Weight Issues

Good news finalyy on the weight front

jen1229 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:55:42 GMT

After a long period of moving up and down, I have finally passed the plateau. In the last two weeks I have lost 6.8 pounds for a total of 61.2. I'm very happy to have finally moved. I only got to the Y one day this week because of Jewish holiday and eye doctor appointment. I can't go two days in a row because my knees can't handle it.

According to the Y one mile equals 36 laps (72 pool lengths) and one water fitness class is equivalent to swimming one mile. I'm so happy to be back going again.

Dorry for rambling. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Optifast

Rob — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:03:06 GMT

I started the Optifast meal replacement program two months ago and have lost 40 pounds. I am off my insulin and take one shot of Byetta in the AM. I still am on 2000MG of Metformin and take 5mg of glyburide at night.

I eat 5 bars a day, which are really good! I also drinl 64-100oz of water.

It is a great program!

Two things to report

jen1229 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:36:12 GMT

I hope I am not boring everyone with this, but I so value your support that I feel I should post the milestones as they occur. This week I lost 4.4 pounds for a total of 54.2. Another .8 to go and I will be 25% of the way to my ultimate goal. I try not to think about that too much because it is so far away. So my new interim goal is to reach 75 pounds and maybe 60 by my next Dr. appt. He has me coming back in a month so he can keep tabs on me. He also told me that in hot humid weather, it puts a terrible strain on the heart and in overweight people itis worse. Fluid retention is a definite problem for me in summer.

The other news is that I re-joined the Y last week only to find out that the pool is closed this week for cleaning and maintenance (the whirlpool also). The good news is that they no longer charge for water aerobics, you just show up. I'm hoping to go at least three times a week, but have to figure out how to do breakfast. I generally eat breakfast around 6:00 AM. I guess I should be able to exercise two hours later. I generally eat a big breakfast and it holds me a long time. Sometimes I don't eat lunch until 2:00 or 3:00 PM.

Well, I won't bore you anymore. Hop everyone is having a nice weekend. By the way I posted a new picture today.

Hit 50 pounds down today

jen1229 — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:31:30 GMT

Well I finally hit my latest goal to lose 50 pounds. I've decided to start weighing in on Saturday morning and then go to my meeting on Monday night. I seem to do much better because I don't make myself crazy on Friday, the way I was on Sunday and Monday, because my friends are around and I am usually busy.

I'm so excitied. My goal was to reach this point before I go to the doctor and my appointment is on Tuesday.

Weight Loss

Brenda8859 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:56:12 GMT

My problem is NO weight loss in the time since diagnosis and meds, which was Oct. 08. I have great BG#'s, follow low carb diet, exercise 30-40 mins a day (walks) and still no weight loss. HELP !

Brenda

Moving On Down

jen1229 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:37:13 GMT

HELLOOOOOO out there. Is anyone there? I can't believe there have been no posts since Friday. This used to be such a vibrant board.

I have now lost a grand total of 44.8 pounds. Expect to make 50 soon. I was thinking about this the other day and realized that the amound of weight I have lost is about the size of a 4-5 year old child. Whew. Well I hope someone sees this message. I feel sorry that it has come to this, since we always had such great discussions, even if we did'n't all agree. This board is not so difficult as someothers I am on.

Have a great day all.

continuing weight loss

jen1229 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:15:48 GMT

Well, I finally went past 45 pounds last week, Down 1.8 to 46.6. Bu the best news is that I am tracking my measurements and I have lost five inches in the last month, 2 inches off my waist and 3 inches off my hips. I was astounded. I could see changes when i looiked in the mirror but the numbers just blew my mind away.

I did WW when they first came into being (and it only cost $2.00 a week) and I lost 84 pounds, but it was very difficult as it was a diet plan that you needed to stick to. Onions and carrots were restricted foods as were tomatoes, peas and corn. It is so much easier now, I can eat nearly anything I want. The only problem I have is remembering to count carbs and not just points. Generally I eat Veggies tree times a day. Salad at lunch and dinner and sauteed veggies in my omelet in the morning. You have to eat two teaspoons of heart healthy oil a day, so I sautee my veggies in the olive oil and it's done.

Well, enough rambling. Just wanted ot give you guys an update. Aiming to be at 50 pounds by my Doctor appointment in August.

Have a great weekend everyone.

FDA Recalls Hydroxyccut from the market

jen1229 — Fri, 01 May 2009 20:36:54 GMT

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30518843?GT1=43001

Hydrooxycut was removed from the market today by the FDA. I has caused liver problems. You can read the article at the address above. Just a reminder that the only way to lose weight is to eat less.

I'm doing well on Weight Watchers and continue to lose. I'm down 38.4 pounds and have lost 10% of my body weight. BMI is down from 64 to 57. I still have a long way to go, but being able to eat anything is a big help in staying on the plan. My next goal is to lose 50 ponds before I go to the doctor at the end of June.

Hit Forty Pounds Today

jen1229 — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:15:01 GMT

Hi All:

At my weigh in tonight I lsot 2.4 ponds making a toal of 40.8. I was very happy because I really didn't think I had lost this week. It is still hard for me to believe that I eat everything I want and still continue to lose weight. My current goal is to lose 50 pounds by the end of June when I have my next Dr. Appt. Since january I've dropped my levemir by 18 units

Hope all are having a good evening.

