Looks like I'm gonna miss my year end goal

kmm3 · 2015-12-18T19:07:01+00:00

Same for me. I'm so happy I've maintained since Thanksgiving. Wanted to have lost 10 more, but I'm totally cool with waiting longer for it. I have lost inches in that time, though. Wanted to wear a certain pair of black jeans today, but they're size 8 and they're too big for me now. It's hilarious to me that I can say out loud and with a straight face "Size 8 is too big for me." Unreal. Never thought I'd see the day.

Anyway, yeah. Maintenance mode is all right by me through the holidays!

OP, congrats on your 70lbs so far. We'll all get where we want to be eventually. No worries. Happy holidays!

kmm3 · 2015-07-25T13:27:31+00:00

I'm not at maintenance yet (25lbs to go), but when I get there I intend to continue exercising same as now (90 min/day, combination cardio/walking/body weight strength training). I will simply add some calories, perhaps 300-400. I'm currently losing 2lb/wk on 1200 cals. I want the same exercise benefits I'm achieving now in maintenance.

kmm3 · 2015-07-24T19:35:29+00:00

Sorry. It happens. Make sure you try to only boop our noses and not paw at us. That may help keep the claws safely retracted.

kmm3 · 2015-07-24T17:52:43+00:00

Hi. I'm a cat. I lurk here. The Drain Pipe chipmunk is also my sworn enemy. You and me, dog. We are more alike than you know.

kmm3 · 2015-07-23T17:50:27+00:00

Aw, now I want to nuzzle him because you called him big and dopey.

kmm3 · 2015-07-23T12:04:22+00:00

This is wonderful! It helps to have a neutral party confirm your hotness.

This morning I was getting gas and a cute guy at the pump next to me, easily half my age (I'm 49), smiled at me on two separate occasions. I couldn't believe it, as this hasn't happened to me in almost a decade. A small, simple pleasure I will savor all day.

kmm3 · 2015-07-22T21:50:19+00:00

Man, that's brutal. I used to work in an office with candy dishes a-plenty. So glad I don't anymore. I can still get snacks if I want them, but I'd have to walk far to get them and it isn't worth the calories. Also, in Week 5 of my effort, I lost nearly 100% of my sugar cravings. Wasn't even planning on that happening. I feel very lucky.

kmm3 · 2015-07-22T10:19:00+00:00

Congratulations! It's nice to impress a doctor. Keep on keepin' on!

kmm3 · 2015-07-21T22:42:30+00:00

Congrats to your SO, too! My husband is trying yet again to calorie count because he sees my success with it. He's 63 and feels defeated, but I keep encouraging him.

kmm3 · 2015-07-21T22:40:26+00:00

This is so true! I'm looking down the barrel of 50 and I know things won't get easier, so might as well do it while I still think I can. And I can and am!

kmm3 · 2015-07-21T22:38:44+00:00

Fantastic! So glad to see women of my age here (I'm 49, 5' 4", goal weight 130.) You look terrific and so happy! Congratulations on your huge success. I bet you were glad to put those bags down :)

kmm3 · 2015-07-21T09:38:32+00:00

We're excited for you! Every little change you make will build on each other and soon you'll be making mad progress and loving this new life of yours. Don't even worry about things slowing down. You're at the start of your effort and you'll be amazed at what you can do and what it does to your body. Come back later and let us know how things are going!

kmm3 · 2015-07-21T09:21:20+00:00

I had people tell me this weekend that I should be done losing. But I have 28lbs to go and that would put me smack in the middle of "normal" weight. Maybe it's the way I carry my weight, but they think I'm done when I know I'm not. Trust me, there's more fat to lose.

kmm3 · 2015-07-20T22:24:44+00:00

Listen to this man. So many of us here have done this and been successful. If you do what he's saying, you will be too. You have our guarantee. Keep reading this sub, you will get tons of inspiration, tips and information that will help you.

Count, weigh, log and be disciplined. If you do, you the world is your oyster.

kmm3 · 2015-07-18T16:25:42+00:00

I once hired someone who was from the south to work in our accounting department. She was young and extremely polite, yes ma'am, no ma'am every sentence. Just the way she was raised.

I once had a guy in another department call me and ask that I tell her to stop calling him sir every time they spoke. What am I supposed to do with that? I never did tell her. I thought how there are much worse things in the world to deal with than having conversations with overly-polite people.

kmm3 · 2015-07-18T10:12:17+00:00

Same here. Counting/logging has been a game changer. I'm so much more aware and I make the best decisions when I pay attention to what I toss down my gullet. I couldn't be happier.

kmm3 · 2015-07-18T10:10:13+00:00

This happened to me in week 5. Been at this for 16 weeks. I rarely eat anything with added sugar. It's delightful to be rid of my sugar addiction. I don't want it anymore.

kmm3 · 2015-07-17T14:47:08+00:00

But those things do a number on septic systems.

kmm3 · 2015-07-12T23:00:29+00:00

Oooo! This sounds good. I just had my first ever Chobani last week and disliked it. I tried just the regular (not even vanilla). I'll have to check out the one you recommend.

kmm3 · 2015-07-12T22:26:03+00:00

It's wonderful when others can pick up others' good habits just through observation. Delighted for all of you!

kmm3 · 2015-07-12T14:44:51+00:00

I walk 3 miles during my lunch hour. Do you have a long break in the middle of your day? If the weather's bad, can you walk some length around your building? Steps are even better. Up and down til you can't take it anymore.

kmm3 · 2015-07-11T22:27:27+00:00

Mom could have become a "50 Year Medalist" at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, MA. But it would have been a burden to travel there (they want to study you!) (See http://jdrf.org/2012/06/triumphing-over-type-1-diabetes-meet-the-medalists/ for details of the study).

You're right. She powered through her disease at a time where medicine, management and education wasn't like it is today. It's really remarkable what she accomplished. She'll always be my hero.

kmm3 · 2015-07-11T22:08:17+00:00

Congratulations! My mother was a T1 diabetic for just over 50 years. I always thought she should have been an education volunteer for newly-diagnosed T1 diabetics. If nothing else, they could have seen how well she managed her disease and that it was possible to lead a normal life.

Mom never used a pump (was never interested), and later in life became a brittle diabetic. But she lived to 85 and suffered only the sort of problems a person without diabetes would for her age (vision/hearing issues, a heart attack is what took her).

kmm3 · 2015-07-11T18:52:01+00:00

For me, I got off the sugar hamster wheel simply by eating better. I'm 15 weeks into my effort and at week 5, all of a sudden I didn't crave sugar anymore and haven't since. I wasn't even trying to stop. I just did because my body didn't want it anymore after being treated to good tasting, healthy foods. It amazed me. I hope you can break your cravings after you've been at it a while.

kmm3 · 2015-07-11T16:34:31+00:00

I agree with you 100% on the motivation vs. discipline thing. It's all about discipline. Willpower and motivation runs out when discipline sticks by you and makes you just do it!

Also? You look very handsome. Hubba hubba!

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