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I Wish I Knew How to LOSE You--The Weight Loss Thread (check first post)
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on March 19, 2013, 10:51:21 am ---The only way I can think of that a person would gain all the weight back after losing a significant amount would be if you kept all your old clothes in the larger size. If you gave all those large clothes away and treated yourself to a new wardrobe in the smaller size, then you would know right away if you were gaining weight back, because the clothes would be uncomfortable. Then, you would take measures to keep from gaining more. Does this make sense?
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You would think so, wouldn't you? Unfortunately, for me it doesn't work that way -- too many times I have found myself forced to buy pants, especially, in a larger size that I no longer have available. And then the trap is that I don't want to spend money on clothes in a size I think I'm going to diet out of, so I buy cheaper and sometimes uglier clothing, so I feel bad about my appearance for two reasons.
But if I were smart, I would keep at least a pair of jeans and a pair of black pants packed away in that larger size, just in case. Luckily, I DID do that with my "skinny" clothes, so now I am finally getting to use them.
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on March 19, 2013, 02:42:59 pm ---FRiend Lee, I've seen that happen a number of places.....you can get stuff to eat served in a big lettuce leaf instead.
I don't do it because lettuce is the green with the least nutritional value
If I'm going to eat greens, I'll just have a salad and eat spinach and dark greens mixed.
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In this case, the overall purpose is less about trying to add nutrition than trying to subtract the starch from the bread/pasta/rice/tortilla. But yes, I usually eat this stuff in salad form and try to pick interesting varieties of lettuce or other greens, including spinach, arugula, kale or whatever. Excluding iceberg lettuce, I think leafy greens are one of the most nutritious vegetables there are.
If I were to make a "wrap" of lettuce -- which I haven't actually done at home, though it wouldn't be a bad idea -- I'd probably use Boston/bibb/butter lettuce. Or maybe kale or chard or cabbage! I can think of lots of good low-carb wraps: chicken, pork, steak, ground beef, Asian, Southwestern, old-country cabbage roll style ... They'd be great for taking to work, too.
Now I'm getting hungry!
CellarDweller:
Well, today was the weigh in at work for the biggest loser, and I lost.
Oh well!
It was close, the winner lost 2% more of his body weight than I did.
I'll still keep this up, as I like that my clothes are loose now. ;D I did manage to lose 17 pounds. ;D
Sason:
17 pounds is a lot!
Well done, Chuck!! :-*
And good luck in keeping it up. That's actually as big a challenge as losing.
Front-Ranger:
Everyone's a winner in the biggest loser competition. It's sort of like being a Brokie...
I'm a bit sorry to see Lent end. I didn't get to fast and be as ascetic as I wanted to be. Next year I want to take a retreat somewhere, and do some meditating and body work. But spring, and good weather and outdoor activity weather are coming soon!
Jeff Wrangler:
Well, when I weighed myself this morning, the needle of the scale was firmly on 160. I'm sure it will bounce back up again, but if I can continue this trend--and then figure out how to stablilize--those size 36 pants I just bought may be too large and I'll have to go buy more in size 34 again. That would be nice. :)
Thing is, right now, I'm just living with being constantly hungry. I'm sure the day will come when I'm tired of that. It always does. Then the weight will start to increase again. :-\
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