Four Diet Types Compared

Ron AKA — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:28:03 GMT

Finally a study that makes some sense. They found that it did not matter whether it was low carb, low fat, or .... It just came down to calories. Will not be popular with all the fad diet promoters.

Low Carb? Low Fat? It's the Calories that count!

CNN Version

South Beach Diet

abqmom — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:55:07 GMT

Well, I'm finally venturing into the new forum (and have to say I find it very hard to maneuver; not liking it much at all in fact).

I have a question. For those of you who have tried the South Beach Diet, what are your thoughts about it? Did you find success on it, what did you like or not like about it?

Thanks for any feedback!

Lisa

Weight loss surgery

deltaday — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:24:21 GMT

Hi there, new to the board. Any Type 2's out there who have had bariatric (weight loss) surgery? I had lapband in July 2007 on the advice of my endocrinologist. Family history - my sister is Type 1 (double amputee, lost an eye, strokes but still managing at age 53) and my dad (Type 2) died of congestive heart disease at age 71 - the handwriting was on the wall.

How are you doing after surgery? Complications? I cannot eat many things, they just don't digest well. Didn't realize until a recent followup visit that the same rules apply with or w/o surgery - diet and exercise. Nuts...

Lost 50 pounds, no diabetic meds at the moment, need to lose much more

diet and holidays.........

tylersydney — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:23:07 GMT

Back on track with South Beach after a few weeks of disaster in January..birthday and other celebrations....

I always use Chinese New Year as my date to start anew...when I get off track...and..I did!

so..back at it.,

Ankle surgery is healing well..PT continues..I am doing most normal activites but....the foot and two toes,muscles are stiff and need a lot more work..Surgeon said 9 months.PT guy says 9-12..so far..it is four months!

Little or no pain..no swelling..ready to start my new year..as of yesterday!

great first week

jen1229 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:04:55 GMT

I had a great first week on Weight Wathers. I lost 6.6 pounds. I find it annoying however, that my scale, which carries the WW name is a good 30 pounds lower than the scale at the meeting. It dirves me crazy that I can't weigh myself during the week. Last week I went to the office on Saturday and asked the woman to weigh me without writing it in my book. I felt better after knowing I had, at that point lost almost 4 pounds. I need to get a new analog scale since I seem to have problems with the digital kind. And anyway, as I have said in the past, I know I'm fat and I don''t need BMI or other idiotic calculations that the digital scales come loaded with, to tell me so.

Here in Massachusettts the Governor (and I'm sorry to say I voted for him) wants to weigh all children in certain grades and send a report home to the parents if their BMI is over a certain number. I wrote to him immediately and said that children who are fat have enough problems in school, what with being picked on and made fun of. I suffered terribly in school as a child.

They wrote back to me and said that children's heiht and weight is recorded by the school nurse anyway and they would just be reporting the information to the parents (like as a parent you don't know if you kid is fat or not). I can just see this. In a few years thye will be putting the "obese" (why can't we call fat, fat) in a fat class for extra exercise or some how finding some way to single them out so the other kids can find another reason top ick on them and I have a feeling that the rate of eating disorders will increase.

Is Obesity The Only Causal Factor for Diabetes?

DavidGeorge — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:54:17 GMT

There's a letter to the editor in today's New York Times from Alan R. Morse, President and Chief Executive of The Jewish Guild for the Blind which repeats the lament that "America’s widespread disregard for healthy nutrition and a more physically active lifestyle is causing a wave of obesity ... and this is leading to more and more cases of diabetes." You can read the letter at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/opinion/lweb12diabetes.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

For the past year or so now, in its articles, the Times has been promoting the idea that the patient is to blame for his or her diabetes because of being over weight. And they have only been publishing letters which support this point of view. I've written to them suggesting that it's just possible that things other than obesity can be responsible for diabetes. I've been diabetic for over 40 years, am 5'11" tall and have never weighed more than 144 lbs, but they haven't responded to any of my letters.

I suppose it's easier, less expensive and more acceptable to the taxpayers to blame the patient and avoid funding research into solutions for the problem. Perhaps it would help if more of us wrote to them suggesting that all diabetes can't be blamed on obesity...

How do you choose your ideal weight?

DavidGeorge — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:36:28 GMT

http://www.halls.md/ideal-weight/body.htm presents some interesting ideas about the different tables and calculators which are available for determining a person's "ideal weight".

Does anybody know of sources for other opinions about this issue?

loss of weight

rich — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:05:33 GMT

Hi i am a type 1 and i have been loosing weight any idea on how to gain it back i lost 30 pounds

The more you eat

rich — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:23:07 GMT

If you are trying to gain weight by eating more won't your numbers go up?

Thanksgiving Holiday

Nancy — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:37:15 GMT

Well this has been a very good glucose control for me over the holiday. We made 1 cheesecake,sf. Not a lot of other food around. I took a walk after dinner. Plus I did water aerobics the night before. my highest reading was 164 today. I ate a few bites of ice cream. but am doing well I think as other numbers in the 120 or lower. How are you doing? Nancy