeleteI'm probably what most people would consider average weight for how tall I am, but boy is it a struggle to keep it there. I fight every day to maintain. I get up and go for a run, watch everything I eat and drink, do Zumba and Pilates, and kickbox. I could take down a lot of men. If I didn't do all that I'd be overweight. I know this because I was, and when I was, I had a hard time getting dates. I didn't have as much confidence and I didn't dress as nicely or wear makeup or get cute haircuts.
I don't think men want fat women. They want the skinny super model or at least an in shape woman who dresses nicely and wears makeup and has nice hair. We all know this.
I used to love food. It tastes good and was satisfying. Now it represents that other me. I can't enjoy it. I can't allow myself to have anything that might be really good because then I'll want it again or I'll want to eat too much of it (2 bites instead of 1). I'm like an alcoholic with food. So I limit what I eat and I don't go out to eat with people. I do activities instead.
There's a big, big part of me that wishes I had what @Grey Goose's wife has. I wish I had a man who loved me just for me, fat and all. I wish I could just relax and be me, but I can't. I have to stay vigilant. I have to watch my food and exercise like a maniac. If I don't, I'll get fat. I won't be normal. I have to stay normal.
I'm an overweight single. My ex left me when I gained. It wasn't my fault. I had a medical condition. My doctor is treating it now. The weight is coming off slowly. I'm sad my ex didn't love me enough to stay through the tough times. It wasn't my fault. I couldn't control the condition. :(
DeleteWow! I didn't know my one little comment was going to start all of this.
DeleteI can relate to all of you. I'm having a really down day today.
I think @Grey Goose's heart was in the right place with his comments. He just caught me at a low time. Thank you @Grey for supporting us. :) I didn't mean to start something like this.
Thanks, Grey Goose! Life is good if you and your wife are happy and healthy. :-)
DeleteGood job Christy!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jackie!
Delete@Grey Goose: Goose! I feel like a slug. I've been meaning to write for, like, 4 days and something kept coming up.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you and Missus Goose have a relationship similar to Christy and I, and that rocks. Christy will always be beautiful inside and out regardless of her weight. And she's always gonna have a great butt!
Good to see you again, dude. ;)