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<p>Thank you all, very much. I don’t feel like an oddity now!</p>
<p>Teriwtt, you are not an oddity! I gain and lose 1-2 pounds daily depending on how well hydrated my body is, and the phase of the moon seems to have an influence on my weight as well if you know what I mean :)</p>
<p>H was a really bad influence tonight. Do you know how many calories a single slice of Duke’s hula pie has? H ordered one, and we ate half of it. I picked up my iPhone a googled the calories. Never, ever order this deadly stuff! H and I have to do two workouts tomorrow to burn our guilty indulgence. When we were returning to our hotel room, H pointed to the stairs and we took the stairs to the sixth floor instead of riding in the elevator. H looked at me and said, “Well, I think we just burned off one spoonfull of the infamous pie!” LOL!</p>
<p>My weight will bounce up if I have more carbs than usual, more salt, or don’t exercise aerobically the day before. More frustratingly, I hit set points where it is just very difficult to get the scale to move at all for a week or so at a time. </p>
<p>I am down 4 pounds in the past three weeks, including a pound today which may well bounce back up, so really only three pounds I can count on. It is frustrating, but I’ve done this enough I know that’s about all I can expect to see on the scale no matter what I do in terms of diet and exercise. </p>
<p>H wants me to cook lots of fattening stuff for the superbowl this week-end so that could be a challenge. I will make a few healthy options as well and I don’t feel tempted to eat the other stuff now, but I know that might change if I start drinking so will have to be careful there. Anybody have some good superbowl recipies they are planning?</p>
<p>For those of you who travel and are worried about a workout: Obviously you’re not going to pack a treadmill in your suitcase (that’s why they invented The Outdoors), but there are things called Aquabells Dumbbells, where you pack them flat and then fill them with water in your hotel room. You can fill them as heavy or as light as you like. </p>
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<p>Teriwtt - Whenever I eat at Olive Garden, I gain a pound. Even when I was counting WW points a few years ago, and I planned for the dinner and was well within my daily intake, I would just always be up a pound. I think it was the salt. Don’t worry - you are doing fine. It will come off. Don’t give up.</p>
<p>I am buying some shrimp today at Costco for the Superbowl game. (Huge snow storm heading for Maryland, so I need to shop today.)</p>
<p>Super Bowl eating/drinking will definitely be a challenge as food has always been very important to our enjoyment of the game. I’d love some suggestions too! Shrimp sounds good, eddie.</p>
<p>I did healthy burritos last year. Someone on another thread mentioned mixing shredded chicken with salsa and beans and wrapping it in WW tortillas. I left it all out for those to pick and choose (including cheese for those who wanted to indulge). But I think it would be easier to premake it.<br>
Healthy pizzas are also good. Use whole wheat flatbread, mushrooms, other veggies…limit the low-fat cheese.
BTW, my weight varies by FIVE pounds. Very frustrating. Cycle related. Salt related too I think. Daily weighing is a good idea because it gets you to adjust your habits…but it’s also crazy cause I gain weight for what seems like NO reason sometimes. Common I think.</p>
<p>Oh good, I thought my weight fluctuations were due to a cheap scale, but it sounds like its a common phenomena. For any who are looking seriously into cutting sugar, I found a website that gives amounts per serving for most foods.
What’s good about this is that I can eat most superbowl foods without worry!
Chicken wings, chips, nachos, vegies & ranch dip, and …what else is there?</p>
<p>Has anyone been able to significantly reduce the size of their thighs (without losing a huge amount of weight)? I’ve always heard that the fat women store in their thighs is “starvation resistant” - it’s what your body would live off of if you were deprived of food. Because of that, you pretty much have to starve yourself to lose the fat from your thighs. I have muscle in my thighs, but the jiggle won’t go away. </p>
<p>I’ve also heard that, contrary to all the magazine articles, there is really no such thing as “spot reduction.”</p>
<p>Comments?</p>
<p>missypie, I have never had any luck with spot reduction. My proportions for B-W-H stay pretty much the same, regardless of weight. My thighs are fairly thin, as are my hips but my waist is extremely thick. I am shaped essentially like a board. Smaller sized clothes don’t have elastic so anything with a waist needs to be larger than something like jeans that fit just below the waist. I wouldn’t call it belly fat because my stomach doesn’t stick out in front (very much); my waist is more thick from side to side and that relationship exists for me even at any size. I would love to test the point where that might change but haven’t found it yet.</p>
<p>Yeah, I look MUCH better at a lower weight but my basic shape stays similar. Not very curvy…yeah…a bit board-like.
