Help needed

yes i will be ur friend on here to loose weight. i need to lose like 80 lbs. and its real hard for me considering im disabled and i have seizures caused by the sun and cant walk far.

Looks like we‘re getting some fun weight loss/maintenance participants. You’ve started something good, Patricia.

I’m curious about the time difference with Sao Paulo. I’m at the end of the spectrum, Hawaii time. I’m 3 hours behind Pacific time until their daylight savings time ends.

How about you?  

Thank you for getting a group started!
Cynthia

Hey—- count me in!  I’m just over 5ft in height and weigh 144 lbs so I’ve got about 20lbs to shed myself.  I’m thinking about trying the Atkins Diet.  Anyone had experiece with it?

Chocolatier, SP Standard time zone: UTC/GMT -3 hours
No daylight saving time at the moment. Sao paulo is an hour ahead of New York and a few decades behind!!!

I wasn’t successful with Atkins a couple of years ago because of digestive issues but I know several people who like it very much or a modified version like the Beverly Hills Diet.

I’m looking forward to celebrating all of our successes together, supporting one another during some of the rough spots and sharing tips and information

I have a thought. If you have a DVD player on your television, there may be a workout specifically geared toward your lifestyle that you can do at home. I’m thinking of exercises with exercise bands while sitting in a chair. The toning effect of the resistance of the bands could be a start for you without putting undue strain on your body or causing injury.

Just a thought. Hope this helps

And my weakness is too many happy hours. I work for an advertising company so we do have lots of events to attend, but for now, Atkins. And then I´ll go for the weight watchers cause I agree with you that is healthier…

thank you chocolatier. i will see what i can do to get some weights 4 my wrists and ankles. i too have a very big sweet tooth lol. but i want to loose it so i can loose this weight. i want to thank everyone 4 their support. take care and god bless always. love angel

Hi guys, I am 45 in 2 weeks 46 and for the past year I have been on a loosing weight naturaly mission, I exercise every day and eat very lean and healthy no diet, I do eat burgers icecream, only 1 day of the week and portion control. I have lost 45 lbs wet from size 22 to 16 and love it, I still need to loose or want to loose 30 lb, I can tell you is not easy but the rewards is. You can do it

all of us needs to keep each other in thought and mind. thanks 4 the support.

Wow!  reading this post is reading what I live.  I work in the health & wellness industry.  Everything is pharmaceutical grade, based on cellular nutrition.  I host a “healthy” weight loss support group and this is what I hear all the time “all the diets used; weight lost; and then it creeps back and then some“.  Of course there are some that have been able to keep it off.  But for I have experienced not too many.  Here we learn to live, how to go low glycemic, not using anything artificial, for sugar…. either raw sugar or Stevia works best for most of us.  Otherwise I use regular.  No diet drinks or low fat anything.  We need to keep our bodies working.  Again, need to check your health condition, high blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes??  So many things to take into consideration.  We need optimal health through optimal nutrition.  Please make sure you are using a good supplement that meets USP (United State Pharmacopia) standards.  You will see that on the bottle. Also make sure it has the NSF certificate.  This is so you know that what it says on the bottle is what it is inside.  A good book that analyzed over 1,500 supplements is The Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements.  WOW!  there is so much I can say.  I work hand on hand with licensed nutritionist, elite athletes and many others just like us.  Lately from the client base out of my area they have been talking to me to start a blog spot as well.  I will let you know.  Still thinking.  

If exercise is somewhat difficult… I have a curvature on the spine due to an accident and need to be careful with exercises. Tai Chi has worked for me after my recovery (longer story) I started with the one for elderly and arthritis, then graduated.  Even my therapists kept me from any exercise for almost 3 years.  Just walk a little at a time.  Since muscles were torn first in 95 and then again in 04.  Not easy to drop too many pounds when you are not active.  But it can be done.  Just have short walks more often.  Even inside the house.  Invest in a pedometer and make sure you walk a minimum of 10,000 steps a day.  Start slow if you must.  

Wishing all of you the best!  Please, eat all your meals, don’t skip, don’t go hungry.  Enjoy more fruits and salads and healthy smoothies loaded with protein, this will keep you full longer too.  Need the crunch munch… well (sorry about brands) try cherrios, kix, special k all without milk.  Almonds, sunflower seeds, raisins for the sweet tooth.  Hope this helps some.  I am constantly supporting my clients, the only ones I can’t talk to much are the ones in Japan, besides language, the hours!!  :)

You have one Body, One Life…
Why not give it the BEST care it deserves?
Wishing all of you Tremendous Health,Success & Weight Loss!
Maritza
http://www.maritza.usana.com/

I really like strength training. Not only does it transform your body and give you youthful tone but it’s great for bone density, too. And, hauling groceries into the kitchen with ease aint so bad either.  Let us know how the eating plan and workout work for you! This is a great group with lots of good ideas to share!

ok, after all the positive comments on toning after 40, I think I´m going to my strength training class tomorrow morning then. Haven´t been there in quite a while. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!

What works for me! NO CARBS! (It is hard) Then 3 times a week  jogging for 20 min ! :)

Just got this on the e-mail:
Start Climbing!
Too busy to hit the Stairmaster? That’s okay — any staircase will do! If you set aside 15 minutes of your day to go up and down a set of steps, you can burn 150 calories. So get off that elevator and take the stairs every chance you get!

Count me in. I’ve been doing this website which focus on weightloss:

http://www.sparkpeople.com/

It’s free and full of great information.

I’ve learned alot and I’ve already lost over 12 pounds. I workout almost daily with Turbo Jam and recently started to make the transition to clean eating that georgiegirl1 mentioned.

Let me know what you think about the site.

Annie

Great comments since I’ve been away. Angel, I understand about budgeting, too. Just start buying the freshest and leanest food you can. Processed food had a lot of salt and preservatives so if you don’t mind cooking, controlling the fat and sodium yourself is a way to go. Make a list of foods that you absolutely despise, food that you love, food you‘re not willing to give up, food you can take or leave and start there when planning your eating plan

Best
Cynthia

Annie, I just looked at the website you recommended. It’s full of really good information. Thanks for sharing it.

I think I’ve tried every diet known to man, or most of them. I think our generation of women were subjected to a lot of experiments and many of us were caught in the fad diet treadmill. Don’t know about you all but my metabolism suffered as a result.

A couple of years ago I decided to take some academic courses in nutrition, a lifelong interest of mine. I took 2 clinical nutrition classes with a teacher who has her Phd in the subject so I feel I gained much from them. My husband got his degrees in Exercise Physiology and ran a human performance lab after college and before going into education. His philosophy is simple and also the philosophy of the webstie Annie suggested, calories in/calories out. More out than in, weight loss. Equal in and out, weight maintenance. More in than out, energy storage (fat). So, I’m going back to the old school here. I’m eating the foods I like, I’m making sure I move my body sufficiently to burn energy and strengthen my muscles, I’m being careful to put less in than I use up and hopefully soon I’ll be back into the jeans I love to wear!
With support to us all
Cynthia

I have to confess that I  am hungry right now….haha. But second day and doing ok.

there is also a site I enjoy: The Hacker´s Diet. All about what Chocolatier mentions: calories in/calories out. He has a technical approach to weight loss and is also very witty and funny.
www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/hackdiet.html

angel, GM, I´m going on the bike for 15 mins now. i know it is not much…but that´s a lot compared to my recent routine.
Gonna have some cheese/eggs for lunch…