<p>Bumping up from page 4 - how’s it going for everyone now that we’re in the dog days of summer which are actually less hot than the last few weeks.</p>
<p>I’m bouncing around the same pound again but at least this pound is staying within the Wii fit normal range (OK, sometimes I start my morning routine overweight but end normal). That elusive 50th pound continues to elude me.</p>
<p>On that height vs waist measurement - is that with your stomach sucked in or relaxed? I’ve got about a three inch difference ;).</p>
<p>I’m in a weeklong plateau, after losing 3 pounds in two weeks. I have a feeling this week should be good - no temptations. Next week may be iffy - on vacation.</p>
<p>I weighed myself after my vacation and I had gained quite a few pounds. I have since gone back to tracking on LiveStrong and I am headed back to within a few lbs of where I was. My weakness and downfall continues to be bread products.
Youngest D has been upset about her weight gain this summer. I have convinced her to give LiveStrong Daily Plate a try. I want her to understand it is not how much you eat but what you eat.</p>
<p>I tend to lose 3-4 lbs. quickly, then some of it comes right back, and I wind up losing it 2-3 times before the loss finally sticks. This happens even with being really, really good with what I’m putting in my mouth (and recording same).</p>
<p>My hope is that when the cardiologist okays me to start cardio rehab (I find out tomorrow), I will finally start losing regularly again. Heaven knows I can’t eat much less. 1400 calories of healthy food a day is all I can eat without gaining. In addition, if I don’t start getting out of this house I will go stark raving nuts!</p>
<p>Interesting thing I’ve noticed – noone noticed I’d lost weight until after my heart attack. I’d lost 45 before and 23 since. Guess now they are looking to see how healthy I am and that’s when they started paying attention.</p>
<p>I’ve been hovering at or a pound above my low, which is still a few pounds from my goal. Got some stressors going on… BIG stress and I lose my appetite. LITTLE stress and I eat oreos. At least they are the mini oreos right now.</p>
<p>^I can’t let oreos in my house. It was one of the few foods I used to ask visitors to bring when we lived in Germany. </p>
<p>I don’t think lobster is too fattening if you go easy on the melted butter. The fried clams however!</p>
<p>I lose 3 pounds in a week, then lose nothing for two or three weeks, then repeat. That’s when I track and basically am eating at what’s supposed be a pound or so a week.</p>
<p>It is tough to stay motivated during the dog days of summer!</p>
<p>If I don’t get up early and walk - fuhgeddaboudit! Seriously, it has been so darn hot this summer, so many days when the humidity and the temperature are so high. I am really looking forward to fall. </p>
<p>Counting Down - I am so happy to hear you are taking advantage of cardio rehab. When DH had a heart attack sixteen years ago, it was a huge help. He was very athletic and fit (doesn’t always mean healthy). He did triathlons (and returned to them post heart attack), but he still felt it was helpful to be monitored in the beginning. It gave him confidence when he returned to the real world. </p>
<p>Now that he has a defib (four years this thanksgiving), he is still reluctant to do open water swimming. I think the idea of the darn thing going off in the water makes him uneasy. In fact, when he returned to lap swimming he joked that if it went off, all the other old men in the pool would be floating on top of the water like some kind of fish kill. :)</p>
<p>Jym, I’m so glad you said that! I’m doing exactly the same thing–doesn’t help that my boys have all kinds of house guests and they eat so much!!! The treats are EVERYWHERE!!!</p>
<p>Oreos are not allowed in the house. Neither are Doritos. I won’t buy them. If they come in the house, though, I am in trouble. This is also why I buy candy I don’t like for Halloween. Otherwise, the Reese’s PB cups and Snickers would disappear rather quickly.</p>
<p>I have found that when I was unconscious, my brain seemed to do a “reset” as far as my eating vies and cravings for healthy food. I drank almost two liters of diet Pepsi daily before the attack, and have had zero caffeine since. No red meat or fried food since. No cravings for junk food. Fruit and veggies actually fill me up. </p>
<p>LOL about the pool, workinprogress!! I got my clearance for rehab today, passed my treadmill test, will do the paperwork on Thursday and start on Monday. Also lost 2 lbs yesterday to bring the total to 70. Clearly I should come here more often. I can only dream about being as fit as your DH. I will be happy to do my 10,000 steps a day and learn to contradance.</p>
<p>The Olympics have been terrible for me this year. I end up staying up til midnight watching the coverage, then I’m too exhausted to go to the gym. Plus, I tend to eat when I’m tired. Does anyone else have that problem? It doesn’t make sense, but it’s certainly true for me. As a result, I’ve been too afraid to even look at the scale.</p>
<p>I’m not getting enough sleep, but I lost a pound this week. I’ve been doing kettlebell swings when there are commercials. 100 a day. A few burpees as well, but I can’t do more than five at a time. I really think the idea that getting up once an hour and doing something to get your heart rate up really does rev up your metabolism, and it’s pretty painless. Anyone can do ten jumping jacks.</p>
<p>Still 3.5 lbs from goal. But stress is still high. No oreos in the house. I ate a snickers bar left over from Halloween. There. I said it. And I enjoyed it. But am back on track., I hope</p>
<p>On maintainance mode - around 36 +/- 1 pounds lost. Once everyone is back in school and it is a bit cooler I intend to lose 4 more pounds to get to 40 pounds lost ( I like nice even numbers too)</p>
<p>Countingdown- glad to hear you received clearance for rehab - just take it slowly! </p>
<p>Oreos is not my downfall it is all the British chocolate we brought back. I am allowing myself a square or 2 every couple of days… or win a Brit wins a gold medal!</p>
<p>Keep going ladies- we are all doing fantastic!</p>
<p>Well, I’m up 4 oz. after the food orgy this week. It could and should be worse. Today I’m back on track with WW and logging everything. Still about 5 pounds from goal. And i have a rough deadline of September 22 when we are going to a family wedding. That means about a pound a week.</p>
<p>I feel as though we are all so close to our goals, its going to be a great October around here!!! We’ll have to begin a sub-chapter on maintenance–and fall fashion for the newly “lighter”!!! I have two more weeks until Boyapalooza is over and then I’m an empty nester :(</p>
<p>Thank goodness you weren’t a victim of the “What-the-h<strong>l” syndrome–which according to my neuroscience D is a real thing. She told me of an experiment that they studied in class…when people eat something that’s not on their diet, they say “What the h</strong>l, I’ve already screwed up” and then really let loose!</p>
I can only dream about being as fit as your DH. I will be happy to do my 10,000 steps a day and learn to contradance.</p>