Help Me Stop Gaining Weight!!
Decorating By springlakecake Updated 14 Dec 2006 , 1:01pm by springlakecake
You have all inspired me!!! I'm getting up early tomorrow and working out! No more sodas, just water. And when I have the urge to snack, I'm going to bake a delicious treat to give away. If nothing else, everyone I know will gain weight and I won't feel so bad 
I'd love to form a weightloss club too. I'm actually a member of one now that's coming to an end this month. I lost 25 lbs earlier this year and now I'm in the 150's too. I'd like to get down to 140 or so. My dream size is a size 6, but I'd settle for an 8.
Losing weight is hard, but keeping it off is even harder. I've been down this road a time or two before and it's just a constant battle. I have started exercising on a personal sized trampoline and it's a lot of fun... easier on the joints than a bare floor too. I've also just rec'd a balance ball in the mail today. Going to use that to strengthen my core area. I really want to get serious about my health, especially now that I've had a few weird health problems, yet to be diagnosed.
Anyway, I know there are forums already out there, but we could still form our own! 
Oh Wenysue, my dream is to go back to a size 6 too! I have saved all my size 6 jeans and I am able to fit into them even button them, but no breathing allowed! 
I hate it! It's like they are mocking me! 
I'm a size 8 now, kind of a loose size 8, so I'm getting there. I don't exercise as much as I should. I do walk, but I don't do much else. I have every piece of exercise equipment imaginable, but I never use it. I even have a trampoline and its collecting dust in my basement!
Yes ladies! We need to support each other in this constant weight battle!
I recently joined up with the weight loss motivation thread...people are very supportive..come and join us there!!!!
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=527992#527992
I have 46.5 lbs to lose... 
(just weighed in my first week today and lost 3.5 lbs)..doing Weight Watchers Core but everyone is on all sorts of diets..we just support each other...issues seem to be similar for everyone.
Hope to see you there!
Jane
Ok I just finished reading another thread on weight loss here at CC. There is another group of women who sound very motivated and very helpful. I have tried all kinds of diets.........shall I start listing them???
Ok Body for Life, Atkins, South Beach, phen phen, LA Weight Loss (cost a bundle), all kinds of supplements, Advocare.
I have to admit LAWL is good cost is high. LAWL has a good suppport system as long as they are not being pushy about selling the product. My fave is Advocare. Love the feeling that it gives me. I was a distribitor *sp for Advocare and just didnt pay my dues this year. SPARK SPARK SPARK talk about engergy!!! Love it hate the taste but great feeling over all. Let me know if you all start another group. It doesnt hurt to have lots of support.
MC
okay so what's everyones vote? Join the other group or start a new one?
I should have thrown this out there when I posted before, but I did want to mention what has worked for me. I try to not eat meals in the traditional sense, but rather eat very small portions many times a day. Keeps your metabolism going better. I also never skip breakfast, or eating something in the morning. I think a lot of people make that mistake. Also, avoid eating 2 hours before bedtime.
Walking is actually GREAT exercise. People sometimes underestimate it's value. It's low impact, but it is one of, if not the best exercise there is. Walk at a fast pace and do so for increasing distances. I was up to about 4 miles at a time this summer, then my hubbies schedule put an end to it, but I swear I never felt better in my life! I was sleeping better and had a lot more energy too.
My biggest issue currently is not drinking enough water. Also, I'm sometimes too much like a slug. Since I stopped walking I don't feel so great. Trying to get back into some sort of routine isn't easy to do, but I've decided it's not an option anymore. I have to be healthy for my family!
Hi All
I'm Gayl and I think a support group would be great. I weigh 175 and would love to get back to 140 again. I'm 5'7" also. I lost 50 pounds 5 years ago by walking and drinking lots of water and portion control. I was commited and had a friend to diet with. I've slowly gained back 25lbs and my friend is no longer around. I try to make supper my light meal but I still have to cook for my husband and little boy and end up pigging out. I also have a sweet tooth that kicks in during stress, boredom,anxiety and every other minuteHA!HA!
Let me know what you decide on.