I know spot reductions don’t work. They can firm up an area (like flabby arms) but not reduce the area. Now, if you work out so your legs are stronger, you may be able to run or hike or walk longer and thus lose some more pounds overall…including the thighs. One good thing though…I read that it’s healthier to have a pear shape vs apple…better for the heart. I need to get working on that muffin top…</p>
<p>If anyone discovers the answer to the thigh issue, please let me know. Definitely a “pearish” shape here. I’m fine with my backside - but oh those thighs. What was an asset 30 plus years ago as a sorta, wanna be athlete is not so pretty after neglecting that leg muscle for so many years. I can feel some tone and strength coming back, but there is a very generous outer layer of protective “cushioning” that I find less than ideal.</p>
<p>Weight. Scales. We need a new scale in our house. Any comments or thoughts about the new ones that supposedly report more information that just pounds?</p>
<p>Gonna go jiggle those thighs now…</p>
<p>A neighbor had a very serious cholesterol issue and her doctor put her on a highly restricted diet. She lost SO much weight…but her thighs stayed virtually the same. It’s not a huge issue because most of us should spend most of our time with our thighs covered anyway, but I just hate the jiggle during swim suit season.</p>
<p>At one time I had a book entitled thin thighs in 30 days. No joke. Didn’t work.</p>
<p>It’s true you can’t spot reduce – any reduction is over the whole body – but you can spot tone, so if one or another part is mushy because the muscles aren’t toned, you can firm those parts up.</p>
<p>I hate my inner thighs. There seems to be absolutely nothing I can do to diminish their size. They’re firm as can be, but they’re still big, and they rub against each other.</p>
<p>Probably TMI, but hey, we’re being honest here . . . .</p>
<p>VH - you are making me laugh (and honestly, I needed a laugh today).</p>
<p>Now I am more the fat tummy kind of gal. It’s as if there were a tupperware bowl located beneath my navel. I don’t weigh that much and I exercise regularly - but that bowl and my jowls are my nemesis. Or nemeses.</p>
<p>I remember when I was in my twenties…a girlfriend showed me a trick to determine if my legs were attractive or not. Put them together and if you see a hole between your thiighs, you’re in good shape. Well, at the time, I passed that test with no problem. Not anymore :(</p>
<p>Amazing how things change. As a teen, I wanted to order special high fat shakes for “skinny legs” (advertised in magazines). Now I don’t want to show my legs in the summer. I wear capris - H calls them “Nadal” pants.</p>
<p>Missypie- it is weird that you brought up the thighs. I have lost almost 10 lbs in the last month. I notice a bit of difference in the waist of my pants but where I am really noticing it is in my thighs. My pants are all loose in the thigh.
Most of my weight is in my belly and that is where I wish the inches would come off. For me it is also genetic. Even at 100 lbs at age 20 I had a stomach.</p>
<p>I have always heard that at a certain age (50) women gain weight in the stomach due to hormone changes. The weight I have gained (and am trying to lose) in the last 2 years seems to be in the hips and thighs. I don’t get it. But I would like to get rid of it!</p>
<p>hey everyone… i am only a senior in high school, but I just came across this thread while browsing the site and thought that i might be of some use for those of you who want to find new, fun variations of cardio. What i am talking about is called barbell complexes. It’s basically a circuit of barbell exercises (you can use dumbbells too, i just prefer barbells) that are done one after the other with no rest. I have been playing soccer for years, and even doing one of these mid season wipes me out and leaves me more out of breath than i am after a game. An example would be doing 6-8 reps of the following exercises (make sure you know the form before you do these).</p>
<p>Back Squat
Hang Clean
Front Squat
Bent over Row
Stiff-Legged Deadlift
Military Press</p>
<p>I am actually going to start my mom on complexes for weight loss. Sorry if this is a bit offtopic from what everyone is talking about now, but this just came to mind when i saw some people say they want to lose some weight. Here is a great article on complexes and feel free to ask me any questions!</p>
<p>[Complexes</a> for Fat Loss | Wannabebig](<a href=“http://www.wannabebig.com/training/complexes-for-fat-loss/]Complexes”>http://www.wannabebig.com/training/complexes-for-fat-loss/)</p>