The Diet/Self-Improvement Thread

[JenW]

Ghost! That is truly amazing! I am tearing up with you for sure! You go, Girlfriend!

I am holding at about 20 lbs lost. I need to get back going again, but I plan to celebrate Thanksgiving tomorrow (sensibly!) and then tackle it again!

[lilychemgirl]

Sarah - WOW!!!!!! You deserve a party! I wish there were more exciting smilies I could post...
hold on...






OK, I think I should stop before I get carried away... but you are truly amazing! I hope you win your telly, you totally deserve it ♥

[booboo]

hey, I have what I think is a brilliant idea (I think...).

I read that when you diet, your body goes into a starvation mode which affects your metabolism, slowing it down to be able to get more out of your food & so it makes it harder to loose weight.

Soooo, what about if you do the opposite, ie, eat plenty, but only really healthy food that is filling & things that take a long time to digest. I think some examples would be stuff like lots of fruit & veges, as well as beans & lentils, lean meat, but not stuff like cakes or bisciuts, chips, ...

What do you all think? I don't really have any nutrition experiance, but unless I have missed something, I think this must be a really brilliant idea!

[Ghost]

Awwwww thanks Jen and Lily. It encouragement on this board that keeps me going. Love the dancing little men Lily LOL

Well I got weighed this week and I have maintained my weight, this is very good considering what I've ate this week (must stay away form the jammy dodgers biscuit).

I'll know next friday whether not I'll win that Telly

[karen]

Now, Miss Sarah, I know that you claim to be an "ordinary woman"- but really, and truly your accomplishments are truly rare.

So by the power vested in me by no one in particular I now pronounce you EXTRAORDINARY.

Way to go- it's truly an honor to watch you accomplish what you've accomplished. Thank you for posting about your journey every week, it's really a privilege for all of us.

[lilychemgirl]

Argh, I *accidentally* signed up for a 2 hour RPM ride (the normal class, which is pretty hardcore, and is known as 'the calorie killer' is 45 minutes, and I did one this morning, silly me!) to raise money for kids with heart problems tomorrow morning. What was I thinking??? I can't ride hard that long, lol.
My legs hurt.

[Ghost]

Hi All

Karen & Jen: Thank you soooo much for your kind words, you have no idea how much they mean to me.

Karen when I go to parties now I can say "Yes I am crowned extraordinary" while tipping my crown (I get a crown right!!! )

Okay weigh day and I don;t know how I done it, but this week I've lost 4lbs??????? I've had a lot of cake (and bread) but I still lost? I can only assume it's due to the cold weather. My body is burning energy to get me warm???? Plus I walked around Gloucester Quays shopping centre for about 5hrs on saturday, that might have somethign to do with it as well.

[lilychemgirl]

Yay, 4lbs is heaps!

I did the 2 hr RPM class, and it was awesome, but then I got a tummy bug and have been sick since Sunday. Today one of the other Mothers at school gave me a lecture for losing too much weight at the gym, as I haven't been able to eat all week. It was kind of funny, she was really embarrassed when she found out I had been sick all week

I am feeling kind of stressed though because I soooo didn't need to lose a week at this time of year, with christmas shopping etc.

[sewwies]

I haven't peeped into this this thread for a while, so apologies for the lateness but OHMIGOOODGHOOOOOOST! That's increeedible!!!! There are only a handful of people on the planet that can say they've done that - and I bet most of those have cheated with some kind of drastic surgery You're certaily one in a million! Well probably closer to a billion hehe!!!

And Lily - 2 hours?!?! ARE YOU MAAAAD?! I can only dream of being that fit - 2 mins and I crack

[karen]

Of course it comes with a crown! Maybe a tiara for daytime wear too- or you could just opt for a scepter if the crown gets too heavy.

Glad to hear you're feeling better Lillychem- the flu is no fun, especially when summer is right around the corner for you. Way to go on the 2 hour ride- you're a brave woman!