I'm in for a support group! I just feel "yucky". Went to lunch to buy a shirt for an outing I have on Friday and got even more depressed. I really need to get motivated again.
I had baby #1 a year ago and was 215 when I came home from the hospital (I'm 5' 7"). Then starting out with South Beach and then joining Weight Watchers, I was down to 173 but have stalled and lost motivation for months now, creeping back up to just over 180 and totally wasting time that I feel I could have been "thin and healthy" if I had stayed motivated. I need to get things back under control. I feel like it is futile to try to "diet" during the holidays so I find myself wishing it was already January, and I don't want to feel that way.
Anyway, I'm in for some new motivating forces. We had been doing WW at Work but our group is taking a break and I feel like I need to do something different anyway - even if I don't formally join Weight Watchers again. I don't wish these feelings on anyone but I do feel a little better to hear that other CCers struggle with the same weight issues. And my decorating hobby definitely does NOT help. But you guys have all inspired me to throw away the cake scraps in my freezer that I keep dipping into in the evenings....
I'm in for a group, too... I went from 250 to 140 almost 5 years ago, and recently back up to 150ish (but headed back downward). It isn't a constant battle, but it is a constant choice, and the good choices have to outweigh the bad.
For anyone who has a significant amount of weight to lose, a "diet" is absolutely not going to help you. You have to be prepared to make lifestyle changes on a permanent basis. A few absolutely (okay... almost) painless things (some are repetitive):
-No soda or juice, and, in fact, no calorie containing beverages except milk and the occasional cocktail as a treat. Even diet sodas fuel the sweet tooth and contribute to the cycle of sugar cravings. (Long story which I'll explain for anyone who wants to know the details.)
-Everything else in moderation. I eat fried food, cheesecake, white bread, and everything else that you're not supposed to eat. They're just not my diet staples anymore.
-EXERCISE. I'm now a 2nd degree black belt and this is why I can have "everything in moderation." If I don't work out, I gain weight. Strength training is as important as cardio (walking, etc.) and I think too often ignored.
I don't weigh myself often at all. There are just too many variables and it's healthier for me to define my success in other ways - running time, athletic improvement, etc.
Correct that this should probably move out of the cake decorating section...
Hi, my name is Susie and I am totally addicted to food, specially sweets! I weigh almost 160 and I am only 5 ft tall. I feel like a little ball! I should weigh around 110, and I did when I got married (almost 25 years ago)! My problem now is my job. I sit at the computer all day and get little or no exercise. I get bored sitting at the computer and I snack. I do get hungry, and I know six small meals is the key to prevent hunger, but I don't always have access to healthy food here at work. I try to bring stuff with me, and I usually do pretty good at that. My problem is no willpower and no motivation.
I need motivation to exercise. I used to walk to work every day, but my husband now drives me to work. That's nice, but I actually miss the exercise. I need to find another way to fit exercise into my schedule, because when I get home from work, I fix dinner, and then I am soooo tired! I clean up the kitchen, and I just want to go to bed, or lay around and watch TV.
I would really like to get down to a decent weight before our 25th wedding anniversary. The only downfall is then none of my clothes will fit me (lol)!
any way we can organize our weight loss club? Like weigh ins on Wednesdays or something??
maybe we should start a thread in the lounge forum since I guess technically this isnt about cake decorating.....?
How about Thursdays weigh in and Mondays check-in with weekend and 1/2 way through the week encouragement doses? Deff oughta do this in the lounge area though.
I don't have the time to read each and every post (not at the moment...I'll be back! ) but I want to share a great, great, great site that helped me lose 40lbs. I gained a total of 96 lbs (gross, eh?) over the last nine years and five pregnancies. Hopefully no one has mentioned it yet. It's not a fad diet. It's just a way to ease yourself into a healthier lifestyle. It's got amazingly supportive message boards. Now, I need to follow my own advice, get back on and quit eating the damn cake!
http://www.sparkpeople.com
Oh, and it's totally FREE!
Vanessa
Hi, I'm Lisa and I'm a sugar addict. Cakes, cupcakes, cookies, & breads don't stand a chance. I can't eat just one, and then I feel sick after eating so many. Not physically sick, like I ate too much, but mentally I berate myself for eating them. I am a health care professional (or was before my kids were born), so I know how to eat and how not to eat. I just have no willpower. If any of those foods are in the house, I eat them. I wish I could go back to work because then I wouldn't be home with the food all day. But being a SAHM is more important to me than anything else, so that's not going to happen until my son is in school full time.
This time of year is especially hard for me because my daughters birthday is at the end of Dec., then Christmas, then both my birthday & my husband's birthday are in January. Lots of cake!
Right now I weigh more than I ever have in my life, and I'm not happy! I do exercise 5 times a week, both lifting weights and walking on the treadmill. I enjoy exercising, but I need to stop eating so much sugar! I'd like to be a size 12 again, and my immediate goal is to lose about 25 lbs. I lost a good 50 pounds after my daughter was born by going on the Atkins diet, but that's such a horrible diet I can't do that again. I know I just need to have some willpower and control my portion size. So count me in!
-Lisa
I'm also a SAHM and need to do something about my weight fast. I have insulin resistance - was 150 when I got pregnant and now am at about 180 - initially I started losing baby weight but after I decided to quit the office and be home with her I crept back up to this pregnancy weight.
Lately major stress in our lives and being home have got me to eating bad choices lately. Also, it's hard to exercise with a 1 year old in tow - she cannot get on treadmill with me, LOL...
I generally eat very healthy, am a strict lifelong vegetarian and do not consume alcohol, don't smoke, don't drink sodas or much juice, and made a lot of switches when I was trying to get pregnant with my daughter and my endocrinologist nearly removed every food from my diet - I never craved sweets in my life until the doctor said I couldn't have them... 
Now being at home with baby I am gaining weight again and also it is hard because I have to cook for DH, who is particularly fussy that he have proper meals - everything homemade from scratch everyday, must have white rice - won't eat brown rice, won't eat whole grains and gives attitude if that's what I put on the table. Makes it really hard for me to eat these things because then I have to cook 2 separate things and with a 1 year old and doing cakes it is really hard to find the time for this nonsense too... I have adapted as much as possible but there are some things I just can't get away with, like the rice. Rarely make fried foods. When I was still at the firm it was easier maintaining my diet as I had a lunch hour all to myself to eat, relax, walk with colleagues, etc. but those days are gone - I am much happier now to be doing a more important job of raising my daughter, but it isn't helping my butt any, let me tell ya! We used to joke about the "secretary spread" getting us at the office - it's got nothing on the mommy tummy, ya know what I mean? Anyway, glad to see this thread and will be checking in whenever I can get some "me time" 
Hi, I'm Katherine and I'm also addicted to food. I'm 5'2" and almost 220lbs. I don't feel this fat until I pass by a mirror or I see a photo that someone managed to take of me. I hate what I've become and the weight has negatively affected so many things in my life. I have little to no self esteem, and a struggling relationship with my hubby. I work a full time night job, and I've been doing cakes for about 6 years and of course that has done wonders for my ever expanding hips. DH is always reminding me how my weight is likely the biggest problem with us because of how it has affected me. You would think that these upsetting conversations would make me change, but it never does. 
I have done weight watchers in the past and it worked, but I had a hard time staying focused on it. I joined Curves for exercise, but just quit going. I can have all the motivation and support in the world, but one slip up ruins it all. If I missed a ww meeting, then I felt so horrible that I would be afraid to go back. Same thing with curves. I figured the accountability of weighing in would help, but it only makes it worse for me. I have now decided to try something different... hypnosis. No, not that "big group in an auditorium" type thing, but individual treatment. They say that this type of treatment is tons more effective than dieting and is usually permanent. AND, if I ever see myself starting to gain again, they will retreat me for free. I have my first appointment next week and I am praying that this will finally work for me. I was told that I will still be able to work with cakes but have the mindset not to eat everything in front of me. It will increase my desire to exercise too. I need all the help I can get, I'm simply miserable.
I wish you all the best in your weight loss endeavors. I will let you know how the hypnosis goes for me.
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Here is the link to our new support group! It is weigh in Thursday, so come prepared!
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